As for Perlman, still his wife ... that Matilda's parents are married in real life). She's "a great partner," DeVito said, "and always has been." We say, cheers to all of it. Meanwhile, Danny ...

Danny DeVito has said that he wouldn't be able to make his 1996 classic film "Matilda," which features outright nasty parents and kids getting swung around by their pigtails, in the modern day.

In Danny DeVito’s 1996 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Matilda, the story of a child prodigy battling obtuse, small-minded adults unfurls in sharp, surreal layers. As director, producer and star ...