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SNL Shakes Up Its Cast
SNL Shakes Up
Its Cast
Sep 10, 2024 2:45 PM CDT

SNL Shakes Up Its Cast

Chloe Troast is leaving, and 3 newcomers are arriving for the 50th season

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live will look a bit different for its upcoming 50th season. The show has announced three new "featured players," while three others are leaving, reports Deadline .
  • Leaving: Chloe Troast, a featured player last season, won't return for a second season. "Unfortunately I was not
...

Colin Jost, Michael Che Throw Some Punches in Joke Swap

'Weekend Update' co-hosts show zero mercy in annual tradition

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live wrapped up its 49th season last night, and "Weekend Update" co-hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost marked the occasion by mercilessly roasting each other with their annual joke swap. As Deadline notes, the duo writes jokes for each other to read on live television for the...

These Are the Most Powerful Women in Tinseltown

Adele, Jennifer Aniston, network execs make the 'Hollywood Reporter' list

(Newser) - "Star power" in Hollywood means more than who turns the most heads at the Viper Room. Per the Hollywood Reporter , there's a whole slew of women who "overdelivered" in Tinseltown in 2023, "setting box office records, filling arenas, and putting Hollywood back to work" after the...

James Corden Uses Final Show to Send Message to Americans

Says the country has become too divisive

(Newser) - James Corden used part of his farewell speech on Thursday's final episode of CBS' The Late Late Show to address the deep rift in America over hot button issues including politics and ideology, the AP reports. “We started this show with Obama, then Trump and a global pandemic....

Jeremy Renner in Critical Condition After Snow Plow Incident

Actor is in critical but stable condition, rep says

(Newser) - Avengers star Jeremy Renner is being treated for serious injuries that happened while he was plowing snow, the actor's representative said Sunday. Renner, 51, is in critical condition although he is stable, the actor's representative said. No further details on the extent of Renner's injuries were available,...

She Stunned Tinseltown With 'Take No Prisoners' Reporting
'She Told the Truth
About Hollywood'
OBITUARY
Oct 10, 2022 9:25 AM CDT

'She Told the Truth About Hollywood'

Nikki Finke, founder of Deadline entertainment news site, has died at age 68

(Newser) - Deadline is reporting on a death that hits especially hard among its own: Nikki Finke, the fiery entertainment journalist who founded the Hollywood trade site, died Sunday at the age of 68 at her home in Boca Raton, Fla., after a long illness. Finke, who Variety notes was notorious...

Calling Disney Too 'Woke,' Outlet Will Make Own Content

Conservative Daily Wire says entertainment giant is pushing 'radical' ideology to children

(Newser) - The conservative media outlet Daily Wire is launching an entertainment division for children to counter what it calls a "woke" ideology of Disney. The company—best known for its podcast featuring Ben Shapiro—says in a release that it will spend $100 million over three years to develop DW...

No Way Home Is Luring Audiences Out Of Their Homes

Superhero movies seem to be the only thing people will go to theaters to see

(Newser) - Hollywood closed out 2021 with more fireworks at the box office for Spider-Man: No Way Home, which topped all films for the third straight week and already charts among the highest grossing films ever. But even with all the champagne popping for it, the film industry heads into 2022 with...

Dune Shines On Big Screen Despite Hybrid Release

Long-awaited sci-fi update sold $40.1M in tickets

(Newser) - Denis Villeneuve's Dune debuted with $40.1 million in ticket sales in its opening weekend in North America, drawing a large number of moviegoers to see the thundering sci-fi epic on the big screen despite it also being available to stream in homes. Warner Bros. launched the Legendary Entertainment...

'Explosive Diarrhea' Outbreak Halts Slip 'N Slide Show

NBC pauses production after area near set tests positive for giardia

(Newser) - Here are two ideas you'd want to be as far apart as possible: Slip 'N Slide and explosive diarrhea. And in the interest of keeping one away from the other, NBC shut down production on Ultimate Slip 'N Slide, a summer game show featuring a water...

Quiet Place II Opens Big, Hollywood Sighs in Relief

Horror sequel will take in $58M over the long weekend

(Newser) - Moviegoing increasingly looks like it didn't die during the pandemic. It just went into hibernation. John Krasinski's thriller sequel A Quiet Place Part II opened over the Memorial Day weekend to a pandemic-best $48.4 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. Including the Monday holiday, the studio...

