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HISTORICAL FACTS: 10 - The Untold Story

SNL tells DeSantis "the gay shall stay"

When Bowen Yang breaks out the costumes, you know it's going to be good

Salon

Saturday Night Live: Quinta Brunson leads one of season’s best episodes

The creator and star of hit sitcom Abbott Elementary makes for a solid host of a mostly funny episode involving Trump’s indictment

The Guardian - US

Best podcasts of the week: The hidden history of the American right’s anti-trans agenda

In this week’s newsletter: The Anti-Trans Hate Machine returns with a second series looking back at America’s record of violence toward transgender people. Plus: five of the best pop culture podcasts

The Guardian - UK

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SNL cold open muddles Rupert Murdoch’s Fox defamation case and Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial

The sketch show poked fun at Fox’s silence about damning revelations in lawsuit – as well as the high-profile murder trial

The Independent UK

SNL cold open slays Fox News over Dominion defamation lawsuit

The sketch show poked fun at Fox’s silence about damning revelations

The Independent UK

Saturday Night Live: Travis Kelce goes from Super Bowl to super host

The Kansas City Chiefs player makes for a surprisingly effective comic actor in an episode with some of the season’s strongest moments so far

The Guardian - US

Hours after its demise, the Chinese spy balloon was the star of the 'SNL' cold open

Saturday Night Live kicked off its latest episode with an exclusive interview with the downed balloon, played by cast member Bowen Yang.

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Saturday Night Live interviews talking ‘Chinese spy balloon’ in latest episode

‘I entertained you people for four days and then I get shot by Biden?’

The Independent UK

Saturday Night Live Christmas cold open drags Kanye West and Elon Musk

Penultimate episode of latest series aired on Saturday 10 December

The Independent UK

SNL cold open roasts Kari Lake

Cecily Strong puts Lake's soft focus refusal to admit defeat under harsh light

Salon

Saturday Night Live: Amy Schumer delivers the season’s strongest episode yet

A confident hosting turn from the comic lifts a solid episode that wisely keeps politics on the backburner

The Guardian - US

SNL skewers Elon Musk, Kanye West and Chris Pratt in a single sketch

No one was safe in a gameshow-set skit led by Bowen Yang

The Independent UK

Review: After a major cast shake-up, 'SNL' confronts its weaknesses — but can't overcome them

When "Saturday Night Live" returned this weekend for its 48th season, the grandaddy of all sketch shows ripped itself apart before anyone else could. In a cold open, host Miles Teller and cast member Andrew Dismukes played Peyton and Eli Manning, hosts of ESPN's "ManningCast." But instead of a play-by-play…

Los Angeles Times

‘Saturday Night Live’ starts new season by tackling changes

“Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 48th season with a cold open that acknowledged an off-season of change in which several stars departed and a team of newcomers joined the huddle.

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The Guardian - US

Saturday Night Live: Miles Teller heads up a hit-and-miss season opener

The comedy show returns with a large portion of its cast gone and a patchy series of skits poking fun at Nicole Kidman, BeReal and Herschel Walker

Tribune News Service

Margaret Cho: Still going for the perfect punchline. Still unafraid to speak her mind

SAN DIEGO — Margaret Cho has a lot to say these days about a lot of things. Racism, Roe v. Wade, gay rights, women’s rights — all topics she’s delved into in the past. But this time, it’s different.

Salon

Joel Kim Booster, radically transparent

The comedian spoke to Salon about pal Bowen Yang and the goal of "Bridgerton"-esque "incidental representation"

Mic

Joel Kim Booster knows this may never happen again

The comedian talks about his massive breakout month, the limits of representation, and his "hot idiot" persona.

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Los Angeles Times

How queer Asian American rom-com 'Fire Island' became summer's sexiest breakout hit

Joel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang remember that first trip, years ago, to the beachy New York LGBTQ resort that would inspire the Hulu rom-com, "Fire Island." Before playing BFFs Noah (Booster) and Howie (Yang) in the film, who find unexpected romances while vacationing at the Long Island party destination,…

Chicago Tribune

My worst moment: ‘Fire Island’ star Margaret Cho on wearing all white and experiencing a truly crappy situation

The Hulu romantic comedy “Fire Island” takes Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” and puts a modern gay spin on it, both fizzy and incisive about classism and racism. Margaret Cho co-stars in a role that is part den mother, part provider of vacation housing.

Los Angeles Times

Alison Bechdel has spoken: Leave 'Fire Island' alone

The stars of "Fire Island" appear to be taking pride in the "F-" that the new film scored on the Bechdel test.

The Independent UK

SNL’s Bowen Yang jokes about Fire Island ‘failing the Bechdel Test’

Film was criticised by a reporter for scoring what she considers an ‘F- on the Bechdel Test’

Los Angeles Times

How the queer summer rom-com 'Fire Island' found new meaning in 'Pride and Prejudice'

Jennifer Ehle. Keira Knightley. And now, Joel Kim Booster: Into the pantheon of "Pride and Prejudice" adaptations, queer rom-com "Fire Island" has arrived to give Jane Austenites a summer to remember — and the next great Elizabeth Bennet.

Salon

The best new movies to watch at home

Summer has unofficially started and some new blockbuster films are finally headed to your living room

Chicago Tribune

As screenwriter and star of Hulu’s ‘Fire Island,’ Joel Kim Booster puts the Pride in ‘Pride and Prejudice’

CHICAGO — The romantic comedy “Fire Island” is a very gay, very horny, very charming riff on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” set on present-day Fire Island in New York. There is banter aplenty, a lot of it dirty. Both sweet and filled with spiky humor, it comes from screenwriter…

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