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There is a little bit of everything arriving as the calendar turns to the first weekend of September. Big studio horror closes a long-running saga, a landmark stage musical returns to the big screen, and festival favorites make their way from the circuit to neighborhood theaters. You will also find international animation, a handful of thoughtful documentaries, and multiple indies that put character first.

Below you will find the key details for each new or returning title. For every film we include who made it, who stars in it, what it is about, and when it hits theaters. Dates in this roundup reflect openings tied to the week of Friday,...

As of the publish time of this story, four members of Saturday Night Live’s season 50 cast aren’t returning for season 51, which is set to begin Oct. 4. The departures of Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim and Devon Walker make for the largest cast turnover since 2022, when eight performers left.

It’s also far from unprecedented in SNL’s history — in fact, the show has rarely gone more than a few years without a significant overhaul of its cast. Over the half-century Saturday Night Live has been airing on NBC, cast shakeups have roiled the show numerous times, with some performers leaving of their own accord and others let go for a myriad of reasons ranging from budget cuts to a desire by SNL mastermind Lorne Michaels for fresh faces and perspectives.

“The cryptic hiring protocols extend to staying hired,” writes Susan Morrison in her biography of Michaels, Lorne:...

After an unexpectedly wild night out, Connor (Jonah Hauer-King) winds up in bed with two women, Olivia (Zoey Deutsch) and Jenny (Ruby Cruz), and both of them wind up pregnant. Going by its premise and title, it would be easy to mistake Chad Hartigan’s The Threesome for a corny rom-com from the early 2000s. Fortunately, what the film, written by Ethan Ogilby, has in store for audiences is far smarter and more sensitive.

The trio’s messy situation is further complicated by the fact that Connor isn’t actually in a relationship with either Olivia or Jenny. He has wanted to be with Olivia for years, but he now...

"It was supposed to be fun." That is the tagline featured on the official poster Collider can exclusively share for The Threesome, and it perfectly sums up what the unconventional rom-com is all about. Directed by Little Fish helmer Chad Hartigan, the film features exactly what it sounds like — a love triangle consisting of Doctor Who's Jonah Hauer-King, Juror #2's Zoey Deutch, and Willow's Ruby Cruz, who get together for one magical romantic evening. However, it's about so much more than that, following what happens after the hook-up, as all three face the consequences and are forced to take accountability for their actions.

The poster is all about the happiness and pleasure of the three parties, as everyone is all smiles while lying in bed together. It's the culmination of one fateful night in which the unassuming Connor (Hauer-King) finally gets the chance to start a real relationship with his longtime crush,...

The trailer for Zoey Deutch‘s new movie has been released!

The 30-year-old actress stars alongside Jonah Hauer-King and Ruby Cruz in the new rom-com The Threesome from director Chad Hartigan.

Here’s the synopsis: “An impulsive night leads to a wild threesome between Olivia (Deutch), Connor (Hauer-King), and Jenny (Cruz), leaving both women facing unexpected consequences, thrusting all three into the raw and beautifully messy chaos of adulthood.”

Keep reading to find out more…Written by Ethan Ogilby, the cast also includes Jaboukie Young-White, Josh Segarra, Robert Longstreet, Arden Myrin, Kristin Slaysman, Allan McLeod, and Julia Sweeney.

“I think the rom-com renaissance, which is very welcome in my view, has, so far, been limited to the purely wish-fulfillment, fantasy side of romance–the idealized, movie version of romance,” director Chad Hartigan shared in an interview with Screen Rant.

“We haven’t had one that was really grounded and not...

Monogamy isn’t for everyone. Some people like to spice things up in the bedroom by adding a third (or more) to the mix. To each their own, though you’d best be ready to deal with the consequences of an unplanned pregnancy or catching feelings for one partner and not the other. In Vertical‘s The Threesome trailer, Zoey Deutch, Jonah Hauer-King, and Ruby Cruz discover the complications that could come from one night of abandon.

Here’s the official synopsis for The Threesome:

“An impulsive night leads to a wild threesome between Olivia (Zoey Deutch), Connor (Jonah Hauer-King), and Jenny (Ruby Cruz), leaving both women facing unexpected consequences, thrusting all three into the raw and beautifully messy chaos of adulthood.”

Chad Hartigan directs The Threesome from a script by Ethan Ogilby. Tim White, Trevor White, Vince Jolivette, and Steve Shapiro produce, with Jaboukie Young-White, Josh Segarra, Robert Longstreet,...

Things are about to get hot, heavy, and very complicated for Jonah Hauer-King, Zoey Deutch, and Ruby Cruz. Vertical has released the first trailer for The Threesome, a romantic comedy that is so much more than its opening encounter. The footage teased a messy romantic journey that goes beyond sex and follows its three stars as they come to terms with what it means to be a true adult and take accountability when it matters. It's a dramatic tale all about the emotional entanglements and the consequences that arise from one night together, and it's set to hit theaters on September 5.

