As ‘SNL’ seasons go, Season 49 definitely ranked up there as one of them
"Saturday Night Live" is not a homewrecker. At least not for Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell, the latter said Tuesday on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast “Club Shay Shay.” After collaborating on several Nickelodeon shows throughout the ’90s, the former “Kenan and Kel” comedy duo lost touch, barely speaking until more than a decade later, when Mitchell was tapped to present Thompson with a 2014 Kids’ Choice Award. During his interview with Mitchell, posted Wednesday on YouTube, Sharpe asked if losing a...
This week’s SNL host Maya Rudolph was joined by veteran SNL cast member Kenan Thompson for the traditional Thursday promo to welcome this week’s musical guest, Vampire Weekend. The first bit saw them adopt fake Transylvanian accents to mock the band. Then a longstanding beef about a missing hair dryer stirred things up, followed by […]
The nominations for the Eisner Awards have been announced, to be awarded at San Diego Comic-Con in July, with 32 categories, 150 titles from over 60 publishers. Image Comics and DC Comics received the most nominations: Image with 17 (plus 8 shared) and DC with 13 (plus 8 shared). Fantagraphics has 11 nominations, again dominating the Archival Collection categories, with 3 in the Comic Strip category and 2 in the Comic Book category. First Second's 10 nominations, IDW's 9 nominations (plus 4...
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West Texas A&M University announced that Thompson Mayberry will step in for Michael McBroom as the Interim Director of Athletics.
There’s no shortage of opinion in today’s news media landscape. That’s why CNN head Mark Thompson is leaning into an ethos shared by vintage Dragnet detective Sgt. Joe Friday: “Just the facts, ma’am.” “We see ourselves as a news network first, rather than opinion,” Thompson told ADWEEK ahead of taking the stage at Warner Bros. Discovery’s May 15 TV upfront week presentation, where he’ll share heretofore closely held details about CNN’s future. “We’re talking about absolutely factual...
KJ Dell’Antonia’s best-selling 2020 novel The Chicken Sisters is being adapted into a new original TV series at Hallmark Channel, TVLine has learned. A family drama with southern charm and romance, the eight-episode Chicken Sisters series is set in the fictional town of Merinac, “where a generations-old rift between dueling fried chicken restaurants — Mimi’s […]
MC5 drummer Dennis Thompson, the last surviving original member of the influential group, died Thursday morning at MediLodge of Taylor, where he had been rehabilitating following a heart attack in April. He was 75. His death comes a little over three months since fellow MC5 cofounder Wayne Kramer died. Other key figures in the band’s […]
Thompson was the last surviving member of the group after the death of guitarist Wayne Kramer in FebruaryDennis Thompson, the drummer for influential Detroit rock band MC5, has died at the age of 75.Thompson, who was the last surviving member of the group after the death of guitarist Wayne Kramer in February, died in a Michigan nursing home on Thursday. He had been recovering after a heart attack in April, his son Chris McNulty told Detroit News. Continue reading
Dennis Thompson, whose powerhouse drumming drove the MC5, has died, according to the Detroit Free Press. The MC5 were one of the most aggressive and politically active bands of the 1960s and their driving brand of rock music was a foundation of punk rock, Motorhead and every strain of hard rock that followed. According to […]
Dennis Thompson, whose hard-pounding style helped give the MC5 its musical edge, died Wednesday morning following complications from a heart attack.