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NBC announced Tuesday that Colin Jost and Michael Che were named co-head writers of Saturday Night Live.

The pair have been hosting "Weekend Update" since 2014. They will join the show's current head writers, Bryan Tucker and Kent Sublette, both of whom are remaining in their roles. Sudi Green and Fran Gillespie were also named writing supervisors in the announcement.

Jost, a four-time WGA Award winner and Peabody Award recipient who is currently dating Scarlett Johansson, joined SNL in 2005 as a writer. He was previously a head writer from 2012 to 2015 alongside Seth Meyers and then Tucker.

Before joining SNL in 2013, Che appeared on The Daily Show. The new appointment makes him the first person of color to have the title of head writer.

It's a been a major year for the long-running sketch show. Not only have they been able to capitalize on an insane year of politics (we're looking at you, Alec Baldwin/President Donald...

Saturday Night Live comically addressed the ongoing sexual harassment allegations against powerful men in a sketch titled “Welcome to Hell.” SNL Addresses Sexual Harassment With Sketch Host Saoirse Ronan and cast members Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Leslie Jones, and Melissa Villaseñor created a colorful music video for the comedy show. They start by addressing men and their discomfort with […]

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The women of Saturday Night Live and guest host Saoirse Ronan banded together to tackle the influx of sexual misconduct allegations in a sketch titled "Welcome to Hell."

Ronan, Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant performed the upbeat song on what could pass as a Katy Perry music video set, giving the sketch a cheerful, bubblegum tone despite its dark subject matter.

"It's freaky, it's nasty, it's button-under-the-desk bad," the women sing, referencing the button Matt Lauer had to lock his office door. "But this is our hometown, we'll show you around.

Saoirse Ronan was the host of the Dec. 2 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” and her “Lady Bird” director Greta Gerwig stopped by for a cameo in a quirky digital short. The sketch, titled “The Race,” is about a ’80s-style office where running fast to fetch files leads to corporate glory. Kyle Mooney gets training from Ronan to race against office alpha male Beck Bennet in this silly short film, leading to a inspirational (and slightly spooky) ending.

Ronan recently spoke to IndieWire about the joy of collaborating with Gerwig, which started when the duo first read the “Lady Bird” script together as a makeshift audition.

“We read through the whole thing, and I did Lady Bird’s part and she did everyone else’s parts,” Ronan said. “It just felt like you’d met one of those people that you really wanted to spend time with and really wanted to...

“Every Frame a Painting,” a YouTube channel which attracted many cinephiles by focusing on the artistry of cinema, has ended. Creator and narrator Tony Zhou, alongside his fellow “Frame” writer and editor Taylor Ramos, published a “Postmortem” for the show on Dec. 2, alongside a script for a never-completed final video which was a thoughtful peek behind the curtain of the artists’ workflow.

“Every Frame a Painting is officially dead. Nothing sinister; we just decided to end it, rather than keep on making stuff. The existing videos will, of course, remain online. But there won’t be any new ones,” reads the introduction to the script.

Near the beginning of the script itself, Ramos outlines why the duo have stopped producing videos. “In the past year, we’ve both started new jobs and taken on other freelance work.

In the past few months, a slew of powerful men — from Harvey Weinstein to Matt Lauer — have been outed as sexual predators. Though many may be shocked, the ladies of Saturday Night Live are here to tell you that this kind of bad behavior is nothing new.

Set in a Candy Land-like setting, host Saoirse Ronan and castmembers Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong and Kate McKinnon posed as pop princesses to say “Welcome to Hell.”

“Hey there, boys. We know the last couple months have been frickin’ insane,” said Strong before Bryant chimed in, “All these big, cool, powerful guys are...

The Dec. 2 episode of “Saturday Night Live” featured the season’s most pointed statement against Hollywood’s ongoing sexual harassment scandals in the form of a candy-colored music video for the song “Welcome to Hell.” In it, host Saoirse Ronan and cast members Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones educate men who have been shocked about this recent run of news about how life has been difficult for women for hundreds of years.

“Well, House of Cards is ruined, and that really sucks, but here’s a list of stuff that’s ruined for us,” the group sings at one point, before listing things like walking, ponytails, drinking, and hotels. The women also reveal how they arm themselves to walk home at night, and how mistreatment in the workplace can be traced back to a long history of men asserting power over women, such as the Salem witch trials...

