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Andy Samberg to host MTV Movie Awards
MTV announced this week that Andy Samberg will host the MTV Movie Awards this year as he continues his customary bid to jump from Saturday Night Live to marquee stardom.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSeven Funniest Apolitical Saturday Night Live Sketches of 2008
After only catching bits and pieces of new Saturday Night Live episodes over the past few years, and finding only about 39% of those bits and 27% of those pieces funny in any way, I was glad to see the show step up its game a little in 2008. It was, of course, mostly thanks to the endless comic fodder provided by the presidential campaign, with Tina Fey's star-making turns as Sarah Palin and the four-for-four run on the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates and Amy Poehler's moose-killing rap. But the political funnies really upped the ante, and I found... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySeven Best Things About Beyonce's “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)”
Once a year or so, a super-mainstream pop song manages to defy all logic, completely endear itself to me and lodge its overblown, Auto-Tuned self squarely in my cerebral cortex. I'm usually a few months late to the game (I somehow managed to not hear Rihanna's 2007 smash earworm “Umbrella” all the way through until sometime this year) but when I fall, I fall hard. I seem to be right on time with my latest fixation, though: Beyonce's “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” just came out last month, and my first exposure to it was when she appeared on Saturday... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayThis Week's Music on TV
Your weekly guide to Music on TV for the week of Oct. 27, 2008... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsMaya Rudolph returning to SNL, Barack Obama next?
Hillary Clinton's done it. So has John McCain. Sarah Palin, too, just last week. Now it seems it might be Barack Obama's turn on Saturday Night Live, if rumors are to be believed. The junior senator from Illinois will supposedly appear on the show on Nov. 1, just in time, before the election (finally) comes to a close on Nov. 4.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsCatching Up With... Harry Shearer
Shot through the history of comedic cornerstones like The Simpsons, Saturday Night Live and Spinal Tap is comedian Harry Shearer. His newest project, Songs of the Bushman, takes musical aim at the Bush Administration, lampooning... read more
Found in: Movies, FeaturesTV Detail: SNL's "Fartface" sketch too crappy even for the Internet
Last week's Saturday Night Live was in no small way surreal, what with Tina Fey's Sarah Palin (briefly) meeting The Real Sarah Palin, and an oh-my-god-how-pregnant-can-a-person-be Amy Poehler pretty much handing The Real Sarah Palin's beehive to her with that incredible, Bullwinkle-slaughtering Weekend Update rap. But what about that "Fartface" sketch? Do you remember this, or has your brain since stashed it away in that little Awful Things To Conveniently Forget About For The Sake Of Your Sanity And General Human Decency lobe?... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VReal Sarah Palin to guest on Saturday Night Live tomorrow
Let's be serious: Tina Fey playing Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live these past few weeks has been exactly what we needed to cope with this increasingly absurd election (Joe the Plumber, anyone?). Now, news has emerged that Palin wants to be in on the joke and will make an appearance on the show tomorrow night. (She apparently thought the first sketch was hilarious...even with the sound off.)... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSNL: Weekend Update Thursday 10.16 review
In the words of Amy Poehler and Seth Myers, "Really?" Really, SNL, you're going to open another Thursday night special with a fake debate? Really? Where last week's episode was filled with laughs, this week's fell flat at almost every turn. There's only so much humor you can wring from Joe the Plumber, and while Fred Armisen does a pretty good Obama, he's yet to be given a single memorable line. And Seth, really? You can't read a teleprompter? This is prime time, baby. It'd be forgivable if your jokes were half as funny as last week, but this felt... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravitySNL: Weekend Update Thursday premiere review
If you were to take Saturday Night Live during the election season, remove all the skits that aren't funny (meaning all of them but the opener) and the mostly uninspired musical guests, you'd be left with SNL's Weekend Update Thursday—the best idea Lorne Michaels has had in years. Even without a guest appearance by Sarah Palin—I mean, Tina Fey—the show had plenty of laughs. In the opening debate, both Obama and McCain deliver straight talk to questioner Bill Murray about how the Cubs won't ever win the pennant, much less The World Series.... read more
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