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  • Bill Maher and John Cleese Say New York Times Is No Longer ‘Reliable’: ‘We’re So F—ked’ | Video

    The “Real Time” host accuses the paper of record of lying “by what you omit”

    By

    Sharon Knolle
    March 18, 2024 @ 5:27 PM
    Media
    5:27 PM
    Bill Maher and John Cleese Say New York Times Is No Longer ‘Reliable’: ‘We’re So F—ked’ | Video
  • John Cleese Defends Holly Gilliam After ‘Monty Python’ Cofounder Blames Her for Dwindling Finances

    The storied comic performer also details his personal relationship with Eric Idle, saying, “We always loathed and despised each other”

    By

    Raquel 'Rocky' Harris
    February 13, 2024 @ 3:57 PM
    Movies
    3:57 PM
    John Cleese Defends Holly Gilliam After ‘Monty Python’ Cofounder Blames Her for Dwindling Finances
  • John Cleese Spars With ‘Idiot’ Fans Angry at His Trump-Hitler Joke: ‘Don’t Follow Me Anymore’

    The “Monty Python” star tweeted the “five ways that Hitler was preferable to Trump” on Tuesday

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    December 27, 2023 @ 7:35 AM
    Movies
    7:35 AM
    John Cleese Spars With ‘Idiot’ Fans Angry at His Trump-Hitler Joke: ‘Don’t Follow Me Anymore’
  • John Cleese Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Cutting ‘Loretta’ Scene in ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’ Stage Adaptation

    The actor corrected reports that said he would omit the scene over a sensitivity to trans rights

    By

    Dessi Gomez
    May 29, 2023 @ 4:43 PM
    Movies
    4:43 PM
    John Cleese Says He Has ‘No Intention’ of Cutting ‘Loretta’ Scene in ‘Monty Python’s Life of Brian’ Stage Adaptation
  • Graham Norton Rails on John Cleese for Having a Hard Time With Cancel Culture: ‘Suddenly, There’s Some Accountability’ (Video)

    “It’s free speech, but it’s not consequence-free,” the TV stalwart said

    By

    Benjamin Lindsay
    October 13, 2022 @ 6:58 AM
    Media
    6:58 AM
    Graham Norton Rails on John Cleese for Having a Hard Time With Cancel Culture: ‘Suddenly, There’s Some Accountability’ (Video)
  • ’30 Rock,’ ‘Scrubs’ and Other TV Shows and Movies Pulled Over Blackface and Racial Insensitivity (Photos)

    New times call for a new look at what we should watch and stream

    By

    Thom Geier
    June 28, 2020 @ 7:10 PM
    TV
    7:10 PM
    ’30 Rock,’ ‘Scrubs’ and Other TV Shows and Movies Pulled Over Blackface and Racial Insensitivity (Photos)
  • John Cleese Joins in Mocking Fox News for Failing to Notice an Obvious Monty Python Joke

    He did, after all, star in the 1975 movie

    By

    Ross A. Lincoln
    June 15, 2020 @ 9:56 PM
    TV
    9:56 PM
    John Cleese Joins in Mocking Fox News for Failing to Notice an Obvious Monty Python Joke
  • BBC to Restore ‘Fawlty Towers’ Episode Pulled From Streaming Over Use of N-Word After Pressure From John Cleese

    The 1975 episode features a character making several racist epithets

    By

    Samson Amore
    June 13, 2020 @ 2:15 PM
    News
    2:15 PM
    BBC to Restore ‘Fawlty Towers’ Episode Pulled From Streaming Over Use of N-Word After Pressure From John Cleese
  • Tim Brooke-Taylor, British Comedian, Dies of Coronavirus at 79

    Star of the hit 70s comedy show “The Goodies” was honored by his co-stars Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden

    By

    Jeremy Fuster
    April 12, 2020 @ 12:07 PM
    TV
    12:07 PM
    Tim Brooke-Taylor, British Comedian, Dies of Coronavirus at 79
  • Terry Jones Remembered by Michael Palin, John Cleese and More

    Monty Python founding member died on Tuesday after battling a rare form of dementia

    By

    Margeaux Sippell
    January 22, 2020 @ 7:18 AM
    Obits
    7:18 AM
    Terry Jones Remembered by Michael Palin, John Cleese and More
  • ‘Arctic Dogs’ Film Review: Unremarkable Kids’ Cartoon Offers Self-Esteem and Environmental Messaging

    Young audiences will get OK animation and straightforward moralizing, while their parents enjoy a brief nap

    By

    William Bibbiani
    November 1, 2019 @ 4:18 PM
    Reviews
    4:18 PM
    ‘Arctic Dogs’ Film Review: Unremarkable Kids’ Cartoon Offers Self-Esteem and Environmental Messaging
  • Screen Media Unwraps Animated Holiday Pic ‘Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer’ for November Release

    Film stars Josh Hutcherson , Samantha Bee, John Cleese, Martin Short, Jeff Dunham and Morena Baccarin

    By

    Ross A. Lincoln
    August 28, 2018 @ 8:22 PM
    News
    8:22 PM
    Screen Media Unwraps Animated Holiday Pic ‘Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer’ for November Release
  • John Cleese to Star in ‘Edith,’ First BBC Sitcom Since ‘Fawlty Towers’

    The series, created by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Charles McKeown, reunites Cleese with his “Clockwise” co-star Alison Steadman

    By

    Carli Velocci
    April 11, 2017 @ 11:07 AM
    11:07 AM
    John Cleese to Star in ‘Edith,’ First BBC Sitcom Since ‘Fawlty Towers’
  • 20 Facts You Didn’t Know About 1991’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (Photos)

    Here’s some trivia you may not have known about how Disney’s adaptation of the classic fable came to be

    By

    Beatrice Verhoeven
    March 3, 2017 @ 1:20 PM
    Movies
    1:20 PM
    20 Facts You Didn’t Know About 1991’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (Photos)
  • John Cleese Pays Tribute to ‘Fawlty Towers’ Co-Star Andrew Sachs: ‘A True Farceur’

    “I could not have found a better Manuel,” the Monty Python co-founder says of Sachs, who has died at age 86

    By

    Debbie Emery
    December 1, 2016 @ 5:38 PM
    TV
    5:38 PM
    John Cleese Pays Tribute to ‘Fawlty Towers’ Co-Star Andrew Sachs: ‘A True Farceur’
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