HBO is a prime destination for great comedy with shows like Silicon Valley, Veep, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Larry Sanders Show and more in the cable network’s roster. But their new collaboration with Fred Armisen and Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels is something much different. HBO has given the greenlight to a new half-hour […]
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SNL Casts Bill Murray as Steve Bannon, Fred Armisen as Fire and Fury Author
Saturday Night Live rang in 2018 by unmasking Grim Reaper Steve Bannon. Former Not Ready for Primetime Player Bill Murray turned up in this weekend’s cold open, portraying President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist in a Morning Joe parody. By his side was fellow alum Fred Armisen, who assumed the part of Fire and Fury author Michael […]
Watch Michael Shannon Cover Suicide’s “Ghost Rider” with Yo La Tengo and ‘SNL’s’ Fred Armisen
While we’re all busy getting swoony over Guillermo del Toro’s award-nominated movie The Shape of Water, let’s enjoy this cover of a great Suicide track by the film’s star, Michael Shannon. Shannon happens to have a great voice and performs in the indie band Corporal when he’s not busy being amazing on the big screen. […]
Fred Armisen Joins Last Man on Earth
Saturday Night Live alums and the apocalypse — two great tastes that go great together. Fred Armisen is the latest SNL vet headed to Last Man on Earth for an arc, TVLine has learned exclusively. He’ll appear in a handful of Season 4 episodes as Karl, a survivor with an interesting past. (Our totally spitball guess: […]