THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of The Mandalorian, “The Pirate.” The Mandalorian is a show that likes to keep things simple whenever possible. And it’s hard to imagine a more fundamentally simple story than “heroes rescue community under siege by pirates.” It’s a framework the show has …
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Saturday Night Live host Jenna Ortega and Wednesday co-star Fred Armisen teamed up again for a not-so-PG version of the 1998 film The Parent Trap, with Armisen playing crude crew member Raymond who fills in as Ortega’s twin during a script read. During a scene where the two disagree about …
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Saturday Night Live musical guests The 1975 took to a warmly lit stage and performed the bubbly single “I’m In Love With You” off of Being Funny in a Foreign Language, their fifth studio album which came out last fall. Later in the show, the group returned to play the …
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Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update mocked Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s characterization of the Jan. 6 insurrection, as well as his revealing text messages about Donald Trump. Carlson, joked Colin Jost, “released securityfootage from the January 6attacks with the violence editedout and said it proves it was apeaceful gathering, which …
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Jenna Ortega kicked off her Saturday Night Live hosting debut with a nod to her days as a child actor in a Colgate toothpaste commercial, but added a horror twist to the ad in light of her starring role in Wednesday, the Addams Family-inspired Netflix series. “A lot of people …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s the middle of the week, and today, Chloe Fineman is prepping for another episode of Saturday Night Live, this time with host Jenna Ortega and musical guests …
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Jenna Ortega reluctantly agreed to recreate the dance scene from Tim Burton’s Netflix seriesWednesday for herSaturday Night Livepromo on Wednesday. “Honestly, this is really well-written, I just don’t feel like I want to do theWednesdaydance for promo because we’ve seen so much of that already and I think it’s time …
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Mere minutes after Chris Rock’s live Netflix stand-up special Selective Outrage ended, Saturday Night Live kicked off with its cold open — a parody of Fox & Friends featuring Mikey Day as Steve Doocy, Heidi Gardner as Ainsley Earhardt, and Bowen Yang as Brian Kilmeade. After ripping into New York …
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Recently, Dilbert creator Scott Adams had his comic strip dropped by its distributor, Andrews McMeel Syndication, and newspapers across the country when he went on a racist rant on his Real Coffee with Scott Adams program. Adams, who’s morphed into a right-wing conspiracy theorist in recent years, was responding to …
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Kelsea Ballerini made her Saturday Night Live debut this weekend, performing during an episode that featured NFL star Travis Kelce (yes, they noticed how similar their names sound) as host. Ballerini’s two songs included “Blindsided” and “Penthouse,” selections from her recent surprise EP Rolling Up the Welcome Mat. For her …
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