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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Sarah Sherman is roaming the halls of Saturday Night Live butt-naked. Well, at least in the teaser for this weekend’s episode hosted by Megan Thee Stallion. Sherman pops her head in to check on Megan, who’s practicing her lines on Saturday’s show, where she will serve as both host and …
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“If you don’t recognize the accent, I’m Irish,” said actor Brendan Gleeson as he began his first-ever Saturday Night Live appearance as host. “And if you don’t recognize the face, I’m that fellow that you’ve seen in that thing that you’ve seen that you can’t remember but you think you …
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When SNL spoofed the Try Guys cheating scandal, the real punchline was the media for covering such a dumb story at all in light of everything else in the world (see: the SNL Cold Open.) The segment opened with Ego Nwodim as a CNN anchor speaking to White House correspondent …
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Willow took the the SNL stage like a damn pro — glaring, belting, screaming in her platform Converse and feline black eyeliner. The 21-year-old guitarist and singer began with “Curious/Furious,” a rocker with a seductive build and an indelible intro where she rhymes “I always knew there was an order …
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Saturday Night Live tackled Herschel Walker’s abortion scandal, President Joe Biden’s marijuana pardons and Kanye West’s White Lives Matter controversy in a packed Weekend Update segment. “The midterms are only a month away, and is it just me or are some candidates trying to lose?” co-anchor Colin Jost asked. Jost …
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Saturday Night Live Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Chewere at it again Saturday, addressing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest moves, Lizzo’s flute playing, and Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker‘s agenda should he win office. “In a speech after annexing sections of Ukraine, VladimirPutin attacked the U.S. for satanism …
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Kendrick Lamar’s third stint as Saturday Night Live’s musical guest saw the Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper perform the single “Father Time” off of Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, his fifth studio album. Lamar just wrapped up the North American leg of his tour promoting the May release of the album, …
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The 48th season of Saturday Night Live kicked off with a heavy dose of self-referential humor, with ESPN’s ManningCast analyzing the late night show’s opening sketch. With first-time guest host Miles Teller as Peyton Manning and Andrew Dismukes as brother Eli, the pair dissected a scene from Mar-a-Lago as if …
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Miles Teller‘s maiden SNL monologue was largely one of self-deprecation. “I know they like when you doimpressions and play differentcelebrities, and I wanted tocome prepared,” Teller began. “So I asked my friends whatcelebrity I look like, and Iwas thinking a young DeNiro,maybe a Paul Newman. And theywere like, ‘Nope! Rachel …
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