Katy Perry is taking fans on a trippy musical adventure. The songstress took to the of “Saturday Night Live” stage over the weekend with a memorable pair of performances.
16.01.2022 - 08:33 / deadline.com
Saturday Night Live gave Peacock a pitch for a new Family Matters reboot, just after the NBC streamer dropped a trailer for its dramatic Fresh Prince series Bel-Air.
The trailer-like sketch features sweeping clips of Chicago, that follow a slightly familiar figure donning bright stripes through seedy streets. Chris Redd then appears as the beloved Family Matters nerd Steve Urkel, who was originally played by Jaleel White in the original series. Instead of his cheery attitude, Redd’s Urkel takes on a more cynical view of the world. As do other characters from the family comedy.
“The goofy characters you loved in the 90s with absolutely none of the fun or the charm,” the sketch describes the series, aptly titled Urkel.
The sketch also featured host Ariana DeBose, Ego Nwodim, Mikey Day and Kenan Thompson. Even in the darker tone, Urkel’s still his quirky self – kinda. When he catches Day’s character hanging out with Nwodim’s Laura Winslow, originally portrayed by Kellie Shanygne Williams, he beats him to a pulp.
“Did I do that?” Redd’s Urkel says with each punch.
Set to debut Feb. 13, Bel-Air is based on Morgan Cooper’s popular fan film that re-envisions the original series, and hails from Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Universal Television.
Westside Story‘s DeBose, who just nabbed a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination on Thursday, made her Saturday Night Live hosting debut. Bleachers was musical guest, filling in for rapper Roddy Ricch, who dropped out due to Covid-19 exposure.
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Katy Perry is taking fans on a trippy musical adventure. The songstress took to the of “Saturday Night Live” stage over the weekend with a memorable pair of performances.
Katy Perry has appeared on Saturday Night Live – watch her performance below.The episode, which was hosted by actor Willem Dafoe, marked Perry’s fourth time performing on the late night sketch show, after appearances in 2010, 2013 and 2017.Perry performed ‘When I’m Gone’, her recent electro-pop collaboration with Swedish DJ Alesso.Perry also brought audiences a taste of her recent Vegas residency to SNL, in a performance that saw her backed by a bunch of dancing, phallic-like toadstools who waved at fans and told them to “eat me” during the show.Perry later returned to perform ballad, ‘Never Really Over’, this time alone on stage.You can watch both performances below:Perry’s Las Vegas residency kicked off on December 29, taking over The Theatre at Resorts World resort/casino until mid-March. The opening night of the over-the-top show saw Perry roll out a 16-foot-tall toilet, ride a giant snail and more.Speaking about the production to GMA, Perry said: “A lot of my shows have been figuratively larger than life.
LCD Soundsystem have been unveiled as musical guests on Saturday Night Live next month.The group will perform on February 26 alongside host John Mulaney – a former head writer on the show.You can see the announcement below:And just like that… pic.twitter.com/PdnoBvYxS3— John Mulaney (@mulaney) January 30, 2022Back in December, the group treated fans to a live rendition of their festive single, ‘Christmas Will Break Your Heart’.The slow-burning ballad closed out the concert portion of The LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special, which premiered on Amazon Music on December 23. They played the track with a new added string section.LCD Soundsystem performed a nine-track set for the special, with the bulk of the setlist pulled from their 2017 album ‘American Dream’.
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Katy Perry is taking fans on a trippy musical adventure. The songstress took to the stage over the weekend with a memorable pair of performances.For her first number, Perry belted out her single «When I'm Gone,» and gave her appearance a unique spin by adding a whole bunch of mushrooms.As in, the set was covered in giant mushrooms, she was rocking a mushroom hat and she was joined by several mushroom-clad back-up dancers.
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