In 1996, Kermit the Frog donned the captain's hat as Captain Abraham Smollett in Muppet Treasure Island, hopping through the air like a swashbuckling amphibious Jack Sparrow with Muppet jaw protruded ...

Monty Python and Fawlty Towers star honoured with Icon Award as Mediterrane Film Festival comes to a close John Cleese was among the winners at this year’s Golden Bee Awards, which brought the 2026 ...

After The Muppet Movie was directed by James Frawley, Jim Henson decided to helm The Great Muppet Caper himself. But for Henson, directing his first theatrical film wasn’t a big enough challenge. He ...

Matthew Modine is set to direct himself alongside Liam Neeson and John Cleese in upcoming feature “The Splendid Thing,” described as blending romantic comedy, drama and fantasy. Hyde Park Intl. is ...

“Monty Python” actor John Cleese warned this week that the world has failed to live up to the ideal of saying “Black lives matter” when it ignores anti-Christian terrorism in Nigeria. Numerous news ...

BLOOMINGTON − WonderLab employees and visitors are mourning the death of one of the science museum's most beloved creatures. Cleese, perhaps the longest-living captive rough-skinned newt ever, was at ...

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You might know him from A Fish Called Wanda, Fawlty Towers, or Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Maybe you remember him as Q in the James Bond 007 films, or as Nearly Headless Nick in Harry Potter and the ...

Fawlty Towers star John Cleese has branded BBC comedy executives "stupid" and "clowns" after he was left frustrated by an ideas meeting with the broadcaster. The 85-year-old actor who starred as Basil ...

John Cleese, the British comedy legend not known for his diplomacy, has taken aim at the “cowardly” BBC over its reluctance to offend people. In an interview with The Radio Times, the Monty Python and ...

John Cleese is touring the U.S. for the 50th anniversary of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail." Cleese says the comedy troupe had no idea the film would become a cult classic. Cleese believes the ...