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Prime Video has released the trailer for action-comedy The Pickup.

A routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell (Eddie Murphy) and Travis (Pete Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Keke Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them, the unlikely duo must navigate high-risk danger, clashing personalities, and one very bad day that keeps getting worse.

In addition to Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, and Keke Palmer, the film features a diverse cast including Eva Longoria, Marshawn Lynch, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, Andrew Dice Clay, and Ismael Cruz Córdova. Directed by Tim Story, who’s known for his work on The Blackening, Barbershop and Ride Along, the film blends high-octane action with sharp humor.

Everyone’s in for a hilarious and wild ride when The Pickup debuts on Prime Video...

La comedia de acción llega a Prime Video en agosto. © Prime Video

Prime Video ha desvelado el primer tráiler y póster de la película de comedia El último encargo, dirigida por Tim Story (Los 4 Fantásticos).

En El último encargo, una rutinaria recogida de dinero da un giro salvaje cuando dos incompatibles conductores de camión, Russell (Murphy) y Travis (Davidson), son asaltados por despiadados criminales a las órdenes de la astuta mente maestra Zoe (Palmer), cuyos planes van mucho más allá del cargamento de dinero en efectivo. Mientras el caos estalla a su alrededor, este dúo improbable tiene que lidiar con situaciones de alto riesgo, personalidades que chocan continuamente y un muy mal día que no hace más que empeorar.

La comedia de acción está protagonizada por Eddie Murphy (Navidad en Candy Cane Lane), Pete Davidson (Golpe a Wall Street), Eva Longoria (Solo asesinatos en el edificio) y Keke Palmer (¡Nop!

Pete Davidson, Eddie Murphy’s The Pickup(Photo Credit –Amazon Prime Video)

Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, and Keke Palmer come together for a one-of-a-kind action comedy flick titled The Pickup. The trailer of the film was dropped on Monday, giving the audience a glimpse into the hilarious ride of the two tangled in an unexpected heist. Directed by Tim Story, the film will make a straight Ott release on Amazon Prime Video on August 6, 2025.

The Pickup brings together two generations of comedy for an explosive and hilarious partnership that showcases the chemistry between old-school experience and new-wave energy. Directed by Tim Story, who’s known for his work on The Blackening, Barbershop and Ride Along, the film blends high-octane action with sharp humor.

The film is touted to deliver heart-pounding thrills, sharp comedy, and unexpected mishaps — everyone’s in for a hilarious and wild ride. Apart from Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson,...

Photo Credit: Courtesy Amazon MGM Studios Prime Video’s The Pickup pairs two generations of comedy in one wild, unexpected adventure. This action-comedy leans into fast-paced fun, sharp humor, and plenty of chaos along the way. The trailer’s out now—and from the looks of it, we’re in for a good time. Director Tim Story leads the way—no stranger to mixing action with humor. You’ve likely seen his touch in The Blackening, Barbershop, or Ride Along. He knows how to keep things fast, funny, and sharp. This film isn’t just about two big names; it features a fantastic and diverse ensemble cast! Leading the charge are comedy legend Eddie Murphy and new-wave comedic force Pete Davidson, whose chemistry is set to light up the screen. They’re joined by the incredibly talented Keke Palmer, Eva Longoria, NFL star Marshawn Lynch, wrestling superstar Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i,...

Eddie Murphy stars in The Pickup from director Tim Story: here’s the trailer for the upcoming August comedy.

Amazon MGM Studios has released a trailer for the action comedy The Pickup starring Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, and Keke Palmer.

The film sees ‘a routine cash pickup take a wild turn when two mismatched armoured truck drivers, Russell (Murphy) and Travis Pete (Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals. The group is led by savvy mastermind Zoe (Palmer) who has plans that go way beyond the cash cargo.’

Eva Longoria, Marshawn Lynch, Joe ‘Roman Reigns’ Anoa’i, Andrew Dice Clay, and Ismael Cruz Córdova co-star while Barbershop's Tim Story directs the project which Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider have scripted.

Interestingly, Murphy has recently been talking about wanting to remake “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World next, along with a hall of fame ensemble of black comics”.

The...

Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson's new heist comedy movie, The Pickup, gets its first look with a brand-new trailer. The film will debut on Prime Video in August.

The official trailer for The Pickup shows Murphy and Davidson as two armored truck drivers who cross paths with a criminal mastermind (Keke Palmer). Murphy's straight-laced character Russell is contrasted by Davidson's young and reckless Travis, as the two find themselves in deep trouble when Palmer's Zoe hijacks their truck in the middle of a run. After kidnapping them, Zoe informs Russell and Travis of her plans to steal $60 million from a casino.

