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Yahoo
6 days ago
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- Yahoo
Save the Dates: Digman! Season 2, Minecraft on Max and More
Rip Digman isn't done digging yet. Andy Samberg's animated comedy Digman! will return for Season 2 on Wednesday, July 9 at 10:30/9:30c on Comedy Central, following an all-new South Park, the network announced on Monday. More from TVLine Every New Scripted Show Confirmed to Premiere in 2025 - Save the Dates! What to Watch This Week: 40+ Premieres, Finales and More Jesse Williams' Amazon Action-Drama Sets Release Date - Also, Watch a Trailer for Hotel Costiera Samberg stars as archaeologist Rip Digman, who embarks on Indiana Jones-style adventures with his student Saltine, voiced by Mitra Jouhari (Clone High). The voice cast also includes Tim Robinson, Melissa Fumero and Tim Meadows. Co-created by Samberg and Neil Campbell (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Digman! debuted in March 2023 with an eight-episode freshman season. Get a first look at Season 2 here: In other recent scheduling news… * A Minecraft Movie will make its global streaming debut on Max Friday, June 20, and then debut on HBO linear Saturday, June 21 at 8/7c. * Tubi has acquired Zero Star: The Cam Ward Story — a docuseries chronicling Cam Ward's journey from overlooked high school quarterback with a single Division I FCS offer to the leader of the Miami Hurricanes and No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft — to premiere in September. * Season 2 of Kiff and Season 1 of StuGo, both of which aired on Disney Channel earlier this year, will begin streaming on Disney+ Wednesday, July 23 and Wednesday, July 30, respectively. * Blumhouse and Universal Pictures' The Woman in the Yard, starring Danielle Deadwyler (Till), Okwui Okpokwasili (Exorcist: The Believer), Peyton Jackson (Nobody's Fool) and Russell Hornsby, will premiere on Peacock Friday, June 27. * Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+, a continuation of the hit series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, premieres Monday, July 21 at 9 am ET on Disney Jr. (and streams all 10 episodes the next day on Disney+). Check out the new theme song: Best of TVLine 'Missing' Shows, Found! Get the Latest on Ahsoka, Monarch, P-Valley, Sugar, Anansi Boys and 25+ Others Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More
UPI
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Animated comedy 'Digman!' Season 2 gets trailer, July premiere date
June 16 (UPI) -- Comedy Central released a trailer for Season 2 of adult animated adventure comedy Digman!, which premieres on the network July 19. The trailer, released Monday, teases the further adventures of archaeologist Rip Digman (voiced by Andy Samberg) and supporting cast Saltine (Mitra Jouhari), Swooper (Tim Robinson), Agatha (Dale Soules), Zane (Guz Khan), Bella (Melissa Fumero) and Quail Eegan (Tim Meadows). "The half-hour animated series is set in a world where archaeologists are massive celebrities and the coolest people on the planet," the official synopsis reads. Season 1 of Digman! is now streaming on Paramount+ and Comedy Central Video On Demand. Season 2 premieres July 9 at 10:30 p.m. EDT on Comedy Central.
