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“Comedy slowly became rock ‘n’ roll,” says Joe Piscopo, a Saturday Night Live cast member between 1980 and 1984, in the opening episode of SNL 50: Beyond Saturday Night.

The Peacock docuseries, which is exec produced by Morgan Neville, the man behind Fred Rogers doc Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, 20 Feet From Stardom and the Pharrell Williams Lego doc Piece By Piece, tells the story of the venerable NBC sketch comedy show ahead of its 50th anniversary next month.

It features a slew of cast members including Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Bill Hader, Bobby Moynihan, Bowen Yang, Cheri Oteri, David Spade, Tina Fey, Ego Nwodim, Fred Armisen, Heidi Gardner, Jason Sudeikis, Jay Pharaoh, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jon Lovitz, Kenan Thompson, Molly Shannon, Pete Davidson, Tracy Morgan, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, Rachel Dratch, Will Ferrell, Billy Crystal and Damon Wayans as well as writers and producers such as Alan Zweibel, Al Franken, Harper Steele,...

The 50th anniversary of “SNL” is about to kick off.

Acclaimed Academy and Emmy award-winning documentarian Morgan Neville is honoring the 50th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” with docuseries “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night,” which he executive produces. The four-part series offers a behind-the-scenes look at the history of the beloved sketch series, with each episode taking a different perspective on how the show began.

More than 60 SNL alums are interviewed onscreen, including Amy Poehler, Andy Samberg, Bill Hader, Jason Sudeikis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Molly Shannon, Pete Davidson, Stephen Colbert, Tracy Morgan, Bob Odenkirk, Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, John Mulaney, Larry David, Will Ferrell, Rachel Dratch, and Fred Armisen.

The first installment, “Five Minutes,” is about the audition process. Emmy Award winner Robert Alexander directs the first episode, which includes never-before-seen audition footage and firsthand accounts from alums as they reflect on their preparation and journey to the “SNL” stage.

The second episode,...

Wild and crazy guys, the van down by the river, and, of course, more cowbell – just some of the classic sketches shown in the new trailer released today for Peacock‘s four-part docuseries SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night.

“Anybody can do comedy,” former cast member Tracy Morgan says at the start of the trailer before delivering the punchline – “But are you funny?”

The upcoming docuseries promises lots of funny moments from the history of Saturday Night Live. In the trailer, Tina Fey, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Dana Carvey and Amy Poehler are among the famous faces speaking about the venerable NBC late-night series. Andy Samberg reveals he threw up after auditioning.

The docuseries, Peacock says, will offer a behind-the-scenes look “at some of the American late-night comedy institution’s most iconic elements and rich history.”

The docuseries, executive produced by Morgan Neville, includes four episodes, each taking “a different creative approach...

Peacock has released a first look at SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night, a new documentary series that offers a behind-the-scenes look at some of the American late-night comedy institution’s most iconic elements and rich history.

Executive produced by Academy and Emmy Award winner Morgan Neville, SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night streams exclusively on Peacock beginning January 16.

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night is a four-part docuseries honoring the legacy of SNL, with over 60 contributors, including SNL alumni, and covering decades of SNL history. Spotlighting some of the show’s most iconic elements, each episode delves into the rich history of SNL and pulls back the curtain on the audition process, the writers’ room, the fan favorite “More Cowbell” sketch and the pivotal Season 11.

Each episode of the docuseries takes a different creative approach to the tapestry of Saturday Night Live and embraces the unique vision of their award-winning directors: Emmy Award winner Robert Alexander...

Starting in 1996, the cartoon showcase TV Funhouse became a regular fixture on Saturday Night Live. The brainchild of veteran SNL writer — and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog creator — Robert Smigel, TV Funhouse is best remembered as the home for Ace and Gary, “The Ambiguously Gay Duo,” who would defeat the forces of evil in the most suggestive ways possible.

But there was more to TV Funhouse than just Ace and Gary. Other recurring segments included “The X-Presidents,” — in which (then) ex-presidents Reagan, Ford, Bush Sr. and Carter (Rip) would make America safe with their variety of superpowers, and “Fun with Real Audio,” where real news audio from political figures would be used over hilariously humiliating animation. There were also dozens of one-off cartoons featuring Smigel’s signature brand of twisted humor.

Sadly, TV Funhouse ended in 2008, and but for a one-segment revival in 2011, it hasn’t been heard from since.

