Dream girls Scarlett Johansson and Lorde led a pretty solid week for Saturday Night Live, with a handful of fun, thankfully lighter than usual sketches (including, hooray, another creative cold open!) that were, if nothing else, at least a nice distraction from the week’s news. Alien Attack Cold Open Though, of course, the week’s news […]
Continue ReadingLouis C.K. is returning to host SNL next month. Over the weekend, the show announced that C.K. will host on April 8th with musical guest The Chainsmokers. It will make C.K.’s fourth SNL hosting stint; he last hosted the season 40 finale back in 2015.
Continue ReadingEarlier this week, SNL cast member Pete Davidson revealed on Instagram that he’s been “kinda missing” from the show recently because he quit drugs, and that he’s now “happy and sober for the first time in 8 years.” During his appearance on Opie Radio yesterday, Davidson spoke a little more about his decision to quit […]
Continue ReadingAlec Baldwin, Saturday Night Live’s Trump-in-residence, might be hanging up his wig sometime soon. The actor, who’s hosted the sketch… MORE
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The end is apparently near for Alec Baldwin’s Trump impression on Saturday Night Live. In an interview with Extra, Baldwin revealed that he doesn’t plan on impersonating Trump for much longer. “Trump just overwhelmingly lacks any kind of sportsmanship. He remains bitter and angry, and you want to look at him and go, ‘You won!’” […]
Continue ReadingSince Saturday Night Live’s last episode, a lot has happened – Oscar drama, Russia drama, Obama drama – so it was anyone’s guess how they’d address it all, in a season that seems to get more political each week. This episode was, thankfully, Trump-free, but that didn’t stop it from getting some major digs in, […]
Continue ReadingSNL released a new installment today of its Creating Saturday Night Live web series, which offers a behind-the-scenes look at the show from the perspective of Leon Pendarvis, Eli Brueggemann, Lenny Pickett, and Hal Wilner of SNL music department. It’s a fascinating look at some of their favorite musical guests, what it’s like to collaborate […]
Continue ReadingHere’s a clip from former POTUS George W. Bush’s appearance on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, where he looks back on the days Will Ferrell impersonated him on SNL and a meeting he had with Lorne Michaels at the time. “I had dinner with Lorne Michaels, the head of Saturday Night Live, and he said, […]
Continue ReadingLast night, NBC debuted a new digital series, Creating Saturday Night Live, a look behind the scenes of the complex… MORE
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Last night, NBC debuted a new digital series, Creating Saturday Night Live, a look behind the scenes of the complex… MORE
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