The Threesome casts Hauer-King as the unassuming Connor, who has long had a crush on his former co-worker, Olivia (Deutch). On one fateful night, while visiting the restaurant that employed them both, she steers them both toward an encounter with the alluring Jenny (Cruz), who had been stood up by her date.

Happy Gilmore 2 tees off on Netflix July 25. To celebrate, the streaming service is launching a collection of movies featuring Sandler and fellow Saturday Night Live alumni.

Sandler returns to one of his most iconic roles for the first time in almost 30 years. Stars returning from the 1996 comedy classic include Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald. Several actors from the Saturday Night Live family are also onboard for Happy Gilmore 2, including Kevin Nealon, Ben Stiller, Marcello Hernandez, Jim Downey, and Martin Herlihy.

But Netflix isn't waiting until July 25 to let fans stream their favorite SNL stars. Here's a breakdown of what's coming to Netflix in July, featuring SNL stars past and present (via Collider).

To no surprise, Happy Gilmore kicks things off. The film premiered just a year after Sandler left Saturday Night Live and has since become a cult classic. In addition to Nealon and Stiller, the original also...

It’s been decades since Julia Sweeney was in the zeitgeist thanks to “It’s Pat,” her series of popular Saturday Night Live sketches in which she played Pat, an androgynous, awkward individual who confuses coworkers and passersby: Is Pat a man or a woman? Pat would never say, each answer only further clouding the issue.

Sweeney developed the Pat character during her time with the Groundlings, and she brought them to SNL, where she worked from 1990 to 1994. In August of 1994, a full-length It’s Pat movie hit theaters, receiving terrible reviews and tanking at the box office, effectively killing the character in the culture. Sweeney went on to do a series of superb monologues in the late 1990s and 2000s, including God Said Ha! and Letting Go of God, while Pat drifted out of the collective consciousness. But that started to change in the late 2010s once queer and trans...

David Spade once suggested to Julia Sweeney that her androgynous Pat character was ahead of their time. “Or behind,” Sweeney replied. “I always thought the joke was mostly about the people around Pat who were so flummoxed, so freaked out. We said at the beginning, the jokes are not on Pat.”

Despite her efforts, today’s audiences didn’t quite see that distinction, she admitted: “If I did it again, I would make Pat more enigmatic and make it clear that it was about the other people.”

A new documentary, We Are Pat, also wrestles with the legacy of Sweeney’s controversial Saturday Night Live character. Director Ro Haber admitted to Rolling Stone that they had complicated feelings about the sketches. “Why am I laughing at something that’s meant to laugh at me? Why do I love Pat? Is Pat a non-binary icon or a transphobic trope of yesteryear?...

Julia Sweeney’s popular Saturday Night Live character Pat gets their plaudits (and some criticism) as a gender non-conforming pioneer in a new clip from the upcoming documentary, We Are Pat, premiering exclusively on Rolling Stone.

Sweeney played Pat throughout her run on SNL in the early Nineties and even got to star in a spin-off film, It’s Pat. The inscrutability of Pat’s androgyny was pushed to comedic extremes, effectively offering prominent, yet thorny representation for gender non-conforming people on television long before the term “nonbinary” was being widely used.

Exclusive: Vertical has acquired North American rights to director Chad Hartigan’s romantic comedy The Threesome, starring Zoey Deutch (Juror #2), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid), and Ruby Cruz (Bottoms), slating the film for release in theaters on September 5.

World premiering recently at SXSW, the film takes place one fateful night, as the stars appear to align for Connor (Hauer-King), a kind and unassuming young man, as his irreverent long-time crush Olivia (Deutch) steers them into a threesome with alluring stranger Jenny (Cruz). The encounter sparks a relationship between Connor and Olivia and their love grows quickly, all the way toward planning a life together. But their happy romance is soon demolished when Jenny reappears in their lives, thrusting all three into a difficult and messy journey towards true accountability and adulthood.

Pic was produced from the debut screenplay of Ethan Ogilby. Jaboukie Young-White, Josh Segarra, Robert Longstreet, Arden Myrin, Kristin Slaysman,...

Joy Behar’s stage comedy My First Ex-Husband will play its final Off Broadway performance May 18, producers announced today, with a national tour set to begin this summer.

The play, which features a rotating cast that has included Behar, Susie Essman, Tovah Feldshuh, Adrienne C. Moore, Susan Lucci and others, opened in January at the new Mmac Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Behar recently announced that she will return to the comedy for three upcoming performances including an April 30 matinee that will costar her View fellow panelist Whoopi Goldberg.

The current cast, performing through April 20, features Veanne Cox, Jackie Hoffman, Carolyn McCormick, and Andrea Navedo. Beginning April 23, the final New York cast will be Marilu Henner, Marsha Mason, Julia Sweeney and Fat Ham‘s Benja K. Thomas.