The action comedy movie's trailer kicks off with Russell making plans for a special night with his wife, while Travis goes on a date of his own, completely unaware of the more malicious nature of Palmer's Zoe. The next day, Travis brags about getting to sleep with...

Prime Video has debuted the full official trailer for the Eddie Murphy-led ‘The Pickup.’

The movie follows a routine cash pickup, takes a wild turn when two mismatched armoured truck drivers, Russell (Eddie Murphy) and Travis (Pete Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Keke Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them, the unlikely duo must navigate high-risk danger, clashing personalities, and one very bad day that keeps getting worse.

Directed by Tim Story, who’s known for his work on ‘The Blackening,’ ‘Barbershop’ and ‘Ride Along,’ the film blends high-octane action with sharp humour.​

In addition to Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, and Keke Palmer, the film features a diverse cast including Eva Longoria, Marshawn Lynch, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, Andrew Dice Clay, and Ismael Cruz Córdova.

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"Since you're gonna kill us, why don't you just show us who you are!" Amazon MGM has unveiled the first trailer for The Pickup, an action comedy from filmmaker Tim Story. It's set for a streaming debut directly starting in August later this summer. They're hyping this up as one of the big summer comedies for everyone to enjoy, but will it really catch on and become a hit when they're skipping theaters entirely? A routine cash pickup turns into a deadly pursuit when two mismatched armored truck drivers are ambushed by ruthless criminals with all of plans beyond the cash. The Pickup "brings together two generations of comedy for an explosive and hilarious partnership that showcases the chemistry between old-school experience and new-wave energy." Starring Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, and Keke Palmer, with Eva Longoria, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Jack Kesy, Andrew Dice Clay, ex-NFL player Marshawn Lynch, and Joe "Roman Reigns" Anoa'i.

“The Pickup” is a new ‘heist’ action comedy feature, directed by Tim Story starring Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer, Eva Langoria, Jack Kesy, Marshawn Lynch, Roman Reigns, Andrew Dice Clay and Ismael Cruz Córdova, streaming August 6, 2025 on Prime Video:

“…a routine cash pickup turns into a deadly pursuit when two mismatched armored truck drivers…

‘…are ambushed by ruthless criminals…

“…with plans beyond the cash…”,

Click the images to enlarge…...

Amazon MGM Studios on Monday debuted the first trailer for The Pickup, its heist pic starring Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, and Keke Palmer, which premieres on Prime Video on August 6.

Directed by Tim Story, the filmmaker behind titles like The Blackening, Barbershop and Ride Along, The Pickup sees a routine cash pickup take a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell (Murphy) and Travis (Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them, the unlikely duo must navigate high-risk danger, clashing personalities, and one very bad day that keeps getting worse.

The film, penned by Kevin Burrows & Matt Mider, also stars Eva Longoria, Marshawn Lynch, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, Andrew Dice Clay, and Ismael Cruz Córdova. John Davis, John Fox, Murphy, Story, and Charisse Hewitt-Webster are the producers.

Check out the trailer above.

I hope you remember your crisis training because Amazon MGM Studios is cashing in on comedy with a hilarious trailer for The Pickup, an upcoming action-comedy starring Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer, and Eva Longoria! Tim Story directs The Pickup from a screenplay by Gentlemen Lobsters scribes Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider, and it looks like a wild ride.

Here’s the official synopsis for The Pickup courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios:

“In the action-comedy The Pickup, a routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell (Eddie Murphy) and Travis (Pete Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Keke Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them, the unlikely duo must navigate high-risk danger, clashing personalities, and one very bad day that keeps getting worse.”

In addition to Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson,...

Somebody ought to tell Bill Maher and Rob Schneider that the real cancel culture is in Brazil. According to EuroWeekly, comedian Leo Lins has been sentenced to eight years in jail for inciting intolerance with his offensive jokes.

Earlier this week, Lins received his punishment for a comedy special that targeted — deep breath here — Black people, obese people, elderly people, people with HIV, homosexuals, evangelicals, Indigenous communities, people from the impoverished northeast of Brazil, Jews and people with disabilities. Lins wasn’t trying to simply win the game but was trying to fill the entire bingo card.

A federal court in São Paulo ruled that Lins’s right to freedom of expression was not absolute, and “cannot be used as an excuse to make hateful, prejudiced and discriminatory remarks.” His jokes had consequences, the court ruled, declaring that the comedian’s YouTube special helped fuel “the spread of verbal violence in society and promote intolerance.

