In an episode of the new Netflix comedy The Four Seasons, Tina Fey’s character, Kate, compares a situation to Zelig, an obscure Woody Allen film from 1983. Kate’s husband Jack (Will Forte) sarcastically replies, “Oh, that’s a really fresh reference!” The Four Seasons is perhaps an even less fresh reference. …
Read More »Marriages and Friendships Are Put to the Test in Tina Fey's Cozy Netflix Series 'The Four Seasons'
Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, and Will Forte lead Netflix‘s new series about three couples on a series of seasonal vacations. The Four Seasons will premiere on May 1st. Based on the 1981 film of the same name,The Four Seasonswas created by Fey, Lang Fisher, and Tracey Wigfield. The …
Read More »See 'Weird Al' Yankovic and Will Forte Cover Chappell Roan's 'Hot to Go!' at Thundergong! Benefit
“Weird Al” Yankovic and Will Forte performed a (surprisingly straightforward) rendition of Chappell Roan’s “Hot to Go!” Saturday at Jason Sudeikis’ annual Thundergong! benefit concert in Kansas City. While Yankovic is known to either skewer or polka-fy contemporary hits, Forte instead suggested the duo play it by the book during …
Read More »Does 'Bodkin' Love True-Crime Podcasts or Want to Make Fun of Them?
In Netflix‘s new series Bodkin, hard-bitten newspaper reporter Dove (Siobhán Cullen) is forced to team up with veteran podcaster Gilbert (Will Forte) to investigate a 25-year-old mystery in the eponymous Irish town. The reluctant partners clash on everything, not least of which is that Dove thinks they can, and should, …
Read More »'SNL' Monologue: Kristen Wiig Gets Her 'Five-Timers' Jacket from Ryan Gosling
Former SNL cast member Kristen Wiig joined the show’s “five-timers club” on Saturday, with her monologue featuring appearances by a number of other former hosts, some of whom haven’t had that gig five times but wore jackets of their own nonetheless. Wiig, whose most recent Saturday Night Live appearance was …
Read More »MacGruber Returns to 'SNL' to Go Down Anti-Vax, Alt-Right Rabbit Hole
With former cast member Will Forte back as host, his beloved MacGruber character returned to Saturday Night Live… as an anti-vax, Fauci-hating conspiracy theorist. Joined by Kristen Wiig and Ryan Phillippe — Forte’s co-stars on the new MacGruber Peacock series — the bumbling special agent and his cohorts are locked …
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