Category Archives: Variety
Box Office: Ryan Gosling’s ‘Project Hail Mary’ Scores Biggest Debut of Year With $80.5 Million, Sets Amazon MGM Record
Ryan Gosling’s sci-fi epic “Project Hail Mary” lived up to its name, collecting a stellar $80.5 million in its box office launch to deliver a much-needed theatrical win for Amazon MG...
Mar 22, 2026
Chappell Roan Says ‘I Do Not Hate Children’ After Jorginho Frello Accuses Her Security of Being Rude to His Daughter: That Was ‘Not My Personal Security’
Chappell Roan has responded after Brazilian soccer star Jorginho Frello accused her security of speaking “extremely aggressively” to his 11-year-old daughter at a hotel in So Paulo. On Sat...
Mar 22, 2026
‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Is a Bittersweet Swan Song for Lisa Kudrow’s Valerie Cherish — and Hollywood as We Know It: TV Review
"The Comeback" is everywhere now. Once a pop cultural Cassandra doomed to swift cancellation after a single season on HBO in 2005, the brainchild of comic actor Lisa Kudrow and veteran TV writer Micha...
Mar 22, 2026
‘SNL U.K.’ Premieres With Solid Overnight Ratings for Sky
The first-ever edition of "Saturday Night Live U.K.," which aired from 10 p.m. on pay TV channel Sky One, drew a solid 226,000 viewers. The show, which starred Tina Fey, and also featured Graham Norto...
Mar 22, 2026
‘SNL U.K.’ Is Strongest When Leaning Into What Makes British Comedy Great — but Its Replicated Format Risks Feeling Too American: TV Review
It is rare to see British sketch comedy on television. In fact, British comedy on television is so rare that the genre has been deemed "at risk" in recent years. So, naturally, you would have thought ...
Mar 22, 2026
‘Hamnet’ Spoofed in ‘SNL U.K.’ Sketch in Which Shakespeare Returns From London With Ketamine, ‘Team Anne Boleyn’ Tote and ‘C—y Little Earring’
A very different version of William Shakespeare showed up in the first episode of “SNL U.K,” appearing in a sketch that took comic aim at the biggest British film from this year’s aw...
Mar 21, 2026
Princess Diana and Winston Churchill Brought Back to Life With ‘Jurassic Park’ Technology in Edgy ‘SNL U.K.’ Last Supper Sketch
Princess Diana and Winston Churchill were among a selection of dead Great Britons brought back to life with "Jurassic Park" technology in an edgy "Saturday Night Live U.K." sketch. In a skit titled "D...
Mar 21, 2026
First ‘SNL U.K.’ Weekend Update Takes Aim at Former Prince Andrew: His New Residence, Marsh Farm, Is ‘Named After the Nearby Marsh Where His Body Will Be Found’
For the first-ever edition of “SNL U.K.’s” Weekend Update, one person was given the royal treatment: former Prince Andrew. Hosts Ania Magliano and Paddy Young did not hold back as th...
Mar 21, 2026
Barry Keoghan Says the Online ‘Abuse of How I Look’ Is So Bad He No Longer Wants to ‘Go Outside’: ‘It’s Becoming a Problem’
Barry Keoghan recently told SiriusXM's "The Morning Mash Up" (via EW) that the online "abuse" about his appearance has gotten so bad that he no longer wants to "go outside." “There’s a lot...
Mar 21, 2026
Nicola Coughlan, Michael Cera and Graham Norton Crash Tina Fey’s ‘SNL U.K.’ Monologue to Ask Why an American Is Hosting: ‘How Do I Put This Politely … None of You F—ers Would Do It’
TIna Fey has made TV history, delivering the opening monologue on the debut episode of “SNL U.K.” As she herself noted on Saturday’s inaugural show, she was now “the youngest p...
Mar 21, 2026