This week’s Saturday Night Live opened with a sketch mocking this week’s sham antisemitism hearing in front of a GOP-led Congress, which saw three university presidents (and MAGA Rep. Elise Stefanik) embarrass themselves while answering inane questions about the temperature on college campuses. Then, both host Adam Driver and musical …
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After a cold open poking fun at Congress’ bonkers antisemitism hearing and Adam Driver delivering a piano-driven serenade during his monologue that took shots at Tesla Cybertruck buyers, Saturday Night Live musical guest Olivia Rodrigo flexed her own piano (and vocal) skills with a twinkling-the-ivories rendition of her hit single …
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Adam Driver cemented his status as one of the all-time great Saturday Night Live hosts this week. During his fourth hosting stint, accompanied by musical guest Olivia Rodrigo, the Oscar-nominated star of Marriage Story and the upcoming Ferrari kicked things off with an opening monologue behind the piano, wherein the …
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It looks like the secret is out on who Olivia Rodrigo‘s 2021 breakout hit “drivers license” is about. During a promotion for their upcoming appearance on Saturday Night Live, Rodrigo and Adam Driver were joined by cast member Heidi Gardner on stage. After the actor introduced himself and the singer-songwriter, …
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Saturday Night Live kicked off with Bowen Yang reprising his role as George Santos in what could be one of the last instances of the former congressman being the subject of such a high-profile lampoon given his expulsion from the House of Representatives Friday. Santos’ removal — the sixth such …
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Emma Stone‘s fifth stint as host of Saturday Night Live saw the Oscar-winning actress be presented with a jacket to mark the occasion by two other “five-timers”: former SNL cast member Tina Fey and Candice Bergen of Murphy Brown. Fey noted that the 35-year-old Stone is now the youngest member …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update began by going after George Santos, the former New York congressman who was expelled by his colleagues Friday. “This week, we saidgoodbye to a former first lady,a former Secretary of State, andthe Supreme Court’s first femalejustice,” co-anchor Colin Jost began, referring to Rosalynn Carter, Henry …
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Indie singer-songwriter Noah Kahan debuted on Saturday Night Live with a performance of “Dial Drunk” from his third studio album, Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever). Kahan had released a shorter version of the album last year, but in June added seven more tracks to it, “Dial Drunk” among …
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Saturday Night Live opened with President Joe Biden (Mikey Day) welcoming “Chinese dignitary” Tian Tian (Bowen Yang), one of the three pandas that were transported from the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. to China earlier this month. “I’m honored to be here, but am I the only one that wassurprised …
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Ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, Saturday Night Live put a new spin on parades with the Hudson News Thanksgiving Week Airport Parade. At Newark Airport–“everybody’s third choice,” as TSA agent Chartreuse Hamilton (Ego Nwodim) joked–the first participants were “couple on their last Thanksgiving trip together.” “Babe, can you just not …
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