When Aimee Lou Wood referred to Sarah Sherman‘s parody of her in a recent White Lotus-themed sketch on Saturday Night Live as “mean and unfunny,” it highlighted just how much the show missed the mark. Reflecting on the incident in a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Sherman acknowledged the contrast …
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Morgan Wallen‘s abrupt exit from the Saturday Night Live stage during cast goodbyes made for good content. “Weekend Update” hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che slipped jokes about it into the next episode. Cast favorite Kenan Thompson also responded. Now, more than a month later, Wallen is offering an explanation. …
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Former Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong revived her portrayal of Jeanine Pirro alongside Colin Jost as Pete Hegseth, and the pair of “old drinking buddies” celebrated their reunion. The duo, called the “AA team” by Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson), were glad to link up again after their …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update addressed the election of Robert Prevost as the first American pope, and the subsequent complaints from some conservatives that the Chicago native is somehow “woke.” Colin Jost began by admitting that, as a Catholic, he “could not be more proud.” “Whichis a sin, and now …
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Indie rock band Arcade Fire made their sixth appearance on Saturday Night Live, performing songs from their newest studio album, Pink Elephant, which was released Friday. The Canadian quintet opened with the title track, the second of the album’s ten songs. Pink Elephant, Arcade Fire’s seventh studio album and their …
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Saturday Night Live host Quinta Brunson sang about what it’s like being under five feet tall–something that Sabrina Carpenter popped in to say she could relate to. The Abbott Elementary creator and star, who last hosted SNL in April 2023, prefaced her showtune: “I’m proof you can do anything you …
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Singer-songwriter Benson Boone debuted on Saturday Night Live with a pair of tracks from his upcoming album, American Heart. Boone first performed “Sorry I’m Here for Someone Else,” which reached the Top 40 of the Hot 100 upon its release. Boone returned to the stage with “Mystical Magical,” which he …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Donald Trump signed a host of new executive orders about pet issues like The New York Times‘ Connection word game and baby boomer Bill Belichick’s relationship with a woman born during the George W. Bush administration. Trump (James Austin Johnson), who signed more executive orders in his …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update took aim at Donald Trump imagining himself as the next Pope, as well as the president’s claim that he actually isn’t ruining the economy and Americans should just “be patient.” “Well, guys, it happened. Last night, Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself as the …
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T rying to find the end of the line outside of the Helium Comedy Club in Alpharetta, Georgia, is nearly impossible right now. You walk for blocks and blocks, passing girls in high heels with Bad Bunny screensavers on their phones, middle-aged couples who drove in from the surrounding suburbs, …
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