COMEDY

A decade before 'Entourage' made him a mega-star, the director of this cult comedy had to fight to cast Jeremy Piven.

Despite consistently poor reviews, the series spawned seven feature films, one live-action series, a cartoon, and a possible upcoming reboot.

Director Blake Edwards came up with an idea for a heist movie in which a jewel thief is having an affair with the wife of the detective who’s pursuing him. Then he cast Peter Sellers as the detective, and everything changed.

The Emmy-winning HBO series returns tonight. At least one Supreme Court Justice will be watching.

Here are 13 fascinating facts about the movie that gave Nicolas Cage his first starring role.

Damn it, we had something for this.

Some of the mustaches were fake, but the syrup was real.

You hear that, Elizabeth?

'The Birdcage' marked Elaine May and Mike Nichols's first-ever—and long awaited—movie collaboration. But it was Robin Williams and Nathan Lane who really stole the show.

Eddie Murphy was almost fired from the film that made him a movie star, for not being funny.

Scottsdale didn't appreciate the Coens' depiction of Arizonians as people who steal babies and leave them on roads.

Taking on the two-faced, fickle nature of politicians, Pat Paulsen’s satirical runs for the Oval Office were a commentary on the social and political issues of his day.