Example sentences for: tomlin

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  • This is essentially a twilit remake of his wonderful 1977 thriller, The Late Show , in which a senior citizen shamus (Art Carney) wrestles with both a brutal murder and the innumerable humiliations of aging (they're connected), happily assisted by a New Age flake (Lily Tomlin, in her most exuberant screen performance).

  • Lily Tomlin sued him for $7.

  • With his latest one-man show, actor John Leguizamo is said to join the ranks of great such comic performers as Richard Pryor and Lily Tomlin.

  • "Get Bruce is exactly the kind of documentary we all want to have made about ourselves, in which it is revealed that we are funny, smart, beloved, the trusted confidant of famous people, the power behind the scenes at great events and the apple of our mother's eye" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). Vilanch has written for just about every current big-screen celebrity, and Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, and Rosie O'Donnell (to name-drop a few) appear in the film singing his praises.

  • Surprisingly, Cher is the highlight of the movie and holds her own among Lily Tomlin, Judi Dench, and a gaggle of other British actresses: "Cher is terrific here doing what she does best: Wearing heavy makeup and being flamboyant"(Mike Clark, USA Today ). Aside from her performance, though, the film isn't much more than "a kind of sub-Merchant-Ivory mix of eccentric ladies and enchanting scenery" (Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Times ). (Check out this collection of Cher photos through the ages.)


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