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06-04-2025
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Elton John and Brandi Carlile Team Up for Rocking SNL Performance: Watch
The post Elton John and Brandi Carlile Team Up for Rocking SNL Performance: Watch appeared first on Consequence. Elton John and Brandi Carlile's collaborative album, Who Believes in Angels?, has now arrived in full, and to celebrate the occasion, the duo appeared on Saturday Night Live for a rocking musical performance. Introduced by host Jack Black, John and Carlile's portion of the evening saw the SNL stage decorated in the neon signs and bright colors of the Who Believes in Angels? album artwork. For their first song, the duo performed the album cut 'Little Richard's Bible,' leaning into the '50s-inspired rock sound. During the tune, John howled out the poetic tribute to his late friend and influence as his fingers kept down the rolicking piano line. At one point, he even let loose a solo, evoking his younger self and standing up out of excitement in a particularly up-beat moment. Carlile, playing guitar, looked on with a warm smile. For their second song, the duo played the title track to Who Believes in Angels?, with Carlile delivering a palpable sense of sincerity on the song's 'I've been there' refrain. Watch videos of both performances below. Who Believes in Angels? was first announced this past February, and was released on Friday, April 4th. It was preceded by two singles: the title track and March's 'Swing for the Fences.' Meanwhile, both John and Carlile have live dates coming up. John is set to perform in San Diego on May 9th for Curebound Concert For Cures (get tickets), and Carlile will play at her Mothership Weekend in Florida in May, followed by a number of European tour dates. Elton John and Brandi Carlile Team Up for Rocking SNL Performance: Watch Jo Vito Popular Posts Kanye West Says Wife Bianca Censori Left Him After Trying to Get Him Committed South Park Tackles Diddy, Ketamine, and Canada in Trailer for Season 27: Watch Jessica Simpson's Advice to Singers: 'Drink Snake Sperm' Venues Booked on Brand New's Tour Disable Social Media Comments White Lotus Characters Ranked By How Much I Hope They Die in the Season 3 Finale Bill Burr Confronted Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder at SNL50: "I Hated Your Band" Subscribe to Consequence's email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.
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06-04-2025
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Jack Black Breaks into Song as He Makes His Triumphant Return to 'SNL' — Hosting Again for the First Time in 20 Years: Watch
Live from Studio 8H — it's Jack Black! The actor, 55, hosted Saturday Night Live on April 5, when he was joined by Elton John and Brandi Carlile as the musical guests. During his opening monologue, Black reflected on how it had been so long since he last hosted the show in 2005, before he explained that the pressure was making him want to quit. "I can't do it, it's too stressful, and frankly, I do not have the nerve," Black said, before a guitar riff could be heard in the background. After being handed a microphone, Black exclaimed that the music gave him "the power to host again," and he broke into song, kicking off his medley with a somersault. "I'm back," Black shouted, then giving nods to various projects he worked on over the past two decades since he last hosted the late-night show. Making his way through the New York City soundstage audience, Black was eventually joined by a marching band, and later gave props to SNL castmembers old (Kenan Thompson) and new (Heidi Gardner and Marcello Hernandez). Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Related: Jack Black Is 'Having Lots of Nightmares' Ahead of His Return to Saturday Night Live After 20 Years Elsewhere during the show, Black starred in a variety of sketches, including one in which he played a man attending the first play in ancient Greece, and another where he portrayed a suitor dressed like Indiana Jones on a dating show. One other moment from the late-night comedy sketch series saw the star in a commercial that advertised a medication to help provide relief after eating Flamin' Hot Cheetos. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! During their first musical performance, John, 78, and Carlile, 43, performed "Little Richard's Bible" off their newly released collaborative album, Who Believes in Angels? They later returned to the stage to sing the title track of their latest LP. Related: Jack Black Shares New Year's Workout Video, Says He's 'Keeping Up with the Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnsons of the World' Black's April 5 hosting gig came 20 years after he last hosted SNL in December 2005. At the time,Neil Young appeared as the musical guest. Before that, he served in the role in October 2003, with John Mayer as musical guest,and he made his SNL debut in January 2002 with The Strokes performing music. Years earlier, however, Black appeared as the musical guest with Tenacious D during a May 1998 episode. Black currently stars in A Minecraft Movie, a film based on the video game of the same name. He is also in the midst of filming Anaconda, which follows a group of friends trying to recreate the 1997 film. Saturday Night Live will return on April 12 with Jon Hamm as host and Lizzo as the musical guest. Read the original article on People
