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Beef of the Day: John Cleese, Eric Idle Wage War Over Spamalot Royalties

First came the real talk from Eric Idle revealing why he recently canned fellow Monty Python mate John Cleese from the touring production of Spamalot , the stage musical adapted from their 1974 comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail . “I fired John Cleese — surgically removed him,” Idle told the Telegraph. “It wasn’t mean — he’s had millions of dollars from it. He charges people a fortune for using his voice. He’s always been in financial crisis.” A miffed Cleese took to Twitter to strike back at “Yoko Idle.”

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Beef of the Day: John Cleese, Eric Idle Wage War Over Spamalot Royalties

Brad Bird on Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Evolving From Animation and Tom Cruise’s Fearlessness

When Tom Cruise adapted the Mission: Impossible television series for the screen in the mid-’90s, he made an interesting decision: Instead of branding the spy franchise himself, he would let different directors customize each installment according to their unique strengths and visions. Following three distinct Mission: Impossible takes from Brian De Palma, John Woo and J.J. Abrams, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Brad Bird — who, before Ghost Protocol , had never helmed a live action feature — stepped up to the plate for the fourth M:I installment.

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