Tag Archives: John Cleese

News Roundup: John Cleese’s Twitter Hunt for a Paparazzo and Anne Hathaway Moons a Bunch of Scots

• Twitter is becoming a celebrity version of a monarch’s court these days. You’ve got a slew of celebs sharing their two cents about the London riots this week, and Duncan Bannatyne was recently a victim of a Twitter ...

New Animated Graham Chapman Biopic Announced, And Yes, It’s Silly

The history of the Monty Python team is currently undergoing a very thorough excavation for dramatic purposes, as there are not one but two dramatic re-enactments of their working lives in production. BBC Four have commissioned the Life ...

John Cleese Slams British Television

When it comes to modern television, it's all sour grapes for English actor John Cleese. The Daily Telegraph reports that the 71-year-old Monty Python and Fawlty Towers comedian detests how British television has taken shape over the years.

Roundup: Helen Mirren’s Harsh Words for Her Native Britain

Dame Helen Mirren may have won an Oscar for portraying Queen Elizabeth in The Queen, but she has a few choice words for her homeland's dwindling principles according to The Daily Mail.

Happy Monty Python Day!

Back on October 5, 1969, the first episode of the sketch comedy Monty Python’s Flying Circus premiered, bringing something completely different to UK television, inspiring many a young comedian, and brilliantly warping the ...

John Oliver Headlines New Film With Monty Python’s Terry Jones

You’ve heard his voice all over BBC AMERICA, and you’ve watched him as a Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent: now British comedian John Oliver is set to star in Absolutely Anything, a comedy directed by Monty Python ...

Don’t Get Mad, Get Everything: Cleese’s Ex Cleans Him Out

John Cleese has to pay his ex-wife £12 million in a divorce settlement. “What I find so unfair is that if we both died today, her children would get much more than mine,” he says.

Fawlty Towers DVDs Flying Off Shelves

Sales of Fawlty Towers DVDs are up 30 percent in the past week. Hmm. I wonder why.

Who Wants To Be John Cleese’s Fourth Wife? Any Volunteers?

Comic legend John Cleese is divorcing his wife of 19 years, Alyce Faye Eichelberger. It was his third marriage.