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5 hours ago
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Amy Poehler Admits ‘I Misappropriated' with Certain ‘SNL' Sketches: ‘We All Played People' We Shouldn't Have
Amy Poehler knows that certain 'Saturday Night Live' sketches during her time on the series haven't aged well. An 'SNL' cast member from 2001 to 2008, Poehler portrayed public figures such as Japanese artist Yoko Ono and former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during her time at Studio 8H. Now, Poehler has reflected on what she learned from potentially problematic sketches. More from IndieWire 'KPop Demon Hunters' Finds Music That Slays (Monsters) Watch the 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Writers Discuss How They Have Become Experts at 'Pivoting' Poehler said during her 'Good Hang' podcast in the below video that 'getting older and being in comedy is you have to, like, figure out, 'Oh, it's like everything has an expiration date.'' Poehler returned earlier this year to NBC's 'SNL' stage for the 50th anniversary event, which included an 'In Memoriam' segment for such sketches. 'There was even on the 50th, when they had that segment which was like, 'Here's all the ways we got things wrong,' and they showed way inappropriate casting for people,' she said. 'We all played people that we should not have played. I misappropriated, I appropriated…I didn't know.' Poehler added, 'It's very real, and the best thing you can do is make repairs, learn from your mistakes, do better. It's all you can do.' During the 50th anniversary show, Tom Hanks introduced the 'In Memoriam' segment, saying, 'Even though these characters, accents, and let's just call them ethnic wigs were unquestionably in poor taste, you all laughed at them. So if anyone should be canceled, shouldn't it be you, the audience?' Poehler previously recalled being part of the star-studded 'SNL50' special. 'It was a night of famous alumni and people,' Poehler said on the 'Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend' podcast. 'There were so many people that people had to share dressing rooms, so I was sharing my dressing room with Meryl Streep. Just like a fan, I was taking a picture of the door that said my name and 'Meryl Streep,' and it was really cool.' Poehler added '[Meryl Streep] was getting ready for her sketch and really rehearsing it, and I remember thinking, 'I have never rehearsed as hard as Meryl Streep is in this one moment.'' Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie Nicolas Winding Refn's Favorite Films: 37 Movies the Director Wants You to See
Yahoo
6 days ago
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Ariana Grande's Jennifer Coolidge Impression Wasn't the Most-Watched ‘SNL' Sketch of the Season, This Recurring Character Was
After a historic year for 'Saturday Night Live,' the comedy series ranked their most viral sketches from Season 50, and Ariana Grande's performances came out on top. The 'Wicked' star made her presence known at Studio 8H during her press tour for the blockbuster, with three of her sketches cracking the top five most-watched performances of the season. The pop singer's Jennifer Coolidge impression came in as the 4th most-watched sketch of the season. Grande and Chloe Fineman mirrored their impressions of the 'White Lotus' star as they tested out Maybelline's latest lip product. But the recurring sketch that dominated the season was another one of Grande's: 'Domingo.' The Oscar nominee was joined by a cast of bridesmaids to toast the bride with an original song to the tune of Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso.' Grande's ability to sing off-key went viral on social media, leading the cast to bring back the sketch format twice more during the season — once for Charli XCX's episode and a third time during the 50th Anniversary special, featuring Carpenter herself. 'Domingo: Babymoon' was the second-most watched sketch of the season. Another sketch from the 'Thank U, Next' singer that was third most-watched overall was 'Castrati,' in which she plays a young boy who is castrated at eight or nine years old to preserve his falsetto singing voice. Her face of general disgust and horror as Antonio became a meme on social media, gaining traction for the sketch across platforms. Several of Timothée Chalamet's performances also cracked the Top 10 most-watched sketches, including his performance as a barista-in-training and a bungee workout instructor. Here's the full list of the top sketches of 'SNL' Season 50: 'Domingo: Bridesmaid Speech' feat. Ariana Grande 'Domingo: Babymoon' feat. Charli XCX 'Castrati' feat. Ariana Grande 'Maybelline' feat. Ariana Grande 'Mid-Day News 2' feat. Shane Gillis 'Bungee' feat. Timothée Chalamet 'Port Authority Duane Reade' feat. John Mulaney 'New Barista Training' feat. Timothée Chalamet 'Washington's Dream 2' feat. Nate Bargatze 'Shrek: The Musical' feat. Charli XCX The post Ariana Grande's Jennifer Coolidge Impression Wasn't the Most-Watched 'SNL' Sketch of the Season, This Recurring Character Was appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
