Saturday Night Live‘s version of Fox NFL Sunday included Pete Davidson playing a sideline reporter who was all-too-giddy to talk about Taylor Swift, even though he was covering a Philadelphia Eagles and New York Jets game. “The Eagles are heavily favored,but the Jets have some defensiveschemes that might slow themdown,” …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update addressed former President Donald Trump‘s recent comments about the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, as well as the recent indictments of New York Rep. George Santos and New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez. Trump, in a speech to supporters Wednesday in Florida, praised Hezbollah as “very smart” …
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Bronx-born rapper Ice Spice made her musical guest debut on Saturday Night Live, first with a performance of “In Ha Mood.” The single ended up on the 23-year-old’s first EP, Like..?, which she released back in January following her breakthrough last summer with the track “Munch (Feelin’ U).” Ice Spice …
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If you’re wondering how Pete Davidson spent his summer, the comedian has apparently been chilling and living at his old office. In a new promo for the return of Saturday Night Live, cast members Bowen Yang and Chloe Fineman wistfully return to Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center and reminisce about …
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Saturday Night Live has scheduled its post-writers strike return — with additional blessing from the still-striking actors union — for Oct. 14. Season 49 of the long-running sketch show will pick up, more or less, where it left off before its 48th season was curtailed, with former cast member Pete …
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Hillary Clinton was not pleased with how Saturday Night Live depicted daughter Chelsea in 1993, as revealed by former cast member Julia Sweeney during an interview on Dana Carvey and David Spade’s Fly on the Wall podcast. Sweeney and the hosts recalled how after she played a teenaged Chelsea in …
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In 1992, after Sinéad O’Connor ripped apart a photo of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live in protest of the Catholic church ignoring child abuse, Frank Sinatra called her “one stupid broad” and said he would “kick her ass if she were a guy.” The following week’s SNL …
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It was a night of laughs that’s still whispered about in comedy circles. During the last writers’ strike in 2007, Michael Cera hosted a DIY version of Saturday Night Live at the Upright Citizens Brigade theater in New York City for around 200 people. The show was comprised of old …
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I n only a few years, Bowen Yang has emerged as the breakout star of Saturday Night Live. I defy you to watch his Gay Jafar rant against Ron DeSantis and not completely lose it. But that’s not all. He also stars in the Comedy Central sitcom Awkwafina Is Nora …
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Saturday Night Live monologues can run the gamut from cringeworthy and silly to movingly sincere. On Saturday night, host Ana de Armas’s debut SNL monologue fell into the latter category. After telling the audience at Studio 8H that she learned English by watching Friends after immigrating to the U.S. from …
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