Saturday Night Live hosting gig, as the
Dune messiah and Pete Davidson amiably palled around all night. First seen swapping New York Christmas memories (Hell’s Kitchen vs. Staten Island) at a piano on home base, the duo paired up as a couple of incomprehensible white TikTok rappers and then a couple of identically mustachioed sportscasters/conspiracy theorists, each time clearly appearing as amused by each other as we were supposed to be by their bro-ing out. And it sort of worked, honestly, as the busy Chalamet’s goofy charms went down smoother when matching energy with Davidson’s signature everyman broadness.
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Originally emerging into the world of New Orleans theater in the 1960s, Sutton worked prolifically throughout her career, both in the theater and in front of the camera. Her first on-screen role came in 1974 with
The Autobiography Of Miss Jane Pittman; one of her last came just a few months ago, when she had a small role on HBO’s
Lovecraft Country. Along the way, she played Nurse Pam in
Steel Magnolias, lent her talents to
American Horror Story, and had a prominent single-episode appearance on
Queen Sugar one that series creator Ava DuVernay paid tribute to yesterday afternoon:
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How to Stream the Only Total Solar Eclipse of the Year
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Once upon a time, there was light in our lives, but now we’re mostly falling apart after spending the year trying to navigate life during a pandemic. On top of that, it’s also a presidential election year, thanks to which we’ve been living in a political powder keg which has consistently been giving off sparks. Sometimes it can feel like there’s nothing we can do to experience even small moments of wonder or at least some type of distraction from our current reality.
The Root s Clapback Mailbag: Empathy for the Devil
Illustration: Oscar Bustamante
Clapback MailbagEach Friday, we select the best (or worst) emails, tweets, DMs and comments from our readers and respond to them in the The Root s Clapback Mailbag.
I’m a bag of white hot hate
I’ve been around for four long years
You can read me every Friday
I answer emails, DMs and tweets
trying to help you understand race
And when you call me the n-word
I don’t fly into a rage
Pleased to meet you
Here’s a hint:
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Although I think of “Sympathy for the Devil” as a rare example of white excellence, I have never heard a Black person play the Rolling Stones at a cookout. That one was for the white people.