John McEnroe talks narratingNever Have I Ever, failing to learn teen lingo

Is the tennis legend on Team Paxton or Team Ben? John McEnroe is no stranger to Hollywood. The tennis legend did his first film cameo in 1979. LARA SOLANKI/NETFLIX It was a movie calledPlayers, and the experience left a mark. Eventually, Adam Sandler would call McEnroe to be in 2002’sMr. Deeds, and thankfully, that was a better experience. JOHN MCENROE HAS SAID “LEWK!” (She also has a bit of a temper, which he surely can relate to....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Matthew Myers

John Mulaney 'n Andy Samberg to voice Chip 'n Dale inRescue Rangersmovie for Disney+

The Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer will direct the movie, slated for spring 2022. John MulaneyandAndy Sambergare going a bit nuts for their next project. Samberg’s fellow Lonely Island memberAkiva Schafferwill direct the film, which will blend live-action and CGI. Araya Diaz/Getty Images; Everett Collection Other characters included mice named Monterey Jack and Gadget Hackwrench, and a sinister crime boss called Fat Cat. (He was, you guessed it, a fat cat.)...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 108 words · Jessica Smith

John Mulaney and The Strokes set as nextSaturday Night Livehost and musical guest

John Mulaneyis really here forSaturday Night Livein the trying year that is 2020. The comedian will return to host the live comedy sketch show on Oct. 31. It will mark his fourth time hosting and his second time in 2020 alone. John Mulaney on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Credit: Will Heath/NBC Mulaney will be joined by The Strokes as the musical guest for theSNLHalloween episode. This will mark their fourth appearance as a musical guest on the NBC series....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 115 words · Andrea Miller

John Mulaney is putting on his best Mister Rogers shoes for Netflix special Sack Lunch Bunch

The comic doesn’t want kids but explains why he really wanted to make a special with them. one of the girls asked him. Otherwise known as the Sack Lunch Bunch. Jeffrey Neira/Netflix One of my theories is that kids think that theyre older than theyve ever been. They believe theyre adults, Mulaney ruminates to EW. Id talk to them and theyd say Why dont you want kids? Id say Theyre great, but I love what I do....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 809 words · James Garcia

John Mulaney on why he wanted to work with 'genius' Jake Gyllenhaal: 'He's out of his mind'

The actor played Mr. Music, a character in the special who showed children that music is everywhere. Another experience similarly convinced the comedian that Gyllenhaal was right for the part. “I had seen him inSunday in the Park With George, the musical,” Mulaney explained. Roy Rochlin/Getty Images; Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images for The Headstrong Project That guy thinks hes theperson. Hes out of his mind this is great.'" And when Mulaney finally got to work with the actor, he wasn’t disappointed....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 130 words · Angela Jordan

John Mulaney says he was investigated by Secret Service afterSaturday Night Livemonologue

Mulaney’s Leap Year joke on SNL in February put him on the Secret Service’s radar. Here’s the joke fromthat episode’s opening monologue: “Leap Year began in the year 45 B.C. He started the Leap Year for correct the calendar and we still do it to this day. That’d be an interesting thing if we brought that back now. And that lawyer said yes.” Mulaney toldJimmy Kimmelthat the Secret Service investigated him after that show....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 141 words · Jeffrey Ramos

John Mulaney says sorry for causing the pandemic inSNLpromo

No one is more sorry thanJohn Mulaneyabout how COVID-19 has ruined 2020 because he’s totally to blame. Okay, that’s definitely not true. “And what has happened since then?” Credit: twitter she asks, standing next to Mulaney and musical guest the Strokes, all wearing masks. “A global pandemic that ruined everything,” he says. “John Mulaney, you cursed us!” Nwodim says, as he replies with a wink, “Yeah, sorry about that.” Mulaney’s hosting gig airs live this Saturday aka Halloween at 11:30 p....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 81 words · Taylor Smith

John Mulaney shares his pop culture Must List, from a Werner Herzog doc toFloor Is Lava

No one asked them to do this. Thats been in my rotation because it is a live recording of a show. It scratches some itch of not being able to see anything live. Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images I dont mean Im just listening to applause all the time, but I kind of am. The same way I’ve been listening to theAmerican Utopiaalbum a lot. I also watched a documentary on Lil Peep....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 245 words · Debbie Shepard

John Mulaney tells audience to 'f--- off' while dismissing theories about Robin Williams

“Being a comedian is not a psychiatric condition.” “With all due respect, f— off with that s—,” he says. “Being a comedian is not a psychiatric condition.” John Mulaney; Robin Williams.Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty; Paul Natkin/Getty “You know, there are depressed people who don’t even have the decency to be great comedians. Why don’t you pick on them for a change?” “Are many of us also very f—– up, myself included?...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 93 words · Cheyenne Anderson

John Oliver calls Disney 'morally bankrupt' for donating to 'Don't Say Gay' bill politicians

“Are they morally bankrupt for doing that? Who’s to say? I’ll tell you: I am. John Oliver called Disney “morally bankrupt” for donating to politicians behind Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.HBO I am to say. Citing reports that Disney donated approximately $300,000 to Florida Gov. Specifically, he said, “Now, are they morally bankrupt for doing that? Who’s to say? I’ll tell you: I am. I am to say. After all, I’m Zazu....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 169 words · Jill Taylor

John Oliver explains Mt. Everest overcrowding, proposes Photoshop solution

When Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first reached the summit of Mt. Everest in 1953, it represented an incredible feat of human achievement. The peak of Everest is roughly the size of two ping-pong tables. Well thats delightful, Oliver summarized. There are two ways to approach Everest: From the Tibetan side and from the Nepalese side. Now imagine doing that for hours in freezing temperatures as your brain leaks slowly down your spinal cord....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 121 words · Matthew Lynch

John Oliver slams 'fear baboon' Tucker Carlson and more 'superspreaders' of vaccine misinformation

The late-night star noted “the disturbing amount of vaccine hesitancy right now.” A separate study stated 30 percent of Republicans said they won’t get the vaccine. “Man, Alex Jones is having a blast, isn’t he?” “No one else has as much fun while making the world a worse place to live in. It’s like he invented a jetpack that sprays everyone beneath him with human s—.” The vaccine was later reissued....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Jason Robertson

John Oliver slams Amazon for their treatment of truck drivers: 'Ridiculous pace,' 'relentless pressure'

“Trucking companies have been quick to complain they’re suffering from a shortage of drivers. They’ve been saying that for a while now,” Oliver said. Hundreds of thousands of people become truck drivers every year, but hundreds of thousands also quit." Oliver listed multiple reasons as to why this is the case. For one thing, he explained that drivers are paid by the mile instead of by the hour. That speaks to the relentless pressure to deliver hundreds of packages per shift....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 119 words · William Reeves