San Francisco Chronicle
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Alamo Drafthouse to open its two largest theaters in the Bay Area
Monsters and robots are invading the South Bay. But don't be alarmed — it's part of the largest expansion in the 28-year history of the Alamo Drafthouse. The Austin-based dine-in movie theater chain, acquired last year by Sony Pictures, is scheduled to open venues at San Antonio Center in Mountain View on Monday, June 16, and at Westfield Valley Fair in Santa Clara on June 23. Each will debut with three 'training days' to get staff acclimated. The soft opening features 25% off food and nonalcoholic beverages. The first week's lineup at each theater includes big summer movies such as ' How to Train Your Dragon, 'Elio,' '28 Years Later,' ' Materialists,' 'F1' and 'M3gan 2.0,' as well as special programming. Tickets are on sale now at (Pro tip: To find your desired theater location, you must first select which movie you want to see — the easiest way is to click on the calendar.) Opening day at Mountain View includes a sing-along movie party of ' Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping ' (2016), which features Berkeley natives Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, aka the Lonely Island. Alamo, which now has three Bay Area locations after opening San Francisco's New Mission location a decade ago, is taking over theaters previously operated by ShowPlace Icon, which closed both venues last summer after its parent company, Kerasotes Theatres, shut down after 115 years in business. The new theaters will become the largest in the chain's history. The Valley Fair location (2855 Stevens Creek Blvd., Suite 2160) occupies 62,228 square feet on two levels, while its Mountain View space (2575 California St., Suite 99), takes up 50,700 square feet on two levels. Each has 10 screens, with the biggest three featuring Barco 4K laser projection with Dolby Atmos audio. 'We see a ton of potential in these spaces,' said John Smith, Alamo's West Coast marketing director during a preview at the Mountain View location last month. 'We know we've got a mix that works, and we know that we understand this market from our experience in San Francisco, and that we can really elevate the bones of what was set up here into something pretty special.' About those monsters and robots. Alamo Drafthouse is famed for decorating its theater lobbies with specially themed displays attached to special programming — the New Mission currently has ' The Phoenician Scheme Immersive Experience,' in celebration of Wes Anderson's latest movie, through June 20. Mountain View will be decked out in a robotics-themed design, complete with a specialty bar called Dumbots, and include programming such as James Cameron's ' Terminator ' films, Stanley Kubrick's ' 2001: A Space Odyssey ' and 'Dr. Strangelove,' as well as other classics such as ' Blade Runner,' ' Alphaville ' and ' WarGames.' Meanwhile, Japanese kaiju monsters will greet moviegoers at Valley Fair, which is scheduled to feature four weeks of Toho classics that include 'Destroy All Monsters,' 'Godzilla vs. Hedorah,' 'Gamera: Super Monster' and 'Mothra.' 'We definitely want to just throw some stuff on the wall and see what sticks and see if the audience is responsive,' said Jake Isgar, Alamo's head of alternative and specialty programming. 'We also want to explore what's worked in this market, like South Asian cinema — Telugu, Hindi and Bollywood cinema.' Scott Dunaway, who helped set up Valley Fair and ran Mountain View while with ShowPlace ICON, returns as Mountain View general manager for Alamo. He expects the South Bay locations to be popular for private events as well. 'We do events all the time in San Francisco,' said Dunaway, who has been in the industry for 33 years. 'Even in a slow month, we might do eight to 10 events ranging from a $3,000 event up to a $70,000 event, depending on what the client needs. That's all going to be available here and we're gonna be able to do it on a large scale.' To handle all this, the two theaters combined will provide up to 350 jobs. Hiring for both theaters continues at The staff buildout comes after Alamo announced layoffs across the chain in January. At last month's preview event, it was stressed that Alamo was determined to get both theaters open for what could be a bounce-back box office summer, and that while both are scheduled to open at venue capacity and with a full kitchen and bar — including 24 beers on tap — there will be ongoing remodeling and tweaking through the end of the year. 'We want people to come in and feel like it's more than just watching a movie,' said Mike Sampson, Alamo's director of field marketing. 'Obviously we have our bar and we have a full menu but then also we get to do really fun new and different things.'
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Seth Meyers Once Vomited from Laughing So Hard About 'This' Lonely Island Song
