Monologue

The stand-up comedian Shane Gillis — famously hired and fired from “Saturday Night Live” in 2019 when racist slurs he used on a podcast resurfaced — guest hosted the show, proving that longtime producer Lorne Michaels is still willing to court controversy if it means people will tune in to see potential fireworks. But the fireworks were pretty muted and relegated only to the monologue that Gillis delivered, in which he acknowledged the firing sheepishly, but then proceeded to walk a comedic tightrope in the rest of his…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDavid Tennant divided viewers with his opening monologue at the Baftas.As Jo Koy’s disastrous turn at the Golden Globes proved last month, successfully hosting an awards show is no easy feat, but Tennant has managed to win over at least some viewers. The 77th British academy film awards took place on Sunday evening (18 February) at Royal Festival Hall in London, with Hollywood stars…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeFilmmaker Judd Apatow cracked jokes about Joe Biden and Donald Trump at the Directors Guild of America Awards on Saturday (10 February).The man behind movies from Knocked Up to The 40-Year-Old Virgin opened his monologue with a dig at Bradley Cooper, who wore a prosthetic nose to play Jewish composter Leonard Bernstein in the biopic Maestro.“I’m your host Bradley Cooper in an even more…

Trevor Noah offered his own contribution to the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce obsession as he hosted the 66th Grammy Awards on Sunday. The former “Daily Show” anchor returned for his fourth consecutive year to host to the annual awards show — “the only concert that actually starts on time” — poking fun at some of the music industry’s latest headlines, including Swift’s high-profile romance with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end. After reveling in the star power that packed the Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, Noah turned his…

The 2024 Grammys mark Trevor Noah‘s fourth consecutive year as the host of music’s biggest night. In his opening monologue, Noah took a moment to praise all musicians — nominated at this year’s awards or otherwise. “These people write the soundtracks of our lives,” he said. The comedian pointed at Barbie music producer Mark Ronson’s table and called him one of the greatest producers of all time. He continued by saying that Ronson’s mother-in-law, Meryl Streep, would be sitting at the table right…

Trevor Noah’s opening monologue at the 2024 Grammy Awards was a star-studded rundown of the biggest names in the industry who showed up to music’s biggest night. He played up the whole thing like he was something of a magician: The moment the comedian mentioned Meryl Streep, one of the evening’s presenters, she appeared in the arena as if summoned. A few minutes later, when he teased a highly anticipated appearance from Taylor Swift (possibly with some Reputation TV news?), the musician glided into the room,…

This week’s Saturday Night Live kicked things off with a damn near unwatchable parody of CBS’ NFL broadcast before Dakota Johnson took the stage looking absolutely incredible, dressed in a number that recalled Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s black jumpsuit in Fleabag. The actress described her upcoming film Madame Web — a Spider-Man spinoff co-starring Sydney Sweeney — as “kind of like if AI generated your boyfriend’s perfect movie.” “I’ve been doing a lot of press for it and I’m just… not good at talking to…

Jacob Elordi joked about a steamy Saltburn scene as he hosted the first Saturday Night Live of 2024.“You might know me from Saltburn, not from seeing the film, just from seeing the TikToks, “ the 26-year-old star began.A scene from the movie was then shown to the audience, where Barry Keoghan’s Oliver Quick is naked on top of Felix Catton’s grave.“Yeah, I was the one in the grave,” Elordi added, to laughter from the audience.He then went on to apologise to fans who watched the film with their parents. Jacob Elordi…

In his first late-night monologue of 2024, Jimmy Kimmel went all in on NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a week after their public feud began. Earlier this month, the New York Jets quarterback suggested during an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show” that the long-time late-night personality might appear on Jeffrey Epstein’s damning associates list — and that he’d celebrate if that was the case. A week and one Epstein list release later, that wasn’t the case. “Of course my name wasn’t on it, and isn’t on it and won’t ever be…

American comedian and actor Jo Koy did not anticipate that his monologue at the Golden Globes 2024 would bring forth a wave of backlash. The actor shared that he did not mean any harm by most of the `jokes` that were cracked at the expense of others. But the internet remained unhappy with the comments he passed, disguised as jokes. Page Six reported. "The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift," the comedian said. When the camera switched to…