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“We all need a will”

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“We all need a will”

Harper Steele and Will Ferrell in “Will & Harper.” (Photo: Netflix) The influence of soft-hearted heterosexual male allies for the LGBTQ+ community is gaining momentum in the Tim Walz era. We can now count everyone's favorite comedian Will Ferrell among the straight men who, confident in their own identity, are using their platforms to support […]

SNL's sketches about Kamala Harris and Trump fail at political comedy.

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SNL's sketches about Kamala Harris and Trump fail at political comedy.

In this tense political moment, there are few things more harrowing than the experience of watching Saturday Night Live in a swing state. In commercial breaks full of threatening attack ads, the country is on the brink: Liberal Kamala Harris releases murderers, and Donald Trump distributes tax breaks for his billionaire friends. But when the […]

Lorne Michaels got angry when SNL fired Shane Gillis: NBC's decision

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Lorne Michaels got angry when SNL fired Shane Gillis: NBC's decision

Lorne Michaels told the Wall Street Journal he was “angry” when Shane Gillis was fired from “Saturday Night Live” in 2019 after offensive jokes he made on a podcast resurfaced online, including ones containing racial slurs about Asians. “He said something stupid, but it got blown up until the end of the world,” Michaels said. […]

“NBC has called for Shane Gillis to be fired from 'SNL,'” says Lorne Michaels

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“NBC has called for Shane Gillis to be fired from 'SNL,'” says Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels has spoken out again about the decision to fire Shane Gillis Saturday Night Live before he ever took the Studio 8H stage. Gillis was fired in September 2019 ahead of the long-running NBC show's 45th season. At the time it seemed to be a decision by creator Michaels, but in a new interview […]

Billie Eilish Cameos in 'TikTok' Sketch with 'Harry Daniels'

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Billie Eilish Cameos in 'TikTok' Sketch with 'Harry Daniels'

Billie Eilish has no interest in going viral on TikTok – at least that's the message she's telling you Saturday Night Live Sketch about social media platform. While SNLOn the October 19 episode hosted by Michael Keaton, the 22-year-old pop star made a cameo appearance in a nearly four-minute skit aptly titled “TikTok,” in which […]

Alec Baldwin returns to 'Saturday Night Live' to spoof Bret Baier's interview with Kamala Harris |

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Alec Baldwin returns to 'Saturday Night Live' to spoof Bret Baier's interview with Kamala Harris |

Alec Baldwin has returned to “Saturday Night Live“But the actor, who won an Emmy for playing former President Donald Trump, didn’t step into that role — he returned to play Saturday night Fox News' Bret Baier in an opening sketch that manipulated this week's interview with Kamala Harris. Baldwin received loud cheers from the audience […]

Watch Billie Eilish perform “Birds of a Feather” and “Wildflower.”

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Watch Billie Eilish perform “Birds of a Feather” and “Wildflower.”

Eilish and brother Finneas make their fourth appearance on the late-night show in support of Hit me hard and soft In her fourth Musical guest appearance on Saturday Night LiveBillie Eilish performed two tracks from her acclaimed third studio album, Hit me hard and softwhich came out in May. Eilish, Rolling StoneThis month's cover artist […]

Billie Eilish joins Michael Keaton in urging 'SNL' viewers to vote

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Billie Eilish joins Michael Keaton in urging 'SNL' viewers to vote

16 days until the 2024 presidential election, tonight Saturday Night Live Host Michael Keaton and musical guest Billie Eilish used their appearances on the NBC sketch show to take part in the vote. First, Keaton donned a TV shirt that said “Vote” while introducing Eilish's first musical performance of the flagship song. Birds of a […]

Harris tops Bret Baier, who doesn't stop interrupting

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Harris tops Bret Baier, who doesn't stop interrupting

Saturday Night Live covered many of last week's attention-grabbing political moments in its cold open: Kamala Harris' interview with interrupting Fox News host Bret Baier, Donald Trump's difficult time convincing Latino voters to support him, and the former president's abdication a quick question During a town hall meeting, he had a speech-and-answer session to instead […]

Michael Keaton's opening monologue was crashed by Beetlejuice Mania

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Michael Keaton's opening monologue was crashed by Beetlejuice Mania

Host for the fourth time Saturday Night LiveMichael Keaton is forced into the past. During his opening monologue for SNL 50, the Beetlejuice The actor is forced to share the stage with Mikey Day and Andy Samberg, both of whom burst onto the stage in full Betelgeuse regalia: wild green hair, pinstripe suits, and hideous […]