It led the Followills – Tennessee-bred Caleb, Nathan, and Jared, and their cousin Matthew – to astonishing success around the world. When Kings of Leon released their third album Because Of The Times in April 2007, Entertainment Weekly called it their “crowning achievement,” while Rolling Stone wondered: “How good can the Kings of Leon get? They’ve already gone further than anybody could have guessed.”Ĭoming as it did on the heels of 2003’s rowdy Youth and Young Manhood and 2005’s brawny Aha Shake Heartbreak, the expansive Because of The Times was indeed a pivotal and game-changing album. 8, with host Jamie Foxx and musical guest Ne-yo.
Blitzer plays the same brief footage of her over and over, and interviews a Tampa man (Renner) who is primarily interested in talking about how hot Kelley is.
(Read more about the cold open here.)Ī second sketch saw CNN’s Wolf Blitzer (Sudeikis) irresponsibly speculate about the other woman involved in the scandal, Tampa, Fla., socialite Jill Kelley. In the show’s cold open, his biographer Paula Broadwell read torrid passages from her book. SNL also tackled the hot political story of the week, the affair and resignation of CIA director David Petraeus. PHOTOS: Behind the Scenes of THR’s Jeremy Renner Cover Shoot “When you ignore me, it makes you look like a real Seth Meyers,” Christie said. He also insulted mayors who didn’t heed his pre-storm evacuation warning. Because it’s a good fleece,” the governor said. The Republican governor was all Jersey as he belittled Seth Meyers‘ manhood, lost his temper multiple times and stubbornly defended the fleece he’s been wearing nonstop to survey Hurricane Sandy damage. Plays President Lincoln ‘Louie’ Style Delivers Hurricane Sandy Stand-Up Chris Christie declined to answer a question about Twinkies because he didn’t want to end up being spoofed on SNL. But there was no need for a spoof this week, because the real Christie showed up during “Weekend Update.” What are you doing? Just pull arrows out of the aliens you shot, Katniss,” he says. Iron Man ( Jason Sudeikis) won’t have it. Set in the Marvel film’s climactic battle scene, Hawkeye seems eager to shirk his heroic duties, happy to let Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Black Widow dive in. Renner also takes on The Avengers in a segment questioning how useful his arrow-wielding character, Hawkeye, really is. VIDEO: ‘SNL’ Recap: Anne Hathaway Mocks ‘Homeland’ Mitt Romney Boozes on Election Night Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine shows up to take part, too. They end up spending the next two days like this, going to Thanksgiving dinners and dance recitals for their daughters, all while pointing their weapons at each other.
Several sketches played off his versatile film roles, the first involving a staple of action movies: a standoff in which Renner and two men are face to face, pointing guns at one another, none willing to lower his weapon. “I’ve been running around / Trying to take down the CIA / They won’t leave me alone/ I’m not from Treadstone / Need to get away / I’m gonna shoot somebody.”