“I love them”: The four artists who shaped Paul McCartney’s granny music
Rock on.
Fred Astaire
The “thrilling” movie that’s inspired Mel Brooks for 90 years: “It leaps over your expectations”
At least once, if not more.
Mel Brooks names cinema’s only “perfect” movies: “They were like dreams come to life”
A lifelong obsession.
Do Paul McCartney’s 14 favourite songs of all time reveal the secrets of great songwriting?
Delving into the deranged choices.
The artists Paul McCartney wanted to be remembered like: “I’d be very happy”
Thought of as a true entertainer.
The one movie Mel Brooks wants everyone to see: “I recommend everybody in the world”
“One of my favourite movies.”
The only star who out-danced Fred Astaire, according to Fred Astaire: “In a class by herself”
It wasn’t Ginger Rogers.
Fred Astaire wonderfully took up skateboarding in his 70s: “Intrigued by it”
It ended with a broken wrist.