Casting, dates and venues have not been announced for the national tour.

The 2025 Tribeca Festival has revealed its feature-film lineup for this year’s event.

Among the highlights, this year’s festival will feature the world premiere of Miley Cyrus’ Something Beautiful film, the visual companion to her album of the same name, which drops on May 30. After the screening of the film directed by Cyrus, Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter will be followed by a conversation with Cyrus.

The festival, which previously revealed its opening night film would be the Billy Joel documentary And So It Goes, will close with the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced Yanuni, directed by Richard Ladkani. The documentary that serves as both a love story and call to action follows Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia as she works to defend her people’s land alongside her husband, Hugo Loss, a Special Forces Unit ranger.

“Tribeca has always been more than a festival—it’s a home for artists navigating...

The View costars Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar will soon share a stage of an entirely different sort: Goldberg will appear for one performance only with Behar in the latter’s Off Broadway comedic play My First Ex-Husband.

Behar announced the team-up on her Instagram account, captioning a photo of the two, “The reunion we’ve been waiting for!”

The matinee performance is set for Wednesday, April 30, at 2 p.m./Et. The play, which features a rotating cast of actresses as directed by Randal Myler, is staged at the newly renovated Mmac Theater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

The play’s official synopsis: “If half of all marriages end in divorce, then in My First Ex-Husband, women live to laugh about it….In the world of the play, you’ll meet women married to the mob, to their jobs, to their faith, to money and ultimately to the wrong man.

On Wednesday March 19 2025, E! broadcasts an episode of the series Night Court!

Wheelers of Fortune Season 2 Episode 11 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Night Court,” titled “Wheelers of Fortune,” promises to bring a mix of nostalgia and unexpected twists. The episode will air on E! and is sure to capture the attention of longtime fans and new viewers alike.

In this episode, Dan finds himself in a surprising situation when the Wheelers return to court after more than 30 years. The return of this familiar family is bound to stir up old memories and bring some unexpected challenges for Dan. Viewers can expect a blend of humor and drama as the characters navigate their past and present.

Meanwhile, Abby is on a personal journey of her own. She seeks the help of a psychic in hopes of resolving an argument she had with her late father. This subplot adds a deeper emotional layer to the episode,...

In the upcoming episode of “Night Court,” titled “Wheelers of Fortune,” viewers can expect a delightful mix of nostalgia and supernatural intrigue. The episode, airing at 9:30 Pm on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, on E!, brings back the familiar faces of the Wheelers after more than 30 years. This unexpected return is bound to shake things up in the courtroom, especially for Dan, who might find himself facing some long-buried surprises.

Meanwhile, Abby is on a personal quest of her own. Seeking closure from her past, she turns to a psychic in hopes of resolving an unresolved argument with her late father. This storyline promises to add an emotional layer to the episode, highlighting Abby’s journey of understanding and healing.

As the two plots intertwine, “Wheelers of Fortune” is set to deliver laughter, unexpected twists, and heartfelt moments. Fans of the show can look forward to a fun and touching episode that explores themes of family,...

“The Threesome” is quick to establish its rom-com bona fides by opening at a wedding, but like much in Chad Hartigan’s sixth feature, there’s a little something more going on when it sets the stage for a marriage of sensibilities behind the scenes. The director, who is capable of both contemplative dramas (“This Is Martin Bonner”) and raucous comedies (“Morris From America”), tries to strike a balance between screenwriter Ethan Ogilby’s cringe-humor premise of an impromptu ménage à trois and the more serious relationship dynamics it suggests. The results are mixed in ways the filmmakers probably didn’t intend, but they’re at once genuinely intriguing and enormously charming given the talent involved.

Those taking the vows are friends of Connor (Jonah Hauer-King), who has hoped for some time to be reciting some of his own with Olivia (Zoey Deutch), a waitress who has long put off...

When Tom Hanks took the stage late during last night's 50th anniversary celebration of "Saturday Night Live," he appeared to be headed into somber territory. The lights were dimmed to blue, his tone was reverent and, as he worked into his prepared comments, the subject one that hits so very close to home for the show's alumni and friends. "As we celebrate the achievements of the past 50 years," he said, "We must also take a moment to honor those we've lost. Countless members of the 'SNL' community taken too soon." Hanks paused briefly for effect, then continued. "I'm speaking, of course, about 'SNL' characters that have aged horribly."

No comedic institution can last 50 years without finding the third rail on occasion. For "SNL," a sketch comedy series both emerged from and tore apart 1960s counterculture humor, jolting viewers with gasp-inducing gags that seemed to fly under...

It was a massively star-studded affair at the SNL50: The Anniversary Special on Sunday evening (February 16) held at Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center in New York City.

Saturday Night Live celebrated it’s 50th anniversary with hundreds of stars who have appeared on the show over the years.

