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SNL Found the Dark Side of the Man Cave
Even if you don’t know much country music, you likely know how much the genre loves the trope of the weepy father at his daughter’s wedding. In the best sketch of last night’s Saturday Night Live, the father of the bride was played by the host, Shane Gillis, but he wasn’t reflecting on life’s heavy milestones.
SNL Found the Dark Side of the Man Cave
Charlie Sheen 1 hour ago Michael Douglas confirms Charlie Sheen put ‘c---’ sign on Sean Young during Wall Street shoot Entertainment Weekly - Raechal Shewfelt • 1h Young has recalled her rocky experience filming Oliver Stone’s 1987 hit. Michael Douglas’ Gordon Gekko might have been the antagonist in Wall Street, but the actor recalls that his costar Charlie Sheen held that title on set, at least when it came to Sean Young.
Wishy Misremembers The ’90s Just Right On ‘Nature’s Pill’
We used to make things in this country, dammit. Young misfits often lionize the Clinton years as the last golden era, a time when quirky alternative rock bands could conquer the airwaves and win the hearts of America’s weird kids before the internet shattered the monoculture along with greater social cohesion.
On ‘Melodie,’ Slow Pulp Finds A Way Out Of The Rut
The quarter-life crisis is a particularly 21st-century way of describing the eternal rituals and humiliations of young adulthood and all the pointless jobs, free-floating ennui and messy loves that come with it. If you’re lucky, one day time will allow you to laugh about how dramatic and important it all seemed. But if you’re really lucky, you’ll get to turn your frustrations into wide-screen anthems to which we can all sulk along.
America’s wet hot socialist summer
In politics, refuting your opponent requires poking holes in their argument or, as is often the case, taking something they said out of context and wildly exaggerating it. But another approach, apparently, is to make an arena full of your supporters genuflect before the nearly nude, muscled form of your latest cultural villain, Hasan Piker.
America's wet hot socialist summer
In politics, refuting your opponent requires poking holes in their argument or, as is often the case, taking something they said out of context and wildly exaggerating it. But another approach, apparently, is to make an arena full of your supporters genuflect before the nearly nude, muscled form of your latest cultural villain, Hasan Piker.
America’s wet hot socialist summer
In politics, refuting your opponent requires poking holes in their argument or, as is often the case, taking something they said out of context and wildly exaggerating it. But another approach, apparently, is to make an arena full of your supporters genuflect before the nearly nude, muscled form of your latest cultural villain, Hasan Piker.
The Dwarves’ Blag Dahlia on Punk, Sub Pop, and Blood
Blag Dahlia is an artist, and his medium is pissing people off.
The Deeper Lessons of an Edgy SNL Tradition
Even by the standards of shocking Michael Jackson jokes, it was a shocking joke. “Michael Jackson did nothing wrong,” Michael Che, a co-anchor of Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update,” said during last night’s episode. “He was right to molest all those kids.” This was delivered with palpable surprise at the words coming out of his mouth, but Che kept going: “They were lucky. I would have paid him to do it.
Why Michael Che and Colin Jost Said All Those Awful Things
Flipboard HomeLandscape version of the Flipboard logo Related storyboards More stories from Michael Che The comedian and the drummer’s uncanny resemblance has been a topic of conversation for years.
MUNA Makes Anxiety Sound Euphoric On New LP Original
The reactionary forces that have seized America continue to try to erase queer people from public life, but MUNA will be damned if it lets some bigots ruin its good time. And while many of us hit the dance floor to forget our problems, these proud Angelenos bring their heartaches and anxieties right along with them.
THE LONG GOODBYE Original
Devo’s yellow hazmat jumpsuits are in tatters, an unavoidable side effect of the band’s collective (in all senses) perpetual motion. It’s a breezy Sunday night in New York, and Devo’s tightly coiled nature hasn’t eased a bit. Even the coordinated dance moves they bring out on their closer, “Uncontrollable Urge”, are more in lockstep than you might expect for a group that celebrated its 50th anniversary a couple of years ago. 2025 was a banner year for Akron, Ohio’s most sardonic exports.
SNL Goes to Space—And Returns With Pranks
His eyes filled with wonder and his voice imbued by humility, Victor Glover—poised with his Artemis II crewmates to complete a record-setting voyage around the moon—addressed the camera. He looked out the window, awestruck by his home planet looking back at him. “Being a man of faith,” he said solemnly, “this has certainly brought me closer to God.” And then: A Pringles can drifted into the frame. “Oh come on, guys,” Glover said, exasperated.
