Maya Rudolph

An Unconventional Parenting Setup in the Highly Conventional Friends With Kids

Oscars 2012: Best Dresses With the Meh Factor

Dear Ladies of the Red Carpet: Where's the shock of the swan dress or the pizzazz of the goth showgirl of yesteryear? Come on, ladies, this is the Oscars, and it's 2012! Why are so many of you million dollar actresses playing the Grace Kelly card? We are fully aware that all of you can't pull off ... More >>

Bridesmaids Was A Musical!

Kristen Wiig says Bridesmaids is not a raunchy movie or even a wedding movie -- "it's a friendship movie." Yeah, yeah, yeah, but what about that raunchy scene in the dress shop? "It was scary," Wiig admitted at a Times Talk I hobbled to on Sunday, "because that scene was added late in the movie. J ... More >>

Melissa McCarthy Tells Me About The Bridesmaids Stomach Cramps Scene

​ The hilarious Melissa McCarthy hosted an event last night for the reinvention of Ivory, which we talked about in between covering slightly more insouciant things. Like, hasn't Bridesmaids been wrongly labeled "a gross-out comedy" when there was basically just that one poopy-in-the-sink (and ... More >>

Happy 100th Birthday, Lucille Ball!

Wikipedia​Saturday marks Lucille Ball's 100th birthday. Those of us who grew up watching I Love Lucy (and later, The Lucy Show) on Nick at Nite and TV Land know what an amazing comedic talent she was. But for all of the wails of "waahhhhh" and all the "'splainin'" she had to do, she was also ... More >>

Bridesmaids Gets Screwed

Wikipedia​Saturday marks Lucille Ball's 100th birthday. Those of us who grew up watching I Love Lucy (and later, The Lucy Show) on Nick at Nite and TV Land know what an amazing comedic talent she was. But for all of the wails of "waahhhhh" and all the "'splainin'" she had to do, she was also ... More >>

Are Black Jews in New York Really All That Surprising?

​In some parts, actually: yeah. Take Crown Heights, for example, where the African-American and Orthodox Jewish communities rioted against each other only less than two decades ago. The New York Times pointed out the seemingly surprising crossover in Crown Heights specifically as a Black Ortho ... More >>

SNL's Men Get Films Careers, But the Women Don't

​Why is it only the male stars of Saturday Night Live who end up with the big movie careers? Flip back through the years, and think about it: John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Will Ferrell, and tons more e ... More >>

Adam Sandler Takes a Celebrity Vaca with His Old SNL Pals in Grown Ups

​Why is it only the male stars of Saturday Night Live who end up with the big movie careers? Flip back through the years, and think about it: John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, Will Ferrell, and tons more e ... More >>

'80s Kids: From MacGyver to MacGruber

Filmmakers pay homage to the pop of their youth

So, How Was Betty White on SNL: The Best of All-Time or The Best Ever?

​By all accounts, last night went pretty damn well for the 88-year-old Golden Girl, the oldest host in the show's 35 year history. If we're gauging immediate critical reaction chiefly online -- and why shouldn't we? -- then White came through in a big way on the penultimate episode of this sea ... More >>

Why Tonight's SNL With Betty White and Jay-Z Will Be a Success No Matter What

​If you read the internet at all this week, you might be inclined to think there's a cross-generational, interracial sex tape about. As it turns out, all of the buzz is just based on an episode of Saturday Night Live, airing tonight, with host Betty White and musical guest Jay-Z. The show will ... More >>

Dave Eggers's Away We Go a Work of Staggering Something

​If you read the internet at all this week, you might be inclined to think there's a cross-generational, interracial sex tape about. As it turns out, all of the buzz is just based on an episode of Saturday Night Live, airing tonight, with host Betty White and musical guest Jay-Z. The show will ... More >>

Summer Guide: Surveillance, Jennifer Lynch's First in 16 Years

​If you read the internet at all this week, you might be inclined to think there's a cross-generational, interracial sex tape about. As it turns out, all of the buzz is just based on an episode of Saturday Night Live, airing tonight, with host Betty White and musical guest Jay-Z. The show will ... More >>

HIPSTER PARENTHOOD

Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida tell you about making babies

Summer's Here Kids

Sweltering jams for the imminent doldrums

The Future is Now

Mike Judge's much ballyhooed but rarely seen Idiocracy—coming soon to your idiot box!

That '70s Show

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

NY Mirror

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

NY Mirror

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