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A Jovial Jon Hamm Toasts Lorne Michaels at Peabody Awards
A Jovial Jon Hamm Toasts Lorne Michaels at Peabody Awards originally appeared on L.A. Mag. "Yay, me!" said Jon Hamm when he stepped onto the Beverly Wilshire stage in a lighthearted mood at the 85th Peabody Awards on Sunday, June 1."Wait ... Jeez, guys. Alright, here's the deal," he continued. "No one knows this. I'm telling you for the first time. I will never, ever forget the first time I stepped into Studio 8H [at 30 Rockefeller Plaza]. It's the trippiest, weirdest experience you've ever had.""Hosting Saturday Night Live ... before then, I was known as the guy drinking whiskey in a suit. AND I was on Mad Men. Hold for laugh!" he said. "The first table read, this is what happened: I kept expecting Lorne [Michaels] to say, 'You know what? We changed our minds.' I'm not going to do Lorne's voice — everyone's heard it." (Hamm received more laughs.) Hamm continued: "He said, 'Don't worry, if this doesn't work, everyone will blame us.' And that is so Lorne: comforting and totally terrifying all at the same time! But under his leadership, SNL has launched the careers of comedy giants: Belushi, Radner, Murphy, Ferrell, Fey, Wiig, Poehler, Armisen, Molly Shannon, everybody, so many more. SNL gave them a home, and gave us them.""And if you've ever found yourself quoting a line like, 'Wasn't that special?' you've felt the impact, right?" Hamm posed. "The Church Lady sketches were hilarious, but they also revealed to us how we police each other's behavior under the guise of morality. And isn't that right now?" A woman from the crowd called out, "wooh!" Not missing a beat, Hamm pointed into the audience and quipped, "My mom's here!" Then he shook his head and hand. "My mom's dead," he retracted, laughing to himself. "I wish had comedy skills ... I don't!" "Anyway, that has always been the secret sauce of SNL: holding up a mirror and reflecting America's culture to us. Politics, contradictions, all of it, right back at you," Hamm concluded. "Because, yes, SNL is wigs and cue cards and gigs and gags, but it's always something that dares to confront who we really are. And for doing that so well, live, at 11:30 p.m. every Saturday for five decades, this institution honors the institution that is Saturday Night Live!" After a clip, creator and producer of SNL Lorne Michaels took the stage — along with seminal cast members Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen and Molly Shannon — to accept the Peabody Institutional Award. "I don't really deserve this," Michaels began. "But in a way I do.""During SNL 50 this year, all of those people coming back from the first season on, all being in one room and performing and applauding, I think was one of the most moving experiences of my life," Michaels said. "And I'm not planning a 60th," he continued, "but I think that getting to do what I get to do, is everything that makes me happy ... it also makes me angry.""The thing that I want to say about the Peabody — because I have won this before," Michaels added, to laughs. "Is that, when you come to the Peabodys and you walk in, unlike other awards shows, you know you're in the right room. And it's really an honor to be here, so thank you." The winners of the 85th Peabody Awards — which moved to Los Angeles' Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, last year — were pre-announced. See full winners list here. They represented the most captivating and inspiring stories released in broadcasting and streaming media during 2024, and included Andrea Mitchell (Peabody Career Achievement Award honoree), Hiroyuki Sanada (Shōgun), Kerry Washington (Daughters) and Richard Gadd (Baby Reindeer). Other presenters included Anna Kendrick, Kerry Washington, Jurnee Smollett, Linda Perry, Mandy Moore, Marissa Bode, Nava Mau, Randall Park, Stephen Merchant, Uzo Aduba, Van Jones, Jacob Soboroff, Yvonne Orji, and Roy Wood Jr. returned to host the event. This story was originally reported by L.A. Mag on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.
