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There were a few Emmys bright spots — but it sure wasn’t the hosts

sudshr47 September 18, 2018

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Slowest Emmys? Whitest Emmys? Most romantic Emmys? The 70th Annual Emmy Awards deserve their own superlatives, but for now let’s break down the best and worst moments of the night – as well as a few that were neither here nor there.

Best

The Mrs. Maisel sweep

Early in the night, before the telecast got awkwardly white, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel kicked things off with energizing wins for women in television and comedy, including lead actress Rachel Brosnahan and TV powerhouse Amy Sherman-Palladino, who was the first woman to win for both writing and directing in the same season.  Read more…

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Where to watch tonight’s Emmy Awards online

sudshr47 September 17, 2018

It’s the biggest night for television and streaming media services tonight as the stars are gathering to celebrate themselves at the 70th annual Emmy Awards. Tonight’s event at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles promises to be a big one for streaming media services like Netflix (with 122 nominations), Hulu (with 20 — thanks mainly […]

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An ode to Chris Pratt’s genius on ‘Parks and Recreation’

sudshr47 July 5, 2018

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Welcome to Chris-mas in July, a week-long celebration of our four favorite Hollywood Chrises. We’ll be analyzing old movies, digging deep into past roles, and exploring everything there is to know about Evans, Hemsworth, Pine and Pratt. We hope this totally made up holiday makes you smile. 

Back before he was a Big Hollywood Chris™ (I mean, he was still “Chris” but he wasn’t a Chris), Chris Pratt was a small screen darling with major roles on Everwood and The O.C. before stealing our hearts as Andy Dwyer on Parks and Recreation.

Parks and Rec ran from 2009 to 2015, with the final seasons coinciding with Pratt’s rise to blockbuster movie star in Guardians of the Galaxy (and later in 2015, Jurassic World). In honor of Chris-mas, we look back at what made Andy so gosh-darn likable and why he remains Pratt’s best role to date. Read more…

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‘Saturday Night Live’ wants Obama to do ‘Black Jeopardy’

sudshr47 June 25, 2018

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“Black Jeopardy” has become one of the most indelible sketches in Saturday Night Live‘s 40-plus-year tenure, and the cast and writers behind it want a shot with the man himself: Barack Obama.

“I think Obama would be a lot of fun on Black Jeopardy,” Kenan Thompson told Vulture in an oral history of the sketch. “I feel like he could do it. If we reached out and had a good enough idea for him, he’ll come do it.”

“Black Jeopardy” started in 2015 and has only been in five episodes of SNL, which seems shockingly low considering how amusing and salient the sketch is. Thompson, Michael Che, and Bryan Tucker discussed the origins and evolution of this sketch and all the ideas that might still make it on the air. Read more…

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The 10 best sketches on ‘Saturday Night Live’ this season

sudshr47 May 22, 2018

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Saturday Night Live Season 43 wasted no time in getting right to it, tackling sexual harassment, the ongoing Trump presidency, and all manner of pop culture and news with incisive humor, and sometimes some music.

Here are our favorite sketches from Season 43 of Saturday Night Live.

10. Stranger Things 3

The kids of Hawkins are growing up on Stranger Things, something that got harder to ignore with Season 2. Puberty is afoot, and Eleven (Natalie Portman) meets other mutants like her, but all their abilities come with a side effect like those nosebleeds. The sketch includes vomit, farts, and boners – and simple human Mike can’t hide how horny he is. Read more…

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Tina Fey reprises her hilarious Sarah Palin impression on ‘SNL’

sudshr47 May 20, 2018

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Whatever you may remember about Sarah Palin, things look pretty different in politics now than they did when she was on the Republican ticket as John McCain’s running mate. 

Tina Fey reprised her legendary Palin impression while hosting Saturday Night Live‘s season finale on May 19, leading the gone-but-not-yet-forgotten faces of the Trump White House in a chorus of “What I Did For Trump.”

Fey’s Palin is joined by Michael Wolff (Fred Armisen), Rex Tillerson (John Goodman), Sarah Huckabee-Sanders (Aidy Bryant), Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon), Stormy Daniels (Cecily Strong), and Omarosa Manigault (Leslie Jones). They may have been fired – or quit, truth is a construct now! – but we still remember them… er, when someone reminds us. Read more…

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‘SNL’ sketch explains why Tina Fey isn’t in the ‘Mean Girls’ musical

sudshr47 May 20, 2018

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Mean Girls is a musical now, but fans of the movie keep asking: Why isn’t Tina Fey in the musical?

The SNL season finale, hosted by Fey, answers that question – and her absence seems to be for the best.

The sketch – filmed away from the SNL studio – shows Fey saying in interviews that she doesn’t want to be in the musical, that she doesn’t need to be like Lin-Manuel Miranda (who makes an appearance to address this shade). Still, she clearly wants her shot, so the director gives her a chance.

Fey may not be the best Cady, Gretchen, or even North Shore Lion mascot, but the sketch reminds us how brilliantly adept she is at comedy, including the physical (that Lion costume takes a tumble). In the end she decides to sit the show out, and that she doesn’t have to bike Lin. Read more…

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Surprise! Donald Trump faked a phone call to look cool when hosting ‘SNL’

sudshr47 May 17, 2018

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The cast and crew of Saturday Night Live may have got a peek at the braggadocious Trump presidency when he hosted the show in 2015. 

Cast member Pete Davidson recalled that Trump was “weird all week” and at one point, faked a phone call – and didn’t even make it look real.

According to Davidson – whose impression is subtle but pretty damn good – Trump picked up a phone that didn’t even ring. He said: “Hello? Fantastic, okay great,” and then announced to the room, “Hey everybody, my book just went No. 1.” (The book, which released a week later, debuted at #5.) Read more…

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NBC taps ‘SNL’ anchors for Emmy Awards

sudshr47 April 26, 2018

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NBC will reportedly turn to Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update” anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost to host the 2018 Emmy Awards. 

This marks a change from several years of white-male late night hosts (well, a gradual change) and increases likelihood of more SNL cast members joining the telecast (KATE. MCKINNON).

“We’re proud to be the first duo hosting the Emmys since Jenna Elfman and David Hyde Pierce, and somehow that’s a real fact,” the duo told Variety. Wow, how is that a fact?

With so many award shows in the last few years being emceed by late night hosts, Che and Jost are SNL‘s next best thing. They aren’t the most prolific or most tenured cast members (Kenan Thompson has been there 15 years), but as the show’s head writers they have a unique grasp of the intersection of news and entertainment.  Read more…

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Tina Fey will return to host ‘Saturday Night Live’

sudshr47 April 18, 2018

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Tina Fey is coming home to host Saturday Night Live May 19. She’ll be joined by musical guest Nicki Minaj in the show’s traditional spring lineup of heavy-hitters.

SNL already separately announced May 5 host Donald Glover (with musical guest Childish Gambino – who’da thunk?). On Wednesday the show also revealed Amy Schumer with Kacey Musgraves on May 12, and Fey and Minaj on May 19.

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Fey spent six years as an SNL cast member (and three more as a writer) until 2006 before premiering 30 Rock on NBC (a show largely inspired by her experiences at SNL). This is her sixth time hosting, and now she’s a Broadway personality with the Mean Girls musical. Since Fey lives and works in New York, she’s also made numerous SNL cameos, including as recently as Natalie Portman’s Feb. 3 episode. Read more…

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