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20 New Movies & TV Shows Coming to Tubi in July 2025
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Tubi might not be as big as some of the other popular streaming services, but it does have some of the best movies and TV shows of recent times, and that too for absolutely free. The Fox-owned streaming service adds a ton of new monthly content to its ever-expanding library. So, we thought of compiling a list of the best new movies and TV shows coming to Tubi in July 2025.

Bones And All (July 1) Credit – MGM

Bones and All is a romantic horror film directed by Luca Guadagnino from a screenplay by David Kajganich. Based on the 2015 novel of the same name by Camille DeAngelis, the 2022 film is set in the 1980s and revolves around two young cannibals who fall in love with each other during a cross-country road trip. Bones and All stars Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet,...
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  • 6/26/2025
  • by Kulwant Singh
  • Cinema Blind
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Who’s Going to Leave ‘Saturday Night Live,’ From Mostly Likely to No Way
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Now that Season 50 of Saturday Night Live is in the books, fans can turn their full attention to the show’s equivalent of a sports off-season. How is Lorne “I’m Not Leaving” Michaels going to build his roster as SNL begins its second half-century? Predicting who might be added to the show is an impossible task, but guessing who could be a roster cut is a betting game anyone can play.

Here are my odds for the likeliest cast members to be looking for work before SNL Season 51…

Devon Walker: -120

It must have been a bittersweet year for the likable Walker, getting promoted to the repertory cast only to find himself consistently receiving less screentime than any other comic, according to the numbers compiled by SNL statmaster Mike Murray. Like Punkie Johnson last season, Walker’s inability to show up in sketches makes his exit seem inevitable.
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  • 5/19/2025
  • Cracked
"I Made The Right Choice": Nicolas Cage Has No Regrets Turning Down Major Role In $247M Buddy Comedy, 31 Years Later
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Nicolas Cage admits that he does not regret passing on a widely successful buddy comedy movie, 31 years after it premiered. Cage has maintained a genre-spanning career, which includes unusual and transformative performances in Vampire's Kiss and Face/Off. After winning an Academy Award for Leaving Las Vegas, he appeared in numerous blockbuster movies, ranging in audience reception, including the National Treasure and Ghost Rider franchises. More recently, Cage portrayed Dracula in Renfield and shocked fans as a demonic serial killer in Longlegs.

Throughout his film catalog, Cage has also had many comedic roles, including Raising Arizona and the self-referential The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. Demonstrating that he can be equally funny and romantic, as well as dramatic, Cage has starred opposite Cher in Moonstruck and Laura Dern in Wild at Heart. He also appeared in the superhero comedy Kick-Ass, while voicing a star-nosed mole in G-Force and a caveman...
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  • 5/11/2025
  • by Brady Entwistle
  • ScreenRant
Ego Nwodim Reacts to SNL Audience Cursing Live on TV
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Saturday Night Live star Ego Nwodim made light of some unexpected swearing during the show's latest episode. Nwodim reacted on the fly when audience members could be heard cursing on air in season 50, episode 16.

The veteran SNL cast member appeared as a guest correspondent during Saturday's "Weekend Update" segment to address the on-going controversy over the upcoming White House Correspondents' Dinner. The Whca board has been roundly criticized for revoking comedian Amber Ruffin's invitation to host the April 26 gala to "to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division."

SNL Star Ego Nwodim Reacts on the Fly to Audience Swearing

Nwodim jokingly pitched herself as a replacement for Ruffin and tried out some of non-political humor that might impress the Whca board. As her alter-ego Ms. Eggy, the comedian got the audience involved in a joke about dating and soon paid the price.

"These men ain’t what?...
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  • 4/6/2025
  • by Justin Harp
  • CBR
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Mardi Gras Was the Site of ‘SNL’s Most Disastrous Show
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In the annals of “things that have gone wrong on Saturday NIght Live” — Ashlee Simpson’s lip-synching disaster, Charles Rocket’s inopportune F-bomb, slam dancers destroying Studio 8H during a Fear performance — no individual episode can compare to the debacle surrounding the show’s live, prime-time special from Mardi Gras in 1977.

Saturday Night had become the hottest show on TV, and NBC was ready to cash in on that early success with a primetime special. Lorne Michaels was eager to take his show on the road, using iconic cities’ architecture as urban comedy sets. When someone suggested New Orleans as a possible destination, Michaels was all for it. “Let’s go get steeped in it!” he proclaimed, according to Saturday Night: A Backstage History of Saturday Night Live.

