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Comedian hopes his volcano show will make audiences erupt with laughter
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (139+ words) Comedian hopes his volcano show will make audiences erupt with laughter'Hawaii Public Radio - On Air Now Playing HPR-1 - News and information - On Air Now Playing HPR-2 - Your home for classical music Comedian hopes his volcano show will make audiences erupt…...
Spinal Tap is back. Director Rob Reiner says they're still dialed up to 11
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (467+ words) In 1984, the groundbreaking mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap lampooned heavy metal bands and rock documentaries " and introduced audiences to a new film genre. "What we were doing was not only satirizing heavy metal, we were satirizing the documentary form and…...
SNL's Heidi Gardner and Michael Longfellow are among the stars leaving the show
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1215+ words) As Saturday Night Live nears the end of its summer vacation, a slew of beloved cast members say they've already taken their final bows ahead of the show's 51st season. Performers Michael Longfellow, Devon Walker and Emil Wakim, as well as…...
In 'The Roses,' Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman play a couple at odds
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (1045+ words) Many movies that have been made detail the start of relationships. Those dizzying first moments of love " flirtation and the spark of attraction, first kisses and the will-they-or-won't-they tension of so many romantic comedies. The movie, directed by Jay Roach,…...
'SNL' castmember Bowen Yang shares a piece of 'cultural contraband' from his youth
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (484+ words) For Bowen Yang, joining SNL as a writer in 2018, and then becoming a castmember the following year, was the fulfillment of a prophesy: during his senior year of high school, Yang had been voted "Most Likely to be on SNL....
Wes Anderson peers into the hollowness of extreme wealth in 'The Phoenician Scheme"
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (535+ words) It's become customary to describe a new Wes Anderson movie as "more of the same," but it says something about the sheer richness of his visual imagination that he can make two movies set in roughly the same era that…...
Comedians will celebrate Conan O'Brien at the Kennedy Center on Sunday. Will they take on Trump?
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (201+ words) The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., where the annual event takes place, has been in upheaval. President Trump rid the Kennedy Center's board of its Democratic appointees. He ousted both board chair David Rubenstein and president…...
COMIC: Still cringing about that awkward moment? Here's what to do about it
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (131+ words) Experts demystify the science of awkwardness " and explain how to reduce the emotional intensity of mortifying flashbacks (like that one time you called your teacher "Mommy"). So you've done something absolutely cringey. How do you deal with the embarrassment and…...
The SNL 50th anniversary special: What worked and what didn't
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (898+ words) How much you enjoyed Sunday night's prime-time special celebrating the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live probably depended on how seriously you take SNL to begin with. If all you expected was a diverting, nostalgia-filled evening where former cast members and…...