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, “Girls & Gents… 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 Dangerous 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.
“Everybody is aware of probably the most well-known ‘SNL’ appearances, whether or not it’s Elvis Costello, Prince or the Beastie Boys, however they’re the tip of an enormous iceberg,” Questlove wrote in an announcement. “The method of going again by the unbelievable archival footage was like being in a time machine, DeLorean or different. I’m so completely happy I went on the journey and now get to share it with everybody.”
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 yr’s Sundance Movie Pageant.
His directorial debut, “Summer time of Soul,” a documentary spotlighting the 1969 Harlem Cultural Pageant, earned him an Oscar. The chief of The Roots who seems on “The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon” additionally revealed in 2024 the e-book “Hip-Hop Is Historical past.”
“Girls & Gents … 50 Years of SNL Music,” will broadcast dwell on NBC Jan. 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. It’s going to turn out to be out there to stream on Peacock the following day.
