Bowen Yang

important awards Apr. 1, 2024

Las Culturistas Are *Alan Cumming Voice* TraitorsBowen Yang and Matt Rogers’s Culture Awards are colluding with Parvati and coming to Brooklyn.

By Jason P. Frank

sweet as candy Mar. 22, 2024

How Many Times Did Mandy Moore Say ‘Thank You’ on Las Culturistas?Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers spent the interview showering the multi-hyphenate icon with praise — perhaps a distracting amount of praise.

By Tom Smyth

and linda Mar. 18, 2024

Bill Hader to Bring Suburban Ennui, Divorced Vibes to Cat in the Hat MoviePurrrrrrr!

By Rebecca Alter

popular music Mar. 10, 2024

Here Are All the Songs in Bowen Yang and Ariana Grande’s ‘Elephant Love Medley’Including Glinda’s take on Elphaba’s “Defying Gravity” riff.

By Tom Smyth

romance Mar. 3, 2024

A Straight Bowen Yang Makes Out With Sydney SweeneyIn their own heartbreaking situationship on Saturday Night Live.

By Alejandra Gularte

weekend update Feb. 25, 2024

Truman Capote Celebrates Women’s History Month on SNLBowen Yang’s Capote gossiped about some of history’s most iconic women.

By Tom Smyth

ethans 2024 Jan. 28, 2024

Forget the Oscars, Bowen Yang Announces the ‘Ethan Awards’ on SNLFinally, an awards show for Ethan, by Ethan!

By Tom Smyth

not her fault Jan. 21, 2024

Reneé Rapp Completes Her ‘Court-Ordered Media Training’ on SNLJacob Elordi and Bowen Yang needed the help of their “little lesbian intern.”

By Tom Smyth

eurovisions of sugar plums Dec. 17, 2023

Have Yourself a Very ABBA ChristmasSNL imagines what a holiday album from the Swedish supergroup would sound like.

By Tom Smyth

snl Dec. 3, 2023

The Cure for the Winter Blues? Being Fully Naked in New York CityOn SNL, Bowen Yang and Emma Stone cheer themselves up by letting it all flap out in the breeze.

By Tom Smyth

good-bye norma jean Dec. 3, 2023

Bowen Yang’s George Santos Was a ‘Scandal in the Wind’SNL broke out the “Hallelujah” piano for George Santos’s swan song.

By Tom Smyth

gitchie gitchie ya ya Nov. 19, 2023

Bowen Yang’s George Santos Invented Being Gay“Isn’t Congress kind of like OnlyFans anyway? People paying you to do nasty things on a sad, bad livestream?”

By Tom Smyth

twinks Nov. 12, 2023

Timothée Chalamet Can’t Do an Australian Accent, But Can Play Troye Sivan AnywayHow do you cure a Troye Sivan sleep demon? “Prime energy drink and four seasons of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”

By Tom Smyth

snl Oct. 15, 2023

Bowen Yang’s Christopher Columbus Discovered Boygenius on SNLHe also discovered Hot Ones, Tex-Mex, and jazz.

By Tom Smyth

party report Sept. 20, 2023

What Other Deity Would Bowen Yang Like to Play?He’s already God.

By Bethy Squires

trailer mix Sept. 12, 2023

Dicks: The Musical Is About F–king Identical Twins (Not Like That)What else do you need to know about Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson’s musical dick-tactacular?

By Jason P. Frank

glamour shots June 20, 2023

The Raw Beauty of CulturistasBask in the glow of the looks turned at the Las Culturistas Culture Awards.

By Jason P. Frank

important awards June 18, 2023

Backstage at the Las Culturistas Culture AwardsBehind the scenes of the Culture Awards, a master class in manifestation.

By Amy Zimmerman

live for the applause June 18, 2023

Las Culturistas Brought Culture Once More to Lincoln CenterComedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang hosted the annual Culture Awards Saturday night.

By Alejandra Gularte

awards season June 18, 2023

The True Winners and Losers of the Las Culturistas Culture AwardsIt was a big night for La Guardia Airport and a bad night for twinks who wish to speak.

By Jason P. Frank

the group portrait May 5, 2023

It’s Okay to Have Fun at the Writers’ StrikeThe issue is serious. The mood is celebratory.

By Matthew Schneier

snl Apr. 16, 2023

Lisa From Temecula Returns on SNLShe’s not the hero we deserve, but the one we need.

By Charu Sinha

last night on late night Apr. 9, 2023

SNL: Bowen Yang’s Jafar Weighs in on DeSantis Disney Feud“Everyone loves Disney, including you, cuz your dumb ass got married there.”

