Shelley Duvall, Known for The Shining and Robert Altman Films, Dead at 75

 Posted on June 12, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  295 words  |  Zora Stowers

Shelley Duvall, known for her roles as the terrified wife in The Shining and in a number of Robert Altman films, is dead at 75. The actor died in her sleep of complications from diabetes at her Blanco, Texas, home, her partner, Dan Gilroy, told The Hollywood Reporter. “My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us,” Gilroy said. “Too much suffering lately, now she’s free. Fly away, beautiful Shelley. [Read More]

Sheryl Crow Wont Let Drake Disrespect Pac, Either

 Posted on June 12, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  232 words  |  Sherie Connelly

Just days after Kendrick Lamar popped out and danced on Drake’s proverbial grave at his Juneteenth concert in Los Angeles, a woman from Kennett, Missouri, is echoing the Compton rapper’s sentiments. In a June 21 interview with the BBC about the horrors of AI-generated music, country icon Sheryl Crow said that Drake’s resurrection of Tupac’s voice for his Kendrick-directed diss “Taylor Made Freestyle” was particularly terrifying and “hateful” even. [Read More]

Shock and Awe Undercuts Its Own Great Story

 Posted on June 12, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  679 words  |  Aldo Pusey

James Marsden and Rob Reiner in Shock and Awe. As frequently as the attacks of September 11, 2001, have been reenacted or invoked in the last two decades of film, there has been an unspoken agreement, clung to with near-superstitious fervor, that they cannot be movied. Paul Greengrass’s United 93 was perhaps the first notable film to depict one aspect of the physical business of 9/11 front and center; it was lauded at the time, and to this day, for its realism and lack of “Hollywood aggrandizement. [Read More]

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 Posted on June 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  28 words  |  Aldo Pusey

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Simon Rich Reimagines a Classic Joke for The New Yorker

 Posted on June 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  79 words  |  Sherie Connelly

Author, former SNL writer, and creator of the upcoming FXX show Man Seeking Woman Simon Rich wrote a humor piece in The New Yorker called “Guy Walks Into a Bar” that’s a dark yet sweetly hilarious take on the classic 12-inch pianist joke. Just in case you need some extra encouragement, Conan O’Brien tweeted it yesterday and called it “the funniest thing I’ve read in a long time. [Read More]

Slash is With Coco.Even While on Leno

 Posted on June 12, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  237 words  |  Aldo Pusey

Slash was on the Tonight Show last night promoting his new solo album, and so it seemed strange that during his performance of “By the Sword,” there were hardly any close-ups of the top-hatted guitarist (there were more of the singer, Andrew Stockdale, and his weirdly morphed hair-beard). But then we noticed something on Slash’s guitar strap, and squinting, we could just make out a pin … no, it couldn’t be … not on Leno’s show! [Read More]

Sly and the Family Stones Cynthia Dead at 69

 Posted on June 12, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  607 words  |  Elina Uphoff

Cynthia Robinson. Cynthia Robinson, Sly and the Family Stone’s co-founder and trumpeter, has succumbed to a battle with cancer. The news was posted on the musician’s Facebook page Tuesday. She was 69. “She covered a lot of ground,” Stone saxophonist Jerry Martini told Billboard, of his longtime bandmate. “She was the first female trumpet player and the first African-American trumpet player in [the] Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She wasn’t in the back. [Read More]

SNL Review: Paul Rudds Anchorman Ad

 Posted on June 12, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1852 words  |  Zora Stowers

The most beloved SNL hosts over the years can make sketch comedy magic with anyone. Justin Timberlake, for example, seemed to hit it off so well with Jimmy Fallon in the early 2000s, but even after Fallon left the show, Timberlake still hosted stellar episodes with whichever lineup of actors and writers happened to be working those seasons. Alec Baldwin is another example – despite being famous for his Scoutmaster and Schweddy Balls bits, Baldwin has never been dependent on any particular writer or cast member to make him look good. [Read More]

SNL Teases Cute Friends Colin Jost and Michael Che for Hosting the Emmys Together

 Posted on June 12, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  164 words  |  Zora Stowers

Two might be better than one. Like, when it comes to snacks or something. But Emmys hosts? “Weekend Update’s” Colin Jost and Michael Che will be hosting this year’s ceremony — was the kid from Champions unavailable, or … — news that one SNL player can’t quite come to terms with yet. “Who made this decision? What did that sound like? Any idea for hosts this year? How about the less entertaining version of Riggs and Murtaugh? [Read More]