Before 1994's "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" debuted, even the people working on the movie weren't convinced it would be any good. At the time, Jim Carrey was essentially an unknown, having only really garnered minimal attention as part of the cast on "In Living Color." What's more, the "Ace Ventura" script was, quite frankly, deranged in a way that without Carrey actually animating the charismatic detective at its center, there was no way it could possibly work. Even during filming, cinematographer Julio Macat thought Carrey was "so over the top" that he was convinced the final product was "gonna be the biggest piece of s*** ever" (via The Ringer). Meanwhile, Carrey himself believed audiences would either love or hate Ace Ventura as a character.

Of course, as we now know, "Ace Ventura" made Jim Carrey a '90s box office phenomenon, kicking off what became a truly historic run for the actor.

“The Pickup” is a new ‘heist’ action comedy feature, directed by Tim Story starring Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer, Eva Langoria, Jack Kesy, Marshawn Lynch, Roman Reigns, Andrew Dice Clay and Ismael Cruz Córdova, streaming August 6, 2025 on Prime Video:

“…a routine cash pickup turns into a deadly pursuit when two mismatched armored truck drivers…

‘…are ambushed by ruthless criminals…

“…with plans beyond the cash…”,

Click the images to enlarge…...

Prime Video has debuted a set of first-look images alongside the announcement of the release date for the Eddie Murphy-led ‘The Pickup.’

The movie follows a routine cash pickup, takes a wild turn when two mismatched armoured truck drivers, Russell (Eddie Murphy) and Travis (Pete Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Keke Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them, the unlikely duo must navigate high-risk danger, clashing personalities, and one very bad day that keeps getting worse.

Courtesy Amazon MGM Studios Courtesy Amazon MGM Studios

Directed by Tim Story, who’s known for his work on ‘The Blackening,’ ‘Barbershop’ and ‘Ride Along,’ the film blends high-octane action with sharp humour.​

In addition to Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, and Keke Palmer, the film features a diverse cast including Eva Longoria, Marshawn Lynch, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i,...

What do acting and comedy aficionados Keke Palmer, Pete Davidson, and the legend himself, Eddie Murphy, have in common? Well, it's not just wits and laughs. The three actors have teamed up for an epic story written by Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider. The Pickup, directed by Tim Story, the filmmaker behind The Blackening, Barbershop and Ride Along, will see Murphy and Davidson join forces with Palmer, who plays a criminal mastermind. Amazon MGM Studios just released new stills from the action comedy film and also gave expecting audiences a streaming release date.

After the shocking news of a stunt accident on the set of the new comedy film, The Pickup was on thin ice. But now that the dust has settled after the accident, Amazon is ready to go into full promotion mode. The series of first-look stills for The Pickup show that Palmer's character, Zoe, is not messing around.

It can be officially said that Eddie Murphy's acting hiatus is truly over. After taking a break from acting for most of the 2010s and early 2020s, Murphy is back with a new action comedy movie titled The Pickup.

Prime Video has announced an Aug. 6 premiere date for The Pickup, which "sees a routine cash pickup take a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell (Murphy) and Travis (SNL fan favorite Pete Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Nope star Keke Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them, the unlikely duo must navigate high-risk danger, clashing personalities, and one very bad day that keeps getting worse," per the official synopsis. A bunch of first-look images of the action comedy movie, as well as a poster, have been released and can be viewed below.

Amazon MGM Studios has shared a first look at The Pickup, which will begin streaming globally on Prime Video on August 6, 2025.

The Pickup brings together two generations of comedy for an explosive and hilarious partnership that showcases the chemistry between old-school experience and new-wave energy.

Amazon MGM Studios says, “The film delivers heart-pounding thrills, sharp comedy, and unexpected mishaps — everyone’s in for a hilarious and wild ride.”

Directed by Tim Story, who’s known for his work on The Blackening, Barbershop, and Ride Along, the film blends high-octane action with sharp humor.​ Kevin Burrows and Matt Mider wrote the script.

The action-comedy The Pickup stars Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer, Eva Longoria, Marshawn Lynch, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, Andrew Dice Clay, and Ismael Cruz Córdova.

In the film, a routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell (Eddie Murphy) and Travis...