From music stars like Lady Gaga, Sabrina Carpenter and Cher, to actors like Ayo Edebiri, Emma Stone and Anya Taylor-Joy.

Keep reading to find out more…

The late-night sketch show’s special featured many returning sketches, with past and present SNL cast members reprising their characters, and even several celebrities who have hosted reprising their characters!

We have gathered every celebrity, cast member and more’s looks from the red carpet and you can see over 200 below…

Abby Elliott

Adam & Jackie Sandler

Adria Arjona & Jason Momoa

Aidy Bryant

Alex & Hilaria Baldwin

Alex Moffat & Caroline Kingsley Moffat

Al Franken

Al Sharpton

Amelia Dimoldenberg...

Saturday Night Live has poked fun at hundreds of celebrities for their sketches. However, Taylor Swift was not happy with the idea for a sketch they had in 2015.

Lorne Michaels created Saturday Night Live in 1975, and the series is now celebrating its 50th season. With good and bad moments throughout the years, a slew of comedians rising to fame thanks to the show, and countless actors and singers showing off their comedic timing, SNL has been a huge hit over the years. However, not every celebrity was happy with the sketches and Vulture revealed Taylor Swift personally contacted Michaels to cancel a sketch.

Related'Pat Isn't Trans or Non-Binary': SNL Star Defends Controversial Character 35 Years Later

Julia Sweeney addresses the criticism against her Pat character from SNL sketches and a tie-in feature film.

The superstar has a long history with Saturday Night Live and, by 2015, she was experiencing the biggest popularity...

NBC celebrated Saturday Night Live on Friday night with over three hours of music history on SNL50: The Homecoming Concert. The special hosted by Emmy winner Jimmy Fallon streamed live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City and is now available to stream on Peacock.

Musical acts included Arcade Fire, Backstreet Boys, Bad Bunny, Bonnie Raitt, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard, Cher, Chris Martin, Dave Grohl, David Byrne, Devo, Eddie Vedder, Jack White, Jelly Roll, Lady Gaga, Lauryn Hill, Miley Cyrus, Mumford & Sons, Post Malone, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Robyn, Snoop Dogg, St. Vincent, the B-52s, the Roots, and Wyclef Jean. Surprise comedy musical performances included Bill Murray, Paul Shaffer, Andy Samberg, Chris Parnell, Will Ferrell, Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, and Tracy Morgan.

But that doesn’t end the festivities. Sunday night’s SNL50: The Anniversary Special will switch over from mostly music to almost...

As a former cast member of Saturday Night Live, Julia Sweeney is known in part for playing "Pat," an androgynous character whose gender was often joked about in recurring sketches. Typically, the humor revolved around other characters speculating on Pat's gender.

At the time, the Pat character was popular enough to get a tie-in feature film greenlit with Sweeney starring in the role. In more recent years, the character (along with the It's Pat film) have come under fire for poking fun at gender identity. While on The View (per Variety), Sweeney reflected on the role, noting that "there was some criticism" leveled against Pat. While she understands where the criticism is coming from, Sweeney also defended Pat, clarifying that the character does not identify as non-binary or transgender — and may not even be a part of the LGBTQ+ community.

RelatedJesse Eisenberg Has Only 'Bad Memories' of Hosting Saturday Night Live,...

Julia Sweeney appeared on “The View” ahead of the “SNL” 50th Anniversary special and admitted that she “took it to heart” and “thought about it a lot” when her sketch comedy character Pat was met with controversy from the LGBTQ community. Pat was a recurring character on “SNL” in the early 1990s and headlined the 1994 feature film, “It’s Pat.” The character is an androgynous misfit, with intended humor deriving from those around Pat not being able to figure out Pat’s gender.

“Transparent” creator Joey Soloway made headlines in 2017 for slamming Pat as an “awful piece of anti-trans propaganda.” Soloway said the sketch was a “hateful, hateful, awful thing to do to non-binary people — to create this character that the whole world laughed at openly.”

While Sweeney acknowledged on “The View” that “there was some criticism” of Pat, she reminded viewers that “Pat isn’t trans or non binary.

Julia Sweeney’s “Pat” was a frequent and popular sketch star during the 1990s era of Saturday Night Live, but in recent years the character of indeterminate gender has come under criticism as a mockery of trans and nonbinary people.

Appearing today on ABC’s The View, Sweeney addressed the criticism, saying she “took it to heart” and has “thought about it a lot.”

“Much later, there was some criticism of it,” she said, “but Pat isn’t trans or non binary. Pat is a man or a woman, but you just don’t know which Pat is. That is the joke, but I did understand the criticism, and I took it to heart and thought about it a lot.”

“But even when we were writing all the sketches ,” she continued, “we were really making fun of the other people [in the sketches] not being able to handle the fact that they couldn’t tell.

