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Luigi Mangione is pleading not guilty to state murder charges that could see him remaining in prison for life.

accused UnitedHealthcare assassin Luigi Mangione during a segment over the weekend, visibly shocking even cast member Colin Jost.Mangione, 26, has attracted a following of unhinged fangirls since his Dec. 9 arrest, hundreds of whom have been writing him letters and making deposits into his jailhouse commissary account, correction officials have said.During Saturday’s “Weekend Update” segment, Jost namedropped Mangione as he went into his wind-up for a joke, which instantly prompted raucous cheers from what sounded like mostly women.Jost seemed to be surprised by the response, glancing offstage and awkwardly smiling while sarcastically quipping to the audience, “Yeah, definitely ‘woo,’ ” and rhetorically asking, “You’re ‘wooing’ for justice, right?”Mangione was hit with new federal charges in New York last week — including first-degree murder — for allegedly gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan Hilton on Dec.

Matt Minton mminton@variety.com Piers Morgan is speaking out against the controversial audience response to a “Weekend Update” joke about Luigi Mangione. During last night’s “Weekend Update” segment, when host Colin Jost mentioned Mangione, the prime suspect charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, the crowd immediately erupted into cheers, prompting figures like Morgan to criticize the show. While Jost looked uncomfortable at the crowd’s reaction, unable to finish his sentence, he reacted sarcastically by saying: “You’re wooing for justice, right?” Morgan wrote on X: “So disgusting… and Colin Jost just smirks away as if it’s all one big giggle.

The world continues to thirst over Luigi Mangione!

Diddy.UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot dead outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4, with the killer remaining at large for several days afterwards. The suspect, initially described as a white man wearing a mask, fled the scene.On December 9, police arrested Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania after an employee recognised him from New York Police Department images.

New photos of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson shooting suspect Luigi Mangione are making the rounds on the Internet after he was extradited to New York City from Pennsylvania.

Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder – A Special Edition of 20/20 is airing tonight (Thursday, December 19).

Luigi Mangione’s mom is speaking out… And not saying great things for his case!

Luigi Mangione has been charged with murder over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month in midtown Manhattan, but it’s what else he is charged with that is really raising eyebrows.

shot dead outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4, with the killer remaining at large for several days afterwards. The suspect, initially described as a white man wearing a mask, fled the scene.On December 9, police arrested Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania after an employee recognised him from New York Police Department images.

Luigi Mangione has been charged with the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large In the race to produce a documentary special about the killing of United Healthcare CEO and alleged shooter Luigi Mangione, ABC News may be first out of the gate. Variety has learned that ABC News Studios is crashing the one-hour special “Manhunt: Luigi Mangione and the CEO Murder — A Special Edition of 20/20,” which will air on Thursday, Dec.

Police have identified a pupil responsible for opening fire at a private Christian school in the US, which left a teacher and a teenage student dead. Natalie Rupnow - also known as Samantha - was said to have injured four others during the dreadful incident at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large The race to produce true crime and documentary about Luigi Mangione — the man accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York — continues to get more crowded. Next up, Variety has learned that Warner Bros.

American-British filmmaker Stephen Robert Morse, best known for his work on popular non-fiction features like Netflix’s Amanda Knox and How to Rob a Bank is developing his own feature documentary on the suspected UnitedHealthcare killer Luigi Mangione. 

K.J. Yossman A second high-profile documentary is in the works about UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione.

Anonymous Content and Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Productions are teaming up to develop and produce a documentary project about the December 2024 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. 

Tatiana Siegel It was a story that rocked the nation. And now, the first project about the brazen, broad daylight killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is on the way. Anonymous Content and Alex Gibney’s Jigsaw Prods.

Saturday Night Live (SNL) host, comedian Chris Rock made a joke about the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in his monologue.Last night (December 14) Rock opened his monologue by speaking about Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect charged with Thompson’s killing. “Everybody’s fixated on how good-looking this guy looks,” Rock said. “If he looked like Jonah Hill, no one would care.

Following the arrest of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson‘s suspected killer Luigi Mangione, Michael Moore has penned an open letter in response to Mangione’s manifesto, which reportedly mentions him.

Chris Rock has THOUGHTS on the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting.