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The Best SNL Sketch in a Long Time Just Aired—but Not in the U.S.

SNL UK might be coming for Saturday Night Live’s crown. We might not be in Kansas anymore, but we’re not in Oz, either. Instead, the funniest Saturday Night Live sketch in recent memory—from this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live UK, which featured Wicked’s co-lead, the Nigerian British actress Cynthia Erivo, as the celebrity host—landed us in “LagOz” with its now-viral skit “Nigerian Wicked.” The three-minute video functions as a trailer for a fictionalized Nollywood version of Wicked, where Erivo role-swaps from her usual Elphaba to play Glinda, while SNL UK cast members star as Elphaba and the Wizard, respectively. Of course, the accents and dated costuming reminiscent of throwback Nigerian films are funny in their familiarity, but the humor really lies in the specific Nigerian subversions of Wicked details (“LagOz” being one of the most genius of them). There is a maximalism…

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Elphaba & Glinda are finally gay in Cynthia Ervio's hilarious SNL UK sketch "Nigerian Wicked" - Queerty

Should the Wicked movies have been more gay? Despite the fact that it boasted on ensemble of out superstars—from Cynthia Erivo to Jonathan Bailey to Bowen Yang—the two-part big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical didn’t exactly bring queer representation to Oz itself. But, hey, maybe if they let Elphaba (Erivo) and Glinda (Ariana Grande) embrace their deeper, romantic feelings for each other, audiences might’ve felt more like Wicked: For Good stuck the landing? Well, in a viral sketch from Saturday Night Live UK, they did just that, giving sapphic fans of these frenemies the happy ending they wanted all along. In this past weekend’s edition of the Brits’ take on SNL—which has really been hitting its stride this season!—Cynthia Erivo popped by for hosting duties, reminding us all that she has one “wicked” sense of humor. Standout sketch “Nigerian Wicked” reimagined the…

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Durham’s First Fringe Festival Platforms Local Artists Across Town

Halloween weekend is, of course, the perfect time to go out in search of the offbeat and unusual. This year, Durhamites won’t have to look very hard. October 30 marks the first day of the Durham FRINGE Festival, a 10-day festival that will feature 50 performing artists across a sprawling 25 venues, from downtown to Golden Belt and back. There will be dancers in the bars, musicians in the bookstores, and more than one flash mob. This inaugural festival is part of the Carolina Theatre’s year of celebrations, marking 100 years since the venue opened in 1926. There was a moment when the theater almost didn’t make it past 50: In the late 1970s, the theater closed and was nearly demolished, and it is only thanks to volunteers that it remained open and, in the early ’90s, was established as a nonprofit. Theater President and CEO Randy McKay takes this history to heart. Centennial celebrations…

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People Are Confessing Which Beloved Movies They Absolutely Despised, And They Did NOT Hold Back

Who's in it: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, Richard Roxburgh Amazon MGM Studios / Via youtube.com Who's in it: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Carey Mulligan, Richard E. Grant WB / Via warnerbros.com Who's in it: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes, Jake McDorman Sony / Via youtube.com Who's in it: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence Who's in it: Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Florence Pugh, Robert Downey Jr. Benny Safdie, Rami Malek Who's in it: Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, James Hong 20th Century Fox / Via youtube.com Related: "Can You Name These Universally Hated '90s Movie Characters?" Who's in it: Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi Universal / Via youtube.com "That's exactly how I felt about The Odyssey.

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Meet Dana DeRuyck of North Hollywood

Today we’d like to introduce you to Dana DeRuyck. “That was the short version?” Of my life?! Yes, yes, it was. I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?As Sheryl Crow says…

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