Documentary Now! is a hilarious sendup of the documentary genre by SNL alumni, and IFC has released the second episode DRONEZ: The Hunt for El Chingon, a parody of the always mockable VICE sensationalism. Read the rest
Portlandia's first all-male Feminist Meeting a success.
Thank god for the dudes of Portlandia: "I just wish there was a way for us to be validated for being such great feminists." Read the rest
Fred Armisen cameos in Kate Pierson video
SNL alum and Portlandia star Fred Armisen cameos in B-52s founding member Kate Pierson's video for Mister Sister from her upcoming solo album Guitars and Microphones. Read the rest
Fred Armisen hands over the presidential reins to Jay Pharoah on SNL
Lorne Michaels broke the news yesterday that when the new season of Saturday Night Live starts this weekend, it will be Jay Pharoah playing President Obama rather than Fred Armisen, who has played POTUS since 2008. Pharoah, currently a featured player (though that may change), has been honing his Obama impression for a while now, and it's good. Very good. But Michaels had reservations about throwing a brand new cast member into such a prominent role. Those reservations are gone, and now, we will get to watch Jay Pharoah's amazing Obama impression on actual television and not just YouTube.
(Actually, he'd done it on television, when he appeared on Letterman in December 2010. But you know what I mean.) Read the rest