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06-04-2025
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Elton John Returns to 'SNL' for the First Time in Over a Decade amid His Vision Loss to Perform with Brandi Carlile: Watch
Elton John and Brandi Carlile are one dynamic duo! The musicians appeared as the musical guests on the April 5 episode of Saturday Night Live, where Jack Black served as host. For their first performance, John, 78, and Carlile, 43, sang "Little Richard's Bible" off their newly released collaborative album, Who Believes in Angels? Later in the show, the pair returned to the Studio 8H stage to perform the title track of their latest LP. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Related: Elton John Casually Reminds Fans He's a Knight Ahead of Saturday Night Live Appearance John's SNL appearance marked his first time back on the late-night comedy sketch series in over a decade. He last appeared on the show in April 2011, when he served as both host and musical guest. Before that, the "Your Song" crooner appeared as the musical guest for the first time in April 1982. Carlile, meanwhile, marked her third time on SNL. She previously appeared as the musical guest during an October 2021 episode, and then did the same again a year later in December 2022. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now! John's appearance on SNL also came amid his recent health struggles. Last year, the star shared in a post on Instagram that he had contracted an infection and lost vision in his right eye. The infection, he further explained in a later interview with Good Morning America, was sustained while spending the summer in the south of France. Related: Elton John Admits He's 'Very Stressed' as Eye Condition Affects Life with His 2 Sons: 'You Get Emotional' John and Carlile first met in 2009. At the time, the singer wrote John a letter asking him to play piano on her song 'Caroline' from her album Give Up the Ghost. The pair remained friends, and collaborated on other projects throughout the years, but when the time came for John to release another record, he told Zane Lowe in an interview for Apple Music 1, "I would've killed myself." Instead, he said he "needed" Carlile to work with him, and their latest release was then crafted. "I needed her talent, her energy, her humor and her brilliant lyrics," John said of Carlile. Who Believes in Angels? is available to purchase and stream now. Saturday Night Live will return on April 12 with Jon Hamm as host and Lizzo as the musical guest. Read the original article on People
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06-04-2025
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'SNL' host Jack Black mines some fresh energy, and a word gets past the censors
Even though he's never disappeared from the public eye, appearing in high-profile live-action and animated movie projects for decades, the last time Jack Black hosted "Saturday Night Live" was in December 2005. The near 20-year break must have allowed the actor and Tenacious D musician to stash away a private reserve of energy for his fourth time as host. Appearing to promote "A Minecraft Movie," the just-released video game to film adaptation that is already a surprise hit, Black proved reliably funny, goofy and ready to belt out a song at a moment's notice, which he did in multiple sketches, plus the song-and-dance monologue. As with the recent Lady Gaga episode, the sketches and video segments were successfully tailored to Black and weren't repeats of sketches that have worked before. For his part, Black was funny as a dating-show contestant dressed like Indiana Jones (but who denies he's aware of the character); a cartoonist whose girlfriend (Heidi Gardner) keeps kissing other men for photographs at the end of World War II; and a romantic who sings about having sex for the first time with Sarah Sherman, Bowen Yang and musical guest Brandi Carlile, who were all suspended on wires. Read more: 'A Minecraft Movie' is a block of big dumb fun Black also played a musician leading an open jam inundated by too many bassists, a member of a dinner party where everyone is trying to one-up each other and an audience member for the very first play ever performed, back in ancient Greece. The sketches were sillier than usual but very much in a vibe with Black's comedic rhythms and willingness to simply go for it. It's hard to imagine any other host this season, for instance, doing such rubber-faced manic justice to a very gross and very funny "Flaming Hot Preparation H" commercial parody. Based on this week's performance alone, it shouldn't be another 20 years before Black is back to claim his 5-Timers' jacket. Musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile performed "Little Richard's