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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.

WEKU

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

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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

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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.

Tribune News Service

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

The Guardian - US

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.

Tribune News Service

Joel Kim Booster, radically transparent

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

Salon

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.

Mic

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,…

Los Angeles Times

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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.

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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…

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Fire Island' is a witty, gay take on Jane Austen

The quick-witted "Fire Island" is like Jane Austen, if the 19th-century writer's novels contained more booty shorts and recreational drugs.

The Independent UK

Fire Island review: A sweet, queer romcom that takes aim at Jane Austen’s ‘hetero nonsense’

Joel Kim Booster’s breezy reimagining places ‘Pride & Prejudice’ in the context of contemporary gay culture

Tribune News Service

'Fire Island' review: This gay rom-com offers a shallow dip into the ocean that is modern queer culture

It's important for there to be bad queer rom-coms, because there are plenty of bad straight rom-coms. Every quote-unquote "gay movie" does not have to be "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" or "Call Me By Your Name."

Tribune News Service

What to stream: Start summer, Pride Month off with trip to 'Fire Island'

Arriving Friday on Hulu is “Fire Island,” the perfect sexy, smart rom-com to kick off the summer season, and the LGBTQ Pride Month of June. “Fire Island” is a queer rom based on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” which writer and star Joel Kim Booster adapted to the gay vacation…

Chicago Sun-Times

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