Kate Mackinnon: Last News

Lindsay Shookus, a producer on Saturday Night Live and head of its talent department, is leaving after 20 years.

Kate McKinnon takes a lot of pride in keeping in character

Vulture’s “Good One” podcast, the 10-time Emmy nominee revealed that she was “definitely not sure” about leaving the show at the end of Season 47 last spring — joined by fellow cast members Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney.“Leaving was in the back of my mind for a while, because it’s just a grueling schedule,” McKinnon, 38, explained on the podcast. “I mean, I could do it for the rest of my life, happily, if the schedule were not so grueling and if I was not naturally a person who liked to wake up at 8 a.m. and go to bed at midnight,” she continued.

Zack Sharf Kate McKinnon revealed on “Live With Kelly and Ryan” last month that she left “Saturday Night Live” because “my body was tired, and I felt like it was time,” but the Emmy winner gave a far more in-depth exit interview while appearing on Vulture’s “Good One” podcast. As the interview notes, McKinnon broke down in tears several times throughout the conversation. She couldn’t hold tears back when asked about telling “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels about her exit.“Telling Lorne was really hard,” McKinnon said.

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Rumors continue to swirl around the demise of one of the few sketch-comedy shows remaining, "Saturday Night Live." With tanking ratings, a dwindling all-star cast and creator Lorne Michaels' contract expiring imminently, the show might not be "live from New York" for much longer. In a recent interview with Charlamagne Tha God, the longest-tenured cast member of "SNL," Kenan Thompson, alluded to the end being near.  When asked about the rumors the show would be ending, he said, "There could be a lot of validity to that rumor, because 50's a good year to stop at." Lorne Michaels, left, and Kenan Thompson have been outspoken about the future of 'SNL.' (Getty Images) Thompson is referring to three seasons from now, when Michaels' contract with NBC expires.  The reason for the potential ending of "SNL" could be related to the ratings debacle, with the season 47 premiere recording only 4.9 million total viewers.The season 46 premiere in 2020 raked in over 8.2 million viewers, per a Nielsen report, meaning loss in viewership was just below 50 percent.

The animated film DC League Of Super-Pets took the top spot at the box office over the weekend with $23 million in domestic earnings.The motion picture, which is about Superman’s dog Krypto the Super-Dog, played at 4,314 locations, the APreported, citing studio estimates.Industry experts predicted that the film, which features the voices of Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Kate McKinnon, John Krasinski and Keanu Reeves, would open to around $25 million. The latest:The animated film DC League Of Super-Pets, featuring the voices of Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson, took the top spot at the box office over the weekend with $23 million in domestic earningsOther high-profile animated films released this summer included June's Lightyear, which opened to $50.6 million; and Minions: The Rise of Gru, which opened to $107 million.'This opening is a huge win for DC fans, the box office, WB and our filmmakers,' Warner Bros.

J. Kim Murphy Even superheroes’ dogs open at the top of the box office.The animated comedy “DC League of Super-Pets” looks to top domestic charts in its opening, projecting a debut of $22.4 million.

TODAY Parents in an interview earlier this month. The Only Hope singer revealed she gave birth to her 17-month-old son, Gus, without pain relief and described the experience as 'awful. ''But I can do it one more time.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAfter a slower July at the movies, it’s “DC League of Super-Pets” to the rescue.The Warner Bros. animated superhero comedy may not be closing out the month with a bang, but it will at least manage to lead domestic box office charts. Over the weekend, “DC League of Super-Pets” is aiming for $25 million to $30 million when it opens in 4,300 North American theaters, which should be enough to dethrone Jordan Peele’s “Nope” as the No.

Kate McKinnon explained her decision to leave "Saturday Night Live" after a decade starring on the show.  McKinnon revealed the decision wasn't easy and took a "very long time" during an interview last week on "Live with Kelly and Ryan." "I thought about it for a very long time, and it was very, very hard," the comedian said. "All I ever wanted to do in my whole life was be on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ So, I did, I loved it, I had the best decade, and then I was just like, my body was tired, and I felt like it was time." Kate McKinnon revealed why she left "SNL" after a decade starring on the show. The "Ghostbusters" star also revealed how she plans to spend her future Saturday nights.

Kate McKinnon revealed why she left  after a decade at the iconic sketch series, and she summed it up rather simply: she was tired.The 38-year-old actress and comedian appeared on  earlier this week and she revealed it had always been her dream to be on. That being said, McKinnon said she knew she had to make the hard decision and, in the end, time proved it was time to walk away.«I thought about it for a very long time, and it was very, very hard,» she said.

Saturday Night Live.The actor and comedian left the show at the end of season 47 earlier this year, alongside Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney.McKinnon said her farewell at the start of the show with another edition of her long-running Close Encounters sketch, which concluded with her saying, “Earth, I love you. Thanks for letting me stay a while.”Now, McKinnon recently told Ryan Seacret and Kelly Ripa about her decision on Live With Kelly and Ryan.