In his eight years on Saturday Night Live, Chris Parnell certainly left a mark. From his dead-on impression of Tom Brokaw, to his famous rapping skills, to his earning the nickname “The Iceman” for never breaking in a sketch, Parnell’s legacy on the show is impressive. There is, however, one thing that sets him apart from every other cast member ever: He’s the only guy to have been fired from the show not once, but twice.

I recently caught up with the presently gainfully employed Parnell to discuss those two dismissals as well as the protest sketch one of the show’s writers put together to express to Lorne Michaels their displeasure with Parnell’s termination.

Before we get into the two ends of your tenure, do you have a favorite moment from your time on the show?

I always enjoyed doing the Weekend Update raps to different...

Hosting Saturday Night Live is no easy gig no matter how experienced you are in comedy or performing in front of a live audience. Some hosts just fall flat, and one popular comedian admitted that he was kind of "horrible" in most sketches.

Not every Saturday Night Live host can be Donald Glover or Melissa McCarthy, a natural from the second the lights go on. Most hosts are good to Ok or don't do much to disrupt the audience. But there have been a handful of absolute duds over the 50-year history of Saturday Night Live.

Comedian Dane Cook isn't exactly on the level of, say, Steven Seagal. However, Cook would be the first to admit that his initial turn as Saturday Night Live didn't go so smoothly.

"I got to feel like I was horrible in a couple of things," Cook said to hosts Dana Carvey and David Spade...

Saturday Night Live spoiled its audience with a cameo-packed episode hosted by Martin Short to close out 2024. But if it wasn't for time restrictions, another big-name cameo would have been added to the list.

The cold open kicked things off by officially inducting Short into the Five Timers Club. Tom Hanks, Tina Fey, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Rudd, John Mulaney, Emma Stone, Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, and Jimmy Fallon all showed up to start the show. Lorne Michaels and Dana Carvey also popped up later in the episode.

A cut-for-time sketch prevented actress Lucy Liu from officially making a cameo during the episode. But thankfully, Saturday Night Live added the sketch online for all to enjoy.

Martin Short stars as the Grinch in the Dr. Seuss parody. The scene stars pretty slow and is more impressive for the production value than any of the comedy.

However, that quickly changes...

Pete Davidson kick-started his career with Saturday Night Live or SNL. He got his big break when he landed a job as a featured player in the popular sketch comedy show. Davidson worked for eight seasons between 2014 and 2022, starting with season 40 which premiered in 2014. During his first season, Davidson starred in 20 out of 21 episodes.

Pete Davidson on SNL | Credits: Saturday Night Live YouTube

Because of his career graph in SNL, Davidson got to work on many big projects in Hollywood, including the Netflix rom-com Set It Up, a cameo in Suicide Squad, Big Time Adolescence, The King of Staten Island, and more. He made his exit from SNL after season 47 in 2022 but was featured as a host in season 49 and had a special appearance in season 50.

But do you know how much he was paid for his contribution to the sketch comedy show? In this article, we will take a...

Heidi Gardner is reliving the Saturday Night Live sketch that made her completely lose it during the live show.

Earlier this year, Gardner broke character during a Beavid & Butt-Head spoof and explains why she thinks she cracked up looking at her co-star Mikey Day.

“I find it a big source of pride that I never break — even though it’s so lovable and likable…I don’t want to use it as a crutch,” Gardner said on the Not Skinny but Not Fat podcast. “In that one I was the straight man, and you really want to get out all the information for all the fun stuff that’s going to happen.”

Gardner played a NewsNation journalist holding a town hall about A.I., with Kenan Thompson playing an MIT professor. As the pair discussed A.I., Thompson’s character was distracted by an audience member who looked strikingly similar to Beavis,...

Pete Davidson is getting candid about how much he made during his time on Saturday Night Live.

The actor and comedian, who starred on the NBC sketch comedy show from 2014 to 2022, recently shared in an Instagram video for New York Magazine how much he earned for each episode, as well as his “biggest indulgence” after getting his first SNL paycheck.

“Do you guys know what they pay us? It’s like three grand an episode, so I think I got dinner!” Davidson said.

Davidson was known on SNL for several memorable “Weekend Update” moments, characters and sketches, including “Chad,” “Rap Roundtable” and “Jasmine and Aladdin.”

However, the Bupkis actor wasn’t the only SNL alum revealing what they brought with their first big paycheck. “I mean, you don’t really make enough money to make big purchases,” Jason Sudeikis, former castmember and writer, admitted in the video. “So, I think...

Pete Davidson revealed in a video roundup for New York Magazine how much he was paid as a “Saturday Night Live” cast member.

