A new documentary about Gilda Radner is on the way. According to Variety, the Tribeca Film Festival will open on April 18th with the premiere of a documentary about the original Saturday Night Live cast member called Love, Gilda. Here’s more info on the documentary, which has the backing of the Gilda Radner estate: The […]
Continue ReadingNatalie Portman mentioned in her monologue that she hasn’t hosted since 2006, and the entire cast from that season came by to honor the occasion. Rachel Dratch, Tina Fey, Andy Samberg, and the Brain that Wouldn’t Die—Alec Baldwin. Perhaps it was a big deal because this was apparently the only SNL episode of February. Seriously, […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live’s next season 43 host has been announced. Over the weekend, NBC revealed that Charles Barkley will host the next new episode on March 3rd with musical guest Migos: Mark your calendar! #SNL pic.twitter.com/aQj1VzLOtO — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) February 4, 2018 It will make Barkley’s fourth SNL hosting stint; he […]
Continue ReadingSaturday Night Live is having lots of fun with interactive 360° promos this year. Last week’s promo followed Will Ferrell as he gave an informative tour of Studio 8H, and this time around, returning host Natalie Portman gives a much more hands-off tour of one of the hallways backstage. Watch another promo featuring Pete Davidson […]
Continue ReadingThis weekend, Natalie Portman is set to hosts Saturday Night Live. It’s been a while since she’s graced the halls… MORE
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During the 2016 Summer Olympics, Saturday Night Live‘s Leslie Jones live-tweeted the action with such patriotic fervor that NBC realized they needed to bring Jones to Rio to enhance the network’s coverage. This February, NBC isn’t going to wait so long. Jones is heading to Korea. NBC’s live coverage of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games begins […]
Continue ReadingWas it ever in question that a Will Ferrell episode of Saturday Night Live was going to be good? Ferrell was good on SNL for seven years, then was a good host. Three times. This was good TV done by competent people who are good at their jobs. Even the animal actor seemed like a […]
Continue ReadingMultiple sketches this past weekend on the Will Ferrell-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live either mentioned the #TimesUp and #MeToo movements directly, or indirectly took a satirical view of how culture has either maligned women or promoted an atmosphere that allowed men to take advantage of women sexually. And then there was this sketch, “Dinner […]
Continue ReadingWill Ferrell made fun of “strategery” and has always helped us laugh with former President George W. Bush as much as laugh at him, not only during Ferrell’s run on Saturday Night Live, but also in a big Broadway production after Bush left office. One year into the Trump era, Ferrell hosted SNL once more […]
Continue ReadingSNL alum Will Ferrell hosts tomorrow night’s episode with musical guest Chris Stapleton, and the show released a bunch of promos this week, plus some vintage Ferrell sketches to hold you over. In the above clip, Ferrell takes us on a tour of Studio 8H for an interactive 360° video and reveals some fun trivia […]
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