The 2017 time warp continues: While it may feel like this season of Saturday Night Live started a long time ago, this is only the seventh episode. As host, Saoirse Ronan acquitted herself well, although this is a show in which she served as ensemble rather than actual lead in most sketches. Nothing suggested the show was hiding her in any way, but the nature of the material meant there were few chances for her to stand alone in the spotlight.

As far as material, SNL is moving into what feels...

Did the luck of the Irish rub off on Saturday Night Live?

Ireland native Saoirse Ronan made her hosting debut this weekend in one of the better episodes of the still-young season, where she was joined by her fellow Irishmen U2. The two-time Oscar nominee, who is currently promoting the acclaimed indie film Lady Bird, even joked that she was hosting the St. Patrick’s Day episode of SNL — albeit a few months early.

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In the guise of a saccharine-sweet, Katy Perry-esque music video, Saturday Night Livecastmembers Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon and host Saoirse Ronan had a message for all the men in America who are just now realizing the ever-present, relentless horror and reality of sexual harassment and assault that women have been facing in our country for, well, ever.

Rocking pastel and neon outfits, the women performed a mind-blowing and darkly ironic song about the realities of sexual harassment, set to a disconcertingly upbeat synth-pop track.

"All these big, cool, powerful guys are turning out to be, what’s the word? Habitual predators?" Bryant sing-talks. "And it's like, dang, is this the world now?"

"Well here's a little secret that every girl knows," Ronan chimes in.

"This been the damn world," Strong says, kicking off the pop-track.

"It's freaky, it's nasty, it's button-under-the-desk bad," the girls sing in unison, referring to one of...

In the guise of a saccharine-sweet, Katy Perry-esque music video, Saturday Night Livecastmembers Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon and host Saoirse Ronan had a message for all the men in America who are just now realizing the ever-present, relentless horror and reality of sexual harassment and assault that women have been facing in our country for, well, ever.

Rocking pastel and neon outfits, the women performed a mind-blowing and darkly ironic song about the realities of sexual harassment, set to a disconcertingly upbeat synth-pop track.

"All these big, cool, powerful guys are turning out to be, what’s the word? habitual predators?" Bryant sing-talks. "And it's like, dang, is this the world now?"

"Well here's a little secret that every girl knows," Ronan chimes in.

"This been the damn world" Strong says, kicking off the pop-track.

"It's freaky, it's nasty, it's button-under-the-desk bad," the girls sing in unison, referring to one of...

"Saturday Night Live" took on the massive sexual harassment/assault scandal by telling perpetrators they are now in the same place the woman have been for years -- hell. The skit -- "Welcome to Hell" -- is not knee-slapping funny, but it's definitely powerful.  It addresses the sorrow some people have expressed that certain titans have now fallen and their projects have been shelved ... like Jeremy Piven and "Wisdom of the Crowd." This one's different...

It’s only December 2 and we have two more episodes after this before Christmas, but this week’s “Saturday Night Live” still opened with a “Christmas Carol” homage featuring Alec Baldwin. Despite seeming to jump the gun a little bit, seasonally, it’s one of the more incisive cold opens in a little while, pounding hard at Donald Trump’s most recent string of missteps.

Afterwards, though, it was an episode devoted to having fun with a fresh face who proved game for all sorts of wackily colored wigs and character moments. If it weren’t for her opening monologue and the fact that U2 was the musical guest, you’d hardly know she was Irish.

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A24 has made a name with their taste-making choices, while “A Prayer Before Dawn” might not have been on your radar, the first trailer is certainly going to make you sit up and take notice.

Originally slated to star Charlie Hunnam, rising actor Joe Cole (“Green Room,” “Peaky Blinders“) takes the lead role, in this based on a true story tale about English boxer Billy Moore , who gets incarcerated at Klong Prem (aka the Bangkok Hilton), where he trains in the art of Muay Thai Boxing, and fights to survive.

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Andy Samberg is taking his role as a first-time dad in stride, and he’s got the kicks to prove it.

The Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tuesday to chat with the host about his show — which had its season 5 premiere the same day — as well as his new baby girl with wife Joanna Newsom.

“My dad instincts are kicking in, I gotta rock these,” said Samberg, 39, referring to what was on his feet: the Steph Curry “nurse shoes,” as he described the white sneakers jokingly.