Bible" and "Who Believes in Angels?" Before the closing goodnights, a title card appeared for Val Kilmer, who hosted "SNL" in 2000 and who died this week. The week's cold open featured President Trump (James Austin Johnson) discussing the economy and making light of the week's steep stock market drops. Calling tariffs "Short for 'Tariffic Idea,' " Trump said he's excited for MAGDA, or Make America Great Depression Again. "We'll be the ones eating the cats, the dogs, that's gonna be so fun. Low and slow, braise them," he said. Trump showed off a large, expensive cardboard chart of countries and reciprocal tariffs, and in his stream-of-consciousness patter, said, "Get me back to God's country," a reference to last week's musical guest Morgan Wallen exiting the end of the show early and posting that phrase on Instagram soon after. (The incident was also mentioned on "Weekend Update" this week, with Colin Jost remarking that the stock market is losing money faster than Wallen leaving the show during goodnights.) Trump was joined by Elon Musk (Mike Myers) who showed off a video of a new Tesla model that is self-vandalizing. It can smash its own headlights, flatten its own tires, and draw AI-powered graffiti of penises, swastikas or swastikas made of penises. Black mentioned the long hiatus between hosting gigs and used it as an opportunity to first announce that he was stressed out and quitting the show. But it was a ruse to get to a tweaked version of Aerosmith's "Back in the Saddle," which Black rocked out on, running through the audience, and high kicking after being joined by Gardner, Kenan Thompson and Marcello Hernández and a seven-person marching band. It was an energetic way to get the show going after the fairly sedate cold open. What starts out as a song about Jamaica featuring Thompson and Ego Nwodim takes a sharp turn, because it's really about an awkward goth kid (Michael Longfellow) on vacation. As the singers recount, he wears big black jeans and combat boots on the beach, comically. Goth kid also plays Magic: The Gathering and isn't crazy about the sun. It's a funny idea and well executed, but what really puts it over the top is Jack Black in goth gear singing a parody of My Chemical Romance's "The Black Parade." It's an absolutely specific and perfect surprise that helps turn a good sketch into a great one. Not everyone will love this commercial take on the "Flamin' Hot"/"Hot Ones" craze, an ever-increasing arms race of hot sauces and chip powders. But combining Chester Cheetah, the animated spokesperson for Cheetos, with an overeager pitchman for Flamin' Hot Preparation H produces a gasp-inducing escalation and ending that is as gross as it is hysterical. Even poor Chester is horrified. Maybe it's not the most tasteful comedy, but we're not made of stone. It's funny. Hernandez and Jane Wickline returned as Grant and Alyssa, the couple you can't believe are together, but it was Ego Nwodim who delivered a piece that will likely be discussed all week: one in which she got the audience to yell out a non-bleeped expletive on live television. Nwodim was responding to the cancellation of comedian Amber Ruffin from the White House Correspondents' dinner, offering to host the event herself, not as a roast of politicians but as a roast of the night's dining experience. That's a funny premise, but Nwodim took it several levels beyond that, creating a stand-up persona named Ms. Eggy who uses puns and veers into topics like sex after 50. As Colin Jost and Michael Che appeared to be losing their minds behind her, Nwodim got the audience to complete the sentence, "Ms. Eggy don't…" with the response, "play!" Later, she did it again with, "These men ain't…" and the audience responded with a word that starts with an "S" and got right past the censors. Delighted, Nwodim teased, "We gonna get fined for that! Lorne gonna be mad at y'all!" Even with Jack Black's fine job hosting, it was Nwodim who brought the house down with the episode's best and wildest moment. Sign up for Screen Gab, a free newsletter about the TV and movies everyone's talking about from the L.A. Times. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
06-04-2025
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‘SNL' host Jack Black mines some fresh energy, and a word gets past the censors
Even though he's never disappeared from the public eye, appearing in high-profile live-action and animated movie projects for decades, the last time Jack Black hosted 'Saturday Night Live' was in December 2005. The near 20-year break must have allowed the actor and Tenacious D musician to stash away a private reserve of energy for his fourth time as host. Appearing to promote 'A Minecraft Movie,' the just-released video game to film adaptation that is already a surprise hit, Black proved reliably funny, goofy and ready to belt out a song at a moment's notice, which he did in multiple sketches, plus the song-and-dance monologue. As with the recent Lady Gaga episode, the sketches and video segments were successfully tailored to Black and weren't repeats of sketches that have worked before. For his part, Black was