The 47th season of Saturday Night Live will premiere October 2nd with host Owen Wilson and musical guest Kacey Musgraves. It will continue October 9th with Kim Kardashian West and Halsey, October 16th with Rami Malek and Young Thug, and October 23rd with Jason Sudeikis and Brandi Carlile. This will …
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Weekend Update tackled the CDC’s updated mask mandate and Tom Cruise’s Golden Globes protest on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. “Guys, great news this week: The CDC announced that fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks or socially distance,” co-anchor Colin Jost said. “Except, if you …
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Adele sang snippets of her biggest hits while competing in Saturday Night Live’s The Bachelor sketch, which pitted the singer against a bunch of Hannahs for the affections of Beck Bennett’s “Ben K.” “I’m here because I’ve had a lot of heartbreak in my life, first at 19, then sort …
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Some things just go together: peanut butter and jelly, wine and cheese, and John Mulaney and Saturday Night Live. While noting in the monologue that he means “a lot to a small group of people,” those people are all huge SNL fans. A host can’t automatically make a show good, …
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Saturday Night Live opened with an alternate reality where witnesses were allowed at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Instead of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts, “The Trial You Wish Had Happened” was also presided over by daytime television’s Judge Mathis (played by Kenan Thompson). “This court needs a real judge that …
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Saturday Night Live parodied Marriage Story with a sketch about Kellyanne and George Conway where, in a bit of a role reversal, the politically divided couple’s therapist is played by the film’s star and SNL host Scarlett Johansson. As the therapist, Johansson asks Kellyanne and George (portrayed by Kate McKinnon …
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Jennifer Lopez found love with someone other than fiancé Alex Rodriguez while hosting last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live. In the pre-recorded sketch, Lopez rehearses in an empty theater before being startled by “roadie” Chad, Pete Davidson‘s recurring SNL character. In every Chad sketch, Davidson’s character plays a stereotypical …
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Lizzo, DaBaby and Niall Horan will serve as musical guests on Saturday Night Live’s final three episodes of 2019. Eight-time 2020 Grammy nominee Lizzo will provide musical support for Eddie Murphy’s much-anticipated return to SNL on December 21st, while newly announced episodes will pair Jennifer Lopez with the emerging rapper …
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NewSaturday Night Live cast member Shane Gillis has issued a statement defending his use of slurs in comedy, following a set of his old stand-up routines and podcast appearances resurfacing on social media. “I’m a comedian who pushes boundaries. I sometimes miss,” Gillis wrote in a classic Notes app apology …
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