In an unlikely meeting, the Rev. Al Sharpton and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin posed for a photo together on the red carpet ahead of Saturday Night Live’s 40th anniversary special on Sunday.
Jerry Seinfeld got to host his own little bit during Sunday night’s broadcast of the “Saturday Night Live” 40th Anniversary special, and used the time to ding Brian Williams, take a question from Sarah Palin, and chat with several former
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” made fun of the New England Patriots for the “Deflategate” scandal involving the Patriots allegedly using deflated footballs in the AFC Championship Game. The sketch begins with Patriots Head Coach Tom Brady denying involvement and then
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” had Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. travel to the year 2015 as part of its intro. Dr. King, who had appeared to help a schoolboy with a paper on him, was briefed on, and reacted to
NBC’s Today Show reportedly canceled an interview with Amy Adams this week after the star informed them she was not comfortable with discussing the fallout from the Sony hacking scandal.
The cold opening of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” this weekend featured Taran Killam’s Charlie Rose interviewing the so-called torture psychologists revealed in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s CIA torture report, played by Bobby Moynihan and Kyle Mooney. But as it turned
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) attempted to push the US Senate to vote on whether it considers President Obama’s executive action on immigration to be constitutional in a speech on the Senate floor on government funding on Friday. Cruz cited “Saturday
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” joked that the Eric Garner case marked the first time people have agreed with Al Sharpton. The sketch, a mock-up of Sharpton’s MSNBC show “PoliticsNation” began with Sharpton’s character saying (with numerous pronunciation errors throughout) he
Chris Rock recently dubbed President Barack Obama’s tenure as “Hall of Fame” worthy in an interview at Vulture.com. That after the president’s disastrous rollout of ObamaCare, a series of foreign policy debacles, the ugly sight of Democrats refusing to admit
Comedian Dana Carvey understands why comedians initially tread carefully when joking about President Barack Obama, the nation’s first black Commander in Chief. What the former Saturday Night Live standout can’t fathom is why fellow comic Dennis Miller got taken to
Another example of just how good Democrats got it in the mainstream media arrived Sunday morning when no less than the Washington Post published a high-profile fact-check of a “Saturday Night Live” skit blasting Obama over his granting of amnesty
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” joked that German Chancellor Angela Merkel was sexually attracted to President Obama during their “Weekend Update” segment. After joking about the contentious relationships between participants at the G-20 Summit, Merkel was asked about President Obama to
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” made fun of President Obama’s executive action on immigration with an updated version of the “Schoolhouse Rock” song “I’m Just a Bill.” The sketch starts out like the “Schoolhouse Rock” song, with a child discovering a
The entertainment for the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in the spring has been announced. Cecily Strong, Saturday Night Live cast member and co-anchor of the show’s “Weekend Update” will headline the event, reports The Hill. Strong got her start as
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” depicted a bourbon summit between President Obama and future Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) where the two get massively drunk. At first, the two disagree on what the message of the election was, with Obama
The fourth season of “Portlandia,” the brilliant show created by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, is now available on NetFlix, and it’s better than it has ever been – systematically devastating in its portrayal of modern American malaise, pretension, and ego – and funny
Chris Rock is a very talented, very funny comedian who has done some edgy work in the past. Making jokes about the new Freedom Tower, the Boston Marathon bombing, and opposition to gun control is not edgy. We know this
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” mocked the controversy over New Jersey’s Ebola quarantine with unflattering depictions of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) and nurse Kaci Hickox. Christie responds to Hickox’s criticisms by telling the interviewer, Megyn Kelly, to “shut the
Comedian Chris Rock talked about his previous support for gun control while hosting this week’s “Saturday Night Live” on NBC. After joking about the commercialization of Christmas, Rock said “Jesus tried to help. Hey, I tried to help. You get
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” seemed to suggest that black voters will always support President Obama in a sketch. SNL used the fictional PBS show “How’s He Doing?” which had a panel including writers from Ebony magazine, Vibe, and The Huffington
