Sentences with phrase «of funnyman»

His integral and somewhat awkwardly - played part still dwarfs that of funnyman Ricky Gervais, who nonetheless makes the most comedically of his two small scenes while channeling the personalities of his two award - winning Britcoms.

Though the casting of funnyman Jason Sudeikis as Owens» coach will no doubt raise a few eyebrows, it's nice to see up - and - comer Stephan James getting a chance to showcase his talents in a leading role after his breakthrough performance in «Selma.»

But if its «us versus the world» plot is groan - inducingly unoriginal, the film is blessed with a trio of funnymen, headlined by the uproariously scene - stealing Will Ferrell, who seem hell - bent on breathing life into this stale and paper - thin premise.

Not exact matches

I'm especially fascinated with her since her baby daddy is funnyman Jason Sudekis, an alum of my high school.

Redknapp has appointed funnyman Brand as his assistant manager as the duo prepare to take charge of the Men United team against a Leyton Orient legends XI at the Matchroom Stadium on May 31, in support of Prostate Cancer UK.

In 2014, after just one month of fatherhood, the funnyman actor shared how much his new role had already affected him, and from there it just got better and better.

Also RIP comedian Dick Gregory, whose death proved a tough loss for Hollywood, who remembered the legendary funnyman and civil rights activist with a flood of social media posts commending his fight for justice and his stellar sense of humor.

The 89 - year - old funnyman joked with cops at a screening of Rikki Klieman's police documentary, «In the Line of Fire.»

The 89 - year - old funnyman attended a recent screening of lawyer and CBS legal analyst Rikki Klieman's cop doc for Investigation Discovery, «In the Line of Fire.»

A holiday test of Will Ferrell «s star power arrives in the form of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, the first starring theatrical sequel for the funnyman.

Funnyman Will Ferrell lends his voice to the title character a blue - skinned green - eyed alien whose mammoth hairless cranium has over the course of his career as a supervillain given life to an endless array of exotic inventions and elaborate schemes all in the service of his lifelong dream of conquering his adopted hometown of Metro City.

Funnyman Steve Oedekerk never quite broke through as a standup comic, but his years on the standup circuit did lead to a thriving career as a writer and director for some of Hollywood's biggest comedy stars, as well as periodic acting jobs.

Funnyman Carell stars in Seeking a Friend for the End of the World as the aptly named Dodge, a meek insurance adjustor who has spent his life avoiding the true heaviness of human existence.

But when a closing block of text announces that the two men still talk on a semi-regular basis — a surprise, given the finality of their last on - screen meeting — it's hard to shake the feeling that a truly complex liaison has been reduced to an acting exercise for a couple of moonlighting funnymen.

The 32 - year - old Saturday Night Live funnyman is just one of the many celebs booked on the talk show, which premieres this Friday (December 3) with its first guest Jack Black.

This comic masterpiece by Preston Sturges is among the finest Hollywood satires and a high - water mark in the career of one of the industry's most revered funnymen.

Mike: Paul R (more...) Phoebe's «big step forward» with Mike is tripped up by the return of the Scientist Guy (Hank Azaria); Emma's new nanny (Freddie Prinze Jr.) gets under Ross's skin; and Monica's cut - up of a co-worker has funnyman Chandler singing the blues.

Funnyman / actor DENIS LEARY is in talks to play police Capt. George Stacy, the father of EMMA STONE's character, in the upcoming SPIDER - MAN prequel...

Funnyman Damon Wayans has scrapped a series of stand - up shows following a diabetes - related medical emergency.The comedian was supposed to perform in...

Now the indie production is getting some steam as Deadline reports a variety of talent seems to be interested in bringing it to life, including funnyman Will Ferrell circling the role of soft core pulp fiction producer Russ Meyer.

Jonah Hill's drastic diet caused problems for the director of new comedy The Sitter after the funnyman began to lose weight during the shoot.Hill was...

To get to that point, Hill had to establish himself in Hollywood, and as such, the first years of his career read like that of any big time funnyman.

One of the most underrated films of Steve Carell's career, Dan In Real Life stars the funnyman as a widowed single father advice columnist who falls for his brother's girlfriend.

It's hard to say Hill got tired of being a funnyman.

Inevitably, the funnyman yearned to tackle more serious fare and did so with more nuanced roles in Punch - Drunk Love and Spanglish, which were basically serious variants of his well - established persona.

The funnyman will also tackle other topics such as the cost of college and getting older.

They sure did a nice job of casting the film though, rounding out the A-list firepower with indie queen Catherine Keener, funnyman Clark Duke, who makes a very forgettable character memorable, and Cloris Leachman as Keener's mom, though to be fair most of Leachman's laughs come from her character's actions rather than her words (she's good with a stick).

