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>>> THE STARS TEAM UP WITH THIS
NEW HOLLYWOOD FILM CALLED "RIDE
ALONG" COMING OUT JANUARY 17th.
THEY STOPPED BY THE CNN STUDIOS
AND WE CHATTED ABOUT THE FILM
AND A COUPLE OTHER HOT TOPICS
MAKING NEWS LATELY, INCLUDING
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" HIRING ITS
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN FEMALE
COMIC IN SIX YEARS.
HERE'S WHAT THEY THOUGHT.
>> PEOPLE TEND TO PUT A RACE
ISSUE ON EVERYTHING.
"SNL" HAS EXISTED FOR YEARS.
I WAS A PERSON WHO AUDITIONED
FOR "SNL."
I DIDN'T GET "SNL."
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH MY
RACE AT THE TIME.
I WASN'T RIGHT FOR THE PART.
I'M QUITE SURE SEVERAL WOMEN OF
ALL RACES HAVE BEEN GOING OUT
FOR "SNL" AND HAVE BEEN TURNED
AWAY.
WHAT PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS
THERE'S LITERALLY ONE PART
THAT'S AVAILABLE EVERY TWO
SEASONS OR SEASON AND A HALF.
HOW LORNE MICHAELS DOES HIS
SYSTEM.
HE PICKS WHO HE FEELS SHOULD BE
IN THAT ONE PART.
>> WHOEVER IS MOST QUALIFIED.
>> THEY'VE MADE THIS BLACK WOMAN
THING AN ISSUE AND I DON'T THINK
IT'S FAIR TO OTHER BLACK WOMEN,
BECAUSE OTHER BLACK WOMEN ARE
LIKE YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!
WE DO NEED A CHANCE!
YOU GOT 3,000 BLACK WOMEN COMING
OUT FOR THIS ONE OPPORTUNITY FOR
WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE BLACK WOMAN
PART.
>> SO YOU'RE SAYING MUCH ADO
ABOUT NOTHING.
>> YES.
IT'S SO MUCH ABOUT NOTHING.
CONGRATULATIONS TO HER.