Some movies come around at just the right time and strike just the right chord with an audience that they become not simply popular films, but a piece of the history of the culture. Certain lines in ...

Founding Monty Python member Terry Jones died at 77 after battling a rare form of dementia Ale Russian is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has ...

It’s just about impossible to discuss sketch comedy without bringing in Monty Python. Everyone from The Simpsons’ Matt Groening to Tina Fey to Jim Carrey has cited the comedy troupe as an influence.

John Cleese and Eric Idle were among the first to pay tribute to their fellow Monty Python alum Terry Jones in the wake of his death. Jones died Tuesday night at age 77 “after a long, extremely brave ...