The cast was stoked as well. Who wouldn’t want to escape New York’s winter for a week or two in the sunshine?...
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  • 3/4/2025
  • Cracked
'Pat Isn't Trans or Non-Binary': SNL Star Defends Controversial Character 35 Years Later
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As a former cast member of Saturday Night Live, Julia Sweeney is known in part for playing "Pat," an androgynous character whose gender was often joked about in recurring sketches. Typically, the humor revolved around other characters speculating on Pat's gender.

At the time, the Pat character was popular enough to get a tie-in feature film greenlit with Sweeney starring in the role. In more recent years, the character (along with the It's Pat film) have come under fire for poking fun at gender identity. While on The View (per Variety), Sweeney reflected on the role, noting that "there was some criticism" leveled against Pat. While she understands where the criticism is coming from, Sweeney also defended Pat, clarifying that the character does not identify as non-binary or transgender — and may not even be a part of the LGBTQ+ community.

RelatedJesse Eisenberg Has Only 'Bad Memories' of Hosting Saturday Night Live,...
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  • 2/13/2025
  • by Jeremy Dick
  • CBR
Why ‘Saturday Night Live’ Endures: An Appreciation
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We’re celebrating 50 years of “Saturday Night Live“! All this week, we’re digging into the late-night comedy institution with new stories, including lists, essays, interviews, and more.

It’s certainly a familiar scene by now, one we’ve all become quite accustom to over the last half century: There’s Lorne Michaels, the famed producer of a televised sketch comedy show airing on NBC. There’s a cast of ever-changing talented performers. At this particular point in time, Jim Downey is the head writer. Al Franken, Tom Davis, Jack Handey, and Alan Zweibel are all on the writing staff. There’s a live audience. There’s a musical guest. There’s the familiar parody newscast. On this particular night, Steve Martin is a guest, as he often is to this very day. Watching a clip on YouTube from this particular night from the mid-’80s, Steve Martin opens the...
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  • 2/12/2025
  • by Mike Ryan
  • Indiewire
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The 5 Most Obscure People to Host ‘SNL’s Weekend Update
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“I’m Chevy Chase, and you’re not” was a cute catchphrase to launch Weekend Update on an unsuspecting nation, but it also turned out to be prophetic. While the fake news desk made stars of comedians like Dennis Miller and Norm Macdonald, it has also been anchored by performers who, for lack of a better term, are no Chevy Chase. And so, no one would blame you if you can’t remember a single joke from these five obscure Weekend Update anchors.

[subtitle]1Gail Matthius [/subtitle]

Charles Rocket was the main Weekend Update anchor for Season Six, but halfway through, the show introduced Matthius as his co-anchor. Why?

“We need a woman out there!” Matthius guessed with a shrug during a Vulture interview. “It wasn’t like I insisted.”

While the gig didn’t make Matthius a star, she was an eye-witness to Eddie Murphy taking over the show. “I have...
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  • 10/21/2024
  • Cracked
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Bill Murray Used His ‘Meatballs’ Motivational Speech to Inspire ‘SNL’s Worst Cast
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There likely wasn’t a path to a win for Jean Doumanian when she took the reins from Lorne Michaels at Saturday Night Live in 1980. The show not only lost Michaels but all of the original Not Ready for Primetime Players, several of whom had gone on to be major movie stars. The new cast would inevitably be compared unfavorably to the first, but it didn’t help that Joe Piscopo was the closest thing Doumanian had found to a star. She’d also cast young Eddie Murphy, but inexplicably kept him relegated to the bench for the first part of the show’s sixth season.

“I could never describe to you in words how painful those first 10 months really were,” Piscopo said in oral history Live From New York. “You just knew that this was America’s favorite television show, and yet here we were, taking it right into the toilet.
See full article at Cracked
  • 10/10/2024
  • Cracked
Jake Gyllenhaal's Scooby-Doo Story Takes A Dark Turn On Saturday Night Live
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"Saturday Night Live" might be a late-night show in New York, but since it airs before 10 p.m. in some regions it has to abide by the FCC's quirky rules on "indecent and profane" content.  Swearing is a capital crime; in 1981, Charles Rocket was fired immediately after he accidentally dropped an F-bomb on air. Sex and nudity are also big danger zones; the 1988 sketch "Nude Beach" with Matthew Broderick, in which the word "penis" is uttered dozens of times, was permitted to air following a fierce debate within NBC's Broadcast Standard Department, and resulted in 46,000 complaints and the loss of multiple sponsors.

Fortunately for this "SNL" season 49 finale sketch, which stars guest host Jake Gyllenhaal as Fred in a twisted spin on "Scooby-Doo," violence on TV is basically a blood-soaked free-for-all with almost no limits. 

