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Michael Keaton is stepping once again to the Saturday Night Live stage this coming Saturday, April 4. It'll be Keaton's third time hosting the iconic sketch show, and he's doing so because of that little known film Birdman he did last year. You know, the one which one the Oscar for Best Picture. The film leaves many comedy fans excited for Keaton's return to SNL. And to celebrate (and get us all pumped), the show just dropped the promos... Accompanied by key player – and once-upon-a-time Weekend Update anchor Cecily Strong – Keaton hams up his Batman (not Birdman) fame and even partakes in some absurdist bits. Read More »
It's happening folks! Despite delivering an oh, so awkward appearance on the famed Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special, Eddie Murphy is set to prove to the world that he is still one of the funniest guys around. Therefore, the comedian has signed on to host an episode of SNL sometime next month. Murphy was undoubtedly one of the guys who saved Saturday Night Live back in the 80s; he eventually (and quickly) blew up to become one of the most famous names to come out of the show. But as the years went on we started seeing less and less of him - perhaps as the movies became less and less enjoyable. Read More »
After comedian John Mulaney’s FOX series Mulaney was canceled, the world of comedy was left with a heavy void needing to be filled. Luckily, it’s being reported that former Saturday Night Live player, and co-star of the now defunct FOX show, Nasim Pedrad, will be filling out holes – we mean voids. Anyway, word has it that the comedian has nabbed a dea with FOX to write, star and create her own series. Read More »
Last night's episode of Saturday Night Live certainly didn't disappoint––and it looks like it had nothing to do with host Chris Hemsworth's looks. Okay, maybe it did a little bit. Okay, a lot... but the NBC sketch series' Empire skit definitely helped quite a bit. Taking on the famed Terrence Howard FOX series – an instant hit for the network – SNL decided to add a little bit of color to the show, particularly with a white guy character played by the one and only Thor star. Read More »
It only took 40 years but China is finally making their own version of Lorne Michaels famed Saturday Night Live. In partnership with Sohu.com Inc., Michaels’ Broadway Video Entertainment will grab a lineup of Chinese comedians and put together a live music and sketch comedy series, replicating the one that has been housed at 11:30 p.m. on NBC since 1975. Read More »
Looks like not everyone was thrilled with Dakota Johnson's appearance on last night's Saturday Night Live. Not necessarily because of her actual performance, of course. We're actually speaking of a certain sketch that has now caused a Twitter outrage online. In a father-daughter commercial parody, SNL player Taran Killam played a father dropping off his daughter, who was played by host and 50 Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson, at the airport. The sketch mocks the very same Toyota car commercial in which a father brings his newly enlisted daughter to the airport. In this bit, however, the daughter does not head inside, and she's not in the army. Instead, she catches a ride from someone else––ISIS. Which, as you might guess, is where the outrage came. The sketch left many viewers feeling that the legendary NBC sketch show crossed the line. Read More »
We may have recently seen veteran comedian Jerry Seinfeld on Saturday Night Live’s 40th anniversary episode, where he performed in a hilarious segment alongside Seinfeld co-creator Larry David, but now we can rejoice because he’s dropped another Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Single Shot. In this newest video, Seinfeld and the likes of Ricky Gervais, Bill Burr, and more, discuss one thing and one thing only: Hitler. Read More »
Above Average's hit web series Sound Advice starring Saturday Night Live's very own Vanessa Bayer – which now has a home on IFC's Comedy Crib – has just dropped a new video with guest "Weird Al" Yankovic. The new episode comes just after SNL released their 40th anniversary special. And in this newest piece from Janessa Slater (Bayer's character), the comedian discusses the success of Yankovic's newest album Mandatory Fun as well as the shock that he had a Grammy nomination. The two also joked about the fact that he's not a "legit musician" because he's never been addicted to drugs or alcohol. Read More »
All we can say is it’s about time comedian Colin Quinn got his own series … just saying. The famed comic and former Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor just dropped the premiere for his new web series Cop Show, which is now on L/Studio. The video came just after Quinn’s appearance on SNL’s legendary 40th anniversary show. And if that weren’t enough to grab your interest … how about if we told you Quinn’s friend and fellow comedian Jerry Seinfeld appeared on the episode? Well, he does… Read More »
Anyone who watched this past Sunday’s Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special is well aware that the show was a star-studded event filled with some of the biggest names in comedy, TV, film and music. And as great as the show was, the after party proved to be even better. How do we know? Well, The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon told a lengthy (yet totally entertaining) tale of the evening’s happenings. One that included Eddie Murphy’s iconic SNL return, his time inadvertently emceeing the after party and what it was like jamming with Sir Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift on “Shake It Off.” Read More »
Kanye West is popping up out of his chair everywhere these days. "MStars News" previously reported that the rapper once again pulled his 2009 Taylor Swift stage interruption on rocker Beck, but quickly went back to his chair at the Grammys. Now it seems that Kanye pulled his infamous stunt on the "SNL 40" anniversary show. According to "USA Today," Kanye and the "Today" show was in on the joke, as Kim Kardashian's husband interrupted co-hosts Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Carson Daly and Al Roker. He was also shut down by "Wayne's World." Read More »
Last night’s Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special was an undoubted success. It was hilarious, entertaining and a total feel good piece of material – not to mention nostalgic. No matter the word you choose to describe it, the idea of getting all of those talented individuals, many of whom started on the famed NBC sketch show, into one room was undeniably legendary. And being that it was a live show, it just meant that anything could happen. And, well, anything did happen. With funny moment after funny moment occurring every few seconds, we here at MStars News couldn’t help but notice that there were several awkward moments from the legendary night. And wouldn’t you know it, we’ve decided to run down a list of the top 5 awkward moments from last night’s SNL anniversary special. Read More »
If you tuned into the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary special earlier tonight then you were undoubtedly aware of the incredible amount of names who took to the famed stage – or just sat in the audience – at NBC's 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Needless to say, it was filled with talent! Some have even said it was the Woodstock of comedy. And after watching, it's hard to disagree. Read More »
