Jon Stewart, Amy Schumer, The Lonely Island, and Trevor Noah to headline Clusterfest 2018

Just a few weeks ago Comedy Central announced that it’s comedy and music festival Colossal Clusterfest would indeed return to… MORE

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‘Veep,’ ‘BoJack Horseman,’ ‘Last Week Tonight,’ and More Win 2018 WGA Awards

The 2018 Writers Guild Awards were handed out in New York and Los Angeles last night, and when it comes to this year’s comedy nominees, Veep, BoJack Horseman, Saturday Night Live, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and Will & Grace took home awards this year. In the New Series category, Netflix comedies GLOW and […]

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This Year’s Tribeca Film Festival to Open with Gilda Radner Documentary ‘Love, Gilda’

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 […]

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‘SNL’s Only February Episode Featured Natalie Portman and Lots of Fart Jokes

Natalie 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, […]

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Charles Barkley to Host ‘SNL’ Next Month

Saturday 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 […]

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‘SNL’ Is Back with Another 360° Promo Featuring Returning Host Natalie Portman

Saturday 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 […]

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Natalie Portman cannot be rushed in this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” promos

This 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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NBC sending Leslie Jones to Korea to cover the Winter Olympics

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 […]

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Will Ferrell, the Consummate ‘SNL’ Pro

Was 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 […]

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SNL balks at talking about Aziz Ansari in meta sketch

Multiple 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 […]

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