Amy Poehler and Chris Pratt’s virtual Parks and Recreation special has already raised more than $3 million (£2.4 million) to help non-profit Feeding America amid the coronavirus pandemic.
12.04.2020 - 18:41 / pitchfork.com
Film, TV, and music producer Hal Willner died at age 64 this week with symptoms consistent with COVID-19. Willner was a long-time producer of Saturday Night Live’s music sketches and produced records for Lou Reed. In a tribute to their late colleague, several stars from SNL’s history paid tribute to Willner by singing the chorus of Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day.” Watch it happen below.
Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, Molly Shannon, and Ana Gasteyer were among the former cast
Amy Poehler and Chris Pratt’s virtual Parks and Recreation special has already raised more than $3 million (£2.4 million) to help non-profit Feeding America amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman are back in character for the Parks and Recreation Special.
Here's a Zoom I betcha wish you could have bombed (for the famous parents, not the children you don't know): Tina Fey threw a socially distanced talent show for the kids of fellow alumni Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch and more.
Live from Zoom, it's the Saturday Night Live children's talent show! While catching up with Seth Meyers on Monday's at-home episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers, Maya Rudolph revealed that she and her fellow SNL alums Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell and Emily Spivey hosted a virtual talent show for their kids during the pandemic "It was pretty delightful, I gotta say," the Wine Country star gushed.
“Saturday Night Live” alumni Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Paula Pell, Ana Gasteyer, and Emily Spivey held a talent show for their kids via Zoom.
The cast of hit TV comedy Parks And Recreation are reuniting for a lockdown special to benefit Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund.
The cast of hit TV comedy Parks and Recreation are reuniting for a lockdown special to benefit Feeding America’s COVID-19 Response Fund.
The coronavirus lockdown has forced actress Amy Poehler to permanently close the New York City comedy club and training centre she co-founded almost two decades ago.
World Health Organization and Global Citizen are teaming up for their massive worldwide special, One World: Together at Home, on Saturday (April 18) to support and applaud healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19.Curated in collaboration with Lady Gaga, the jam-packed event features Alicia Keys, Amy Poehler, Awkwafina, Camila Cabello, Celine Dion, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lopez, LL Cool J, Lupita Nyong'o, Matthew McConaughey, Oprah Winfrey, Pharrell Williams, Sam Smith, Shawn Mendes,
The much loved music and television producer passed away last week
Tom Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan have written a tribute to Waits’ late friend Hal Willner, posted to his website earlier today (April 15). According to Waits, they met when Willner approached him at a show in 1974, from which they built a lifelong friendship around music. Read Waits’ post in full below.
By Variety Staff
At the end of the very first “At Home” edition of “Saturday Night Live”, some special guests joined the cast to pay tribute to a longtime member of the show’s behind-the-scenes team: Hal Wilner, the show’s music supervisor since 1980. According to Rolling Stone, Wilner passed away on April 7 of complications consistent with COVID-19.
The Saturday Night Live cast all filmed their contributions to this week's episode from various locations, but their hearts were all back at Studio 8H for their moving goodbye to longtime music producer Hal Willner.
Saturday Night Live is saying goodbye to the music producer Hal Willner.
By Nellie Andreeva
By Chris Willman
Jimmy Fallon paid tribute to late Saturday Night Live music producer Hal Willner on Tuesday's episode of The Tonight Show. Willner died on Tuesday apparently due to coronavirus complications (he had symptoms consistent with COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus but had not been officially diagnosed).
Lou Reed and Marianne Faithfull producer Hal Willner has died, aged 64.