Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney will join fellow cast member Pete Davidson in exiting Saturday Night Live after this weekend’s Season 47 finale, Rolling Stone has learned. Representatives for SNL did not respond toRolling Stone’s request for comment. McKinnon joined the cast in 2012 and became a repertory …
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Anne Beatts, one of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, has died at the age of 74. Former SNL cast member Laraine Newman first tweeted news of Beatts’ death Wednesday, “Our Anne- an OG SNL writer passed away yesterday.” Film producer and Beatts’ friend Rona Edwards confirmed the writer’s …
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Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris — alongside the first Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, played by Martin Short — hosted a “Unity Seder” to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Passover on the Rudolph-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. “This has been a difficult year for all of us, but I really do …
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Weekend Update tackled the House’s late-night passing of the Covid relief package as well as CPAC, the Frasier revival and the new Potato Head on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live. “Just like me when I’m drunk, Congress decided to spend a lot of money at 2:30 in the …
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For Saturday Night Live’s final episode of 2020 — and one of the final episodes before Joe Biden’s inauguration — Weekend Update looked back at both the lowlights and comedic highlights of Donald Trump’s presidency with a montage soundtracked by Semisonic’s “Closing Time.” “Barring a reverse Christmas miracle, this is …
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Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update mocked Donald Trump’s final, deadly week on the campaign trail and made one last plea to viewers during the pre-Election Day episode. Colin Jost opened the segment by playing Trump’s latest Covid-19 argument — “You know, our doctors get more money if somebody dies from …
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Following the release of her seventh studio album Lover, Taylor Swift appeared on Saturday Night Live for the fifth time alongside first-time host Phoebe Waller-Bridge. For her first performance, Swift sat a green piano for a stripped-down performance of the title track of her latest album. Swift played her raw …
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Following the release of new music on Friday, Shawn Mendes returned to Studio 8H as this week’s musical guest on the Adam Sandler-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. The pop singer opened with an uplifting rendition of his latest single “If I Can’t Have You.” During the performance of the …
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Saturday Night Live opened with a comedic take on R. Kelly‘s bizarre interview with Gayle King, with Kenan Thompson and Leslie Jones portraying the singer and CBS This Morning co-host. Jones’ King opened the interview by asking the singer why he made the decision to conduct an interview while awaiting …
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