Seth Meyers says he once laughed so hard from a Lonely Island song that he threw up The late-night host revealed this anecdote during the May 20 episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast The song in question? "Mona Lisa," the diss track dedicated to the classic Renaissance paintingSeth Meyers thought this Lonely Island song was sick. During the May 20 episode of The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, the talk show host chatted with The Lonely Island members Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer (Jorma Taccone was not present) about the satirical song "Mona Lisa" that was cut from the 2016 movie Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. At the start of the episode, Meyers, 51, mentioned how bummed he was to miss out on Dennis Franz appearing on the previous podcast episode to chat about NYPD Blue. "I kinda couldn't believe you guys talked about Dennis Franz for that long and didn't mention that the Dennis Franz line is the hardest I've ever laughed at a Lonely Island [song]," Meyers said of "Mona Lisa," adding that he thinks about the song "all the time." "I'm really happy sometimes because the run of lyrics that starts, 'I'm an American,' is maybe my favorite series of lines," he continued. is now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! "I'm an American man/this is my native land/Where no one lies about paintings/But that's not the case in France/Where the naked ladies dance/And they look like Dennis Franz," Samberg's Conner4Real sings in the diss track dedicated to the Leonardo da Vinci painting. "You, I think, more than anyone I know like that song," Samberg, 46, said, "And people like that song but you like it — it maybe is your favorite of our songs." The late-night host also noted that his admiration of the song also ties into the first time he heard it with then-Saturday Night Live producer Mike Shoemaker. "The lore about 'Mona Lisa' is that you sent it to Shoemaker and I. We were in my office, and we laughed so hard that I threw up and he farted," Meyers said. "I literally started choking and threw up into my trash can, and he farted." Though Meyers' favorite Lonely Island track didn't make it to the movie itself, it is part of the soundtrack. The Lonely Island came to be during Samberg, Schaffer and Taccone's tenure on Saturday Night Live starting in 2005. The Grammy-nominated group is known for hits including "Motherlover," "Dick in a Box," "Lazy Sunday," "I'm on a Boat," "Like a Boss" and "I Just Had Sex." The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! They won an Emmy Award in 2007 for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for their video "Dick in a Box." Lady Gaga and Samberg sang a soulful rendition of the song during the SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert special at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in February. Read the original article on People
The Guardian
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Saturday Night Live: the 10 best sketches from the 50th season
This was a massive season for Saturday Night Live, which celebrated 50 years on air. Along with two huge specials – a musical celebration and the big primetime anniversary show – it was also an election year. The season was loaded from start to finish with returning cast members and huge guest stars. You'd think this would translate into a truly memorable run of episodes, but alas, that wasn't the case with a season that was as choppy as any over the past decade. Which isn't to say there was nothing good; as with every season, there were any number of sketches that got a lot of attention and laughs. Sometimes more the former than the latter – see the mega-popular Domingo sketches starring Marcello Hernández, which, let's face it, only went viral because each of them co-starred a pop princess with a huge stan army. But others were legitimately hilarious. The early part of the season saw the return of Andy Samberg, who was cast as would-be first dude Doug Emhoff. Those sketches are practically unwatchable now thanks to how the election shook out, but luckily, Samberg teamed up with his Lonely Island boys for a couple of brand-new digital shorts. The first and best was Sushi Glory Hole, in which he and Akiva Schaffer pitch their totally 'not weird' business idea for sushi-sized holes in bathroom walls where hungry subscribers can be fed 'shockingly high-grade fish', assuming they don't drunkenly stumble into the wrong stall and get a mouthful of something different, as Mikey Day's unsuspecting club-goer learns the hard way. The best election sketch saw the return of gleefully sadistic game show What's That Name?. A passionate liberal contestant (John Mulaney) warns that this is the most important election in American history, just as he did in 2020. Now, less than eight years later, he can't recall the name of Hillary Clinton's running mate Tim Kaine, who shows up in person to ask the titular question. Kaine is not only game for poking fun at himself (particularly his resemblance, in more ways than one, to then current Democratic VP nominee Tim Walz), he also plays a wonderful sad sack. I'd go so far to say that of all the major presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the last five election cycles, he's the most comedically gifted. Speaking of elections, Saturday Night Live had Kate McKinnon as Clinton come out and perform Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah during the post-election cold open in one of the most wretched and embarrassing moments in the series' history. They managed to avoid that this time around, although at the start of the post-inauguration episode, it seemed as though they were about to go down a similarly cringy path: dressed in his Hamilton garb, Lin-Manuel Miranda starts to rap about American democracy, only to be brutally cut off by a victorious Trump (James Austin Johnson). Everyone is forced to stand still and silent while Trump rambles on. The best bits are directed at Miranda: 'Look at Lin. He got tricked into coming here and now he's frozen on stage. Oh, he's furious … look how bad he wants to do a rap. He wrote a whole rap and he doesn't get to do it. Oh, the audience would have eaten that right up.' The rare case where modern SNL had its finger on the cultural pulse, recognizing that the age of liberal optimism as