Sentences with phrase «of comedy legends»
Ben Stiller, too, is a comedic genius (and the offspring of comedy legends Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara).
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Even when the performers don't look exactly like their counterparts (which seems to be the case with most of the cast), they seem to have the mannerisms of these comedy legends down to a T. Close your eyes and listen to Daly delivering that line as Bill Murray.
The third collection of the brilliant «Treasures From American Film Archives,» which showcases 48 rarities made between the years 1900 to 1934, is loosely organized around themes of social issues and engagement and reveals a side of early cinema forgotten in the popularity of the comedy legends and silent screen heartthrobs.
Essentially Animal House on the links, it's neither as raucous nor as outrageous as that definitive college comedy but it has the same rebellious spirit and a great cast of comedy legends showing the young co-stars how it's done.
«The triumphant return of a comedy legend in Dave Chappelle: Collection 1 was our most viewed comedy special ever.
State Senator Catherine Young listed numerous examples in the Southern Tier, from Athenex and NRG to Nuova Castelli to a new $ 31 million hotel under construction in Celoron, the hometown of comedy legend Lucille Ball.
The latest evidence that some people just have funny bones is Damon Wayans Jr, the son of comedy legend Damon Wayans («The Last Boy Scout «-RRB-, and the latest offspring of the prodigious Wayans family to head towards the big time, thanks to his hysterical role on ABC sitcom «Happy Endings.»
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The comedy legend is a founding father of Funny or Die, a comedy - video website that hosts user - generated content as well as exclusives with celebrities, including Judd Apatow, Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jon Hamm.
A wide variety of entertainment options range from the comedy - magic of Mac King, to stand - up performances at The Improv, to the longest - running tribute show in the world, Legends in Concert.
Comedy legend Joan Rivers passed away today in Manhattan at the age of 81.
«21 and Over» would have been better served going for pure comedy the whole time — like «Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy» successfully pulled off — and a script rewrite that took chances beyond «The Hangover» formula we've already seen twice now.
The most provocative thing in Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work is the moment during the opening credits when we glimpse the comedy legend without makeup.
Big stars, living legends and up - and - comers share never - before - heard anecdotes, intimate memories and career - defining moments from the past five decades of comedy.
Host David Steinberg interviews a trio of comedy greats about their early encounters with show business legends: Billy Crystal talks about his memories of opening for Sammy Davis Jr., Martin Short recalls meeting Jerry Lewis, whom he has often imitated, and Brad Garrett reveals the innocent joke that got him exiled from opening for Frank Sinatra.
Host David Steinberg interviews big stars and living legends as they share never - before - heard anecdotes, intimate memories, and career - defining moments from the past five decades of comedy.
The founder and proprietress of Goldie's comedy club is a living legend.
Plenty of male dramas and comedies have bombed: Silence and Steve Jobs as I mentioned, plus Live by Night, Patriot's Day, CHiPs, The Snowman, and Only the Brave (and those are just from last year, not including male action sci - fi / fantasy flops like King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, The Dark Tower, and Blade Runner 2049).
First, in July, she starred opposite Will Ferrell in the 70s - era comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.
Host David Steinberg interviews the show business legends, lifelong friends who got their start writing for television variety shows and became comedy motion picture directors, each with a string of classic box office blockbusters to his name.
Later we'd learn that critics at Cannes booed at every screening of Redoubtable, apparently shocked by the way Michel Hazanavicius, a mainstream director, makes light comedy of the living legend of the French New Wave.
It was depressing enough when they took a beloved, hilarious cult comedy, 2004's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and made a weak sequel out of it — an aging Gen - X reunion whose only purpose was to mint money.
He has also guested on Showtime's HOUSE OF LIES with Don Cheadle, TNT's LEGENDS opposite Sean Bean, Comedy Central's KEY & PEELE and many more.
Adam McKay's 2004 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, starring Will Ferrell as a»70s TV anchorboob, was not only a hit; it nosed its way almost immediately into the comedy pantheon.
The Garden State actor - turned - director stepped behind the camera for the upcoming remake of the 1979 crime comedy, and he is still in awe at landing three «legends» to star as retirees who scheme to rob a bank.
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.
The legend of Superbad, Jonah Hill, also stars in this classic comedy, but his character is pointless in the film.
The Robin Hood legend reared his head in the mainstream one - percenter comedy Tower Heist where Ben Stiller plays a building manager of a luxury high - rise who robs a millionaire to get his staff's pension - fund money back after it was «invested» in a Ponzi scheme.
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.
