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Music

Check Out Jay Pharoah's Amazing Lil Wayne Impression

by | June 7th, 2013

Here's Saturday Night Live's Jay Pharoah doing his excellent Lil Wayne impression on a radio show. Pretty shocking they've only had him play Lil Wayne on SNL once so far.

Goodbyes

Jay Pharoah Confirms Jason Sudeikis's 'SNL' Exit on Twitter

by | May 20th, 2013

While it was officially announced last week that Bill Hader and Fred Armisen were leaving Saturday Night Live following this weekend's season finale and each of them received their own goodbye sketch, Jason Sudeikis is expected to depart too but the news isn't official yet. Fellow cast member Jay Pharoah revealed via Twitter yesterday morning that Sudeikis is leaving, writing "Hader, Armisen & Sudekis the talent of those three and just them as people in general will be missed but we will be strong and carry on.." Pharoah quickly deleted the tweet after posting it, which is a little weird, but it's archived on Favstar where it will live [...]

Casting Notices

Jay Pharoah Will Star with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart in 'Ride Along'

by | October 31st, 2012

SNL's resident presidential impersonator Jay Pharoah has just signed on to star in Ride Along, a new comedy that Ice Cube is starring in and producing that is targeted for an early 2014 release. Variety reports that Pharoah has joined the cast in a supporting role along with Bryan Callen (MADtv, The Hangover) and Tika Sumpter (Think Like a Man). A comedic take on Training Day, Ride Along stars Kevin Hart as an elementary school teacher on a ride-along from hell with his fiance's protective brother who's also a corrupt cop. Pharoah will play a street-wise police informant, Sumpter will play Hart's fiancee, and Callen will [...]

SNL

Five Reasons We’re Looking Forward To 'SNL' This Season

by | September 14th, 2012

The fall 2012 TV season is officially here, and tomorrow night, SNL returns from hiatus and kicks off Season 38. Even during its low points, SNL has given us plenty of incentives to tune in – cultural relevance, live television, pre-Tea Party Victoria Jackson. As we brace ourselves for this season, here are five reasons we’ll be glued to the TV on Saturday nights (or more likely, sit through 30-second ads preceding Hulu clips) over the coming months for network television’s oldest-yet-still-somehow-coolest late night comedy powerhouse:

Events

Secret Policeman's Ball Adds Eddie Izzard, Chris O'Dowd, Taran Killam & More

by | March 1st, 2012

Not content to be hoarding only 80% of the world's comedians, the Secret Policeman's Ball has added Eddie Izzard, Chris O'Dowd, Taran Killam, Bobby Moynihan, Jay Pharoah, Liam Neeson, Matt Berry, Jimmy Carr, Tim Roth and Burmese comedian Maung Thura Zarganar to the lineup. Phew. Boy, if this event were any more star-studded it would be the clear, deepening night sky viewed from the middle of a lonely country field, amirite?

SEASON IN REVIEW

Breaking Down Each Cast Member's Contribution to 'SNL' Season 38

by | May 22nd, 2013

As mentioned in yesterday's post listing our favorite moments from this season of SNL, Season 38 has been dubbed a "transitional year" by many followers of the show. After a few years of relative stability among the core cast members, stars Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg left a year ago, followed by Abby Elliott later in the summer. With the start of the new season, three performers from Chicago's improv and sketch community joined the cast: Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson, and Cecily Strong. In the wake of Wiig's dominating presence on the show, two freshman females in particular have emerged as go-to's: Kate McKinnon, who joined the cast [...]

Politics

Jay Pharoah Did His Obama Impression for the President

by | May 16th, 2013

Saturday Night Live's resident Obama impressionist Jay Pharoah got to impersonate the President to his face this week. A source tells The NY Post that Pharoah performed the impression as a surprise at a fundraiser at movie producer Harvey Weinstein's house. "Steve Martin, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel did a skit pretending they worked at the White House, and started questioning if they were getting a directive from the real president," the source says. "Then Jay came in and imitated Obama right in front of him. The president was surprised, then started laughing." What's the point of even imitating a public figure if it's not in a comedy [...]

