NEW YORK (AP) — Who works more durable than Questlove? The Academy Award winner has teamed up with Emmy winner Oz Rodriguez and NBC for a brand new movie, “Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music,” celebrating 50 years of this system and spotlighting its memorable dwell music performances.
The three-hour particular will function sketches, performances and over 50 interview topics, together with Unhealthy Bunny, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Mick Jagger, Dua Lipa, Darryl DMC McDaniels, Tom Morello, Kacey Musgraves, Olivia Rodrigo, Paul Simon, Chris Stapleton and Justin Timberlake.
“Everyone knows the most famous ‘SNL’ appearances, whether it’s Elvis Costello, Prince or the Beastie Boys, but they’re the tip of a huge iceberg,” Questlove wrote in a press release. “The process of going back through the incredible archival footage was like being in a time machine, DeLorean or other. I’m so happy I went on the trip and now get to share it with everyone.”
Final week it was introduced that Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s newest documentary, “SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius),” which examines the legacy of Sly & The Household Stone, shall be featured at subsequent 12 months’s Sundance Movie Pageant.
His directorial debut, “Summer season of Soul,” a documentary spotlighting the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, earned him an Oscar. The leader of The Roots who appears on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” also published in 2024 the book “Hip-Hop Is Historical past.”
“Ladies & Gentlemen … 50 Years of SNL Music,” will broadcast dwell on NBC Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. It should grow to be obtainable to stream on Peacock the subsequent day.