Amazon MGM has released a new peek at their upcoming heist comedy The Pickup, which will be starring Eddie Murphy, Keke Palmer, Pete Davidson and Eva Longoria. The movie is helmed by Tim Story, who cut his teeth with the original Barbershop before moving on to big action projects like the Fantastic Four movies starring Jessica Alba and the action comedies Ride Along and Ride Along 2. The Pickup is written by scribes Kevin Burrows & Matt Mider, whose credits include Gentleman Lobsters, The Package and the unique game show from Ryan Reynolds, Don’t.

The official synopsis from Amazon MGM reads,

“In the action-comedy The Pickup, a routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell (Eddie Murphy) and Travis (Pete Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Keke Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them,...

Amazon MGM Studios has unveiled a streaming premiere date and a series of first-look stills for The Pickup, its new action comedy starring Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, and Keke Palmer.

The film premieres globally on Prime Video on August 6. Check out one of the stills above.

Directed by Tim Story, the filmmaker behind The Blackening, Barbershop and Ride Along, The Pickup sees a routine cash pickup take a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell (Murphy) and Travis (Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them, the unlikely duo must navigate high-risk danger, clashing personalities, and one very bad day that keeps getting worse.

Written by Kevin Burrows & Matt Mider, the film also stars Eva Longoria, Marshawn Lynch, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoa’i, Andrew Dice Clay, and Ismael Cruz Córdova.

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This June, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated return of The Bear to the much-anticipated release of the adult animated Predator film. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu this month and have an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the seven best films that are coming to Hulu in June 2025 with an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Alien (June 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93% Credit – 20th Century Studios

Alien is a 1979 sci-fi horror action film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Dan O’Bannon. It revolves around the Nostromo spacecraft crew, who set out to investigate a distress signal. Soon after beginning their investigation, they are attacked by a deadly alien. Alien stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright,...

A former Saturday Night Live cast member is speaking out about her decades-long fallout with SNL creator and producer Lorne Michaels. It all stems from her decision to boycott a 1990 episode, leading to Michaels taking some "petty" revenge.

Nora Dunn starred on Saturday Night Live for five seasons. But her tenure ended prematurely after she boycotted a 1990 episode hosted by Andrew Dice Clay. The controversial comedian's material often took aim at women and minority groups.

Musical guest Sinead O'Connor joined Dunn in sitting out the season 15 show. Michaels was reportedly very upset with the decision, chose not to renew Dunn's contract, and never let it go.

In an interview with Cracked, Dunn revealed she sent Michaels flowers ahead of season 16. The gesture was something of an olive branch, with Dunn making a joke about not appearing much in the season. But Michaels gave her the cold shoulder and did not respond.

Adam Sandler has a specific brand of humor that has made him a household name, dating all the way back to his days at Saturday Night Live. But Sandler's style isn't for everyone, and that includes a former cast member.

Sandler's career in entertainment began in the late '80s. His stand-up caught the attention of Dennis Miller, who recommended Sandler to Lorne Michaels. By 1990, Sandler was a writer and joined the cast the following year.

He brought his style of surreal and often raunchy comedy to Studio 8H that landed with audiences in the early '90s. However, one cast member from the previous generation wasn't exactly thrilled with the direction SNL seemed to be heading with Sandler.

Nora Dunn spoke to Cracked about her choice to boycott an SNL episode in 1990 hosted by controversial comedian Andrew Dice Clay. The decision irked Lorne Michaels, and Dunn's contract was not renewed.

For months now, Saturday Night Live has enjoyed a great deal of fanfare for making it to its 50th season, which concludes on Saturday. But the show will also mark another anniversary this week — one that creator Lorne Michaels would likely prefer to forget.

On May 12, 1990, Andrew Dice Clay — one of the biggest stand-up comedians at that time — hosted SNL. In recent decades, Dice has toned down his image with funny TikTok videos and a surprisingly good performance in the 2018 remake of A Star Is Born, but in 1990, he was incredibly controversial. In addition to his dirty takes on nursery rhymes, Dice’s stand-up was rampant with sexist, racist and homophobic jokes. This garnered two reactions from the general public: hooting-and-hollering devotion from the tens of thousands who poured into stadiums to see the leather-clad comic, and abject revulsion from those who felt the comedian was appealing to our worst...

Saturday Night Live has been pushing boundaries for nearly five decades, delivering sharp, outrageous, and sometimes questionable humor that leaves audiences laughing, or gasping. From political satire to celebrity impersonations, the show thrives on skirting the edge of controversy.

And while cast members have endured awkward moments, few can claim to have been personally blindsided quite like Scarlett Johansson, thanks to her husband, Colin Jost.

