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Here’s What Made Bill Hader Break the Hardest While Doing Stefon on SNL This Weekend

It’s well-documented how John Mulaney, that handsome rapscallion, would make a habit out of torturing Bill Hader when the two worked together on SNL. Mulaney would change the script for Stefon’s Weekend Update visits mere seconds before Hader would do the sketch live — effectively making him break character in … More » Source: Ent […]

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Jessica Jones’s Jeans

I judged Jessica Jones’s jeans prematurely. Writing about the superpowered private detective’s return to Netflix a few weeks ago, I noted that Jones “still appears to possess exactly one pair of pants.” This was not true. (Blame screener sites, and reportorial laziness.) While our heroine’s favorite light-wash jeans still make … More » Source: Ent […]

The Portlandia Effect: How Did the Show Change the City It Satirized?

In August 2015, Willamette Week, the alternative weekly in Portland, Oregon, categorically declared to its readers that “Old Portland is dead.” Longtime residents understand what that statement means: that the city’s weirdness, which Portlanders hold so dear, has largely disappeared and is being replaced by sleek condominiums and chain stores … More » Source: Ent […]