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Pete Davidson Confirms ‘SNL’ Exit in Goodbye Note, Thanks Team for ‘Always Believing in Me’
Pete Davidson is saying goodbye to Saturday Night Live, his home for the past eight seasons. In an Instagram post shared via the account of friend and SNL writer Dave Sirus and credited to Davidson, the King of Staten Island star can be seen hugging Jerrod Carmichael in a throwback video. In the post’s caption, Davidson confirmed that Saturday’s (May 21) episode of NBC’s sketch comedy series will be his last as a regular, and he explained that Carmichael sent this video to him Friday that was taken in 2014 on the night of Davidson’s first-ever episode. “In the video I had just gotten back from doing my very first update and sketch,” Davidson wrote. “It’s crazy to think that today I’ll be doing my last one. When I got the show I was 20 years old and I had no idea what I was doing. I still d...
Pete Davidson References Kanye West and Ariana Grande in Final ‘SNL’ Appearance: Watch
Pete Davidson has said goodbye to Saturday Night Live. For his hilarious send-off, the 28-year-old comedian appeared on the “Weekend Update” segment of the season 47 finale on May 21 to look back on his eight-year journey as a cast member on the iconic sketch comedy series. Sitting alongside “Weekend Update” co-hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che, Davidson opened by acknowledging the “millions of people only watching to see if I bring up Kanye,” a reference to his relationship with Kim Kardashian and he ex-husband Kanye “Ye” West. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The King of Staten Island star later recalled some fond memories of longtime SNL producer Lorne Michaels, including their phone call about the comedian’s engagement to Ariana Grande. “He a...
Eminem Puts Pete Davidson in His Place During Hilarious ‘Forgot About Dre’ Parody on ‘SNL’: Watch
Eminem is fed up with Pete Davidson‘s rap music video parodies. During the season 47 finale of Saturday Night Live on May 21, Marshall Mathers made another memorable cameo in a musical sketch paying tribute to longtime show producer Lorne Michaels. In the cut-for-time skit, titled “Forgot About Lorne,” Davidson raps about Lorne’s accomplishments over the beat from Dr. Dre‘s 1999 hit “Forgot About Dre,” featuring Eminem. In the setup for the parody, Davidson — who made his final appearance on SNL after eight seasons — is approached on set by host Natasha Lyonne, who tells him that Lorne is depressed because he has always wanted to appear in a music video alongside the 28-year-old comedian. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “That guy has literally ...
Sneaker Jig: Travis Scott’s Nike Raffle Gets Over 1 Million Entries In 30 Minutes
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SNKRS / NIkesne Scoring a pair of Travis Scott Nikes at retail is like hitting the lotto. The Houston rapper had a raffle for the privilege to cop a pair of his latest collab with the Swoosh brand, and it received over 1 million entries in just 30 minutes. This is according to TMZ, that reports the Travis Scott Air Trainer 1 x CACT.US CORP, in two colorways (“Grey Haze and Dusty Sage” and “Archaeo Brown and Rust Pink”), had his fans, and resellers, going nuts. Keep in mind that it was a “source close to Travis” that provided this intel, meaning it’s just as likely they pulled that number out of thin air rather than actual metrics. Related Stories But Cactus Jack’s Nike collabs are heavily hyped affairs, with his past release still commanding top dollar on...
Bad Bunny Makes History With Latest Reggaeton Album ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gilbert Carrasquillo / Getty Bad Bunny is to Reggaeton what Jay-Z was to Hip-Hop in the early 00’s and now everyone outside the Latin community is taking notice of that as Variety is reporting that the current King of Reggaeton (sorry J. Balvin) is out here making history with his latest album. According to the report, Bad Bunny’s fourth solo album, Un Verano Sin Ti has been doing crazy numbers on the streaming side of things ever since it dropped on May 6th claiming 18% of all U.S. Latin on-demand streams and becoming Latin’s highest streaming week to date with over 1.8 billion weekly ODA streams just last week (May 12). Not bad for a man who isn’t really recognized outside of the Latino community. That figure surpasses any weekly streaming tot...
SpaceX Paid $250K To Silence Elon Musk’s Sexual Misconduct, Allegedly
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty More controversy has arrived for Elon Musk, as news broke of one of his companies paying a massive settlement to keep an incident of sexual misconduct involving him quiet. According to published reports, SpaceX allegedly paid a former flight attendant $250,000 to guarantee that she wouldn’t sue the company or speak out against it after Musk propositioned her for sex. The incident reportedly occurred in late 2016, according to accounts shared by a friend of the victim to Insider. Related Stories The flight attendant worked as a crew member during a SpaceX corporate flight and was asked by Musk to give him a massage. (The story notes that she was encouraged to obtain a masseuse license by the company.) During the massage, Musk exposed hi...
