Following Saturday Night Live‘s spring break, Benedict Cumberbatch is set to host the show for the second time on May 7. His appearance is scheduled for the day after Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness hits theaters. In the Sam Raimi-directed film, Cumberbatch will reprise his role in the …
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Bouffant-era Charli XCX finally got to perform on Saturday Night Live and she did not disappoint. The British pop singer’s original appearance on the show was canceled last December due to a Covid-19 outbreak among the SNL cast and crew. So it felt appropriate that the day after NYC Mayor …
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Michael Che and Colin Jost paid tribute to former Saturday Night Live cast member — and Weekend Update anchor —Norm Macdonald during the first Weekend Update of the show’s 47th season. Following jokes about the R. Kelly trial, the Met Gala and a masturbating chimpanzee, Che and Jost devoted the …
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Saturday Night Live’s pre-Super Bowl featured musical guest Phoebe Bridgers and actor-director-producer Dan Levy for his first hosting gig. “Somewhere, my 13-year-old self has fainted in a really needy, melodramatic way,” the Schitt’s Creek mastermind began his opening monologue. He then began to explain how his life had changed (mostly) …
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The Weeknd debuted his new song “Scared to Live” with Oneohtrix Point Never and appeared in a musical sketch during the singer’s Saturday Night Live musical guest spot. Abel Tesfaye — donning the red suit, black leather gloves and bloody face that’s been the motif of his upcoming album After …
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Shawn Mendes took a break fromSaturday Night Live rehearsals on Thursday to chat with Zane Lowe on Apple Music’s Beats 1’s Best of the Week show. The two talked Mendes’ new song, “If I Can’t Have You,” as well as his newfound experience with acting. “I think I’m in a …
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Saturday Night Live had a field day with the Joe Biden’s inappropriate touching allegations. After the return of former cast member Jason Sudeikis, who played Biden in the cold open sketch where he received sensitivity training, it was Weekend Update’s turn to spoof the potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Michael …
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Alec Baldwin‘s Donald Trump held a bipartisan meeting on gun control in the latest Saturday Night Live cold open that lampooned the actual president’s response to the Parkland, Florida shooting. “It’s clear something has to change. We have to take a hard look at mental health, which I have so …
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Foo Fighters transformed their hit “Everlong” into a Christmas medley on Saturday Night Live, where the band served as musical guest on the 2017 finale. For the band’s second performance of the night, Dave Grohl, wearing a festive red sweater, delivered a slowed-down, solo rendition of the 1997 single. However, …
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Saturday Night Live returned for Season 43 with a cold open sketch that saw Alec Baldwin‘s Donald Trump eagerly creating chaos. “It might seem like what’s coming out of my mouth is B-A-N-A-N-A-S, but it’s all part of the plan. The more chaos I cause, the less people can focus. …
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