Daily entertainment news covering Monty Python's Flying Circus en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/04/15/george_harrison_gets_hollywood_walk_of_f Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:36:05 EST Entertainment News 118389@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hundreds of George Harrison's biggest fans and best friends, including Paul McCartney and Tom Petty, turned out Tuesday to see a posthumous star for the quiet Beatle unveiled during a raucous celebration on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/08/22/the_most_underrated_aamp_overrated_influ Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:28:24 EST Entertainment News 96293@http://www.starpulse.com/news Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and on television it often appears to be the only form of creativity. Yes, ever since Milton Berle first stole a joke for "Texaco Star Theatre",

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/07/24/the_comic_force_is_with_seth_green_in_ne Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:59:28 EST Entertainment News 93685@http://www.starpulse.com/news NEW YORK (AP) - Turns out Seth Green has the job you always wanted. He has free rein to play with toys for a living. He makes silly voices. He mocks celebrities, world leaders,

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/23/most_underrated_aamp_overrated_hbo_shows Fri, 23 May 2008 10:17:32 EST Entertainment News 88242@http://www.starpulse.com/news For the last two decades, HBO has been considered the gold standard for television quality.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/05/14/john_cleese_my_costly_divorce_will_be_wo Wed, 14 May 2008 09:01:37 EST Entertainment News 87352@http://www.starpulse.com/news Monty Python star John Cleese is confident his divorce proceedings against his third wife will be "worth every penny."

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/02/08/notable_quotables_254 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 19:00:00 EST Entertainment News 77302@http://www.starpulse.com/news "I'm so excited for my baby to be brown. I just have to believe that the dark gene is going to survive." Pregnant Jessica Alba hopes her baby has her fiance Cash Warren's African-American genes.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/11/14/starpulse_qaamp_a_with_jay_johnston_how_ Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:19:54 EST Entertainment News 67945@http://www.starpulse.com/news Jay Johnston was used to strangers approaching him in public. After all, he was a prominent writer and actor on the cult HBO sketch series Mr. Show with Bob and David. Plus, he's had his fair share of encounters with the homeless and jerks who want to pick a fight with him simply because he's six foot five. But the oddest reactions Jay's received were the result of growing out a mustache during the first season of The Sarah Silverman Program for his role of Officer Jay McPherson.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/11/british_comedian_john_cleese_selling_cal Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:41:33 EST Entertainment News 51032@http://www.starpulse.com/news LOS ANGELES (AP) - John Cleese, one of the founders of the Monty Python comedy troupe, is reportedly selling his sprawling Santa Barbara County horse ranch for $28 million.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/07/03/eric_idle_classical_music_saved_my_life Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:17:53 EST Entertainment News 49927@http://www.starpulse.com/news Former Monty Python star Eric Idle has credited classical music with getting him through childhood. The British funnyman was enrolled into the Royal Wolverhampton School when he was just seven years old, after his father died in a road accident. Idle struggled to survive the bullying environment of the establishment, and fears he would have dropped out prematurely without music to distract him.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/24/grey_s_anatomy_star_plans_album_with_spa Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:45:27 EST Entertainment News 39281@http://www.starpulse.com/news Grey's Anatomy star Sara Ramirez has formed an odd alliance with Monty Python star Eric Idle and his Spamalot co-creator as she embarks on a pop career. Idle and John Du Prez are penning tracks for the actress' first album.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/12/eric_idle_s_spamalot_musical_cut_short_i Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:18:03 EST Entertainment News 37906@http://www.starpulse.com/news Monty Python star Eric Idle was forced to shorten his Las Vegas musical Spamalot by 20 minutes, after realizing potential theatregoers might be put off by the show's length. Idle knew the show, which is currently showing at the Grail Theater, had to contend with the city's numerous casinos, so cut the show in case people opted to gamble instead.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/04/04/elvis_was_a_huge_monty_python_fan Wed, 04 Apr 2007 10:22:31 EST Entertainment News 36704@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley was obsessed with British comedy series Monty Python and spent hours impersonating characters from the cult show. Presley used to force his girlfriend Linda Thompson to watch the on-screen antics of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/12/john_o_hurley_stars_in_spamalot Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:40:12 EST Entertainment News 26002@http://www.starpulse.com/news 1969 is remembered as the year that man walked on the moon; Elvis Presley took up residency in Las Vegas; and Monty Python's Flying Circus first aired on BBC television. 2007 will go down in the history books as the year that the inspired lunacy of Monty Python came to The Grail Theater at Wynn Las Vegas with the smash hit show Monty Python's "Spamalot."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/08/25/hbo_imports_little_britain Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:15:45 EST Entertainment News 14107@http://www.starpulse.com/news Little Britain stars David Walliams and Matt Lucas have struck a deal with showbiz mogul Simon Fuller to take the hit British comedy to America. HBO has snapped up the rights to the show, which pokes fun at quintessential England. It will be adapted to satirise urban America, with both stars working closely with writers.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/04/18/miramax_greenlights_gnomeo_and_juliet Tue, 18 Apr 2006 08:10:40 EST Entertainment News 5734@http://www.starpulse.com/news Elton John's film project Gnomeo And Juliet has been given the green light by Miramax Films and will star Kate Winslet. The CG-animated feature is a twist on Shakespeare's classic and set in the world of garden gnomes.

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