It was pretty much a given after Kristen Wiig received an Academy Award nomination for co-writing the comedy juggernaut Bridesmaids that she would wind down her seven-year run on Saturday Night Live this May. It wasn’t a given that they would bid her goodbye so very sweetly.
Full disclosure, y’all. I’m a Channing Tatum fan who came late to the party. I haven’t seen more than 10 minutes of Step Up, but I will cop to watching Dear John more than once, and The Vow looks to be another one I’ll watch a few times (sidebar: yes, that is Haven’s Lucas Bryant in the top hat in the wedding scene in the trailer). Last month, he was in Haywire, and this spring, we’re getting 21 Jump Street, which I never thought I’d condone as a feature and now actually looks pretty funny. So, in the midst of a busy promo push, the lovely and talented Mr. Tatum is hosting Saturday Night Live this week. I really like that he can completely take the piss out of himself before anybody else gets in line to do it. If the teaser above from NBC is any indication, he won’t be the only one having a ball Saturday night (at 11:30/10:30c). —Heather M.
Photo Credit: NBC
I am so not the demographic for Jason Timberlake or Lady Gaga, but I laughed my butt off at their tag-team approach to the (36th!) season finale of SNL Saturday night. They’re both so game for anything, and to watch them unhinge together was a treat.
Photo Credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Synopsis: Consider this one a ballet thriller. Black Swan tells the story of a dancer who completely lets the world of ballet consume her. Oscar nominee Natalie Portman plays Nina Sayers, the young, beautiful ballerina who gets the chance of a lifetime when she’s called on to be the lead of the New York Ballet’s opening production. But she has to overcome a few obstacles first: her smothering mother (Barbara Hershey); an edgier new rival on the scene (Mila Kunis), her tough artistic director (Vincent Cassel) and the aging diva she’s replacing (Winona Ryder). But there’s much more she has to overcome in this dark, haunting Darren Aronofsky film.
