"Role Models" Nov 7, 2008
Even Jane Lynch (a veteran of the wonderful Christopher Guest movies "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind"), who appears as a ball-busting Sturdy Wings coordinator, just seems to be going through the motions of what she does best -- essentially, ball-busting. And even though she does it well, everything feels a little too much like business as usual. (Salon)
Lauren Dombrowski, at 51; 'MADtv' writer, producer Oct 20, 2008
"She was hysterically funny, truly one of the funniest people I've ever met, and she was funny up to the last day of her life," said Michael Hitchcock, a co-executive producer at 'MADtv' who has acted in movies such as "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show," and "A Mighty Wind.". "One of the last things she said to me was that if she had the strength, she would kick Sarah Palin in the butt - and she meant it," Hitchcock said. (Boston Globe)
Actor/Comedian Fred Willard to Host First Annual Worldwide Fido Awards Premiering Sunday, Oct. 5, at 8:00PM on Nick at Nite Sep 23, 2008
Willard has also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno numerous times both as a guest and in sketches, prompting Jay Leno to dub him "the funniest man in the world." Emmy-nominated Willard has appeared in numerous television series and feature films, including every "mockumentary" film ever directed by Christopher Guest: A Mighty Wind, Waiting For Guffman, This is Spinal Tap, For Your Consideration and Best in Show in which he portrayed "Buck Laughlin," a dog show announcer who offered up... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Columnist's diatribe against Palin stokes anger in the U.S. Sep 22, 2008
The Sept. 5 column on CBC.ca, entitled A Mighty Wind Blows Through the Republican Convention, had already been on the receiving end of vitriol from some Canadian news organizations. But Fox News picked up on it this week, and unleashed their full fury on Ms. Mallick for stating that Ms. Palin, the Republicans' vice-presidential nominee, appeals to the white trash vote with her toned-down version of the porn actress look. (Globe and Mail)
CBC exec: Columnist who compared Sarah Palin to porn star is ... Sep 20, 2008
CBC exec: Columnist who compared Sarah Palin to porn star is "insightful" and "witty" - Full Comment. CBC exec: Columnist who compared Sarah Palin to porn star is "insightful" and "witty" Posted: September 19, 2008, 1:24 PM by Jonathan Kay. (National Post)
Faking the band Aug 18, 2008
If Tap members remind you of another fake band, the Folksmen (an act that got its due in the 2003 mockumentary, "A Mighty Wind"), it's because both bands are played by Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, and Michael McKean. THE COMMITMENTS. (Boston Globe)
Knowing Mia knowing you Jul 13, 2008
(And no, I am not quoting lines from Spinal Tap or A Mighty Wind. . (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
'WALL-E' turns animation on its head Jul 2, 2008
Willard, known for Best in Show and A Mighty Wind, says he's proud to be a live-action trailblazer, the first in a Pixar film. "I'm so glad it's very successful. Then everyone is happy and they don't second-guess what they could have done: 'Maybe we shouldn't have had Fred in it ' ". (USA Today)
Ready or Not, The 13th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival Opens Tinight Apr 10, 2008
Penn and his collaborator Matt Bierman sketched in the flimsy plot, them handed it off to the cast, in an obvious attempt to emulate the movies of Christopher Guest (Best in Show, A Mighty Wind). The result, unfortunately, is a reminder of how hard it is to make this format look effortless, and how much better Guest and his troupe are at this. (The Palm Beach Post)
Begley's world's grown greener Mar 31, 2008
He's about to shoot a Woody Allen film, and he's a regular in the improvised Christopher Guest comedies that include "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind.". Unlike the '70s and '80s, when Begley was marginalized for his environmental fervor, he says, "People are really drawn to environmental stuff now. They want to save energy, save money and clean up the air in L.A. and Houston and Bakersfield. They're motivated.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fey, Guest join comedy Mar 25, 2008
Guest is the writer-director behind the film comedies "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind.". Tambor next will appear in "Superhero Movie," which opens March 28. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Fey and Guest enlist in Gervais' quest for "Truth" Mar 21, 2008
