No one can ever say Janelle Monae doesn’t know how to demand the stage or give a stellar performance! The songstress made her “Saturday Night…
A reviewer for at least one industry web site thinks that a “Saturday Night Live” skit based on “12 Years a Slave,” and featuring a cameo from a twerking Miley Cyrus, was “off the mark.” In the film, Solomon Northrop (Chewitel Ejiofor) was a free black man who was kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841 […]
“Saturday Night Live” announced this season’s six new cast members, and for the sixth year in a row, none of them were an African American woman – which means Kenan Thompson will have to continue putting on lipstick. But there’s one problem, Kenan says he’s not doing it anymore. When asked what the show would […]
Miley Cyrus will be serving as the host and musical guest for the next episode of “Saturday Night Live,” which means we are prepared for…
Comedian Jay Pharoah is on a noble mission to add black women to the cast of “Saturday Night Live” and already has someone in mind. “They need to pay attention,” Pharoah tells theGrio. “Her name is Darmirra Brunson … Why do I think she should be on the show? Because she’s black first of all, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Like most people who get the chance to host “Saturday Night Live,” Kevin Hart is excited to have the gig. Unlike most hosts, Hart is proving to be complicated. For starters, the 32-year-old comedian-actor doesn’t like making eye contact. When he writes his jokes, he has to do it in a […]
In his second term, President Obama has a new face. On “Saturday Night Live” at least. 24-year-old Jay Pharoah took over the coveted Obama gig from Fred Armisen, who despite not being a man of color, had the gig for Obama’s first term. The Virginia native got to “SNL” through his impersonations of everyone from […]
Samuel L. Jackson’s mouth almost got him and NBC caught up in some FCC trouble. He nearly dropped the ‘F-bomb’ on “Saturday Night Live” the other night, but caught himself and said “fuh” instead. However, he didn’t censor his tongue when he said “bullsh*t” during his appearance. Pretending to be aggravated by getting interrupted as […]
Samuel L. Jackson’s mouth almost got him and NBC caught up in some FCC trouble. He nearly dropped the ‘F-bomb’ on “Saturday Night Live” the other night, but caught himself and said “fuh” instead. However, he didn’t censor his tongue when he said “bullsh*t” during his appearance. Pretending to be aggravated by getting interrupted as […]
When NBC’s franchise comedy sketch show “Saturday Night Live” heads into its 38th season on September 15th, Kenan Thompson will be there. He’s going into his tenth year on the show, which has made stars out of black comedians Eddie Murphy, Tracy Morgan and Maya Rudolph. But he didn’t expect it to last this long […]
NEW YORK (AP) — "Saturday Night Live" has elected a new Barack Obama: Jay Pharoah will take over the plum role of impersonating the president. "SNL" creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels announced the casting switch in an interview with The New York Times posted Wednesday. Michaels said it was time "to shake it up." […]
When NBC’s franchise comedy sketch show “Saturday Night Live” heads into its 38th season on September 15th, Kenan Thompson will be there. He’s going into his tenth year on the show, which has made stars out of black comedians Eddie Murphy, Tracy Morgan and Maya Rudolph. But he didn’t expect it to last this long […]
