Bob McGrath, one of Sesame Street’s first human characters appearing as Bob Johnson in its pilot in 1969, died on Sunday at age 90, his family confirmed on social media. “Hello Facebook friends, the McGrath family has some sad news to share. Our father Bob McGrath, passed away today. He …
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Sacha Baron Cohen unexpectedly popped up at the Kennedy Center Honors as Borat to joke about Kanye West’s antisemitism and confuse Joe Biden for Donald Trump. Baron Cohen/Borat was technically on-hand to help celebrate U2, who are one of this year’s Kennedy Center honorees. While he did eventually do that, …
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Jonah Hill’s fumbling You People character Ezra Cohen really needs his first time meeting his girlfriend’s parents to go well. Before he met Amira Mohammed (Lauren London), he found himself relating a little too much to the lowest lows of hip-hop’s most perpetual bachelor. “I feel like Views Drake,” he …
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Saturday Night Live‘s last episode before the Georgia Senate runoff began with concerned Republicans in Congress figuring out what to do with candidate Herschel Walker in order to boost their chances of capturing the Democratic-held seat. The trio of James Austin Johnson as Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Mikey Day …
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“You guys aren’t going tobelieve this, but Alex Jones andKanye West got together thisweek, and it didn’t go great,” Colin Jost opened SNL‘s Weekend Update. In West’s interview with the Sandy Hook school shooting denier, the anti-Semite said, “I like Hitler.” This, Jost joked, “was also the password he used …
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SNL guest host Keke Palmer opened her monologue on a jubilant — if not exaggerated — note. “This has been an awesome yearfor me,” began the co-star of Jordan Peele’s Nope, noting that performance. “And I was nominated for an Academy Award!” “That part’s not true,” she admitted right after. …
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Saturday Night Live saw guest host Keke Palmer propose and star in a reboot of the famed Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel titled Kenan & Kelly. “I thought it was going to be a Jordan Peele-produced streaming series,” Thompson said in a backstage interview.As for Palmer, she “had already sold …
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Two acting queens met up after 16 years, thanks to a new interview. On Friday, Vanity Fair shared the moment that Keke Palmer and Angela Bassett reunited after starring as mother and daughter in 2006’s Akeelah and the Bee. “I’ve seen you online imitating me,” Bassett said with a laugh. …
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When Chris Smith — a documentarian who had tackled everything from Method acting run amuck to a music festival falling apart — was asked what subjects he might be interested in pursuing in terms of a new project, he didn’t mention a “what.” Instead, he gave his producers a “who”: …
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A LITTLE UNDER 10 years ago, Michael Showalter realized the time had come to give up on his Hollywood dreams and start taking whatever work he could find to pay the bills. He’s the star and co-creator of the 2001 cult classic Wet Hot American Summer, and a key member …
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