NBC Matt Damon reprised his role as Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the latest episode of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” The actor, who was hosting the episode, appeared as Kavanaugh for an “It’s A Wonderful Life” spoof imagining what the world would be like if Donald Trump, played by Alec Baldwin, wasn’t president. When […]
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Matt Lauer has reportedly given up on a ‘comeback’ a year after being fired from ‘Today’ for alleged sexual harassment
Ben Gabbe/Getty Images) Matt Lauer has given up on a “comeback,” according to People. Lauer was fired from NBC’s “Today” show in November 2017 after alleged sexual misconduct, but was reportedly planning to return to TV after finalizing his divorce. He’s since reportedly given up on those plans and has resigned himself to a relatively […]
Saturday Kitchen Live: ‘Have you lost your mind’ Matt Tebbutt scolded for awkward error
Saturday Kitchen Live was hosted by Matt, 44, this morning, and joining him as the celebrity guest was Al, 50. Following a segment with chef Rick Stein, 71, Matt was keen to stick with the seafood theme and had created an oyster recipe to which Al was going to help him cook. However, during the dish’s introduction, […]
‘Predator apologist’: Matt Damon accused of hypocrisy over Kavanaugh SNL skit. But was it justified?
Matt Damon has been accused of hypocrisy after his SNL portrayal of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, with some pointing to his past comments about sexual assault, but it seems the actor’s critics may be clutching at straws. The actor’s portrayal of Kavanaugh elicited a lot of laughs and mostly positive reaction on Twitter at […]
Matt Damon makes a surprise appearance on the ‘SNL’ premiere to mock the Brett Kavanaugh hearing
NBC “Saturday Night Live” kicked off its 44th season with a cold open mocking the Brett Kavanaugh Senate Judiciary Committee hearing from earlier in the week. It was little surprise “SNL” addressed the day-long Thursday hearing in which both Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified on Capitol Hill. Ford accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexually […]
Matt Baylis on last night's TV: The Big Life Fix
What irked her on a daily basis was that she was at completely the wrong height to see the TV screen. Inventing The Impossible: The Big Life Fix (BBC2) is, in a way, a tad mislabelled. It doesn’t fix people’s lives. It does, however, fix details of them, in such a way that the effects […]
Matt Baylis on last night’s TV: Bordering on ridiculous
Hailing as he does from a country whose president is promising to build a wall to keep out the Mexicans, comedian Reginald has his concerns about borders and for a professional funnyman, he was pretty serious about them in this programme. Perhaps it’s time for that, it’s certainly time to stop laughing when a world […]
Matt Baylis on last night’s TV: Love for Chick Magnates
This was sound advice since I never got ill and I never went near the sickly looking bloke who sold spicy chicken wings from a cart on the street corner. If his chicken was iffy, the opposite ought to be said of the high-street chain featured in Nando’s: A Peri Peri Big Success (Channel 5). […]
Matt Baylis on last night’s TV: Saved by a Rich delivery
Rich Hall’s Working For The American Dream (BBC4) was one of many descriptions of the religious, non-religious life of Uncle Sam, focusing, as the title suggested, on their founding myth. Forget nutshells, you can sum up the American Dream in a word and that word is “bootstraps”. Most people lack bootstraps nowadays but everybody gets […]
Matt ‘Guitar’ Murphy dead at 88 – WATCH his The Blues Brothers scene with Aretha Franklin
The news of Murphy’s death was confirmed by his nephew Floyd Murphy Jr on Facebook. The Blues Brothers guitarist died at his home in Miami, Florida on June 15. Murphy was one of the original members of The Blues Brothers band, which he joined in 1978 when it was just a Saturday Night Live sketch. […]