They were all young once: Don Corleone and Darth Vader, Butch and Sundance, Hannibal and Leatherface, Maleficent and Cruella. And long before he was the world’s best-known chocolatier and distributor ...

Remember how fascinating it was when Violet Beauregarde morphed into a balloon-sized blueberry after chewing some of Willy Wonka’s not-yet-quite-right chewing gum? Or how you wanted to live in ...

Timothée Chalamet strikes a respectful, earnest tone in bringing to life a character who has already been played to perfection. Despite the numerous direct ties back to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate ...

Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." You’re probably familiar with sing-along movie screenings. Get ready for taste-along cinema. At 7 p.m. Nov. 22, Kodak Center, 200 ...

Denise Nickerson, who played the gum-chewing brat-turned-human-blueberry Violet Beauregarde in “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,” is in critical condition after suffering a stroke in late June, ...

"Willy's Chocolate Experience" was described online as "immersive" and promised to "create lasting memories" for guests Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She has been ...

In the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Gene Wilder plays Willy Wonka as both whimsical and meticulous, but also with a side of sadistic evil. If one were to start listing the literal ...