Topic: Harry Shearer

When Catholics think of roasting, hell is usually involved. Just-baptized comedy writer Tom Leopold was roasted at Sammy's Roumanian restaurant on...

Celebrity birthdays on Dec. 23

Today's celebrity birthdays include: Susan Lucci, who turns 64; Holly Madison, who is 31; and Harry Shearer, who turns...

Spinal Tap

Spinal Tap is the fictional metal band featured in Rob Reiner's infamous 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap . Uwigged & Unplugged Dates While Guest and Shearer were both regular Saturday Night Live cast members, Spinal Tap appeared on the show as a ...

Harry Shearer

Actor, writer and comedian Harry Shearer provides voices for several of the main characters on The Simpsons , including Mr. Burns, Smithers, Kent Brockman and Ned Flanders. On March 3 , 2010 , Shearer released an album called Greed and Fear based upon his take ...
'The Simpsons' marks 450th episode with veteran cast member Harry Shearer still in full voiceTo speak of the latest milestone by " "I think we could do it for another 20 years, actually," Matt Groening, "Simpsons" uber-creator, told The Associated Press at a ...

Film gifts for the (wannabe) auteur

Sherlock Holmes gear Robert Downey Jr. is set to turn the legendary detective into a Victorian-era action hero (opening on Christmas). 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa It may be the late, great Japanese filmmaker's centenary, but thanks to Criterion, we're ...

Christopher Guest

When Spinal Tap played Carnegie Hall in 2001, the Folksmen opened. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, stars of This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind.. As the name suggests, Guest, McKean and Shearer won't be in character. But ...

Interview

When Spinal Tap played Carnegie Hall in 2001, the Folksmen opened. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, stars of This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind.. As the name suggests, Guest, McKean and Shearer won't be in character. But ...

How a Welsh Vixen Tamed Derek Smalls' Wild Heart

Judith Owen, the Welsh singer-songwriter, actress and wife of comic actor Harry Shearer, was waiting for me inside the Paramount Hotel on a recent dreary Saturday afternoon.She was on her second coffee and I was running late. My bad!Had I ...

Judith Owen

Until she heard a familiar voice calling out her name, Welsh singer-songwriter Judith Owen failed to recognize her future husband, actor Harry Shearer, when she first visited him in New York. "All the time we'd been dating in London, I'd ...