Harry Styles’s Dead-On SNL MAHA Sketch
Any fan of medical dramas would know the scene well. An elderly woman is being wheeled hurriedly into the emergency room; she collapsed, we’re told, at her birthday party. She has delayed breathing, her blood pressure is through the roof, and the doctors and nurses are catching one another up, trying to figure out the right course of action. And then the head doctor, someone usually strong of chin, steps in. As expected, he instantly assesses the situation and knows exactly what to do.
The Clever Insight of the SNL ‘MAHAspital’ Sketch
8 hours ago Can a generation of graduates frustrated by their economic prospects change American labor politics? This is an age of mutinies. For more than a decade in America, they’ve come so thick and fast that they trip over one another: the Tea Party, Occupy, Black Lives Matter, the Resistance, the …
from the sublime to THE SUBLIME Original
Bradley Nowell is shirtless and resplendent. He looks upon his kingdom of California and beams. It’s all his for the taking. For now anyway. It’s 1995, and Sublime is playing the Weenie Roast, an annual festival held by Los Angeles’s king-making station KROQ. On the strength of their two independent releases, 40oz. to Freedom and Robbin’ the Hood, the trio – frontman Nowell, drummer Floyd “Bud” Gaugh, and bassist Eric Wilson – has become the most popular independent band in the Golden State.
Gorillaz Honor Departed Collaborators On 'The Mountain' Original
Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the humans behind virtual group Gorillaz, don’t view death as the end, but as an excuse for a hell of a wake. Never ones for a morbid affair, they celebrate numerous collaborators on The Mountain (Kong) who have since passed on, including the Fall’s Mark E. Smith, De La Soul’s Dave ‘Trugoy’ Jolicoeur, soul legend Bobby Womack and Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen. The result is a noble send-off, proving that the finality of death is no match for the transcendence of art.
Gorillaz Honor Departed Collaborators On 'The Mountain' - SPIN
Gorillaz talk to Vogue about the afterlife, AI and awakening to India Anything could happen to 2-D, Murdoc, Noodle and Russel in the Gorillaz universe. They could be driving through a desert and suddenly find themselves …
No Cap: 'SNL' Just Killed Gen Z Slang
On last night’s Saturday Night Live, we learned that time stops for nothing—not people and not language. Marcello Hernández, the cast member perhaps most likely to become SNL’s next breakout star, dropped by the “Weekend Update” desk to inform the Millennial co-anchor Colin Jost—and, by proxy, many Millennial audience members—of the slang terms favored by Gen Z. Hernández kicked off the segment by explaining the term chopped to “older folks” such as Jost.
Time comes for Colin Jostand for all of us
On last nights Saturday Night Live, we learned that time stops for nothingnot people and not language. Marcello Hernndez, the cast member perhaps most likely to become SNLs next breakout star, dropped by the Weekend Update desk to inform the Millennial co-anchor Colin Jostand, by proxy, many Millennial audience membersof the slang terms favored by Gen Z. Hernndez kicked off the segment by explaining the term chopped to older folks such as Jost.
No Cap: SNL Just Killed Gen Z Slang
1 hour ago A covetous president grabbed up all the trophies on this week’s “Saturday Night Live” broadcast, hosted by Teyana Taylor, star of “One Battle After Another.” After a week in which the Golden Globe Awards were given out and the Academy Award nominations were announced, why can’t the president of the …
Every Song in the 'Stranger Things 5' Finale Explained - and What It Says About the Ending
Stranger Things has always been a show that has a song in its heart, and that was especially true of the finale.
The loneliness crisis hits SNL
In a sketch from last nights Saturday Night Live, the cast member Andrew Dismukes played a suburban husband who threw a successful dinner party. As he basked in the company of his friends, he proposed a sweet, well-intentioned idea.Guys, he said. Am I crazy?
AI Anxiety Hits ‘SNL’ - The Atlantic Original
Last night’s Saturday Night Live addressed the growing frustration with a technology that’s seemingly found its way into every American industry, even dishwashers. One of the first sketches of the night had Ashley Padilla as an elderly woman whose grandchildren come to visit her in a retirement center. As a surprise, her grandson (Marcello Hernández) has downloaded a program that uses artificial intelligence to animate old photography, and uploaded some of her treasured childhood photos.
