James Austin Johnson channels ‘Devil Wears Prada’ as he connects Olivia Rodrigo to ‘SNL’
It turns out Rodrigo might owe her entire career to ‘SNL’? I dunno. Somehow Zac Efron is involved.
Popculturology • Friday Newsletter
As expected, Donald Glover is voicing Yoshi in ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’
Wait ... what? PLUS: New trailers for Spielberg’s ‘Disclosure Day’ and Ben McKenzie’s crypto doc, Kate Winslet goes on ‘The Hunt for Gollum,’ and Pixar’s top creative doesn’t appear to get that his studio is in the emotional trauma business.
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