Saturday Night Live traveled back in time to the 13th century to mock Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s perspective on abortion rights. The sketch comes just days after a draft opinion on Roe v. Wade was leaked, causing panic that legalized abortion could come to an end. In the opening …
Read More »'SNL': Benedict Cumberbatch Takes on Oscars Slap in Opening Monologue
After a return to the medieval era in this week’s cold open, Benedict Cumberbatch took center stage for the show’s opening monologue, where he brought the Oscars slap back into the conversation. While explaining how he spent the week trying to convince Lorne Michaels and SNL‘s writers that he’s played …
Read More »'SNL' Cold Open Takes Aim at Elon Musk, Eric Adams and Marjorie Taylor Greene
Saturday Night Live celebrated Easter with a surprise visit from the Easter Bunny (Bowen Yang) and a handful of cast members who appeared to “share their hopes” for spring. “It’s really me the Easter Bunny,” Yang exclaimed in a furry costume. “Either that, or you’re at Coachella and the ‘shrooms …
Read More »Watch Lizzo Address Chris Evans Pregnancy Rumors in 'SNL' Opening Monologue
As Lizzo took the Saturday Night Live stage as host and musical guest, she was prepared to address all the rumors. But before she did, she told the audience she was going to “set the record for the amount of times ‘bitch’ is said on live TV.” She then compared …
Read More »'SNL': Weekend Update Tackles Elon Musk's Twitter Bid, Biden's Approval Rating
Weekend Update tackled Elon Musk’s Twitter bid and President Joe Biden’s all-time low approval rating on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. “Elon Musk offered to buy Twitter for $40 billion so he could loosen its free speech rules,” Michael Che said. “That’s how badly white guys wanna use …
Read More »'SNL' Cold Open: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Gets a 'Gins-Burn'
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic appointment as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court was the focus of Saturday Night Live‘s cold open. In the Oval Office, Jackson (played by Ego Nwodim) and President Biden (played by James Austin Jackson) recreated the photos of them watching the …
Read More »'SNL' Weekend Update on Will Smith Ban From Oscars: 'Is That a Punishment?'
Weekend Update tackled the confirmation of new Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Will Smith’s 10-year Oscar ban on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. “Justice Jackson was honored Friday at a White House ceremony and said ‘We have come a long way toward perfecting our union,’ which …
Read More »'SNL' Cold Open: 'Fox and Friends' Tiptoes Around Will Smith and Focuses on 'Woke Disney'
This week’s Saturday Night Live cold open didn’t kick off with a parody surrounding the Oscars slap, however, it did get a mention. Instead, the focus was on a handful of topics that the “Fox and Friends” crew decided to tackle, with hosts Steve Doocy (played by Alex Moffat), Ainsley …
Read More »'SNL': Pete Davidson Raps with Gunna and Simon Rex About Hating Long Movies
Pete Davidson can’t handle any more long movies because “he’s a simple man with no attention span.” During this week’s Saturday Night Live, the comedian debuted a new rap called “Short Ass Movies” where he blasted the run-times of recent films. “Night after night, there’s only one kind of movie …
Read More »'SNL': Watch 'The Batman' Stars Zoë Kravitz and Paul Dano Go on Wild Cat Chase
This week’s Please Don’t Destroy sketch reunited host Zoë Kravitz with one of her co-stars from The Batman: Paul Dano. The sketch kicks off with Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy planning to give Kravitz, who plays Catwoman in the film, a kitten. But as she enters, the feline disappears …
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