Ryan Gosling (La La Land) returned to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday night for the first time in 10+ years to discuss his role as Ken, Barbie’s boyfriend, in the upcoming Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad).

Zack Sharf Ryan Gosling said on “The Tonight Show” that Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s “Barbie” screenplay is “the best script I’ve ever read,” but that’s not what made him finally agree to Gerwig’s offer to star in the movie as Ken. It turns out the universe gave Gosling a bit of a push, as the actor discovered one of his daughter’s Ken dolls face down in the dirt almost immediately after being offered the “Barbie” movie.“Best script I’ve ever read. I walk out in the backyard [after getting the offer] and, do you know where I found Ken?” Gosling said.

Kate McKinnon has finally broken her silence regarding her recent departure from “Saturday Night Live”.

Kate McKinnon says she thought about leaving Saturday Night Live “for a very long time” before finally arriving at the decision to end her 11-season stint.

“highest-paid actress” as her colossal salary for the much-hyped comedy has been revealed.The Aussie actress, 32, is cashing in $12.5 million for starring in the title role of Oscar-nominated writer-director Greta Gerwig’s film based on the iconic Mattel doll of the same name, Variety reported.Ryan Gosling, who co-stars as Ken in the hot-pink-filled flick, is also scoring $12.5 million.Other high-earning actors who still rank above Robbie’s impressive pay grade include screen legends such as Denzel Washington (“The Equalizer 3”), who’s raking in $20 million, Leonardo DiCaprio (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), coming in hot with $30 million and Tom Cruise — who ranks as the highest-paid actor with $100 million for “Top Gun: Maverick.”As for Robbie’s female peers, “Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown earned $10 million for the new Netflix movie, “Enola Homes 2.”Also on the list were Jamie Lee Curtis (“Halloween Ends”) bringing in $3.5 million and Anya-Taylor Joy (“Furiosa”) receiving $1.8 million.Robbie previously grossed $10 million for her 2020 Harley Quinn standalone film “Birds of Prey.”The “I, Tonya” actress stars alongside Gosling, 41, as the “pretty loser” Ken, as well as Simu Liu, Will Ferrell, Michael Cera, Issa Rae and Kate McKinnon in next year’s “Barbie.”According to Deadline, the plot is about “Barbie getting kicked out of Barbieland because she’s not perfect enough” and she “goes on an adventure” to save Barbieland only to realize “that the key to happiness is belief in oneself.”Robbie even celebrated her 32nd birthday on set earlier this month and was gifted a bright Barbie-themed birthday cake with the phrase “Happy Birthday Barbie Margot!” scrawled with light pink icing.“Barbie” is slated to drive her

Little Women, Lady Bird) and cowritten by Gerwig and her partner, Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story), it stars Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken. Unfortunately, the film, which does not come out until July 21, 2023, is once again back in the news because people clearly can’t stop asking Gosling about it. Here’s an official photo of RyGos as Ken, in case you’ve somehow forgotten or if it’s been a while:Ryan Gosling as Ken in BarbieLive from the London premiere of his Netflix movie The Gray Man (which comes out Friday), BBC’s The One Show asked Gosling about how his , actor Eva Mendes, feels about his role as Ken, .

Greta Gerwig's live-action Barbie movie, which will see Margot Robbie play theiconic Mattel doll, had officially wrapped production after four months.A number of the film's cast and crew members, including actresses Hari Nef andSharon Rooney, took to social media to celebrate.Included in their posts was a jovial group photo, featuring director Gerwig and the film's central stars, Robbie and America Ferrera, that was taken during their last day on set. That's a wrap!Greta Gerwig's live-action Barbie movie, which will see Margot Robbie play the iconic Mattel doll, had officially wrapped production after four monthsRobbie can be seen kneeling down in front and letting out a celebratory scream next to Rooney, while Ferrera posed behind her with Nef, Gerwig, Alexandra Shipp, Ana Cruz Kayne and other members of the ensemble cast.

Margot Robbie celebrated her 32nd birthday while on set of Greta Gerwig's upcoming film on Tuesday. The film crew spent last week shooting in Los Angeles' Venice Beach, where Robbie starred in scenes alongside Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera wearing neon roller skates and hot pink '80s outfits.For her birthday, Robbie was spotted holding a box of donuts and celebrating with a dress cake that reads, «Happy Birthday Barbie Margot.»The actress also appeared to take a birthday stroll with Gosling in the western-inspired outfits that were first revealed last week, when the stars filmed a chase scene in a Venice Beach storefront. The world first got a look at Robbie's Barbie character in April, when Warner Bros. Pictures released an image of the actress sitting behind the wheel of the toy's iconic pink convertible.#BARBIE July 21, 2023 Only in theaters pic.twitter.com/mauCGpizD1Then in June, Gosling made his debut as Ken in what appeared to be the Barbie Dream House. #BARBIE July 21, 2023 Only in theaters. pic.twitter.com/DAemOyv5H8Gosling's longtime love, Eva Medes, took to the comments on Instagram to share her excitement.