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SNL, Daniel Craig Edition: From Bond to Big Bird, the 5 Best Skits
The British ‘Bond’ star took the stage Saturday night to put the focus primarily on American politics.
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The Morning After: SNL’s Early Election Returns
Over the weekend on Saturday Night Live, President Barack Obama stepped aside and was succeeded by President Barack Obama. The show make a deft meta-comment on the casting, having former Obama Fred Armisen introduce Jay Pharoah as the President, quipping, “Wouldn’t want his job, right?”
Meet the New SNL Cast Members
The new season, premiering Sept. 15, will feature three new performers all hailing from the Windy City
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Top 10 Dubious Saturday Night Live Hosts
Whether or not you enjoyed it, Lindsay Lohan’s “SNL” appearance was nowhere near as bad as any of these former hosts’
Marcel the Shell Gets His Book On
Jenny Slate, creator of the viral video hit, talks about her new children’s book and debuts a new Marcel the Shell video.
The Night Shift – Quick, Who's Funnier: Will Forte's Ted Turner, or Any Current SNL Character?
I ask the question in all seriousness, as someone who has been left aghast by this truly abysmal season of SNL.
As one host after another has been squandered, as one irksome recurring character after another has killed time, Saturday Night Live has grown increasingly lazy and uninspired. I now tune in for Weekend Update and Andy …
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The Morning After: How It's Done
Back when Lorne Michaels decided to get Betty White to co-host Saturday Night Live in response to a Facebook campaign, SNL cast it as a Mother’s Day / women-of-SNL night, with returning cast members including Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph and Molly Shannon, among others. The idea seemed to be to appease the online throng while …
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Palin Was Against SNL Before She Was For It
As we get ready for Sarah Palin’s interview with Oprah Winfrey (4 p.m. here in NYC), Oprah.com has posted some outtakes from the interviews. It includes her thoughts on Tina Fey and Saturday Night Live’s treatment of her; the McCain campaign, she says, resisted letting her go on SNL, for fear the appearance would be “atrocious.” But …
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Glenn Beck Gets His SNL Closeup
If you haven’t yet seen it, Glenn Beck received a tribute greater than the cover of TIME magazine last night: a Saturday Night Live (in this case Weekend Update Thursday) parody. I have to think there is far more you could do with a Beck opening monologue than this snippet. (Think Ben Affleck’s Keith Olbermann.) Still, Jason Sudeikis …