Sentences with phrase «performers in the comedy»

There were also several first - time nominees among the performers in the comedy and drama series.

Laurie Bushman, a local performer in comedy and musical theater, will again co-host the sing - a-longs, which will be preceded by 30 minutes of Rodgers and Hammerstein music courtesy of Castro organist David Hegarty.

• Best Drama Series: The Americans (FX) • Best Actor in a Drama Series: Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul (AMC) • Best Actress in a Drama Series: Taraji P. Henson, Empire (FOX) • Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul (AMC) • Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Lorraine Toussaint, Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) • Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series: Sam Elliott, Justified (FX) • Best Comedy Series: Silicon Valley (HBO) • Best Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeffrey Tambor, Transparent (Amazon) • Best Actress in a Comedy Series: Amy Schumer, Inside Amy Schumer (Comedy Central) • Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: T.J. Miller, Silicon Valley (HBO) • Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Allison Janey, Mom (CBS) • Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series: Bradley Whitford, Transparent (Amazon) • Best Movie Made for Television: Bessie (HBO) • Best Limited Series: Olive Kitteridge (HBO) • Best Actor in a Movie or Limited Series: David Oyelowo, Nightingale (HBO) • Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series: Frances McDormand, Olive Kitteridge (HBO) • Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Limited Series: Bill Murray, Olive Kitteridge (HBO) • Best Supporting Actress in a Movie or Limited Series: Sarah Paulson, American Horror Story: Freak Show (FX) • Best Reality Series: Shark Tank (ABC) • Best Reality Competition Series: Face Off (Syfy) • Best Reality Series Host: Cat Deeley, So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) • Best Talk Show: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) • Best Animated Series: Archer (FX) • Critics» Choice LOUIS XIII Genius Award: Seth MacFarlane • Most Exciting New Series: American Crime Story (FX), Aquarius (NBC), Blindspot (NBC), Minority Report (FOX), The Muppets (ABC), Scream Queens (FOX), Supergirl (CBS) and UnREAL (Lifetime)

BEST GUEST PERFORMER IN A COMEDY SERIES Alec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live * WINNER * Christine Baranski, The Big Bang Theory Larry David, Saturday Night Live Lisa Kudrow, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Liam Neeson, Inside Amy Schumer

Not exact matches

A few years ago, I emceed a comedy show in which one of the performers — a ventriloquist — put on a lab coat and a pair of thick spectacles and then introduced himself as «Professor Feedlefarts from the University of Science and Stuff.»

Starting with their appearances in The Egg and I (1947), which starred Fred MacMurray and Claudette Colbert, Main and Percy Kilbride became starring performers as Ma and Pa Kettle in a series of rural comedies.

Even if the casting choices in portraying some of iconic talents in Kenney's orbit are occasionally questionable — a detail the film gleefully acknowledges — there's something delightful about watching actors known for comedy now try to capture the sound or energy of the performers who inspired them.

Already a veteran stage performer in her teens, Louise Fazenda entered films with Universal's Joker Comedy unit in 1913.

She's a charming performer, but that charm inexplicably gets lost in her collaborations with Falcone (with whom she's reteaming on an action comedy scheduled to open Christmas Day 2019).

Instead, Atkinson chose to get involved in the internationally acclaimed comedy series Not the Nine O'Clock News as a writer and a performer.

But that humor you find is still only through the knowingness and not through any wit found in the screenplay or physical comedy clout by the performers.

The comedy reunites many of the original movie's cast, while welcoming several new performers in unique roles.

Jack Black is an immigrant polka performer who defrauds local residents via a Ponzi scheme in this comedy based on a true story....

A solid concept and the promising comedic pairing of Steve Carell and Tina Fey fall victim to sloppy filmmaking and a needlessly convoluted mystery plot in Date Night, a disappointing comedy that fails to fully deliver the indelible stamp of personality that makes either of its lead performers special.

Day, who began her show business career as a big band singer and musical performer, largely retired from acting after two decades of celebrated performances — including her role in the 1960 comedy Pillow Talk, which earned her an Oscar nomination.

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.

He showed a brief spark in 2008 with his Spanish installment, «Vicky Cristina Barcelona,» but the aging director is sadly less than a pale shadow of the auteur / performer who enthralled audiences in the «70s, «80s, and even the early «90s with masterful comedies such as «Annie Hall,» «Crimes and Misdemeanors,» and «Husbands and Wives.»

The one remaining elephant in the room is the 2015 Silver Screen Riot Awards where we pick and choose from the elite and populist alike to make our selection for best director, performer, cinematographer, screenplay, documentary, foreign film, action movie, horror movie and comedy.

She recalls getting together with a group of performers to discuss an idea in which they turned their worst professional experiences into a comedy project.

More than 30 years after they appeared in the 1986 big - screen comedy «Three Amigos,» the two performers are on the road in a freewheeling performance of music and comedy titled «Steve Martin and Martin Short in an Evening You...

Coming off of the mainstream success of his supporting role in the surprise hit, college comedy Neighbors back in 2014, and following his more recent success as the star performer and lead talent on his own original sitcom The Carmichael Show on NBC, Carmichael should be able to hold his own in Transformers 5, provided he continues to bring his aforementioned A-game.