"30 Rock" creator/star Tina Fey; Christopher Guest, the writer-director of films including "Best in Show" and "A Mighty Wind"; actor Jeffrey Tambor ("The Larry Sanders Show," "Arrested Development" and the upcoming "Superhero Movie") and "Daily Show" correspondent John Hodgman are the latest additions to the cast. Set in a world in which the concept of lying doesn't exist, the story centers on a loser (Gervais) who changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead. (Reuters)
Live from Langerado Mar 9, 2008
Langerado Festival, Day 2: A mighty wind ... Leslie Gray Streeter: Langerado Festival, Day 2: A mighty wind ... Langerado Festival, Day 2: A mighty wind. (The Palm Beach Post)
Romantic comedy stirs in a Disney-type plot line Feb 26, 2008
Since I am a huge fan of Christopher Guest movies (A Mighty Wind, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show), seeing this star from his films was a pleasant surprise. She did not disappoint, with her over-the-top paranoia and stress molding to her typical style. (The Loyola Greyhound, MD)
OPINION -- Lenten reflections Feb 21, 2008
There was a massive earthquake, a torrential storm, a mighty wind, a raging fire. But, the Bible teaches, God was in none of those things. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Barack Obama Jan 25, 2008
A mighty wind, yes, but was the Clinton organisation and the Democratic establishment really so flimsy as it was appearing. The answer, of course, was no. For all the pundit and poll nonsense, for all our concentrated and exuberant efforts, the result in New Hampshire was not what we wanted, and we saw what we've always known, that any status quo does not concede its hegemony without a knockdown, drag-out fight which, in the past week, has become very, very nasty. (Guardian Unlimited)
Rock spoof 'Walk Hard' gets laughs despite itself Dec 22, 2007
(Their presence underlines the contrast between Walk Hard and the subtly funny style of Guest's own music-world spoof, A Mighty Wind. . (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Perfecting the good bad song for Walk Hard Dec 18, 2007
Producer and co-writer Judd Apatows biopic parody Walk Hard, opening Friday, features the most ambitious set of big screen comedy tunes to come along since Christopher Guests 2003 folk revival romp A Mighty Wind. Opening Friday, the original music of Walk Hard spans decades of pop styles, from the innocent 50s (Take My Hand) to Ghostface Killah (on stage with Jackson Browne, Jewel and Lyle Lovett in a tribute version of Walk Hard). (MSNBC -- News)
Guest takes Berklee to 11 Dec 3, 2007
As integral as it's been to several of the movies he's directed ("A Mighty Wind," "Waiting For Guffman") and acted in ("This Is Spinal Tap"), his music would seem to have been secondary to the stories. But Brown read testimonials from jazz guitarist Mike Stern and Benjamin Verdery, chairman of the Yale School of Music's guitar department, that suggested that Guest's contributions to the field extended well beyond establishing a well-needed reality check for musical self-seriousness. (Boston Globe)
Nigel Tufnel's greatest hits Nov 30, 2007
Because the 59-year-old finds the idea of donning a long black robe to be strange, he will instead perform music that he wrote for "This is Spinal Tap," "Guffman," and "A Mighty Wind." Berklee faculty and students, who have rearranged his movie songs into styles ranging from big band to bossa nova, will play alongside him ... "Spinal Tap" famously skewered hard rock culture, "Guffman" took on the world of community theater and show tunes, and "A Mighty Wind" parodied the folk world that Guest... (Boston Globe)
The night is young Nov 29, 2007
Friday These Go to 11: Christopher Guest Meets Berklee Berklee faculty and students will interpret Guest's tunes from the movies "This Is Spinal Tap," "Waiting for Guffman," and "A Mighty Wind." 8:15 p.m. $30. All ages. (Boston Globe)
"I'm not There" captures Dylan through a prism Nov 21, 2007
His story is presented as a faux documentary (at times uncomfortably close to Christopher Guest's "A Mighty Wind"), with fellow folk musicians weighing in on his influence. (Julianne Moore, a Haynes regular, turns up as singer Alice Fabian. (Seattle Times)
Red Rock Pictures announces the theatrical release of "Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo" Oct 31, 2007
From legendary Primus bassist Les Claypool comes "Electric Apricot: Quest For Festeroo," a spoof about jam bands told in the style of This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind. In the spring of 2005, Mr. Claypool set forth to make a documentary reflecting an element of contemporary music culture which had yet to be fully examined. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Miss independent Jun 24, 2007