Musical guest Sabrina Carpenter co-stars as Daphne, with regular cast members Mikey Day...
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  • 5/19/2024
  • by Hannah Shaw-Williams
  • Slash Film
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Ashlee Simpson and other SNL gaffes we’ll never forget
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When you think of Ashlee Simpson, there’s probably only one image that comes to mind: her lip-syncing snafu on SNL, in which she went to perform her second song of the night, only for the playback to trigger her first song, “Pieces of Me”. She had been caught going full Milli Vanilli. And to get herself out of the situation, Simpson basically la-la’d her way off stage while doing a jig, leaving her band behind to “play”. Twenty years after the incident, Simpson is remembering the moment as a life lesson. But this may not be the case for others who also made some serious bonehead moves on SNL…

It’s extremely rare for musical guests on SNL to go through gaffes of Ashlee Simpson’s magnitude: musicians like Elvis Costello would instead raise intentional hell by playing whatever song he wanted, while Sinead O’Connor used her moment to send a message.
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  • 2/21/2024
  • by Mathew Plale
  • JoBlo.com
Eddie Murphy Is The Best Actor Ever
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(Welcome to Best Actor Ever, an ongoing series where we explore the careers and performances of the greatest performers to ever grace the screen.)

We're only six articles into this series, and I've already violated my critic's creed by furthering one of the most egregious filmmaking fallacies in existence. While I stand wholeheartedly behind my selections of Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Cate Blanchett, Robert De Niro, and Viola Davis, these artists are venerated for capital-a acting. They play serious, complicated people beset by demons both personal and societal. Critics expect them to dazzle us, to shed inspiring or unsettling light on the human condition. For too many years, they did not expect them to make us laugh.

When Streep, after a decade-plus of electrifying dramatic performances, appeared in the 1989 dark comedy "She-Devil" opposite TV superstar Roseanne Barr, many critics felt she was slumming. Ditto De Niro in Martin Brest's 1988 buddy-comedy "Midnight Run.
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  • 3/2/2023
  • by Jeremy Smith
  • Slash Film
Earth Girls Are Easy: From Raunchy Songs To A Classic Film [Exclusive Clip]
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Screen Rant is pleased to present an exclusive clip from the newest home release of the 1988 cult hit, Earth Girls Are Easy, which depicts its origins from the perspective of star and co-writer Julie Brown. The sci-fi rom-com may not have seen all the success it deserved when it was first released, but its cast pedigree since speaks for itself. Directed by Julien Temple, who has helmed more than his fair share of music documentaries, the musical comedy starred Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise), Academy Award nominee Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park), and mainstream mainstay Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind).

Now available for the first time on Blu-ray, Earth Girls Are Easy introduces Carrey, Goldblum, and another comedic icon Damon Wayans (In Living Color) as aliens who have never seen humans before. When their shift crashes into a nail artist from The Valley named Valerie (Davis). With the power of her makeovers,...
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  • 11/8/2022
  • by Tatiana Hullender
  • ScreenRant
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5 of This Week’s Coolest Horror Collectibles Including Super7’s New Vincent Price Action Figure
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Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products released each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.

Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!

Vincent Price Figure from Super 7

Vincent Price is joining Super 7’s ReAction Figure line. The 3.75″ retro-style toy has five points of articulation and comes with a raven. Ed Repka designed the backer card art. Shipping in November, it’s available to pre-order for 20.

The master of mayhem, sporting a red ascot, is labeled as “Wave 1,” so we can expect more Price figures in the future.

Halloween III Shirt from Uglie Kids Club

Halloween III is celebrating its 40th anniversary and Boo Buckets are back at McDonald’s in the same week, making Uglie Kids Club’s mash-up as timely as it is clever.

The Halftone Horror design is available to pre-order on T-shirts for...
See full article at bloody-disgusting.com
  • 10/21/2022
  • by Alex DiVincenzo
  • bloody-disgusting.com
Jim Carrey at an event for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
Saturday Night Live: Jim Carrey To Play Joe Biden
Jim Carrey at an event for The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
As an Irish poet once wrote: Turning and turning in the widening gyre/The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart;/the centre cannot hold;/Jim Carrey will one day play Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live.

Yes, according to Vulture, prolific comedic actor Jim Carrey will portray current Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden for the show’s upcoming 46th season.

“There was some interest on his part,” executive producer Lorne Michaels said. “And then we responded, obviously, positively. But it came down to discussions about what the take was. He and [head writer/cast member] Colin Jost had a bunch of talks. He and I as well.”