Colin Jost and Michael Che on SNL Weekend Update | Credits: NBC

Jost, a master of dry wit and awkward charm, found himself delivering a joke so risqué that it made his wife momentarily consider fainting. But was it really that bad? Considering SNL’s history of eyebrow-raising humor, this was just another day at 30 Rock.

Scarlett Johansson’s stunned reaction to Colin Jost’s joke Scarlett Johansson in Lucy | Credit: Universal Pictures

During the infamous joke swap segment on Weekend Update, Colin Jost found himself...

On the eve of their standup comedy takeover of the 2025 South By Southwest festival in Austin, TX, The Stand Group, Inc. announce a partnership with leading independent entertainment studio, Cineverse and their fast-growing podcast arm to maximize distribution platforms, sponsorships, programmatic demand and additional avenues. The partnership also includes the creation of a development slate for the companies to build new IP together through podcasts and live entertainment.

After successfully launching the Witz Comedy-tv Fast channel and digital content library in 2022 with partners Best Ever Channels (Bec), The Stand Group is now expanding its reach through podcast creation and distribution. Through the launch of the Witz Podcast Network – a new comedy label operated through the Cineverse Podcast Network – Bec partners Barry Gordon and Jonathon Barbato matched The Stand/Witz sensibilities with Cineverse’s ability to support and build brands.

“Together we will maximize marketing, promotional and sales initiatives for shows...

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...

Acclaimed actor and comedian Eddie Murphy lands another action film on his extensive CV. The decorated Hollywood veteran takes flight with Sony Pictures for the upcoming action comedy, Blue Falcon.

According to Deadline, Murphy has joined Blue Falcon to play the lead role. The news comes as Sony acquired the rights to the script penned by London Has Fallen and Motor City writer Chad St. John. Murphy will also co-produce Blue Falcon through his self-titled production company. Davis Films and Syndicate Entertainment are also producers of the feature-length project.

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Details about Blue Falcon are scarce. However, the two-handed action comedy will see Murphy portray a retired superspy who heads for the destination of his estranged son's wedding,...

Deadline reports that Eddie Murphy is set to star in Blue Falcon, an action comedy scripted by Chad St. John (London Has Fallen). Murphy will be playing a “retired superspy who heads for the destination wedding of his estranged son, and finds himself in proximity with his archrival.” It makes me think of that Andy Warhol quote: “In the future, everyone will play a retired superspy.” I think that’s how it went.

Blue Falcon will be produced by Davis Films’ John Davis, Cliff Roberts through Syndicate Entertainment, and Murphy and Charisse Hewitt-Webster through Eddie Murphy Productions.

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Saturday Night Live cast member Chloe Fineman says she does not regret calling out Elon Musk for making her cry when the billionaire CEO and Trump advisor hosted the show in May 2021. In an Instagram story from the actress and comedian (via The Daily Beast), Fineman wrote, "Remember when i got in trouble for calling out mr nazi salute? ya no regrets."

She's referring to Musk twice making what appeared to be a Sieg Heil gesture during a speech at Trump's inauguration. Musk's supporters insist he was only making a "my heart goes out to you" salute, or possibly even a Roman salute, but historians insist even if it was the latter, fascists like Mussolini and Hitler adopted the gesture into their regimes, and thus there is little differentiation between the two.

Fineman first called out Musk after fellow SNL cast member Bowen Yang, in an appearance on Watch What Happens Live!

“The show must go on” is about as close to showbiz law as you can get, but that hasn’t stopped some Saturday Night Live performers from refusing to take the stage. Take Ruth Gordon, the 80-year-old host who said “No way!” to an Al Franken and Tom Davis sketch in which she’d keel over dead halfway through. Which, understandable.

Here are five other SNL cast members and guests who flat-out refused to participate in show sketches…

1 John Belushi

In the movie Saturday Night, Dan Aykroyd reluctantly acts in a sketch as a “cutie pie” getting catcalled by female construction workers. Aykroyd played the beefcake in the sketch alongside Lily Tomlin, but he wasn’t the first choice.

Writers Rosie Shuster and Anne Beatts wrote the role for Belushi, who gave the part a big thumbs-down since he was self-conscious about tiny shorts that would show off his weight.

The 1990s proved a turbulent time for Sylvester Stallone's career after the highly successful decade that was the 1980s. As the cinematic landscape shifted and action films developed, he found himself picking roles either too similar to previous outings or too dissimilar. Whether it be his often maligned comedies or his attempts to recapture the success of Stallone's best films like First Blood or the previous Rocky movies.

