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Chris Pratt said he knows exactly where hisParks and Recreationcharacter, Andy Dwyer, would have ended up after the show’s end. Pratt, who played the hapless but lovable Andy for seven seasons on the popular NBC comedy, gave some insight as to where he’d have ended up should the show return for a reboot.

Pratt told Access Hollywood that not only would he be “game” for a Parks & Rec reboot, he also knows that Andy would end up moving to Pawnee’s rival town, Eagleton, and integrate fully into their world. Pratt says Andy would have become a “yuppie” as well as a children’s performer. Read his full quote below.

A reboot? Of course, I’d be game. That was one of the most special seasons of my life, all seven seasons of the show, but that entire era for me, it was so much fun. I love it so much.

In its 50-year history, Saturday Night Live has produced some of the most talented, celebrated, and downright hilarious comedy stars of all time. Name a beloved comedy performer and they most likely have some ties to the NBC late-night sketch series, whether it's as a cast member, a writer, or a frequent host in a league all their own.

After departing SNL and leaving behind a lasting legacy on the show, a lot of the alums and icons go on to star in successful scripted comedy series, like Tina Fey creating and starring in 30 Rock and Amy Poehler heading to Pawnee, Indiana, for Parks and Recreation. The big screen also beckons, and eventually, the biggest SNL stars compile their life stories into humorous tomes.

While there are so many great books about Saturday Night Live and even more written by its endless list of alumni, I'm sharing a collection...

Bill Hader was one of a handful of iconic Saturday Night Live stars that missed the 50th anniversary.

Hader, who was on the NBC show between 2005 and 2013, revealed on Late Night with Seth Meyers it was as a result of his anxiety.

Meyers said, “You were very open and honest after you left SNL, about the anxiety you had when you were working there. Then, for the SNL 50th, I think people were obviously at first disappointed you weren’t coming, but that was the reason. I sort of celebrated your choice.”

Hader revealed that Andy Samberg called him to talk him into doing a sketch about how everybody had anxiety. “When he told me about it, I [said], ‘I don’t know if I want to do that.’ He [said], ‘Why?’ and I’m like, ‘Because I’m anxious’.”

“I was really shaky,” he added before revealing that Bowen Yang took his place in the sketch.

It's always exciting to watch Saturday Night Live's best duos reunite onscreen any chance they get. We love watching Amy Poehler and Tina Fey doing anything together (especially with Maya Rudolph!), Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig riffing in some hilarious bit, and Poehler cracking in-jokes with her pal and Weekend Update partner Seth Meyers. But that's just the tip of the iceberg of amazing SNL duos.

Maybe you missed the exciting news, but we're about to be treated to a Saturday Night Live reunion that's both a long time coming and one we didn't see coming. Two of the most iconic SNL stars, who starred in a film based on one of their most popular sketches, are joining forces once again after over a decade in an upcoming Netflix original comedy series. Who else is already sold?!

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Bill Hader was among the handful of Saturday Night Live alumni who did not attend the show’s 50th anniversary special earlier this year.

And appearing on Late Night With Seth Meyers Tuesday night, Hader and fellow SNL alum Meyers indicated his anxiety, which Hader has been open about having, was responsible for his absence.

“You were very open and honest after you left SNL, about the anxiety you had when you were working there,” Meyers said to Hader on Tuesday’s Late Night. “And then, for the SNL 50th [anniversary], I think people were obviously at first disappointed you weren’t coming, but that was the reason. And I sort of celebrated your choice.”

The SNL50 special even featured a digital short about the prevalence of castmembers having anxiety, which Hader said he was asked to participate in.

“Andy [Samberg] called me and was like, ‘Hey, so we’re doing this short about how,...

Joe Jonas is opening up about how raising two daughters is “so different” from growing up in a family of brothers!

The 35-year-old singer shares two daughters, 4-year-old Willa and 2-year-old Delphine, with his ex-wife Sophie Turner.

On Tuesday (August 5), Joe and his brothers Nick and Kevin appeared on Amy Poehler‘s Good Hang podcast. During the episode, Joe shared a rare insight into raising his daughters!

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“Boys are so different than girls,” Joe said during the episode. “I’ll watch my kids on the playground and it’s, like, delicate. And then this kid will be like, ‘Ahh!’ And dive off the top of the slide. And you’re just like, ‘That is a boy.’”

Host Amy has two sons and she laughed as she agreed with Joe‘s analysis, saying, “Your frontal lobes close later.”

According to Joe his mom was the...

Exclusive: Charlie Hall and Kiarra Hamagami Goldberg have been set as series regulars in the new Apple series Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, from creator and showrunner David J. Rosen.

