I hate to even think about it, but let’s look back on Will & Grace’s almost completely painful first episode this season, 11 years after the series’ original finale. The Cheeto as a design color guide, for example. The show was trying hard to make a political statement, but failed almost every time it tried.
“You challenged him so he’s shaming you now.”
In 2014, DJ culture and electronic dance music were so inescapable that even Will Ferrell and Adam McKay’s Gary Sanchez Productions wanted to capitalize on the phenomenon by producing a film called I’m In Love With The DJ. The script came from McKay’s former assistant, Lauryn Kahn, and it centered around a group of…
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [major movie, possible political] star!”
Less than a week after sources confirmed that Bobby Moynihan, one of Saturday Night Live’s longest-serving cast members, was departing the NBC sketch show, another long-time vet has also announced that she’s making the jump. Deadline reports that Vanessa Bayer, who‘s spent seven years on the series, will be leaving…
Human action figure Chris Pine unexpectedly crooned his way through much of last night’s pretty delightful Saturday Night Live, but, in the show’s clever take on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the current Captain Kirk and Wonder Woman boytoy embodied the plodding, unimaginative root of that dystopia’s evil. As one of a…
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [starship captain and superhero’s boyfriend] star!”
It’s the moment Bart loses that watch that does it. “A Father’s Watch” improbably winds together three story strands into a satisfyingly unified whole episode. I say “improbably” because The Simpsons’ latter-day tendency to cram three potentially show-carrying plot devices into one undercooked outing is a constant,…
“I’m not an actor, I’m an [Oscar-winning, sometimes God-playing movie] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [current all-time SNL hosting] star!”
Gwen Ihnat: This week, Variety reported that Saturday Night Live’s ratings are the highest they’ve been in over 20 years. The show recently placed second only to nerdy sitcom juggernaut The Big Bang Theory among viewers in the coveted 18- to 49-year-old demographic. There’s a pretty obvious reason for this ratings…
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [Rebellious movie] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [shoo-in Oscar-nominated movie] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [’rassling] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [movie] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [go-to bigger-than-life fictional hero/villain] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [staggeringly famous and beloved movie] star!”
It’s no secret that the current Saturday Night Live team has a deep and abiding love for Beyoncé. (See “The Beygency” and “The Day Beyoncé Turned Black” for proof of just how far her SNL reach extends). Last night’s Emily Blunt-hosted episode delivered another lovingly crafted piece of Beyoncé worship in the form of…
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [movie] star!”
“I’m not an actor, I’m a [huge, all-time Broadway musical] star!”