In the video posted on social media on Wednesday, Davidson, along with several current “SNL” stars and fellow alums, opened up about the “biggest indulgence” they splurged on after receiving their first paycheck from the NBC sketch comedy series.

“Do you guys know what they pay us?” said Davidson, who spent eight seasons as an “SNL” cast member from 2014 to 2022. “It’s like three grand an episode. I think I got dinner.”

Jason Sudeikis shared a similar sentiment about his “SNL” salary, saying, “I mean, you don’t make enough money to make big purchases, so I think New York rent was probably the biggest purchase I made after writing my first year on ‘SNL.'” He was hired as a writer in 2003 and later worked as...

The end of the year is the perfect time to catch up on movie watching. Whether it's the latest new releases or those movies you missed out on when they were originally released, the cold days of December are best spent indoors, under a warm blanket, and having a movie marathon.

We can always count on Netflix to have a wide selection of movies, from its own original titles to the hit or underrated movies the streamer acquires. While you might be working your way through Netflix's new Christmas rom-coms or checking out other originals like Spellbound or The Piano Lesson, the top 10 most popular movies ranking is full of must-watch titles.

Looking for some good movies to watch on Netflix? Here are the currently most popular movies on the streaming service in December 2024 you should add to your watch list!

AfraidRelease Year: 2024Director: Chris WeitzCast: John Cho, Katherine Waterston,...

Will Forte is one of my favourite comic actors, but he may only have 19 years left to live. At least, that’s if you believe what a pissed-off spirit said through an Ouija board. While appearing on Rachel Dratch’s Woo Woo podcast, Forte flashed back to when he was a teenager and asked the Ouija board how he was going to die. The spirit answered that he was going to be stabbed to death at 73. Very specific.

The prediction happened when Forte was a teenager and had visited a girl he was interested in. The girl was friends with a “self-proclaimed witch” who brought over the Ouija board. “I would ask questions of this Ouija board that nobody else would know the answers to, and it would get the answers correct. And so I was pretty blown away,” Forte said. “I was thinking, like, is there a way that...

Rachael “Raygun” Gunn is hanging up her tracksuit, at least professionally. The 37-year-old Australian B-Girl, a favorite during the Paris Olympics thanks to her unusual moves, confirmed that she will no longer participate in competitive breaking.

“I’m not going to compete anymore, no,” she said told radio station 2DayFm. “I was going to keep competing, for sure, but that seems a really difficult thing for me to do now, to approach a battle. I still dance and I still break but that’s like, in my living room with my partner.

The stars of 30 Rock are worth quite a bit!

While several cast members were already big stars before the show began in 2006, by the end of it’s seven season run, they were big, household names.

Tina Fey created and starred in the series, alongside Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer, Scott Adsit, Judah Friedlander, Alec Baldwin, Jane Krakowski and Keith Powell.

30 Rock centered on Liz Lemon (Fey), who tries to juggle the egos around her while chasing her own dream as the head writer for a late-night variety TV show in New York.

It was nominated for nearly 200 awards, including nine Emmy wins for writing, acting and multiple Outstanding Comedy Series wins. The series earned a total of 47 award wins from various organizations throughout it’s time on air.

There were also many celebrity guest stars throughout the years, like Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Dratch, Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, Cheyenne Jackson,...

Hosting "Saturday Night Live" is one of the most exclusive gigs in show business. Spanning 50 years, the late night sketch comedy show averages around 20 episodes each season, with only a few exceptions, giving us exactly 970 episodes of "SNL" so far (and counting). That might sound like a lot, but it's relatively few, especially when you consider that the show has a handful of favorites who have hosted the show multiple times. In fact, the top three actors who have hosted "SNL" the most during the show's run are spread across 45 episodes by themselves, which is basically two full seasons.

Not only is hosting "SNL" a tough job to land, but it's also not easy when you get it, which is why plenty of the biggest stars haven't done it. "Avengers" and "Captain America" franchise star Chris Evans even admitted to being terrified of potentially hosting the show. The live nature...

Seth Meyers confessed to Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live that he hasn’t gotten around to seeing Saturday Night yet, so maybe it’s no surprise that none of the original cast’s characters appears on his rapid-fire countdown of all-time Saturday Night Live favorites.

Who did make the cut? Here are the five greatest SNL characters ever, according to Meyers…

5 Debbie Downer Play

Presented without comment from Meyers, Debbie Downer was Rachel Dratch’s signature character. The name became synonymous with that person who manages to find doom in even the happiest news, bringing down the entire group in the process. The character’s first appearance may hold the SNL record for most crack-ups in a single sketch. “I always loved when things went ‘wrong’ on the show,” Dratch said in the SNL oral history Live From New York, “because it reminds you the show is really live.

