Saturday Night Live spoofed Adam Levine’s thirsty DMs — as well as the Armie Hammer’s alleged cannibalistic overtures — in a sketch for a game show called Send Something Normal. “The game is very simple,” host Miles Teller explained. “We have four male celebrity contestants, and all they have to …
Read More »'SNL' Premiere Cold Open: Jon Hamm and Shaun White Join a 'Manningcast' Spoof
The 48th season of Saturday Night Live kicked off with a heavy dose of self-referential humor, with ESPN’s ManningCast analyzing the late night show’s opening sketch. With first-time guest host Miles Teller as Peyton Manning and Andrew Dismukes as brother Eli, the pair dissected a scene from Mar-a-Lago as if …
Read More »Miles Teller Compares Himself to Rachel Maddow in 'SNL' Monologue
Miles Teller‘s maiden SNL monologue was largely one of self-deprecation. “I know they like when you doimpressions and play differentcelebrities, and I wanted tocome prepared,” Teller began. “So I asked my friends whatcelebrity I look like, and Iwas thinking a young DeNiro,maybe a Paul Newman. And theywere like, ‘Nope! Rachel …
Read More »'SNL': Weekend Update Tackles Putin, Lizzo, Herschel Walker
Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Chewere at it again Saturday, addressing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest moves, Lizzo’s flute playing, and Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker‘s agenda should he win office. “In a speech after annexing sections of Ukraine, VladimirPutin attacked the U.S. for satanism …
Read More »Guillermo Del Toro Stocks Up on Nightmare Fuel in 'Cabinet of Curiosities' Anthology Series Trailer
Guillermo Del Toro has been stockpiling nightmare ammunition in anticipation of his forthcoming Netflix anthology series Cabinet of Curiosities, storing them away for later. In the first official trailer for the eight-part show premiering Oct. 25, the acclaimed director puts both hands on th]oor holding back deep, dark fears while …
Read More »Mother Doesn't Always Know Best in 'God's Creatures'
Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer’s eerily effective God’s Creatures, starring Emily Watson, opens with an unexpected return. The son of Aileen O’Hara (Watson) has just come home, showing up in their tiny, Irish fishing village unannounced after some time away in Australia. It’s a somber occasion — a local …
Read More »'Bros' Is Billy Eichner's Bid to Revolutionize the Rom-com. Mission Accomplished
Billy Eichner is not fucking around. He is a creative, comic dynamo who has played loud, proud TV characters (in Parks & Recreation, Bob’s Burgers, the vastly underrated Difficult People), voiced animated characters (The Angry Birds Movie; Timon in the live-action Lion King) and slayed all haters via 240 characters …
Read More »'BoJack Horseman' Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg Explains His Wacky List of TV's Best Shows
When Rolling Stone put together its new list of the 100 greatest shows of all time, we invited dozens of critics, actors, and TV creators to submit ranked ballots of their 50 favorite series, which we then tabulated to figure out the final order. Some people submitted shorter lists, and …
Read More »'Atlanta' Recap: How I Kidnapped Your Grandfather
A review of this week’s Atlanta, “Light Skinned-ed,” coming up just as soon as I take the Shmurda Exit… Earn’s parents, Riley (Isaiah Whitlock Jr.) and Gloria (Myra Lucretia Taylor), appear briefly in the series premiere, mainly to establish that Earn is on bad terms with them due to his …
Read More »Trevor Noah to Depart 'The Daily Show' in December After Seven Years: 'I Feel Like It's Time'
Trevor Noah is saying goodbye to The Daily Show. The host, who took over for Jon Stewart in 2015, will exit the Comedy Central series after seven years, explaining to the show’s audience that his “time is up.” His final episode will air on Dec. 8. The network has not …
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