Lorne Michaels Reflects on His ‘S.N.L.’ Legacy Ahead of the 50th Anniversary
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Lorne Michaels Reflects on His ‘S.N.L.’ Legacy Ahead of the 50th Anniversary

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I happened to be there that night, when then-candidate Trump got the most laughs in one sketch by gamely dancing to Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” a precursor to his “Y.M.C.A.” rally dance. The mood at that after-party was very strange. Some in the cast…

Opinion | Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Was Political Art, if You Knew Where to Look
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Opinion | Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Was Political Art, if You Knew Where to Look

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More viewers tuned into watch Kendrick Lamar — 133.5 million people — than any other Super Bowl halftime show. And they witnessed a rousing concert by a 22-time Grammy-winning (as well as one Pulitzer-winning) artist. But there was much more on display, if…

F.C.C. Releases CBS ’60 Minutes’ Interview With Kamala Harris
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F.C.C. Releases CBS ’60 Minutes’ Interview With Kamala Harris

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday released the transcript of a “60 Minutes” interview with Vice President Kamala Harris that has been at the center of a lawsuit between CBS and President Trump. The transcript of the interview shows that Ms. Harris gave…

Dick Button, Figure Skating Champion and Commentator, Dies at 95
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Dick Button, Figure Skating Champion and Commentator, Dies at 95

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Dick Button, whose passionate and often tart commentary on figure skating competitions became a television staple over six decades and made him the sport’s unofficial spokesman, died on Thursday in North Salem, N.Y. He was 95. His death was confirmed by his son,…

Timothée Chalamet Is Himself and Bob Dylan on ‘S.N.L.’
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Timothée Chalamet Is Himself and Bob Dylan on ‘S.N.L.’

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines If you’re “Saturday Night Live” and you need someone to play Alexander Hamilton in an opening sketch about the Founding Fathers, there’s only one person you can turn to: Lin-Manuel Miranda. And then you make him stand there in silence for most of…

5 Scenes That Define David Lynch’s ‘Lynchian’ Vision
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5 Scenes That Define David Lynch’s ‘Lynchian’ Vision

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The directorial thumbprint of David Lynch spawned its own adjective decades ago, perhaps most thoroughly codified by the writer David Foster Wallace. Sent by Premiere magazine to the set of Lynch’s 1997 film “Lost Highway,” Wallace gave a definition of Lynchian: “a particular…

Bob Uecker, Clubhouse Wit-Turned-Popular Sportscaster, Dies at 90
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Bob Uecker, Clubhouse Wit-Turned-Popular Sportscaster, Dies at 90

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Bob Uecker, the clubhouse wit who turned his tales of inferiority as a major league catcher into a comic narrative that animated his second career as a sportscaster and commercial pitchman, died on Thursday at his home in Menomonee Falls, Wis. He was…