Billie Eilish brought Barbie to Saturday Night Live in a touching way during the performance of her Grammy nominated song “What Was I Made For.”
Billie Eilish brought Barbie to Saturday Night Live in a touching way during the performance of her Grammy nominated song “What Was I Made For.”
Greta Gerwig made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live to introduce musical guest Billie Eilish alongside host Kate McKinnon. Eilish performed “What Was I Made For?”, a song from the Barbie soundtrack.
Old home week on Saturday Night Live continued after the opening monologue with Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph joining host Kate McKinnon in a holiday-themed send-up of ABBA.
SNL has found its next big host when the show returns to originals in January: Jacob Elordi will take over the emcee duties while Reneé Rapp will provide the tunes.
Kate McKinnon made her debut as Saturday Night Live host and was joined by former cast members Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig.
It’s the last SNL of 2023, former cast MVP Kate McKinnon is hosting, and that’s just means the cold open had to dive into Rudy Giuliani‘s latest legal face plant – which is exactly what the Lorne Michaels produced show sadly didn’t do.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The last “Saturday Night Live” of the year is always a special occasion, and 2023 was no exception: Billie Eilish performed the television debut of “What Was I Made For?,” written and recorded for Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster “Barbie.” Eilish was accompanied by her brother/ collaborator Finneas and jazz bassist Christian McBride, as well as a six-piece string ensemble. “What Was I Made For?” was introduced by Gerwig who appeared on stage alongside this week’s host (and “Barbie” costar) Kate McKinnon in a joyful embrace.
William Earl “Saturday Night Live” alums Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig joined Kate McKinnon as the latter returned to “SNL” for the first time as host, 18 months since she bowed out of the cast after a 10-year tenure. After the cold open, which spoofed Hollywood award shows, McKinnon hit the famous Studio 8H stage and did a short monologue. She acknowledged the awkwardness for her of coming back to her “old job” but in a different role.
Jacob Elordi is headed to Saturday Night Live!
Kate McKinnon is back on Saturday Night Live, and she kicked off the December 16 episode with the opening monologue!
The Crown comes to an end this week after six exceptional seasons peeling back the curtain of the world's most famous family. The final six episodes introduce .
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After a remarkable run in theaters, Greta Gerwig’s pop culture phenomenon Barbie is making its way to streaming, having set a premiere date on Max of December 15th. The news comes shortly after the Gotham Awards, where Barbie was honored with a Global Icon & Creator tribute, with Gerwig and star Margot Robbie speaking on behalf of the film.
Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish are closing out Saturday Night Live’s 2023 season. The two young musicians will serve as the musical guests for the two final episodes of the series, with Rodrigo performing on December 9th and Eilish performing on December 16th. Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo’s friendship: How she inspired her saddest songBillie Eilish unveils huge back tattoo: See the rest of her tattoosA post shared by Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl)Rodrigo will be featured on the episode where Adam Driver will serve as host, while Eilish will be featured on the season finale, which will be hosted by Kate McKinnon.
It’s a busy day in awards season news as the New York Film Critics Circle anointed “Killers of the Flower Moon” as Best Film of 2023 and both Film Independent and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had major announcements. The latter revealed that “Saturday Night Live” and “Shrill” star Aidy Bryant will host the 39th Independent Spirit Awards on February 25.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor As the special-effects makeup chief for “Saturday Night Live,” Louie Zakarian often has interesting demands put on his time. He once transformed Kate McKinnon into an offbeat mermaid.
Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo have been announced as the musical guests for the final two Saturday Night Live shows of the year.Rodrigo will perform on the show on December 9, joined by Adam Driver on hosting duties. The actor is promoting his role in Michael Mann’s upcoming film Ferrari, which is released in cinemas from December 25.Eilish will play the following week on December 16, with SNL veteran Kate McKinnon set to host.
Following the box office success of Barbie, there’s been a lot of chatter about a potential sequel that would see Margot Robbie reprise the titular character role.
