PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
‘Fate of the Furious’ popular worldwide
The eighth installment in the “Fast and the Furious” is on the path to becoming the biggest worldwide debut of all time, besting both “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “Jurassic World.”
Universal Pictures on Sunday estimated that “The Fate of the Furious” would earn a record $532.5 million worldwide over the holiday weekend. It brought in an estimated $100.2 million in the United States.
The film broke the record for biggest international weekend, with $432.3 million. The previous record holder was “Jurassic World” with $316.7 million.
McCarthy back as Spicer dons bunny suit on ‘SNL’
Spicey is back — and this time, dressed like the Easter bunny.
Melissa McCarthy returned to “Saturday Night Live” this weekend to play Sean Spicer, and the jokes focused on his comments made earlier in the week about Hitler and the Holocaust.
“Everybody shut up so I can apologize,” McCarthy’s Spicer said. “Yes, you all got your wish this week. Spicey finally made a mistake.”
Pharoah details ‘SNL’ departure
Jay Pharoah said he had a rocky time on “Saturday Night Live” because he refused to keep quiet and follow orders.
Pharoah, who was dropped from “SNL” last year after six seasons, said he resisted playing a black woman on the show that lacked African-American female performers and complained when his impression of former President Barack Obama was shelved.
“They put people into boxes, and whatever they want you to do, they expect you to do,” he told New York radio station Hot97 last week, adding.