Carrey won’t be taking away a job from anyone on the existing SNL cast in portraying Biden, as the former vice president was embodied by former SNL castmember Jason Sudeikis last year. Michaels confirmed that Alec Baldwin will return to...
See full article at Den of Geek
  • 9/16/2020
  • by Alec Bojalad
  • Den of Geek
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Jimmy Kimmel Says ‘Hocus Pocus’ Is the Real Reason Trump Hates Bette Midler (Video)
Donald Trump
There is more to Donald Trump and Bette Midler’s recent Twitter altercation than what first meets the eye, according to Jimmy Kimmel, who showed viewers just how deep this rabbit hole goes during Wednesday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

“This, by the way, is not the first time that Trump has lashed out at Bette Midler. This has been going on for years,” the ABC late-night host said in his opening monologue, referring to Potus’ Tuesday Twitter jab at “washed up psycho” Midler, after she apologized for sharing a fake quote from him.

“He’s criticized her looks, her singing, her appearance on the Oscars,” Kimmel continued. “He doesn’t like her at all, which made me wonder why, where [does] this animosity came from? And I’ve been doing some research and I think I figured it out. It all starts with a popular movie from 1993: ‘Hocus Pocus.'...
See full article at The Wrap
  • 6/6/2019
  • by Jennifer Maas
  • The Wrap
Eddie Murphy at an event for Good Luck Chuck (2007)
Why Eddie Murphy is, once and for all, done
Eddie Murphy at an event for Good Luck Chuck (2007)
Eddie Murphy was a miracle. Today, there is an industry around the show that is designed to be a sort of star-making assembly line, and I think many of the people who have used the show as a springboard to other things deserve that success completely. But when Eddie Murphy made his debut on the show in 1980, "Saturday Night Live" wasn't even guaranteed a spot on TV for much longer. After all, the original cast was gone by that point. The new cast, including Denny Dillon, Gilbert Gottfried, Charles Rocket, Ann Risley, and Joe Piscopo, seemed like a poor replacement for the likes of Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Gilda Radner, and Bill Murray. I was a ten year old nascent comedy nerd, and for me, it was mystifying to see something that had been the absolute center of the comedy universe suddenly drop completely out of relevance. Everything about that...
See full article at Hitfix
  • 2/22/2015
  • by Drew McWeeny
  • Hitfix
Review: 'Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special' is 'SNL' in microcosm
Tina Fey
Some thoughts on last night's "Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special" coming up just as soon as I assume Jon Lovitz is dead... Last week, I wrote about the history of "SNL," which has been filled with incredible highs, uncomfortable lows, and a mixture of things that either didn't work or simply outlived their usefulness. Perhaps intentionally — Lorne Michaels used to joke that the word "uneven" would be on his tombstone — or perhaps because it's inherent to any three and a half hour special with this many moving pieces, the special was "SNL" in a microcosm. Much of it worked spectacularly well. Some of it was disappointing and/or puzzling. And the whole thing went on much longer than it probably should have. Unlike the show's previous anniversary specials, which were largely driven by clips and testimonials, the 40th was conceived of as a super-sized, all-star installment of the show itself,...
See full article at Hitfix
  • 2/16/2015
  • by Alan Sepinwall
  • Hitfix
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The 'Saturday Night Live' story told through its sketches
Saturday Night Live (1975)
On the eve of its 40th anniversary special (though the anniversary itself isn't until October), what is left to say about "Saturday Night Live"? There have been multiple books written about the show, several documentaries, countless essays — riding the never-ending roller-coaster between "Saturday Night Dead" and "Saturday Night Lives Again!" — best-ofs, worst-ofs, and every other kind of list you can think of. I don't know that anything I write over the next few pages will provide new insight into one of the most influential comedy shows ever made, but I wondered if you could tell the story of the show — through good times and bad, through revolutions and evolutions and retrenchments — by looking at its sketches. I wound up picking 21 in all: some among the show's most famous, some obscure but important. These aren't meant as a definitive breakdown of the best "SNL" ever had to offer, but as a...
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  • 2/12/2015
  • by Alan Sepinwall
  • Hitfix
Saturday Night Live (1975)
These are the best sketches from each season of 'Saturday Night Live'
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Before we begin, an explanation: This is not a list of the 39 best SNL sketches of all time.