The move surprised a lot of people, considering there was already plenty of buzz about funnyman Steve Carell, who went through a drastic physical transformation to play multimillionaire John du Pont, delivering a career - defining dramatic performance worthy of a Best Actor nomination and possibly a win.

So when you buy a ticket for a movie about a square, suburban neighborhood - watch team defending their small town from aliens, you know what you're getting from a glance at the poster: Stiller will be in furrowed - brow funnyman mode; Vince Vaughn is on board to provide warp - speed patter and full - frontal dudity; and Jonah Hill will do some variation of his peeved, passive - aggressive nerd thing.

Frank was the comedy alter - ego of London musician and funnyman Chris Sievey, who performed wearing a large cartoon papier mache head.

Jonah Hill stars in 22 Jump Street hitting theaters on Friday and in honor of his flick and just because we love him so much, here are five things you may not know about the funnyman.

Iconic funnyman Eric Idle bumped into his neighbor Sasha Baron Cohen on the way to the set of the new comedy Grimsby, sharing a first look photo on his Twitter.

Sometimes it's a comedy about a conniver, scheming to undermine a corrupt system with the help of larger - than - life funnyman figures like John Goodman and Stephen Root as upbeat schlockmeisters Frank and Hymie King.

Frankly put, if you don't take the time to catch the man at work, you're missing out on catching one of the best funnymen in cinema today.

EMILY BLUNT and JASON SEGEL have been tapped to join funnyman JACK BLACK in a new movie version of fictional adventure book GULLIVER»S TRAVELS.

Among them is funnyman Cedric The Entertainer who, as usual, makes a grand entrance by waltzing up and down the carpet in front of the step - and - repeat.

The idea of the sad clown is as old as comedy itself, and yet it'd be too easy to classify Rick Alverson's new film — which revolves around the existential journey of a standup performer — as just another in the long line of stories about depressed funnymen and th...

LITTLE BRITAIN funnyman DAVID WALLIAMS is making a splash for a good cause - he plans to swim all 215 miles (346 kilometres) of England's Thames...

The funnyman of film and «Saturday Night Live» fame largely limits his admiration of the director to Palm Beach Story, which he describes as what Ferris Bueller's Day Off is to John Hughes.

The series was handed the honour at the annual prizegiving, which recognises the best of British films, TV, music, literature and dance, while funnymen Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon won the TV Comedy prize for their series The Trip to Italy.

Featuring O'Brien's unique brand of off - beat comedy during his live performances along with «behind - the - scenes gold» (Entertainment Weekly), Conan O'Brien Can't Stop showcases both the funnyman's prodigious talent as well as his humor and grace during a challenging time in his professional career.

The funnyman can only hope his nerves don't get the best of him and ruin all his preparation.

Portraits of actor Ethan Hawke, funnyman Andy Dick and reality Tv mogul Donald Trump are among the pieces by artist William Quigley set to go on...

Call Me Lucky (Unrated) Prestige biopic chronicling the enduring standup career of irreverent, funnyman Barry Crimmins.

(Derek Jarman, 1984) Khesht va Ayeneh (The Brick and the Mirror, Ebrahim Golestan, 1965) La legge della tromba (The Law of the Trumpet, Augusto Tretti, 1962) Szegénylegények (The Round - Up, Miklós Jancsó, 1965) Limite (Mário Peixoto, 1931) Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal (Theatre of Mr. and Mrs. Kabal, Walerian Borowczyk, 1967) Zangiku monogatari (The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum, Kenji Mizoguchi, 1939) Von Griechenland (Peter Nestler, 1966) Marinetti (Albie Thoms, 1969) Funnyman (John Korty, 1967) Film no. 18 / Mahagonny (Harry Smith, 1970 - 80) The Hornsey Film (Patricia Holland, 1970) Yi sheng (Doctor, Chung Mong - hong, 2006) Enjo (Conflagration, Kon Ichikawa, 1958) I Remember Harlem (William Miles, 1981) Homunculus (Otto Rippert, 1916) Mahlzeiten (Table for Love, Edgar Reitz, 1967) Alyam Alyam (Oh the Days!

Jemaine Clement, introverted funnyman that he is, has an awkward charm to him that escapes most of his Hollywood peers.

Funnyman David Spade has donated $ 100,000 (# 62,500) to help the survivors of a string of tornadoes which struck America's Midwest and southern...

Anyone who suffered through Forte's disastrous 2010 spoof MacGruber, the only previous occasion on which anyone thought to make him the lead of a comedy movie, can tell you that Forte isn't one of the gifted funnymen of his time.

Legendary car guy and funnyman Jay Leno experienced the pitfalls of 2,500 hp when he rode alongside 80 - year - old Bob Riggle in a vintage rear - engine drag car.

Around the corner on Westminster, at Get Waxed we saw the Paparrazi Comedy show - yes, really, produced by a local, Gisele with a slew of comedians including funnyman (and tv writer) Dave Shelton.