Hemsworth has been described as a wooden performer, but the toughest test for any actor is comedy and here he demonstrates his skill in this area with aplomb, while also switching to portentous drama when he needs to.

An incredibly prolific comedy performer, Mark Heap has appeared in hit after hit, often alongside Kevin Eldon.

Things play out according to game plan precisely, and the only amusement to be had comes in manner of the performers, rather than in the comedy of the situation.

A surprisingly large number of black performers helped pave the way with Oscar - winning and - nominated performances from McDaniel through Diahann Carroll, who earned her lead actress nomination in the 1974 comedy «Claudine.»

Comedy Series — Outstanding Comedy Series — Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series — Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series — Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series — Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series — Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series — Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series — Outstanding Guest Performer, Comedy (Appears in less than 51 % of the episodes)

He also wanted to do stand - up, but the most important showcase for stand - up in Los Angeles was the Comedy Store, run by Mitzi Shore (Pauly's mom), who strongly believed that if you were a comedy writer, you couldn't or shouldn't try to be a stand - up perfComedy Store, run by Mitzi Shore (Pauly's mom), who strongly believed that if you were a comedy writer, you couldn't or shouldn't try to be a stand - up perfcomedy writer, you couldn't or shouldn't try to be a stand - up performer.

As often is the case with projects involving «Saturday Night Live» performers, this does seem like a one - joke premise when you first hear of it, and to some extent it is the stuff of skit comedy stretched to feature length, but writers Jeff and Craig Cox, with rewrite assistance from John Altschuler and Dave Krinsky, manage to find enough angles in these eccentric characters and funny premise to not lose steam throughout.

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...

It seems that most of the weight of the comedy in the film is thrust upon Owen Wilson and his propensity to ad - lib, and while he has proven himself a master of this in comedies where he isn't the main attraction, when he is a lead performer, his one - note characters come off as difficult to believe.

I think they're all underrated, talented performers, and ever since seeing Barinholtz work his magic as a charmingly weird supporting character in The Mindy Project, I've been pulling for him to lock down some more starring roles in big studio comedies.

As in years past, the HFPA honored freshman TV series and performers, including Donald Glover and his comedy «Atlanta,» Billy Bob Thornton of Amazon series «Goliath,» and «The Crown,» as well as its star, Claire Foy.

Grainne Humphreys, Festival Director, Jameson Dublin International Film Festival said, «An accomplished performer on both stage and screen, Kim Cattrall moves effortlessly between drama and comedy, with roles ranging from Cleopatra on stage to her acclaimed portrayal of Samantha in Sex and the City to her big screen work with filmmakers such as John Boorman and Roman Polanski.»

It helps that he is using Jean Dujardin, who is working against type as the tough, unyielding magistrate, a performer whose title role in George Valentin's silent film «The Artist» is a gem of comedy in which a Jack Russell terrier stole the show right from under Dujardin.

One of the members of «The State» and the team behind «Wet Hot American Summer,» Wain has always operated under the «comedy ensemble» concept of filmmaking and TV, bringing together the same performers over and over again, often skewering expectations of the genre, as in his spoof of rom - coms, the underrated «They Came Together.»

(In French and Polish with subtitles) The Giant Mechanical Man (PG - 13 for sexuality and brief profanity) Quirky romantic comedy about a soft - spoken zookeeper (Jenna Fischer) who falls for a struggling street performer (Chris Messina) in spite of pressure from her domineering sister (Malin Akerman) to date a pompous, self - help guru (Topher GraceIn French and Polish with subtitles) The Giant Mechanical Man (PG - 13 for sexuality and brief profanity) Quirky romantic comedy about a soft - spoken zookeeper (Jenna Fischer) who falls for a struggling street performer (Chris Messina) in spite of pressure from her domineering sister (Malin Akerman) to date a pompous, self - help guru (Topher Gracein spite of pressure from her domineering sister (Malin Akerman) to date a pompous, self - help guru (Topher Grace).

Saoirse Ronan: Another standout performer, Ronan's work in coming - of - age comedy Lady Bird was affecting and engrossing.

In other art forms this sea change was happening; in comedy, where once jokes were shared, un-authored, between performers in Vegas, the Catskills, and New York City clubs, Lenny Bruce made comedy suddenly personal — talking about race, politics, cops, censorship, and heroiIn other art forms this sea change was happening; in comedy, where once jokes were shared, un-authored, between performers in Vegas, the Catskills, and New York City clubs, Lenny Bruce made comedy suddenly personal — talking about race, politics, cops, censorship, and heroiin comedy, where once jokes were shared, un-authored, between performers in Vegas, the Catskills, and New York City clubs, Lenny Bruce made comedy suddenly personal — talking about race, politics, cops, censorship, and heroiin Vegas, the Catskills, and New York City clubs, Lenny Bruce made comedy suddenly personal — talking about race, politics, cops, censorship, and heroin.

Rafferty is interested in the authorship of comedy through jokes and performers, re-appropriation and re-performances.

In an effort to get noticed by Lorne Michaels and other SNL recruiters, many Chicago comedy performers are no longer working their way up the iO and Second City ranks, and instead doing their own solo sketch shows at smaller venues like the Upstairs Gallery.

Atherton has used the art gallery as «theatre» to question art and the artist «performer» relative to the wider cultural influences of mass entertainment, including the performer in vaudeville or stand - up comedy.