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Film And TV Productions Spent Over $7 Billion In NYC Last Year

Film And TV Productions Spent Over $7 Billion In NYC Last Year

Show biz is big biz in NYC these days, according to a study by the Boston Consulting Group, which says the film and television industry generated $7.1 billion dollars in revenue for New York City last year, an increase of over $2 billion dollars annually since 2002. An estimated 130,000 people are employed by film and TV productions in the city, an increase of 30,000 jobs since 2004. Which we guess makes up for that one time a production assistant made us wait to cross the street. more ›

Videos: On SNL, Eli Manning Tebows, Occupies Wall Street, And Wears Drag

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Giants quarterback Eli Manning took to Saturday Night Live to mock his New York credentials, as well as rival quarterback Tim Tebow and big brother Peyton Manning. Manning acquitted himself admirably, and the sketches, on the whole, were pretty good, though writers did put Manning in drag (that's a go-to for athletes who host). more ›

Let's Spend Saturday Night Together: Mick Jagger Hosting Season Finale Of SNL

Let's Spend Saturday Night Together: Mick Jagger Hosting Season Finale Of SNL

It was just announced that Rolling Stones frontman and "tiny todger" Mick Jagger will pull double duty as host and musical guest for the season finale of SNL. Because when he can't get the likes of Mitt Romney or One Direction, sometimes Lorne Michaels has to turn to some old reliables. But hey, if this means we might get a sequel to the classic Mick Jagger/Jimmy Fallon mirror scene, all the better. more ›

Horatio Sanz Returns As Vigilante Crime Fighter in ESPANTO Web Series

Horatio Sanz Returns As Vigilante Crime Fighter in ESPANTO Web Series

We haven't seen much of former Saturday Night Live star Horatio Sanz since Lorne Michaels & Co. gave him the axe in 2006. After laying his impressions of Rubeus Hagrid and Saddam Hussein to rest, Sanz dropped about 100 lbs and made some sporadic SNL cameos, returning to reprise his rendition of "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" with Jimmy Fallon, Tracy Morgan and Chris Kattan when Fallon hosted last December. But it looks like Sanz is returning to his sketch comedy roots; he recently teamed up with Upright Citizens Brigade director Todd Bieber in creating a new web series on UCBComedy's YouTube channel. more ›

Mitt "Showtime" Romney Reportedly Mulling Offer To Host Saturday Night Live

Mitt "Showtime" Romney Reportedly Mulling Offer To Host Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live has had some serious problems trying to make presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney funny—after all, he has the personality of a saltine cracker in a glass of room-temperature water. So SNL has decided to go straight to the source: executive producer Lorne Michaels told the Times that he has offered Romney the hosting gig on SNL, and Romney is considering it. Because Romney has such a deft hand with comedy. more ›

Videos: Josh Brolin's Goatee, Gotye And Laser Cats-Lovin' Steven Spielberg On Saturday Night Live

          

Josh Brolin, best known to many as Brand from The Goonies, made his second hosting appearance on Saturday Night Live, but he was nearly eclipsed by Australian singer Gotye, who not only sang two songs, but also was the subject of an obsessive second Digital Short. But the first Digital Short was pretty great: Laser Cats, as directed by... Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg. more ›

Videos: SNL Extra Sexy With Sofia Vergara And Tween Sensations One Direction

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Sofia Vergara hosted the first new Saturday Night Live in three weeks, amid rumors that three cast members (Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis) might depart the show. Well, if it means getting rid of Gilly, we could probably live with it—but Sudeikis's Mitt Romney impression is getting better and Wiig makes a great Ann! more ›

