Bill Hader became a mainstay on “Saturday Night Live’s” “Weekend Update” segment with his flamboyant, Ed Hardy-wearing character Stefon, who is always in the know about the city’s hottest nightclubs. Seth Meyers, who anchored “Weekend Update” from 2006 to 2014 and played the straight man opposite Stefon, revealed new details about a “Stefon” movie that never got made.
“There was a moment in time where the idea of a ‘Stefon’ script was being discussed,” Meyers said in a Nov. 22 episode of Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ “Las Culturistas” podcast. “This was not a scene that was written, but I did have a pitch for myself and Stefon, because I knew it was going to be Stefon and James Franco, or whoever. It wasn’t going to be me and Stefon.”
Meyers continued, “I said, here’s how I think it should start: It should start with Stefon at ‘Weekend Update,...
“There was a moment in time where the idea of a ‘Stefon’ script was being discussed,” Meyers said in a Nov. 22 episode of Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers’ “Las Culturistas” podcast. “This was not a scene that was written, but I did have a pitch for myself and Stefon, because I knew it was going to be Stefon and James Franco, or whoever. It wasn’t going to be me and Stefon.”
Meyers continued, “I said, here’s how I think it should start: It should start with Stefon at ‘Weekend Update,...
- 11/22/2023
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
Kiss are certainly going out with a bang! In conjunction with their final shows ever on December 1st and 2nd at Madison Square Garden, the band has planned an epic takeover of New York City.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers announced on Tuesday (November 21st) a multifaceted takeover of the Big Apple, including a pop-up store at 248 West 37th Street featuring partnerships with Ed Hardy, Oxford Pennant, Trick or Treat Studios, and Funko.
Additionally, fans will be able to get their hands on a limited run of 50,000 Kiss-branded Metro Cards at the Penn Station and Herald Square Station.
If that’s not enough, the New York Rangers are holding a “Kiss Game Night” on November 29th as they take on the Detroit Red Wings.
And it doesn’t end there. The tattoo shop Inked NYC, located at 150 West 22nd Street, will be offering complimentary flash tattoos from 11 a.m.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers announced on Tuesday (November 21st) a multifaceted takeover of the Big Apple, including a pop-up store at 248 West 37th Street featuring partnerships with Ed Hardy, Oxford Pennant, Trick or Treat Studios, and Funko.
Additionally, fans will be able to get their hands on a limited run of 50,000 Kiss-branded Metro Cards at the Penn Station and Herald Square Station.
If that’s not enough, the New York Rangers are holding a “Kiss Game Night” on November 29th as they take on the Detroit Red Wings.
And it doesn’t end there. The tattoo shop Inked NYC, located at 150 West 22nd Street, will be offering complimentary flash tattoos from 11 a.m.
- 11/21/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Entourage creator Doug Ellin went full Ari Gold on a writer who posted an essay declaring that the HBO comedy series will be re-edited to reflect modern sensibilities (à la Roald Dahl and Agatha Christie’s books).
There’s just one thing: The essay was satire, which Ellin apparently didn’t recognize.
The piece was written by Max Davison at McSweeney’s (which should have been the first clue) who pretended to be an HBO executive announcing Entourage will be the network’s first series to undergo “sensitivity readings,” noting, “[Since 2011], we have since undergone vast shifts in our views on women, race, and Ed Hardy …. We are merely removing a handful of problematic elements that were more socially acceptable back in Entourage’s time. These include sexism, homophobia, misogyny, anti-Semitism, dubious sexual politics, Asian hate, toxic masculinity, the casting couch, racial slurs, ethnic slurs, sexist jokes, abusive workplace language, mockery of sex workers,...
There’s just one thing: The essay was satire, which Ellin apparently didn’t recognize.
The piece was written by Max Davison at McSweeney’s (which should have been the first clue) who pretended to be an HBO executive announcing Entourage will be the network’s first series to undergo “sensitivity readings,” noting, “[Since 2011], we have since undergone vast shifts in our views on women, race, and Ed Hardy …. We are merely removing a handful of problematic elements that were more socially acceptable back in Entourage’s time. These include sexism, homophobia, misogyny, anti-Semitism, dubious sexual politics, Asian hate, toxic masculinity, the casting couch, racial slurs, ethnic slurs, sexist jokes, abusive workplace language, mockery of sex workers,...
- 5/19/2023
- by James Hibberd
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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