Sarah Silverman may not have had one of her sketches air on “Saturday Night Live” when she was a writer for the show in the ’90s, but who cares when you can host? The stand-up comedian made her hosting debut on Saturday, sending a little message to Hasidic Jews about their summer wardrobe and fishing […]
When you watch German musician Anna-Maria Hefele demonstrate a few polyphonic overtone singing techniques, you will get chills. “Overtone singing is a voice technique where one person sings two notes at the same time,” explains Hefele in the video above. On her website, Hefele says this style is originally from Mongolia, locally known as Sygyt. […]
John Green’s story of young love in the face of terminal disease was an international bestseller, and the film a box office success. But what if, instead of cancer, the protagonist had Ebola. Verrrrry different story. During its Sarah Silverman-helmed episode, “SNL” addressed the Ebola panic that has struck the U.S. with a fictional trailer […]
If only we could hear Joan roast this bit. “Saturday Night Live” paid tribute to Joan Rivers on Saturday with a dais in heaven featuring Sarah Silverman as Rivers, roasting everyone from Steve Jobs to Benjamin Franklin. We also got an idea of what it would look like if Joan, who was roasted by Comedy […]
Fans of the 2001 Broken Lizard comedy “Super Troopers” have been hoping for a sequel to the film for years. While there have been rumblings and rumors since 2012, Steve Lemme has confirmed that it’s finally happening. Lemme, who starred in the original film about five Vermont state troopers, told Us Weekly earlier this week […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Blues guitarist B.B. King has canceled the remaining eight performances of his current tour after being diagnosed with dehydration and exhaustion. King’s official website says he fell ill Friday evening during a performance at the House of Blues in Chicago and was evaluated by a doctor. The end of his tour was […]
It takes a special kind of person to stand before a crowd of high-powered executives and mock their profession. Jerry Seinfeld is that person. During Wednesday’s presentation of the CLIO Awards, a ceremony intended to honor “advertising, design, digital and communications,” the comedian used his acceptance speech to reflect on the industry. Spoiler alert: He’s […]
SPOILER ALERT: Don’t read ahead if you haven’t watched Doctor Who series 8, episode 7: Kill The Moon Welcome to the seventh week of The Doctor acting like a men who all of a sudden can’t be bothered to give two shits about humanity, even though he’s spent about 1500 years meddling in human history. […]
Drake earned his 72nd appearance on Billboard’s Hot 100, pushing him past The Beatles as the artist with the eighth greatest number of charts visits of all-time. Featured on his recent OVO signee iLoveMakonnen’s “Tuesday,” the song’s number 90 entrance broke Drake’s tie with The Beatles at 71. Drake will tie Aretha Franklin with another […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Annabelle” couldn’t scare off “Gone Girl” at the weekend box office. The Fox thriller starring Ben Affleck as a man whose wife goes missing overcame the Warner Bros. possessed doll horror with a $38 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. Both films join the recently released “The Maze Runner” and […]
