Sentences with phrase «in comedy as»

Leslie Mann (This is 40), Ike Barinholtz (Suicide Squad) and WWE star John Cena (Trainwreck) will star in the comedy as parents who discover each of their daughters have made a pact to lose their virginity at prom, and launch an operation to prevent -LSB-...]

It's amazing how the Duplass brothers think that pratfalls are appropriate in a comedy as «realistic» and occasionally dark as Table 19, but they're seemingly as essential element to the film's laughs.

I Feel Pretty: Amy Schumer stars in this comedy as a woman who has very little self - confidence until she wakes up from an accident and feels like the most beautiful and important woman on Earth.

He doesn't show a knack for action sequences, and he frequently stumbles in the comedy as well, which is more an indication of a script in need of tweaking than an indictment of talent involved.

Keegan - Michael Key and Jordan Peele star in this comedy as two friends posing as drug dealers to get back a stolen cat.

Will this movie, playing to young viewers who don't know the Stooges at all, look off - puttingly old - fashioned or so bizarrely slapstick - intense that it seems as up - to - the - minute in its comedy as anything from Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell?

That isn't really too much of a concern in comedy as most sets appear to be stream of consciousness.

In comedies as diverse as Shakespeare's and those on prime time television, life progresses from a state of crisis created by some illusion to a harmonious recovery brought about by discovering the true nature of the circumstances.

His films, which do not begin with finished screenplays but are «devised» by the director in collaboration with his actors, have always been about modern Britain — often about inarticulate, alienated, shy, hostile types, who are as psychologically awkward in his comedies as in his hard - edged work.

Not exact matches

He has had a notable media career outside of football as well, serving as an NFL analyst for CBS for several years and even starring in the Jim Carrey comedy «Ace Ventura Pet Detective.»

Most people probably know Lena Dunham as the creator, writer, and star of Girls, the HBO comedy series that is loosely based on her life as a twenty - something in New York City.

In one concept, 72andSunny pitched having Tom Cruise reprise his character from the 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder as a brash, cursing movie studio executive, and equip him with a PlayBook to run his corporate fiefdom.

Charna Halpern was recently heralded as the «hidden architect of modern comedy,» but she's faced many challenges in building a profitable theater business.

In one study, subjects were shown a video — either of comedy routines or a «placebo» video that wasn't as funny.

Hourly and half - hourly news bulletins, combined with programs on a host of topics, from sports to culture and cookery to comedy, mean that the radio is arguably still as relevant today as it was in the years before podcasts, the web and streaming.

Simon, who died from colon cancer in March, was best known as co-creator of the Fox animated comedy, «The Simpsons,» the longest - running sitcom in American television.

The app, which launched in October, offers videos from Comedy Central and Vice, among others, as well as basketball and football games.

This classic action comedy by visionary director Robert Zemeckis is as good now as it was in the»80s.

But, in business just as with comedy, how you learn from those failures can be the difference between succeeding in the future and going through the same old motions you've always known.

C.K. was listed as the executive producer on «One Mississippi,» and released Notaro's comedy album in 2012.

The studio does have a pair of big spring releases in Ghost in the Shell, the controversial adaptation of the popular manga comic that stars Scarlett Johansson, as well as the action - comedy adaptation of the 1990s lifeguard TV show Baywatch.

According to Comedy Hype, Chappelle was recording these sets as his next comedy special, and their sources have told them it'll be for HBO, although there's no title set in stone just yet, and nor is there a date on when we can hope to sComedy Hype, Chappelle was recording these sets as his next comedy special, and their sources have told them it'll be for HBO, although there's no title set in stone just yet, and nor is there a date on when we can hope to scomedy special, and their sources have told them it'll be for HBO, although there's no title set in stone just yet, and nor is there a date on when we can hope to see it.

Since securing a job as a writer for «30 Rock» in 2006, Glover has used his diverse talents and signature humor to find success in a staggering number of industries, including television, stand - up comedy, music, and film.

Just look at Seinfeld: as of this April, the emblematic»90s comedy «about nothing» has banked more than US$ 3 billion in syndication revenue for its creators.

In between those films he agreed to star in pal Ben Stiller's 2008 comedy «Tropic Thunder» as the overweight, bigger - than - life movie exec Les GrossmaIn between those films he agreed to star in pal Ben Stiller's 2008 comedy «Tropic Thunder» as the overweight, bigger - than - life movie exec Les Grossmain pal Ben Stiller's 2008 comedy «Tropic Thunder» as the overweight, bigger - than - life movie exec Les Grossman.

And Netflix could also sweep two of the biggest TV categories if the Aziz Ansari comedy Master of None wins against competitors such as Amazon's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in the «musical or comedy» TV series category.

Sony Pictures» recent success in releasing its comedy «The Interview» through video - on - demand services after threats from hackers was also seen as a blow to big - screen businesses.

The networks, as usual, axed plenty of shows (old and new) in 2017 as well, like the comedy «2 Broke Girls,» which faltered in ratings later into its run.

