Less than a year ago, I was a successful director and screenwriter in Moscow. Now, I spendmy sleepless nights in New York City, trying to find airline tickets for my friends to escape Russia before they’re sent to the front lines or arrested. I was about to begin making a …
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When you think of brunch, you might imagine the bland French toast, bottomless mimosas, and trying to split a check five ways. But if you hire Miami’s Chef Jay Lyon for a private meal, you’ll get something entirely unique — and decadent. Lyon, you see, isn’t just laying out a …
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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 …
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“Walk soft and carry a cro magnum,” Yasiin Bey rapped in “So Be It” — a bar that captured the vibe and vitriol of Black Star‘s ferocious Saturday Night Live debut. Rap duo Talib Kweli and Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) received a hero’s welcome in Studio 8H. Dave …
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Dave Chappelle’s third opening monologue on Saturday Night Live opened with a disclaimer denouncing antisemitism. “And that, Kanye, is how you buy yourself some time.” Chappelle began his 15-minute stand-up on Kanye West’s disastrous few weeks, during which anti-semitic comments caused him to lose, among other things, more than a …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Cold Open took us to the Fox and Friends couch for an uncomfortable post-mortem of the midterm elections in which a “red wave” never materialized. After Democrats’ stunning victories, Rupert Murdoch-owned media outlets like Fox News and New York Post immediately turned on their orange savior. As …
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It’s official: Democrats have clinched control of the U.S. Senate. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, one of the Democrats’ most vulnerable incumbents, has fended off a challenge from conservative nepobaby Adam Laxalt and guaranteed her party at least 50 seats in the Senate. With the tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala …
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BTS have announced Jung Kook will perform at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off at Al Bayt Stadium in Doha, Qatar on Nov. 20. He will perform during the soccer tournament’s opening ceremony and will participate in the World Cup’s accompanying soundtrack. “Proud to announce that Jung Kook …
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Keith Levene, a founding member of the Clash and Public Image Ltd, died on Friday, Nov. 11. He was 65. His former bandmates Jah Wobble and Martin Atkins confirmed the news via social media. Levene, who had liver cancer, died at his home in Norfolk, England, per The Guardian. “RIP …
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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 …
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