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Lana Del Rey: Sorry, Haters, I Sang Fine on SNL

Her fans get it, even if critics don't, she says

(Newser) - Lana Del Rey is back in the news with the release of her debut LP, Born to Die, and the singer tells Rolling Stone she's not a bit bothered by all the negative press she got for her recent Saturday Night Live appearance. (A video clip from the show...

SNL Comes Up Lame This Primary

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Jan 17, 2012 1:58 PM CST

SNL Comes Up Lame This Primary

This field should be a gift from the comedy gods: Kera Bolonik

(Newser) - There was a time when Saturday Night Live could have had great fun with Mitt Romney's proclamation that he "liked to fire people." Instead we got this week's bland cold open (see video) in which Romney tried to (ha ha) fire his breakfast. "It's...

Daniel Radcliffe Magic in SNL Debut

But actor can't dodge Harry Potter entirely

(Newser) - Daniel Radcliffe made his Saturday Night Live debut last night, bringing "an impressive American accent" and a "strong presence," reports the Hollywood Reporter. The host zinged Casey Anthony, appearing as her new dog in an interview with Seth Meyers, and ripped his shirt off as a lovesick...

Stalled Career, Ageism Drove Ex-SNL Writer to Suicide

Wayne's World writer Joe Bodolai found dead in Hollywood hotel room

(Newser) - Joe Bodolai's long career in show business came to a sad end in a Hollywood hotel room. The 63-year-old comedy writer and TV producer was found dead the day after Christmas, having apparently committed suicide by drinking a mixture of antifreeze and Gatorade. Bodolai, who wrote for Saturday Night ...

Pat Robertson Calls SNL's Tebow Skit 'Bigotry'

Televangelist says 'anti-Christian' bias is rampant

(Newser) - One person most definitely not amused by last weekend's Tim Tebow skit on Saturday Night Live was Pat Robertson, reports the LA Times . The sketch, in which Jesus visits Tebow in the locker room and tells him he's overdoing the religious stuff, is evidence of the "anti-Christian...

Jesus Has Tough Words for Tebow on SNL

Host Jimmy Fallon joined by a bunch of alums

(Newser) - If you missed Saturday Night Live last night, you actually missed something. The holiday show featured plenty of blasts from the past—specifically, Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Horatio Sanz, Chris Kattan, and Tracy Morgan, not to mention host Jimmy Fallon—and it was a classic. Among the highlights:...

Alec Baldwin Spoofs Airline Tantrum on 'Saturday Night Live'
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 'Sorry' ... to Alec Baldwin 
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Dec 11, 2011 2:45 PM CST

Alec Baldwin Says 'Sorry' ... to Alec Baldwin

Actor apologizes to himself as airline pilot

(Newser) - Hot off his ugly incident on an American Airlines flight this week, Alec Baldwin appeared on Saturday Night Live and apologized to ... himself, the New York Daily News reports. The funnyman donned a pilot's uniform and was introduced as Captain Steve Rogers: "It was awful Seth," he...

SNL&#39;s Devil Horrified By Penn State
 SNL's Devil 
 Horrified By 
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PLUS, EMMA STONE
Nov 13, 2011 8:40 AM CST

SNL's Devil Horrified By Penn State

'I'm not a monster,' says Prince of Darkness

(Newser) - Turns out the Penn State sex abuse scandal isn't just shocking people across America—the Devil himself is pretty horrified by this one, notes Mediaite . Lucifer took time out of his busy schedule to appear on Saturday Night Live last night to comment on the scandal. And once he...

SNL Star Darrell Hammond: I Did Crack, Cut Myself

Comic recounts his struggles in new book

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live star Darrell Hammond, perhaps best known for his dead-on Bill Clinton impression, confesses in a new book that he once had to be taken from work “in a straitjacket” after an alcohol binge in 1998. “I kept a pint of Remy in my desk at...

Melissa McCarthy Saturday Night Live: 'Bridesmaids' Actress Goes Naughty, Gets Raunchy
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Oct 2, 2011 11:57 AM CDT

Melissa McCarthy Scores on SNL

Actress goes from naughty to raunchy

(Newser) - Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy hammed it up last night on Saturday Night Live, admonishing her two young children to "go to bed now 'cause Momma is about to get pretty inappropriate." The actress' "sketch comedy roots were on display as she threw herself into every scene,...

