An unhinged “Elon Musk” hit the “Saturday Night Live” Weekend Update desk this week to address the outcome of Tuesday’s midterm elections — and Musk, as played by “SNL” featured player Jeremy Culhane, didn’t quite know how to address it. The real Musk, of course, spent nearly $500 million on Republican candidates, especially in his
Following a Trump-centric cold open that featured the return of Tom Hanks’ David S. Pumpkins, “Saturday Night Live” host Inde Navarrette took the stage at Studio 8H for her first opening monologue. It was a fitting choice to have the star of the year’s breakout horror hit “Obsession” (and the internet’s apparent obsession) make her
After a pretty weak cold open that was crashed by Tom Hanks’ David S. Pumpkins, Donald Trump (who admitted he “might be gay”) and his MAGA minion Nicki Minaj, and an amusing opening monologue where host Inde Navarrette took a swipe at Shane Gillis, the Halloween edition of “Saturday Night Live” aired a surprisingly fun
Tom Hanks returned to “Saturday Night Live” on Halloween night to revive his lounge-y David S. Pumpkins character in a cold open that skewered President Trump’s increasingly bizarre comments on the stump and his fixation with men’s physiques. The segment also featured Saidah Belo-Osagie as Nicki Minaj in a spoof of the star’s vocal support
Martha Plimpton has joined the list of stars speaking out over Shane Gillis’ poorly received “Saturday Night Live” opening monologue. “There’s this Shane Gillis guy who I’ve never heard of who said some really fucking stupid shit on live on air on ‘SNL’ on Saturday,” the “Goonies” star said in a video posted to her
As “Saturday Night Live” trudges on this season with a little-known cast, uneven sketches and yet another horrendous appearance by obvious misogynist Shane Gillis, news that comedian and internet personality Druski, aka Drew Desbordes, will host the Nov. 7 episode suddenly gives me hope. I think it’s the most interesting thing “SNL” has done in
