‘SNL’ cold open: Andy Samberg, Jim Gaffigan, Dana Carvey join Maya Rudolph
“Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 50th season ready to take on the 2024 presidential campaign, and it finally revealed who was tapped to play…
‘Only Murders in the Building’ Season 4 pokes fun at Hollywood
Who would have imagined that we’d be seeing a fourth season of “Only Murders in the Building,” premiering Tuesday on Hulu? The people who made…
Solving Steve Martin doesn’t take that much guesswork
Steve Martin had a bit of a scare this morning. It wasn’t “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels calling to ask him to play Minnesota’s…
This season’s actors who sing, singers who act
Actors who sing, singers who act: Hollywood’s entertainment-industrial complex is strewn with false starts from would-be hyphenates tempted by success in one field to try…
Steve Martin’s out on playing Tim Walz. Jim Gaffigan, you’re up
It’s a warm(ish) afternoon, not too bad for August, though I’m sure we’ll hear the dog days barking again soon enough. Which is probably why…
Comedian, actor and painter Martin Mull was always right for the job
For anyone lucky enough to have experienced the long arc of his career, the death of droll, dry, deadpan Martin Mull, Thursday at 80, feels…
Federal monitor: NYC should be held in contempt for Rikers Island jail violence
Rikers Island correctional facility in New York where a federal monitor has found the jail to be "patently unsafe" while recommending a federal judge hold…