Jon Snow knows nothing about ‘Snow’ (or so he says).

 

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Comic-con: In which George R.R. Martin takes a break from writing to tell us he’s not going to take any breaks from writing.

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Is it too early to be excited about ‘House of the Dragon?’ Asking for a friend.

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Be careful out there, the ‘Squid Game’ robot doll is showing up in the real world

 

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Hey, Steve from ‘Blue’s Clues’ is back, and he is going to make you cry.

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Robin Sparkles lives!

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Fetch the fainting couch: the Duke of Hastings will not be in the next season of ‘Bridgerton.’

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It’s almost as if Fox News would rather talk about Dr. Seuss “being cancelled” (he’s not) than anything the Biden administration is actually accomplishing …

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Regé-Jean Page heats up ‘Saturday Night Live’

Saturday Night Live
Regé-Jean Page & Bad Bunny
February 20, 2021

Though he had been in the cast of the Shonda Rhimes series For the People and the remake of Roots, not many people had taken notice of our host Regé-Jean Page until he starred in the Shondaland series Bridgerton on Netflix which only debuted in December. So it’s a little strange that someone whose name I had to look up when he was announced (and I say that as someone who writes about television every day and who binged Bridgerton), would be hosting Saturday Night Live already: Regé-Jean Page’s hardly a household name.

But it turns out Page is not only good at playing smoldering 19th-century counts in Regency-era London, he’s also a charming comedic actor who seemed to genuinely be enjoying himself on the live stage last night. Last night, Page demonstrated that he is a versatile actor, with great range and a bright future ahead of him. He will be a household name soon enough, I predict.

As for the episode itself, it was fine. There weren’t any sketches that really stood out — for good or bad. It just felt like the writers were coasting on some B-level material. But you know what? Sometimes that’s as much as any of us can give. After the week I’ve had, I’m inclined to cut people a break: so what if they didn’t knock it out of the park? They tried and they didn’t cut anyone’s power or water off in the process and they didn’t just say “fuck it” and got to the Cancun Ritz Carlton, and so I’m proud of everyone involved. Good job, kids.

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