Saturday Night Live‘s last episode before the Georgia Senate runoff began with concerned Republicans in Congress figuring out what to do with candidate Herschel Walker in order to boost their chances of capturing the Democratic-held seat. The trio of James Austin Johnson as Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Mikey Day …
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“You guys aren’t going tobelieve this, but Alex Jones andKanye West got together thisweek, and it didn’t go great,” Colin Jost opened SNL‘s Weekend Update. In West’s interview with the Sandy Hook school shooting denier, the anti-Semite said, “I like Hitler.” This, Jost joked, “was also the password he used …
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Saturday Night Live musical guest SZA‘s first performance of the night was “Shirt,” the lead single from her forthcoming album S.O.S. The song features Doja Cat, with whom SZA captured this year’s Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for “Kiss Me More.” Saturday marked SZA’s second appearance on SNL, having …
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SNL guest host Keke Palmer opened her monologue on a jubilant — if not exaggerated — note. “This has been an awesome yearfor me,” began the co-star of Jordan Peele’s Nope, noting that performance. “And I was nominated for an Academy Award!” “That part’s not true,” she admitted right after. …
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Saturday Night Live saw guest host Keke Palmer propose and star in a reboot of the famed Nickelodeon sitcom Kenan & Kel titled Kenan & Kelly. “I thought it was going to be a Jordan Peele-produced streaming series,” Thompson said in a backstage interview.As for Palmer, she “had already sold …
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Standing beside SZA and Keke Palmer is enough to overwhelm anyone, but especially Saturday Night Live’s Bowen Yang. In the latest promo clip for the Dec. 3 episode hosted by first-timer Palmer with SZA returning for her second stint as musical guest, the comedian even manages to forget his own …
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Brandi Carlile, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and SZA help Saturday Night Live close out 2022 as the musical guests for the last three shows of the year. SZA (as previously announced) will return to SNL for her second musical performance on Dec. 3 with first-time host Keke Palmer. Carlile will …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Cold Open took us to the Fox and Friends couch for an uncomfortable post-mortem of the midterm elections in which a “red wave” never materialized. After Democrats’ stunning victories, Rupert Murdoch-owned media outlets like Fox News and New York Post immediately turned on their orange savior. As …
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Dave Chappelle’s third opening monologue on Saturday Night Live opened with a disclaimer denouncing antisemitism. “And that, Kanye, is how you buy yourself some time.” Chappelle began his 15-minute stand-up on Kanye West’s disastrous few weeks, during which anti-semitic comments caused him to lose, among other things, more than a …
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“Walk soft and carry a cro magnum,” Yasiin Bey rapped in “So Be It” — a bar that captured the vibe and vitriol of Black Star‘s ferocious Saturday Night Live debut. Rap duo Talib Kweli and Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) received a hero’s welcome in Studio 8H. Dave …
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