Tag: SNL
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‘SNL’ cold open revels in politics; Ramy Youssef prays for Palestinians and hostages
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Amid an election year with promises of divergent visions of America, “Saturday Night Live” dove in to the politics of 2024 to find punchlines. The show opened with a satirical television special celebrating Easter, “The Resurrection,” which recounts the story of three women who witnessed the return of Jesus. It was quickly interrupted by a…
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‘SNL 1975’ Casts J.K. Simmons, Billy Bryk, Joe Chrest, More
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EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons (The Accountant 2) is among the final additions to the cast of Sony Pictures’ film SNL 1975 (working title), based on real-life behind-the-scenes accounts of the opening night of Saturday Night Live. Other new cast members for the Jason Reitman pic include Billy Bryk (Friendship), Joe Chrest (Stranger Things),…
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Josh Brolin Did a Cold Plunge During His ‘SNL’ Monologue
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Saturday Night Live’s monologue this week was more of a “cold open” than the cold open was, with host Josh Brolin taking the opportunity to do a cold plunge live on air. But before they wheeled out his tub of ice water, Brolin addressed the viral poem he wrote for his Dune co-star Timothée Chalamet,…
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Sydney Sweeney hosts ‘SNL,’ and Glen Powell makes a cameo
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Sydney Sweeney’s debut as “Saturday Night Live” guest host was a smooth one. The star of “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus” showed in sketch after sketch that she could hold her own comedically even if a lot of the material didn’t give her much to work with beyond playing off her sex-symbol public image or…
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SNL Gleefully Dances on Mitch McConnell’s Senate Grave
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On Wednesday, Mitch McConnell announced that he’ll be stepping down as Senate Republican Leader later this year. While he’ll remain in his current position until November, Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost and Michael Che came to “Weekend Update” ready to roast the hell out of the sometimes-glitchy senator from Kentucky. Che began the running gag…
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“SNL’ Cold Open Dragged GOP For Surrendering To Trump Again
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Remember when Donald Trump was toast? Heâd dined with anti-Semites, his business was found guilty of fraud, heâd launched a scammy line of NFTs. The Republican Party thought they could finally move on. What a difference a year and change makes. Now heâs improbably back on top, spewing nonsense and dodgy garbage like it was…
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SNL Used to Be a Movie Star Factory—What Happened?
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Once upon a time, Lorne Michaels had the juice to turn “not ready for primetime players” into box-office gold. As an executive producer, Michaels might have even more programming power and influence now within 30 Rockefeller Center’s NBCUniversal, NBC, and Peacock than he did when he launched Saturday Night Live. But 49 years later, he’s…
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‘SNL’ tackles the bizarre ‘Dune: Part Two’ popcorn bucket
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After an onslaught of memes about the suspect design of the Dune: Part Two popcorn bucket, Saturday Night Live wrote a song about it. SEE ALSO: Dune 2 Nasty Bucket, Worse Raps, Tiny Big Bird, and other Top Stories — U Need to Know This In a classic bait and switch, Marcello Hernández played a…
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SNL recap: Jacob Elordi makes his hosting debut
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“Saltburn” and “Euphoria” actor and apparent “babygirl” Jacob Elordi hosted “Saturday Night Live” in an episode that inverted the usual “hot girl host” dynamic (see: Emma Stone, Ana de Armas). Instead, multiple sketches featured female cast members fawning over the handsome and very tall Australian actor. They included a “Bachelorette”-type sketch in which Elordi’s height…
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Jacob Elordi to Host ‘SNL’ With Renee Rapp as Musical Guest
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Jacob Elordi will host “Saturday Night Live” on Jan. 290 with Reneé Rapp as his musical guest. Elordi is currently starring in the Amazon film “Saltburn” and in the A24 feature “Priscilla” where he played American legend Elvis. The actor is also known for his work on in the HBO series “Euphoria” where he played…