By Bethy Squires

snl Apr. 2, 2023

Bowen Yang Holds a Grudge in SNL’s ‘Midwife’A nonlinear story of the bonds we make and break …

By Charu Sinha

trailer mix Mar. 29, 2023

Awkwafina Returns to Queens (and Comedy Central) This AprilSeason three comes to Comedy Central April 26.

By Bethy Squires

snl Mar. 5, 2023

Travis Kelce Is Bowen Yang’s ‘Straight Male Friend’ on SNLNo emotional commitment needed.

By Jennifer Zhan

bowen fan club Feb. 5, 2023

Bowen Yang Is a Deflated, Distraught Chinese Spy Balloon in SNL’s Cold Open“I entertain you people for four days, and then get shot by Biden? Can’t believe I’m Joe’s Osama.”

By Jennifer Zhan

ho! ho! ho! (non-derogatory) Oct. 26, 2022

Matt Rogers to Join Mariah in Surpassing Santa With a Christmas Comedy SpecialFriendship with Elf is over, Have You Heard of Christmas? is our new best friend.

By Jason P. Frank

snl Oct. 2, 2022

Bowen Yang’s Spotted Lanternfly Is Unbothered by the Haters on SNL“I’m just trying to live my life, find a mate, and have three to four thousand babies.”

By Charu Sinha

chat room Sept. 29, 2022

Luke Macfarlane Listened to Las Culturistas to Prepare for Bros“Especially during the pandemic, they were like my friends that I would check in with and hear their opinions.”

By Jason P. Frank

1.5x speed Aug. 25, 2022

Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang Send in the ClownsTheir new podcast Clown Parade offers emerging comedians a friendly sandbox to play in.

By Nicholas Quah

calling all readers! June 29, 2022

Las Culturistas Teach The View How to Pronounce ‘Las Culturistas’Now your mom knows about Fire Island, for better or worse.

By Jason P. Frank

awards shows June 23, 2022

The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the Las Culturistas Culture AwardsHigh: Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for the Tayla Swiff Award.

By Rebecca Alter

vulture sclusie June 22, 2022

Will Ferrell Is Making a New Podcast With Bowen Yang and Matt RogersClown Parade: An Anthological Character Piece Carefully Curated by Las Culturistas premieres June 29.

By Rebecca Alter

happy pride! June 18, 2022

Bowen Yang Thought No One Would Get the ‘Iceberg’Bowen Yang AND Cynthia Nixon? The gays have won.

By Alejandra Gularte

behind the seams June 10, 2022

How to Dress (and Undress) for Fire Island, According to Fire IslandCostume designer David Tabbert walks us through each character’s sartorial approach to sun, skin, and singlets.

By Gabe Bergado

q&a June 9, 2022

Andrew Ahn Did Want to Show Dick on Fire Island“I remember asking, ‘Can I have two soft penises, one for each orgy?’”

By E. Alex Jung

from britney to bowen June 3, 2022

Bowen Yang’s Fire Island Karaoke Song Had to Be ‘Campy’ and ‘Pure’He went with Britney, obviously.

By Jason P. Frank

profile June 3, 2022

Hot Joel SummerJoel Kim Booster’s deliciously bawdy debut film, Fire Island, maps Pride and Prejudice’s class tensions onto the vacation hideaway for gay men.

By E. Alex Jung

movie review June 3, 2022

Fire Island Is a Curiously Reluctant Romantic ComedyAll the best parts of Joel Kim Booster’s gay rom-com unfold outside its genre framing.

By Alison Willmore

goodbyes May 22, 2022

Aidy Bryant Says Good-bye to SNL With a Final Trend ForecastAlongside Bowen Yang.

By Charu Sinha

trailer mix Apr. 25, 2022

Fire Island Trailer Is All Pride, Zero Tolerance for PrejudiceIt’s less corsets, more core sets and reps.

By Rebecca Alter

trendy Apr. 11, 2022

Has Saturday Night Live Found Its Next Stefon?In: cheating. Out: Michael Che.

By Rebecca Alter

book excerpt Mar. 21, 2022

‘I Did Have This Feeling That It Would Work Out Somehow’Bowen Yang discusses his parents and SNL in Judd Apatow’s new book of interviews.

By Judd Apatow

real hot girl sh*t Feb. 17, 2022

A24 Casts Megan Thee Movie Star in F*cking Identical TwinsThe R-rated spin on The Parent Trap also stars Nathan Lane, Bowen Yang, and Megan Mullally.

By Jennifer Zhan

snl Jan. 30, 2022