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News - deadpan
Kander Has A New Partner, Eight Years After Ebb's Death Kander and Ebb were the legendary team who created
24 May 2012, 1:54 am
Cabaret, Chicago and well over a dozen other musicals over five decades. Fred Ebb died in 2004, but composer John Kander, now 85, has a new lyricist partner: Greg Pierce, 34, "more earnest and less deadpan than Ebb, but just as determined and, lately, just as busy."
'Men in Black' are still funny, even if they've lost their fastball
23 May 2012, 11:03 pm
Josh Brolin impersonating the young Tommy Lee Jones is worth the price of admission to "Men in Black 3." Dry, drawling, deadpan — he nails the flinty Texan in this sentimental sequel to the sci-fi comedies about secret agents in black suits who...
Awaken Your Perfect Self: How to Become Better than Everybody Else
23 May 2012, 5:01 pm
New Kindle Single is a biting satire of self-help charlatans by first-time ebook author Brian Haigh.Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 Based on a series of interviews with self-perfection guru Jim Hoenfhmfjn, this Kindle Single introduces the reader to Jim’s philosophies in 15 easy-to-digest life lessons. Told in an absurdist, deadpan style, Awaken Your Perfect Self follows Jim as he dispenses ...
"Moonrise Kingdom" is engaging and deadpan-funny
23 May 2012, 4:49 pm
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Get past the fonts (Futura bus logos! Everyone knows calligraphy!) and the '60s pop songs, and you'll find that the real recurring motif in Wes Anderson's films is "Melancholy Childhoods of the Vietnam Era." This auteur can't get enough of sad kids wistfully reading novels with intricately painted dustjackets, listening to records on plastic tone-arm record players ...
Guy Williams - Comedy Festival Review
14 May 2012, 4:58 pm
Low key is perhaps the best way to describe this gig for Guy. I've seen his television stuff before and I've got an idea of how deadpan and dry he can be - but in a stand up situation for Guy, it's a completely different kettle of fish.
Sketch: Andy Coulson, deadpan king
10 May 2012, 12:57 pm
Michael Deacon watches Andy Coulson - formerly a Tory spin doctor and News of the World editor - give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into media ethics.
Exclusive 'Moonrise Kingdom' Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
9 May 2012, 12:16 pm
The always wonderfully deadpan Bob Balaban is back for the second in a series of behind-the-scenes featurettes for Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom," which are premiering this week on various blogs. Today's clip gives us a look at the Anderson's work with the children who starred in the film. They had lots of fun. It only [...]
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