More than three months after he was defeated by Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls on the biggest stage of his career, Charles Barkley picked up a basketball for the first time in September 1993 and stared down his next opponent: a stuntman in a knockoff Barney costume. Despite losing …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Cold Open predictably focused on the upcoming midterm elections and the clown car of Republican Party candidates on the ballot. Heidi Gardner, playing PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff, took calls from the “political outsiders,” which obviously included: Cecily Strong‘s Kari Lake, Kenan Thompson‘s Herschel Walker, and Mikey Day’s …
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The “King of Halloween” is back. Saturday Night Live honored Halloween weekend by bringing Tom Hanks back to reprise his role as the absurd and irresistible pumpkin-suit-wearing showman of Cell Block 666: David S. Pumpkins. “If I pass out, film me and post it,” said guest host and performer Jack …
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After seeing Jack Harlow as a drunk frat guy dressed as giant tampon, his musical offerings felt like a revelation. The Louisville rapper played three songs from his sophomore album Come Home The Kids Miss You, starting with the confessional booty call, “Lil Secret.” “I told my therapist about you, …
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Saturday Night Live mocked Kanye West’s unsolicited visit to the Skechers headquarters with a new ad where the shoe company championed its hardline stance against anti-Semitism while also celebrating the fact that the rapper even considered Skechers. “Here at Skechers, we pride ourselves on two things: Making stylish, comfortable shoes …
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Weekend Update tackled Elon Musk’s completed purchase of Twitter, the Pennsylvania Senate debates and companies cutting ties with Kanye West on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. “This week, Elon Musk officially bought Twitter for $44 billion, beating out the next highest offer of zero dollars,” Colin Jost said …
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Jack Harlow, the 24-year-old multi-hyphenate rapper and actor (he just shot his first movie White Men Can’t Jump), with one of the biggest hit songs of 2022, spent his first Saturday Night Live introducing himself to the world, warts first. “It’s been a big year for me … A lot …
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Saturday Night Live kicked off with a spoof of this week’s Jan. 6 Committee hearing, as well as recently publicized footage of Congressional leaders responding to the events of Jan. 6 while on Capitol Hill. “January 6 was one of themost dramatic and consequentialmoments in our nation’s history.So to fight …
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SNL host and musical guest Megan Thee Stallion on Saturday performed the single “Anxiety” from her second studio album, Traumazine. The 18-track album, which came out in August, offers “a motley mix of slick bops and searing confessionals that wonderfully encapsulate all of her various vibes,” as Rolling Stone’s Will …
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The latest installment in Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update” began with co-anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost addressing this week’s Jan. 6 Committee hearing, as well as former President Donald Trump’s reaction to it in the form of a furious 14-page letter. “I don’t know if this is a coincidence, …
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