As Saturday Night Live marks its 50th anniversary, Seth Meyers is fondly looking back at his onscreen love story.

The Late Night host called Bill Hader‘s long-running ‘Weekend Update’ character Stefon “my one true love” as he listed his top five favorite SNL characters in honor of the NBC sketch comedy show’s milestone season.

He listed the rest of his top five as Will Forte‘s MacGruber, Kate McKinnon‘s Colleen Rafferty, Eddie Murphy‘s Buckwheat and Rachel Dratch‘s Debbie Downer, as he appeared on Watch What Happens Live.

Meyers’ number-one pick should come as no surprise after he married the “city correspondent” in Hader’s 2013 farewell episode, breaking up Stefon’s wedding to Anderson Cooper in an epic sketch filled with all of the character’s bizarre references, including a Ben Affleck cameo.

Following his 2005-’13 run on SNL, Hader has returned to ‘Weekend Update’ as Stefon on a few occasions.

Grimsburg will return later this season on Fox for its second season, and a big name will join the cast. Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building) will have a recurring role in the upcoming season.

Jon Hamm, Erinn Hayes, Rachel Dratch, Alan Turdyk, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Greg Chun star in the Grimsburg series, which follows the work of Detective Marvin Flute (Hamm).

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Legendary actor/comedian and “Only Murders in the Building” star Martin Short is set to join Season 2 of Fox’s animated comedy “Grimsburg” in a recurring role. Short will play Otis Volcanowitz — the newest, and youngest, detective at the Grimsburg police department.

Short will appear opposite “Grimsburg” star and executive producer Jon Hamm, who plays the main character of Det. Martin Flute. The news was set to be announced on Sunday during Fox’s “Grimsburg” panel at the New York Comic-Con.

Here’s the description of the character: “Otis is Grimsburg’s newest detective and also their youngest. Fortunately, there’s nothing the mean streets of this town can throw at him that’s scarier than what he’s seen in the third grade cubbies. Otis is out to prove that it was his skills as a kid detective that got him this job, not because he’s a nepo...

Saturday Night Live’s landmark 50th season will kick off nearly over a month ahead of the 2024 presidential election with plenty of material for its cold opens and other political skits.

With Maya Rudolph returning to portray Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, its likely that James Austin Johnson will portray Donald Trump and or Joe Biden in parodies of the candidates. Doug Emhoff (who has been portrayed in the past by Martin Short) and Vice President Tim Walz will also likely receive parodies, though Short’s Only Murders in the Building costar Steve Martin has declined the ask to portray Walz.

The first five consecutive SNL shows’ hosts and musical guests have been announced, and given the volume and talent of cast members over the years, a look back at political parodies by hosts, guests and members of the comedy ensemble can be found below.

Will Ferrell as...

“Welcome aboard The Odyssey.”

On Wednesday, Ryan Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz and Joe Baken asked audiences to investigate the macabre with their FX horror series, “Grotesquerie.” Shifting gears towards the more pleasant side of humanity, the same series creators premiered a new medical drama the following night called “Doctor Odyssey.” Starring Joshua Jackson as Dr. Max Bankman, his Yale-educated doctor is tasked with handling emergency medical cases aboard a luxury cruise ship.

In the opening few minutes of the show’s premiere, Dr. Bankman is introduced getting dressed for his first day of work to the tune of Smokey Robinson’s “Cruisin’.” Taking on a new job can often be an intimidating endeavor, but this doctor likes to wear Hawaiian shirts, and you just know he’s easygoing. Post-covid, he traverses the next phase of his life by boarding The Odyssey, a beautifully designed and cultured cruise liner filled with honeymooners and vacationing retirees.

ABC’s Doctor Odyssey is making waves — but did it deliver the “big deck energy” it promised?

The modern-day Love Boat, which debuted on Thursday, stars Joshua Jackson as Max Bankman, the new onboard doctor of The Odyssey, a cruise ship helmed by Captain Massey (played by Miami Vice’s Don Johnson). But “Dr. Max” is no normal healthcare provider, he’s also a hottie humanitarian whose exceptional resume includes experience with the Peace Corps and the United Nations. (Oh, he was also patient zero during the Covid pandemic? The man is as remarkable as they come!)

