saturday night live
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The Sunken Place Has Good Wi-Fi, so Now We Have (Not So) Deep Tweets by Kanye West
What is there left to say about Kanye West that hasn’t been said? If you’ve been living under a rock, or care enough about yourself to take social media sabbaticals, then you may not be aware that Kanye is out here tweeting everything he can think of. From theories on love to support of Donald…
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Cardi Got a Baby With Offset! Rapper Reveals Baby Bump on SNL
Bartier Cardi Belcalis “Cardi B” Almanzar just pulled a Beyoncé, whose name she dropped all over her bound-to-be-platinum debut, Invasion of Privacy. In studied Queen Bee fashion, Cardi saved her long-rumored pregnancy announcement for a most auspicious moment: while performing live on Saturday Night Live with Chadwick “T’Challa” Boseman the day after her album dropped.…
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Former Female Saturday Night Live Staffers Issue Letter of Support for Sen. Al Franken
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is just the latest high-powered man to be accused of sexual harassment, and on Tuesday the former female staffers of Saturday Night Live issued a statement showing support for the senator. Over the weekend, SNL didn’t hold back when it came to roasting the senator, who is also an alum of…
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Tiffany Haddish Kills Louis C.K. on SNL: Keep Your ‘Thang-Thang’ in Your Pants Until She Takes Her Clothes Off, Mkay?
Wow. Before we get into Tiffany Haddish’s epic takedown of Louis C.K., the comedian who loved to whip his dick out on women through the years, let’s talk about the fact that after more than 40 seasons on the air, Saturday Night Live had, in Haddish, its first black female comedian to host the show.…
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SNL Alum Jay Pharoah Is Ready to Become White Famous on Showtime
Fans who’ve missed comedian Jay Pharoah since his official exit from Saturday Night Live last year after six seasons now can have him all to themselves thanks to his new Showtime series, White Famous. Executive-produced by Jamie Foxx and Tim Story (director of Ride Along and Think Like a Man), White Famous puts Pharoah, a…
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Hey, Guys, There’s Going to Be a New Black Dude on Saturday Night Live This Season
I know white people everyone wants us to pretend that we are post-racial and everyone is equal, and the fact that a show entering its 43rd season on television is adding another black cast member is not a big deal, but when Saturday Night Live adds a new black cast member to its show, it…
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Jay-Z and Ryan Gosling Will Headline the 1st Episode of SNL Season 43
Damn, there have been 43 seasons of Saturday Night Live? I have literally grown up with this show; that’s crazy. The first episode of season 43 airs Sept. 30, with Ryan Gosling as host and Jay-Z as the musical guest. The show made the announcement Thursday via Twitter. I have to stop and take this…
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Sasheer Zamata Set to Leave Saturday Night Live
After four seasons on Saturday Night Live, Sasheer Zamata is leaving the show, according to Entertainment Tonight. Zamata became a player on SNL during the height of the controversy surrounding the show’s lack of diversity. Zamata was the first black woman to be cast on the show since Maya Rudolph’s exit in 2007. Zamata’s characters on…
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Jay Pharoah on His SNL Departure: I’m Not a ‘Yes N–ga’
Jay Pharoah believes that he’s more than just impressions, but Saturday Night Live didn’t want his jokes—the show wanted his voices until it didn’t, and then SNL let him go. Pharoah’s Barack Obama impersonation was pitch-perfect, but once the president left office, the sketch-comedy show apparently didn’t see much of a need for the funny…