They join the previously announced cast led by Tatiana Maslany, Jake Johnson and Dolly De Leon.

The half-hour darkly comedic thriller follows Paula (Maslany), a newly divorced mom who falls down a dangerous rabbit hole of blackmail, murder and youth soccer.

Goldberg will play Geri, a fact-checker at a prestigious New York publication.

Hall will play Rudy, a fellow fact-checker and Geri’s work buddy.

Additionally, Johnson plays Paula’s husband, Karl, and De Leon plays Detective Sofia Gonzalez.

Hailing from Apple Studios and Counterpart Studios, the series is written and executive produced by creator and showrunner Rosen, and directed and executive produced by David Gordon Green. The series was developed...

If you’ve been dying to see Elliot Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) still become an item in Law & Order: Svu, sorry that’s not happening anytime soon. Plus, there’s now a new contender who has grand plans to capture Benson’s heart, and it’s not anyone you’d expect. It’s no news that fans have always wanted Benson and Stabler to become romantically involved, considering their palpable connection throughout the years they’ve been partners. The duo partnered up to solve crimes for over a decade on Svu before Stabler exited as a lead after twelve seasons.

During a recent appearance on Today, an iconic pop star who previously gushed about Svu, her favorite show,on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, expressed her interest in portraying the lover of Hargitay’s character. As seen on TikTok, Reneé Rapp, who is taking an unofficial break from acting,...

When the first season of Parks and Recreation was announced, it was advertised as a spin-off of The Office, expected to maintain the quality and feel that the beloved series had. However, as Rotten Tomatoes showed, the series did not have the best start, having a 68% critics rating and a 71% audience rating for its first season. This is surprising, since a potential spin-off of a show like The Office should have easily gained good reviews.

What is even more fascinating is that the series has become iconic over time, boasting an overall score of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes. With this, one cannot help but wonder why the first season was so distinctively bad, and interestingly enough, it could have everything to do with Steve Carell’s series.

Why Did Parks and Recreation Season 1 Not Work? Parks and Recreation Season 1 | Credit: NBC

When Parks and Recreation first began its run, it seemed...

Edison Research announces the Top 50 Podcasts in the U.S. based on reach for Q2 2025 among weekly podcast consumers ages 13+.

The list ranks podcasts based on total audience reach from Edison Podcast Metrics. Interviews were conducted continuously throughout the quarter in English and Spanish. Rankings are based on average weekly consumption over the full period. All respondents reported listening to a podcast or watching a podcast in the last week.

Edison Podcast Metrics rankings now incorporate data from individuals whose sole podcast consumption in the past week was through video. In addition to being asked if they listened to a podcast in the past week, respondents are also asked if they watched a video podcast.

Video-heavy shows, such as No Jumper and The Pat McAfee Show, climbed 11 and 26 spots, respectively.

In the Top 50 for the first time: Good Hang with Amy Poehler, which debuted in mid-March, enters the Top 50 at...

Now that the new Naked Gun has been released, it reminded us of how great parody films can be (check out Bumbray’s review Here). I felt it was time to look at other films in the parody genre. Because, sure, everyone knows Airplane, Hot Shots, or Scary Movie, but there are plenty of others that are worth your time. From the financially unsuccessful to films that didn’t get a fair shake until decades later, it’s time that we run the gauntlet.

So let’s take a look at some of the most underrated Parody Films ever made.

Stay Tuned (1992)

Ironically, this film was actually just announced to be getting its own TV series and has always been amongst John Ritter’s best. Following a husband and wife as they’re sucked into their television sets, they must survive the twisted versions of the shows that they now find themselves in.

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Happy Gilmore 2 is a sports comedy film directed by Kyle Newacheck from a screenplay co-written by Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler. The 2025 legacy sequel film picks up the story of Happy Gilmore as he has given up golf after a tragedy and taken up excessive drinking instead. Due to his alcoholism, Happy loses everything from his fortune to his house, and when his daughter wants to go to an elite ballet school, he must return to the golf course to earn the money. Happy Gilmore 2 stars Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, Benny Safdie, Bad Bunny, Ben Stiller, and Margaret Qualley. So, if you loved the bonkers story, hilarious comedy, and entertaining characters in Happy Gilmore 2, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Happy Gilmore (Starz) Credit – Universal Pictures

Happy Gilmore is...

In a story that feels straight out of a Hollywood movie, Andy Samberg helped his mother, Marjorie Marrow, uncover a family mystery that had haunted her since childhood. Marrow, who grew up knowing she was adopted but was told her birth parents had died in a car crash, had spent decades trying to learn the truth about where she came from.

