Michael Che was humbled by basketball star Caitlin Clark when she crashed Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update” segment after the comedian made a sexist joke at her expense.
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Naman Ramachandran Noted actor Pankaj Tripathi faced one of the toughest challenges of his career when he was asked to portray former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in biopic “Main Atal Hoon.” Vajpayee (1924-2018) was a poet and a politician who served three terms as Prime Minister. He belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the party, which is currently in power in India. Vajpayee, who presided over India’s nuclear tests, was also known as a diplomat who improved relations with the country’s arch rival Pakistan and introduced multiple reforms.
He was popular across party lines. “I’m not good at mimicry,” Tripathi told Variety. The conflict that the actor was how much of Vajpayee to mimic and how much to internalize his performance.
“How much of his mannerisms should I keep and how much not,” Tripathi said. Tripathi read several books about Vajpayee and watched news clips and speeches. In the end he decided to adopt the late politician’s body language and mannerisms for all his public facing scenes, especially the speeches, and deliver an internalized performance for the private sequences for which no video footage exists.
Even for the speeches, Tripathi says that his aim was to get into what was possibly Vajpayee’s state of mind while he was delivering them. “A person’s inner state of mind has no shape, so as to how I interpreted them and performed it, I have no words to describe them,” Tripathi says about his process. “But I felt something during the performance and hopefully that has been conveyed to the audience.” Reading Vajpayee’s poems also helped, Tripathi says, particularly the times and circumstances when he wrote them.
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Morgan Wallen has defended Taylor Swift after a mention of the singer at his recent Indianapolis show prompted booing from attendees.The country star was performing back-to-back shows at Indiana city’s Lucas Oil Stadium on April 4-5 when he made a joke that sparked a mixed response from fans.“They told me right before I walked on stage that this is the single most attended concert in the history of this building,” Wallen told fans to cheers on Friday night (April 5), as revealed in a fan-shot video.“And that we’re the first people to do it two nights in a row, so thank you for making it possible for me to say that.”Morgan Wallen defends Taylor Swift after his fans booed when he joked that her show will break his attendance record in Indianapolis:“We ain’t got to boo, we ain’t got to boo.” pic.twitter.com/9Qxp4TPTDD— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) April 8, 2024The singer then joked that he’d probably only be holding that achievement “until Taylor Swift comes to town”, which was met by boos from fans.“We ain’t got to boo, we ain’t got to boo,” the singer responded, before adding: “I appreciate that. I know you all got my back though.”Wallen followed his performances with a post on social media reading: “First 2 shows of the tour were unforgettable.
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Morgan Wallen will play back-to-back gigs at the Colts’ home Lucas Oil Stadium as part of his ongoing ‘One Night At A Time Tour’ with special guests Bailey Zimmerman, Nate Smith and Lauren Watkins.This pair of concerts are the 30-year-old’s first official headlining sets since November 2023. While we don’t know what he’ll bring to the stage this time around, he performed 24 songs on most nights on the first leg of the tour based on our findings at Set List FM.For fans that want to attend, last-minute tickets are available.At the time of publication, prices start at $66 before fees on Vivid Seats.General-admission floor seats can be scooped up for as low as $172 before fees.Still need more details?We’ve got everything you need to know and more about Morgan Wallen’s Lucas Oil Stadium concerts below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A breakdown of all the best ticket prices by section at Lucas Oil Stadium for the two concerts can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Michael Keaton participated in a career retrospective interview for GQ magazine and admitted that his casting as Batman in Tim Burton’s 1989 superhero movie was “ballsy” considering he was more known for his comedic roles in films like “Mr. Mom” at that point in his career. Keaton’s casting was met with backlash among comic book fans at the time.
Ellise Shafer U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has backed J.K. Rowling after the “Harry Potter” author spoke out against Scotland’s new hate crime act, daring the police to arrest her for misgendering trans women.
“Quiet on Set” docuseries.“I know many folks want me to respond to the ‘quiet on set’ documentary,” Underwood, 33, began his lengthy post. “I’m going to share with you something I never thought I would have to talk about publicly, as it’s honestly none of your business anyway.” “When I was 12 years old, I was groomed and molested by my best friend’s stepfather,” he wrote.
One of the stars of The Crown believes the show should not be revived, and that the health battles of Kate Middleton and King Charles should not be brought to screen.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italy’s Indiana Production – which is part of pan-European studio Vuelta Group – is making a significant move into the comedy space by forging a multi-picture deal and a creative collaboration pact with multihyphenate Gennaro Nunziante who has directed top local hits including “Quo Vado” that is the country’s all-time highest grosser. Nunziante – who is a writer/director and sometimes actor – and Indiana are jointly mounting a pipeline of theatrical movies with smart storylines rooted in present-day social issues that, at least in some cases, will seek to travel outside Italy.
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Chumbawamba have told New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister to stop using their track ‘Tubthumping’ at rallies.Last weekend (March 17), New Zealand’s deputy prime minister Winston Peters –who leads the right-wing New Zealand First party which is part of the country’s coalition government – walked on stage to the British group’s 1997 hit song before giving his controversial “state of the nation” address.Per BBC, Peters reportedly discussed plans to remove gender and sexuality lessons from the school curriculum and said that NZ First and their supporters have a “real chance to take back our country”. He also used ‘Tubthumping’s song’s lyrics at the end of the address, telling the audience “we got knocked down, but we got up again.”“Chumbawamba wrote the song Tubthumping as a song of hope and positivity, so it seems entirely odd that the ‘I get knocked down…’ refrain is being used by New Zealand’s Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters as he barks his divisive, small-minded, bigoted policies during his recent speeches,” said the band’s former lead guitarist Boff Whalley in a statement sent to BBC News.He continued: “Chumbawamba would like to make it clear that we did not give permission for Peters to use the song and would ask him to stop using it to try to shore up his misguided political views.“Chumbawamba does not share any of Peters’ ideas on race relations and would like to remind him that the song was written for and about ordinary people and their resilience.
Ethan Shanfeld As “The Office” showrunner Greg Daniels looks to create a new series in the world of Dunder Mifflin, he’s tapped “Nathan for You” co-creator Michael Koman to help lead the project, sources tell Variety. Daniels and Koman would serve as co-creators of the prospective series, which has not yet been greenlit to series and is still in development at Universal Television. It is not a reboot of “The Office” but is set in the same universe, meaning it would likely be set in a different office setting with all new characters.