represented by Hamilton is dead as the man himself. The big 50th anniversary special brought out just about every cast member still living and gave a number of the big guns their own spotlight. Adam Sandler got to do a musical tribute to the show where he made his name and, in typical Sandler fashion, it was both funny and sweet. The best part of it was its conclusion, which included a moving tribute to the late Chris Farley and Norm Macdonald, two of the greatest cast members of all time. The segment also earns extra points for being introduced by none other than Jack Nicholson, making his first public appearance in years. If the Sandman's song was the most moving part of the 50th anniversary show, the funniest was, of all things, the in memoriam segment. Tom Hanks came out projecting serious gravitas, before pulling the rug out from everyone to reveal this wasn't a look back at departed cast and crew, but rather all the sketches, jokes and guest stars that 'have aged horribly'. The long list includes all manner of ethnic stereotypes, sexual harassment, child molestation, gay panic, problematic guests, racial slurs and whatever the hell Adrien Brody was doing with his Rasta Man getup. A great bit of self-skewering and a reminder that SNL is still able to push the envelope when it so chooses (see the final entry on this list for an example of such). When Elon Musk made himself into the second most important person in Trump's presidential campaign, it was clear Saturday Night Live would have to get someone to play him. At first, the job went to Dana Carvey, who was in just about every episode of the first half of the season. Despite his talent at celebrity impersonation, his Musk just didn't connect. This all changed post-anniversary show, when the big recurring guest spot, as well as the Musk character, was given to Carvey's Wayne's World co-star Mike Myers. Bringing a lot of personal anger to the part – owing mostly to Trump and Musk's proposed plan to annex his native Canada – his version of the tech oligarch is much more specific and, more importantly, meaner. Myers was unafraid to mock Musk's grating verbal and physical tics. The impression occasionally leans a little too much into Myers's Dr Evil persona (a character rumored to be modeled after Lorne Michaels), but regardless, what he nails is that, for all of his wealth and power, Musk is and always will be a try-hard loser. The fact that Musk immediately started crying publicly about the sketch was proof that Myers got it right. Ego Nwodim has been the most underrated member of SNL for years now. Her appearances on Weekend Update are especially strong examples of this, which is why it was so cathartic to watch her finally score a big viral hit with her performance as Miss Eggy, her stand-up persona in Def Jam mode. Auditioning to host the White House correspondents' dinner, her material revolves entirely around food and her sex life ('I see y'all got jicama on the menu – more like, here come another man with another excuse'). Things really get cooking when she invites the audience to shout out non-existent catchphrases, which leads to them yelling 'SHIT!' in unison (during Miss Eggy's return in the season finale, Colin Jost claims this earned an FCC fine). A bravura performance from Nwodim and the funniest the show has been all season. There were a few sketches from the Jon Hamm-hosted episode that might have made this list, including the popular White Lotus parody, but ultimately, this one is just too real to leave off. Hamm and Nwodim star as co-anchors of a business news program for regular Americans living check-to-check. The market turmoil caused by Trump's erratic economic policy means nothing to them, but they're feeling the hurt in other ways: 'Boxed mac and cheese is up 4.5% to $1.59 … big-ass box of Bisquick is up from $2.39 to too damn much … candy bars are up from 'sure, baby,' to 'put that back!'' This is the most relatable and casually brutal bit of political satire the show has done in ages. Also, Hamm and Nwodim have excellent chemistry together, as highlighted by their spontaneous and sarcastic rendition of En Vogue's My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It). In comedy, simple is usually better. This is certainly a lesson current day SNL would do well to remember, as their sketches are often overlong and overstuffed. A great example of the opposite came late this season, courtesy of Day. The set up is extremely simple: he's supposed to join the update desk to discuss the Trump tariffs, but having just walked into a spider web, he thinks there's a spider on him ('I felt it on my skiiiin! On my skiiiin!') and violently freaks out. This feels like something from the early days of SNL. Kudos to Day for his ace pratfalling. As per recent tradition, Weekend Update hosts Jost and Michael Che had to blind read jokes written by one another during the go-home Christmas episode and the season finale. The former saw Jost go viral for delivering a joke about wife Scarlett Johansson's private parts. He extracts some revenge this time around, having Johansson – who hosted the finale – come over to the desk so that Che could apologize face to face, before explaining: 'Mainly, I'm just embarrassed about my own body. I can't even take my hoodie off during sex because I have more nipples than a pregnant dog.' It seems as if Jost has won this round of offensive one-upmanship, until Che gets him to basically say the N-word by way of a long-winded joke involving father-son basketball coaches Steve and Nick Kerr. It's a truly spit-take-worthy bit that would fit right in with that in memoriam bit from the anniversary special.
