Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is one of the most popular children’s movies of all time. Starring Gene Wilder as the eccentric candy maker, the film was released in 1971. To this day, new ...

Peter Ostrum played the main protagonist Charlie Bucket in the original 1971 fantasy film. Yet, following his breakout role, the actor did not continue on in showbiz. He graduated from Cornell ...

Denise Nickerson taken off life support a year after suffering stroke. Pic credit: Gabbo/Wikimedia Commons Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory child star Denise Nickerson is dying in a hospital after ...

Peter Ostrum left an indelible mark on the childhood memories of generations for his role as Charlie Bucket, but he never ...

The 1971 classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory featured a case of life imitating art when it came to the behind-the-scenes antics of one of the film's young stars. “I think people kind of want ...

Paris Themmen got to go to one of the most magical places in the world — Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. But the former child star says that, for a long time, the reception of 1971’s Willy Wonka & ...

Today (June 30) is the 50-year anniversary of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory's release, and the five children who claimed the coveted golden tickets reunited as adults for Yahoo Entertainment ...

Paris Themmen got to go to one of the most magical places in the world — Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. But the former child star says that, for a long time, the reception of 1971’s Willy Wonka & ...

"Willy Wonka" Veruca Salt actor said Gene Wilder personally made sure she was taken care of on-set. "I was the only kid in Germany that didn't have a member of my family with me," she said. Even 50 ...

The star of “Free Willy” needed some freeing of his own this week. Former child actor Jason James Richter — who found fame in the 1990s film franchise about a troubled boy who befriends a whale named ...

“Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” premiered 50 years ago on June 30, 1971 and gained a cult following over the years. The film has become such a phenomenon that it was registered in the United ...