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( fr ) John Cleese (born October 27, 1939) is an English actor, comedian, writer, film producer and singer, who is known as being a member of Monty Python, a group of comedians responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and for four films; And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life. Apart from Monty Python, with his then wife Connie Booth he also co-created, co-wrote and starred in the critically-acclaimed sitcom Fawlty Towers and has also co-starred with Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and former Python colleague Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures, and made significant appearances in many films, including two James Bond films, The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, and two Harry Potter films, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets.

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Animation Wednesday: Second Full Length Planet 51 Trailer
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs opens today and that means all the other studios (mainly Sony Pictures) are putting out there new trailers for their upcoming animated movies. First up we have the second full length trailer for Planet 51 on Yahoo. Featuring the voice talents of Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, and John Cleese. The story is a complete spin on the normal sci-fi tale in that an astronaut lands on a planet and discovers a new civilization, except to them, he is the alien. This looks quirky and fun, like any other animated movie. Nice touch with The Killer's Spaceman, too.Watch the theatrical trailer for Planet 51:[flv:http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/planet-51-second-trailer.flv http://media2.firstshowing.net/firstshowing/pl [Read more]
4 days ago on FirstShowing.net  (John Cleese) 
Events happening Wednesday
The Secret Policeman's Film Festival Beginning in 1979, John Cleese and his fellow Monty Python members hosted a series of Amnesty International benefits [Read more]
11 days ago on Los Angeles Times  (John Cleese) 
Cleese please, for Spud flicks
And just last week it was announced that John Cleese, of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers fame, has attached himself to the film with a view to playing the [Read more]
18 days ago on Tonight  (John Cleese) 
D'Oh! You made a wrong turn, says Homer Simpson
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18 days ago on Boston Herald  (John Cleese) 
Woo hoo! Homer now playing on your TomTom
Whether you need to find the Kwik-E mart, Springfield Elementary or even venture out to Shelbyville or Capital City, TomTom is now allowing its nav unit owners to download Homer's voice to help you reach your destination.You can expect comments like Take the third right. We might find an ice cream truck! Mmm?ice cream and Woo hoo! You have reached your destination and you can hold you head up high because you are a genius!!Listen to a few of the sound bytes here or download the voice pack f [Read more]
19 days ago on Sync: the tech & gadgets blog  (John Cleese) 
D'oh! Homer to drive TomTom users crazy
According to the press release, Homer's humorous, encouraging and sometimes unusual advice will guarantee that drivers will not only reach their destination on time, but have a lot of fun along the way. [Read more]
19 days ago on TechRadar UK  (John Cleese) 
Lindsay: Look Coppers, No Jewels Here!
British star John Cleese underwent surgery on his left eye on June 10. The following day, his longtime friend Garry Scott-Irvine uploaded this photo to Cleese's Twitter, announcing that his recovery was going smoothly. [Read more]
20 days ago on Popeater  (John Cleese) 
Buzzing for books
On the political front in a discussion about issues of colour and identity in modern South Africa Professor Jonathan Jansen, author of 'Knowledge in the Blood: Confronting Race and the Apartheid Past', spoke to a packed room about how he had been affected by the perceptions of his white students and how South Africans needed to really understand each other and their histories in order to make sense of what it means to be a South African today. [Read more]
20 days ago on iAfrica.com  (John Cleese) 
Goings On About Town On the Horizon
MOVIESAGIT-ROCKJune 26-July 1In 1979, John Cleese organized the first of the Secret Policeman's Balls, in which music and comedy were marshalled to raise money for Amnesty International. The Film Society of Lincoln Center presents the classic concert films. (212-875-5610.) CLASSICAL MUSICLIGHT TOUCHJune 30-July 10Sometime in the nineteen-eighties, the so-called light classics—Liszt tone poems, Rossini overtures, and the like—disappeared from “serious” orchestral [Read more]
21 days ago on New Yorker  (John Cleese) 
Madagascar's flying circus, starring the amazing
A little before sunset, around 6pm, as the sky was streaked with purple herons flying in for feeding, I was delivered to Eulophiella Lodge, recently constructed on a clearing in the middle of the island's eastern high plateau, 20 minutes from one of Madagascar's most renowned rainforests. My luggage was delivered to my capacious wooden bungalow while I prepared myself for a nocturnal walk. I had been on the move for 29 hours and would have welcomed some sleep, preferring to postpone the excursio [Read more]
21 days ago on Daily Mail  (John Cleese) 
Exclusive: Richard Caring's restaurant empire
It's more likely that his permanent restlessness and need to be doing caused him to look around for fresh challenges once he sensed that, as he puts it, the fashion industry didn't need him any more. Maybe, also, the allure of designing clothes for teenagers was slightly losing its appeal? 'What I do takes a lot of work, effort and time and stress. If you love what you do, it's much easier,' he concedes. At any rate, when his friend Elliott Bernerd advised him that Wentworth Golf Club was for sa [Read more]
23 days ago on This is London  (John Cleese) 
Audience with comedy great
23 days ago on Express & Echo  (John Cleese) 
Fawlty Towers Legend
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23 days ago on Post Chronicle  (John Cleese) 
'Spud' flies back
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25 days ago on iAfrica.com  (John Cleese) 
Labour now relies on the House of Lords to survive
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26 days ago on Daily Mail  (John Cleese) 
Kids In the Hall's McKinney joins Newhart, Ullman, Cleese as
I've always had a feeling that comedy and drama were interchangeable, you know - comedy is drama interrupted, drama is comedy interrupted by drama. So, 'Slings and Arrows' was to me very funny, but I liked the moving points. I love it when something slips from funny to sad back to funny again, says McKinney, currently executive producer and writer on the dark Citytv comedy Less Than Kind. [Read more]
26 days ago on Squamish Chief  (John Cleese) 
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26 days ago on Examiner.com  (John Cleese) 
Result a disaster for social democrats
THIS startling European election result is a big victory for Europe's conservatives, a devastating result for the continent's social democrats, and a challenging result for the institutions of Europe itself.European voters don't seem to have read Kevin Rudd's essay on the collapse of neo-liberalism, the associated blame to be apportioned to mainstream conservative parties and the historic moment for the emergence of a new social-democratic consensus. In Britain, Labour lost to the conservatives [Read more]
27 days ago on The Australian  (John Cleese) 
UK productions dominate 1st Banff TV awards night
British productions dominated on Sunday night at the first of two award galas at the Banff World Television Festival, though hit series Lost, Oscar-nominated animated short I Met The Walrus and CBC's Hockey Day in Canada were also among the winners.For the first time, the ceremony was split into two parts, with winners in 23 categories announced Sunday and presentation of the grand prizes to follow on Monday evening. Banff World Television Awards, category winners Animation: I Met The Wal [Read more]
27 days ago on CBC.ca  (John Cleese) 
Banff festival regains spot atop TV world
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Banff World Television Festival, which will get underway on Sunday. After facing bankruptcy five years ago, the festival finds itself on solid financial footing as delegates untangle a TV world where development money is in shorter supply, broadcasters continue to groan about Canadian content rules and, more importantly, multi-platform digital media appears to be taking over. [Read more]
27 days ago on Calgary Herald  (John Cleese) 
The Worst Business Model in the World (And What You Can Learn From It)
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27 days ago on HarvardBusiness.org  (John Cleese) 
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