Any institution that lasts as long as Saturday Night Live has—and that experiences as much cast and writer turnover as Saturday Night Live does—will necessarily have stronger years and leaner years. In SNL’s case, the difference between eras can be especially stark; you’re more likely to laugh at a meh John Belushi sketch than you are at even the finest display of Charles Rocket’s talents. Given that fact, it’s easy for a simple “best sketches ever...
See full article at EW - Inside TV
  • 9/24/2014
  • by Hillary Busis
  • EW - Inside TV
Saturday Night Live (1975)
A Complete Ranking of Saturday Night Live ‘Weekend Update’ Anchors
Saturday Night Live (1975)
“Weekend Update,” which debuted with Saturday Night Live’s very first episode back in 1975, has taken a few detours over the show’s 39 seasons but has mostly stuck with the same basic format: one or two anchors recounting the top stories of the week broken up by commentary from various special guest characters armed with catchphrases. With the 2013-14 season now behind us, Vulture decided to analyze the 17 anchor iterations to sit behind the “Weekend Update” desk over the years and rank them from worst to best. Click through to see where your favorite anchors landed in our list, and guess what, folks? That’s the slideshow and we are outta here! Oh, wait — a quick note on methodology before we begin: We counted only those anchors and anchor teams with ten or more “Weekend Update” segments under their belts. Sorry, fans of Gail Matthius (who sat in with Charles Rocket...
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  • 5/18/2014
  • by Dan Reilly
  • Vulture
Charles Rocket in Heat (1995)
Bonnie Hammer Appoints NBCU Cable Group Research and Brand Heads
Charles Rocket in Heat (1995)
Charles Kennedy and Liz Mahaffey have been appointed to key positions on Bonnie Hammer's NBCU Cable team. Kennedy has been named executive vice president of research and insights. In the role, he will oversee primary, programming, ad sales and digital research for the cable entertainment portfolio and provide insight on data from consumer intelligence and marketplace trends. He joins the team from ABC where he led all of the network's research activities. "Charles is at the top of his field, a talented executive with a deep knowledge of the business," said Hammer in...
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  • 8/8/2013
  • by Jethro Nededog
  • The Wrap
Bonnie Hammer Appoints Two Senior Executives To Her Team
Charles Kennedy has been named Evp, Research and Insights, NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group. Kennedy joins from ABC where he served as Svp of Research. Liz Mahaffey has been named Evp, Brand Strategy, where she’ll oversee strategic planning initiatives across the portfolio of networks. Mahaffey has served as Evp since 2011 where she had oversight of all research initiatives at USA, Syfy, E!, G4, Sleuth, Chiller and UniHD. The two will report to NBCU Cable Entertainment Chairman Bonnie Hammer. “Charles is at the top of his field, a talented executive with a deep knowledge of the business,” said Hammer. “Liz is one of the best big picture thinkers in the business.”...
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  • 8/8/2013
  • by NELLIE ANDREEVA
  • Deadline TV
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Watch: Did Samuel L. Jackson Drop An F-Bomb On 'SNL'?
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Samuel L. Jackson made an unannounced appearance on "Saturday Night Live" yesterday, and left his mark -- by dropping the F-bomb during "What's Up With That?" The uncensored clip can be viewed at the bottom of this entry.

As Frazier Moore of the AP put it:

"Pretending to be miffed at getting interrupted as a guest on the mock talk show "What Up with That?" Jackson said what sounded very much like an F-bomb, followed by the term sometimes shortened to "b.s."

The studio audience reacted audibly, but Kenan Thompson, who plays a variety show host in the sketch, seemingly ad-libbed: "C'mon, Sam. That costs money!"

Carrie Brownstein of "Portlandia," who also made an appearance in the sketch, mimed zipping her mouth.

In a later tweet, Jackson said that he did not say the full word, and that Thompson was "supposed to cut off" the second obscenity.

But Jackson's...
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  • 12/16/2012
  • by Ross Luippold
  • Huffington Post
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Watch: Did Samuel L. Jackson Drop An F-Bomb On 'SNL'?
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Samuel L. Jackson made an unannounced appearance on "Saturday Night Live" yesterday, and left his mark -- by dropping the F-bomb during "What's Up With That?" The uncensored clip can be viewed at the bottom of this entry.

As Frazier Moore of the AP put it:

"Pretending to be miffed at getting interrupted as a guest on the mock talk show "What Up with That?" Jackson said what sounded very much like an F-bomb, followed by the term sometimes shortened to "b.s."

The studio audience reacted audibly, but Kenan Thompson, who plays a variety show host in the sketch, seemingly ad-libbed: "C'mon, Sam. That costs money!"

Carrie Brownstein of "Portlandia," who also made an appearance in the sketch, mimed zipping her mouth.

In a later tweet, Jackson said that he did not say the full word, and that Thompson was "supposed to cut off" the second obscenity.