Issa Rae is opening up about her life!
The likely pink-hued awards season continues.
Ellise Shafer “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig discussed how Ryan Gosling’s “I’m Just Ken” dance sequence came to be during her Screen Talk at the BFI London Film Festival on Sunday, revealing that she was asked in a “big meeting” if the scene was necessary. “It just said in the script, ‘And then it becomes a dream ballet and they work it out through dance,'” Gerwig said in conversation with “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong.
EXCLUSIVE: Rising British actress Leo Hatton has inked with Artists First for management.
You wouldn’t expect a memoir with “F*king” in the title to be all unicorns and rainbows.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Rolling Stone published an excerpt from Leslie Jones’ new memoir in which the actor opened up about the brutal racism and death threats she received over her involvement in the 2016 “Ghostbusters” reboot. The Sony release, directed by “Bridesmaids” helmer Paul Feig, became the target of racist and misogynistic trolls for featuring a main cast of all women. Jones starred in “Ghostbusters” opposite Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig and Kate McKinnon.
Leslie Jones looked back on her experience with the all-female Ghostbusters remake and the racist hate that she faced after starring in it.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media Reporter Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” has generated $626 million at the domestic box office, overtaking Marvel’s 2012 blockbuster “The Avengers” ($623 million) as the 11th-highest grossing release in history. In order to crack the top 10, “Barbie” will need to outpace 2015’s “Jurassic World” (No. 10 with $653 million), “Titanic” (No.
Barbie star Margot Robbie has opened up about the inspiration behind Kate McKinnon’s Weird Barbie.McKinnon’s zanily dressed character was one of the many iterations of the doll seen in the Greta Gerwig satirical comedy, which recently became the highest-grossing film of 2023.In a new featurette for the film (via Entertainment Weekly), Robbie provided some background detail on the character, noting that she was partly inspired by David Bowie.“Greta described Weird Barbie in the script as a cross between David Bowie and a hairless cat,” she said. “It is so strangely accurate.”Gerwig added: “Weird Barbie is truly the Barbie you’d play with too much.
Believe it or not, there are still a few people who haven’t headed down to their local theatre to watch “Barbie”, which recently surpassed $1.38 billion at the box office to become the year’s highest-grossing movie.
Hillary Clinton has been spoofed on Saturday Night Live for years now. She’s even gotten in on the joke before by co-signing Kate McKinnon‘s impersonation of her ahead of the 2016 election.
Barbie is set to land on streaming services very soon.Directed by Greta Gerwig, the fantasy comedy starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling has become the highest-grossing film ever in Warner Bros. history. It’s also on track to beat The Super Mario Bros. Movie as the highest-grossing film of 2023 globally.While the film is largely defined by its two leads, it also boasts an impressive supporting cast, including America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Simu Liu and Will Ferrell.Barbie released on the same day (July 21) as Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, creating the “Barbenheimer” phenomena which boosted both film’s at the box office.Barbie is set to be released digitally in the US on Tuesday September 5.
Saturday Night Live was one of many late-night shows interrupted by the writers and actors strikes, with the last three episodes of Season 48 scrapped altogether in May.
Kate McKinnon's «Weird Barbie» is en route from Greta Gerwig's Barbie Land. Mattel debuted a miniature recreation of McKinnon's character from the film on Friday. Fans can now pre-order the doll until Aug.
Mattel is unveiling a new doll inspired by Kate McKinnon’s role in the Barbie film.
Dua Lipa channeled her inner Mermaid Barbie in a sleek dress.
Kylie Minogue has revealed who she would pick to play her in a potential biopic.Speaking to E! Online, Minogue said that should a biopic focused on the Australian singer-songwriter’s life be green-lit, she would cast a fellow Australian actress as herself. The top candidate currently, is Barbie star Margot Robbie.“Margot Robbie in my dreams.
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