There are still plenty of gems to be found in his work throughout the decade, with some of his best acting on display. He has always had an inconsistent track record with the projects he has picked every decade. Varying from highs like Creed to low points like Rhinestone, but no matter what, Stallone has remained a towering figure in blockbuster cinema. Good or bad, there is rarely a boring Stallone project and many of these movies prove that.

The Good Life...

Sinead O’Connor Rips Up Pope’s Photo on Live TV: A Controversial Moment Remembered! (Photo Credit – Wikimedia)

It was October 3, 1992, a night that would etch itself into pop culture history. Sinéad O’Connor, the punk spirit wrapped in reluctant pop star clothing, took to the Saturday Night Live stage and did the unthinkable: she ripped up a photo of Pope John Paul II. With each tear—once, twice, thrice—O’Connor’s actions mirrored her turbulent journey through fame, a journey she had never anticipated. Just two years prior, she’d soared to the top with her iconic cover of Prince’s Nothing Compares 2 U, only to find herself at the center of a storm she never requested.

The photo she tore wasn’t just any photo; it was a profoundly personal symbol tied to her fraught relationship with her late mother. O’Connor had promised herself that one day, she would destroy it.

Apparently, Carlos Mencia is going to revive his career by stealing Dave Chappelle’s shtick this time.

The conversation about a comedian’s responsibility to choose their targets carefully has been going on since long before the entire comedy world knew that the Mind of Mencia host had been cribbing all of their jokes throughout his career. Mobs of protesters followed Andrew Dice Clay around throughout his heyday in the 1980s for how he repeatedly and gleefully attacked women, immigrants, racial minorities and gay people under the thin guise of humor to the point where comedy’s moral compass, George Carlin, had to step in and warn The Diceman that the same people to whom he was pandering with his “off-color” comedy probably wouldn’t love him so much if they knew he came from a Jewish family.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Osha) found no violations in their probe of an on-set accident during production of Eddie Murphy’s comedy heist film “The Pickup,” an Osha spokesperson said on Wednesday.

“The purpose of an Osha inspection is to identify potential safety and/or health hazards in the workplace,” an Osha spokesperson said in a statement to The Wrap. “Osha conducted a thorough investigation of Armored Film LLC and the inspection did not result in violations of workplace safety and health regulations. The inspection was closed October 17, 2024.”

Previously, production of Amazon MGM Studios’ “The Pickup” starring Murphy and Keke Palmer was halted in Atlanta on April 20 after an incident left several crew members injured.

“On April 20, an accident occurred on the set of The Pickup during a rehearsed 2nd unit action sequence,” an Amazon MGM Studios spokesperson previously said in a statement to TheWrap. “Unfortunately, the sequence...

Saturday Night Live first aired on NBC in 1975. Created by Lorne Michaels, the late-night sketch comedy has had its ups and downs throughout the years. Each episode features a celebrity host and musical guest, some of which have been incredible additions to the series lineup, while others just didn't hit the mark. Below we chronicle a list of 10 of the worst hosts featured on SNL.

Louise Lasser (1976) Actress Louise Lasser on Television Set | Lynn Goldsmith/GettyImages

Louise Lasser hosted during the debut season of SNL during the penultimate episode. She was well known for her work in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, which earned her place as host. Earlier that year, her personal life took a nose dive when she was given six months probation for cocaine possession. During her episode, she refused to perform with the cast, making an exception for Chevy Chase and a dog.

Her opening monologue focused on her struggles,...

Bowen Yang didn’t have much time to relish the announcement that he’d been hired as a Saturday Night Live featured player in 2019. Within hours, the internet was sharing podcast clips of Yang’s new castmate Shane Gillis making homophobic jokes and using Asian slurs. As SNL’s first Chinese-American comic and an openly gay man, Gillis’ words put Yang smack in the middle of a conversation that he didn’t start.

He was napping when the news broke, he told The New Yorker. He woke to texts from his agent: “I’m so sorry. ... Are you awake? ... I’m so sorry.”

Lorne Michaels tried to get ahead of the scandal, calling Yang to make sure he knew what was erupting in front of them. “I don’t need you to be the poster child for racial harmony,” Michaels assured him.

Getting ahead of it himself, Yang texted Gillis.

Maybe you haven’t caught comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s Kill Tony podcast yet, but live broadcasts of his improvised talent show sold out Madison Square Garden this month — twice.

