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Video Surfaces of New SNL Cast Member Using Racist Slur

New SNL Cast Member
Is Already in Hot Water

Sep 13, 2019 7:33 AM CDT

New SNL Cast Member Is Already in Hot Water

Shane Gillis used racist slur on podcast

(Newser) - One of Saturday Night Live's three new cast members is already proving controversial. Within hours of the SNL announcement Thursday, videos surfaced of Shane Gillis using racist and homophobic slurs, Variety reports. One video, apparently from a 2018 recording session for Gillis' podcast with fellow comedian Matt McCusker, features...

Here's Why SNL's New
Cast Member Is Notable

Sep 12, 2019 2:37 PM CDT

Here's Why SNL's New Cast Member Is Notable

Bowen Yang, one of 3 new cast members, will be show's only Asian American performer

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live is adding three new cast members for its upcoming 45th season, including the show's only Asian American performer. Bowen Yang, who joined NBC's SNL last season as a staff writer, will be a featured player, NBC said Thursday. Yang is co-host of a podcast, Las ...

Leslie Jones Won't Be
Back for SNL's 45th Season

Aug 28, 2019 2:10 AM CDT

Leslie Jones Won't Be Back for SNL's 45th Season

Sources say she is concentrating on Hollywood career

(Newser) - The incomparable Leslie Jones will not be returning for the 45th season of Saturday Night Live. The comedian, writer, and Ghostbuster is leaving the show after five seasons to concentrate on her Hollywood career, which includes several film projects and a reboot of Supermarket Sweep, EW reports. Sources tell Variety...

Eddie Murphy Returning to SNL Stage for Holiday Show

SNL Hosts
to Include
Long-Gone
Eddie Murphy

Aug 26, 2019 4:15 PM CDT

SNL Hosts to Include Long-Gone Eddie Murphy

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Kristen Stewart also named

(Newser) - Eddie Murphy will at least pause his feud with Saturday Night Live long enough to host an episode this year. The comedian joined the cast in 1980, when he was 18, rising to fame and then moving on in 1984. He hosted a show before he left, despite being in...

SNL Channels Its Inner Queen

May 19, 2019 7:41 AM CDT

SNL Channels Its Inner Queen

Alec Baldwin returns as President Trump, cast is havin' such a good time in Cold Open

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin returned to Saturday Night Live as President Trump, only this time he brought his inner rock star, channeling Queen in a parody of "Don't Stop Me Now." He was joined by Cecily Strong as Melania Trump, Beck Bennett as Mike Pence, Aidy Bryant as Sarah...

SNL Translates
Mom-Speak for You

May 12, 2019 7:43 AM CDT

SNL Translates Mom-Speak for You

'Splendid' is really rather complicated and all-encompassing in the UK

(Newser) - President Trump did not escape as the target of Saturday Night Live's latest Cold Open, but the sweeter, funnier bit came during guest-host Emma Thompson's opening monologue. Joined the SNL alums Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the trio proceeded to translate what your mother really means when she'...

An Old Hand Stops By Saturday Night Live

An Old Hand Stops By SNL,
Pays Tribute to a Comrade

May 5, 2019 6:27 AM CDT

An Old Hand Stops By SNL, Pays Tribute to a Comrade

Adam Sandler returns with a salute to Chris Farley

(Newser) - Some two and a half decades after his Saturday Night Live heyday, Adam Sandler returned to his old stomping grounds—and took the opportunity to pay tribute to his former castmate, Chris Farley. In typical Sandler fashion, he did so in song, and the Washington Post notes that it will...

SNL Tackles College
Admissions Scandal

Apr 14, 2019 6:41 AM CDT

SNL Tackles College Admissions Scandal

And Michael Keaton shows up as Julian Assange

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live gave President Trump a rare night off in its latest Cold Open, focusing instead on the college admissions scandal and Julian Assange's arrest. Opening with jail inmates bragging about their misdeeds, Kate McKinnon as Lori Loughlin says, "You think that’s insane? I paid 500...

Leave My Chicken
Alone, Girl Tells SNL

Apr 12, 2019 2:09 PM CDT

Leave My Chicken Alone, Girl Tells SNL

Show joked about unusual pet's custom wheelchair

(Newser) - A Vermont girl isn't happy that her disabled pet chicken was joked about on Saturday Night Live. The chicken, named Granite Heart, is learning to walk with a custom wheelchair, per the AP . On a recent SNL episode, the television show's "Weekend Update" co-host said she should...

Jon Snow Gets Trolled on SNL

Apr 7, 2019 7:57 AM CDT

Jon Snow Gets Trolled on SNL

'Game of Thrones' star sees some old friends stop by his monologue

(Newser) - Kit Harington hosted the latest episode of Saturday Night Live ahead of the hotly anticipated final season of Game of Thrones, and some old pals dropped by his opening monologue, reports the Washington Post . Even Harington's co-stars had questions, including Emilia Clarke, who asked, "Can you just give...