Flava, You ARE The Father: Flava Flav Finds Out He Has A 3-Year-Old Toddler
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Arturo Holmes / Getty In today’s episode of Flava Of Love Child, Hip-Hop icon Flava Flav has been informed, at 63-years-old, that he is the father of an eighth child. According to TMZ, a paternity test has proven the Public Enemy hype man and Hip Hop producer has a 3-year-old son named Jordan, whose mother is Flav’s former manager. The manager was only identified by TMZ as “Kate,” but Page Six noted that “a LinkedIn profile for a woman named Kate Gammell shows she worked as Flav’s manager in 2017,” and that Gammell’s Instagram page features photos of the same child. Either way, Flav reportedly asked for a paternity test because, for some time, he didn’t believe the child was his. Listen, Flav having his little Maury moment may have been seen by...
Watch Japanese Breakfast Perform “Be Sweet” and “Paprika” on SNL Season Finale
Japanese Breakfast was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this week, closing out the show’s 47th season with “Be Sweet” and “Paprika” from last year’s Jubilee. The SNL stage was lit with dozens of hanging lightbulbs for both performances. During “Paprika,” bandleader Michelle Zauner wore a tiered white dress and struck a gong wreathed in flowers. She also starred in a sketch advertising “grey adult pigtails” for “funky” older women. Natasha Lyonne hosted the episode. Watch it all go down below. On Friday, news outlets reported that the season finale would be the last SNL appearance from Pete Davidson, who joined the cast in 2014. Davidson had previously alluded that his time on the show was nearing an end, saying, “I’m ready to hang up the jersey.” Veterans Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bry...
Japanese Breakfast Performs on SNL, Eats Hot Dogs on Fallon: Watch
In the most recent step towards Michelle Zauner’s impending world takeover, Japanese Breakfast served as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live’s season finale. The indie rock band performed “Be Sweet” and “Paprika” from their 2021 album Jubilee. Additionally, Zauner appeared in the episode’s closing sketch, joining departing cast members Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant for a singalong of Joni Mitchell’s “The Circle Game.” But SNL wasn’t the only late-night stop for Zauner this past week: On Friday, the polymath visited The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to discuss turning her bestselling memoir Crying in H Mart into a movie, going to her first Grammys, and — of course — the origin of her 2017 song, “Jimmy Fallon Big!” “It kind of feels like I’m having conversa...
Watch Japanese Breakfast Play Two Jubilee Songs in SNL Debut
Tonight marked the Season 47 finale of Saturday Night Live. It also marked the debuts of host Natasha Lyonne and musical guest Japanese Breakfast. Ahead of the episode, it was announced that longtime cast members Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney and Kate McKinnon would not be returning next season. Michelle Zauner and company performed “Be Sweet” (which they played on The Tonight Show on Friday night) and “Paprika.” Both songs are off of 2021’s Jubilee [embedded content][embedded content] [embedded content][embedded content] Zauner is still riding the momentum of a fruitful year in 2021. Not only did Jubilee, her third album as Japanese Breakfast, break her into the mainstream (and score her a couple of Grammy nods), but she also published her first book Cry...
Der Kommissar: Our 1986 Boris Becker Feature
This article originally appeared in the January 1986 issue of SPIN. Ion Tiriac, tennis’ Transylvanian terror, who claims to be related to Count Dracula, is Boris Becker‘s manager. Immediately following the 17-year-old West German’s historic Wimbledon victory, Ion was heard to tell Becker, “Your life is over. You are born again with me.” In his spare time, Ion, whom Ilie Nastase calls a “tough guy,” eats shards of glass. Asked what kind of circumstances could provoke such dramatic displays, he says, “You use toothpaste? Toothpaste made from powder, powder made from sand, glass made from sand.” Yes, Ion, but what about your digestive tract? “You don’t digest, just eliminate.” It’s mid-September, and Tiriac’s been stuck in Oklahoma for three days for the so-called Tulsa Challenge tennis...
‘Big Hero 6’ Sequel ‘Baymax!’ Announces Release Date With New Trailer
To celebrate National Streaming Day, Disney+ has released a new official trailer for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Baymax! The six-episode series is a sequel to 2014’s Oscar-winning film Big Hero 6, offering fans another chance to interact with the benevolent Michelin Man-looking healthcare robot. In the trailer, Baymax is roaming the streets of San Fransokyo as he searches for citizens in need of assistance. However, his robot expressions are often lost in translation as he slowly learns to socialize. “I thought it would be fun to do a Disney+ series with Baymax interacting with normal folks,” said series creator Don Hall. “In each of our six episodes, Baymax just wants to help someone—and a lot of times they don’t want to be helped. He sets out to fix a physical issue that he’s identifi...