Wiig, Sudeikis AND Samberg All Rumored To Be Leaving SNL

Wiig, Sudeikis AND Samberg All Rumored To Be Leaving SNL

According to a couple of sources that spoke to Us Weekly, Saturday Night Live is about to lose some major players. Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg and Jason Sudeikis are all rumored to be leaving at the end of the season—an insider told them, "It will be a huge blow to the show." But really... it's about time, no? Wiig is too big for the show now post-Bridesmaids, Sudeikis has been doing just fine outside of studio 8H, and Andy Samberg has been there since the beginning of time! We will miss Samberg's Digital Shorts... but we're not really going to miss Wiig's Gilly character. more ›

Videos: Oscar-Nominee Jonah Hill Gets Immature On SNL

Videos: Oscar-Nominee Jonah Hill Gets Immature On SNL
            

Jonah Hill—Oscar-nominated actor—hosted Saturday Night Live last night for the second time, and he addressed his good fortune during his monologue. And actual Oscar winner and eight-time SNL host Tom Hanks stopped by to explain how tough life was after winning. Twice. more ›

Where Was Tina Fey For Lindsay Lohan's Big SNL Return?

Where Was Tina Fey For Lindsay Lohan's Big SNL Return?

Plenty of cameos were made the night Lindsay Lohan returned to the Saturday Night Live stage for the fourth time, but one time SNL cast member and Lohan-cheerleader was notably absent: Tina Fey. more ›

Videos: Lindsay Lohan Tries To Scare SNL Viewers Straight

Videos: Lindsay Lohan Tries To Scare SNL Viewers Straight
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Lindsay Lohan made her ballyhooed return to Saturday Night Live, and while it wasn't a great episode, it wasn't January Jones-bad. Lohan did make light of her legal problems during the monologue (but didn't sing)—Kenan Thompson shined a flashlight in her eyes while Kristen Wiig frisked her: Lohan asked if she was being searched and Wiig replied, “No, I’m a lesbian now," to which Lohan joked, "Been there, done that." Then, Jimmy Fallon came by and revealed that Jon Hamm was ready—and in the audience—to take over as host if things went downhill. more ›

Lindsay Lohan Will Reportedly Sing During SNL Monologue

Lindsay Lohan Will Reportedly Sing During SNL Monologue

Tragic trainwreck Lindsay Lohan will be hosting Saturday Night Live for the fourth (fourth!) time tonight. According to TMZ's sources, "the actress plans to SING the majority of her opening monologue on the sketch show. Sources tell TMZ, nothing's off the table either—Lindsay will poke fun at all the recent mishaps in her life ... arrests, endless court dates, necklace-stealing sagas, jail, morgue duty ... the list goes on." more ›

Let's Play: What's Up With Linsday Lohan's Face In This SNL Promo?

Let's Play: What's Up With Linsday Lohan's Face In This SNL Promo?

Lindsay Lohan is returning to Saturday Night Live this weekend for her fourth time—even though there are so many other more worthy hosts out there—which means she's been busy at rehearsals and filming promos this week. You can watch the promos below, where it's no surprise that she's making an attempt to parlay her trainwreck years (2006 to present) into "comedy." It's really all she's got at this point! But can we all agree that it's just not funny, nor is whatever she has gone and done to her face? Also, stop trying to make "Lindsanity" happen more ›

7 People We'd Rather See Host SNL Over Lindsay Lohan

7 People We'd Rather See Host SNL Over Lindsay Lohan

On March 3rd, Lindsay Lohan will be hosting Saturday Night Live for the fourth time, which is three too many times for Lindsay Lohan to host Saturday Night Live (we will reserve one time for Parent Trap-era Lohan, who showed so much promise). Someone made this above bar graph, which got us to thinking: who should host the legendary show? We happen to agree that Aziz Ansari belongs on the stage, and he's #1 on our list, the rest of our picks follow in no particular order. more ›

Videos: SNL Goes Blue Ivy, With Maya Rudolph As Beyonce, Justin Timberlake As Bon Iver

            

