Beyoncé isn’t the only one who gets to exact revenge on her man’s trifling ways. Last night’s Saturday Night Live did a brilliant black and white parody of Queen Bey’sLemonade (specifically “Sorry”) except this time it was Melania Trump—and all the other women in Donald Trump’s life—who call him out for his misogyny and the recent […]
IF you watched the Oscars last night, you may have had one of those WTF moments when Stacey Dash showed up. Dash, whose controversial comments about #OscarsSoWhite and Black History Month put her on the crap list of a lot of (black) folks, was called to the stage and weirdly wished the audience and viewers happy […]
Once again, the Cleveland Browns are making huge changes in its front office and coaching staff as Ray Farmer (general manager) and Mike Pettine (head coach) were let go shortly after the 2015 season finale on January 3, 2016. Along with quarterback Johnny Manziel continuing to make headlines for his off-field antics, the Browns continue […]
*Marlon Wayans and producer-writer Rick Alvarez are taking their spoofing talents to the “Fifty Shades of Grey” phenomenon for his next film, “Fifty Shades of Black.” IM Global, a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA, is fully financing the film, which reunites the team behind Marlon’s “Haunted House franchise, including director Michael Tiddes. The project […]
Pharrell Williams visited The Tonight Show and reminisced with Jimmy Fallon over classic episodes of that popular ’80s TV series called The American Power Hour. It so happens that Fallon found some classic performances of the popular R&B duo “Afro & Deziak” boxed away in “the cage”. READ MORE: Uproxx.com Article Courtesy of Uproxx Picture […]
This is one of a slew of new parody releases coming up online with the first being “Tacky,” which is a take on Pharrell Williams’ hit song “Happy.” (PIX11) — “Weird Al” Yankovic released his newest parody Tuesday, this time targeting Robin Thicke and his “Blurred Lines.” “Word Crimes” cleverly covers the common grammatical […]
Nearly forty years into his career, musical satirist extraordinaire Al “Weird Al” Yankovic is here to remind the YouTube generation of his status in the music parody scene. Yankovic released the first video from his upcoming album “Mandatory Fun” earlier this afternoon, entitled “Tacky,” a musical and directorial parody of Pharrell Williams‘ monster hit “Happy.” Check out the […]
The final season of AMC’s hit advertising drama “Mad Men” premieres this Sunday and one marketing team has put their own unique spin on what goes on at Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Price. In a spoof called “Don-O-Mite” Leroy & Clarkson re-imagine the agency with a Blaxploitation era cast of fast-talking, hip-swinging, karate-chopping Black folk. The […]
*Fans finally got what they wanted! Sasheer Zamata, a strong and hilarious black female comedienne, is holding her own on “Saturday Night Live.” She stepped foot into the role of Olivia Pope (“Scandal“) — impersonating the iconic TV character. And she garnered a very funny lead role as it’s her first MAJOR performance on the […]
ATLANTA – Delta has raised the bar on the already high standard the airline had set for in-flight safety videos, an odd-ball niche it apparently wants to own. That makes sense. How else would you get 160 million people–the number Delta says it flies a year–to pay attention to the safety presentation before every […]
Last night SNL brought in Kerry Washington to save them from themselves and from the comments Keenan Thompson made previously about black women comedians not…
Jay Z, Beyonce, and Blue Ivy Carter Spoofed On SNL.