Familiar Face to Host
SNL for First Time

Apr 5, 2019 2:54 PM CDT

Familiar Face to Host SNL for First Time

Adam Sandler returns in May

(Newser) - Adam Sandler was one of Saturday Night Live's biggest breakout stars from the 1990s, but he's never been back to host. That changes next month, per the Hollywood Reporter . Sandler will host the May 4 show, with musical guest Shawn Mendes. The actor/comedian joined SNL in 1990 as...

'Daddy Won!' SNL
Tackles Mueller Report

Mar 31, 2019 8:01 AM CDT

'Daddy Won!' SNL Tackles Mueller Report

Alec Baldwin, Robert De Niro return to play nemeses Trump and Mueller

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live went straight for the low-hanging fruit this week with a Cold Open again featuring Robert De Niro as Robert Mueller finishing his report, Aidy Bryant as William Barr favorably summarizing it, and Alec Baldwin as President Trump tweeting his response, reports the New York Times . Case in...

Comics: SNL Ripped Us Off

Mar 17, 2019 10:06 AM CDT

Comics: SNL Ripped Us Off

2 NYC comedians say 2 different sketches were a little too close to their own work

(Newser) - Live from New York, it's ... apparently a repeat, of sorts. Two New York City comedians contend that a couple of sketches the show has aired are plagiarized from sketches they posted to their YouTube channel years ago. Nick Ruggia and Ryan Hoffman have lawyered up and sent NBC a...

SNL Guns for R. Kelly Interview

Mar 10, 2019 7:41 AM CDT

SNL Guns for R. Kelly Interview

Say Devil has 'Nice horns. Gives good advice'

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live took the week off from dogging President Trump and went after R. Kelly's interview with Gayle King in its Cold Open, with Kenan Thompson and Leslie Jones playing Kelly and King. Thompson repeatedly asked to be referred to as "Victim"—which Jones immediately declined—...

SNL Does
Not Spare
Jussie Smollett

Mar 3, 2019 8:34 AM CST

SNL Does Not Spare Jussie Smollett

And has a bit of fun with Michael Cohen

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live pulled no punches on Jussie Smollet in a Shark Tank: Legal Edition sketch that featured the embattled actor, along with New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, vying for legal representation from the likes of Pete Davidson's Michael Avenatti, Cecily Strong's Jeanine Pirro, guest host John...

Baldwin Complains
After Trump Tweet
About 'Retribution'

Feb 18, 2019 6:08 AM CST

Baldwin Complains After Trump Tweet About 'Retribution'

Actor raises concern about his safety

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin skewered President Trump again over the weekend on Saturday Night Live, and now the two men are continuing the animosity online. In a tweet, Trump made clear he hated the skit mocking his declaration of a national emergency. "Nothing funny about tired Saturday Night Live on Fake...

SNL Goes to Town on
Trump's National Emergency

Feb 17, 2019 8:09 AM CST

SNL Goes to Town on Trump's National Emergency

'We need wall,' says Alec Baldwin

(Newser) - President Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the southern border found new scorn on Saturday Night Live, which trotted out Alec Baldwin in its Cold Open to proclaim that “We need wall, OK. We have a tremendous amount of drugs flowing into this country from the southern...

SNL Romps Over
Bezos Brouhaha

Feb 10, 2019 9:46 AM CST

SNL Romps Over Bezos Brouhaha

'What do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is going to look like?'

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live launched its latest episode with the burning question on everyone's mind: "What do you think Jeff Bezos’ penis is going to look like?" In a Cold Open spoof of Meet the Press hosted by Kyle Mooney's Chuck Todd, the New York Times reports that...

Looks Like Pete
Has Bounced Back

Feb 2, 2019 4:00 PM CST

Looks Like Pete Has Bounced Back

The SNL actor seems to be dating Kate Beckinsale

(Newser) - Earth to Pete Davidson: You do this how, exactly? The 25-year-old Saturday Night Live star was seen holding hands with the glamorous 45-year-old actress Kate Beckinsale on Friday night in Los Angeles after he performed at a comedy venue—where he did a joke about former fiancee Ariana Grande, People...

Roger Stone
Drops by SNL

Jan 27, 2019 8:37 AM CST

Roger Stone Drops by SNL

Well, actually Steve Martin

(Newser) - Steve Martin dropped by his old stomping grounds on Saturday, telling the crowd at Saturday Night Live that "I'm just a normal and straightforward guy." Appearing in the cold open on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show as the recently arrested Roger Stone, Martin crowed, "What...