Then, in 2019, Samberg agreed to appear on PBS’s Finding Your Roots not to explore his own lineage, but to help his mother finally solve the mystery. What they discovered stunned both of them; each of her birth parents’ families had unknowingly kept the same photograph of the couple together from 1946.

The photo, taken at the Balalaika nightclub in San Francisco, had been tucked away separately for decades by both families, of a brief romance between a Berkeley student and a Sicilian-born sailor. For Marrow, now in her 70s,...

As the calendar page turns from July to August, the looming dread of the back-to-school season returns. But Netflix has the cure for that seasonal angst in the form of its "C's Get Degrees" collection. Debuting on August 1, the streamer has a collection of classic movies centering around "school days, teenage angst, and first-of-their-kind adventures." The C's Get Degrees collection features a number of classic films, ranging from the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s.

The collection's 1980s fare includes the John Hughes classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off, in which the title character (Matthew Broderick) plays hooky for a day with his neurotic best pal (Alan Ruck) and his girlfriend (Mia Sara) for an adventure across Chicago; another Hughes comedy, Weird Science, about a pair of goofball nerds (Anthony Michael Hall and Ilan Mitchell-Smith) accidentally create the perfect, and all-powerful, woman (Kelly LeBrock) via a scientific experiment; and Amy Heckerling...

“The White Lotus” stars Jason Isaacs, Natasha Rothwell and Jon Gries will be among this year’s honorees at The Creative Coalition’s Humanitarian Awards Luncheon.

The 11th annual event, which takes place Sept. 13 in Beverly Hills, CA, will also recognize will also honor John Turturro (“Severance”), Judith Light (“Transparent”), Brianne Howey (“Ginny & Georgia”) and Skye P. Marshall (“Matlock”).

“The Humanitarian Awards celebrate those who understand that fame is not just a spotlight – it’s a powerful tool for service,” Creative Coalition president Tim Daly said in a statement. “These honorees remind us that the most enduring legacy is not what we achieve, but what we give back to the world.”

Creative Coalition CEO Robin Bronk added, “At a time when compassion can feel scarce, the Humanitarian Awards honor those who use their artistry and influence to lead with empathy. These changemakers prove that storytelling, when joined with advocacy, can shift culture,...

Next week, a new era of comedy will be unleashed as the highly anticipated spin-off from The Office — titled The Paper and featuring Oscar Nuñez in the cast — will premiere on Peacock. With such an important comedy series making a comeback, wouldn't it be the perfect opportunity to bring its "sister" series Parks and Recreation to return as well? Severance star Adam Scott seems to think so. During a participation on the Entertainment Weekly podcast, the actor talked about his unique idea for a Parks & Rec spin-off.

When he was asked about a character that he'd like to revisit, Scott had an immediate answer ready. Not only that, the Parks and Recreation alumnus had a full premise of what could be the new series' starting point — and it would make perfect sense in the universe of the series if you think about it for a couple of seconds. So,...

Long before his success with the Apple TV+ series,Severance, Adam Scott had a role inParks and Recreation. The acor recentrlt revealed who he thinks should lead a potential spinoff series.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Scott was asked which Parks and Recreation character he would choose to center a spinoff around. "Probably Jerry [portrayed by Jim O'Heir]," the actor said. "I think because when we left the show, he was mayor, still, of Pawnee. I'd like to see how that worked out, if there were any scandals, or if he was able to keep his powder dry and run the town in the way we know it should be run."

O'Heir portrayed the lovable Garry "Jerry" Gergich on Parks and Recreation from the series' pilot episode. The character was an optimistic and kind-hearted employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation in Pawnee, Indiana. Despite his longstanding presence and positive demeanor, Jerry...

Earlier this year, "Saturday Night Live" celebrated its 50th anniversary with a star-studded anniversary special on NBC. Among all the best moments from the "SNL 50" anniversary special, one that might stick out to casual fans of the show is the SNL Digital Short in which Bowen Yang and Andy Samberg sing about the fact that "everyone who ever worked at 'SNL' had anxiety."

The reason this short's premise may be surprising is that "Saturday Night Live" seems like the dream job. However, if you keep up with any of its stars after they leave the show, a lot of them have been open about how difficult of a workplace it really is. Little sleep, tons of pressure, and the eyeballs of America on you can ruin the fun for even the most beloved "SNL" stars.

For these 12 former cast members of "SNL," they owe a lot to Lorne Michaels and NBC,...

Dan Aykroyd has finally addressed the reason he skipped out on the Saturday Night Live50th Anniversary Special, SNL50. The commemorative television program brought back a variety of its top-rated talent for a three-hour extravaganza, celebrating the NBC sketch show's legacy as it reached another major milestone. However, Aykroyd was noticeably absent from proceedings, leaving fans at home to wonder why he wasn't included or didn't show up for the occasion. It turns out, he missed it for a pretty relatable reason.

