3 d. ago New Naked Gun trailer features split second cameo from ‘superstar’ athlete

Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson star in the revamp of the classic slapstick comedy series

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8 d. ago ‘Chaps frame the buttocks in a beautiful way’: John C Reilly on Magnolia, moving into music – and his nice bum

The actor and musician takes your questions on devastating box office results, his love of Oliver Hardy, and his new vaudeville crooner alter egoYour roles fluctuate wildly between the serious and silly. Does one necessitate the other? vammypI’ve always thought it’s all the same. You just try to be as honest as you can, and if you’re being honest in absurd circumstances then you’re in a comedy. It’s not like I try to be funny or serious – just honest. If you’re watching someone play a bad guy and there’s nothing about the performance that makes you feel for the person or understand them in a deeper way, that’s a fail to me. Because the truth of life is that at a funeral someone always cracks a joke. There’s something so rich about being able to laugh at a funeral. That is what life is to me: all those grey areas, these contradictory things.I’m impressed and baffled by this left turn with Mister Romantic [Reilly’s vaudevillian crooner alter ego]. How did you come up with the characte...

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1 week ago London Music Hall Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Concert Series, New Comedy Club

London Music Hall Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Concert Series, New Comedy Club  Exclaim!

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1 week ago The Golden Spurtle review – a cosy celebration of porridge and its champions

This Australian documentary about the world porridge championships, held each year in a Scottish village, is as wholesome and nourishing as its oat-stirring subjectsThe word “porridge” to me evokes something modest and satisfying: mouthfuls of reliable pleasantness in a terribly volatile world. How lovely that The Golden Spurtle – Constantine Costi’s charming documentary about the world’s annual porridge-making championship in the Scottish village of Carrbridge – has assumed some of the qualities of the dish. It isn’t flashy (and certainly doesn’t scream “must-watch”) but, like a good ol’ fashioned bowl of well-cooked oats, it’s got it where it counts.This film is a pleasure to watch – with endearing salt-of-the-earth subjects, a lovely ebb and flow, and a tone that feels just right: neither overly serious nor tongue in cheek. Its appeal is not dissimilar to the Australian comedy series Rosehaven: sometimes it’s just nice to escape into a fresh air-filled world with refreshingly low...

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2 w. ago Unless you're a golfer, Owen Wilson's new comedy Stick doesn't make the cut, writes CHRISTOPHER STEVENS

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: The gods of television are cruel. No sooner do I confess my loathing for golf than they send a ten-part comedy series about the game.

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2 w. ago In a miserable world, we should be grateful for the zen stylings of Owen Wilson

The staple of Noughties comedy is making his TV series debut with Apple TV+’s ‘Stick’. And thanks to Wilson’s laidback, shaggy charm, it avoids the cloying sentimentality of ‘Ted Lasso’, writes Ed Power

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2 w. ago Actor Patrick Schwarzenegger contemplated using alias because of famous father

The TV star played Saxon Ratcliff in series three of Mike White’s dark comedy The White Lotus.

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2 w. ago Crime scene catharsis: how a darkly comic video game and TV show turned me into a murder clean

Slinging bodies into a pickup as Kovalsky in Crime Scene Cleaner reminded me of Greg Davies in The Cleaner – there is something grimly satisfying about death’s aftermathLately I’ve been playing a new job sim game, Crime Scene Cleaner, while also watching BBC’s comedy series The Cleaner, both of which focus on the aftermath of gruesome murders – sometimes you just need some cosy viewing to take the edge off the day. In the TV show, Greg Davies plays Wicky, the acerbic employee of a government-endorsed clean-up company, while Crime Scene Cleaner’s lead character Kovalsky is a lowly janitor, mopping up blood and disposing of trash to cover up for a mob boss named Big Jim.The crime scenes in both are laughably over the top. Or are they? I’ve never actually seen a real-life murder scene, so perhaps copious blood sprayed over walls and ceilings and the masses of broken furniture is completely normal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Some Laugh podcast announces 'Summer Laugh' series of Scottish stand

Scottish comedians Marc Jennings, Christopher Macarthur-Boyd, Rosco Mcclelland, Liam Withnail and Stuart McPherson will premiere stand-up comedy shows online this June and July as part of a weekly series called Summer Laugh, presented by the Some Laugh podcast.

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3 w. ago Alan Cumming to reprise iconic High Life role in major new 'unashamedly Scottish' musical 'romp'

The new play comes 30 years after the cult TV comedy series was originally aired

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3 w. ago BBC comedy star lets slip 'huge twist' ahead of series return

Sian Gibson appeared on BBC's The One Show to chat about the new series of her comedy The Power of Parker with co-star Conleth Hill

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3 w. ago The One Show's Alex Jones says 'oh no' as guest lets slip BBC series 'huge twist'

Alex Jones and Roman Kemp were back on The One Show when they chatted to Welsh star Sian Gibson about the return of her comedy series

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3 w. ago BBC Death Valley viewers switch off within minutes as they make same complaint

The new comedy drama series began on Sunday night, but some viewers were left unimpressed

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3 w. ago New Netflix dark comedy series starring House of the Dragon actor dubbed 'best thing I've seen' by fans

The new series stars Kevin Bacon, Julianne Moore and Milly Alcock among other well-known names

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3 w. ago London, Ont. versus London, U.K.? What happens next is premise of new comedy series

London, Ont. versus London, U.K.? What happens next is premise of new comedy series  CBC

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4 w. ago Netflix’s ‘divisive’ new comedy series has fans ‘in a chokehold’ while others can't stand it

Tyler Perry's new political sitcom She the People dropped its first eight episodes this week

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4 w. ago Controversial ITV comedy to return as Traitors star joins cast for new series

ITV has revealed that its controversial sitcom Piglets will be back on our screens after making its debut last year despite backlash about its 'offensive' title

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4 w. ago Gavin and Stacey star lands huge new role months after millions watched BBC sitcom's finale

The actor will lead the cast of a new comedy series, months after saying goodbye to one of his best-known roles

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last month Gavin & Stacey's Rob Brydon's massive comedy career update as BBC makes announcement

TV presenter and actor Rob Brydon will be back on our screens in a new BBC One comedy series

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