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News Articles: SNL

On Saturday Night Live's cold open, James Austin Johnson played President Donald Trump and Emil Wakim played Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a sketch about Trump's Middle East trip.

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  • TV Reviews

SNL's 50th season proved it's still relevant. Can it stay that way?

The season finale, with host Scarlett Johansson and musical guest Bad Bunny, didn't give any answers about rumored cast departures.

May 19, 2025
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Tina Fey

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  • Arts & Life

'SNL' photographer reflects on iconic celebrity portraits

Mary Ellen Matthews has been SNL's photographer for 25 years. In a new book, The Art of the SNL Portrait, she shares her most iconic celebrity photos, like Pete Davidson eating pasta.

March 05, 2025
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Mia Venkat,
  • and 1 more
Saturday Night Live is marking its 50th year with a weeklong celebration, including a blockbuster homecoming concert and a three-hour primetime special. Above, <em>SNL</em> cast members pose on the show's set in September 1992. Front row, from left: Chris Farley, Al Franken and Melanie Hutsell. Middle row, from left: Chris Rock, Julia Sweeney, Dana Carvey and Rob Schneider. Back row, from left: Adam Sandler, David Spade, Ellen Cleghorne, Kevin Nealon, Phil Hartman and Tim Meadows.

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  • Television

4 decisions that turned SNL into a cultural juggernaut — and 3 mistakes

Critic Eric Deggans explains how Saturday Night Live became the long-lived force it is.

February 13, 2025
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
"Pretty much any Saturday that The Roots aren't touring and they're taping, I'm in the audience watching," Questlove says of <em>SNL</em>.

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  • Television

Questlove charts 50 years of SNL musical hits (and misses)

Questlove's documentary, Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music, highlights the show's most iconic musical performances and comedy sketches — and addresses the show's "unhummable" theme song.

January 27, 2025
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Comedian and author Kate McKinnon with the cover of her new book.

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  • Books

Kate McKinnon's new middle-grade mystery is for all her fellow misfits

The SNL star says her new book is part of what she calls her “private mission to give a wink and a nod” to young people who might feel “different” — like she did — growing up.

October 04, 2024
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton, and Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton during the "A Hillary Christmas" sketch on December 19, 2015.

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  • Television

‘SNL’ has always taken on politics. Here’s what works – and why

As a historic election looms, Saturday Night Live faces an ongoing challenge to make America laugh – and process an increasingly strange political world. Jean Smart hosts the show’s 50th season premiere on Saturday.

September 28, 2024
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Shane Gillis returned to host <em>Saturday Night Live</em> five years after he was fired from the show.<em> </em>Above, Gillis performs at the Stand Up For Heroes Benefit in November 2023 in New York City.

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  • Television

Shane Gillis struggles in a 'Saturday Night Live' monologue that avoids the obvious

Gillis didn't spend much time joking about the controversy that got him fired from the show. Instead, his opening monologue felt like an attempt to insulate himself from criticism and avoid backlash.

February 26, 2024
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Columbia, S.C.

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  • Politics

Nikki Haley makes surprise appearance on SNL, mocking Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has made a surprise appearance on the comedy show Saturday Night Live, making jibes at Donald Trump over his age and mental competency.

February 04, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon and
  • Robbie Griffiths
In <em>Leo</em> Adam Sandler voices a 74-year-old lizard who learns he has a gift for helping kids sort through their problems.

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  • Movie Interviews

'Leo' is an animated lizard with an SNL sensibility — and the voice of Adam Sandler

If the pets in a 5th grade classroom could talk, what would they say? That's the premise of Leo, the new coming-of-age movie musical from Netflix.

November 21, 2023
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Franne Lee at the New York Public Library's Hal Prince exhibition in 2019. Lee designed the costumes for Prince's <em>Sweeney Todd</em> and <em>Candide.</em>

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  • Obituaries

Franne Lee, who designed costumes for 'SNL' and 'Sweeney Todd,' dies at 81

From SNL's Coneheads to Killer Bees, Broadway's Sweeney Todd and Candide, we remember Tony Award-winning costume designer Franne Lee who died on Aug. 27.

September 06, 2023
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
For his "Rich Spirit" / "N95" medley on <em>SNL</em>, Kendrick Lamar performed with minimal visual accompaniment, perfectly geared for the raw intimacy of his newest material.

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  • Music

'SNL' just wrapped its 48th season: It's time to cruelly rank its musical guests

From Kendrick Lamar and Megan Thee Stallion to Coldplay, here they are: the magnificent, the flawed-but-forceful, the forgettable and the truly, epically misbegotten.

May 23, 2023
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By:
  • Stephen Thompson
Dave Chappelle delivers his monologue on <em>Saturday Night Live</em> last week.

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  • Opinion

I critiqued Dave Chappelle and his fans questioned my Blackness

After my commentary about Dave Chappelle's turn on Saturday Night Live, a flood of hateful and personal invective erupted. But what do they think the job of a critic is?

November 17, 2022
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
GPB News NPR

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  • Television

Beck Bennett Is Leaving 'SNL,' But 3 New Cast Members Are Joining The Lineup

Apart from Bennett's exit, the announcement from Saturday Night Live also includes the departure of Lauren Holt, two promotions and three new hires at NBC's sketch comedy series.

September 27, 2021
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Tesla CEO Elon Musk delivers his opening monologue on "Saturday Night Live" last week in an image released by NBC. Musk tweeted on Wednesday that Tesla would no longer accept cryptocurrency Bitcoin for car purchases.

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  • Business

Never Mind: Elon Musk Says Tesla Won't Accept Bitcoin For Car Purchases Any More

Tesla's CEO explained on Twitter that the reversal on accepting Bitcoin was prompted by concerns about the "rapidly increasing use of fossil fuels" to mine the cryptocurrency.

May 13, 2021
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Tesla CEO Elon Musk strikes a pose at a December 2020 awards ceremony in Germany. This weekend, he hosted NBC's <em>Saturday Night Live</em>.

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  • Television

Elon Musk Takes An Awkward Turn As 'Saturday Night Live' Host

The Tesla CEO got to cement his image as a celebrity with pop culture cachet, appearing with the SNL cast in silly sketches that promoted his pet projects and dressing up as a video game character.

May 09, 2021
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
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