Saturday Night Live's 50th Anniversary Special aired on Feb. 16, 2025, with past and present cast members taking to the stage to pay homage to the history of the long-running sketch comedy show. It featured a parade of famous faces, from Steve Martin and Martin Short to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and even a surprise appearance from the legendary Jack Nicholson, but Aykroyd, who was a cast member...

If Philly Justice sounds like a forgotten courtroom drama from 1997 that aired right after Ally McBeal, you’re not losing your mind. It looks the part. It sounds the part. But it’s not a long-lost show from the late ’90s. In fact, it never actually existed.

Philly Justice is a completely fake ’90s legal drama lovingly crafted by Amy Poehler, Kathryn Hahn, Adam Scott, and a few more familiar faces from the Parks and Recreation universe.

What started as a running joke on set turned into a fully committed production, complete with dramatic walk-ins, romantic subplots, rival attorneys, dead-serious monologues, and overacted objections.

It’s the Threat Level Midnight of the Parks & Rec universe, only this time it wasn’t just written into an episode. They actually made it! Sets were built. Costumes were discussed. Lines were memorized. But you won’t find it on your streaming platform,...

Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson played best friends on their Comedy Central series Broad City for five seasons, though they recently revealed that they had to set boundaries while filming the show.

Since they were spending so much time together during the show’s production schedule, Glazer and Jacobson explained that they had to make sure to give each other space when needed. “We didn’t, like, hang out. I think when we were doing it, we would be like, ‘See you on Monday,'” Jacobson recalled on Tuesday’s episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast.

“We weren’t like hanging out as friends during Broad City. We couldn’t,” Glazer added.

Jacobson explained that the decision to set boundaries wasn’t personal. “It was just like, after 12, 14 hours of Monday through Friday, we were like, ‘Let’s not do dinner on Saturday,'” she said.

Earlier in the conversation,...

Let’s be real, we all tune into award shows for those magical, unscripted moments when celebrities either nail their acceptance speech or completely bomb it. The Emmy Awards have been serving us both kinds of moments for decades, and honestly? We’re here for all of it.

From Meryl Streep‘s legendary self-roasts to Peter Dinklage dropping F-bombs on live TV, these speeches have become just as iconic as the shows they celebrated.

Whether they made us ugly cry, burst out laughing, or left us wondering ‘what the heck just happened,’ these 20 Emmy acceptance speeches have earned their place in television history. So grab some popcorn and let’s dive into the most unforgettable moments that had us talking for years.

1. Meryl Streep’s Self-Aware Perfection (2004) Meryl Streep in Angels in America (2003) | Credits: HBO

Look, when you’re Meryl Streep and you’ve basically won every award known to humanity,...

Can you believe it’s been ten years since we said goodbye to the Parks Department of Pawnee, Indiana? Yes, we know, it feels like just yesterday we were watching Leslie Knope frantically organize another town hall meeting or seeing Ron Swanson grimace at the mention of vegetables.

When Parks and Recreation wrapped up its seven-season run in February 2015, it left behind this incredible legacy of pure joy, heart, and enough quotable moments to fill a Pawnee time capsule. Honestly, in today’s world, where everything feels a bit chaotic, rewatching this show is like getting a warm hug.

So let’s take a nostalgic trip back to the place where waffles were a food group and government work was actually, dare we say it, fun?

1. Leslie Knope’s Unstoppable Enthusiasm Amy Poehler in Parks and Recreation | Credits: NBC

Let’s be real, Leslie Knope wasn’t just a character...

Reneé Rapp‘s got a lot of questions on latest single “Why Is She Still Here?” Rapp used the R&b-inflected, bass guitar-driven pop ballad to ask her lover, “If I’m your girl, then why is she still here?” Unfortunately, the singer doesn’t get many, or really any, answers at all. But she does use the track to show off bold vocal trills and deliver stinging lines like, “You can tell me you don’t love her, you should probably tell her too.”

“Why Is She Still Here?...

It seems as though Hollywood stars will do almost anything to win major acting awards that in no way resemble golden popcorn buckets.

In addition to going on media blitzes, attending gala events and straight-up suck-uping to voting bodies, one potentially unsung method of achieving awards recognition just might be getting shitcanned by Lorne Michaels.

Among the most recent crop of Emmy nominees is the great Jenny Slate, who was recognized for her work in Dying for Sex in the “Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie” category. Slate was famously let go after just one season on SNL (but not for dropping the F-bomb that one time as some folks mistakenly believe).

Obviously Slate is nominated because of her exceptional acting, but we can’t help but notice that she isn’t the first person who’s gotten recognition from the Television Academy after being fired by SNL.

