The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Dwayne Johnson has known how to pump up soft material for going on two decades now, so seeing him show up for his fourth stint as host of Saturday Night Live, you could feel fairly confident on this WrestleMania weekend that no matter what the writers were cooking up for …
We don’t need any more Ghostbusters movies. But nostalgia is a tricky son of a gun that wants us to relive the moments that brought us sheer joy in our childhood and adolescence over and over and over. Combine that with the sheer Pavlovian greed of Hollywood to repeat ideas …
First-timers Chris Hemsworth and Zac Brown Band took the stage at Studio 8H to host and perform music on Saturday Night Live. Without his hammer, how would “Thor” bring the funny? Would he show a softer side, or would it be all muscle and brawn? Perhaps a bit of both, …
We’ve known for two weeks now that not only was Dakota Johnson hosting, but that we’d have plenty of references to her starring role in the film adaptation of Fifty Shades of Grey. Johnson mentioned it during #SNL40, and all of the promos leaned on the source material’s S&M/T&A. I …
I had a vision in the hours leading up to Saturday Night Live‘s massive SNL40 celebration on Sunday night of what it could be — a series of live tributes presented by past cast members and delivered to the current cast members onstage who have taken their torches and run …
A lot of 40th anniversary of Saturday Night Live packages are rolling out this month in anticipation of the big SNL40 broadcast on Feb. 15, 2015. Gotham magazine just posted a great series of photos where the current cast cleaned up rather nicely, and during the proceedings, the magazine managed …
J.K. Simmons is winning all of the awards this season for his turn as the loud band conductor in the film Whiplash, and everyone rightfully enjoys seeing the industry give Simmons this attention after loving him in supporting roles over recent years in Juno, the Spider-Man series (Tobey and Kirsten …
Who are Paul Feig, Katie Dippold and Ivan Reitman gonna call this summer for their Ghostbusters reboot? Looks like Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones are gonna answer the call this summer! Feig Tweeted a photo of the fearless foursome just minutes ago, and sources are confirming …
Blake Shelton is a tall, charming country singer who knows how to crack a joke and make fun of himself, whether it’s hosting an awards show or serving as a judge on NBC’s hit singing contest, The Voice. So it’s no wonder that Saturday Night Live eventually would go along …
You knew Kevin Hart would bring the energy and enthusiasm when he hosted Saturday Night Live for the second time, but would he, the cast and the writers bring the funny to go with it as we kicked off the 2015 portion of this 40th anniversary season? To the recap! …
