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...John Paul II: Friend of All Humanity, an earnest if weirdly drawn educational cartoon for children about the adored Pontiff. The Pope isn't the only one getting a pop-cultural makeover. Religious figures from various faiths are everywhere--on the big screen, prancing across the stage, even in comic books. Here's a look...
...FACE It's impossible to say what Allah looks like, but the Koran is said to reveal his 99 attributes (often referred to as his 99 names, such as "the Majestic" and "the Timeless"). Each is embodied in a different superhero in a new comic-book series called The 99, created by a Kuwaiti-born entrepreneur...
...familiar to Benkreira, since he experienced a lot of pushing and shoving in high school.Benkreira immediately turned to Butt and retorted, “Charley, kids at my school had guns.”But Benkreira’s influence on the team is not limited to mere comic relief.“He also works very hard and is very serious about what he does,” said Downing. “He’s a guy that everyone on the team looks up to in many ways.”Now in his last year...
...wouldn’t have gotten in any other way than as a writer—he’s just too weird. And he’s from Harvard so there’s hope for you. Tom ShillueStand-up comedianRR: Why did you become a stand-up comic? TS: I didn’t want to be. It was actually thrust upon me because people would laugh at me unexpectedly. I figured if nobody takes me seriously in life I might as well just switch professions.RR: What did you do before? TS: I was helping...
...donated plane tickets for their travel. Two of the comedians, Judah Friedlander and Modi, performed in last year’s show. Friedlander has appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm and in the movie Zoolander, and Modi has been on the Howard Stern Show, Comedy Central, The Sopranos, and Last Comic Standing. The other four comedians performing are Paul Mecurio, Emmy Award-winning writer for the Daily Show with Jon Stewart; Tom Shillue from Late Night with Conan O’Brien and Comedy Central Presents ‘Tom Shillue’; Marc Maron from HBO Comedy Half Hour...