“I was like, ‘I think I’m making them work, I think they look cool,...

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Ever since directing the original Saw back in 2004, James Wan’s career has only continued to skyrocket. Say what you will about the franchise that his debut spawned, but the original film – in all its low budget simplicity – was the work of someone with potential and, better yet, the talent to see that potential through. In the years since, his name has become synonymous with modern horror, spinning two further franchises into gold with Insidious and The Conjuring, and while he’s also helped guide Furious 7 through its troubled production and is helming next year’s Aquaman, fans of Wan will always look forward to seeing him return to his horror roots.

But while the director has seen success after success over the years, there’s one year in particular that always seems to get overlooked: 2007. It was then that Wan...

Ahead of its April 18th release, Scream Factory has unveiled the bonus features for their Collector's Edition Blu-ray of Tales From the Hood, giving fans of the film plenty to look forward to, including an extensive "making of" featurette.

Press Release: It’s a place where your worst fears can come to life. A place where it’s hard to tell nightmares from reality. A place where you will discover Tales from the Hood. Lauded for its take on complex social issues like police brutality and domestic abuse, this cult horror anthology from director Rusty Cundieff and executive producer Spike Lee makes its Blu-ray debut April 18th, 2017 as a Collector’s Edition Blu-ray from Scream Factory. Tales from the Hood comes loaded with bonus features, including the new documentary Welcome to Hell: The Making of Tales from the Hood, which features new interviews with director/writer Rusty Cundieff, producer/writer Darin Scott,...

“Welcome to the show, sir,” Trevor Noah said as CNN’s Van Jones came to The Daily Show to plug the cable news net’s Donald Trump special The Messy Truth “Welcome to hell, sir,” Jones responded, saying, of the next four years: “For you it' a ratings bonanza. For the rest of us , we're just going to be suffering.” Noah noted that, when Jones guested on the show before the election, “you sounded the warning…you were talking about angry white voters” and “people who were…...

Sideshow plunges into the imaginative (and perilous) world of Clive Barker's Hellraiser to bring a new Cenobite into the light with their Premium Format Figure and Premium Art Print of the Hell Priestess. With Halloween creeping closer on our calendars, both collectibles are now available to pre-order, and they are teased in new photos featuring the incredible craftsmanship that went into each item's creation.

Hell Priestess Premium Format Figure: "Welcome to Hell

Clive Barker’s world of Hellraiser introduced us to the Cenobites, and their leader – Pinhead. Now, Sideshow is ready to introduce the world to a new member of the Cenobites – The Hell Priestess Premium Format™ Figure.

Working with the studio that developed the first Hellraiser film, Sideshow’s artists have crafted a new level of terror. The Hell Priestess Premium Format™ Figure sits upon a base that is adorned with a blood pool containing the roiling tortured souls of victims.

There has been no shortage of negative headlines heading into NBC’s coverage of 2016 Rio Summer Games, the first-ever Olympics in South America. The stories from Rio have been eye-popping: dismembered body parts washing up on Copacabana beach, mere meters from the Olympic Beach Volleyball Arena; a shootout at a hospital; new data revealing that muggings are at an 11-year high; and police, fire and hospital personnel on strike amid budget shortfalls. One such protest at Rio's airport had police officers holding a banner that read: "Welcome to Hell: police and firefighters don't get paid, whoever comes to Rio de Janeiro

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With the Olympic Games less than a month away, athletes and spectators headed to Rio de Janiero are concerned by the growing number of problems cropping up in the city. Most recently, a group of Brazilian scientists discovered a drug-resistant "super bacteria" growing off of the city's beautiful beaches. Researchers believe the bacteria, found in Guanabara Bay, entered waterways from surrounding households and hospitals. "Every time you get some water in your face, it feels like there's alien enemy entering your face. I keep my nose and my lips closed," German Paralympic sailor Heiko Kroger told CNN. This comes only days after human body parts,...

After the haunting series premiere of Dead of Summer, this summer looks like it will take a horrifyingly haunting turn.

Dead of Summer Season 1 Episode 2 greets children to Camp Stillwater, even after the gardener's murder, and all of the crazy stuff that happened to Amy Hughes.

Is this ghost a fan of children? You better hope so, or there may be another lake massacre, which likely started this curse, or whatever it is.