Maya Rudolph returned to Saturday Night Live as host last night, and tackled a larger-than-life female music superstar. No, she didn't play Whitney Houston, but she did spoof Beyonce in a sketch about the Most Important Baby In The Whole World, Blue Ivy Carter. With Rudolph as Bey and Jay Pharoah at Jay-Z, the happy parents greeted a bevy of celebrities, from Prince (Fred Armisen) to Nicki Minaj (Nasim Pedrad), from Taylor Swift (Kristen Wiig) to Bon Iver (Justin Timberlake). more ›

Videos: Zooey Deschanel Goes Quirky On Saturday Night Live

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Zooey Deschanel got to work her quirky, indie "it girl" mojo on Saturday Night Live last night, batting her overly mascara'd eyelashes at the audience and strumming her ukelele. She was also the butt of the joke: SNL performer Abby Elliott played Deschanel in a sketch, "Being Quirky With Zooey Deschanel," with Deschanel playing Mary Kate Olsen (wrapped in a boho electric blanket; Michael Cera and Bjork were also part of the Quirky club). more ›

Videos: Channing Tatum Repeatedly Shows Chest On SNL

Videos: Channing Tatum Repeatedly Shows Chest On SNL
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If your past as a male stripper is more famous than your previous movies, than obviously Saturday Night Live will milk that for all it's worth. Last night's host Channing Tatum (yes, you can watch his striptease here) acknowledged his exotic dancer experiences in the monologue— and proceeded to show off his chiseled chest in that bit as well as a few other sketches. Highlights included a cold open featured Newt Gingrich as Moon President, Weekend Update's take on Lana Del Ray's performance a few weeks ago, Bobby Moynihan's Guy Fieri impression, Tom Brady at a Ruby Tuesday's and a killer Spike TV commercial for... Downton Abbey. And Bon Iver performed! more ›

Videos: Daniel Radcliffe Goes Back To Hogwarts On SNL

Videos: Daniel Radcliffe Goes Back To Hogwarts On SNL
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Daniel Radcliffe, the Harry Potter star who has grown up in front of our eyes, was a game host on last night's "Saturday Night Live." more ›

Videos: Sir Charles Mocks Shaq, Goes In Drag, And Translates Sports On Saturday Night LIve

Videos: Sir Charles Mocks Shaq, Goes In Drag, And Translates Sports On Saturday Night LIve
           

Charles Barkely made his third appearance hosting Saturday Night Live, and in various skits made fun of Shaquille O'Neal and White People Problems—and even wore a dress. more ›

Former SNL Writer Dies From Apparent Suicide, Leaves Heartbreaking Note

Former SNL Writer Dies From Apparent Suicide, Leaves Heartbreaking Note

Former Saturday Night Live writer and Kids in the Hall producer, 63-year-old Joe Bodolai, died in a Los Angeles hotel room sometime over the last couple of days, and police believe the death was a suicide. According to TMZ, Bodolai—who co-wrote the Wayne's World movie—had been staying at the hotel for over a week, and cleaning crews discovered his body yesterday. The site learned that police found a bottle of antifreeze and Gatorade in his room. more ›

Videos: SNL Weekend Update Joke-Off With Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler And Seth Meyers

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Jimmy Fallon's first stint as an Saturday Night Live host meant many veteran SNL performers showed up for the last show of 2011. Rachel Dratch was Denise to Fallon's Sully in the cold open; Amy Poehler showed up, too; Chris Kattan, Tracy Morgan and a svelte Hortaio Sanz performed a song with Fallon; and, in the highlight, Fallon and his Weekend Update co-host Tina Fey had a joke-off with current Update host Seth Meyers and Poehler. more ›

Video: SNL Cast Members Recreate Robyn Video At 4:30 AM

Video: SNL Cast Members Recreate Robyn Video At 4:30 AM

Over the weekend Robyn rocked Saturday Night Live with her tall shoes and dance moves, but a few days before her performance, some SNL cast members recreated her video for "Call Your Girlfriend." Below, watch Taran Killam's rendition, which took place at 4:30 a.m. while on a writing break, and with assists from Vanessa Bayer, Abby Elliott, Bobby Moynihan, and Sarah Schneider. more ›

