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More Busy Benedict News: He’s In The New Monty Python Film

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:39:34 +0000

OK, so there isn’t really a new Monty Python film per se, but it’s pretty close to being one, and it looks like the purpetually busy Benedict will be its star.

Former Python John Cleese to Write Autobiography

Leah Rozen — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:15:44 +0000

It’s reason enough to buy a Kindle. John Cleese, the British funnyman who was a founding member of the Monty Python comedy group, starred in the Britcom Fawlty Towers (1975-79) and in the film A Fish Called Wanda (1988), has signed to ...

10 ‘Doctor Who’ Actors Who Were Also in Bond Movies

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 12:17:15 +0000

Note: for reasons of canonical purity we’re excluding spoofs, even the 1967, Bond-mocking Casino Royale. Sadly this means the list can’t include Jonathan Pryce, Joanna Lumley, Ronnie Corbett, Bernard Cribbins or Rowan ...

James Bond Roundup: Watch Daniel Craig’s Beer Commercial – and Other 007 Tie-In Ads

Paul Hechinger — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:07:06 +0000

You don’t have to shake or stir beer. But that’s not the reason you’re going to be seeing James Bond drinking a brewski instead of a Stoli in at least one scene in Skyfall.

Watch: Trailer For Insane Graham Chapman/Monty Python Biopic ‘A Liar’s Autobiography’

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:08:32 +0000

OK, so here’s the deal. It’s a film called A Liar’s Autobiography, based on the autobiography written by Graham Chapman (liar, and member of the Monty Python team).

The Brit List: 10 Famous British Moustaches

Brigid Brown — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:26:08 +0000

Tom Weston-Jones and Kevin Ryan have some work to do. (Photo/BBCA) I moustache you a question, why do moustaches always give us a giggle? Possibly it’s because they do look ticklish!

Summer of London: Five Great British Comedies on iTunes

staff — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:01:51 +0000

With the new BBC America docu-comedy Twenty Twelve premiering Thursday (June 28) at 9/8c, we thought it might be fun to “‘av a laugh” by checking out iTunes where BBC America is giggling its way through Summer of ...

Happy 80th Birthday, Prunella Scales!

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:37:56 +0000

Time to break out the rat-infested crackers and toss a Waldorf salad, for Prunella Scales – Sybil Fawlty herself – celebrates her 80th birthday today.

News Roundup: Adele’s Next Album Won’t Be About Her (New) Ex

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 17:20:01 +0000

Adele’s first album 19 was written largely about her first major boyfriend and the turmoil she went through when they broke up. Her second album 21 was written after she split with her second major boyfriend, and that is why it ...

News Roundup: Many Harry Returns, Brooklyn

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:27:05 +0000

It’s not often that there’s a crossing of the streams of Brit gossip we like to provide you with, but today appears to be an exception, today everyone appears to be relevent to everyone else, and it all revolves around the ...