In a final effort to keep the U.S. Senate in Democratic hands, candidates have reportedly looked west for donations and support from Hollywood’s A-listers. According to the Hill, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, and Jerry Seinfeld are just a few of
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” mocked President Barack Obama for his handling of Ebola and other problems in his administration’s second term. In the sketch, Obama says “some people want to criticize the way our administration has handled this crisis, and
NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” mocked President Obama’s response to ISIS and the scandals in the Secret Service in a sketch satirizing the president’s interview with “60 Minutes.” After President Obama is asked whether the ISIS threat was underestimated, he responds,
“Weekend Update” hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost jokingly consoled President Obama over his low approval ratings while making fun of President Bush on “Saturday Night Live.” “On the bright side, after the midterm elections, pretty much nothing you do
“Saturday Night Live” criticized both the National Football League and analysts Ray Lewis and Shannon Sharpe for their handling of incidents involving NFL players Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson. The sketch argued that only Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder, New
On Monday’s broadcast of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” on NBC, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reacted to a claim from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) that under proposed legislation by Democrats in Congress to roll back the effects of the
During a Senate floor speech, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) warned that the unintended consequence of a Constitutional Amendment, currently being pushed by Harry Reid and Senate Democrats, could result in political satire on “Saturday Night Live” being banned as illegal.
An exhaustive peek at an updated edition of Live from New York, a portrait of Saturday Night Live, reveals the intractable biases that shape the show’s comic agenda. Washington Post television critic Tom Shales and James Miller wrote the SNL tell-all in 2002. Now, with
In response to Former SNL Actor: Show ‘Killed Sarah Palin’: The reason this clown feels great pride in “Killing Palin” is because he and his liberal amigos all see Palin as present and future threat. Bush’s days in office were numbered, so
In the newly updated book, Live From New York, former SNL Horatio Sanz boasts about the show’s political influence. In an interview for the book, he said: I always kind of felt bad when Will Ferrell did his Bush impression because
NEW YORK (AP) — Few would recognize his face, but most would know his voice: that booming baritone that for nearly four decades would introduce the lineups on “Saturday Night Live.” Don Pardo, the durable television and radio announcer whose
NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (UPI)–Comedian, radio host and Saturday Night Live alum Joe Piscopo is leaving the Democratic party to become an Independent, citing increasing disenfranchisement and frustration with lack of progress in America’s inner cities. In an op-ed penned
One of the three Saturday Night Live cast members who lost their jobs this week took the news with, well, humor. Brooks Wheelan sent out the following Tweet after learning he wouldn’t be returning to the show for a second
The United States Navy Loves Michael Bay’s ‘Last Ship’ Judging from this Los Angeles Times article, director Michael Bay’s longstanding and positive relationship with the American military is paying off in a large way for his new TNT series “The
The director of the new indie comedy Obvious Child, playing in select theaters now and opening wider this weekend, insists her movie isn’t a full-throated abortion defense. A lot of journalists have used the shorthand ‘abortion comedy,’ but that makes it
The not-so-funny joke in Hollywood is that the industry is plum out of original ideas and relies increasingly on sequels, remakes and reboots. One disgruntled film student thinks the industry can’t even insert fresh concepts into its sequels. Former LAFS
Given the cultural winds blowing through the entertainment community, Second City’s American Mixtape might be as fair and balanced as one can expect. The traveling show, playing through June 29 at the Garner Galleria Theatre in Denver, hits both bleeding
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan was critically injured in a fatal six-vehicle pileup on the New Jersey Turnpike on Saturday, hours after performing a standup routine at a show in Delaware, authorities said. A limousine
Once again, the Obama administration is claiming that it has “just learned” from television about a scandal engulfing his administration: the Veterans Administration scandal. On the same day that White House Press Secretary Jay Carney claimed that President Obama and
In the cold open of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” season finale, Jay Pharoah as Jay-Z and Sasheer Zamata as Solange gave their take of the now infamous TMZ video that showed a dispute between the two that got physical in
