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Catch Will Smith, Denzel Washington, and Barack Obama in one room

Amy Poehler's New Comedy Partner Is David Simon

Obama's SOTU Riles Rightbloggers Less Than Jokes About Thirsty Marco Rubio

Last Tuesday was the State of the Union address, in which the President laid out a bunch of plans and Republicans denounced them. Rightbloggers got into this with the aplomb you'd expect. But when rising GOP star Marco Rubio had a comical moment in his official Republican response, and people had ... More >>

SNL Sound-off: Kendrick Lamar's "Poetic Justice" and a Lonely Island Cameo

In the first two weeks of its new season, Saturday Night Live has given us a pair of polar opposites for musical guests: The Lumineers and Kendrick Lamar. The dichotomy goes beyond differences in genre and has more to do with the fact that one band showed up to work on a Saturday night and one didn' ... More >>

All Tomorrow's Parties Preview: Founder Barry Hogan on the Festival's Move to New York City

To get to Pier 36 from Brooklyn, one must cross the Williamsburg Bridge and make a left. It has been used to store bananas, in the '80s served as a dock for a prison barge that inmates referred to as "The Love Boat," was home to the NYPD's drug-busting TNT squad, and--in the '90s--played host to art ... More >>

Did Anyone Else Cry During Kristen Wiig's SNL Farewell Last Night?

Rumors have been circulating for some time that Kristen Wiig was considering her seventh year as an Saturday Night Live castmember to be her last. And, in the last sketch of the season finale on Saturday night, she confirmed those rumors with one of the best (and emotional) send-offs in the show's h ... More >>

100 & Single: Gotye And fun. Help Alternative Rock Go Pop Once Again

Consider this six-pack of rock acts: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Big Audio Dynamite, the Psychedelic Furs, U2, R.E.M. and Julian Cope. My dream Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Not quite—it's a list of the first six artists to go to No. 1 on the chart Billboard launched in the fall of 1988, then call ... More >>

Questlove's Quest

The always-working bandleader puts the world on shuffle at BAM

Q&A: Questlove On Artistic Freedom, "Shuffle Culture," And Spreading The Springsteen Gospel

In a recent tweet responding to a follower's assertion that he was a celebrity, the drummer and head Root Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson demurred, claiming he was merely "a personality." The follower had a point, though; according to a website devoted to Quest's blogs about meeting famous people, for in ... More >>

Live from New York... It's Mitt Romney?

This has to happen. In what could be one of the most interesting Saturday Night Live episodes in recent memory, it has been reported that Lorne Michaels, the producer of the legendary sketch comedy show, has offered the Romney tent a chance for their candidate to show off his comedic flare ... More >>

Tea Party Princess

Victoria Jackson went from the big leagues of comedy to the rabid right of modern politics

Q&A: Jesse Malin Looks Back On His Friendship With Joey Ramone

Joey Ramone would have been 60 years old on May 19. This week, in celebration of the birthday of the Queens-born gone-too-soon punk legend, Sound of the City will run a series of features on his life and his legacy. via MySpaceJesse Malin at Joey Ramone's Birthday Bash in 2008.​Talk on the ph ... More >>

Tina Fey is One Step Closer to Ruling the Cosmos

​Congratulations to New York's girl with the most cake, Tina Fey, for winning the 2010 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the nation's highest honor for those with easy, grossly unfair access to Jon Hamm comedy. The 30 Rock actress/writer will accept the award in November in a ceremony at th ... More >>

GOLDEN BETTY

Will Betty White show up tonight?

Gossip About Avatar, Fame, and Antichrist!

Fame, the musical is watered-down, unlike von Trier's Antichrist.

Life Lessons From Kissinger, George W., and Randy Jackson: Studies in Crap and Fox News are Going Places

Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Going Places: How America's Best and Brightest Got Started Down the Road of Life Author: E.D. Hill, former ho ... More >>

New York Newcomers Story Turns Out Happily for Rich, Famous People

New York magazine has produced that article about New York noobs and why they come here, which we saw them working on earlier, and about all you need to know about it is in this quote: "Many offered some variation on 'I came here to live out my dream.'" If you can stomach more, a former nanny says s ... More >>

Lorne Michaels' Stalker Alleges Thought-Theft, Gets Off Easy

Last summer Evans Pidhajecky, an aspiring comedy writer from Oyster Bay, Long Island, became convinced that "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels was stealing his material. To make matters worse, he thought Michaels was stealing them directly from his brain, telepathically -- and, E! online ... More >>

Latest "Leave Sarah Alone!" Rant from WSJ

ALL HAIL SNL

Before Jon, there was Chevy and Dan

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's Surrogate Mommy Comedy

Neither one seem the least bit invested in their baby

Live: Rutlemania at the Blender Theater the Gramercy at Your Mom

This Week's DVDs: Into the Wild, Radiant City, More

Stranded by Oscar

That '70s Show

'Saturday Night Live' in the post-Tina Fey, YouTube unknown

Remote Patrol

Tough Advice for Ellen, Angelina, and the Olsens

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Heard It on the X

There Is No Such Thing as Nü Metal, and It Has an X-Tremely Funny Face

Large and in Charge

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