But Jackson's...
See full article at Aol TV.
  • 12/16/2012
  • by Ross Luippold
  • Aol TV.
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Jay Pharaoh's 'SNL' Obama: Is he the Darrell Hammond to Fred Armisen's Phil Hartman?
Saturday Night Live (1975)
When one cast member inherits a political impression from another cast member on Saturday Night Live, it’s usually because the first comedian has left the show. Will Ferrell exited SNL long before George W. Bush’s presidency ended, leaving the role to Chris Parnell and Will Forte. Hillary Clinton impersonator Ana Gasteyer left in 2002, allowing Amy Poehler to put her own spin on the character. And in the ’80s, SNL’s instability meant everyone from Harry Shearer to Charles Rocket to Joe Piscopo got a chance to do a Reagan impression — even if none of them reached iconic status.
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  • 9/13/2012
  • by Hillary Busis
  • EW.com - PopWatch
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Paul Brittain Leaves 'Saturday Night Live'
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Sources close to "Saturday Night Live" have have confirmed to The Huffington Post that Paul Brittain, best known for his characters Lord Wyndemere and "Sex" Ed Vincent, has left "Saturday Night Live."

Brittain made his first "SNL" appearance on September 25, 2010, on a show hosted by Amy Poehler. Brittain made his mark as a lead performer on October 23 when he introduced the character of "Sex" Ed Vincent -- a "sex education educator" who put on awkwardly dry, yet somewhat graphic sex seminars.

His other popular recurring role was as Lord Wyndemere, a fanciful 18th century-type scamp who lives in the present.

From an audience perspective, Brittain's role as a featured player on the show was sporadic. Brittain would sometimes go whole episodes without an appearance, although that isn't entirely uncommon for a second-year featured player.

What is rare is that Brittain would leave the show mid-season. In 1995, Janeane Garafalo left the...
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  • 1/31/2012
  • by The Huffington Post
  • Huffington Post
Fab Sale Round-Up: Gilt Groupe, Treehouse Tykes and More!
Courtesy Gilt Groupe

Next week, Gilt Groupe is hosting loads a few drool-worthy sales worth checking out. You’ll find loads of chic home décor, toys, gear, footwear and clothing from Maternal America (1/17), Brinca Dada Doll Houses (1/18) and more. On Jan. 16, they’re also opening up a Valentine’s Day shop, which will feature jewelry, apparel, décor, etc. for the whole family.

Our picks: WallCandy‘s Chalkboard Heart Decal (now $22, originally $36) and Maternal America‘s Drape Nursing Top (now $37, originally $83), above.

Not a member of Gilt? Use our exclusive link to sign up. You can also shop their new facebook shop.
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  • 1/14/2012
  • by Shanelle
  • People - CelebrityBabies
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill to leave Doctor Who
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill in Doctor Who (2005)
Doctor Who stars Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill are to leave the hit sci-fi show during the next series, it has been announced tonight.

Karen, who plays Amy Pond, and Arthur, who plays screen husband Rory Williams, will be written out in a "heartbreaking" storyline, show boss Steven Moffat revealed.

A new companion for The Doctor is being lined up, but producers have so far given no clues about their identity.

He added: "That story is going to be a heartbreaking one."

Scottish actress Karen, who will soon be seen in a BBC drama as model Jean Shrimpton, has had a starring role for two series and has become hugely popular.

Moffatt said tonight: "The final days of the Ponds are coming. It's during the next series. I'm not telling you when and I'm not telling you how."

He said The Doctor would be "taking a new friend", adding: "I'm...
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  • 12/16/2011
  • by David Bentley
  • The Geek Files
Peter and Bobby Farrelly Move Forward on Dumb and Dumber 2
Now that brotherly duo Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly have gotten their dream project The Three Stooges out of the way, they are setting their sights on another long gestating project, the sequel to Dumb and Dumber.

The brothers plan to reunite original stars Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, and have already hired Sex Drive scribes Sean Anders an John Morris to pen the screenplay. Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly hope to direct the film themselves.

The original, which was released by New Line Cinema in 1994, could have been given a sequel earlier, but the studio decided on a cheap knock-off with look-alike actors instead, releasing the prequel Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd in 2003.

There is no set start date for Dumb and Dumber 2, but it could likely be Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly's next directorial effort.