Viacom, whose networks include Comedy Central, MTV, and Nickelodeon, has taken much criticism in recent years over its high executive pay even as it struggled with slipping ratings while more consumers ditched pricey cable television subscriptions.

But whether Bitcoin can actually replace gold (let alone traditional government - backed currency) has been a matter of fervent debate — quite literally, as evidenced by an event last week entitled «Gold Versus Bitcoin,» held at a New York comedy club, in which well - known gold proponent (Jim Rickards debated James Altucher, a self - help author now peddling Bitcoin investment advice under the moniker «crypto - genius.»

Viacom's share price has fallen by more than 45 % in the past two years, as many of its core properties such as MTV and the Comedy Network have lost much of their audience.

Hulu revived The Mindy Project after Fox decided not to renew the comedy series in 2015, while Netflix has resuscitated freshly - cancelled series such as the western crime drama Longmire (previously on the A&E Network) while also bringing back fan - favorite shows like Arrested Development and Gilmore Girls following long absences.

In a statement, Univision's chief news and digital officer Isaac Lee said comedy is «playing an expanding role in our culture as a vehicle for audiences to explore, debate, and understand the important ideas of our time.&raquIn a statement, Univision's chief news and digital officer Isaac Lee said comedy is «playing an expanding role in our culture as a vehicle for audiences to explore, debate, and understand the important ideas of our time.&raquin our culture as a vehicle for audiences to explore, debate, and understand the important ideas of our time.»

The extent of her contributions as producer - writer - director, for which she's gained respect within the industry, is still unknown to the general public — not to mention her talent for sketch comedy, which is on view in her movies.

The bad news is that human society is a never - ending comedy of errors in which our hopes and dreams play out as farce.

Viacom Inc., a media conglomerate based in New York, owns the Paramount Pictures movie studio and pay TV channels such as MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and BET.

When Trump and Daniels met for the first time, at the July 2006 American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in Stateline, Nevada, she was already porn - famous enough that the previous year she had a bit part in the 2005 Judd Apatow comedy «The 40 - Year - Old Virgin» (as a fantasy character).

Chinese buyers are surging into Washington state, thanks to a top - grossing Chinese romantic comedy filmed in Seattle as well as direct China - Washington flights, reports The Associated Press (20 December 2014)....

What really got Scientology's goat, however, was the November airing on Comedy Central of a South Park spoof of Scientology, called «Trapped in the Closet,» in which a kid named Stan pays $ 240 for auditing and scores off the Bridge as an O.T. IX, which makes everyone think he is the reincarnation of L. Ron Hubbard.

As in the classic British comedy sketch by Rowan Atkinson playing the Devil at the Gates to Hell:» Welcome to Hell.

In their new comedy Amy Damnation, a woman attempts to track down the demon who possessed her as a child — prior to an exorcism — in an effort to no longer be a people - pleaser who's always taken advantage oIn their new comedy Amy Damnation, a woman attempts to track down the demon who possessed her as a child — prior to an exorcism — in an effort to no longer be a people - pleaser who's always taken advantage oin an effort to no longer be a people - pleaser who's always taken advantage of.

Show to Watch for: The Meyers - created animated comedy The Awesomes, which debuted in August, features the voices of SNL alum Kenan Thompson, Bill Hader and Taran Killam as members of the world's (former) greatest superhero team.

It is important in this respect to note the dangers of taking the Comedy as a sort of summa of medieval thought.

If his life seems fairly unremarkable except for the bitterness of the exile and of his unfulfilled political hopes, it resulted in an overpowering single work, the Comedy (which was not known as The Divine Comedy until 1555, an apt editorial intervention that has remained with the poem to this day).

As in comedy, a misunderstanding exists, here between one's mind and one's body.

It is what the saints strive for, what Dante attempted to suggest in the closing lines of the Divine Comedy, what, in a lesser way, many of our best novels grope after as well.

The breakthrough in Sally's own TV career began as corpsing Travel Tavern receptionist Sophie opposite Steve Coogan in I'm Alan Partridge, later followed by her all - female comedy sketch show Smack the Pony with Fiona Allen and Doon Mackichan.

In some sense, indeed, Kierkegaard's life could be written as a kind of dark comedy; despite his premature death, and a great number of sadnesses that afflicted him along the way, there was something enchantingly absurd about his character, a certain benign perversity that often prompted him to make himself willfully ridiculous, and a peculiarly touching element of the ludicrous that clung to him all the way to his early grave.

Surely it is one of the sharpest ironies of this particular divine comedy that by telling the truth in such a way, he will come in later years to be thought of as a forger of old paintings — a counterfeiter of truth.

As You Like It would not be an authentic Shakespearean comedy without the element of identity confusion, in this case created by Rosalind's decision to dress up as a boy in order to protect herself and CeliAs You Like It would not be an authentic Shakespearean comedy without the element of identity confusion, in this case created by Rosalind's decision to dress up as a boy in order to protect herself and Celias a boy in order to protect herself and Celia.