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10 Jan 2010 11:15

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Culture: Charles Barkley as Alicia Keys: An SNL promo better than the show

  • Empire State of Mind, indeed. During last night’s NFL playoff game, a preview for SNL – featuring Charles Barkley as host and Alicia Keys as the musical guest, hit. And oh man, is it something. Barkley, with that drunk driving incident well behind him, did his best Alicia Keys, and wow, was it something. Never do this again, Sir Charles.

01 Jan 2010 12:48

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Offbeat: Minnesota is worthy of an Empire State of Mind, too

  • “Empire State of Mind” was begging for a parody like this, and this low-rent version of one of Jay-Z’s biggest hits ever has the effect of taking the piss out of it.