The show, tangentially part of the Joe Rogan-verse and usually recorded at Rogan’s Comedy Mothership in Austin, Texas, features Hinchcliffe, co-host Brian Redban and a collection of guest comedians serving as a judging panel for stand-up comics willing to trade exposure for potentially blistering critiques. Comics sometimes bomb, but the ones that kill can go on to bigger and better things (like appearing with Hinchcliffe at Madison Square Garden).

“I feel like I haven’t even begun to come down yet,” Hinchcliffe told Pollstar after the Msg run. “It makes me feel more human getting a call from Andrew Dice Clay, saying, ‘That was the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. I’ve been having trouble sleeping because of the adrenaline.

James Woods recently told Megyn Kelly on her SiriusXM radio show that he was “gently” asked not to promote Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” in which he served as an executive producer after buying rights to the non-fiction book (“American Prometheus” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin) upon which Nolan’s screenplay is based. The film was a cultural juggernaut with $975 million worldwide (the highest-grossing biopic in history) and won Oscars for best picture, director, actor, supporting actor and more.

“When ‘Oppenheimer’ came out, there was a discussion about my Twitter, and it was gently suggested that I basically remain invisible, which was painful,” Woods said, claiming that his outspoken support for Donald Trump over the years made him a risk for “Oppenheimer’s” release and awards campaign.

“On the other hand, I’m a pragmatic person and I thought, a lot of people put their effort into this,” Woods continued.

In the making since 2019, Page Hurwitz’s new Netflix documentary, Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution, taps a throng of queer notables — from Wanda Sykes, Rosie O’Donnell and Lily Tomlin to Joel Kim Booster, Fortune Feimster and Bob the Drag Queen — to show how LGBTQ funny people have left their mark and challenged others’ perceptions for more than a century.

“None of these comedians set out to change the world. They set out to make people laugh,” Hurwitz said at the film’s Tribeca Festival premiere ahead of its June 18 streaming debut. “And along the way, they did change the culture and, I think, they changed the world.”

Featuring an intergenerational and diverse cast, the documentary — set against the backdrop of the Netflix Is a Joke Fest’s Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration show in 2022 — unpacks what has fueled the cycle of progress and regression that has surrounded the queer comedy community for decades.

Not every comedy series can achieve the level of satirical excellence that The Simpsons once enjoyed — especially not those shows made by Seth MacFarlane.

Television has always played an important role within the universe of The Simpsons. After all, the sadly discontinued intro sequence famously ends with Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie all crowding together on the couch to watch TV together before being sucked into a black hole, turning into butterflies or getting crushed to death by Rick and Morty. And, since the show prided itself on holding up a playful, yellow, four-fingered mirror to American society and pop culture, it inevitably had to playfully jab the other comedies on TV that were inferior to what Matt Groening and his writers had cooking.

The Simpsons has parodied scores of sitcoms and sketch shows since it began in 1989, and much of the mockery was just some friendly ribbing between...

A cellphone video of the accident on the set of the Eddie Murphy film “The Pickup” reveals that an SUV and truck can be seen flipping over after veering off road.

The New York Times obtained the footage and shared it Wednesday after news broke that the accident on the set of the Amazon MGM Studios film hospitalized two people and injured several others. The New York Times now says at least half a dozen people who were inside the two cars were taken to the hospital. One remains hospitalized Wednesday after sustaining a back injury.

In the video (via Nyt), you can see an armored truck pulling up alongside an SUV and then swerving into it, leading the cars to drive off the road and into grass. But the armored truck then rolls on top of the SUV, with both vehicles fully flipping before landing upright. The video concludes...

Multiple investigations are taking place into the accident on the Atlanta set of Amazon MGM Studios‘ heist pic The Pickup over the weekend, which left several crew members injured.

Both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees are currently looking into the incident, Deadline has confirmed.

“IATSE is aware of an accident that took place on the Georgia set of The Pickup and have started an inquiry,” the union said in a statement to Deadline.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Dept. of Labor said: “Osha has initiated an investigation into this incident. As the investigation is open, we are unable to provide preliminary or interim information at this time.”

The accident happened on Saturday, April 20 during an action sequence with the 2nd unit team, according to the studio. Since it occurred with the 2nd unit team, production on the film has not...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into the accident on the set of the Amazon MGM Studios film The Pickup.

A U.S. Department of Labor spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter early Wednesday that an inquiry had been initiated into the incident. “As the investigation is open, we are unable to provide preliminary or interim information at this time,” the spokesperson added.