SNL Translates Mom-Speak for You
SNL Translates
Mom-Speak for You 
May 12, 2019 7:43 AM CDT

SNL Translates Mom-Speak for You

'Splendid' is really rather complicated and all-encompassing in the UK

(Newser) - President Trump did not escape as the target of Saturday Night Live's latest Cold Open, but the sweeter, funnier bit came during guest-host Emma Thompson's opening monologue. Joined the SNL alums Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the trio proceeded to translate what your mother really means when she'...

Beyonce, Jay-Z Drop Surprise Album
Beyonce, Jay-Z
Drop Surprise Album
Jun 17, 2018 6:12 AM CDT

Beyonce, Jay-Z Drop Surprise Album

And 'Everything Is Love' isn't all love, especially if you're the Grammys

(Newser) - Out of the blue, Beyonce and Jay-Z dropped a joint album that's being described as both unexpected and long-rumored, reports Pitchfork . But Everything Is Love is not all sunshine and rainbows from the duo now going by The Carters, particularly for the Grammys (where Jay-Z went 0-8 at the...

Blue Man Group Settles Royalty Dispute for $3M
Blue Man Group
Will Pay a Guy $3M
Jun 16, 2018 11:00 AM CDT

Blue Man Group Will Pay a Guy $3M

Composer Ian Pai had sought $150 million for damages

(Newser) - Blue Man Group has agreed to pay Ian Pai more than $3 million to settle his claim that he helped the group compose many of its songs and contributed to its success, reports the New York Times . Pai had originally sued the group in 2016 for $150 million in compensatory...

Stan Lee: Company I Founded Stole My Identity

POW! Entertainment scoffs at $1B lawsuit

(Newser) - POW! Entertainment is speaking out against what it says is a lawsuit "completely without merit." It comes, surprisingly, from the company's own co-founder, 95-year-old Stan Lee. Filed Tuesday, the $1 billion suit accuses POW! of a "fraudulent" deal that gave the company "the exclusive right...

This Is Us Meets Trump World on SNL

Sterling K. Brown guest-hosts, spoofs his touchy-feely NBC hit

(Newser) - Emmy-winning actor Sterling K. Brown is having a moment: Promoting the hit Black Panther, the This Is Us star hosted the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, and by all accounts nailed it, reports EW . He spoofed his tearjerker NBC series with one focused on the Trump administration called...

And the Best Picture Goes To ...
No Miscues:
Shape of Water Wins
OSCARS 2018
Mar 5, 2018 5:11 AM CST

No Miscues: Shape of Water Wins

Director Del Toro has a big night

(Newser) - Some said it was nothing more than "masochistic nostalgia," while others predicted it was going to provide the "ultimate Hollywood ending." That would be Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty making a repeat appearance Sunday night to present the award for best picture—after famously announcing the...

Me Too, Time's Up Movements Get Their Oscars Moment
Weinstein's Accusers Take
Center Stage at Award Show
OSCARS 2018
Mar 4, 2018 10:13 PM CST

Weinstein's Accusers Take Center Stage at Award Show

Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciorra, and Salma Hayek appear for tribute to Me Too, Time's Up movements

(Newser) - Jimmy Kimmel referenced Harvey Weinstein in his opening monologue for the 90th Academy Awards, but it got more personal when three of Weinstein's accusers stepped out onto the stage Sunday night to introduce a video montage on gender equality in Hollywood, per People and E! Online . "It's...

Transgender Actress on Oscar First: 'Thank You for This Moment'

Daniela Vega is award show's first openly transgender presenter

(Newser) - Chile's A Fantastic Woman won best foreign language film at the Oscars Sunday night, and its star, Daniela Vega, made her own mark on the Dolby Theatre stage. Per the New York Daily News , the 28-year-old actress became the first transgender presenter at the Oscars, introducing Sufjan Stevens and...

2 Immigrant Stars Stick Up for Dreamers
2 Immigrant
Stars Stick Up
for Dreamers
OSCARS 2018
Mar 4, 2018 8:54 PM CST

2 Immigrant Stars Stick Up for Dreamers

Lupita Nyong'o and Kumail Nanjiani: 'Dreams are the foundation of America'

(Newser) - The fate of Dreamers in the US is still up in the air , but at the Oscars Sunday night, two presenters offered their support to this vulnerable group. Lupita Nyong'o and Kumail Nanjiani took the stage to offer the award for best production design, with Nyong'o deadpanning, "...

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