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...“I believe it was that night that Elton [John] told him, after hearing that song, that he had to make a record.”...
...john.gapper@ft.com...
...They were Will Ferrell’s character in the Christmas film Elf, discovering an imposter Santa and whispering: “You sit on a throne of lies.”...
...He is Jerry Buss (John C Reilly), a chemist-turned-property mogul who took over the Lakers in 1979 and turned them into serial winners....
...It’s a description which, when used about actors such as John Wayne, his co-star in El Dorado (1966), can be a polite way of saying “macho”....
...The Shrink Next Door is another corpse-free true-crime series, shortly to become a TV series with Will Ferrell....
...Guests include David Walliams, Will Ferrell, Sheridan Smith and, in the opening episode, the comedian John Bishop....
...“There were tears in the room, people were just heartsick that we had missed the mark,” says Ferrell....
...(More recently, Will Ferrell gave us Ron Burgundy’s unforgettable jazz flute.)...
...Reilly, the rich man’s Will Ferrell, and Isiah Whitlock Jr from The Wire, playing a humble insurance agent with a soft spot for “the HBO series The Wire”....
...Will Ferrell, we were wrong. Or right but outnumbered. On the other hand we have been right for 64 years regarding Frank Capra....
...john.lloyd@ft.com More columns at www.ft.com/lloyd...
...Will Ferrell capers earnestly through a Journey to the Center of the Earth-style comic romp witless of script, wan of invention and pasty of imagery. (When will High-Definition live up to its name?)...
...Cirque du Freak is based on a series of children’s books – The Saga of Darren Shan – and features performances from accomplished actors (John C....
...Writer-director Adam McKay rejoins the stars of Talladega Nights, John C Reilly and Will Ferrell, who also had a hand in the sardonic, sometimes zany, sometimes deadpan script....
...John Deere and New Holland have closed their dealerships, and fertiliser and herbicide manufacturers are deciding whether to foreclose on local farmers....
...Sadly, the writer Zach Helm is no Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation). Nor is Marc Monster’s Ball Forster a fleet hand at fantasy....
...Ferrell does a virtual stand-up comedy set from Saturday Night Live. Shirley MacLaine, as Ferrell’s mother-in-law, plays to the gallery. Michael Caine as Kidman’s dad plays to the floorboards....
...“So if I was 30 years younger, yes, I’d have played the Will Ferrell character for sure....
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