Jan 20, 2025
Bill Maher for Governor of California?
“He’d attract a lot of Republican votes… and I suspect a lot of disaffected Democrats,” writes conservative blogger Steven Hayward, who was impressed with Maher’s take on the L.A. Wildfires this past Friday.
Jan 19, 2025
Bowen Yang, Dave Chappelle Hug During SNL Goodnights
Though goodnights were cut short on air, SNL posted them to social media, where Entertainment Weekly spotted the two in embrace. (In what was perceived as a silent protest, Yang was among three cast members who did not appear for goodnights when Chappelle last hosted in 2022, and appeared to be uncomfortable when the polarizing comic crashed Dakota Johnson’s goodnights a year ago.)
Jan 18, 2025
Who Knew? Lorne Michaels Coined the Term ‘Cold Open’
In The New Yorker‘s excerpt from her upcoming Lorne Michaels biography, Susan Morrison quotes Michaels saying of the term that ultimately found its way into the dictionary, “I made that phrase up.” [via CinemaBlend]
Jan 17, 2025
Sarah Sherman Shows Off ‘Anora Menorah’ Prop From Cut SNL Sketch
Sherman told Seth Meyers that the Hanukkah menorah inspired by Mikey Madison’s sex worker character from the film Anora failed to get a laugh at Dress when Martin Short hosted last month.
Jan 17, 2025
Robert Smigel Rips Dave Chappelle’s SNL Return
“I hope he’s sensitive, given what LA has been going through, and focuses instead on how there are too many Jews in New York,” wrote Smigel in a Twitter/X post.
