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  1. ghostbusters
    Jones Got McCarthy’s Original Ghostbusters Role“I wanted to unleash Leslie on the public in the same way we unleashed Melissa on the public in Bridesmaids.”
    By Jackson McHenry
  2. Check Out the Trailer for Seeso’s Standup Competition, ‘New York’s […]Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Seeso series New York’s Funniest, which features some hosting duties by SNL’s Michal Che and Leslie Jones. […]
    By Adam Frucci
  3. The First Trailer for Paul Feig’s ‘Ghostbusters’ Has Finally ArrivedAt long last, here’s the very first trailer for Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters starring brand new cast Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, […]
    By Megh Wright
  4. oscars 2016
    Oscars Imagine Films With Black People in ThemThey’d be pretty funny!
    By E. Alex Jung
  5. snl promos
    Watch Larry David’s SNL Promos“I’m just not feeling you.”
    By Dee Lockett
  6. Leslie Jones and Larry David Make the Perfect Couple in These ‘SNL’ PromosLarry David returns to SNL this weekend to host with musical guest The 1975, and NBC just released the first round of promos featuring David […]
    By Megh Wright
  7. profiles
    Leslie Jones Is Awesome, So Obviously Her New Yorker Profile Is TooTo Kenan Thompson: “I heard what you said, motherf*cker.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  8. vulture quiz
    Who Said It? Vulture’s Week-in-Quotes QuizWere you paying attention?
    By Ira Madison III
  9. ghostbusters
    Ghostbusters Character Posters RevealedI ain’t afraid of no posters.
    By Emma Barrie
  10. #damnmrwhite
    Reliving Breaking Bad With Leslie Jones’s Tweets“Bye mr white oh what times we had sir oh what times we had … “
    By Jackson McHenry
  11. snl
    Watch Chris Hemsworth’s SNL PromosWe can picture Hemsworth in a kangaroo pouch now.
    By Emma Barrie
  12. Leslie Jones and Chris Hemsworth Hang Out Outside 30 Rock in This Week’s […]Chris Hemsworth returns to SNL this weekend for his second hosting stint, and NBC just released the first round of promos featuring Hemsworth […]
    By Megh Wright
  13. saturday night live
    SNL’s Dating App Is for You if You’ve Given UpLearn to Settl.
    By Jackson McHenry
  14. female remakes
    Let’s Fan-Cast the New Female Ocean’s ElevenBullock is Clooney, obviously.
    By Nate Jones
  15. everything we know
    Everything We Know About the New GhostbustersIncluding Channing Tatum’s Ghostbusters 4 fantasy and the status of slime 2.0.
    By Brian Feldman
  16. Behold the First Official ‘Ghostbusters’ Cast PhotoWe’ve seen the jumpsuits, proton packs, updated Ecto-1, and villain, but today the ultimate sneak peek to Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot […]
    By Megh Wright
  17. ghostbusters
    Your First Look at the All-Women Ghostbusters Suited Up [Updated]Orange and white stripes look good on them.
    By Dee Lockett
  18. Leslie Jones Looks Back on Messing Up an ‘SNL’ Sketch with Chris RockRemember when Chris Rock hosted SNL last year and starred opposite Leslie Jones in the sketch “The Couple” that turned into a complete train […]
    By Megh Wright
  19. party chat
    Why the New Ghostbusters Cast Is So SNL-HeavyAnd how he knew that each actress was the One.
    By Renata Sellitti
  20. Leslie Jones Can’t Control Herself Around Rihanna In the newest promos for SNL’s finale this weekend, Leslie Jones proves that she can’t really control her excitement around Rihanna.
    By Adam Frucci
  21. Leslie Jones and Seth Meyers Talk Twitter, ‘SNL,’ and ‘Ghostbusters’ on […]Leslie Jones made her very first late night guest appearance on last night’s Late Night, where she talked with Seth about how she got into […]
    By Megh Wright
  22. ‘SNL’s Uneasy Relationship with Twitter and Online CriticsLast November, SNL aired a mock promo for a hacky, whitewashed family sitcom called “The Dudleys.” In the sketch, a voiceover explains the […]
    By Erik Voss
  23. primer
    How Leslie Jones Got to GhostbustersAn overnight success story 28 years in the making. 