Cole Escola has revealed their picks for an Oh, Mary! film adaptation. While appearing on Amy Poehler's Good Hang podcast, the Tony-winner was asked about a potential film adaptation of the hit Broadway comedy. While they didn't confirm that there was a film in the works, they gave some suggestions on who could star as Mary Todd Lincoln. Before Escola joined the interview, their longtime collaborator and friend Amy Sedaris suggested that Linda Hunt should take on the role, which Escola agreed with. They also suggested Cherry Jones, adding that Jones would also give a "really chilling" performance as Mary's Husband, Abraham Lincoln. Escola then suggested that a Muppet would be great, sharing that they would like to see Miss Piggy play Mary Todd Lincoln, with the...

Oh, Mary! fans hoping to see Amy Sedaris take on the role of Mary Todd Lincoln might be out of luck. The Strangers with Candy alum appeared on Amy Poehler's podcast on Tuesday to introduce Cole Escola's interview, which brought up the topic of potentially starring in the Tony-winning play. Before Escola's segment of the podcast began, Sedaris discuss her friendship and working relationship with them. When asked if she would take on the starring role in Oh, Mary!, Sedaris said that she doesn't think she can take on eight shows a week. "I don't know if I have the energy anymore for that schedule. I don't think I could do it eight days a week. I mean, I'd like to because you lose weight, you'd get...

Andy Samberg says every table read of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” reminded him how rare his connection with Andre Braugher was—an ease he now misses “a lot,” he told Amy Poehler during a new episode of her podcast “Good Hang.” Braugher, who died from lung cancer in December 2023, played stoic Captain Raymond Holt opposite Samberg’s impulsive detective Jake Peralta across the comedy’s 2013-2021 run.

Asked what worked behind the scenes, Samberg recalled their first table read: “He walked in, we said hello, and the rhythm clicked in the first scene.” He praised Braugher as “deeply moral and kind and pleasant and smart,” adding that the cast “absolutely loved him.”

The friendship deepened as Braugher—best known for hard-edged drama—experimented with comedy. Though initially unsure of his timing, he quickly mastered deadpan deliveries that became a hallmark of the series, Samberg said, remembering crew reactions when Braugher “flipped the switch” for serious moments.

Andy Samberg fondly remembered his late Brooklyn Nine-Nine costar Andre Braugher, reflecting on their time together on the two-time Emmy-winning sitcom and how the show has endured for audiences since its conclusion in 2021.

During a recent episode of Good Hang with Amy Poehler, the Saturday Night Live alum discussed seeking Poehler’s advice on taking the lead role in the Mike Schur and Dan Goor-created series about a Brooklyn-based precinct, as the writers were also behind her Parks and Recreation. Samberg said he didn’t realize how well-known and beloved the show was until a family trip to Europe a couple years ago resulted in him getting recognized everywhere.

“It’s a gift that keeps giving,” the Palm Springs star said. “Because of the Netflix part of it, everywhere I went, it was like, ‘Jake Peralta!’ I felt like I was on Friends. I was like, ‘Oh my God,...

It's not uncommon for actors to avoid watching their own performances, with the reasons often centered around self-criticism. However, it still came as a shock when The Wire star Idris Elba recently revealed that he had never watched the crime thriller series, widely regarded as one of the greatest ever made. Elba played the major character named Stringer Bell during the show’s first three seasons, in what was a breakthrough performance that helped launch his illustrious career. Whether by coincidence or driven by his candid admission, the classic series has now begun trending on HBO Max. And if, like Elba, you've yet to experience it, now might be the perfect time to finally correct this TV sin, especially if you’re a fan of procedurals.

The Wire is one of those essential crime shows that deserves to be watched at least once. For five seasons and a total of 60 episodes,...

A comedy TV show in 2004 that starred — deep breath here — Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Will Arnett, Michael Ian Black, Rachel Dratch, Ken Marino, Jack McBrayer and Maya Rudolph? And it never saw the light of day? What was VH1 thinking?

The pilot was called Soundtracks Live, based on a stage show created by the Upright Citizens Brigade. “It was a really cool thing where Amy Poehler and Amy Miles ran it,” Fey told Complex in 2013. “It was this thing where they take a movie like Sixteen Candles and act out the movie on a stage and a band would play the soundtrack live and people would sing the song.”

The VH1 pilot was a more or less faithful recreation of the John Hughes teen comedy. “I had a few different parts,” Rudd told Complex. “I sang a song in the end with The Vapors called, ‘Turning Japanese.

Andy Samberg is gushing about his wife Joanna Newsom.

The 46-year-old Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor has been married to the 43-year-old singer-songwriter since 2013.

