Kenan Thompson didn’t always love his time as a child actor — especially when it meant dealing with body image issues in the spotlight.
Kenan Thompson didn’t always love his time as a child actor — especially when it meant dealing with body image issues in the spotlight.
Bill Murray has picked not one, not two, but four surprising actors he’d like to see play him in the upcoming Saturday Night Live movie, SNL 1975.Ghostbusters: Afterlife‘s Jason Reitman is set to direct the film, which will tell the behind-the-scenes story of the show’s premiere episode on October 11, 1975.The star-studded cast will see Maze Runner‘s Dylan O’Brien play Dan Aykroyd, while Succession‘s Nicholas Braun will portray Muppets mastermind Jim Henson. Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard has also been cast as an unnamed NBC intern.Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at the Ghostbusers: Frozen Empire premiere, Murray was asked if he’d spoken to Reitman about the upcoming SNL film.“He’s been picking my brain about the SNL days since he was a grasshopper, so he knows a lot of what I know,” said Murray. “He’s an astute student and director.
Josh Brolin opened the March 9 episode of Saturday Night Live by heating things up and cooling himself down.
Sydney Sweeney, who hosted “Saturday Night Live” this past week, starred in a hilarious sketch that saw her as a Hooters waitress who, despite being really bad at her job, made a great deal of money — for some reason.In the sketch, which opens with Chloe Fineman and Chloe Troast comparing the tips they received when they ask Sweeney how much she made. “$36,000” Sweeney, 26, says much to the shock of her fellow waitresses.“Is that low,” the actress continues when Fineman, 35, and Troast, 26, continue to look aghast. “I wouldn’t say low,” an exasperated Fineman says.
A great deal has changed since “Saturday Night Live” first aired in 1975, but one carpenter has remained a constant. Stephen “Demo” DeMaria, 85, has helped build the sets for every one of the show’s 960 episodes. “I never missed no show,” the Brooklyn native told The Post in his thick accent.
Peacock announced on Thursday that the jukebox musical threequel Trolls Band Together from Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation will debut exclusively on the platform on March 15, following a run in theaters that saw it gross over $208 million worldwide.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director Jennifer Lopez revealed in a new Variety cover story that “The Bear” Emmy winner Ayo Edebiri apologized to her before they filmed their “Saturday Night Live” episode at the start of February. Edebiri hosted the episode, with Lopez serving as musical guest to promote her upcoming album “This Is Me…Now.” In the week leading up to the episode, a 2020 episode of the “Scam Goddess” podcast resurfaced on social media as it featured Edebiri speaking critically of Lopez.
Saturday Night Live had a PSA for those planning to travel on Alaska Airlines.
Home Alone is arguably one of the best Christmas films of all time.Directed by Chris Columbus, the 1990 comedy stars Macaulay Culkin as eight-year-old Kevin McCallister, who defends his family home against two robbers played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern.The film spawned several sequels, with Culkin reprising his role in 1992’s Home Alone 2: Lost In New York. A third film in the franchise, released in 1997, starred Alex D.
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.
EXCLUSIVE: Mexican actress and producer Camila Sodi has signed with AFA Prime Talent Media, a division of Kenan Thompson’s Artists for Artists company, in all areas.
Kelly Clarkson has divided fans after revealing her unusual hygiene habit of brushing her teeth while she showers while interviewing “Saturday Night Live” star Kenan Thompson.“Here’s the thing. I don’t regularly brush my teeth in the shower. I just do if I’m in a hurry,” Clarkson, 41, said on her talk show, “The Kelly Clarkson Show,” on Wednesday.
Kenan Thompson is opening up about his falling out with Kel Mitchell.
21 seasons under his belt — but he nearly quit the show shortly after starting. In his new memoir, “When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice From a Professional Clown,” the comedian, 45, confessed that his “SNL” beginnings were “marred by a ton of rookie mistakes.”When Thompson started on “SNL” in 2003, his confidence “sunk to an all-time low” when he “tanked” a sketch written by T.
Anna Tingley Live from New York…it’s Thursday night at the American Museum of Natural History‘s annual gala! After a star-studded red carpet, attendees such as Kenan Thompson, Colin Jost, Seth Meyers, Tina Fey, Lorne Michaels, Scarlet Johansson, Emma Stone and more filed into the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life to sit down for a three-course dinner and live auction. Meyers, who was the host for the evening, greeted guests underneath the museum’s iconic 94-foot long and 21,000-pound blue whale structure poised majestically in midair. In his opening remarks, he pointed out the absence of Mayor Eric Adams, notable since both Mike Bloomberg and Bill DeBlasio were known to attend during their respective tenures as Mayor.
Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are stepping out in style.
Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell reunited on screen in the new movie Good Burger 2!
