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NBC aired two ads during the Super Bowl for Saturday Night Live’s upcoming SNL40 40th anniversary special, and in doing so, revealed a lengthy list of former hosts, musical guests and cast members confirmed for the reunion party. Of course, Lorne Michaels always loves to keep some celebrity cameos a …
Chris Rock said he came up with the idea and started writing the screenplay for Top Five during idle time on the set of Grown Ups 2. If only all or even any of his other cast members could reach a similar epiphany! All comparisons to Annie Hall aside, Rock …
Chris Rock spent most of his Monday on a full-court press run for his new movie, Top Five, spending several hours alone just inside the Sirius XM offices, bouncing from studio to studio — Howard Stern, Opie with Jim Norton, and a “Town Hall” moderated by Cedric the Entertainer — …
Chris Rock enjoyed a big weekend of press and publicity in advance of his already critically-acclaimed new movie, Top Five. Mo Rocca interviewed Rock for CBS Sunday Morning. And Frank Rich interviewed him for New York mag’s Vulture. Both are great. In both places, Rock drops the hint that’d he …
You may have noticed Chris Rock and other comedians weighing in over the past day with their Top Five lists of all-time rappers. It’s all a tie-in to Rock’s new movie, Top Five, and this scene from it, wherein Rock’s comedian/actor character Andre Allen comes home to a welcome and …
A lot of us undeniably and assuredly were excited for this week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, just based on the strength of comedian Chris Rock hosting and Prince sitting in and jamming as musical guest. And yes, giving Rock an extended monologue and Prince an extended jam session certainly …
Is this the great Chris Rock movie we’ve all been waiting for? Early reviews from the Toronto International Film Festival say Rock’s Top Five easily will be in the top five movies he has ever appeared in. The first official trailer debuted tonight at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center as part of …
Marc Maron jokingly wondered this summer if anyone ever had looked him up after seeing him on TV in Canada via one of the many comedy “Galas” produced each summer by Montreal’s Just For Laughs. Joke no more. Especially since some media reports described JFL’s new YouTube Channel as releasing …
The Toronto International Film Festival announced its slate of world premieres, gala screenings and more this morning, and both Jon Stewart’s directorial debut as well as Chris Rock’s latest both will make their world premieres there this September. Rosewater rose straight from a guest’s appearance on The Daily Show with …
Notable and newsworthy as much because Chris Rock hasn’t performed much stand-up comedy on TV in recent years, and because this should excite you even more about the prospects of Rock’s upcoming stand-up tour this fall. Rock hosted the 2014 BET Awards last night. Here are the highlights from his …