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Joshua Jackson is getting his ship together and we are ready to ride! In TV Insider’s exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Doctor Odyssey (which sneaks in peeks at newly announced guest stars Rachel Dratch and Broadway fave Tom McGowan), the actor and his costars Don Johnson, Phillipa Soo, and Sean Teale offer some insight into what makes their new ocean-set ABC medical drama worth booking. From the sets to the storylines to the cast’s obvious chemistry, the crew of the Odyssey certainly looks like they’re having a blast, as do the myriad guest stars. Even if there are occasional stormy seas. “The stakes are definitely high. People could die. Things happen. It’s madness. I’ve had to put my hands in all kinds of nasty things over the course of the last month and a half,” he told us with a laugh during a break in filming last month.

The 4:30 Movie, the sixteenth feature film from director Kevin Smith, received a theatrical release on September 13th, and now it has been revealed that the movie is coming to 4K and Blu-ray on November 5th! Copies of the physical media versions of the movie are available for pre-order on Amazon – including an Amazon-exclusive steelbook edition where the case is designed to look like a large VHS tape and the discs look like VHS tape spools! A fitting design for a movie that’s set in 1986. Images of the steelbook design can be seen right here:

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The 4:30 Movie is a coming-of-age comedy that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. But when one of the guys also invites the girl of his dreams to see the latest comedy, each...

If you’re Jimmy Fallon or Horatio Sanz, Saturday Night Live screwups are a dime a dozen. But forget not being able to keep a straight face. When you’re doing live television, other things can — and do — go wrong, from uncontrollable animals to high-flying theatrics gone haywire.

Here are five times that SNL sketches went sideways — and there wasn’t a damn thing anyone could do about it…

1 Massive Head Wound Harry Play

When W.C. Fields said, “Never work with children or animals,” he was somehow predicting Massive Head Wound Harry, a sketch in which a dog decides to take comedy into its own paws.

The plan was always for the pooch to lick Harry’s unfortunate wound, but it wasn’t supposed to devour Dana Carvey’s head. The dog was so ravenous for the fake injury that Carvey got into a tug-of-war to keep it attached to his noggin.

There are some minor Spoilers ahead if you don’t want anything about writer/director Kevin Smith’s new film The 4:30 Movie given away before you see it… but for those of you who would like to weigh whether not these are the sort of spoilers you feel you should avoid, I will say that this only concerns one exchange of dialogue and some of the special thanks seen in the end credits. Now, to get to the point: The 4:30 Movie is in theatres as of today, and since its release date also happens to be a Friday the 13th, I thought it was worth pointing out and celebrating the fact that Jason Voorhees, the iconic star of the Friday the 13th franchise, gets a shout-out in the movie!

Set in the summer of 1986, The 4:30 Movie is a coming-of-age comedy that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend...

Once an indie underdog, Kevin Smith has, in middle age, devoted himself to making what critics and fans alike might characterize as glorified, self-referential home movies, cast with friends and family members and filled with callbacks, in-jokes, and the same familiar anxieties about friendship, romance, and growing up. This is not an original observation.

Exclusive: James Morosini, the actor-filmmaker known for projects like I Love My Dad and It’s What’s Inside, has signed with CAA.

This fall, Morosini will be seen starring in Greg Jardin’s horror thriller It’s What’s Inside, which Netflix swooped on for $17M after a bidding war at the Sundance Film Festival, as we first reported. Premiering on the streamer on October 4, the film watches as a group of friends gather for a pre-wedding party that descends into an existential nightmare when an estranged friend arrives with a mysterious game that awakens long-hidden secrets, desires, and grudges.

Over the summer, Morosini was tapped by Lionsgate to direct Mommy’s Home, a psychological horror thriller for which he also penned the script, as we were first to tell you. Following a young dad whose family life becomes terrifyingly unhinged when his 24-year-old mom is unfrozen decades after being cryogenically preserved, the...

The worst breakdancer at the Olympics, Raygun — who scored zeros across the board — is now officially number one in the world. And before you could even finish your spit take, the World DanceSport Federation — which declared Dr. Rachael Gunn the planet’s top B-girl this week — already knew what you were thinking and prepared a statement in its defense.

The federation explained Tuesday that the scoring was based on “each athlete’s top four performances within the past 12 months” and that the Olympics and Olympic qualifiers don’t count. As...

Set in the summer of 1986, The 4:30 Movie follows Brian David, a teenager enjoying his final days of freedom before the start of the new school year. Living with his parents in suburban New Jersey, Brian spends his days hanging out at the local movie theater with his best buds, Belly and Burny. Their favorite pastime is “movie-hopping” between shows to sneak into multiple films in a single afternoon.