Herman Cain Might Actually Deliver



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Dana Milbank
Sep 28, 2011 10:22 AM CDT

Herman Cain Might Actually Deliver

Are straw polls that different from primaries?

(Newser) - It’s getting tough to “separate fact from farce” in the GOP presidential debate, writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post . Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain, for instance, recently said he might actually use the goofy “I will deliver” motto SNL made up for him. So...

Coming Soon: Schweddy Balls Ice Cream?

Ben & Jerry's won't confirm or deny hilarious rumor

(Newser) - Ben & Jerry’s is known for its unconventional ice cream flavors , but would they really go this far? Ana Gasteyer started a rumor when she recently told NY1 , “Ben and Jerry's is coming out with a Schweddy Balls ice cream for Christmas this year,” referring to...

Saturday Night Live Finale: Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga Close Out Season
 JT, Gaga Close SNL Season 
May 22, 2011 8:45 AM CDT

JT, Gaga Close SNL Season

Timberlake, Samberg return with 'Motherlover' characters

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live closed out its season last night with some heavyweight help from Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga, playing host and musical guest respectively. The highlight, notes Gawker, was a "soon-to-be infamous" Digital Short starring Timberlake, Gaga, and Andy Samberg. JT and Samberg reprise their "Dick in...

Hamm, Fallon Become SNL's 'Ambiguously Gay Duo'

Animated sketch takes live-action turn.

(Newser) - After a long hiatus, Saturday Night Live's "Ambiguously Gay Duo" is back, and the first three minutes of the animated sketch feature plenty of the kinds of lines you'd expect (sample: "Commissioner, we make a great team: You finger the perps, and we give them our...

Tina Fey Tweaks Sarah Palin Again

She hosts Saturday Night Live, returns to form

(Newser) - Tina Fey returned to both Saturday Night Live and a familiar character last night. Her Sarah Palin persona made another appearance during a debate skit with other GOP candidates, including The Donald, notes Entertainment Weekly . “It’s just so great to be back on Fox News, a network that...

Jane Curtin: Belushi Was Totally Sexist

'SNL' was a 'misogynistic environment,' she tells Oprah

(Newser) - You hear a lot of nostalgic reminiscing about John Belushi and how funny he was , but not from Jane Curtin. Yesterday on Oprah she recalled the "misogynistic environment" of Saturday Night Live in the 1970s, noting that Belushi was particularly to blame. "[John] said, 'Women are just fundamentally...

SNL's Obama: Nobody Got What They Wanted

Even the congressional interns are peeved over budget deal

(Newser) - Fred Armisen's Barack Obama opened Saturday Night Live last night with a summary of the budget deal: "No one got everything he wanted, and everyone walked away unhappy." The unhappiness trickled down to Congress, Congressional cleaning staff and interns, Tea Partiers, Mitt Romney, the New York Times, and...

Ex SNL Actress Slams 'Sickening' Gay Kiss on Glee

Victoria Jackson: Gays on a wedding cake is a 'comedy skit'

(Newser) - Former Saturday Night Live actress Victoria Jackson has unleashed an Internet tirade about the hit TV series Glee, calling a recent kiss between gay characters "sickening." Besides "shoving the gay thing down our throats, they made a mockery of Christians—again!" she writes on the conservative...

Miley Cyrus Spoofs Justin Bieber on Saturday Night Live
 Miley Spoofs Bieber on SNL  
Mar 6, 2011 7:45 AM CST

Miley Spoofs Bieber on SNL

You know, pretty cool.

(Newser) - Miley Cyrus has met her Saturday Night Live impression while lampooning a fellow teen pop star herself. Cyrus hosted SNL last night, leading to an inevitable face-off between the 18-year-old singer and cast member Vanessa Bayer's parody. But Cyrus appeared on Bayer's The Miley Cyrus Show not as herself, but...

SNL: Russell Brand Is British, Get It?

Accent seems to be only joke of the evening

(Newser) - Russell Brand bounded across the Atlantic to host Saturday Night Live last night, and not everyone is glad he made the trip. Some reactions from around the blogosphere:
  • Brand's presence "(begat) a gaggle of English-themed content, and not one but two period sketches. (Sort of.) We just can't
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