AI Anxiety Hits SNL
On ‘S.N.L.,’ the White House Says Trump’s Only Crime Was ‘Loving Too Much’ The Epstein files played a prominent role in this episode hosted by Glen Powell, while Will Forte returned to play his fan-favorite character MacGruber. At this point, the defining question of any “Saturday Night Live” opening sketch is, when will James Austin Johnson interrupt it in his role as …
SNL Has Its Black Mirror Moment
Michael Tedder November 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM Will Heath / NBC The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Last night’s Saturday Night Live addressed the growing frustration with a technology that’s seemingly found its way into every American industry, even dishwashers.
Amy Poehler Understood the Assignment Original
Though 2025 has already seen retrospective documentaries, a prime-time special, and a Lorne Michaels biography marking the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, the show itself actually premiered on October 11, 1975—and last night’s episode, in a neat coincidence, happened exactly 50 years later.
The Next Generation of Progressive Pundits Is Here
Generate Key Takeaways On June 14, millions of people across the country took to the streets to protest the corruption and autocracy of the second Trump administration. When they went home, many didn’t turn on MSNBC, which for years has styled itself as the nation’s leading cable news hub for liberals. When it comes to political news and commentary, many younger viewers these days aren’t turning on the TV at all.
The Political Youth Movement That Propelled Zohran Mamdani to Victory
Donald Trump has, somehow, only been President for six months, but he’s already done deep, unimaginable damage to America’s institutions, laws and norms, leaving chaos and wreckage that will take years of hard work to repair.
The Political Youth Movement That Propelled Zohran Mamdani to Victory
Donald Trump has, somehow, only been president for six months, but he’s already done deep, unimaginable damage to America’s institutions, laws, and norms, leaving chaos and wreckage that will take years of hard work to repair.
Album Of The Week: Lifeguard 'Ripped And Torn'
There are people who make a fine living by closely monitoring this nation’s youth sports leagues in hopes of finding players to replenish America’s college and professional teams. I wonder if Matador Records has a similar program, but for potential next-generation indie rock stars?
TV’s Easiest, Longest-Running Punch Line Original
On a recent episode of Saturday Night Live, the cast member Sarah Sherman dropped by the “Weekend Update” desk in character as the accountant Dawn Altman, the latest in her repertoire of high-strung weirdos. Altman was theoretically there to give one of the co-anchors, Colin Jost, some bad news about his tax returns.
TV’s Easiest, Longest-Running Punch Line
1 day ago Scarlett Johansson puts twist on ‘Jurassic World' in ‘SNL' promo Scarlett Johansson is the host for the big season finale of “Saturday Night Live" — and a new promo, featuring her husband, Colin Jost, and cast member Sarah Sherman, puts a twist on her upcoming “Jurassic World” role. » Subscribe to TODAY: https://www.youtube.com/@TODAY About: TODAY brings you the latest headlines and expert tips on money, health and parenting.
Nine Inch Nails' 'With Teeth' Turns 20
Eventually, he began plotting his return to music. Early plans for a concept album were abandoned. (It was rumored to be called Bleed Through and centered around alternate realities; Reznor is a nerd who tricked the world into thinking he’s a dark sex god rock star.) He decided to stop overthinking things for once, and leaned into his strengths for a pared-down, tight (though it could have been tighter) 13-song album. With Teeth is both a sign of maturity and, to an extent, a retreat.
Meat Puppets' Curt Kirkwood & Sublime's Bud Gaugh On Their Lost Album
The early 2000s were filled with supergroups, as veterans of the ’80s and ’90s tried to carry on after their iconic groups had ended, often linking together with some surprising allies. There was Audioslave, of course (RIP Chris), as well as Velvet Revolver (RIP Scott). There was also Eyes Adrift, though you can be forgiven if you forgot that one, as it stopped before it really started. However, that led to Volcano, which didn’t really get a chance to get heard…until now. Let’s back up a bit.
Rising Star - SPIN Original
Mark Jacob Lenderman is technically homeless. As we’re walking to a bar near his hotel, he explains that after moving to Durham, North Carolina, he’s been staying with friends while also shacking up at the occasional rented room during those vanishingly rare moments when he’s not on tour. He wants to find a permanent home, but he’s got a lot going on at the moment. I’ve caught him at a weird time, it seems. “I’m having trouble with….
Anxiety, Joy, and Rosie Perez: On the Ground With Queers for Kamala Original
November 4, 2024 D.J. Lehrhaupt/Queers for Kamala “A Katy Perry marching band? This is going to be the gayest day ever,” says the curly-haired woman watching as a 17-piece group works their way through “Firework,” and then follows it up with a jaunty rendition of Kesha’s “Timber.” She chuckles.