On this particular Saturday, Brian works up the courage to ask his longtime crush Melody on a date. To his delight, she says yes and agrees to join him for the 4:30 screening. Directed by Kevin Smith, well known for semi-autobiographical comedies that mine his experiences growing up in New Jersey, The 4:30 Movie has a very similar feel. Smith brings the same lighthearted sense of humor and flair for capturing the small moments of teenage life.

While the plot is simple,...

Jam-packed with his familiar brand of vulgar yet verbose stoner humor and free-flowing riffs on movies—especially his own—the vibes are certainly off the charts in Kevin Smith’s The 4:30 Movie. Set in the summer of 1986, the film chronicles an initially magical day in the life of a Smith stand-in, Brian David (Austin Zajur), after he invites a girl from school, Melody Barnegat (Siena Agudong), to their local movie theater. But a raucous comedy of errors ensues thanks to Brian’s slacker friends, Burny (Nicholas Cirillo) and Belly (Reed Northrup), and a revolving door of local weirdos played by Smith’s Irl famous friends, turning the theater into a lawless asylum.

The 4:30 Movie doesn’t so much find Smith in his wheelhouse as it does in some kind of Synecdoche, New York-style Tower of slacker-movie Babylon. That, though, doesn’t translate to comedy gold, let alone a cohesive film.

Raygun aka Rachel Gunn was bound to be a late night talking point. The breakdancer became a viral sensation due to her less than stellar performance at the Olympics. The Raygun memes spread like wildfire, and Jimmy Fallon decided to dip into the well with a parody skit on The Tonight Show.

Fallon enlisted fellow SNL alum Rachel Dratch to dress up like Raygun and interrupt his monologue. It was all very silly and broad, but the reception to the sketch was mixed. Some felt it was funny, while others felt Fallon was hammering a point home a little too hard.

Rachel Gunn hasn't watched her Fallon parody yet

Rachel Gunn broke her silence on the Tonight Show sketch during an interview with Daily Mail. She noted that she'd not yet seen the sketch, but was immediately told about it by friends and family. It wasn't something she was prepared for,...

Rachael Gunn, aka Raygun, the Australian Olympic breaker who went viral after her unusual moves were widely mocked in the days after her performance at the Paris Games this summer, says the worldwide ridicule and attention prompted her to seek mental health support and to withdraw from all social media.

And she hasn’t even seen the Jimmy Fallon-Rachel Dratch parody. “I don’t think I’m in the place yet to watch it,” she says in a new interview with the Australian network television show The Project.

“I knew that I was going to get beaten, and I knew that people were not going to understand my style and what I was going to do,” the 37-year-old breaker said. “The odds were against me, that’s for sure.”

“Fortunately I got some mental health support pretty quickly and I also went off social media,” she added.

Gunn...

Clerks and Mallrats director Kevin Smith makes his most personal film yet with The 4:30 Movie. Here’s the trailer.

Update: Altitude films have now confirmed that The 4:30 Movie, the latest from director Kevin Smith, is heading to UK cinemas for a limited release on 13th September. The cinema release will be followed by a digital release on Altitude.film and other digital retailers from 21st October.

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30th July, 2024: Just as Steven Spielberg mined his film obsessed childhood for The Fabelmens, so Clerks and Mallrats director Kevin Smith will take a nostalgic look back at his teenage years in The 4:30 Movie.

The synopsis reads as follows:

Writer-director Kevin Smith presents his most personal film to date with this coming-of-age story — set in the summer of 1986 — that follows three sixteen-year-old friends, who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local cineplex. When one of...

The 4:30 Movie is the sixteenth feature film from director Kevin Smith, and a while back the movie not only received an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association ratings board, but it also secured a distribution deal with Saban Films that will see it reaching theatres on September 13th. In the trailer that has made its way online (and is embedded above), there’s a moment where we see a construction worker played by Jason Biggs having an intense experience in a port-a-potty… and Smith has revealed what’s going on in that scene. As it turns out, this is a movie-within-the-movie moment, much like the Sister Sugar Walls faux trailer that opens the trailer and the imagery we’ve seen from Astro Blaster and the Beaver-Men, which is the movie the characters are going to see at 4:30. The scene with Jason Biggs in a port-a-potty is from...

