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An unhinged “Elon Musk” hit the “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update desk this week to address the outcome of Tuesday’s midterm elections — and Musk, as played by “SNL” featured player Jeremy Culhane, didn’t quite know how to address it. The real Musk, of course, spent nearly $500 million on Republican candidates, especially in his […]
When Druski was announced as a future host of “Saturday Night Live,” it was its most interesting move in quite some time. The sketch-comedy show had tapped its first exclusively digital creator (who hadn’t experienced crossover success, a la Issa Rae or Quinta Brinson) to serve as its master of ceremonies, marking its first major […]
Inde Navarrette’s hot streak isn’t ending anytime soon. The “Obsession” star brought “Saturday Night Live” its biggest audience of the season thus far as the host of the Halloween episode, which hit 5.2 million viewers. Not only does that put Navarrette above Season 52’s previous hosts — Knicks superstar Jalen Brunson, Dakota Johnson (featuring a […]
After a pretty weak cold open that was crashed by Tom Hanks’ David S. Pumpkins, Donald Trump (who admitted he “might be gay”) and his MAGA minion Nicki Minaj, and an amusing opening monologue where host Inde Navarrette took a swipe at Shane Gillis, the Halloween edition of “Saturday Night Live” aired a surprisingly fun […]
“Saturday Night Live” paid tribute to the Milwaukee Brewers’ historic World Series win during a Weekend Update segment that featured the return of Bobby Moynihan’s Drunk Uncle commentator character. Moynihan spent nine seasons on “SNL,” from 2009 to 2017. His recurring Drunk Uncle character was a classic Archie Bunker-esque East Coast guy with blunt observations […]
The Halloween edition of “SNL” Weekend Update saw a cameo by Ben Marshall’s Pennywise as well as some jabs at President Trump’s recent obsession with candidates’ posteriors. “Even Vice President JD Vance came out and said that he was jealous that President Trump has never complimented his butt. What the hell is going on! Your […]
“The Pitt” Emmy winner Noah Wyle has vowed to always sign autographs for kids after he had a memorable run-in with Eddie Murphy when he was 9 years old. Wyle, who was just voted People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2026, told Amy Poehler on her “Good Hang” podcast about asking Murphy for an autograph years […]
“Saturday Night Live” has set its next round of Season 52 hosts. As previously reported, Druski will headline the Nov. 7 episode — the first-ever digital content creator to headline the late-night sketch series. His episode comes ahead of the December release of his scripted Netflix series “Collect and Praise.” “SNL” has newly announced that […]
Donald Trump made his first appearance on “SNL U.K.,” courtesy of “SNL” cast member James Austin Johnson. Saturday night’s cold open recreated U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham (George Fouracres) meeting with Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy (Freddie Meredith) to reaffirm Britain’s support in their war with Russia. “We need America to restore the Starlink internet. Without it, […]
“Schitt’s Creek” star Dan Levy is calling out Shane Gillis’ “Saturday Night Live” monologue, saying that “more men need to be standing up in opposition to it.” Gillis, who hosted “SNL” over the weekend, has generated heated backlash for his comments about women in his opener. “I haven’t been to the gym in so long, […]
To the question of whether Rosalía would be dancing during her “Saturday Night Live” appearance or not, that depends on how you’re looking at it. The acclaimed singer stood in place, perfectly still, during her first number, “Reliquia” — but appeared to be standing en pointe for the entire four-minute performance. For her second “SNL” […]
Shane Gillis accidentally dropped an F-bomb during a Dr. Seuss-inspired sketch during his “SNL” hosting stint. The comedian was playing Zackary, an aggressively protective son who interrupts a reading of “Green Eggs and Ham” to defend his elderly father from the relentless questioning of Sam-I-Am. When Andrew Dismukes’ character repeatedly pressures his dad to try […]
Shane Gillis returned to host “Saturday Night Live” for the third time since his 2019 firing, emerging in a matching black T-shirt and pants for a meandering monologue about needing to lose weight and being miserable (and trying to be unthreatening to women) while hiking. “I tried to go to a public gym. Going to […]
In the Oct. 3 cold open on “Saturday Night Live,” Andrew Dismukes and Ashley Padilla play Republican strategists who have their work cut out for them building buzz for their party. Marcello Hernández comes in first as Marco Rubio, who speaks to constituents in Spanish, admits that Trump did not live up to expectations and […]
Season 52 of “Saturday Night Live” kicked off with its usual cold open, and it involved two unlikely political BFFs. Ramy Youssef stopped by to play New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose office was visited by James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump. “For some reason that no one can figure out, I really, really like […]
