‘SNL’ Sues Johnny Depp and Amber Heard

After a particularly grueling week of news events, “Saturday Night Live” The defamation lawsuit between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. Hosted by Selena Gomez and featuring musical guest Post Malone, this weekend’s broadcast was introduced by Kate McKinnon, who plays MSNBC presenter Nicolle Wallace. After popping other headlines, including “the political repercussions of the last …

‘SNL’ Elon Musk Offers Easter Wishes From Donald Trump And More

The Easter holiday is a time of rebirth and renewal, and also an opportunity for “Saturday Night Live” to gather as many celebrity impersonations as possible into one sketch. Featuring Lizzo as host and musical guest this weekend, “SNL” kicked off with the cast making a series of appearances, starting with Bowen Yang as the …

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Takes Advice From ‘SNL’

History was made earlier this week with the murder of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Confirmed by the Senate Thursday made her the first Black woman to become a Supreme Court Justice. And, though not so monumental in scale, a “Saturday Night Live” skit commemorates this feat, imagining Jackson (as played by Ego Nwodim) preparing for …

On ‘SNL’, Chairman Biden Asks TikTok Influencers for Help

reported This week in The Washington Post The Biden administration has been meeting with popular video creators from the social network TikTok and informing them about the war in Ukraine, an unconventional move that could help in the White House’s information war…or ruthlessly mocking. And “Saturday Night Live” was happy to help with that latter …

On ‘SNL’, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham Make Changes

A comedy skit that ends with former President Trump’s rather candid interpretation of “My Funny Valentine” wasn’t the most baroque moment of this weekend’s Oscar Isaac-hosted “Saturday Night Live.” (That particular honor would go to the meatball-saying routine, which we’ll soon get to.) But for starters, the muttering Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) made …

On ‘SNL’, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham Make Changes

A comedy skit that ends with former President Trump’s rather candid interpretation of “My Funny Valentine” wasn’t the most baroque moment of this weekend’s Oscar Isaac-hosted “Saturday Night Live.” (That particular honor would go to the meatball-saying routine, which we’ll soon get to.) But for starters, the muttering Trump (played by James Austin Johnson) made …

On ‘SNL’ Biden Hopes Memes Can Help Ukraine’s Crisis

This weekend’s inaugural draft was presented by a team of advisors to James Austin Johnson as President Biden at the White House. The increasingly tense situation in Ukraine. “Putin has gathered more than 100,000 troops at the border,” said an adviser played by Kenan Thompson. Another, played by Ego Nwodim, said, “We’re even getting some …