All-American Girl
Whenever Emily Fedner is missing her Baba or craving some authentic Eastern European food, which is often, she comes up to Brighton Beach. Sometimes, she’ll document the journey for her Food Lover’s Diary, a must-read account for culinarily inclined Instagram users. But even when she’s not making another video, she can’t help but drop some knowledge while simultaneously insisting her dining companion put more sour cream on their plate. Slice of Life.
All-American Girl
Whenever Emily Fedner is missing her Baba or craving some authentic Eastern European food, which is often, she comes up to Brighton Beach. Sometimes, she’ll document the journey for her Food Lover’s Diary, a must-read account for culinarily inclined Instagram users. But even when she’s not making another video, she can’t help but drop some knowledge while simultaneously insisting her dining companion put more sour cream on their plate. Slice of Life.
Rosé All The Way (All Day) At Milea Estate Vineyard
Any day can be Rosé Day if you want it to be. But technically, Rosé Day is June 8th, and Milea Estate Vineyard would love it if you visited their beautiful historical location in the Hudson Valley for a day full of wine tasting, food, and games.
Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver, & Much More
We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc. If you seek to make a kickass album that lies at the intersection of punk and hard rock, and if you have an affection for Iggy Pop and Johnny Thunders, give Duff McKagan a call. At the risk of putting words in the man’s mouth, I’m willing to bet he’d be more than happy to form a band with you.
Rosé All The Way (All Day) At Milea Estate Vineyard
Any day can be Rosé Day if you want it to be. But technically, Rosé Day is June 8th, and Milea Estate Vineyard would love it if you visited their beautiful historical location in the Hudson Valley for a day full of wine tasting, food, and games.
Don't Miss Rosé Day at Milea Estate Vineyard
Any day can be Rosé Day if you want it to be. But technically, Rosé Day is June 8th, and Milea Estate Vineyard would love it if you celebrated the day at their beautiful historical location in the Hudson Valley, for a day full of wine tasting, food and games.
Album Of The Week: DIIV Frog In Boiling Water
If a decade ago you told me that not only would DIIV still be around, but that they’d be considered a modern standard bearer to a younger generation, I’d be equal parts surprised and relieved.
Get Back Original
Just ask any New Yorker and they will eagerly tell you that their city is the greatest city in the world. But if you catch them after a particularly long day and they’re feeling honest, they might admit that sometimes, just sometimes, New York City can be a bit of a grind. If you live in the city long enough, you will either know someone who decamped upstate or you’ve dreamed about doing it yourself.
How do you top your biggest album? For Waxahatchee, the first step is to not overthink it
Very often, success is a matter of timing. For Katie Crutchfield, the songwriter and musician who performs as Waxahatchee, that meant releasing the right album at the right time, even if nothing about that particular time, a.k.a. March 2020, would otherwise be considered "right.” Since Crutchfield’s 2012 debut "American Weekend," Waxahatchee has become one of the most beloved acts in indie rock, specializing in incisive, vulnerable lyrics and feedback-drenched power chords.
CREEM Releases The No New York, No L.A. Issue Today
CREEM Releases The No New York, No L.A. Issue Today Featuring Final Interview with MC5's Wayne Kramer, DEVO, Cruelster & More Parties at SXSW Announced for March 13-16 Partnering With Third Man Records, Empty Bottle Featured Artists Include Dry Cleaning, HINDS, They Are Gutting A Body of Water & More Today,CREEMreleased its Spring 2024 edition – The No New York, No L.A. Issue – and announced four days of shows in Austin, TX, during SXSW from March 13-16.
Muna Set at Congressman's Festival Disrupted By Pro-Palestine Activists Original
ORLANDO, Fla. — Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost’s (D-Fla.) MadSoul music festival was supposed to be a party for activists — a celebration of Central Florida’s progressive and queer community, in a hostile state. Frost wanted to show how far the community has come and its defiant rejection of Florida’s increasingly right-wing tilt, with a mix of music and community building featuring appearances from indie artists and progressive politicos, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
New Album, Shudder To Think, The State, 'Velvet Goldmine,' & More
We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc. He walks into the artfully dingy laundry room, and just before he steps aboard one of those elevators that only existed on and during the MTV heyday (you know, the type that somehow lets you peek into every room you pass) he turns to the camera.
Matt Pryor Had to Explain It, and He Knew Right Where to Start
Michael Dubin/Ringer illustration If you have ever had any love in your heart for emo, and if you have tried to give a piece of said heart to someone else in the form of a mixtape, burned CD-R, or playlist, there’s a strong chance you have called upon the services of Matt Pryor. Emo does not lack for love songs, per se.
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