Andre and Cookie make a power play, Hakeem rides his Hovertrax, and we meet Chris Rock and Marisa Tomei's characters...and Lee Daniels is already thinking about a spinoff.
Granted, it’s May, but when have you ever known Bill Murray to pop up when expected? The revered and eccentric comedian has finally locked down his long-discussed Christmas special with Sofia Coppola sending holiday cheer to Netflix this December with A Very Murray Christmas.
We knew going in that the SNL 40th anniversary special would be chock-full of just about every famous person who has ever walked within spitting distance of 30 Rockefeller Plaza and the opening monologue was quick to make use of this genuinely insane temporary cast of stars. Things got started on the right foot when the always-welcome Steve Martin took the stage ... but then he was joined by Tom Hanks. And then things got really crazy.
33 years after he first made his 'Saturday Night Live' debut in 1981, Prince returned to the live comedy variety show on Nov. 1 to perform an eight-minute medley comprising of three new songs: 'Clouds,' 'Marz' and 'Anotherlove.'
And it will be uninterrupted! Usually the musical guests on Saturday Night Live perform two separate songs at two separate times during the show, but not this weekend, November 1st, 2014. You're in for a treat, eight full minutes of uninterrupted, commercial-free Purple Prince glory!
Chris Rock: Comedian, actor, and now he can add director to his resume with 'Top Five,' a film that had plenty of people talking when it premiered at this year's film festival in Toronto. Paramount wasted no time picking the film up, and it seems like the studio is wasting very little time in getting Rock's very promising directorial debut out there as quickly as possible. Judging by the first trailer, featuring a cast of incredibly funny and talented folks, this is going to be delightful.
Every four years, we in the US go to the polls to elect (or re-elect) a president. And yeah, we know the political ads that seem to run endlessly are a downer, and we know voting itself can be a pain in the ass -- but that doesn't mean we shouldn't take part in the process anyway.
If you haven't already voted, we encourage you to do so. And while you're waiting in what could be very long lines (ta
Here's a mom who will have a great story to tell her kids someday! Her water broke while she was out shopping... and who should be there? Comedian Chris Rock!