Andy was a guest on the Good Hang with Amy Poehler podcast on Tuesday (July 8) and opened up about life with Joanna and their two children.

Keep reading to find out more…

During the podcast, Andy talked about being “lucky” to be married to Joanna. He reminisced with podcast host Amy Poehler about the fact that Andy had told her about their relationship when the two first started dating.

“You were head over heels right away,” Amy recalled, to which Andy agreed.

Andy also opened up about the changes they’ve been through in their relationship since becoming parents and said, “Obviously having a kid changes things, ’cause your responsibilities shift, your sleep schedule, but obviously a million other things. But anytime there’s a pocket of time where it’s just us,...

Andy Samberg shared an update about his mother’s adoption story during the Tuesday episode of Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast.

In a 2019 episode of Finding Your Roots, the Saturday Night Live alum and his mother, Marjorie Marrow, finally learned the identity of her birth parents after Marrow, who was adopted, had struggled to track them down.

While Marrow’s biological mother and father had both died by the time they filmed the episode, she learned that they briefly dated before they broke up and their respective families even held onto the same photograph of them together.

“They both, unbeknownst to each other, went looking through her biological parents’ stuff they still had, and they both found the same photograph of the two of them together,” Samberg told Poehler during the podcast episode. “They both had the same picture of them together when they had their brief time together...

Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher formed a great comedy partnership on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Braugher shockingly passed away in 2023, and now Samberg is sharing his memories of working with Braugher.

Samberg spoke about his relationship with Braugher with other comedians. He made the comments on Amy Poehler's Good Hang podcast, via Entertainment Weekly. Poehler said of Braugher, "I never had the pleasure of meeting him, he seemed like he was just playful and fun,” to which Samberg answered, “He was, and just a good person," before going more in-depth.

Braugher played Captain Raymond Holt, a police captain who takes Samberg's Jake Peralta under his wing and forms an almost father-son-like relationship with him. Samberg described him to Poehler as “so deeply moral and kind and pleasant and smart,” before saying, “We all absolutely loved him. I miss him a lot.”

Brooklyn Nine-Nine had a memorable cast. In addition to Samberg,...

“All the kids in this generation believe that they can follow their bliss,” Zarna Garg says in the trailer for her new Hulu special — before turning heel as always: “No! You will monetize your misery!”

In “Practical People Win,” Garg is doing just that; maybe not with misery exactly, but mining her life for cheeky cultural observations and punchlines as always. The one minute trailer for her special pokes fun at her son, husband, and mother-in-law — which any Zarna fan knows is par for the course. As Hulu’s press release put it, she’s “taking aim at husbands, kids, in-laws, and anyone who dares question an Indian mom’s wisdom.”

Garg rose to fame during the early days of Covid-19 lockdown, when she was starting out as a standup comedian and her eldest son began posting clips of it to social media. The clips went viral, and so did...

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Hugh Jackman is pretty inseparable from Wolverine at this point. Troye Sivan in the opening flashback of "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and a certain cameo in "Deadpool & Wolverine" aside, Jackman is the only actor to play Logan on the big screen. He's been doing it for 25 years (almost) straight at this point, too. ("Till you're 90.")

But back in the late 1990s, when the first "X-Men" movie was still coming together, Jackman was a musical and theatre star not hugely famous outside his native Australia. Suffice to say, he wasn't the instant number one pick for Logan, so "X-Men" held auditions to find the right actor.

For starters, the role of Wolverine was famously Dougray Scott's, but he had to drop out to film "Mission: Impossible II." Jackman's career as Wolverine began with him being the understudy. Scott wasn't the only unused Logan,...

Idris Elba confessed that he still hasn't watched his iconic American breakthrough performance in The Wire, even though 20 years have passed. The British actor and DJ became known to American audiences for playing Russell "Stringer" Bell, the cerebral second-in-command of Avon Barksdale's (Wood Harris) drug empire in early 2000s Baltimore.

Appearing as a guest on Good Hang With Amy Poehler, Idris Elba told host and The Wire superfan Amy Poehler that he feels bad he didn't watch David Simon's critically acclaimed HBO series. Elba explained that "a part of me died" when Stringer Bell died in The Wire season 3, and that it would feel "weird" for him to go back and watch it. Read Idris' quotes and watch the video below:

If I'm really honest, like, I didn't watch The Wire. And I feel bad. It's not that I'm not a fan of it. I was there. I made a show that was,...

Such is the nature of the ever-revolving door of animated movies; many once-beloved projects will soon find themselves lost to time. Boasting a strong "certified fresh" 79% critics' score and 73% from audiences on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the 2008 family-friendly adventure Horton Hears a Who!, based on Dr. Seuss' classic 1954 book of the same name, was once a huge success at the end of the noughties.

