Sentences with phrase «comedy award winner»

BBC New Comedy Award winner and BBC Radio 4 sitcom writer.

Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Hannah Gadsby on why she's giving up stand - up This year, Netflix has asserted complete stand - up comedy dominance, from Jerry Seinfeld to Dave Chappelle.

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, a previous award winner, is also a nominee for the Viewer's Choice categories, «BEST HOME CHEF IN A SERIES,» «BEST COMEDY,» and «BEST INSTRUCTIONAL WEB SERIES.»

In this new comedy adventure, celebrated travel writer, Bill Bryson (Academy Award winner Robert Redford), instead of retiring to enjoy his loving and beautiful wife (Academy Award winner Emma Thompson), and large and happy family, challenges himself to hike the Appalachian Trail - 2,200 miles of America's most unspoiled, spectacular and rugged countryside from Georgia to Maine.

Winning big this year was the comedy Natural Selection with seven different awards including Grand Jury Winner for Narrative Feature.

Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance this year at the Sundance Film Festival was the indie comedy Safety Not Guaranteed.

Academy Award winner James Cagney puts on his dancing shoes again for The West Point Story, a spirited comedy packed with star - power and tunes by veteran songwriters Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.

The film is a romantic comedy set in 1990's Los Angeles that also features Academy Award and Grammy winner Jennifer Hudson, Kevin James, Terry Crews, Lamorne Morris, Nick Swardson, Rob Schneider, Jane Seymour and Grammy winner Aaron Neville.

While there were tons of important Spirit Award winners, the best parts of the show, per usual, were the comedy bits, including Kroll...

The dramatic comedy was directed by Tony Award - winner Matthew Warchus («God of Carnage») from a screenplay by Stephen Beresford.

Films that might have fit this putative strand included the charming but overlong Timeless Stories, co-written and directed by Vasilis Raisis (and winner of the Michael Cacoyannis Award for Best Greek Film), a story that follows a couple (played by different actors at different stages of the characters» lives) across the temporal loop of their will - they, won't - they relationship from childhood to middle age and back again — essentially Julio Medem - lite, or Looper rewritten by Richard Curtis; Michalis Giagkounidis's 4 Days, where the young antiheroine watches reruns of Friends, works in an underpatronized café, freaks out her hairy stalker by coming on to him, takes photographs and molests invalids as a means of staving off millennial ennui, and causes ripples in the temporal fold, but the film is as dead as she is, so you hardly notice; Bob Byington's Infinity Baby, which may be a «science - fiction comedy» about a company providing foster parents with infants who never grow up, but is essentially the same kind of lame, unambitious, conformist indie comedy that has characterized U.S. independent cinema for way too long — static, meticulously framed shots in pretentious black and white, amoral yet supposedly lovable characters played deadpan by the usual suspects (Kieran Culkin, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan), reciting apparently nihilistic but essentially soft - center dialogue, jangly indie music at the end, and a pretty good, if belated, Dick Cheney joke; and Petter Lennstrand's loveably lo - fi Up in the Sky, shown in the Youth Screen section, about a young girl abandoned by overworked parents at a sinister recycling plant, who is reluctantly adopted by a reconstituted family of misfits and marginalized (mostly puppets) who are secretly building a rocket — it's for anyone who has ever loved the Tintin moon adventures, books with resourceful heroines, narratives with oddball gangs, and the legendary episode of Angel where David Boreanaz turned into a Muppet.

Factory Rated: Not rated The lowdown: Academy Award - winner Brie Larson stars in this musical romantic comedy as Dr. Linda Watt, a sheltered young scientist, sent to India by her company CEO (Donald Sutherland) to sell GMO rice she created to farmers.

Winner, Best Soundtrack - Beloit International Film Festival Winner, Best Narrative Feature - Hollywood Film & Script Film Festival Winner, Best Comedy Feature Film - Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival Winner, Best Actress (Dee Wallace)- Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival Winner, Award of Merit - Indie Fest Winner, Diamond Award for Narrative Feature - California Film Awards Winner, Best Music / Score - Los Angeles Downtown Independent Film Festival Winner, Best Actor (Todd Robert Anderson)- Phenom International Film Festival Winner, Best Editing - Phenom International Film Festival Winner, Best Cinematography - Phenom International Film Festival Winner, Founder's Choice Award - Phenom International Film Festival Official Selection - Dances with Films Official Selection - Orlando Film Festival Official Selection - THRILLER!