The Paris Olympics saw breakdancing as one of the main competitions. This brought the biggest viral moment of the event when an Australian breakdancer named Raygun performed and received zero points for all her dances. Since then, she has become a meme, and now, Jimmy Fallon has targeted her.

Here is what Jimmy Fallon did after Raygun caught the world’s attention at the Paris Olympics.

What Happened With Raygun In The Olympics?

Raygun, real name Rachael Gunn, is a 36-year-olf college professor who was chosen to compete in the breakdancing competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics. This was the first time the Olympics recognized breakdancing as a competition. Some dancers were magnificent, combining acrobatics with dance, resulting in great performances.

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Then, there was Raygun. Her performance was awkward and a bit strange, but it also wasn’t what the judges were looking for. The judges...

Raygun isn’t loving the sudden attention that’s come after her breakdancing performance at the 2024 Olympics. On Thursday, the Australian breaker, whose real name is Rachel Gunn, shared a video addressing some of the hate she’s received after the Paris Games.

“I just want to start by thanking all the people who have supported me,” Gunn said in a video on Instagram. “I really appreciate the positivity and I’m glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives. That’s what I hoped.”

“I didn...

Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn, better known as Raygun, is speaking out against the harassment she has faced since going viral during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Her unconventional dance moves while competing against the U.S.’s Logan Edra, Lithuania’s Dominika Banevič and France’s Sya Dembélé garnered worldwide attention and led to accusations that Raygun manipulated Australia’s selection process for the Olympics.

“I just want to start out by thanking all the people who have supported me,” Raygun said in a video message posted to her Instagram page. “I really appreciate the positivity and I’m glad I was able to bring some joy into your life. That’s what I hoped. I didn’t realize that would also open the door to so much hate, which frankly has been pretty devastating.”

“When I went out there I had fun. I did take it very seriously,” she continued. “I...

We have a contender for the star of the impending Raygun limited series. Rachel Dratch took the “Tonight Show” stage as viral Australian breakdancer Rachael Gunn — and though the real Raygun famously scored zero points at the Olympics, Dratch’s impression of her was a 10/10.

“Breakdancing made its Olympic debut,” Fallon said on Monday night while recapping Paris 2024 for his audience as his late night show returned from hiatus. “Everyone is still talking about the competitor from Australia named Raygun.”

Fallon then showed a clip of Raygun’s performance before saying, “You have to wonder where Raygun is right now.” That’s when the Olympian’s distinctive music started playing … only it was Dratch who walked out.

His fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum didn’t say a single word during her roughly two-minute performance. As Fallon summarized, “You speak through your dance moves.” All the classics were there, from the...

While the Olympics were full of standout moments, none quite compared to Rachael “Raygun” Gunn’s performance during the breaking competition. The Australian breakdancer broke the internet after her zero-point earning routine, which didn’t win over the judges but certainly won over viewers’ hearts. The star (sorta-kinda) made a surprise appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday night, with Saturday Night Live alum Rachel Dratch giving her best Raygun impression, decked in a replica of her Olympic uniform and flopping across the floor like fish out of water.

It was only a matter of time before a comedian spoofed Australian breakdancer Raygun, whose performance at the Paris Olympics over the weekend earned her zero points and inspired countless memes. “Saturday Night Live” alum Rachel Dratch did so during “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Monday night, interrupting the late-night host’s monologue with some kooky dance moves.

“Breakdancing made its Olympic debut, and everyone’s still talking about the competitor from Australia named Raygun,” Fallon said as he proceeded to show a clip from Raygun’s performance, which included a lot of floorwork and jumping reminiscent of a rabbit.

“You have to wonder where Raygun is right now,” Fallon continued, before being interrupted by the music the breakdancer used in her performance. Dratch then emerged from behind the curtain, dressed in an identical outfit to Raygun and doing a rendition of the Australian’s now infamous dancing.

Fey and Poehler's comedic charm saved Leno's interview with their funny anecdotes and energy, proving his Tonight Show formula to be a bust. Leno fumbled with questions, making Fey and Poehler shine brighter, especially during their SNL "Weekend Update" team-up discussions. Despite Leno's "boring" and "creepy" reputation, he remains the richest late-night host with a net worth of $450 million.

In 2004, Jay Leno was privileged to interview Saturday Night Live's then-new favorite duo, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. At that time, the latter had just replaced Jimmy Fallon on the show's "Weekend Update" segment, making them the first all-female "Weekend" team. But instead of celebrating that, fans noticed that Leno was "unprepared" during the episode.