Politics

Seth Meyers Is Happy with Jay Pharoah’s Obama

by | September 25th, 2012

"If Obama wins reelection, Fred [Armisen] is likely not going to be at the show for another four years. And so you try to find a time to get people used to the new President on the show. Jay Pharoah…we really like his impression…Looking back I wish we did an impeachment of Fred.”

–Seth Meyers on WYNC’s “The Takeaway,” joking about SNL’s Obama changeover in an interview that also touches on the show’s treatment of frequent targets Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin.

Impressions

Jay Pharoah to Take Over Obama this Season on 'SNL'

by | September 13th, 2012

Lorne Michaels told The New York Times: “Jay has been doing Obama in his act this summer, and Jay is coming into his own…I just thought it might be time to shake it up.” And so it was written. People have been clamoring for Pharoah to take over that role since he was first cast; however, the famously deliberate Michaels wanted to make sure he was ready for that VERY prominent role. Sure, Pharoah can be very accurate but the question was always: Can he make him a character, can he make him funny? The article also reveals that Taran Killam is the likely choice for Paul Ryan. [...]

SNL

Jay Pharaoh Tweets SNL Premiere Date

by | July 29th, 2011

If Jay Pharaoh's Twitter is to be believed (and since that's where I get all of my news, why shouldn't you?), the SNL season premiere is scheduled for September 24. They'll sure have a lot of material to riff on if we fail to raise the debt ceiling and the economy collapses, right? LOLOLOLOGOD.

SEASON IN REVIEW

The Best of 'SNL' Season 38

by | May 21st, 2013

It snuck up on us, didn't it? The end of SNL Season 38 brought along with it key staff changes, among them the upcoming departure of head writer Seth Meyers and the immediate departures of cast members Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, and (unofficially) Jason Sudeikis. Few people have shaped SNL over the past 8 years more than these men — Meyers with his leadership in the writers room and charm as Weekend Update host, and Hader, Armisen and Sudeikis as the cast's workhorses and loadbearing performers. Indeed, many pegged Season 38 as a "transitional year" in the wake of Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg leaving the show a year ago, [...]

Politics

Mitt Romney's Loss Gives Jason Sudeikis an Excuse to Leave 'SNL' Early

by | November 7th, 2012

Jason Sudeikis has been hinting at leaving SNL lately, but as Entertainment Weekly observes, Mitt Romney's loss yesterday gives him an easy out. Sudeikis has been portraying Romney since the election kicked off last year and is currently signed on to the show through January. Lorne Michaels recently spoke to EW about Sudeikis, saying, "He’s absolutely essential. I love him. I hope he stays a long time." Sudeikis may be inspired to leave by the recent departures of Kristen Wiig and Andy Samberg, who both joined SNL a few months after he did in 2005, and by his booming movie career. Horrible Bosses was the [...]

Recap

'SNL' Recap: Seth MacFarlane Makes a Good Impression

by | September 17th, 2012

Every four years, a new energy fills the air on Saturday Night Live. The knowledge that more viewers are tuning in to see how the show frames the presidential election forces Lorne, the cast, and the writing staff to put their best foot forward. This is the only time millions of people will probably watch SNL over a four-year period, but they will regardless continue to talk about it, and assume they are experts on it. Making a good impression is essential.

Right now, SNL is sitting at the grown-ups’ table. It has to know just as much about politics and current events as Brian Williams and be wittier [...]

Sounds Promising

Get a Job Will Forever Link Bryan Cranston, Alison Brie, & Jay Pharoah

by | March 8th, 2012

[Whistle noise]! What a cast. Bryan Cranston, Anna Kendrick, Miles Teller, Jay Pharoah, Alison Brie, Christopher Mintz-Plasse will all appear in Get a Job, a "multi-generational comedy about four recent college graduates." Teller, whom many of us will soon come to know as that kid from Project X, is "a young man struggling in an entry-level job" whose father Bryan Cranston is also looking for a job. And turns to cooking meth to make ends meet and find a sense of danger in his empty life, I suppose? Typical Hollywood typecasting.

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