'Finding Something Wrong With My Administration Is Like Finding a Needle in a Needle Store'
By Azi Paybarah | March 1, 2010 | 10:42 am
S.N.L. does David Paterson,... READ MORE»
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The Best TV of 2009: Spoiler Alert, it's Mad Men and Everything Else
By Christopher Rosen | December 29, 2009 | 2:15 pm
Maybe we're being a bit finicky, but we have a problem with critics around the interwebs hailing 2009 as one of the strongest years for television in recent memory. Quite the contrary: from where we sit, this year felt decidedly weak. Perennial favorites, like Lost and How I Met Your Mother, were saddled by disappointing seasons (specifically Lost; even as rabid fanboys, we were underwhelmed by the events of season five). Critical darlings, like... READ MORE»
James Franco to Host SNL Again
By Molly Fischer | December 17, 2009 | 10:54 am
New York's favorite permanent grad student and performance artist will host Saturday Night Live this... READ MORE»
Saturday Night Hives: How a Wart Ruined My Windows
By Simon Doonan | November 17, 2009 | 2:54 pm
What a week! Or, should I say, “Wart a week!” Yes, a horrid wart! In full view of my public? Can you believe? That’s what I get for trying to avoid the H1N1 virus. What the hell am I talking about? I’ll explain all about Mr. Wart in just a moment. First, let’s talk about something more uplifting and... READ MORE»
Items! David Remnick Scores Blago, S.N.L. Makes More Blind Jokes
By | September 25, 2009 | 6:16 pm
Talk of the Town is over-pegging, say the Shadow Editors. That Google books settlement is... READ MORE»
Kristen Wiig Buys Veggie-Friendly $1.5 Soho Co-op
By Max Abelson | August 6, 2009 | 1:22 pm
It's a well-known law of downtown New York City real estate that whenever one comedian or model or TV director moves out of his apartment, another one moves in nearby immediately. So it shouldn't be that surprising that a deed filed in city records Thursday showed that Saturday Night Live star Kristen Wiig bought a Soho co-op at Broadway and Broome Street from Mad Men and Sopranos director Alan... READ MORE»
SNL Songstress Tries Serious Acting
By Sara Vilkomerson | May 26, 2009 | 7:13 pm
Sitting in a quiet corner of the Mercer Hotel recently, Saturday Night Live alumna Maya Rudolph, curls demurely pinned back, was dressed in a soft pink sweater over a black dress that just barely showed the swell of her second pregnancy with her long-term partner, Paul Thomas Anderson, the director of There Will Be Blood. “I will be ordering breakfast throughout the day,” she... READ MORE»
Tom Hanks Needs a Challenge
By Christopher Rosen | May 18, 2009 | 2:19 pm
We had the unfortunate displeasure this weekend of sitting through Angels & Demons, Ron Howard’s tone-deaf anti-thriller that plods along for more than two hours before ultimately amounting to nothing (that Angels & Demons is a marked improvement on The Da Vinci Code should be all you need to know about the previous film). After the umpteenth faux-cliffhanger—Will another kidnapped Cardinal get brutally killed? Tune in three minutes from now!—we started to notice something... READ MORE»
Advocates for the Blind on S.N.L.'s Paterson Skit
By Jimmy Vielkind | May 11, 2009 | 12:26 pm
ALBANY—Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live aired another skit making fun of David Paterson's blindness. The last time, Paterson expressed, in a public statement, a mix of sadness and disapproval. Today happens to be Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day, and advocates have set up tables in the atrium of the Legislative Office Building. I approached three people from the American Council of the Blind and asked for their thoughts. "It's Saturday Night Live, this is what they're... READ MORE»
Advocates for the Blind on S.N.L.'s Paterson Skit
By Jimmy Vielkind | May 11, 2009 | 12:04 pm
ALBANY—Over the weekend, Saturday Night Live aired another skit making fun of David Paterson's blindness.... READ MORE»
Economic Crisis: Where Can President Find an Adviser Who Gives Good Television?
By Felix Gillette | March 31, 2009 | 4:00 pm
Not long ago, President Barack Obama finally got around to filling three of the top jobs at the Treasury Department that had been vacant since his inauguration. But even afterward, one top financial job was left conspicuously unfilled—namely, the role of Economic Surrogate in... READ MORE»
Bernie Madoff Pleads Guilty; Heads Off to Prison
By Matt Haber | March 12, 2009 | 12:04 pm
As you probably already know, Bernard Madoff is heading to... READ MORE»
Dear Lorne Michaels: Hire JT!
By Christopher Rosen | March 9, 2009 | 10:45 am
Given that Saturday Night Live will celebrate its 35th anniversary later this year, we doubt Lorne Michaels needs any advice from us about how to run a successful show. However, after watching this weekend's mostly harmless episode hosted by the charming Dwayne Johnson—note to studios: put him in a musical comedy co-starring Anne Hathaway post haste—we have a small suggestion: make Justin Timberlake a recurring cast member.... READ MORE»
The Lonely Island Gets On a Boat, Releases Album
By Christopher Rosen | February 11, 2009 | 8:24 am
When he first became a cast member on Saturday Night Live, Andy Samberg was easy to dismiss as nothing more than the watered down love child of Adam Sandler and Jimmy Fallon. Hell, his name even sounded like "Sandler"! (We can't be the only ones who called him "Andy Sandler" during his first year, can we?) But something happened before everyone could type cast Mr. Samberg into irrelevancy: he found a niche. While no... READ MORE»
Super Bowl XLIII Recap: One Good Quarter, One Good Commercial, One Michael Cera in a Loincloth
By Christopher Rosen | February 2, 2009 | 8:28 am
That turned out to be quite a game, huh? After nearly putting us to sleep through the first three quarters, Super Bowl XLIII lived up to its moniker with a fourth quarter that will most certainly be described as "for the ages." Meanwhile, from a viewing standpoint, the coverage was bloated, distended and rough around the edges. … Y'know, a typical Super Bowl. The highlight of the three-hour pregame show, Matt Lauer's interview with... READ MORE»
