Keke Palmer will host Saturday Night Live for the first time when the show returns on Dec. 3. SZA will join her as musical guest. “Y’all got y’alls wish… guess whole hosting @nbcsnl? I’m so excited for usss yalllllll, couldn’t do it without you” Palmer, the star of Jordan Peele’s …
Read More »Rob Delaney Sought to 'Ruin People's Day' With Memoir on Grief Over Son's Death
Comedian and actor Rob Delaney discussed his upcoming new memoir A Heart That Works — which delves into the many facets of grief that followed the death of his 2-and-a-half-year-old son Henry who had brain cancer — in a new interview with The New York Times. As the devastating subject …
Read More »'SNL': Dave Chappelle Spoofs 'House of the Dragon' With Beloved 'Chappelle's Show' Characters
Dave Chappelle is a Game of Thrones fan, and he’s also into the new show, House of the Dragon, though he has mixed feelings about the spinoff, he said while hosting Saturday Night Live. “I gotta tell you, I love that they are including Black characters but, to be honest, …
Read More »'Falling For Christmas' is a Formulaic Holiday Comedy But Marks the First Step In the Welcome Return of Lindsay Lohan
It feels good to root for Lindsay Lohan these days. Some people never stopped, of course. For everyone else, the wake-up call arrived earlier this year, during the Superbowl, when Lohan starred in a winking Planet Fitness commercial to which the seemingly universal response, uttered across the internet, was, She …
Read More »Angela Bassett on 'Wakanda Forever,' Missing Chadwick Boseman and Playing Tina Turner
You play Ramonda, the Queen Mother of Wakanda, in the Black Panther films. Is there one person or inspiration you keep in your head to play a queen?For me, it’s just the essence of the Black woman. Our strength, resilience, patience, generosity, intellect. That’s what I try to hold onto. …
Read More »Alec Baldwin Sues Film Crew Members Over 'Rust' Shooting
Alec Baldwin filed a lawsuit in Superior Court in Los Angeles on Friday against several people involved in the Rust film over the shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021, as The Associated Press reports. Hutchins was fatally shot by Baldwin while they were rehearsing a scene for …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion Wants to Play Millie Bobby Brown's Best Friend on 'Stranger Things'
Back on Nov. 6, Netflix enlisted rap star and massive Stranger Things fan Megan Thee Stallion for a special trivia video for “Stranger Things Day” (Nov. 6 being the day Will Byers goes missing on the series). Amidst the preparations, the folks at Netflix alerted Stranger Things star and massive …
Read More »'Atlanta' Series Finale Recap: What a Long, Strange Trip
A review of the Atlanta series finale, “It Was All a Dream,” coming up just as soon as I tell you how many seasons of Homeboys in Outer Space there were… The thing about Atlanta is that the series is so fluid, and so unpredictable in terms of subject and …
Read More »'Atlanta' Director Explains the Series Finale, Why It Was Time to Say Goodbye
Atlanta, one of the great shows of this or any other era, came to a close last night with a series finale titled “It Was All a Dream” — a fitting name for a series that so often has blurred the line between dreams and waking life. The show’s ability …
Read More »Chris Rock Stand-Up Comedy Special to Stream Live on Netflix in Platform First
Chris Rock’s next comedy special will stream live on Netflix early next year. The comedian’s stand-up set will mark the streaming giant’s first parlay into the live-streaming arena, potentially setting the stage for any number of other programs to do the same. No pressure or anything. “Chris Rock is one …
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