Stevie Nicks, whose last Saturday Night Live appearance came in December 1983, returned to the late night show at a critical time to impart a critical message. Nicks first sang “The Lighthouse,” a call-to-action for women’s rights that she wrote shortly after Roe v. Wade was overturned two summers ago. …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Wicked fans may still have to wait a little over a month to see Ariana Grande play Glinda in the theatrical adaption of the hit Broadway musical, but …
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Saturday Night Live wasn’t Saturday Night Live, both literally and spiritually, when it premiered on Oct. 11, 1975. Weeks earlier, ABC had debuted a prime-time variety show called Saturday Night Live With Howard Cosell. So Lorne Michaels’ late-night creation had to go by, simply, Saturday Night — the same title …
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Andy Samberg’s appearance in the Season 50 premiere of Saturday Night Live wasn’t just a one-off as the Lonely Island returned to SNL this weekend with a new sketch titled “Sushi Glory Hole.” As the title suggests, the SNL Digital Short finds the Lonely Island’s Samberg and Akiva Schaffer playing …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph) and Doug Emhoff (Andy Samberg) tuned in to the vice presidential debate to hear J.D. Vance implore moderators not to fact-check him. The VP and second gentleman also recoiled after Tim Walz came across as too cordial to his Republican counterpart. When asked …
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Nate Bargatze‘s George Washington is back. Last season on SNL, the comedian’s portrayal of the Revolutionary War general expressed a deep aversion to the straightforward metric system while envisioning what kind of country he wants to form. One year later, and he is defending all the quirks of the English …
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Coldplay‘s eighth musical guest spot on Saturday Night Live featured performances of “All My Love” and “We Pray,” both from the group’s tenth studio album, Moon Music. Released Friday, the album is the second installment in the the band’s Music of the Spheres project, with Rolling Stone calling it “every …
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Saturday Night Live‘s Weekend Update began by addressing how Donald Trump held a rally earlier in the day in Butler, Pennsylvania, where he had been the target of a failed assassination attempt in July. “I have to admit, it was very brave of him,” co-anchor Colin Jost said, “but it …
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People, people, people. This is not what Chappell Roan meant when she encouraged us to be freaks in the club. For the past two weeks, the Midwest Princess has been on fans’ and detractors’ minds — and lips —alike after the release of her September Rolling Stone cover story. Now, …
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Saturday Night Live‘s 50th season premiered with show alum Maya Rudolph reprising her role as “fun aunt” Kamala Harris, this time holding a jovial campaign rally while Donald Trump and JD Vance try not to bore attendees at theirs. Rudolph, whose portrayal of Harris was announced in July, first played …
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