Sitcoms tend to be short-lived affairs. Most last no more than two seasons, and only the best manage to thrive. It’s a cutthroat niche, and shows generally need some sort of gimmick to survive. Parks and Recreation used its bureaucratic background, while The Office revolutionized workplace comedy. On the other hand, ABC’s Not Dead Yetwas much different.

Casey Johnson and David Windsor’s workplace comedy happily adopted an uncommon fantasy elementand routinely added supernatural intrigue to the plot. Pseudo-ghosts were Not Dead Yet’s gimmick, and they gave the series its charm, wit, and character. However, they essentially disappeared midway through the show’s second season. While this change wasn’t the only reason for its untimely cancelation in 2024, it dealt a massive blow to the otherwise vibrant comedy. This seemingly small choice doomed Not Dead Yet to a brief two-season run, and it’s not the only...

One of Family Guy's more memorable gags was during Season 4 in the 2006 episode, Untitled Griffin Family History. As the family could possibly drown in a panic room that's flooding, Peter has a major confession to make, "I did not care for The Godfather." His family's reactions are fairly relatable, despite the pending doom.

After the clip had gone viral, series creator and executive producer Seth MacFarlane jumped on X (formerly Twitter) to reveal one of the key lines when Peter was explaining to his stunned family why he didn't care for arguably one of the greatest films in cinematic history, "It insists upon itself."

"Since this has been trending, here's a fun fact: 'It insists upon itself' was a criticism my college film history professor used to explain why he didn't think 'The Sound of Music' was a great film. First-rate teacher, but I never quite followed that one.

After a delay, Family Guy is finally returning, with Season 23 premiering on Sunday Feb. 16, 2025. It will debut at 8 pm Et / Pt, which has long been The Simpsons' time slot, per TheWrap. Rounding out the two-hour block will be Grimsburg Season 2, The Great North Season 5, and Krapopolis Season 2.

The new episode will be a riff on Top Gun, with Peter playing Maverick as he mourns the death of Goose (Joe). His relationship with Charlie (Lois) is explored along with his son, Rooster (Chris). Given Family Guy's winning record with spoofs on beloved movies, expect this one to be a classic.

The show recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, despite being canceled twice since its series premiere on Jan. 31, 1999.

When Does 'The Simpsons' Return?

Just a few weeks back, it was reported that The Simpsons would lose its coveted Sundays at 8 pm Et / Pt time slot, and would be moved to Wednesday nights.

2025 is going to see massive scheduling changes to beloved animated sitcoms The Simpsons and Family Guy.

The new year has arrived, and so have some major changes to Fox’s Animation Domination programming block. Per Comicbook.com, Family Guy will take over The Simpsons’ time slot when the series’ 23rd season premieres this February. The swap was revealed in a Jerry O’Connell preview.

Related Family Guy Returns to Adult Swim After 3-Year Absence

Seth MacFarlane's Family Guy will return to Adult Swim's programming in 2025 after a three-year absence from the network.

While not officially confirmed, Family Guy will likely take the 8:00 Pm Est time slot starting Sunday at the beginning of February. This marks the official premiere of the 23rd season of the series, not including the two holiday specials "Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Cheater" and "Gift of the White Guy," airing in October and November 2024. Alongside Family Guy, other animated series,...

“Nonexistent problem, ineffective solution.”

This was the sage advice legendary writer Jim Downey would give to young writers like David Mandel when they were working on commercial parodies for Saturday Night Live. “That was often the key to a great commercial parody,” says Mandel, who wrote on the show from 1992 to 1995. “I loved making the commercial parodies. The chance to go off and make a little film was the opposite of SNL. You could edit it and be precise with it. It was exciting.”

Mandel got to write a number of commercial parodies during his three-year run on SNL, but his four favorites are below.

That’s Not Yogurt

The premise was simple: It was a guy eating yogurt, and the announcer keeps telling him, “That’s not yogurt,” but he won’t tell him what it is so the person gets very paranoid. It was my pitch, but Downey...

The 2024 Family Guy holiday special, "The Gift of the White Guy," delivers the same irreverent comedy the show has become known for, with nothing very special about it. That is not to say the episode is bad, it has several laugh-out-loud moments, but in a series with well over 400 episodes, it becomes a challenge just to improve on itself. And with plenty of holiday specials in the past 25 years, this episode doesn't break the mold.

Family Guy is an animated series following the eccentric Griffin family. Led by bumbling patriarch Peter and long-suffering Lois, the family includes the sadistic baby Stewie, unpopular teenager Meg, dim-witted Chris, and Brian, their talking dog. The show explores their outlandish adventures in the fictional town of Quahog.

Cast Ace Frehley, Waylon Jennings, Arif Zahir, Walter Murphy, Ron Jones, Richard Appel, Gary Beach, Abe Vigoda, Peter Frampton, Mary Kay Bergman, Alec Sulkin, Seth MacFarlane, Julia Sweeney,...