Directed by the duo of Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino, the movie was a certain success upon arrival, but has found itself falling out of discourse as more relevant animated projects have since been released. This is made even more surprising when learning of the movie's stacked voice cast, headlined by the duo of Steve Carell and Jim Carrey. Alongside the two comedy giants are the likes of Carol Burnett, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, Isla Fisher, Amy Poehler, and many more in what reads...

With a near-perfect critics’ score of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, The Wire remains one of the greatest crime drama series of all time. Over a five-season run, the series used dramatized situations to shed light on real-life issues and served as a social commentary. At the time, the casting team stayed away from large names, giving many of The Wire’s stars their first foot in the business. Among the blossoming superstars are names like Idris Elba, Dominic West, and the late Lance Reddick. Despite being one of HBO’s most popular productions in the history of the studio and the title that would launch his incredibly successful career, Elba recently admitted that he’s never watched the show.

During a recent appearance on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, the Luther star said,

“If I’m really honest, I didn’t watch The Wire. I didn’t watch it. And I feel bad.

Happy Gilmore 2 tees off on Netflix July 25. To celebrate, the streaming service is launching a collection of movies featuring Sandler and fellow Saturday Night Live alumni.

Sandler returns to one of his most iconic roles for the first time in almost 30 years. Stars returning from the 1996 comedy classic include Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald. Several actors from the Saturday Night Live family are also onboard for Happy Gilmore 2, including Kevin Nealon, Ben Stiller, Marcello Hernandez, Jim Downey, and Martin Herlihy.

But Netflix isn't waiting until July 25 to let fans stream their favorite SNL stars. Here's a breakdown of what's coming to Netflix in July, featuring SNL stars past and present (via Collider).

To no surprise, Happy Gilmore kicks things off. The film premiered just a year after Sandler left Saturday Night Live and has since become a cult classic. In addition to Nealon and Stiller, the original also...

Idris Elba credits The Wire for his casting in The Office. According to the actor, the sitcom needed a villain like Stringer Bell, so he channeled his character from the crime drama series.

During an appearance on Good Hang with Amy Poehler, Elba said he basically played different versions of the same character in The Wire and The Office. He also revealed that he landed a role in the sitcom because John Krasinski was obsessed with the crime drama. "[Krasinski] was a big Wire fan, and he was like, 'We need that guy, we need that guy,'" he recalled. Elba played Dunder Mifflin boss Charles Miner in The Office Season 5. Though he only appeared in six episodes, the character was one of the show's best low-key villains.

"[Charles Miner] was described as this guy who's like Stringer Bell. He's real serious as a businessman, but you don't laugh at anyone, you don't suffer fools,...

New York Public Radio (Nypr) today announced the appointment of new leadership and three new members to its Board of Trustees.

Longtime Nypr Trustee John Rose was named Chair of the Board. Rose is a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group (Bcg), where he served for 20 years as a Managing Director and Senior Partner and led the Global Media, US Private Equity, and Northeast State and Local practices. He is also a co-founder and active Board member of Tenetic, a leading syndicated data services company in the TV and radio space; an Executive Advisor at Rockefeller Global Investment Banking; an Adjunct Faculty member in Media at NYU Stern; and on the Boards of the Metropolitan Opera, Playwrights Horizons, and the Citizens Budget Commission.

The Board’s new Vice Chairs are Anna Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, columnist and author; and Carl Weisbrod, a former Chairman of the New York City Planning...

The Wire's Russell "Stringer" Bell is one of TV's most iconic villains, and it's all thanks to Idris Elba's gripping performance. The actor revealed his reservations about his character's exit, which is partly the reason he doesn't want to watch the series.

Attesting to The Wire's enduring legacy, Idris Elba said some fans still remember him best for the drama series. Having played the pragmatic, savvy crime boss Stringer Bell for three seasons, the actor confirmed he had qualms with his exit. "I had reservations about how Stringer was dying," Elba told Amy Poehler. "There was various ways that [series creator] David Simon wanted to depict that, and I was a little bit against some of that. But the actual beheading of Stringer was an important move, you know? Just to illustrate to the world that, 'Hey, man, take the blinkers off.'"

Introduced in the series premiere, Stringer Bell...

Idris Elba was having a 40-degree day when first reading his character Stringer Bell’s death scene on “The Wire.” The acclaimed HBO series spanned five seasons between 2002 and 2008; Elba’s drug kingpin Stringer was killed in the Season 3 finale in 2004 by Omar (the late Michael K. Williams) and Brother Mouzone (Michael Potts).