    By Dan Reilly
  24. Everything We Know About the ‘Ghostbusters’ RebootThe lead cast of Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot was revealed today, and it’s an all-star group including Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, and […]
    By Megh Wright
  25. Here’s Your New ‘Ghostbusters’ Cast: Wiig, McCarthy, Jones, and McKinnon The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Paul Feig’s upcoming Ghostbusters reboot has its cast: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, […]
    By Adam Frucci
  26. casting couch
    McCarthy, Wiig, McKinnon, Jones: Here Are Your GhostbustersMelissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones.
    By Margaret Lyons
  27. Watch a Behind-the-Scenes Look at ‘Top Five’ with Chris Rock, Leslie […]Here’s a behind-the-scenes peek of Chris Rock’s new film Top Five featuring Kevin Hart, Questlove, and SNL cast members Leslie Jones and Jay […]
    By Megh Wright
  28. Chris Rock Explains How He Helped Leslie Jones Get Hired at ‘SNL’Chris Rock has a powerful Hollywood Reporter essay out today that breaks down his thoughts on Hollywood’s race problem, and in the middle of […]
    By Megh Wright
  29. live from new york
    Leslie Jones Promoted to SNL Featured PlayerYay.
    By Anna Silman
  30. ‘SNL’ Writer Leslie Jones Is Now a Featured PlayerSNL just made an excellent (and long overdue) casting decision by promoting writer and sometimes-performer Leslie Jones. Deadline reports that […]
    By Megh Wright
  31. ‘SNL’ Review: A New Hope with Chris PrattThe seasons have certainly changed at Saturday Night Live. The show’s 40th season began with an episode that hardly resembled a season […]
    By Erik Voss
  32. Leslie Jones, Mike O’Brien, LaKendra Tookes, and More Have Reportedly Left […]Saturday Night Live updated the “About” section of their website this week to include newly hired writers Alison Rich, Jeremy Beiler, Natasha […]
    By Megh Wright
  33. ‘SNL’ Writer Leslie Jones Urges Women to Take the Crazy Back on ‘Late […]SNL writer Leslie Jones, who won all our hearts on Weekend Update back in May with the eternal question “Can a bitch get a beef bowl?”, did […]
    By Megh Wright
  34. How ‘SNL’ Addressed Race in Season 39, as Shown in 11 SketchesWith SNL’s 39th season coming to a close, we’re taking a look at the past season with a series of posts examining the highs, lows, and other […]
    By Erik Voss
  35. The 24 Best Sketches of ‘SNL’ Season 39With SNL’s 39th season coming to a close, we’re taking a look at the past season with a series of posts examining the highs, lows, and other […]
    By Erik Voss
  36. Is ‘Saturday Night Live’ Becoming ‘Saturday Night Pretaped’?Last year, in his third time hosting SNL, Zach Galifianakis gave us a wonderful sketch called “Darrell’s House.” The sketch came in two parts. […]
    By Erik Voss
  37. ‘SNL’s Leslie Jones and the Problem with Misplaced OutrageForty years ago, Saturday Night Live aired a sketch wherein Chevy Chase interviewed Richard Pryor for a job. It became instantly infamous […]
    By Lucas Hazlett
  38. ‘SNL’ Review: Andrew Garfield Couldn’t Save the DayWhen I started reviewing SNL three years ago, I was proud to consider myself a defender of the show. Of course, not that the mainstream pop […]
    By Erik Voss
  39. ‘SNL’s Push to Diversify Was Problematic, But the Results Are Worth ItThis week, Saturday Night Live hired three African-American women to prominent positions: Sasheer Zamata as a cast member and LaKendra Tookes […]
    By Bradford Evans
  40. you’re hired
    SNL Hires Two African-American Female WritersLaKendra Tookes and Leslie Jones.
    By Jesse David Fox
  41. ‘SNL’ Adds Two Black Female Writers, LaKendra Tookes and Leslie JonesEarlier this week, Saturday Night Live added Sasheer Zamata to its cast, the show’s first black female cast member in over five years, and now, […]
    By Bradford Evans