alike with her fine-boned, Katharine Hepburn good looks and Carole Lombard comedic talent ever since she broke into films as a nasty teen queen in the 1993 film "Dazed and Con- fused." Since then she's been in a slew of independent pictures ("The House of Yes," "A Mighty Wind") and brightened up some big-budget Hollywood extravaganzas ("You've Got Mail," "Superman Returns"). A fearless star. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Autism is no laughing matter Jun 14, 2007
Mr. Levy, a character-actor best known for his roles in films such as American Pie and A Mighty Wind, studied up on the court cases and medical evidence, and realized his decision was an easy one. "I started doing homework and realized that this is a good fight here," said Mr. Levy, who yesterday met Michael for the first time. (Globe and Mail)
Eugene Levy, the reluctant comedian Jun 9, 2007
Since then, the pair have teamed up on countless SCTV skits as well as director Christopher Guest's trilogy of films, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration. We approach our character work the same, says Levy, who is also now working on a film screenplay with O'Hara. (Globe and Mail)
A mighty wind: U.S. gaining in wind power capacity Jun 5, 2007
(06/04/2007 4:02 PM EDT). WASHINGTON The U.S. is the fastest growing global market for wind power, according to the Energy Department's first annual report on U.S wind power installations. (EETimes)
Icy blast heralds winter May 31, 2007
Leo ShanahanMay 31, 2007 - 9:28AM. A massive snowball in the making at Falls Creek. (The Age, Australia)
Winds lash Victoria May 29, 2007
May 29, 2007 - 9:21PM. Latest related coverage. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Movie Review: Fay Grim May 18, 2007
In creating the sequel he brings back the unique talents of Parker Posey (A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration) and Liam Aiken (Lemony Snickets. Road to Perdition) to team up with Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park, Independence Day). (Monsters and Critics.com)
Shearer delight Apr 29, 2007
They last played in public prior to filming A Mighty Wind. "The interesting thing about this appearance is that it's a huge stage. It's worldwide television -- blah, blah blah -- for this big event about climate change. "And we're doing a new song, so any occasion that actually gets us up to write another Spinal Tap song is sort of worthwhile. (Edmonton Sun)
`Gilmore Girls' chef gets cooking on pilot Mar 20, 2007
Also at ABC, McKean (This Is Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind) has joined Oliver Platt and Rhea Seehorn in The Thick of It, the adaptation of a BBC series set in the world of politics. He will play a former campaign operative who's now the chief of staff for a low-wattage member of Congress. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Bower, Pinsent, Hansen to join Canada's Walk of Fame Mar 8, 2007
TV: SCTV; Films: Home Alone, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind. . (CBC News)
Newest inductees announced for Walk of Fame Mar 7, 2007
Catherine O'Hara An alumnus of Toronto's Second City theatre troupe, Ms. O'Hara has starred in several ensemble movie casts of late, including those of director Christopher Guest in such films as Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind. Gordon Pinsent A 40-year veteran of Canadian screen and stage, Mr. Pinsent began his career at the Manitoba Theatre Centre and quickly made his way to the Stratford Festival. (Globe and Mail)
Walk of Fame inducts CTV's Lloyd Robertson Mar 7, 2007
She has been a member of the ensemble casts of Christopher Guest's "Waiting for Guffman," "Best in Show, "A Mighty Wind" and most recently, "For Your Consideration. " Hometown: Toronto, Ont. Gordon Pinsent Born in Newfoundland, Pinsent began his career at the Manitoba Theatre Centre. From there, he quickly made his way to the Stratford Festival and onto to television and feature films where he created some of Canada's most memorable characters. A forty-year veteran of theatre, film, television... (CTV.ca)
What's new on video Feb 20, 2007
Fans of writer-director Christopher Guest have long savored his droll take on such subjects as community theater ("Waiting for Guffman"), folk music ("A Mighty Wind") and dog shows ("Best in Show"). He may have met his match in "For Your Consideration," which pokes fun and the film industry and how actors react at the mere mention of a possible Oscar nomination. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
`Hootenanny' brings back early '60s folk Jan 16, 2007
DVD of the week: If you've seen A Mighty Wind and felt you weren't getting the joke, a set in stores Tuesday will help. If you have fond memories of the folk-music boom in the early '60s, it's pretty handy, too. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
ROLFE:Advicepieces we're likely to see Jan 10, 2007
SI.com - Writers - A mighty wind - Tuesday January 9, 2007 3:38PM. THE WEB. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
