Author: Mariangela Pinto

This week’s episode of The Simpsons will feature a special celebrity guest: Albert Brooks. The Defending Your Life star has obviously voiced a number of important four-fingered cartoon characters over the years, from Globex Corporation president Hank Scorpio, to The Simpsons Movie villain Russ Cargill, to Jacques, the overly horny French bowling instructor. While some celebrities might just stick to the script, Brooks is famous for improvising during Simpsons recording sessions. “The great thing about doing stuff for The Simpsons is…

Sabrina Carpenter, already a Lorne Michaels favorite based on musical appearances, Domingo cameos and a spotlight duet with Paul Simon at SNL50, showed off surprising comedic chops in her Saturday Night Live hosting debut this weekend. From an “I’m very comfortable up here” monologue in which she flirted with eager audience members, to one of the low-key fire bros in the Boys Podcast sketch, Carpenter shone in a moment where other up-and-coming stars have stumbled. But perhaps those comedy…

Hissing with distaste as the dreaded Christian symbol suddenly appeared on his phone screen, Scott Tatum—a real-life Dracula—reportedly recoiled Friday after seeing a Tinder profile picture of a woman wearing a crucifix. “My eyes, my eyes,” said the screaming, writhing 32-year-old, who, as if he were Nosferatu himself, attempted to swipe away from the photo as quickly as possible before the image of Carly, a petite blond woman sporting a necklace with a thin gold…

Six days after his “indefinite” suspension from ABC, a last-minute temper tantrum and extortion attempt from Donald Trump, and thousands of Disney+ subscription cancellations, Jimmy Kimmel made his triumphant return to late night on Tuesday. The highly anticipated 28-minute monologue featured a tasteful mixture of tears, biting remarks and good-old fashioned Smurf jokes. Like Stephen Colbert at the Emmys, Kimmel was met by a standing ovation from his live studio audience before he could even really start talking.…

South Park is scheduled to release a new episode tomorrow evening, but we still have no idea what it could possibly be about now that the eyes of the entire country are on the series — well, more than they already were. Last week, a gunman at Utah Valley University murdered right-wing political activist and South Park Season 27 parody subject Charlie Kirk during a public speaking engagement. Kirk, whose debate style and haircut played featured roles in…

Legendary comedy film director Rob Reiner would never dig up an ancient classic just to cash a second paycheck – again. Well that’s what he claims anyway. Today marks the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, the sequel to the 1984 cult-hit mockumentary about a declining rock band stumbling through what threatens to be their final tour. While – spoiler alert – David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel, Derek Smalls and Viv Savage managed to…

In the South Park Season 27 premiere, “Sermon on the ‘Mount,” the long-time satirical series tells us that, in these times of struggle and division, we must ask ourselves: “What would Jesus do?” Meanwhile, Jesus just asked us, “Do you really want to end up like Colbert?” The public acrimony between South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and their parent company Paramount seemed to reach a head last week when Parker and Stone enlisted the services of…

Heavy Metal icon Ozzy Osbourne died at the age of 76 on Tuesday, but he’ll still live on in the hearts of Black Sabbath fans everywhere and Hank Hill’s hometown of Arlen, Texas. Throughout the course of King of the Hill’s 13-season run and 15-year hiatus, fans have noticed an uncanny similarity between the Prince of Darkness and Hank’s Alamo-chugging, womanising pal, Boomhauer. Both are famed for their rambling, mumbling speech, and they each can…

President Donald Trump called for the Washington Commanders to change their name back to a previous one deemed offensive to Native Americans, threatening the NFL team’s stadium deal if they refuse. What do you think? “What about ‘The Cobras?’ That would be a good name, I think.” Ralph Covey, Corn Shucker “Making ‘commander’ a racial slur might be a good compromise.” Stephanie Geddes, Lens Bender “Honestly, his long-term memory is in better shape than I…

Roughly five years after several It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes were plucked from streaming platforms for blackface, redface, brownface and other offensive jokes, fans have found a way to watch them anyways — venturing to their public libraries in pursuit of the pulled installments. “Looking for banned episodes? Head to your local library!” one Redditor captioned a photo of their haul, which consisted of Seasons Eight, Nine and Fourteen, featuring three of the five removed…

