Laughter wasn’t the only thing that was contagious during SNL50 on Sunday night. Steve Martin confirmed that both Martin Short and Maya Rudolph caught Covid during the anniversary show, which aired on NBC and Peacock. Martin posted a photograph of Short and Rudolph kissing during the celebration on Instagram, writing, …
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Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has released a campaign video highlighting her mother Shyamala Gopalan’s legacy, with actress Viola Davis providing narration. The clip, titled “Mother,” discusses the Harris’ mother, an Indian immigrant who arrived in the U.S. at age 19 and became a cancer researcher and raised two daughters, …
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Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise trip to Saturday Night Live just three days before the presidential election, appearing in the mirror of Maya Rudolph, who again reprised her role as the VP, this time giving herself a pep talk. Saturday marked the fifth consecutive week of Rudolph portraying …
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Saturday Night Live covered a lot of the past week’s attention-grabbing political moments in its cold open: Kamala Harris’ interview with an interrupting Fox News host Bret Baier, Donald Trump’s hard time persuading Latino voters to support him, and the former president’s abandonment of a brief question-and-answer session during a …
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Team Trump faced off against Team Harris on Saturday Night Live‘s version of Family Feud, with the former president unable to form a coherent response to the question, “Name something you keep in your glove compartment.” While Trump had anticipated being joined by his wife, Melania, she was nowhere to …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph) and Doug Emhoff (Andy Samberg) tuned in to the vice presidential debate to hear J.D. Vance implore moderators not to fact-check him. The VP and second gentleman also recoiled after Tim Walz came across as too cordial to his Republican counterpart. When asked …
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Saturday Night Live‘s 50th season premiered with show alum Maya Rudolph reprising her role as “fun aunt” Kamala Harris, this time holding a jovial campaign rally while Donald Trump and JD Vance try not to bore attendees at theirs. Rudolph, whose portrayal of Harris was announced in July, first played …
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Saturday Night Live will return for its 50th season on Sept. 28. The show has lost a few cast members and brought on a couple more since it last aired, but this upcoming run of episodes will feature the greatest possible addition: Maya Rudolph reviving her fictionalized take on Vice …
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After a conversation with Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels on Wednesday, Steve Martin won’t be starring as Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who has been tapped as Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris‘ running mate. The SNL producer offered Martin the role, the Los Angeles Times reported, but Martin turned it …
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Just as the comedy gods intended, Maya Rudolph will return to Saturday Night Live this fall to portray Vice President Kamala Harris. Per Deadline, Rudolph will be on-hand for the sketch show’s 50th season through the 2024 election. The extremely welcome and sensible decision comes as Harris prepares to likely …
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