Mike Myers

Top five: Actors who steal the show from the animated characters they voice

In tribute to Johnny Depp's compelling performance in Rango

10 Mar 2011

Johnny Depp is usually famed for his leading roles in Hollywood blockbusters, his ageless face always strikingly present on the promotional canvases. However, there is talk buzzing about his brilliance in his latest film Rango, where he plays…an…

Shrek Forever After

21 Jun 2010

(U) 93min After the patience-sapping Shrek the Third, DreamWorks’s animation department offer a fourth and final instalment, rebooting the flagging franchise with a new alternate-reality twist. This year’s monster hit How To Train Your Dragon…

Mike Myers' Razzie 'honour'

Celebrity Gossip

23 Feb 2009

Mike Myers and Paris Hilton have won three Razzie Awards. Mike's movie 'The Love Guru', which he co-wrote and starred in, was 'honoured' with Worst Picture and Worst Screenplay, while Mike was named Worst Actor. The organiser of the Razzies…

Mike Myers' Razzie shame

Celebrity Gossip

22 Jan 2009

Mike Myers' movie 'The Love Guru' has been nominated for seven Razzie awards. The 2008 movie is up for Worst Picture at the spoof awards - full title the Golden Raspberry Awards, which gives prizes to the worst films of the year - while the…

The Love Guru

31 Jul 2008

COMEDY (12A) 86min Aside from his ongoing Shrek and Austin Powers properties, Mike Myers hasn’t come up with a new comedy character in over a decade. Myers claims his latest creation, Guru Pitka, has been honed by comedy-club appearances, but there’s…

Demanding Mike Myers

Celebrity Gossip

21 Jun 2008

Mike Myers reportedly unleashed a list of demands when he appeared on a US talk show earlier this week. The comedian was on 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' to talk about his new movie 'The Love Guru' when he ordered some interns to go and find him…

MTV host Mike Myers

Celebrity Gossip

10 Apr 2008

Mike Myers will host the MTV Movie Awards on June 1. The 'Shrek' star is looking forward to taking charge of the Los Angeles ceremony - which distributes awards including Best Screen Kiss and Best Villain - because he thinks it will be a fun…

Mike Myers' father film

Celebrity Gossip

15 Mar 2008

Mike Myers has dedicated his new movie to his late father. The 43-year-old actor, who lost his dad Eric to Alzheimer's Disease in 1991, was inspired to make 'The Love Guru' - about a romantic spiritual adviser - after finally coming to terms with his…

Grapevine - showbiz news

Grapevine

16 Jan 2007

Worst casting decision of the fortnight (month/year/decade/trillennium) must be the one which has placed Mike Myers in the plum role of Keith Moon for the 2009-bound biopic of the Who drummer See Me Feel Me... That crazy blazing squad Arcade Fire are…