Alejandro G. Inarritu's black comedy Birdman was the big winner at the 2014 Gotham Independent Awards on Monday night, despite the fact that Richard Linklater's coming - of - age pic Boyhood topped the nominations with four.

Winner of Best Comedy Series for «Silicon Valley,» Tom Lassally, poses for a portrait during the 2016 Critics Choice Awards on December 11, 2016 in Santa Monica, California.

Academy Award winner Charlize Theron is the antithesis of glamour in the just - released trailer for «Tully,» a dramatic comedy from Academy Award - winning screenwriter Diablo Cody and Academy Award - nominated director Jason Reitman.

Actors Gary Cole, Clea DuVall, Anna Chlumsky, Julia Louis - Dreyfus, Kevin Dunn, Tony Hale, Matt Walsh, Sam Richardson, and Reid Scott, winners of the award for Outstanding Comedy Series for «Veep,» pose in the press room at the 69th... More

Two - time Academy Award ® - winner Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront, The Godfather), Academy Award ® - winner Faye Dunaway (Network) and Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Blow) deliver tour de force performances in this critically acclaimed romantic comedy.

Cast and crew of «Atlanta,» winners of Best Series - Musical or Comedy, pose in the press room during the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.

A new red band trailer has arrived online for the upcoming festive comedy sequel Bad Santa 2, which sees Billy Bob Thornton back as Willie Soke alongside Tony Cox (Marcus), Brett Kelly (Thurman Merman) and new additions Kathy Bates and Christina Hendricks; watch it below after the official synopsis... BAD SANTA 2 returns Academy Award ® - winner BILLY BOB THORNTON -LSB-...]

Actress Tracee Ellis Ross, winner of Best Performance in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy for «Black - ish,» poses in the press room during the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.

Another double winner was Peter Kay's «Car Share», earning the Scripted Comedy prize as Kay landed the Male Performance in a Comedy Programme award.

This dark and quirky comedy stars Academy Award ® winner Kate Winslet as Tilly Dunnage, who cares for her eccentric mother (Academy Award ® nominee Judy Davis), schemes with the local sergeant (Hugo Weaving) who has secrets of his own, and falls for local farmer Teddy (Liam Hemsworth).

With an all - star cast, including Henry Phillips (Punching the Clown), stand - up comics Tig Notaro, Jim Jefferies and Doug Stanhope; Clifton Collins Jr. (Pacific Rim), with Sarah Silverman (I Smile Back) and Academy Award ® winner J.K. Simmons (Best Supporting Actor, Whiplash, 2014), PUNCHING HENRY is a hilarious and heartwarming glimpse behind the curtain of the weird world of comedy.

SHOWTIME has given a pilot order to WHITE FAMOUS, a half - hour comedy executive produced by Academy Award (R) winner Jamie Foxx and Tom Kapinos.

This dark and quirky comedy stars Academy Award ® winner Kate Winslet as Tilly Dunnage, who cares for her eccentric mother (Academy Award ® nominee Judy Davis), schemes with the local sergeant (Hugo Weaving) who has secrets of his own, and falls for local far... [Read More]

We've got our hands on the poster and a promo clip for the upcoming British comedy Eaten By Lions, which is directed by Raindance Award - winner Jason Wingard (In Another Life), and features a cast that includes Johnny Vegas, Tom Binns and Jack Carroll.

The award winner for best short film at the 2007 US Comedy Arts Festival (now known simply as The Comedy Festival) was «My Wife Is Retarded,» starring Gary Cole, Sean Astin, Leslie Bibb, Phyllis George and George Segal.

Actress Allison Janney, winner of Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, poses in the press room at the 5th Annual Critics» Choice Television Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 31, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California.

Multiple Emmy Award winners Candice Bergen and series creator Diane English reunite for MURPHY BROWN, the revival of the groundbreaking multi-camera comedy about the eponymous broadcast news legend and her biting take on current events, now in a world of 24 - hour cable, social media, â $ fake newsâ $ and a vastly different political climate.

The winners of the 73rd Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced last night at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California with The Revenant pulling off a sweep of top three categories including best drama film, and The Martian hilariously picking up best comedy, while Amazon's «Mozart in the Jungle» and USA's «Mr. Robot» overcame intense competition to nab the highest television honors.

Alongside The Unjust, box office hit The Man From Nowhere features in the «Crime and Punishment» section, whilst black comedy Shim's Family and Blue Dragon Film Award winner The Show Must Go On join Oki's Movie in «Extraordinary Ordinary Families».

