Sentences with phrase «of comedy icon»

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(CNN)-- What do you get when you mix the highest profile American Catholic bishop, an icon of American comedy, a priest who regularly writes about comedy and a media blackout?

CNN: Dolan, Colbert reflect on humor, joy and faith What do you get when you mix the highest profile American Catholic bishop, an icon of American comedy, a priest who regularly writes about comedy and a media blackout?

In the Season 1 finale, series host David Steinberg interviews icons of improvisation: Robin Williams, whose wildly manic standup comedy style was greatly influenced by his mentor Jonathan Winters, off - the - cuff creator of delightfully eccentric characters.

Gallagher is an icon of prop comedy, and in this collection of all his live specials, the gleeful melon masher doesn't hold back.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Relive some of the greatest film moments from comedy legend and Hollywood icon Jerry Lewis with the new JERRY LEWIS 10 FILM COLLECTION, arriving on DVD June 12, 2018 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.

Joining two icons of French cinema, filmmaker Claire Denis and actor Juliette Binoche, Let the Sunshine In is far from your everyday romantic comedy.

The fiery, scatological brilliance of the New England comedy icons» earliest efforts — the beloved troika of «Dumb & Dumber,» «Kingpin» and «There's Something About Mary» — has given way to works imbued with a mildly ribald spirit tempered by a strong dose of morality.

«Becoming Mike Nichols» / U.S.A. (Director: Douglas McGrath)-- This intimate portrait of director, producer, and improvisational comedy icon Mike Nichols shows his final and historic interviews filmed just months before his death.

Other honorees were Male Star of the Year, Jeremy Renner; Female Star of the Year, Jennifer Garner; Distinguished Decade of Achievement in Film, Charlize Theron; Cinema Icon Award, Michelle Pfeiffer; Comedy Star of the Year, Anna Faris; Award of Excellence in Filmmaking, Judd Apatow; Male Star of Tomorrow, Taylor Kitsch; Female Star of Tomorrow, Chloë Grace Moretz; Breakthrough Performer of the Year, Josh Hutcherson and Rising Star of 2012, Diego Boneta.

With the news of Charlie Murphy's passing still fresh in the minds of many, there is perhaps a signal that the comedy world will continue to be brightened by his family and their impeccable comedic chops after word emerged today that Paramount is in the in process of creating a sequel to Coming to America — a film that cemented Eddie Murphy's status as a comedy icon.

The teenage son of late rap icon Notorious B.I.G. is breaking into Hollywood with a key role in Will Ferrell's new dark comedy Everything Must...

It varied from broad comedy with Hugh Travers» The Players, a black comedy about ex-IRA members who join an amateur drama group; to Anne Marie Casey and Joseph O'Connor's biopic Grace 1916, the story of Grace Gifford, an artist and icon of a revolution; Jasmina Kallay's alternate history Das Irland that asks the question «what if promised German help had materialised in 1916?»

It transforms stuffy costume drama into strange situationist comedy while delicately knocking an icon of history from his vaunted pedestal.

; MEN AND CHICKEN, Anders Thomas Jensen's dark, twisted and extremely animalistic comedy as black as pitch, but with the sweetest heart, starring Mads Mikkelsen; Fernando León de Aranoa's black comedy A PERFECT DAY, a freewheeling tale centering on two veteran aid workers starring Benico Del Toro and Tim Robbins; the International Premiere of Brendan Cowell's debut RUBEN GUTHRIE about an advertising exec trying to quit the booze, which spikes social observations with dark, wounded humour and the European Premiere of Japanese auteur / icon Takeshi Kitano's latest comedy, RYUZO AND HIS SEVEN HENCHMEN, about a group of elderly, retired Yakuza who reteam to take revenge on a younger rival gang.

There is breezy comedy to be made of a YouTube - age writer meeting the icons and idols of a bygone, classical era («Bill and Ted's Literary Adventure»), but Allen goes deeper, expanding on his time - travel device to make unexpected and unexpectedly generous observations on the enduring nature of art and artists.

Lau and Leung also gave terrific performances in comedies this year (Fat Choi Spirit and Chinese Odyssey 2002), but I'm going with their redefinitions of the cop / triad genre icons for their nominations.

The comedy icon, currently starring in the new hit comedy Hot in Cleveland, was nominated for an Emmy Award earlier today for her wildly successful stint at host of Saturday Night Live.

There are a few laughs, mostly at mere name - dropping of 1980s cultural icons, but definitely not enough to provide a satisfying comedy experience.

This week we see the release of «Snatched,» a film starring comedy icon Goldie Hawn and modern day superstar Amy Schumer.

But even though Raimi is a horror icon, he always had a special brand of horror that relied on excessive gore, in - your - face slapstick and a healthy dose of comedy.

A hit comedy from comic icon Jerry Seinfeld, an ambitious young worker bee Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld) soars out into the world in search of nectar and adventure.

The list of icons making appearances was truly unprecedented: Superman soars twice — once in the «return» and the other as Ben Affleck; Crockett and Tubbs exude cool; Ethan Hunt falls short; Captain Jack Sparrow sets the stage for the finale; Jack Black sometimes wears stretchy pants; Huey Long is resurrected and somehow over-played by Sean Penn; the mass appeal of the DaVinci Code novel fizzled onscreen; Robert Altman's amazing career ended with an excellent adaptation of a radio series starring Garrison Keillor's made for radio face; Johnny Depp tried to untrack his career with The Libertine; Nicolas Cage was front and center in the disastrous remake of The Wicker Man, but if the preview is any indication, his sleep - walk was merely a tune - up for this year's Ghost Rider; Woody Allen (with Scarlett Johansson as his muse) re-emerged with his best comedy since Crimes and Misdemeanors; amazingly, Jen and Vince's real life break - up was more entertaining than the film version; and while on - set hook - ups seem to the norm, how could the dreadful You, Me and Dupree have been an aphrodisiac for Kate and Owen?

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Aside from artist George Michael being present in the way that other artists / icons of yesteryear are used for neverending jokes in R rated comedies, (seemingly starting with Ted), just about all of the laughs come courtesy of Key & Peele.

That nugget comes from his fellow stand - up veteran Jim Carrey in this first look at The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, HBO's 4 1/2 - hour, two - part documentary about the comedy icon who died in 2016.

Forte, Wain, and the rest of the cast do their best to honor the icon, and the result is an extremely fun meta - comedy.

The comedy icon seems to embrace his role as Richie Lanz, a has - been rock manager who takes his last remaining artist (Zooey Deschanel) on a USO tour of Afghanistan, only to be abandoned there, penniless and without a passport.

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As a teenager, I enjoyed drawing famous people and was totally seduced by the glamour of old 40s, 50s and 60s Hollywood movies, American comedy and African - American icons, particularly Michael Jackson.