Check out the photos below! How will the counselors react to the children wandering around Camp Stillwater? Who can't handle their duties? How long until the kids are sent home?

Missing are Amy, Jessie, Drew, Blair, and Garrett. That's suspicious.

You can watch Dead of Summer online right here at TV Fanatic to re-watch the series premiere!

1. Trouble's Brewing... - Dead of Summer Children are arriving, and Alex doesn't look too happy about it. They'll likely be sorted into pairs,...

No one will accuse NBC’s new revenge thriller, Game of Silence (premiering Tuesday at 10/9c, before settling into a Thursday timeslot), of being subtle.

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Baddies do everything but twirl their mustaches around their pinky fingers and cackle as they put their nefarious plans in motion. The good guys each seem to have been plucked from The Directory of Stock TV Characters (Chapter 23: “Reunited Childhood Friends With Issues”). Fists get slammed on barroom tables, accompanied by lines like, “We’re talkin’ about justice!

Welcome to Hell in Rob Zombie’s 31 – Check out this Teaser Poster!

Rob Zombie welcomes you to hell in this brand new teaser poster 31 will premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 23rd in the Midnight section! Written and Directed by Rob Zombie Starring Meg Foster, Jeff Daniel Phillips, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Richard Brake, Malcolm McDowell, and Sheri Moon Zombie 31 tells the story of ...

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How would you program this year's newest, most interesting films into double features with movies of the past you saw in 2015?Looking back over the year at what films moved and impressed us, it is clear that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, the annual tradition of our end of year poll, which calls upon our writers to pick both a new and an old film: they were challenged to choose a new film they saw in 2015—in theatres or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they also saw in 2015 to create a unique double feature.All the contributors were given the option to write some text explaining their 2015 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch...

“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column (with a special year-end retrospective today) focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats. Oftentimes they fail miserably.

It hasn’t been a great year for domestic movie poster design. Yes there are always a handful to admire each month, but that’s not saying much when you’re comparing them to absolute dreck.

Whereas most years I’m collecting 15-20 images and find myself exasperated trying to cull them down into a Top Ten, 2015 had me struggling to fill the #10 slot. Only maybe three or four were “musts” and the rest ended up waging a war of attrition to...

Back in black and on his home turf, Daredevil begins again in New York City as a new enemy emerges. Meanwhile his alter ego, Matt Murdock, is on a new side of the law in the District Attorney's office. Fighting crime in the shadows, prosecuting bad guys in the light, it's a whole new chapter for our man without fear -- including the arrival of the devil's advocate. Welcome to Hell, Blindspot. Daredevil #1 Written by Charles Soule Pencils & Cover by Ron Garney Variant Covers by Alex Maleev, Tim Sale...

He’s back in black and back on his home turf this December! Yes, here’s your first look inside Daredevil #1 – the blockbuster new series from writer Charles Soule (Death of Wolverine, Uncanny Inhumans) and artist Ron Garney (Captain America, Wolverine).

It’s a new beginning for Matt Murdock in the all-different Marvel Universe. Back in New York City and practicing law in the District Attorney’s office for the first time – Matt’s day job and night job finally align. Fighting crime in the shadows, prosecuting bad guys in the light…it’s a whole new world for the Man Without Fear. Including the arrival of a new hero he’s taken under his wing. Who is this new hero and where did he come from? Welcome to Hell, Blindspot. Hope you survive the experience! Be there as the Man Without Fear charges headlong into the All-New, All-Different Marvel...

Daredevil #1 Charles Soule (writer) Ron Garney (art/cover) John Tyler Christopher, Larry Stroman, Tim Sale, Alex Maleev, Joe Quesada (variants) On Sale: 12/02/15 Price: $3.99 He’s back in black and back on his home turf this December. Today, Marvel is pleased to present to you a look inside Daredevil #1 – the blockbuster new series from writer Charles Soule (Death of Wolverine, Uncanny Inhumans) and artist Ron Garney (Captain America, Wolverine)! It’s a new beginning for Matt Murdock in the all-different Marvel Universe. Back in New York City and practicing law in the District Attorney’s office for the first time – Matt’s day job and night job finally align. Fighting crime in the shadows, prosecuting bad guys in the light…it’s a whole new world for the Man Without Fear. Including the arrival of a new hero he’s taken under his wing. Who is this new hero and where did he come from?...