Dumb and Dumber was released December 16th, 1994 and stars Jim Carrey,...
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  • 10/26/2011
  • by MovieWeb
  • MovieWeb
Fab Sale Round-Up: Gilt Groupe, Serena & Lily and More!
Courtesy Gilt Groupe

Next week, Gilt Groupe is hosting a few drool-worthy sales worth checking out. You’ll find loads of chic baby and maternity clothing, shoes, toys and home décor from 7 For All Mankind (6/5), Love U Lots Girls Apparel (6/5), Plasma Car: Award Winning Ride-On-Toys (6/5), Baby Aspen (6/6), Chaser T’s for Boys (6/6), Wild Mango Girls and Boys Apparel (6/7), Barbie Basics Collector Dolls (6/8) and more.

Our fave picks: Baby Aspen “Pig In a Blanket” Two Piece Gift Set (now $22, originally $39) and Barbie Model # 6, Collection #1 (now $10, originally $20), above.

Just make sure to sign-in at 12 p.m. Est when each sale starts — or...
See full article at People - CelebrityBabies
  • 6/4/2011
  • by StyleWatch
  • People - CelebrityBabies
The 10 Least Memorable "Saturday Night Live" Regular Cast Members
Charles Rocket: 1980 - 1981. Weekend update anchor. The most prolific male cast member during the 1980-81 season besides Joe Piscopo, He was fired, in part, for cursing on air. (The scene below is the one that got him fired).

Danitra Vance: 1985 - 1986. Recurring characters: "That black girl," and Cabrini Green Jackson, a professional teenage mother who gives advice on pregnancy. (She also died in 1994 from breast cancer). Check out this sketch -- not something they could pull off today.

Tim Kazurinsky: 1981 - 1984. Recurring characters: The landlord from Eddie Murphy's "Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood," Father Timothy Owens, and network censor Worthington Clotman.

Mary Gross: 1981 - 1985. Co-anchor of Weekend Update (briefly). Recurring characters: Alfalfa in the "Little Rascals" sketches, Chi Chi, Celeste, and Siobhan Cahill.

Robin Duke: 1981 - 1984. Recurring character: Wendy Whiner. Also played Mr. T.

Jim Breur: 1995 - 1998. Recurring character: Goat boy. He was in those Goth Talk sketches.
  • 4/12/2011
  • by Dustin Rowles
Dumb and Dumber Sequel on the Horizon
Directors Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly's Hall Pass hit theaters last weekend. While doing press, Bobby Farrelly revealed that they have plans to resurrect one of their earlier comedy hits, Dumb and Dumber. Here's what Bobby Farrelly had to say about a potential sequel to the 1994 comedy.

"[Dumb and Dumber] has run a bunch of times on TV in the states, and kids will come up and they'll be able to quote lines from that - lines that I've long forgotten. If we could get those two guys back together, Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels that might be a worthwhile sequel - and that ball is in motion. We're starting to think about what those two dimwits would be doing twenty-years later in life, and hopefully we'll be able to come up with something worthy of a sequel."

The directors also spoke more about their new comedy project, The Three Stooges. While...
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  • 2/28/2011
  • by MovieWeb
  • MovieWeb
Claire Forlani, Jason Biggs, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Amanda Detmer in Boys and Girls (2000)
Fab Sale Round-Up: Gilt Groupe, Zulily and More!
Claire Forlani, Jason Biggs, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Amanda Detmer in Boys and Girls (2000)
Courtesy of Gilt Groupe

Next week, Gilt Groupe is co-hosting a few drool-worthy sales. You’ll find chic kids fashions from French-based children’s label Jacadi, cool kids costumes by Tutu Couture and mealtime accessories from Boon, Baby Bjorn and Emily Green at up to 60% off. Just make sure you sign-in at 12 p.m. Est when each sale starts — or risk missing out on some great deals!

Our favorites: The Buffalo infant costume (now $14, originally $23) and the Jacadi Boys Dakar Cardigan (now $36, originally $76)

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Jasmere: The...
See full article at People - CelebrityBabies
  • 9/25/2010
  • by Shanelle
  • People - CelebrityBabies
Laddism was once strangely lovable. But not any more | Barbara Ellen
The Danny Dyer episode has been linked to a laddish culture that started with Loaded. That's so wrong

Some of you may not be aware of Football Factory actor, and TV presenter, Danny Dyer, who appeared to give the following advice to a reader who wrote in to his Zoo magazine column about missing his ex: "I'd suggest going on the rampage with the boys, getting on the booze and smashing everything that moves. Then when some bird falls for you, you can turn the tables and break her heart. Of course, the other option is to cut your ex's face, and then no one will want her."