USA Today
26-05-2025
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- USA Today
Kenan Thompson teases 'a lot of change' may be coming to 'SNL'
Kenan Thompson teases 'a lot of change' may be coming to 'SNL' Show Caption Hide Caption SNL turns 50! How Lorne Michaels made comedy cool again. In the decades since its creation, SNL has become a cultural institution for American comedy. Will they stay or will they go? As "Saturday Night Live" fans speculate about which cast members may not return to Studio 8H, Kenan Thompson is teasing change on the horizon. Speaking with Page Six, the "SNL" star, 47, hinted that the show may look different when it resumes in the fall as he reflected that the end of its latest season was "bittersweet." "Especially this year where it feels like there's maybe, possibly, a lot of change next year," he said. "You want everyone to stay forever, knowing that people may be making decisions this summer ... it's always like you want your kids to stay young," Thompson added. It has not been announced which "SNL" cast members may leave the show between seasons. The Season 50 finale, which aired May 17, did not appear to give any of its stars an obvious sendoff, though it did poke fun at the speculation about who might be on their way out. In host Scarlett Johansson's opening monologue, the actress sang that "Sarah is leaving," referring to cast member Sarah Sherman, who then pretended to be distraught and confused as if hearing this for the first time. 'SNL' cold open mocks Trump's Middle East trip, Qatar jet 'pre-bribe' The Season 50 finale also joked about rumors that Colin Jost could leave his position as anchor on "Weekend Update," either to get a promotion or to exit the show entirely. During a joke swap segment, where Jost and co-anchor Michael Che made each other read jokes they wrote for one another, Jost was forced to read a message urging "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels to retire and let him run the show. Michael Che apologizes to Scarlett Johansson for crude 'SNL' joke swap Despite speculation that Michaels might retire from "SNL" after the landmark 50th season, the producer told The Hollywood Reporter last year he would stick around as long as he can. "There's no immediate plan," he said of retirement. Some fans also noticed that "SNL" star Bowen Yang appeared emotional during the finale's closing credits, sparking theories that it could have been his last episode. Yang later told Entertainment Weekly he "was just processing that being one of the last 'last nights' that I would have, and that is a huge thing." But when asked directly if he would return for Season 51, Yang would not say.
NBC News
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
"SNL" star Ego Nwodim sports Crystal Palace shirt after cousin Eberechi Eze leads team to FA Cup win
"Saturday Night Live" cast member Ego Nwodim celebrated the end of the show's historic 50th season the usual way, by socializing on stage in Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center in New York City. She was there with the host, Scarlett Johansson, the musical guest, Bad Bunny, and fellow cast members. But her heart may have been dreaming of celebrations on the other side of the Atlantic. Nwodim made sure cameras captured her upper torso as she sported a Crystal Palace jersey with the name of her cousin, English soccer star Eberechi Eze, on the back. Hours earlier, Eze had helped Palace win the first major trophy in its 120-year professional history, scoring the only goal in the Eagles' 1-0 win over Manchester City in the FA Cup final. In a 2023 interview for the Crystal Palace website, Eze revealed the family relation and said he had given Nwodim one of his jerseys. 'That's my cousin,' he told a team interviewer who asked why an "SNL" cast member had worn his jersey. 'She came down to London and I gave her a shirt. So that's quite sick.' The shirt Nwodim wore Saturday matches the club's third shirt from the 2022/23 season. She has worn it at least one other time on the show. Nwodim and Eze share Igbo Nigerian heritage, with Eze having grown up in his team's backyard of South London and Nwodim in Baltimore. The relatives were both a part of history on Saturday. SNL completed a 50-season run that launched when it was still a hippie showcase featuring folk stars and psychedelic comedy. Eze led his team to a win at a historic place, too — Wembley Stadium.
