Comedian Amy Schumer‘s SNL monologue on Saturday honed in on sex and marriage, but not before acknowledging some current events in the political arena. “I can’t believe I have thehonor of being the final hostbefore the midterm abortions — elections!” she joked. “What did I say?Sorry.I was thinking about what’s …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update covered the fallout from the attack on Paul Pelosi, Kyrie Irving’s latest self-inflicted wounds, and Dr. Oz not even obtaining the endorsement of Oprah Winfrey. “Nancy Pelosi’s husband wasattacked in their home by a guywith a hammer, and instead ofbasic sympathy, Republicans werelike, ‘We heard …
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With just a few days to go until the midterms, James Austin Johnson opened Saturday Night Live as President Joe Biden shaking up the list of Democrats running for office in favor of candidates who have more drawing power. “My fellow Americans,” he began. “ThisTuesday, our midterm electionswill determine the …
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Saturday Night Live took aim at Elon Musk’s staffing cuts at Twitter and the potential for the spread of misinformation with a mock council listening to why bad actors should have their accounts reinstated. “They said I was a bot, whichis crazy.I’m all woman, and I love funnyguys like you,” …
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Jennifer Coolidge’s coffee maker is broken. The actress is calling from her home in New Orleans, and she just can’t get her crappy automatic to work. “I hope you don’t think I’m an amoeba because I have no personality,” Coolidge, 61, says, deciding to brave the interview without caffeine. “We …
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As he did after the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, Dave Chappelle has once again been tasked with hosting Saturday Night Live for their first post-Election Day episode, this time for the 2022 midterms. Chappelle will bring along Black Star — the duo of Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli — …
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Amazon’s thin but pleasant new documentary Good Night Oppy (which gets a limited theatrical release and a streaming release on Amazon Prime on Nov. 23) is about Spirit and Opportunity — the Mars Exploration Rovers that were launched into space in 2003 — and their makers. Opportunity is the star. …
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Before he was a superstar auteur, a Royale-with-Cheese rock star, the divisive and worshiped motormouth who launched a thousand dissertations and 10 times as many Film Twitter flame wars, Quentin Tarantino was a movie fanatic. It pays to remember this fact — not that the raconteur would ever let you …
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Following a three-day testimony where Paul Haggis admitted to having more than 20 extramarital affairs, the Oscar-winning director accused of rape called himself a “broken person” in court Friday and continued to deny he raped a publicist in 2013, per Variety. “I’m a very flawed human being,” he told the …
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Late in the fifth season of Netflix’s The Crown, Queen Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton) asks her grandson William (Senan West) for help with the complicated remote control for the palace’s new satellite dish. As William flips through the many new channels in search of the BBC, Her Royal Majesty briefly finds …
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