Videos: Alec Baldwin Uses SNL To Promote His Bad Airline Behavior

Videos: Alec Baldwin Uses SNL To Promote His Bad Airline Behavior
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Katy Perry returned to Saturday Night Live, this time as the host (she was memorable in a skit last year), but it seems her evening was upstaged by the attention-starved 30 Rock star, Alec Baldwin. Baldwin, who amused the nation this week when he was kicked off a plane for being rude to the crew who wanted him to stop playing with his cellphone, appeared on Weekend Update as airline pilot "Steve Rogers" and issued his sincerest apologies to Baldwin, "Mr. Baldwin is an American treasure and I am ashamed of the way he was treated." more ›

Videos: Steve Buscemi Works The Creepy On Saturday Night Live

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Steve Buscemi, the beloved character actor who has gone from "funny-looking" to the Golden Globe-winning lead in Boardwalk Empire, hosted Saturday Night Live for the second time last night. And he used his unconventional looks to play a sports coach who shockingly is NOT molesting his players, and Miley Cyrus's pal from Burning Man—plus he gave advice to other character actors trying to break out. more ›

Jason Segel Reminds Us Of The More Adult Muppets That Used To Be On SNL

Jason Segel Reminds Us Of The More Adult Muppets That Used To Be On SNL

Jason Segel, who has a little movie called The Muppets coming out this week, just talked extensively about his hosting duties on Saturday Night Live, also offering up this cute anecdote to Moviefone—his list of goals that he made when he was a kid had three things on it: to be on Letterman, to work with the Muppets, and to host SNL. He told them, "I did all three last week. In one week! That's not hyperbole, that's an actual list I had." more ›

Katy Perry And Robyn Taking Over SNL On December 10th!

Katy Perry And Robyn Taking Over SNL On December 10th!

Attention girl pop fans: NBC just announced that Katy Perry and Robyn will be taking over Saturday Night Live on December 10th, noting that Perry will host, and Robyn will be the musical guest (though undoubtedly she'll appear in a sketch or at least the Digital Short)—the pairing makes sense as the two were tour mates earlier this year. more ›

Videos: Muppets Take Saturday Night Live With Jason Segel

Videos: Muppets Take Saturday Night Live With Jason Segel
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Last night was the Muppets' long-awaited return to sketch comedy—well, at least they got two sketches. They appeared on Saturday Night Live to give a hand to host Jason Segel, who is the human lead in the new, upcoming Muppets movie. Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Scooter, and Rowlf sang with Segel in the monologue and Kermit, a seasoned reporter, also showed up on Weekend Update to discuss how pizza is now a vegetable, suggesting maybe now the national anthem should be the Hot Pockets theme. more ›

Videos: Emma Stone Hosts SNL, Calls Mary Jane Watson A "Skank"

Videos: Emma Stone Hosts SNL, Calls Mary Jane Watson A "Skank"
          

Last night, rising starlet Emma Stone hosted Saturday Night Live for a second time since 2010 (flashback: when Jimmy McMillan was the hot news figure). She mentioned her upcoming role as Gwen Stacy in the new Spider-Man reboot, adding, "Not to be confused with Spider-Man’s other girlfriend Mary Jane Watson, who is a skank and doesn’t love him like I do." more ›

Videos: SNL Features Gadhafi's Ghost, Kardashian Divorce, And A Crime Scene About Nothing

Videos: SNL Features Gadhafi's Ghost, Kardashian Divorce, And A Crime Scene About Nothing
            

After a three-week break, Saturday Night Live made up for lost ground by starting things off with a visit from the ghost of Moammer Gadhafi, who confirmed, "I got murdered pretty bad last week." The show also took aim at Kim Kardashian's short-lived, televised marriage with Nasim Pedrad's dead-on impression, "Things are looking up for me. I'm single, and there's an NBA lock-out." more ›

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