John Mulaney takes center stage after leaving ‘SNL’
It’s a sunny Wednesday morning, and comedian John Mulaney is sipping coffee at a Midtown Le Pain Quotidien. Up the block, visible through a nearby window, is 30 Rockefeller Plaza, where Mulaney wrote...
View ArticleKristen Wiig and Bill Hader get suicidal in new flick
Well, “Saturday Night Live” is certainly behind them now. The show’s alums Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader are taking drastic dramatic turns in the trailer for their new movie “The Skeleton Twins.” The...
View ArticleKristen Wiig, Bill Hader shine in ‘The Skeleton Twins’
Finally, a post-“Bridesmaids” film that lets Kristen Wiig shine — and brilliantly taps into co-star Bill Hader’s vulnerable side, too. The former “SNL” colleagues have effortless chemistry in this...
View ArticleBill Hader gets serious in ‘Skeleton Twins’
When director Craig Johnson set out to make a movie about a set of twins on the brink of suicide, the guy who played Stefon on “Saturday Night Live” wasn’t exactly at the top of his wish list. But Bill...
View ArticleLuke Wilson finds his funny bone in ‘The Skeleton Twins’
In his khakis, plaid shirt and baseball cap, Luke Wilson looks like an accidental tourist in Hollywood. When he first moved to Los Angeles, Wilson recounts his dad pointedly asking, “Where do you get...
View ArticleBill Hader’s 5 best ‘SNL’ characters
The news that former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Bill Hader will return to the NBC sketch show as host — on Oct. 11 — means that some of his famous characters could again be gracing the “SNL”...
View Article‘Boyhood’ gets Oscar boost thanks to Gotham Film Awards nod
“Boyhood’’ got a slight Oscar boost — and “Foxcatcher’’ didn’t — as the movie awards season got underway Thursday with announcement of nominations for the Gotham Independent Film Awards, the...
View ArticleThe best, worst and zaniest moments from the Golden Globes
They were too few and far between this year in a show that seemed to drag on as celebs cemented in our minds the reason why they are better when given a script
View ArticleAmy Schumer’s ‘Trainwreck’ is a hilarious 4-star ride
“I don’t really like to spoon,” says a panicked Amy (Amy Schumer), while being persuaded by her new boyfriend (Bill Hader) to spend the night. “If I stay, can we sleep in a realistic position?” I’m...
View ArticleBig premiere: ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ creeps up Sunday on AMC
This “Walking Dead” companion series kicks off its six-episode first season with a 90-minute premiere, which introduces a dysfunctional blended family (Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis) forced together by a...
View ArticleBill Hader: ‘At SNL, you always feel like you’re going to get fired’
Bill Hader’s subversive comedic style was evident during his brief stint as an usher at a Tempe, Ariz., movie theater in 1998. A local sorority had bought out the theater, and Hader was required to...
View ArticleScarJo and Colin Jost still going strong
Spies say the actress showed up at the “SNL” after-party to hang out with him.
View ArticleHader: ‘Barry’ co-star Winkler worried about playing an ‘a–hole’
On HBO’s “Barry,” a disenchanted hit man (Bill Hader) thinks he has found salvation when he wanders into a Hollywood acting class while zeroing in on someone he’s been hired to kill. Barry is surprised...
View ArticleThe best and worst moments of the 2018 Emmy Awards
Worst: The opener “SNL” stars Colin Jost and Michael Che were flat, flat, flat in their opening monologue, eliciting few laughs from the audience. Particularly painful were Che’s remarks about “The...
View ArticleBill Hader breaks down over his children in emotional interview
“Congrats, it’s the first interview I’ve ever cried in,” he said.
View ArticleMeet the actor behind ‘super-nice’‘Barry’ gangster NoHo Hank
If you asked “Barry’s” overly polite Chechen mobster NoHo Hank about actor Anthony Carrigan, he’d likely say he’s “super-nice.” Carrigan plays the bald, tatted-up, enthusiastic gangster on HBO’s...
View ArticleWatch this freaky deepfake video turn Bill Hader into Tom Cruise
Deepfake imagery is becoming more and more common — and that should frighten us all. Sure, it’s all fun and games when engineers design artificial intelligence to show us a different side of Mona Lisa;...
View ArticleCritics say ‘It Chapter 2’ starring Bill Hader deserves an Oscar
It isn’t often that critics go nuts over a sequel — or a sequel to a horror movie, for that matter. But early praise for “It Chapter 2,” which will star “SNL” alum Bill Hader, confirms that the second...
View ArticleReview: ‘It: Chapter Two’ ends our blockbuster drought
Is Stephen King still down to clown?
View ArticleBill Hader has ‘no thoughts’ on Shane Gillis’‘Saturday Night Live’ firing
Hader was asked Sunday about Gillis' firing.
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