Speaking up. Jamie Foxx defended fellow comedian Jimmy Fallon after an old clip of him doing blackface on Saturday Night Live resurfaced on social media.
08.05.2020 - 14:15 / eonline.com
It's been 10 years since Betty White first took the stage in Studio 8H.
When she began enjoying a career resurgence in her late 80s thanks to a role in The Proposal and a particularly popular Snickers commercial, fans were shocked to discover that the comedy legend who'd been making audiences laugh practically since the TV was invented as the first woman to produce a sitcom (1953's Life of Elizabeth) and, later, with roles on the iconic sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Golden Girls had
.Speaking up. Jamie Foxx defended fellow comedian Jimmy Fallon after an old clip of him doing blackface on Saturday Night Live resurfaced on social media.
It’s pretty safe to say that absolutely no famous person is immune to being “canceled,” especially now that the internet is, like, a thing and receipts are forever. Hell, in the past seven days alone, people online have tried to cancel both and Doja Cat on Twitter. And late-night talk-show host Jimmy Fallon of The Tonight Show is probs on his way to being canceled too because—surprise!—he’s currently under fire for doing blackface a couple of decades ago.
Get ready to laugh, because today it's the queen of comedy's birthday! That's right, today Tina Fey is ringing in her 50th birthday and, to celebrate, we're taking a look back at the performer's funniest sketches from Saturday Night Live. Any fan of the show remembers the Tina Fey era, as the actress starred in memorable sketches impersonating figures like Sarah Palin as well as commanded the "Weekend Update" desk alongside Amy Poehler.
By Nellie Andreeva
When “Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 45th season at the end of September, likely no one involved with production expected it to be potentially the most creative season the show’s ever had. That premiere episode skewered the impeachment hearings – remember those? – and the cast likely planned to do more of the same throughout the next dozens of episodes. But you know what they say about the best laid plans …
By Danielle Turchiano
Alec Baldwin is back as President Trump on Saturday Night Live!
By Anita Bennett
LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Saturday Night Live” plans to air a third episode produced remotely this weekend, which will serve as the finale of a shorter-than-expected season.
Saturday Night Live will air its third and final “at home” episode, which will also double as its season finale, this weekend.
The A+E Networks head into a delayed and downsized upfront market with a slew of new projects —Bill Clinton, Betty White, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jamie Lee Curtis are among those attached to new projects —but it's the cable portfolio's current slate that’s inspiring internal confidence in a tumultuous economy. "The key message for us is that we already have big, meaningful, high-quality content that can air between now and Q3 of next year," A+E Networks group president Paul Buccieri tells THR.
Saturday Night Live will air its Season 45 finale on Saturday, May 9, the show confirmed on its official social media pages. It will mark the third digitally produced SNL at Home episode to air since the coronavirus pandemic led to the series shutting down in-studio production. Saturday Night Live will also offer a Mother's Day special featuring compilations of sketches from the past on Sunday, May 10.
By Brian Steinberg
By Nellie Andreeva
Saturday Night Live hasn't announced whether it will air another remotely produced episode on Saturday, May 9, but we will be getting a Mother's Day special. The official SNL Twitter account announced Wednesday afternoon that a special compilation episode would air Sunday, May 10.
Saturday Night Live returned with a new episode on Saturday, April 25. The episode was SNL's second remotely produced installment to air after the series went on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic and resulting production shutdowns. SNL took a page from the playbook of other late-night TV shows and improvised with its "SNL at Home" styling, which featured remotely produced sketches while the cast and crew practiced social distancing.
Saturday Night Live returned with a new episode on Saturday, April 25. The episode was SNL's second remotely produced installment to air after the series went on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic and resulting production shutdowns. SNL took a page from the playbook of other late-night TV shows and improvised with its "SNL at Home" styling, which featured remotely produced sketches while the cast and crew practiced social distancing.
Admit it, everyone's played the game where they pick which celebrity they'd want to play them in an adaptation of their life, but for Dr. Anthony Fauci, it actually came true when Brad Pitt portrayed him on the cold open for Saturday Night Live's latest remotely produced episode. Naturally, someone had to find out how Fauci thought Pitt did, and it turns out (phew) he loved it.