The accident in question occurred on a second unit set of the Atlanta-based film on Saturday and injured multiple crewmembers, an Amazon MGM Studios spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. Crewmembers were shooting an action sequence that had previously been rehearsed and “did not go as planned,” the spokesperson stated. “We are still in the process of gathering facts on what happened and why, but first and foremost our thoughts are with those who are recovering.”

The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the injuries occurred after...

Multiple crew members were injured and two were hospitalized during a car collision on the set of Eddie Murphy’s new film, The Pickup, which is currently shooting in Georgia. Murphy and his co-stars, who include Keke Palmer and Pete Davidson, were not on the set at the time of the accident.

The crash, between a car and a truck, occurred during filming on Saturday. A spokesperson from Amazon MGM Studios told The Associated Press that the scene had been rehearsed and that all safety precautions were taken.

“Unfortunately, the...

Two crew members were hospitalized and several more were injured in an accident on the set of the Amazon MGM Studios film “The Pickup” starring Eddie Murphy that’s filming near Atlanta.

According to the Associated Press, a car and a truck collided during filming on Saturday, April 20 when the truck seized up and struck the other vehicle. A source described the incident to the AP as a “freak accident” and said the sequence had been rehearsed with proper safety precautions in place.

Of the two hospitalized crew members, whose names have not been released, one remains hospitalized. The injuries included bumps, bruises, and broken bones, according to the AP, and all the injured crew members are expected to make full recoveries.

The sequence was being performed by the film’s second unit team, which shoots portions of the film not involving principal actors. Murphy and co-stars Keke Palmer and...

Several crew members were injured and two were hospitalized after a truck collided with a car on the set of Amazon MGM Studios’ The Pickup on Saturday, April 20. The accident was a scene gone wrong, one that had been rehearsed, according to the studio. The Pickup stars Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer, Eva Longoria, Andrew Dice Clay, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Jack Kesy, and Marshawn Lynch, but none of the stars were on set at the time of the accident, according to The Associated Press. The accident occurred when a truck locked up and collided with a car. The scene was being filmed by the film’s second unit on location outside of Atlanta. The collision resulted in bumps, bruises, and broken bones among the injured. The exact number of crew members injured was not disclosed. Of the two crew ...

An accident on the set of an upcoming heist film starring Eddie Murphy and Keke Palmer has injured several crewmembers, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The incident happened on the set of Amazon MGM Studios’ upcoming film The Pickup, which is shooting in Atlanta, on Saturday. Per an Amazon MGM Studios spokesperson, the accident occurred during a second unit action sequence that had previously been rehearsed. “Unfortunately, the sequence did not go as planned and several members of the crew were injured as a result,” the spokesperson stated.

The spokesperson added, “We are still in the process of gathering facts on what happened and why, but first and foremost our thoughts are with those who are recovering. The well-being of the entire crew and cast is our first priority, and we will continue to insist on the highest industry standards of safety while filming. All safety precautions were reviewed prior...

Several crew members were injured during an incident on the Atlanta set of Amazon MGM Studios’ heist pic The Pickup on Saturday, April 20, Deadline has confirmed.

“On April 20, an accident occurred on the set of The Pickup during a rehearsed 2nd unit action sequence. Unfortunately, the sequence did not go as planned and several members of the crew were injured as a result,” said a spokesperson for the studio. “We are still in the process of gathering facts on what happened and why, but first and foremost our thoughts are with those who are recovering.”

Continued the studio rep, “The well-being of the entire crew and cast is our first priority, and we will continue to insist on the highest industry standards of safety while filming. All safety precautions were reviewed prior to and monitored during the shoot.”

Deadline will update this story with further details as they come in.

Over its half-century run, Saturday Night Live has inevitably booked some problematic hosts, including Andrew Dice Clay, (misogynist humor); Rudy Giuliani (illegal campaign activities); Robert Blake (tried for murder); Elon Musk (general insufferability and dalliance with neo Nazis) and Donald Trump (attempted overthow of the US government.)

And then there’s O.J. Simpson, who hosted in 1978, toward the end of his record-setting football career, and went on to be very credibly accused of double murder.

Though erased forever from the list of prospective return hosts, Simpson managed to make almost innumerable later appearances on the show, when Norm Macdonald used his position as anchor of “Weekend Update” to pound on Simpson mercilessly for being a vicious murderer (despite his subsequent acquittal).

According to Norm, his quest for humor (and justice) wound up getting him fired from the show. He said the late NBC West Coast President, Don Ohlmeyer, who...