Writer and director Adam McKay made an impressive jump from directing feature comedies like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Step Brothers to the real life The Big Short, even earning an Oscar nomination for Best Director and a win for Best Adapted Screenplay.
And yes, «Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy» is still the balls, an unrelentingly quotable and flat out hilarious comedy that pretty much launched Will Ferrell and the rest of the Channel 4 News teaOf Ron Burgundy» is still the balls, an unrelentingly quotable and flat out hilarious comedy that pretty much launched Will Ferrell and the rest of the Channel 4 News teaof the Channel 4 News team.
This Week's DVD Releases by Kam Williams Top Ten DVD List for March 20th The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy The Muppets Lost Keaton: 16 Comedy Shorts [1934 - 1937] Teen a Go Go Victorious — The Complete Second Season Best of Caillou: Caillou's Outdoor Adventures Louder Than a Bomb Wild Kratts: Predator Power Adventures in Lalaloopsy Land: The Search for Pillow Honorable Mention Jane by Design — Volume One National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus The Ring [Blu - ray] Battle Royale Hop
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Late screen legend Leslie Nielsen has been crowned the king of comedy - he stars in two of the funniest films ever made, according to a new...
Later in the evening the four leads were joined by the original cast of the 1984 film: comedy legends Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts!
Equally adept at the intimate and the epic, he lent visual character to both drawing - room comedies and picturesque outdoor westerns, and the list of directors he collaborated with reads like a who's who of cinematic legends: Cecil B. DeMille, Victor Fleming, Ernst Lubitsch, Anthony Mann, Preston Sturges, Raoul Walsh, William Wellman, William Wyler.
This horror comedy stars many of your favourite horror legends including Kane Hodder and Bill Moseley, and is directed
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.
As the writer and director of the feature films Knocked Up and The 40 - Year - Old Virgin, the producer of the blockbuster comedies Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, and the creator of the acclaimed television series «Freaks and Geeks» and «Undeclared,» Apatow has developed a reputation for stories that are equal measures sentimental and unrefined.
The late comedy legend winds up stuck with a screenplay full of coal, as are Joel McHale, Candice Bergen, Oliver Platt, Lauren Graham and Wendi McClendon - Covey
Written by Jon Ronson (The Men Who Stare At Goats) and Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Men Who Stare At Goats), Frank is a fictional story based on the memoir by Jon Ronson and loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom (the persona of cult musician and comedy legend Chris Sievey), as well as outsider musicians like Daniel Johnston, Captain Beefheart and Harry Partch.
In a World... (R for profanity and sexual references) Lake Bell wrote, directed and stars in this dysfunctional family comedy as an aspiring voiceover artist attempting to follow in the footsteps of her movie trailer legend father (Fred Melamed), despite the fact that the field is dominated by stentorian - throated males.
In a way, the film plays like a greatest - hits collection of the worst films so far of Summer 2017, from an appearance by the Knights of the Round Table that calls to mind «King Arthur: Legend of the Sword,» the leaden comedy and leering courtship of «Baywatch» and the general «Why are we in England again?»
Landis reportedly came up with the concept for this still - effective blend of comedy and horror while working in Yugoslavia on the film «Kelly's Heroes,» but recognition of his writing and directing all too often take a backseat to the startlingly effective makeup by FX legend Rick Baker.
Individual elements are ambitious, even praiseworthy, but the narrative arc of this comedy - drama about Hawaiian legends, the privatization of space, and a hunky guy with commitment issues falls apart almost as soon as the whirl - a-gig ride begins.
The Big Short marks a tuning point in the career of writer - director Adam McKay who made his name with Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy in 2004, followed by hit Will Ferrell comedies Step Brothers and The Other Guyof writer - director Adam McKay who made his name with Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy in 2004, followed by hit Will Ferrell comedies Step Brothers and The Other GuyOf Ron Burgundy in 2004, followed by hit Will Ferrell comedies Step Brothers and The Other Guys.
Why you shouldn't miss it: This is the third outing for Paul Rudd and Steve Carell, and the two improv legends are golden gods in the realm of comedy.
Director and co-writer Adam McKay, known for lowbrow comedies often starring Will Ferrell («Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy») unbeloved by me, makes the unlikeliest left turn in Hollywood history.
Both a domestic and an international trailer have arrived for December's comedy sequel «Anchorman: The Legend Continues» which sees Will Ferrell's Ron Burgundy and his team taking on the world of cable news.
An extremely strange hybrid of dark comedy / drama, actor turned director John Slattery's (from Mad Men fame) film God's Pocket will likely be forever known only because of it's featuring of one of screen legend Philip Seymour Hoffman's last roles as grubby (when wasn't he grubby?)