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Stephen, who plays useless showbiz agent Darren Lamb in Extras, has been nominated for best comedy performance alongside Catherine Tate at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards.

A compilation of the best comedy performances of the late and great Sam Kinison.

Not exact matches

The performances are so good, that both Steve Carell and Christian Bale have been nominated for Golden Globe Awards for «Best Actor in a Comedy» and McCay and Charles Randolph, who co-wrote the movie, were nominated for «Best Screenplay.»

Jeffrey Tambor, who plays the series» main character Morton (later Maura) Pfefferman, also won a Globe for best performance in a TV comedy series.

Donald Hargis, a historian of performance, suggests that the best analogue in our culture to these performances is the talk - song from musical comedy (389).

Straying from the standard, modern superhero formula it helped to pioneer in 2002, Homecoming is more teen comedy than it is a «good vs. evil» tale, highlighting a distinctive setting in Queens as the battleground for crushes, parties and yes, actual super villains — this one played by Michael Keaton in a scene - stealing performance.

The rest well what a comedy set of defenders they are Gabriel weakling Pualista, Shokdran clueless mustafi, Keira's Donkey Gibbs, Per Slowcoach Mertasacker, (f.a cup final performance makes up for his years of letting us down)

There's no better test of compatibility than a night out at a comedy performance!

Critic Consensus: Just enough sweetness and good performances lighten up the high school - set tensions, creating a family - appropriate teen comedy.

Critics Consensus: Just enough sweetness and good performances lighten up the high school - set tensions, creating a family - appropriate teen comedy.

Mike White, who scripted biting, edgy satire of this sort («The Good Girl,»» Chuck and Buck») before making his fortune with «School of Rock,» serves up an unsettling and generally deft comedy of manners with this clash, a film that greatly benefits from subtle, stinging performances by Salma Hayek and as her opposite number, John Lithgow.

He's been perfectly competent in the past, having got a good performance out of Vince Vaughn in the solid comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.

His survival instinct ended up serving him well; a fateful set at the 1996 Montreal Comedy Festival became the defining performance of his early career.

Expect to see some great documentaries, performances, music, films and topical features as well as some cracking drama and comedy.

Leo earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her hilarious and outrageous performance on FX's LOUIE, which People magazine called the best in television all yBest Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her hilarious and outrageous performance on FX's LOUIE, which People magazine called the best in television all ybest in television all year.

It's written well enough as far as comedies go, and the performances are great of course, making it a fun ride.

Salma Hayek offers a performance rich in stillness, tenderness and dignity in Beatriz at Dinner, a laudably well - intentioned but way too on - the - nose comedy - drama.

Although the performance of Jennifer Lopez is not among the best ones of her career and there is some swearing too much, this movie is still a healthy comedy to enjoy with friends to joke about it and its crazy plot.

On stage, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as Norman in THE NORMAN CONQUESTS on Broadway, and most recently, he and Matthew Macfadyen starred as Jeeves and Wooster in PERFECT NONSENSE, winning the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.

His dramatic performance here is one of the best in his career, showing that he can do more than neurotic comedy.

I can't say it's either lead actor's best comedic performance, but it is by far one of the better comedies you will see this year.

«She's a young woman, but it hard to navigate,» said the Silver Linings Playbook star, who was nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.

Mary Steenburgen gives in her second best comedic performance of the year after doing some awesome acting in one of my most enjoyed comedies of the year, Step Brothers.

Palin was famously portrayed on Saturday Night Live during the election by Fey who won an Emmy for best guest actress in a comedy series for the performance.

I»LL TAKE YOU THERE is recommended for people who like black comedies, off - beat indie films, or are just curious to see Ally Sheedy in a good performance again.

Miles Teller graces our cover this week, and he chats with Backstage about his performances in Sundance sensation «Whiplash» as well as his upcoming comedy «That Awkward Moment.»

