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CTV News
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Regina Poet & Artist launches new Sketches
Regina Poet & Artist launches new Sketches In honour of pride month, Regina Poet and Artist Zachari Logan launches a new collection of sketches and essays . Get to know more about his projects here.
Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
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
The Independent
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Roald Dahl sketches sell for almost £24,000 at auction
Original drawings by Roald Dahl which were found in an envelope have sold for almost £24,000. The collection of sketches were produced by Dahl in black ball point pen for his memoir, Boy (1984), in which he describes his experience of growing up. They were found in an envelope marked 'Dahl's drawings & odds and sods', which belonged to Ian Craig (1944-2023), art director at the author's publishing firm, Jonathan Cape, in London. Mr Craig, who died in 2023, created the final illustrations for the book, inspired by Dahl's drawings. The sketches were auctioned as part of the production archive from the late Mr Craig's estate and sold for £23,940 when they went under the hammer at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on Wednesday. Dominic Somerville-Brown, Lyon & Turnbull's rare books & manuscripts specialist, said: 'This archive is unique in the Roald Dahl canon – it's very rare to find material by his own hand. 'This is reflected in the price achieved which also demonstrates the enduring popularity of his children's stories 35 years after his death.' Dahl died in 1990 aged 74 and Boy is the only book which he produced illustrations for during his career of almost five decades. In the book, he writes about his childhood exploits, including playing a prank with his friends on the local sweetshop owner, Mrs Pratchett, by putting a dead mouse in a gobstopper jar. To accompany the story, Dahl drew a mouse lying on top of the sweets with its legs in the air. The collection of sketches was bought by a single buyer who wished to remain anonymous. A collection of rare manuscripts from Kilravock Castle, near Nairn in Highlands, also went under the hammer on Wednesday. It included a selection of letters and documents signed by Mary Queen of Scots, her father, James V, son, James VI and I, and mother, Mary of Guise. The collection sold for £124,614 to a number of different buyers as part of Lyon & Turnbull's Books & Manuscript auction. Described as one of the most important collections of historical Scottish manuscripts ever offered for sale, it included a letter from Mary, Queen of Scots to the Laird of Kilravock, appointing him Sheriff for Inverness and dated September 26 1565. The letter, signed by both the Queen ('Marie R.') and her then husband, Henry Stewart, Earl of Darnley ('Henry R.') sold for £15,120. Another of her letters, again signed jointly by the pair, in which they remove the charge of Inverness Castle from the Laird of Kilravock and give it to the Earl of Huntly, dated October 9 1565, went for £11,340. A group of five letters from her mother, Mary of Guise, sold for £6,930. Cathy Tait, head of books & manuscripts at Lyon & Turnbull, said: 'We are absolutely delighted with the results of the archive from Kilravock Castle. 'There was a great deal of interest from a wide range of collectors, both private and institutional.' 'The documents sold today comprise a range of very old and important items, illuminating Scotland's history, and we are pleased that they have found good homes.' All prices include buyer's premium.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Roald Dahl's sketches for memoir sell at auction for £24,000
Original sketches done by children's author Roald Dahl for his memoir have sold for nearly £24, who was born in Llandaff, Cardiff, produced the sketches in black ballpoint pen for the book Boy, which was published in his almost five-decade long career, these are the only book sketches he ever sold in Edinburgh for £23,940 as part of Lyon & Turnbull's books and manuscripts sale on Wednesday. In the book, Dahl - who moved to Buckinghamshire and died in 1990 at the age of 74 - wrote about his childhood exploits, including playing a prank with his friends on the local sweetshop owner, Mrs Pratchett, by putting a dead mouse in a gobstopper jar. To accompany this tale, Dahl drew a mouse lying on top of the sweets with its legs in the drawings were found in an envelope which belonged to the late Ian Craig, from Ipswich, who was art director at the author's publishing firm, Jonathan Cape, in sketches were sold as part of the production archive from Mr Craig's estate and included Mr Craig's own designs, as well as the publisher's original page layouts and Somerville-Brown, Lyon & Turnbull's rare books and manuscripts specialist said: "This archive is unique in the Roald Dahl canon – it's very rare to find material by his own hand."This is reflected in the price achieved which also demonstrates the enduring popularity of his children's stories 35 years after his death."
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Mike Myers went into depression when SNL sketches were cut
Mike Myers used to "go into a depression" if his sketches were cut from Saturday Night Live. The 62-year-old star was a writer on the comedy series from 1989 to 1995 and has made occasional appearances over the years since, and he hated the dress rehearsal before the live show because it left him feeling "nervous" and deeply unhappy if his skits didn't make it through to the final programme. He told Variety: "Dress rehearsal bums me out and I get nervous. Then if the sketch gets in, I'm like, 'OK!' I'm way more psyched that it got in, that I'm going to be in the show this week.' 'I used to go into a depression when my sketch got cut." However, the Austin Powers star learned a new perspective from Conan O'Brien, who was one of Saturday Night Live's writers from 1988 to 1991. He said: "Then one week, Conan had worked with a very, very hard host who had put him through the wringer. "Conan was just a mess and saw that a sketch was cut and he goes, 'Perfect. It's all going perfectly to plan.' It got a big laugh, and I was like, 'You can be that way? You don't have to be depressed?' "He taught me how to say, 'OK. It's not the end of the world.'' And Mike insisted he wouldn't have tried to fight for an axed sketch to be included. He said: 'Never. I have witnessed people try it. That's when I go invisible. Too much tension! The captain has spoken, move on.' But he has fought for certain jokes, though these days he'd go with the judgement of showrunner Lorne Michaels. He said: 'When I was younger as a writer, if Lorne Michaels asked, 'Do you think you can make that work?' I'd say, 'Yes, I think I can.' Whereas now I think I'd be more likely to say, 'If you're not sure, let's not!'' Mike returned to SNL for the 50th anniversary special earlier this year, and less than two weeks later, he made his first appearance on a regular episode in 10 years when he played Elon Musk in the cold opener. And the Wayne's World star is having "so much fun" playing the billionaire businessman. He said: 'It's so much fun. Colin [Jost] and the crew write the Elons, and all I do is I add a little this and a little that, and mostly, I cut. A lot of people don't like to cut. I love to cut. "If you've got eight jokes, three of them are OK and the five of them are strong, let's just go with the five! 'I've had so much fun doing it. When I did the 50th anniversary, I had a moment going, 'Do I know how to do this?' And I was like, 'Oh, of course, I know how to do this. I did this for six years.' "