In the ensuing furore, ant- domestic violence and women's groups were rightly horrified. Dyer, who like many celebrity-columnists gave his contributions via phone interview, insisted he was "misquoted" and "devastated". Zoo blamed it on a "production error" and donated money to Women's Aid.
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  • 5/10/2010
  • by Barbara Ellen
  • The Guardian - Film News
Saturday Night Live: The Complete Fifth Season Review
DVD Release Date: Dec. 1 Creator: Lorne Michaels Starring: Bill Murray, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Harry Shearer Studio: NBC Still not ready for primetime By its fifth season, SNL needed a shot in the arm—instead, it had the limb lopped off completely. In 1980, producer Lorne Michaels and the Not Ready for Primetime Players quit over a contract dispute and were replaced by a new cast that included Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo and, um, Charles Rocket? The shakeup ushered in the first dark period in the show’s long history, but in retrospect it was completely necessary—SNL had sunk...
See full article at Pastemagazine.com
  • 1/27/2010
  • Pastemagazine.com
Paul Shaffer: Slipping F-- words into 'SNL' way before Jenny Slate
Nobody would want to be poor Jenny Slate, tripping on an F-bomb on her very first Saturday Night Live episode. But she's in good company: Paul Shaffer thought his TV career was over when he committed a very similar gaffe, subbing a “f--ing” for a “flogging” in a Medieval-themed 1980 sketch, the first such utterance in SNL history. “It went really well in the dress rehearsal,” says Shaffer, who details the incident in his forthcoming memoir We’ll Be Here for the Rest of Our Lives. “So well that I added extra ‘flogging’s until there was finally just a totally slip.
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  • 9/30/2009
  • by Jennifer Armstrong
  • EW.com - PopWatch
That F-Bomb on Saturday Night Live - and Something Much Worse on Family Guy
I remember a time when F-bombs on Saturday Night Live resulted in the termination of the bombers. Who can forget that cold night in February 1981 when the late Charles Rocket let one drop at the very end of the show? (It really was startling, even at 1 a.m. I was a year away from cable and had never heard that word on television.) Rocket was famously fired shortly thereafter. If memory serves, Norm Macdonald had a similar experience with a quietly mumbled F-bomb of his own many years later during a Weekend Update segment. I don't remember if Rocket and Macdonald deliberately attempted to shake broadcast to its very core or simply became caught up in the untamed comedy of their moments, but it was clear on this past Saturday's show that brand new SNL cast member Jenny Slate accidentally...
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  • 9/29/2009
  • by Ed Martin
  • Huffington Post
A timeline of SNL's f@$!ery
Well that was a frickin’ crazy first day. With barely 20 minutes left in the broadcast, new SNL cast member Jenny Slate did what you oughtn’t to do (but folks do anyway): She dropped the f-bomb. During a sketch about biker chicks with Kristen Wiig and host Megan Fox, Slate slipped and said “I f--ing love you for that,” then had a look on her face like she knew she’d stepped in it. She knew because SNL’s been here before. (Luckily, NBC says Slate will keep her job.) Read about other f--ups in SNL history after the jump.
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  • 9/29/2009
  • by Alynda Wheat
  • EW.com - PopWatch
Video: Jenny Slate Dropped the F-Word on 'Saturday Night Live'
Megan Fox may be the icing on the cake during the season opener of "Saturday Night Live" but it was newbie Jenny Slate who stole the headlines after the Saturday, September 26 show. The comedienne who made her debut in the sketch called "Biker Chick Chat" dropped the most-forbidden four letters word on air.

Playing alongside regular Kristen Wiig, Slate was supposed to slip in words like "frickin' " and "friggin' " in every sentence she said. However, she said the real F-word on the sentence "You stood up for yourself, and I f**kin' love you for that." Slate made a face after realizing she had a slip of tongue, puffing her cheeks.

The executives of "SNL" were hoping that they can get by with the incident. Lorne Michaels said on Sunday, September 27 that Slate needs to be spared because it was her first time on the show. "There was nothing dirty,...
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  • 9/28/2009
  • by AceShowbiz.com
  • Aceshowbiz
Charles Rocket in Heat (1995)
ABC taps TV research vet
Charles Rocket in Heat (1995)
Charles Kennedy has been named senior vp research for ABC.

The 15-year TV research veteran will lead all of ABC's research activities, including ratings analysis and forecasts, and will also focus on using Disney's Ad Lab for cross-platform consumer behavior and additional digital, advertising and marketing initiatives. He will report to Peter Seymour, Disney Media Network's executive vp strategy and research.

"Charles' outstanding track record in television research, along with his proven expertise evaluating social trends, makes him highly qualified for this key research position at the ABC Television Network," said Mr. Seymour.

Kennedy joined ABC from Dyg Inc., a market research firm specializing in social trends.
See full article at The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
  • 3/19/2009
  • by By Nellie Andreeva
  • The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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