Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update pushed Ice Cube — or Kenan Thompson — to explain his refusal to get vaccinated on the show’s latest episode. In late October, news emerged that the rapper exited his upcoming comedy with Jack Black, Oh Hell No, after declining the producers’ request to be …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update focused on the biggest news story of the week: Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz‘s wild sex scandal. “Rep. Matt Gaetz, who looks like a caricature drawing of me, is reportedly under investigation for an alleged sexual relationship with an underage girl, because Gaetz believes only voters …
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Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update returned from its monthlong hiatus to tackle the GameStop stock surge, the opening days of the Biden administration and the Capitol insurrection. “A lot has happened since our last show. The inauguration, that was nice. Christmas, I like Christmas. And hey, the terrorist watch list …
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Saturday Night Live channel-surfed between Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s “Dueling Town Halls” for their latest cold open sketch. “We now present a rebroadcast of those town halls the way most Americans watched them… Flipping back and forth, trying to decide between a Hallmark movie and an alien autopsy,” SNL …
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Brad Pitt portrayed and paid tribute to Dr. Anthony Fauci on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live at Home. Earlier in the month, when asked who should inevitably play him on SNL, Dr. Fauci jokingly told CNN, “Oh, Brad Pitt, of course.” That dream casting became a reality Saturday …
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Saturday Night Live tackled Lori Loughlin and the college admissions scandal, the federal charges against Michael Avenatti and Julian Assange‘s arrest with a cold open sketch that placed the Full House actress, played by Kate McKinnon, the celebrity lawyer, portrayed by Pete Davidson and the WikiLeaks founder, played by Michael …
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Weeks after announcing the impending arrival of his much-anticipated sophomore album, Khalidmade his Saturday Night Live debut as the musical guest on the Idris Elba-hosted episode. The R&B singer opened his set with a groovy performance of his Disclosure-assisted first single from his forthcoming Free Spirit. The El Paso, Texas …
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