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Aubrey Plaza and Amy Poehler Reprise Parks and Recs Characters on SNL
Fans of Parks and Recreation enjoyed a mini reunion on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. Episode host Aubrey Plaza reprised her character April Ludgate during Weekend Update to discuss how young people can get involved in local government. After listing out several jobs requiring minimal effort (bus driver, working for a water department, dog catcher), Plaza’s Ludgate gave way to a true civil servant, “her old boss” Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler). As Knope, Poehler leaned into jokes about SNL and Weekend update — which she anchored for five seasons between 2004 and 2008. “I want to pick your brain about this job, about this show because I used to watch this when Seth Meyers did it by himself with no one else and he made it look really easy,” Poehler told current Weekend Update anchor ...
Aubrey Plaza Books a New Role on SNL’s White Lotus Spoof: Watch
The White Lotus was booked for Aubrey Plaza’s hosting gig on Saturday Night Live, but it offered an alternative resort experience at “The Black Lotus” with “all the decadence, all the intrigue, none of the foolishness.” In a send-up of the upscale, HBO destination drama, Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim lead “a staff who has no time for this nonsense” against familiar high-strung hotel guests like Jennifer Coolidge’s Tanya, portrayed by an indistinguishable Chloe Fineman, and the aspiring local singer, played by Heidi Gardner, whose scheme to replace the in-house talent is dashed by Kenny in the Kirk Franklin Lounge. Plaza makes her entrance as a provocative bartender who delivers some harsh but rational advice to the young, swindled stand-in for Season 2 character Albie, speaking for the aud...
Pamela Anderson Alleges Tim Allen Flashed Her on Set of Home Improvement
In her new memoir, Pamela Anderson alleges that Tim Allen flashed her on the set of Home Improvement in 1991. Anderson appeared on the first two seasons of Home Improvement as Lisa, Binford’s first “Tool Girl.” At the time of the alleged incident Anderson was 23 years old and Allen was 37. “On the first day of filming, I walked out of my dressing room, and Tim was in the hallway in his robe. He opened his robe and flashed me quickly — completely naked underneath. He said it was only fair, because he had seen me naked. Now we’re even. I laughed uncomfortably,” Anderson wrote in her memoir Love, Pamela (via Variety). Advertisement Related Video Allen denied the claim, saying in a statement to Variety: “No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing.” Love, Pamela is due out on January ...
PHIL DEMMEL Explains Why He Bought Ticket To See His Former Band MACHINE HEAD Perform In Sacramento Last Month
Phil Demmel, who left MACHINE HEAD more than four years ago, has admitted that he bought a ticket to see his former bandmates perform last month at their concert in Sacramento, California. The December 23 show at Ace Of Spades was part of MACHINE HEAD‘s “Electric Happy Hour (Live)” fall 2022 tour which saw HAVOK‘s Reece Alan Scruggs playing second guitar in the place of MACHINE HEAD‘s Polish guitarist Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka, who was unable to make the trek due to his touring commitments with his longtime band DECAPITATED. Demmel discussed his decision to attend the gig during an Instagram Live video on Friday (January 20). Saying that he first met Reece when his band VIO-LENCE played with HAVOK and adding that they’d “kept in touch,R...
KORN’s FIELDY Is ‘Not On Drugs’, Says His Best Friend And STILLWELL Bandmate
Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu‘s close friend has shot down rumors that the KORN bassist is battling a substance abuse problem. Ever since Fieldy announced in June 2021 that he would sit out KORN‘s ongoing tour in order to “heal” after “falling back” on some of his “bad habits,” some fans have speculated that that he had been receiving treatment after turning to hard drugs. But in a new interview with The Nobodies, Fieldy‘s STILLWELL bandmate, vocalist/guitarist Anthony “Q-Unique” Quiles, dismissed the suggestion that the bassist had a drug habit, saying (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I know a lot of KORN fans wanna know where [Fieldy is] at. I just wanna say this, for the record: he’s okay. He̵...
Okkult III
01. Desecration Of God02. Fire Ignites03. Born To Kill04. Bleeding For Blasphemy05. Priest Of Plague06. Malicious Sukkubus (feat. Elina Siirala & Zoë Marie Federoff)07. Lycanthropia08. Faces From Beyond09. Cypka10. Teufelsmarsch (feat. Robse Dahn & Misstiq) Leading lights of the German death metal scene since the early ’90s, ATROCITY have taken a uniquely wayward path from primitive past to stark, brutal future. Along the way, Alexander Krull‘s enduring crew have veered off in numerous unexpected directions, embracing everything from vicious hardcore to deep-dive gothic rock, and generally refusing to play the tunnel-vision repetition game. Arguably still best known for 1992’s dark death masterpiece “Todessehnsucht”, ATROCITY have spent the last few ye...
