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How We Met: Aidan McArdle & Olivia Colman
'I ended up spending Valentine's with them. It was a good evening, if not terribly romantic' Interviews by Rhiannon Harries DAVID SANDISON Cloudy with a chance of screwballs: 'We started going through scenes and immediately we were corpsing each other,' says McArdle enlarge Aidan McArdle, 38, is an actor best known for his role as Dudley Moore in ...
The Canadian star - real name Louis Harold Jacobovitch - passed away in his home in Manhattan, New York on Friday , reports the Associated Press.
Toronto-born actor-comedian Lou Jacobi dead at age 95
Toronto-born actor and comedian Lou Jacobi has died. The mustachioed scene-stealing Jacobi made a career of playing comic ethnic characters on stage, screen and television, but was lauded for his dramatic roles as well.
Character actor Lou Jacobi dies in NYC at 95
Longtime character actor Lou Jacobi has died at the age of 95. The Canadian-born Jacobi died Friday at his home in Manhattan.
Jonathan Ross is organising a remake of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's classic 1960s laughalongs Not Only... But Also with his celebrity mates.
Jonathan Ross guest-edits ShortList
ShortList, the free men's magazine, has recruited Jonathan Ross to be its guest editor this week.
The result was predictable. I was immediately stumped for even the semblance of an idea, and it is now half an hour past deadline.
Pop Talk: 'Fringe' returns, 'SNL' and more
OK, the headline above this item doesn't make much sense, but I'm shameless and will seize any opportunity, no matter how tangential, to refer to the classic British comedy revue that gave us Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller .
Arden Theatre Presents History Boys
Arden Theatre Company kicks off its 2009/10 season with the Philadelphia premiere of The History Boys, Alan Bennett's international hit that explores the anarchy of adolescence and the purpose of education.
BBC archives - Gone but not forgotten
The BBC is archiving online some of the great TV shows in their history. But what about the ones they wiped and the ones they should have wiped? Andrew Roberts reports Getty Golden years: Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer in Adam Adamant Lives.
On the extremes of eminent reasonableness
On the extremes of eminent reasonableness: I've just come across a brilliant 1966 sketch about a psychiatrist from Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's classic comedy series Not Only... But Also .
Comedy thriller assembled, by the Dr. Frankenstein method, from the assorted body parts of past thrillers.
Acidic English farce sends up the West's rush to war
The arch and dry "In the Loop" is like "Wag the Dog" without the dog. Of course, there was no dog in "Wag the Dog," but there could have been a dog or at least the perception of a dog if that's what was necessary -- and if that sounds confusing, welcome to the world of international political back-door maneuvering, where everyone is working an ...
Singer Christopher Cross will perform at the Mystique Casino at 7 and 9 p.m. Saturday, July 18.
The Volvo XC60A A's swoop shape makes it one of the most handsome SUVs. Steven Cole Smith AUTOMOTIVE July 12, 2009 In 1990, Dudley Moore starred in Crazy People , a film that featured patients in a mental institution writing painfully honest advertising slogans such as, "Quaker Oats - how does it taste? Who knows, but the box is cute!" or for a ...
Back to the Future "The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?" Thurs., July 9, 8:15pm. Free.
IS THERE anything new in the theatre? Patrons of a certain age, like me, will remember the intimate revues of earlier years when a group of performers presented a programme of songs, dances and sketches.
Cast: Jack Black as Zed Michael Cera as Oh Oliver Platt as High Priest David Cross as Cain Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Isaac Vinnie Jones as Sargon Hank Azaria as Abraham Juno Temple as Eema Olivia Wilde as Princess Inanna June Diane Raphael as Maya Xander Berkely as King Gia Carides as Queen Horatio Sanz as Enmebaragesi David Pasquesi as Prime ...
Blunt-force comedy aplenty in 'Year One'
I might as well say it now: "Year One" should really be called "Judd Apatow's Life of Brian." It isn't that much of a surprise to find the omnipresent comedy impresario involved with this.
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers at the Theatre Royal Plymouth
Standfirst: John Lyon takes a look at some of the sizzling shows which are within travelling distance of North Devon and might just tempt you to take a trip for a special night out.
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