“I had reservations about how Stringer was dying,” Elba recently said during Amy Poehler’s “Good Hang” podcast (in the below video). “There was various ways that [series creator] David Simon wanted to depict that, and I was a little bit against some of that. But the actual beheading of Stringer was an important move, you know? Just to illustrate to the world that, ‘Hey, man, take the blinkers off.'”

The real-life inspiration for Stringer didn’t meet the same fate (thankfully). “The Wire” is famously based off of former crime journalist Simon’s reporting across Baltimore. Simon...

Idris Elba has opened up about the iconic Stringer Bell scene from The Wire that he had “reservations” about. Elba was the latest A-list guest on Amy Poehler’s new podcast, Good Hang, following in the footsteps of Paul Rudd, Jack Black, and Michelle Obama. Elba was there to promote his new Amazon action comedy, Heads of State, co-starring John Cena.

As an avid fan of The Wire, Poehler was eager to discuss the show, but Elba said he’d never seen it, because he doesn’t want to become too aware of his own performance style. However, he was happy to discuss it — particularly his “reservations” about Stringer’s demise, one of The Wire’s most shocking deaths. Read Elba’s full comments below:

I had reservations about how Stringer was dying. There was various ways that [series creator] David Simon wanted to depict that, and I was a little bit against some of that.

Idris Elba is revealing the reason he’s never watched one of his most popular projects.

The 52-year-old actor was a guest on Amy Poehler‘s Good Hang podcast where he opened up about the reason that he’s never watched a show that he says was “so important.”

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On the podcast, Idris revealed, “If I’m really honest, I didn’t watch The Wire. I didn’t watch it. And I feel bad. It’s not that I’m not a fan of it — I was there. I made a show that was, you know, so intense and so real, so important, even though we didn’t realize it. I didn’t realize the importance of the show while making it.”

Idris played the role of Russell “Stringer” Bell on the first three seasons of the series and was one of the main characters.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest TV shows of all time, The Wire has earned near-universal acclaim, but one of its biggest stars has never seen it. During a conversation with Amy Poehler on the Good Hang podcast, Idris Elba revealed that he’s never watched The Wire and has no plans to change that. Elba played Russell “Stringer” Bell, one of the show’s most popular characters.

“If I’m really honest, I didn’t watch The Wire,” Elba said. “I didn’t watch it. And I feel bad. It’s not that I’m not a fan of it — I was there. I made a show that was, you know, so intense and so real, so important, even though we didn’t realize it. I didn’t realize the importance of the show while making it. I didn’t participate in its celebration as a viewer, as a fan.

This July, Netflix wants to help you beat the heat by giving you plenty of reasons to stay in the air conditioning while crying tears of laughter! Get ready for the streaming network’s Summer of Comedy movie collection, an event honoring actors and comedians who made their mark on entertainment over the past 50 years!

Per Netflix’s press release:

The Netflix collection features a lineup of fan-favorite movies, many of which feature SNL alumni, including Tina Fey (Baby Mama), Adam Sandler (Happy Gilmore), Will Ferrell (Old School), John Belushi (National Lampoon’s Animal House), Eddie Murphy (The Nutty Professor), Ben Stiller (Zoolander), Amy Poehler (Blades of Glory), Mike Myers (Wayne’s World), Kenan Thompson (Good Burger), Dan Aykroyd (Coneheads), Kristen Wiig (MacGruber), Chris Farley (Tommy Boy), Molly Shannon (Superstar), Dan Aykroyd (The Blues Brothers), and many more.

In addition to a collection in your Netflix Queue, the Paris Theater in New...

If you’re someone who has cried over a cowboy doll, questioned if your toys secretly have lives of their own, or rooted for a plastic spaceman, congrats, Toy Story has claimed your heart. The Pixar classics don’t just give us adorable animation and Randy Newman tunes; they wrap us in big themes like letting go, growing up, friendship, and the bittersweet sting of nostalgia.

Of course, it’s a movie about toys, but it’s really about us, the humans who love them. And if you’re not a proud member of the “Andy’s Room Forever” club, there’s good news- the world is full of movies that hit the same emotional notes.

From animated tales about misunderstood monsters to talking bears, brick-built heroes, and lost fish, we have plenty of films that carry a Toy Story mix of heart, humor, and existential toy angst. So, whether you’re eight or eighty,...

NBC kicks off the week on a lighter note with a comedy-packed episode of Today with Jenna & Friends, airing Monday, June 30, at 10:00 Am Et. The morning lineup is stacked with familiar faces, fast laughs, and a few chaotic surprises. Themed “Best of Funny Friends,” the episode mixes fresh banter with standout moments […]

Today with Jenna & Friends: Kevin Hart, Amy Poehler...