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Apr 15, 2012 11:24 AM CDT

GOP Drowns Woes on SNL

Romney and Santorum run down the primary season

(Newser) - Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum got a little crazy (with a napkin and chocolate milk, natch) last night on Saturday Night Live, as the GOP field gathered in a bar to run through the primary season that was in a Cold Open that was actually funny. "Good writing, solid...

Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Embarrass Herself on SNL

Mar 4, 2012 8:09 AM CST

Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Embarrass Herself on SNL

Pokes fun at herself on 'Saturday Night Live'

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan showed up, apparently sober, and actually got some laughs last night on Saturday Night Live, poking fun at herself during the monologue and a "Scared Straight" skit. "Lindsay Lohan appeared healthy, upbeat, and pulled together (if somewhat surgically adjusted) and—putting to rest speculation that she...

SNL Lambastes 'Linsanity'

Feb 19, 2012 9:15 AM CST

SNL Lambastes 'Linsanity'

Maya Rudolph guest hosts; celebrity cameos abound

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live pulled out all the stops—and all the bad sports cliches/Asian puns—in mocking the "Linsanity" that's swept New York over Taiwanese-American Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin. "Commentators—two black and two white—use Asian stereotypes when discussing Lin, each more offensive than the last,...

SNL Spoofs
Eastwood,
'Halftime
in America'

Feb 12, 2012 11:42 AM CST

SNL Spoofs Eastwood, 'Halftime in America'

Zooey Deschanel hosts 'Saturday Night Live'

(Newser) - Zooey Deschanel hosted Saturday Night Live last night, but the show was really more memorable for a couple of cameos, reports the Hollywood Reporter . The Artist star Jean Dujardin stopped by to give a leg up to a French dance number featuring Deschanel, and Nicolas Cage dropped in on Weekend ...

SNL Sends Newt to the Moon

Feb 5, 2012 10:11 AM CST

SNL Sends Newt to the Moon

Kristen Wiig hams it up as Callista, Lana Del Rey; Bon Iver turns in solid showing

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich got his hat handed to him in Nevada last night, and Saturday Night Live heaped insult on injury. The show ribbed Gingrich's "moon shot" with a sketch envisioning him as "moon president" in the not-so-distant time of 2014, notes Mediaite . Highlights include a student-janitor telling...

Daniel Radcliffe
Magic in SNL Debut

Jan 15, 2012 10:40 AM CST

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...

SNL's Devil
Horrified By
Penn State

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

Oct 24, 2011 10:59 AM CDT

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
Scores on SNL

BEST SCENES

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,...

Tracy Morgan:
Retarded Boys
'Strong Like Chimps'

OUT OF THE PAN...

Jun 27, 2011 4:24 PM CDT

Tracy Morgan: Retarded Boys 'Strong Like Chimps'

Comedian apparently ready for a whole new controversy

(Newser) - Maybe Tracy Morgan is pranking his publicist for a new bit on Scare Tactics. In his first live performance since his infamous anti-gay rant earlier this month, the comedian smoothed over the scandal, but instead took aim at the mentally disabled. "Don't ever mess with women who have...

Coming Soon:
Schweddy Balls
Ice Cream?

Jun 16, 2011 1:11 PM CDT

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...

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...

Jane Curtin:
Belushi Was
Totally Sexist

Apr 13, 2011 9:59 AM CDT

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

Apr 10, 2011 9:10 AM CDT

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...

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?

Feb 13, 2011 11:43 AM CST

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

...

Wayne's World Returns!
Party Time! Excellent!

CARVEY REVISITS 'SNL'

Feb 6, 2011 9:44 AM CST

Wayne's World Returns! Party Time! Excellent!

Church Lady meets Sssssssatan, and her name is Snooki

(Newser) - Dana Carvey made his return to Saturday Night Live last night, reports PopEater, and trotted out old standby characters from Garth Algar to the Church Lady. Appearing next to Mike Meyers on a Wayne's World reunion, Carvey's Garth was predictably randy in his Oscar preview: "Anne Hath-a-way of giving...

Jen: I Turned Down
SNL for Friends

Feb 3, 2011 9:13 AM CST

Jen: I Turned Down SNL for Friends

People thought she was crazy, but she 'did alright,' she tells Oprah

(Newser) - Jennifer Aniston could have avoided that awful “Rachel” haircut entirely—if she’d taken the job offer she got from Saturday Night Live. Aniston revealed to Oprah Winfrey yesterday that she turned down SNL for Friends, PopEater reports. Everyone “thought I was making a huge mistake," she...

Mark Zuckerberg
Shows Up on SNL

Jan 30, 2011 7:13 AM CST

Mark Zuckerberg Shows Up on SNL

... with Jesse Eisenberg, who played him in 'Social Network'

(Newser) - The real Mark Zuckerberg stepped forward on last night's Saturday Night Live, alongside the guy who played him in The Social Network and the guy who plays him on SNL. "Awkward!" cried Andy Samberg, skipping off when Zuckerberg came out. Left alone, Jesse Eisenberg asks Zuck what he...

No 'Forgetting'
Gwyneth Paltrow on SNL

Jan 16, 2011 10:04 AM CST

No 'Forgetting' Gwyneth Paltrow on SNL

Cee Lo shows off comedic chops, as well

(Newser) - Gwyneth Paltrow can act, date strange A-listers, cook, and sing, and last night she turned her attention to comedy, appearing alongside Cee Lo on Saturday Night Live. The Country Strong star moved between playing Taylor Swift, Heidi Klum auditioning as Eliot Spitzer's co-host, and a Spanish-language sports anchor, notes Mawuse...