Thanks to Fey and Poehler's comedic chaps, they managed to carry the show while the host fumbled with his questions. Back then, Leno had a reputation for being both "boring" and "creepy" despite beating...

Kevin Smith has often blurred the lines between documentary and fiction. With semi-autobiographical film “The 4:30 Movie”, the writer/director is tapping into his New Jersey teen years.

Smith wrote and directed the feature that is billed as his “most personal film to date.” The coming-of-age story stars “Clerks 3” actor Austin Zajur as Brian David, a teen cinephile (and Smith surrogate) who regularly sneaks into movie theaters.

The official synopsis for “The 4:30 Movie” reads: “Three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local cineplex. When one of the guys invites the girl of his dreams to see an R-rated film, all hilarity breaks loose, as a self-important theater manager (Ken Jeong) and teen rivalries interfere with his best-laid plans.”

The film takes place in the summer of 1986, and includes cameos from former Smith collaborators Justin Long, Rosario Dawson, Jason Biggs, Jason Mewes, Jason Lee (all the Jasons), and more.

Kevin Smith is back with a new film, The 4:30 Movie, which is heavily inspired by the writer and director’s mid ’80s upbringing and his movie-loving teenage years.

The 4:30 Movie takes place in New Jersey, where Smith grew up, and large parts were filmed at the Smodcastle Cinemas, which Smith now co-owns. Soundtracked by Kim Wilde’s “Kids in America,” the trailer for the lighthearted coming-of-age film follows a 16-year-old boy (played by Austin Zajur) who finally works up the courage to ask out his crush, Melody (Siena Agudong), to a 4:30 p.m. R-rated film, before “all hilarity breaks loose.”

The film’s official logline reads, “Writer-director Kevin Smith presents his most personal film to date with this coming-of-age story — set in the summer of 1986 — that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local cineplex. When one of the guys invites...

"Movies make life make sense." Saban Films has unveiled the first official trailer for The 4:30 Movie, the new Kevin Smith coming-of-age comedy, described as "his most personal film" yet. While Smith has made three Clerks movies over the decades, this one is about him, telling the story of his love for movies growing up in New Jersey. Set in the summer of 1986, The 4:30 Movie is a coming-of-age story about three 16 year old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. When one of the guys also invites the girl of his dreams (Siena Agudong) to see the latest comedy, each of the teens will learn something serious about life and love before the credits roll. Set in the mobile phoneless, social media-free 80s, Smith shot this at Smodcastle Cinemas in New Jersey – the same movie theater he haunted every weekend when he was a teenager.

The 4:30 Movie is the sixteenth feature film from director Kevin Smith, and a while back the movie not only received an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association ratings board, but it also secured a distribution deal with Saban Films that will see it reaching theatres on September 13th. Smith showed a trailer for the film to fans who attended his Hall H panel at the San Diego Comic-Con this past Saturday… and now that trailer has made its way online. Check it out in the embed above!

Set in the summer of 1986, The 4:30 Movie is a coming-of-age comedy that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturdays sneaking into movies at the local multiplex. But when one of the guys also invites the girl of his dreams to see the latest comedy, each of the teens will learn something serious about life and love before the credits roll.

The 4:30 Movie is the sixteenth feature film from director Kevin Smith, and a while back the movie not only received an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association ratings board, but it also secured a distribution deal with Saban Films that will see it reaching theatres sometime this fall (we had previously heard that it would be out this summer, but it apparently shifted back a little bit). Today, Smith took to social media to unveil a poster for the film, which can be seen at the bottom of this article, while also confirming that he’ll be showing the trailer to fans who attend his Hall H panel at the San Diego Comic-Con this Saturday. The trailer with then drop online next Monday morning, which is also when tickets to the world premiere event will be available for purchase.

Set in the summer of 1986, The 4:30 Movie is a...

The 4:30 Movie is the sixteenth feature film from director Kevin Smith, and a while back the movie not only received an R-rating from the Motion Picture Association ratings board, but it also secured a distribution deal with Saban Films that will see it reaching theatres sometime this fall (we had previously heard that it would be out this summer, but it apparently shifted back a little bit). Today, Smith took to social media to share a behind-the-scenes look at a movie within the movie, and also revealed that he will be showing the trailer for The 4:30 Movie during his panel at the San Diego Comic-Con later this month!

Smith wrote, “Astro Blaster And The Beaver-men is the fake flick all the kids in 1986 wanna see in my new film The 4:30 Movie – coming this fall!. Logic plays the Flash Gordon-ish hero from Earth and Diedrich Bader plays...