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical Anthony Anderson, Black - ish Aziz Ansari, Master of None Kevin Bacon, I Love Dick William H. Macy, Shameless Eric McCormack, Will & Grace

Transformative performance: Louie Anderson took home the Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy prize for his role in Baskets

An often missed classic and the vehicle for one of my favorite Marilyn Monroe performances, How to Marry a Millionaire is both a somewhat satirical romance as well as a biting comedy, with much of the broad laughs going to Monroe and the stinging one liners to a delightful Lauren Bacall.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy Margot Robbie, I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Emma Stone, Battle of the Sexes Judi Dench, Victoria & Abdul Helen Mirren, The Leisure Seeker

He used this to his advantage in what is arguably his best performance, as The King of Comedy's Rupert Pupkin.

If the Academy recognized comedy films as a legitimate genre, I would think Franco's «Pineapple» role was Oscar - worthy, as it was one of the best comedic performances of the past decade, if you ask me.

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Comedy or Musical Pamela Adlon, Better Things Alison Brie, Glow Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Issa Rae, Insecure Frankie Shaw, SMILF

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy James Franco, The Disaster Artist Hugh Jackman, The Greatest Showman Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Steve Carell, Battle of the Sexes Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver

And the best performance in a comedy of the decade: Renà © e Zellweger in Nurse Betty.

Director David O. Russell's comedy drama and Alfonso Cuarón space epic both received nominations in the Best Picture category, along with nominations for their leading male and female performances.

Emma portrayed the tennis legend in Battles Of The Sexes and was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, but lost out to Saoirse Ronan for her role in Lady Bird.

«For A Good Time, Call...» is an adequate comedy for grown - ups, mostly because Ari Graynor's performance is too likable to dismiss the film as a whole.

Our Idiot Brother isn't mandatory viewing but it's a sweet, well - meaning comedy anchored by a stand - out performance by Rudd.

Their ensuing black - comedy adventure is grimy, bloody, and ridiculous, as director Macon Blair (best known for his performances in Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin and Green Room) pitches his material as an absurdist neo-noir saga about combatting existential despair.

Williams turns in a terrific performance in this 1996 comedy, proving that his improvisational skills extend to reactions of a more subtle nature than the crazy riffs he displayed in films like «Aladdin,» «Good Morning Vietnam,» and «Mrs. Doubtfire.»

The Best Actress, according to FFCC voters, was Margot Robbie for her performance as embattled former figure skater Tonya Harding in the black comedy / biopic I, Tonya.

Leo did a comedy only two years ago, in which he gave the best performance of his career and was nominated for an Oscar for it, so he actually listened to your prayers post-Shutter Island / Inception.

GHOST WORLD (Grade: B +): Thora Birch won the best actress honors at the 2001 Seattle International Film Festival for her performance as a passively rebellious 17 - year - old in this funny, sad and tragic teen angst drama / comedy directed by Terry Zwigoff («Crumb») and based on a serialized comic book by Daniel Clowes.

The Artist wins three Golden Globes: actor, score and best motion picture musical or comedy and countless more Oscars, but the absence of a script that does more than sketch faintly Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly's 1952 Singin» in the Rain pushes Jean Dujardin's performance as George Valentin to centre stage to fill the void.

The film even earned a pair of Golden Globe nominations, one for Best Comedy or Musical and another for Ryan Reynolds» lead performance.

La La Land won all seven awards it was nominated for, with the retro musical earning Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy; Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Emma Stone; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy for Ryan Gosling; Best Director, Motion Picture, and Best Screenplay, Motion Picture, for Damien Chazelle; Best Original Score, Motion Picture for Justin Hurwitz; and Best Original Song, Motion Picture for Benj Pasek and Justin Paul's «City of Stars.»

The Revenant — > Serious Drama / Action performance TWOWS — > Very Fun Comedy / Drama performance (SECOND BEST) The Great Gatsby — > Haven't seen but by his dancing gifs, comedic?

So too should we be thankful for this thought - provoking, poignant, deceptively effortless comedy that would garner 7 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, scoring three for its screenplay and the supporting performances of Caine (is he really a supporting actor in this?)

James Franco won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy last night for his performance in The Disaster Artist.