John Cleese News

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs opens today and that means all the other studios are putting out there new trailers for their upcoming animated movies.

The full theatrical trailer for the animated 3D film Planet 51 has appeared at Yahoo .

Members of the British comedy team, Monty Python, during the filming of their controversial 1979 film 'The Life of Brian', John Cleese as a centurion, Michael Palin as Pontius Pilate and Graham Chapman as Biggus Dickus enlarge A ruling that effectively banned the Monty Python film from the city's cinemas was lifted today.

FUNNYMAN Ricky Gervais says British TV comedy is so bad he cannot bear to watch it.

Viewing a five-episode DVD set of the show, Bonnie and I laughed Saturday evening away.

You know that cultural journalism is in a sorry state when only four people show up for a screening, and not a single dead soul has the courage to laugh at legendary comedy material or get excited by consummate performers tinkering with sketches like tetchy scientists.

Michael Palin, Terry Jones & John Cleese in the 1975 film 'Monty Python And The Holy Grail'. Photograph: Michael White Production/Allstar Are these the best of times or the worst of times? In a confusing decade, in which the consumer feels lost in a blizzard of conflicting information, there's a huge market for simplified intelligence, ideally in ...

"I saw The Secret Policeman's Ball and it became a part of me. It sowed a seed." - Bono "I think everyone is in for a grave disappointment." - John Cleese NEW YORK , June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Film Society of Lincoln Center is proud to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Amnesty International's stellar and anarchic comedy and rock extravaganza ...

Hurray! As of this morning I am now officially half way to my goal of walking 1,000 miles this year! As soon as I've finished penning this blog I think I will perform my "happy dance" . Perhaps you can answer a question for me .

The cast members of A Fish Called Wanda -- John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin -- reassemble in different characters and in an English zoo, and count on the fond remembrance and good will of the audience to pull them through this wheezy farce about crass commercialism and cuddly critters.

FAWLTY Towers legend John Cleese is recovering in hospital following a mystery eye operation.

John Cleese. Fawlty Towers legend John Cleese is recovering in hospital following a mystery eye operation.

BANFF, Alta. - Kids In The Hall member Mark McKinney says it's "a gigantic thrill" to be getting the Peter Ustinov Award for comedy today.

JOHN Cleese seemed to loosen up, but only after he had delivered his scholarly hour-long lecture to 1,000 delegates at the Yorkshire International Business Convention.

BIG names from the world of entertainment, sport and the media descended on Bridlington Spa to motivate Yorkshire's business community.

Obama lays his Likud trap By Ian Williams WASHINGTON - There is a famous episode in the classic comedy show, Fawlty Towers in which the British hotelier played by John Cleese prepares for a party of German guests with the invocation "Don't mention the war!" Obama actually came to Cairo and pulled this off.

The first series of Monty Python was so unpopular that it was almost dumped by the BBC and it was dubbed 'disgusting and nihilistic' by management.

Bring me a shrubbery. Run away. I'm not dead yet . I fart in your general direction.

FAWLTY Towers and Monty Python star John Cleese will be in Harrogate next week - but the spotlight will be his business career rather than his TV fame.

In the course of Sarah Caden 's hilarious interview with funnyman David McSavage in the Life magazine last Sunday, McSavage spoke of his rejections by RTE.