Murtada Elfadl Arriving a whopping 26 years after 1997’s cult-favorite Nickelodeon comedy, “Good Burger 2” fits the streaming-era trend in which audiences seek a nostalgia bump reconnecting with old favorites, like “Coming to America” or “Hocus Pocus” — not exactly classics so much as modest pleasures from more innocent times. In this obnoxiously unfunny followup from Paramount+, stars Kel Mitchell and Kenan Thompson return as hapless fast food employees.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Good Burger 2” will be the launch pad for a new era of collaboration between Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, according to the two actors. In an interview with Variety, Thompson says he and Mitchell will “one million percent” keep working together after the debut of the long-awaited sequel to their cult classic Nickelodeon film on Paramount+. “It would be only right for us to continue to go explore what Kenan and Kel could have been when we were in our 20s when we left Nickelodeon and decided to try to figure it out, instead of just automatically doing the Abbott and Costello thing,” Thompson says.
Even the Saturday Night Live writers can’t stop thinking about the Roman Empire.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell will taking a ride in the Burgermobile this Thanksgiving. Variety has learned exclusively that the comedy duo, who star in the upcoming film “Good Burger 2,” will be onboard when the Burgermobile from the film takes part in the 97th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It was previously announced that the iconic car would be part of the parade, though Thompson and Mitchell’s participation was not known at that time.
Timothee Chalamet returned to Saturday Night Live, and he kicked off the show with some promo work for his new movie Wonka and a rap about having a baby face.
Ethan Shanfeld “Good Burger” star Kel Mitchell is “on the road to recovery” after a “frightening” medical incident that reportedly left him hospitalized in Los Angeles, the actor said in a statement posted to Instagram. “Grateful for the flood of prayers and positive vibes that surrounded me during a genuinely frightening time,” Mitchell wrote. “The scare was real, but so was the support.” Mitchell did not disclose the specifics of his medical incident, but continued, “With the grace of God and the skill of the medical team, I’m not on the road to recovery at home, embraced by the love of my family.
Kel Mitchell has a health update after his “frightening” hospital stay.
Kel Mitchell, co-star with Kenan Thompson of the upcoming Good Burger 2 comedy, is back home and recovering after a “genuinely frightening time” in the hospital earlier this week.
TMZ reports. A witness told the outlet that the “Kenan & Kel” star appeared to be conscious and alert when he arrived.
Jaden Thompson Jason Momoa will host the Nov. 18 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” with Tate McRae announced as the musical guest. Momoa, hosting for his second time, and McRae, making her “SNL” debut, will follow the Nov.
Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood always serves up Southern California’s scariest Halloween event and this year is no different!
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Minutes before “Saturday Night Live” was set to kick off Season 49 inside Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, the show’s production team — led, of course, by executive producer Lorne Michaels — received word that two special guests were on their way. According to a source, that was when they learned that Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, who were in New York City, wanted to drop by the show.
Travis Kelce made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live in a Fox NFL Sunday parody over the excessive coverage of Taylor Swift attending the Kansas City Chief games.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large “Saturday Night Live” returned with host Pete Davidson on Saturday, and the first sketch of the night took on Taylor Swift/NFL mania, via a parody of Fox’s NFL Sunday team. As the anchors tried to outdo each other with their Swift fandom, the sketch ended with a cameo by Travis Kelce himself — the Kansas City Chiefs tight end at the center of the brouhaha.
Michaela Zee DreamWorks Animation is undergoing layoffs, cutting approximately 70 staffers from its workforce, Variety has learned. “DreamWorks Animation reduced its workforce by approximately 70 positions. Roles affected were across corporate functions, feature, television and technology departments as part of an overall cost-reduction,” a spokesperson for DreamWorks told Variety.
EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks Animation is making cuts and slashing four percent of its staff. We understand that the cuts are due to the downward cyclical turn in the business, rising production costs and the strikes.
Jaden Thompson NBC has announced that Chloe Troast is joining the cast of “Saturday Night Live,” the only new comedian rounding out the show’s talent lineup for the coming year. Troast will make her “SNL” debut on Oct. 14, when the show’s 49th season premieres.
While Season 48 of Saturday Night Live was cut short by the writers strike in May, it’s looking like the iconic late-night show will be set for a full Season 49 this winter, and it could get underway soon.
McKinley Franklin editor Fresh off a headline-making reunion, NSYNC is back with its first release in nearly 20 years, “Better Place.” The single was released on Friday as part of the “Trolls Band Together” soundtrack. With 19 years passing since Justin Timberlake left the group and 10 since their last group performance, rumors about NSYNC reuniting at the VMAs came with reports of the group recording their now-revealed “Better Place” track part of the third “Trolls” installment. The film will follow Poppy (Anna Kendrick) and Branch (Timberlake), who are officially a couple.
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