Day: July 28, 2020

News and Quick Comments

Emmys like “SNL” and Pitt (or Fauci)

Donald Trump has another reason to fume: Dr. Fauci – or, actually, Brad Pitt playing Dr. Fauci – has an Emmy nomination.
Pitt (shown here) played him in a brief opening sketch on “Saturday Night Live.” Now he’s part of the show’s big haul for acting nominations.
That includes three regulars (Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong and Kate McKinnon) and three hosts (Eddie Murphy, Adam Driver and Phoebe Waller-Bridge), plus guest actress Maya Rudolph and Pitt. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / July 28, 2020
Daily Best Bets

Best-bets for July 30: Basketball’s back

1) Basketball return, 6:30 and 9 p.m. ET, TNT. Life may finally be better for sports fans. Baseball starts its second week and basketball resumes its broken season. It starts with the New Orleans Pelicans (hoping that powerhouse Zion Williamson, shown here) is healthy and ready to play), then has the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers. Those names seem problematic, of course, because Los Angeles has no lakes and Utah has little jazz. One team moved from New Orleans, which has great jazz; another moved from Minnesota, which has great (or, at least, really good) lakes. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / July 28, 2020