Even in the Rick and Morty universe, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Charlie Day can’t stop himself from burning the trash. In tonight’s penultimate episode of Rick and Morty Season Eight, “Morty Daddy,” Adult Swim’s flagship series continued its trend of bringing in guest stars from across corporate lines as it introduced Day to the series in his role as Salvatron, the self-aware sentinel robot who digs through Rick’s trash for anything worth saving while vaporising the rest…

Hungary’s 1,000‑year‑old Pannonhalma Archabbey is scrambling to disinfect and preserve tens of thousands of historic books from a destructive beetle infestation that could wipe out centuries of history. What do you think? “What books did they eat? I’m looking for recommendations.” Elliott Wege, Remote Programmer “I have a bunch of old Nora Roberts books I’m trying to unload, if the beetles are interested.” Becca Moen, Crossword Analyst “Nothing beats that old book taste.” Josh Donsel,…

The Bear just scored 13 nominations at this year’s Emmy Awards, largely in the comedy categories that it has lately dominated in spite of its serious tone and subject matter. After all, as Chef Charlie Kelly would say, cooking is no laughing matter. Ever since The Bear broke out and became FX’s other massively successful comedy in 2022, fans of other Emmy-nominated comedy shows (as well as some unjustly un-nominated ones) have bristled at how the…

GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate officially passed Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” including provisions that slashed funding for public health care programs by more than $1 trillion. We examines the pros and cons of these steep cuts to Medicaid. Hope you noticed our tongue in cheek demeanour. PRO’s Will finally motivate poor Americans who’ve been putting off becoming billionaires Fewer people alive to compete for defunded SNAP benefits U.S. poised for renaissance of shamanic…

Realising that every uterus had already been conquered, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly wept Wednesday, for there were no more women for him to impregnate. “I have sown the many fields with my seed and reaped a bountiful harvest, yet now there are no new vessels to bear my fruit,” said Musk, who gazed through tears upon his infinite legion of mothers, expectant and otherwise, as he lamented the limits of his fecundity, having laid…

President Donald Trump’s budget megabill is in the House of Representatives after being narrowly passed by the Senate. Here are the key items in “The One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Funding for something called “The Facility.” Smaller, phone booth–sized detention boxes on every American street corner. Coupon for “buy two get one free” 12-packs of Coca-Cola products at ShopRite. A few new mean nicknames for Jeb Bush. A map of California inside a red circle…

North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong-Un hopes will boost tourism in the secretive communist regime. Brace yourself, some of these are brutal and should be on SNL. What do you think?  “Why would I need the sun when I can bask in the majesty of the Supreme Leader?” John Kinsha “Everyone has a beach body during a famine.” Sue May “I’ll wait until they open a Margaritaville.” Ed Majerus…

When you think of the voices behind South Park, you probably picture creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

The Simpsons has featured some pretty harsh celebrity burns over the years — from poking fun at John Travolta’s struggling career (less than two weeks before the release of Pulp Fiction), to lampooning Robert Downey Jr.’s legal troubles, to McBain’s brutal stand-up comedy routine about Woody Allen.

Chelsea Handler thought she’d just be enjoying a nice dinner with her pal Katie Couric alongside “all these random people in New York City,” she said earlier this year on an episode of the On With Kara Swisher podcast.

Firefighters had to rescue a man who got stuck in the chimney of a Connecticut parks building while attempting to retrieve his dog from a bathroom when the doors automatically locked for the night. What do you think? “At some point, you just gotta let your dog live with the decisions it makes.” Haylie Nance, Balm Producer “They probably could have just lured the man out of the chimney with a treat.” Axel Parra, Necktie…

Sitting straight up in bed in a cold sweat as she struggled to shake the horrifying image from her mind, pop superstar Taylor Swift reportedly awoke from a nightmare Tuesday.

According to members of the team, the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders received a 400% raise last season, with specific rates having not been released. What do you think?

First a beloved weatherman and children’s TV show host in Indianapolis, David Letterman eventually graduated to becoming a regular on game shows and talk shows in L.A.

“Why does Rick and Morty have to focus so much on sex?” asked some fan who apparently missed the part in Season One when Morty accidentally destroyed his entire planet with his libido.