Julia Sweeney
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Matt Foley and His Van Down By the River Debuted on SNL 28 Years Ago Today
On May 8, 1993, Saturday Night Live gave us our first experience with Motivational Speaker Matt Foley (Chris Farley), and...
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Posted Tuesday 12/10/19 at 1:32AM EST
Work in Progress allows Abby McEnany to resolve her problems with SNL's "It's Pat" with Julia Sweeney
McEnany used to have a Chicago show where she'd perform the story of how “Julia Sweeney Ruined My Life" with...
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Why We’re Already in Love With Showtime's Work In Progress
I'm all for Jean Smart, Baby Yoda, and the rise of glassblowing as a competitive sport, but for me, the...
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Posted Thursday 11/21/19 at 2:51PM EST
American Gods Season 3 adds Danny Trejo, Julia Sweeney and Wale
Trejo will guest on the Starz series as one of the many forms that Crispin Glover‘s Mr.
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Posted Thursday 11/21/19 at 1:09PM EST
Julia Sweeney is still coming to terms with the negative legacy of SNL's "It's Pat"
The androgynous character that Sweeney created and performed in more than a dozen times was one of Saturday Night Live's...
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Posted Wednesday 10/09/19 at 4:31AM EDT
SNL's "It's Pat" sketch was brought up at U.S. Supreme Court's LGBTQ hearing
In Tuesday's U.
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Posted Thursday 5/30/19 at 1:45PM EDT
Showtime orders comedy Work in Progress from Lilly Wachowski
After her experience with Netflix's Sense8, Wachowski is returning to TV to co-write and executive produce a “uniquely human” comedy...
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Posted Friday 3/29/19 at 11:44PM EDT
Shrill is busting the myth of fat women being "unf*ckable"
"A big part of representing fat women on TV involves busting myths about their desirability," says Josephine Livingstone.
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Posted Wednesday 9/05/18 at 3:54PM EDT
SNL alum Julia Sweeney is reuniting with Lorne Michaels to play SNL star Aidy Bryant's mom on Hulu's Shrill
Sweeney will co-star on the six-episode Michaels-produced comedy based on Lindy West's memoir as the mother of Annie, Bryant's character.
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Posted Thursday 9/07/17 at 9:21PM EDT
Transparent creator called SNL’s It’s Pat sketches “hateful” — and Julia Sweeney says “I probably don’t disagree”
SNL alum Sweeney was asked about Jill Soloway calling her famous character a “hateful, hateful, awful thing to do to non-binary people...