As Saturday Night Live prepares for the comedy birthday party to end all comedy birthday parties, expect plenty of classic characters to get their encore flowers. Maybe Wayne and Garth will get in one last schwing! Stefon might reignite his love affair with Seth Meyers. Eddie Murphy could break out Mr. Robinson or Gumby.

But thanks to evolving cultural norms around comedy, these 10 SNL characters are virtually guaranteed not to get an invite to the festivities. Sorry, Merv the Perv, you’re not on the list.

1 Pat

Pat was Julia Sweeney’s signature SNL character, showing up 12 times to repeat the same tired joke: No one could tell if the androgynous character was a man or a woman. Playing gender identity for laughs isn’t cool — and it doesn’t help that whiny, whinging Pat was insufferable.

2 Ching Chang @sassollou

Dana Carvey often brings up his cringe Asian character as...

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"Saturday Night Live" has been going on for 50 seasons now, so they've had their fair share of bad hosts. Sometimes the host is simply not that comfortable with live acting -- looking at you, January Jones or Jacob Elordi -- and sometimes the host has the bad luck of getting a cold at the worst possible moment, like what seemingly happened to poor Jean Smart in the season 50 premiere. Other times the host is bad because, well, they're just kind of a bad person.

Case in point: Steven Seagal, who hosted in April 1991 and helped deliver an episode so terrible that it got him banned from the show forever. Over three decades later, most "SNL" fans are happy to just pretend the episode never happened, because ite was a trainwreck in a way that wasn't even that fun or interesting.

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One of the hardest parts of working in the film industry is the fact that your work, no matter how hard you've worked on it and/or how proud you are of it, can't move forward until you let other people pass judgment on it. That screenplay that you've poured every ounce of your creative energy into for months is finished, and now you've got to get notes from your friends, your agent, and anyone who might be interested in working on it. It's terrifying. And the situation gets more fraught when you're showing a cut of the film. You've been working with an editor to craft a compelling motion picture, and all that effort could come undone over two hours in a screening room.

When you've been through this, when you know how it feels to take a barrage of constructive criticism,...

As ill-fated coffee shop burglar Pumpkin in Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” Tim Roth knows the truth about a privileged piece of movie mythology.

“We tend to know only as much as [our character] would know, but one thing that I do know because my character would know, which is what’s in the suitcase,” Roth reveals. “But Quentin asked me not to mention it.”

In a film full of mysteries, the contents of that sacred object remain among the biggest. But even without Jules Winnfield’s 9mm pistol pointed at his head, Roth is kind enough to volunteer an answer that, though perhaps slightly disappointing, is at least factually accurate. “I remember him saying that the answer if they ask you was, ‘A battery and a lamp’.”

To commemorate the 30th anniversary of “Pulp Fiction,” Variety spoke with more than 20 members of the film’s cast and crew about their experiences,...

This article contains discussions of murder and sexual abuse surrounding the real life and crimes of Erik and Lyle Menendez.

The following contains spoilers for Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez StoryOne of the chief supporting characters in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is Leslie Abramson, an attorney whose career carried on long after her experience defending Erik on trial. Played by Ari Graynor in the series, Abramson was an experienced defense attorney in Los Angeles when she took on the Menendez case in 1993. Tenacious and effective in the courtroom, Abramson efforts to paint Erik and Lyle's murder of their parents as the consequence of the abuse the brothers had suffered for years.

While Abramson was ultimately unsuccessful in keeping Erik out of prison, her efforts helped lead to multiple trials due to deadlocked juries. However, Abramson's story continues far beyond what her Monsters: The Lyle and Erik...

“SNL sucks now” isn’t as fresh a complaint as you might think. This sentiment was even a matter of public discourse way back in the early ‘90s, as evidenced by the not-so-cleverly titled 1994 Entertainment Weekly article, “Is Saturday Night Dead?”

The magazine wasn’t alone in expressing concern for the long-running comedy series during its 19th season. The New York Daily News noted that SNL would have to try and “find a desperately needed fresh sense of identity” following the loss of Dana Carvey and Chris Rock, and the announced departures of Phil Hartman, Julia Sweeney and Rob Schneider.

So EW offered up “20 suggestions” for “how to fix the show.” Looking back at this list, it’s amazing how spot-on some ideas are in retrospect — while others are laughably dated and arguably awful.

For starters, writer Bruce Fretts (who sadly passed away in 2020) suggested handing over the reins of Weekend Update to David Spade,...

“I hate to crap on my own show,” Rob Schneider told Glenn Beck back in 2022. But Saturday Night Live, the show that made him famous, was finished. Kaput. Dead on arrival. In a game of SNL Clue, Schneider said the killer was Kate McKinnon, the weapon was a piano and the location was the main stage at Studio 8H.

“Hillary Clinton lost, which is understandable — she’s not exactly the most likable person in the room,” Schneider said at the time. “And then when Kate McKinnon went out there on Saturday Night Live in the cold opening and all that, and she started dressed as Hillary Clinton and she started playing ‘Hallelujah,’ I literally prayed, ‘Please have a joke at the end.’”

