The Definitive Guide to Comedy
Trainwreck — presented Sunday night at SXSW in Austin as a “work-in-progress” — is a triumphant two-hour big-screen comedy that’s the best thing that could have happened right now for its star and writer, Amy Schumer, as well as its director, Judd Apatow. If timing remains the secret to successful comedy, …
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 …
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 …
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! …
Last week’s episode of Saturday Night Live was so solid, they couldn’t possibly carry that momentum into the final show of 2014, could they? Well, no. But the Christmas-week theme did mean they could pull out some more stops in the names of special all-star SNL alumni cameos, some pandering …
What a wonderfully solid episode of Saturday Night Live from start to finish. Even the sketches that seemed about to go off the rails enjoyed a moment of salvation. It’s a two-weeks-before-Christmas miracle! Or hopefully a sign of the long-mentioned transition actually transitioning. Either way, let’s get to the recap …
Saturday Night Live likes James Franco enough to let Franco film a documentary behind the scenes of SNL, so it’s not surprising that he’ll get some leeway whenever he’s invited back to host, as he was for the third time this weekend. SNL also likes Nicki Minaj, who was given …