Watch WHITESNAKE’s 72-Year-Old Drummer TOMMY ALDRIDGE Break Down Classic Song ‘Here I Go Again’
Drumeo has shared a video of WHITESNAKE‘s now-72-year-old drummer Tommy Aldridge breaking down the band’s classic song “Here I Go Again”. Check it out below. Aldridge is on his third stint playing drums with WHITESNAKE. Before, during and in between his time with the David Coverdale-fronted outfit, Aldridge has also performed and recorded with OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK OAK ARKANSAS, THIN LIZZY and Ted Nugent, among other artists. Aldridge‘s latest studio release with WHITESNAKE is “Flesh & Blood”, which came out in May 2019 via Frontiers Music Srl. Back in May 2021, “Here I Go Again” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart. The track saw a renewed interest following the death of actress Julie E. “Tawny”...
Sundance Review: Jonathan Majors Is Here to Pump You Up and Bum You Out in Magazine Dreams
This review is part of our coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. The Pitch: Killian Maddox (Jonathan Majors) wants one thing, and one thing only: To be remembered. Following in the footsteps of his idols (including one he writes to regularly, played by four-time Mr. Universe Michael O’Hearn), he’s committed himself to bodybuilding, shoving down 6,000 calories of chicken breast and pumping iron morning, noon, and night. He practices his poses in front of cameras, molds his physique to near perfection, rips through steroids like they’re Diet Cokes. He chugs protein shakes while watching porn, but doesn’t masturbate — whether that’s due to steroid-induced impotence or some unstated facets of his sexuality, we don’t yet know. He competes in amateur bodybuilding competitions, but ju...
LAST IN LINE Announces Third Album, ‘Jericho’
LAST IN LINE — the band featuring frontman Andrew Freeman, bassist Phil Soussan (ex-OZZY OSBOURNE),and original DIO members Vivian Campbell (DEF LEPPARD) and Vinny Appice (ex-BLACK SABBATH) — will release its third studio album, “Jericho”, on March 31 via earMUSIC. To kick things off, the first track “Ghost Town” was released digitally today. The accompanying music video can be watched below. Freeman states: “The song for me describes breaking a cycle from different perspectives. On a personal level it could be family, career or life expectations, putting a person in an unwanted or unwelcome space. On a grander scale it addresses government expectations. Non-sensical, unethical ideas and laws that become the norm, while turning a blind eye to larger problems.&...
L.A. GUNS To Release New Studio Album, ‘Black Diamonds’, In April
L.A. GUNS, featuring singer Phil Lewis and guitarist Tracii Guns, will release its new studio album, “Black Diamonds”, on April 14. This will be the fourth studio album since the much-welcome reunion of the band’s core foundation of Lewis and Guns. It will follow the well-received studio albums “The Missing Peace”, “The Devil You Know” and “Checkered Past”, plus the live release “Made In Milan”, and a covers EP “Another Xmas In Hell”. The release date for “Black Diamonds” was revealed by Guns in a social media post on Saturday (January 21). He shared a new black-and-white photo of him and his bandmates, and he captioned it: “@laguns 2023 new album April 14 Black Diamonds and tour”. Last Oc...
BIOHAZARD’s DANNY SCHULER Says ‘There’s Definitely Interest’ In New Music From Reunited Band
Celebrating their 35th anniversary as a band, Brooklyn, New York hardcore metal legends BIOHAZARD recently announced their return, reuniting their original lineup of guitarist/vocalist Billy Gradziadei, guitarist Bobby Hambel, drummer Danny Schuler and bassist/vocalist Evan Seinfeld. The first wave of confirmed dates for the seminal outfit includes multiple international festivals in the summer of 2023, as well as select appearances in America. In a new interview with Dan Shinder of Drum Talk TV, Schuler stated about how BIOHAZARD came back together (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “We haven’t toured in about seven years, almost eight years. In about 2015, [that] was the last year of touring. We wrapped it up after that. We went in the studio to go do a record and things j...
Beyoncé Plays First Concert in Five Years in Dubai: Setlist + Video
Beyoncé took the stage at the Dubai luxury hotel Atlantis the Royal this weekend, performing at a private concert to open the resort. It marked Queen Bey’s first full-length performance since headlining Coachella in 2018. The 17-song set primarily consisted of classic hits, such as “XO,” “Halo,” “Freedom,” “Crazy in Love,” and “Countdown.” Despite dropping Renaissance, one of the best albums of 2022, she did not perform a single song from the record. She did, however, perform several songs from her soundtrack The Lion King: The Gift live for the first time, including an on-stage duet of “Brown Skin Girl” with her daughter, Blue Ivy. The concert concluded with Beyoncé singing “Drunk in Love” as a platform lifted her high above the stage. Check out videos of the performance an...
