Larry Saltzman isn’t a guitar teacher by trade — he’s a high-end session pro who’s toured with Simon and Garfunkel, played in Saturday Night Live‘s house band, and backed up artists from Jewel to Darlene Love to Celine Dion. But for the past decade or so, he’s been moonlighting as …
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Questlove can still remember seeing Billy Preston perform on the first Saturday Night Live on Oct. 11, 1975. Technically, he wasn’t allowed to watch TV, but his parents were Soul Train devotees who wanted their son, then four, to absorb “anything musical,” he says. To get him ready for its …
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Tramell Tillman nearly missed the audition for Severance’s perma-smiling Mr. Milchick. On a frigid January day, he made a split decision to make the 15-minute commute on foot, rather than wait for a delayed train. Acting on instinct, much like his limber counterpart, Tillman ran through the industrialized South Bronx …
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Cynthia Erivo thinks Wicked‘s Jon M. Chu deserved a Best Director nomination at the Oscars. In an interview with Variety Friday, the actress, who earned a nod for Best Actress for her role as Elphaba in the film, said she was puzzled that Chu didn’t earn a nod for the …
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The song titles alone evoke a sense of joy, excitement, community: “Dance to the Music,” “Stand!”, “Everyday People,” “Sing a Simple Song,” “I Want to Take You Higher,” “Hot Fun in the Summertime,” “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin),” “Everybody Is a Star.” (That last one was also the …
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Timothée Chalamet, who portrayed Bob Dylan in biopic A Complete Unknown, is flexing his singing chops. The actor is set to host this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, as well as serve as the show’s musical guest. It will be his first singing performance on live television following his live-singing debut …
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Fred Armisen recalls how Saturday Night Live helped shape his musical taste and led him to create one of his own great sketches — “Band Reunion at the Wedding” — in a new exclusive clip from Questlove’s upcoming documentary, Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music. “SNL was such …
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The man staring into the camera is not Pee-wee Herman. He may look a little like him, kinda sorta sound like him, have that same sly, agent-of-chaos-reporting-for-duty-sir smirk. But he is not the man in the tight gray flannel suit, the one who went from cult-figure famous to beloved by …
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Conan O’Brien’s preparation for his upcoming hosting gig at the 2025 Academy Awards has become something of a waiting game. News of his hosting debut arrived in November, but the comedian found his process disrupted in the wake of the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. As a comedian, he’s ready and …
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Fans will be heading back to The White Lotus for a fourth season. HBO has announced that Mike White‘s beloved drama series will continue beyond the upcoming season three, which premieres on Feb. 16. Deadline reports that the studio is aiming to begin production on the fourth season next year. …
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