“And there was no joke at the end,” Schneider said. Saturday Night Live was “over. It’s over. It’s not gonna come back.’”

Schneider must have noticed...

“Saturday Night Live” has already booked Maya Rudolph to return as Vice President Kamala Harris, but who should play her newly named running mate, Midwestern nice guy and governor of Minnesota Tim Walz?

The most apparently obvious candidate — similarly white-haired comedian Steve Martin — has, sadly, already turned down the gig as of Wednesday. But fear not, we’ve got plenty of other suggestions for Lorne Michaels to consider, including A-listers like Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt and John Goodman.

Read on for our full list below!

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The very wholesome two-time Oscar winner Hanks, who is 68, has hosted “Saturday Night Live” a whopping 10 times, including as Halloween icon David S. Pumpkins. And we’ve already seen him with white hair when he played heroic pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger in the 2016 biopic from Clint Eastwood. And he kind of looked like Walz when he hosted a...

Steve Martin has turned down the chance to play Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz on Saturday Night Live.

The Los Angeles Times reported that SNL boss Lorne Michaels offered him the role, but Martin politely declined.

“I wanted to say no and, by the way, he wanted me to say no,” Martin told the L.A. Times. “I said, ‘Lorne, I’m not an impressionist. You need someone who can really nail the guy.’ I was picked because I have gray hair and glasses.”

He also spoke about the time commitment such a gig would involve. (Alec Baldwin ended up playing Donald Trump on SNL for several years after first taking on the role before the 2016 election.)

“It’s ongoing,” Martin says. “It’s not like you do it once and get applause and never do it again. Again, they need a real impressionist to do that. They’re gonna find somebody really,...

Just as no history of Saturday Night Live would be complete without mention of The Groundlings, it would be impossible to tell the story of The Groundlings without talking about the role SNL has played in their continued success. Which is exactly what the legendary improv and sketch comedy theater intends to do when it hosts a star-studded panel later this month.

On Friday, June 28, The Groundlings will welcome back a handful of alums who have made it big both on that Los Angeles stage as well as in the hallowed halls of Studio 8H.

The panel, which will be moderated by current Main Company member Josh Duvendeck, will bring together what the official calendar listing describes as “legends of SNL and The Groundlings,” including original Not Ready For Prime-Time Player Laraine Newman, Jon Lovitz, Cheri Oteri, Chris Parnell, Julia Sweeney, Taran Killam, and Will Forte (who will beam in...

The Pulp Fiction cast has reunited to celebrate Quentin Tarantino's film’s 30th anniversary. Released in 1994, Pulp Fiction was Tarantino's second feature film, and it starred John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, and Amanda Plummer.

The main cast reunited at TCM Classic Film Festival, whose team was Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film. Other films celebrated this year included 1974's Chinatown, 1971's Dirty Harry, 1975's Dog Day Afternoon, 1967's In Cold Blood, 1959's North by Northwest, and 1954's On the Waterfront. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, and Harvey Keitel were all in attendance to celebrate the event.

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During the Q&a with host Ben Mankiewicz, Uma Thurman praised the Academy Award-winning film,...

John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson and Harvey Keitel reunited at the TCM Classic Film festival on Thursday for a 30th anniversary screening of Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” to reflect on the film’s impact on their careers — and upon the medium itself.

“It changed cinema, so it’s almost hard to have it sink in,” observed Uma Thurman, who joined Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta and Harvey Keitel for a Q&a about Tarantino’s benchmark film with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz. “I feel like I’ve had an evolving and beautifully growing relationship with ‘Pulp Fiction’ all of my life. It changed cinema, and it changed every filmmaker I met since.”

Though she and her three costars were the only members asked to speak before the screening, several other members of the cast and crew joined them in the auditorium of the Tcl Chinese Theatre,...

Pulp Fiction stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman and Harvey Keitel reunited Thursday to celebrate the movie’s 30th Anniversary as part of this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival.

The theme of this year’s festival, which runs through April 21, Is Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film. Besides Pulp Fiction, other movies that are included this year are Chinatown, Dirty Harry, Dog Day Afternoon, In Cold Blood, North by Northwest, and On the Waterfront.

As is tradition with the festival, all screenings include special introductions to provide context about the films. Thursday’s screening of Pulp Fiction at the Tcl Chinese Theater included a conversation with Travolta, Thurman, Jackson and Keitel. Other film stars in attendance included Rosanna Arquette, Phil Lamarr, Burr Steers, Eric Stoltz, Julia Sweeney, and Frank Whaley.

Pulp Fiction was released in 1994 and directed by Quentin Tarantino. He and Roger Avary won an Oscar for writing the screenplay.

Opening night of the TCM Classic Film Festival next week will also serve as a Pulp Fiction reunion.

Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Rosanna Arquette and Harvey Keitel are among those joining John Travolta on April 18 for the 30th anniversary, 35mm screening of Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994) at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

Fellow actors Eric Stoltz, Julia Sweeney, Frank Whaley, Phil Lamarr and Burr Steers, producer Lawrence Bender and executive producers Michael Shamberg and Stacey Sher are expected to be there as well.

As previously announced, actor Billy Dee Williams and makeup artist Lois Burwell will be honored at the 15th annual festival; author Jeanine Basinger will receive the Robert Osborne Award; and Jodie Foster will partake in a hand- and footprint ceremony.

The festival, with the theme “Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film,” runs through April 21 at venues including the rejuvenated Egyptian Theatre.

Among those...

Dr. Julius Hibbert first appeared on "The Simpsons" in the episode "Bart the Daredevil". In that particular episode, Bart (Nancy Cartwright) was toying with the idea of being an Evel Knieval-type stunt performer, aiming to leap over Springfield Gorge on a skateboard. As a warning, Bart was taken to see Dr. Hibbert who took the boy to a special wing of Springfield hospital. In it were nothing but children who had injured themselves after imitating stunts they saw on TV. "I won't even subject you to the horrors of our Three Stooges ward," Dr. Hibbert gravely intones. 

From 1990 through 2021, Dr. Hibbert was played by Harry Shearer. When viewers became sensitive to how many white actors have played animated Black characters throughout the history of animation, Shearer stepped aside and Kevin Michael Richardson took over the role. 

Dr. Hibbert was kindly, bemused, but possessed of a strangely cold bedside manner. When Bart comes to see Dr.

Actor Brent Spiner's most visible acting role was probably Data, the android lieutenant commander on "Star Trek: The Next Generation." As Data, Spiner appeared in 176 episodes of "Next Generation," in the four spin-off movies, and in five episodes of "Star Trek: Picard." He also appeared on "Picard" as a new amalgam android character, as well as multiple members of the Soong family throughout various "Star Trek" shows. For an actor who was initially cast as an emotionless being, Spiner certainly played some of the franchise's more dramatic characters. 

Spiner has always expressed a little ambivalence toward Data. While he certainly appreciates the money and fame brought to him by the role, Spiner felt that "Star Trek" might have robbed him of the ability to play a wide variety of parts. He feared casting agents would look at him and be unable to look past his "Star Trek" android. 

For fans of '80s sitcoms,...

Brent Spiner and Annie O'Donnell are set to return as the unlucky Bob and June Wheeler in the Night Court revival. New images showcase the couple alongside their daughter, Carol Ann (Kate Micucci), in the upcoming episode "Wheelers of Fortune." The couple's notorious string of bad luck seems to have continued since they were last on the show.

New Night Court images feature Brent Spiner and Annie O'Donnell reprising their original roles as Bob and June Wheeler. The couple had a string of outrageous bad luck throughout their appearances on the original sitcom, of which Bob had 7 and June had 6. Now that the show, which ended in 1992, has had a revival, the stars are set to make a new appearance opposite returning main cast member John Larroquette as Dan Fielding and newcomers including Melissa Rauch as the show's new lead, Judge Abby Stone.

NBC has shared a gallery of new...

Night Court fans, we’ve got a fresh off the press preview for the new Season 2 Episode 11 episode titled Wheelers of Fortune!

Find out everything you need to know about the Wheelers of Fortune episode of Night Court, including a full preview, videos, release date, cast information and how to watch!

Night Court Wheelers of Fortune Season 2 Episode 11 Preview

In the upcoming episode of “Night Court,” titled “Wheelers of Fortune,” scheduled to air on NBC at 7:00 Pm on March 12, 2024, viewers can brace themselves for a nostalgic and surprising return. The episode unfolds as the Wheelers make a comeback to the courtroom after more than 30 years, promising unexpected twists and turns for Dan Fielding, played by the incomparable John Larroquette.

As Dan navigates the surprises brought by the returning Wheelers, the episode adds a touch of humor and curiosity to the courtroom dynamics. The return of familiar faces introduces a nostalgic element,...

Get ready for a nostalgic and enchanting episode of “Night Court” Season 2 Episode 11, titled “Wheelers of Fortune,” hitting the screens on NBC at 7:00 Pm this Tuesday, March 12, 2024. In this special installment, surprises await Dan Fielding as the Wheelers make a return to the court after more than 30 years.

As the Wheelers step back into the legal limelight, viewers can expect a delightful blend of humor, heart, and the quirky dynamics that define the world of “Night Court.” The episode promises to evoke fond memories while introducing new twists to keep fans on the edge of their seats.

Meanwhile, Abby Stone seeks guidance from a psychic in a heartfelt quest to mend a disagreement with her late father. It’s a touching subplot that adds emotional depth to this already captivating episode.

Tune in at 7:00 Pm for an evening of laughter, surprises, and a touch of the supernatural with...