On the television side, which spanned 10 awards, «Justified» was a surprise winner for Best TV Drama Series, while the deliciously ribald «It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,» now entering its seventh season, was named Best TV Comedy Series, knocking off last year's winner, «The Big C.» Kate Winslet («Mildred Pierce») and Jason Isaacs (PBS» «Case Histories») were awarded Best Actress and Best Actor prizes in the Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television categories, while Vanessa Williams («Desperate Housewives») and Ryan Hurst («Sons of Anarchy») won supporting performance trophies, which span both TV movie and serial work.

«SuperMansion» Scheduled to Premiere Fall 2015 Original Stop - Motion Animated Comedy Series, 13 episodes Emmy - Award winner Bryan Cranston («Breaking Bad») voices the character of Titanium Rex, who leads a «seen - better - days» group of super heroes, «The League of Freedom,» in their increasingly difficult struggle to remain relevant in today's world.

The source image is from Melville Shavelson's 1963 comedy, A New Kind Of Love and the couple also starred together in 1990s Merchant / Ivory award winner Mr. & Mrs. Bridge.

He made his directorial debut in 2004 with Garden State and most recently directed a remake of the 1979 Martin Brest caper comedy Going in Style, starring Academy Award winners Alan Arkin, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman.

Last year's winners of the DGA TV awards — Leslie Linka Glatter for Showtime's «Homeland» in drama series and Jill Solloway for Amazon's «Transparent» in comedy series — received nominations again.

All three bring a new passion and timeliness to A Star Is Born one of the screen's classic love stories (previously filmed in 1937 and 1954) and winner of five Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture Actress and Actor (Musical / Comedy).

«Detectorists,» a wonderful sitcom set in the south of England among a group of treasure hunters and the winner of the 2015 BAFTA award for scripted comedy, has crossed the Atlantic by way of the streaming subscription service Acorn TV.

They are in post-production on Gambit, a comedy written by Academy Award Winners Joel Coen and Ethan Coen which stars Academy Award Winner Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman and Stanley Tucci which CBS Films will release this fall.

When seeking the best American movies of all time, one could turn to Academy Award winners, sports movies, classic romantic comedies or the most patriotic movies of all time.

Here, as directed by light - hearted, comedy specialist Peyton Reed («Bring It On,» «The Break - Up,» «Yes Man») from a script credited to Edgar Wright, Adam McKay, Joe Cornish and Paul Rudd (who also stars as the title character), the tale is told of Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas, Academy Award winner for «Wall Street» who is seen as his current old self and as a Photoshopped 1980s stud) and his protege, Scott Lang (Rudd, «All is Bright»).

(PG - 13 for profanity and sexuality) Three - time Academy Award - winner James L. Brooks directs this romantic comedy in which a free - spirited 27 year - old (Reese Witherspoon) lands in a love triangle where she has troubled deciding between a major league baseball player (Owen Wilson) and a corporate executive (Paul Rudd) who's just lost his job.

Actor William H. Macy, winner of Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for «Shameless,» poses in the press room during the 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at The Shrine Auditorium on January 21, 2018 in Los... More

Casino Jack (R for violence, brief nudity and pervasive profanity) Two - time Academy Award - winner Kevin Spacey plays the title character in this political comedy revisiting the scandal which ruined the career of Jack Abramoff, the once - powerful DC lobbyist convicted of fraud, conspiracy, tax evasion and influence peddling.

Other winners included Julia Louis - Dreyfus, who took home her fifth consecutive award for her lead performance on Veep and Jeffrey Tambor, who won his second consecutive award for his leading performance on for Amazon comedy Transparent.

What makes «The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby» truly stand apart from all the other films of its kind, be they French art - house award winners, your mother's favorite Meg Ryan movie or the myriad of romantic comedies out there, is the emotional depth that is allowed by the film's premise and length, executed almost perfectly.

Going in Style appears to be in the same vein as such comedies, with its core ensemble consisting of Academy Award winners Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Alan Arkin.

In the uproarious follow - up to the hit comedy Smoke, Harvey Keitel (Pulp Fiction) returns with a red - hot, all - star cast that includes Michael J. Fox (Stuart Little, TV's Spin City), Roseanne (ABC - TV's Roseanne), and Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (Mimic, Replacement Killers)!

Fill your Inbox with hilarious moments from The Office Season Three in this four - disc collection that's crammed with extensive bonus features and all 22 episodes of the 2006 Primetime Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Comedy Series!