funny as a dating-show contestant dressed like Indiana Jones (but who denies he's aware of the character); a cartoonist whose girlfriend (Heidi Gardner) keeps kissing other men for photographs at the end of World War II; and a romantic who sings about having sex for the first time with Sarah Sherman, Bowen Yang and musical guest Brandi Carlile, who were all suspended on wires. Black also played a musician leading an open jam inundated by too many bassists, a member of a dinner party where everyone is trying to one-up each other and an audience member for the very first play ever performed, back in ancient Greece. The sketches were sillier than usual but very much in a vibe with Black's comedic rhythms and willingness to simply go for it. It's hard to imagine any other host this season, for instance, doing such rubber-faced manic justice to a very gross and very funny 'Flaming Hot Preparation H' commercial parody. Based on this week's performance alone, it shouldn't be another 20 years before Black is back to claim his 5-Timers' jacket. Musical guests Elton John and Brandi Carlile performed 'Little Richard's Bible' and 'Who Believes in Angels?' Before the closing goodnights, a title card appeared for Val Kilmer, who hosted 'SNL' in 2000 and who died this week. The week's cold open featured President Trump (James Austin Johnson) discussing the economy and making light of the week's steep stock market drops. Calling tariffs 'Short for 'Tariffic Idea,' ' Trump said he's excited for MAGDA, or Make America Great Depression Again. 'We'll be the ones eating the cats, the dogs, that's gonna be so fun. Low and slow, braise them,' he said. Trump showed off a large, expensive cardboard chart of countries and reciprocal tariffs, and in his stream-of-consciousness patter, said, 'Get me back to God's country,' a reference to last week's musical guest Morgan Wallen exiting the end of the show early and posting that phrase on Instagram soon after. (The incident was also mentioned on 'Weekend Update' this week, with Colin Jost remarking that the stock market is losing money faster than Wallen leaving the show during goodnights.) Trump was joined by Elon Musk (Mike Myers) who showed off a video of a new Tesla model that is self-vandalizing. It can smash its own headlights, flatten its own tires, and draw AI-powered graffiti of penises, swastikas or swastikas made of penises. Black mentioned the long hiatus between hosting gigs and used it as an opportunity to first announce that he was stressed out and quitting the show. But it was a ruse to get to a tweaked version of Aerosmith's 'Back in the Saddle,' which Black rocked out on, running through the audience, and high kicking after being joined by Gardner, Kenan Thompson and Marcello Hernández and a seven-person marching band. It was an energetic way to get the show going after the fairly sedate cold open. What starts out as a song about Jamaica featuring Thompson and Ego Nwodim takes a sharp turn, because it's really about an awkward goth kid (Michael Longfellow) on vacation. As the singers recount, he wears big black jeans and combat boots on the beach, comically. Goth kid also plays Magic: The Gathering and isn't crazy about the sun. It's a funny idea and well executed, but what really puts it over the top is Jack Black in goth gear singing a parody of My Chemical Romance's 'The Black Parade.' It's an absolutely specific and perfect surprise that helps turn a good sketch into a great one. Not everyone will love this commercial take on the 'Flamin' Hot'/'Hot Ones' craze, an ever-increasing arms race of hot sauces and chip powders. But combining Chester Cheetah, the animated spokesperson for Cheetos, with an overeager pitchman for Flamin' Hot Preparation H produces a gasp-inducing escalation and ending that is as gross as it is hysterical. Even poor Chester is horrified. Maybe it's not the most tasteful comedy, but we're not made of stone. It's funny. Hernandez and Jane Wickline returned as Grant and Alyssa, the couple you can't believe are together, but it was Ego Nwodim who delivered a piece that will likely be discussed all week: one in which she got the audience to yell out a non-bleeped expletive on live television. Nwodim was responding to the cancellation of comedian Amber Ruffin from the White House Correspondents' dinner, offering to host the event herself, not as a roast of politicians but as a roast of the night's dining experience. That's a funny premise, but Nwodim took it several levels beyond that, creating a stand-up persona named Ms. Eggy who uses puns and veers into topics like sex after 50. As Colin Jost and Michael Che appeared to be losing their minds behind her, Nwodim got the audience to complete the sentence, 'Ms. Eggy don't…' with the response, 'play!' Later, she did it again with, 'These men ain't…' and the audience responded with a word that starts with an 'S' and got right past the censors. Delighted, Nwodim teased, 'We gonna get fined for that! Lorne gonna be mad at y'all!' Even with Jack Black's fine job hosting, it was Nwodim who brought the house down with the episode's best and wildest moment.
