Kate Mackinnon: Last News

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor As an alumna of “Saturday Night Live,” Kate McKinnon knows what it takes to come up with interesting characters. Now she will do so for a decidedly different format. The comic actor plans to launch a debut novel aimed at young-adult readers.

With this year’s Super Bowl likely to draw over 100 million sets of eyeballs, advertisers not being shy about buying ads, even at a record $7 million per 30-second spot. And, as usual, they’re not waiting for the big game to put them on display.

Barbie.The film adaptation of the iconic toy franchise was released last year to huge acclaim and box office success, becoming the highest-grossing movie of the year.Ronan has previously worked with Barbie director Greta Gerwig, leading her two previous films Little Women and Lady Bird.Speaking to Variety, the actress addressed Timothée Chalamet‘s recent claim that he and Ronan were set for cameos in Barbie that never came to fruition, revealing that she was set to play a Weird Barbie alongside Kate McKinnon.“I don’t know what he was going to be, but I was definitely going to be a Weird Barbie,” she said. “I don’t know how to take that.

Saoirse Ronan is opening up about her scrapped Barbie cameo!

Billie Eilish starred alongside Kate McKinnon in a Christmas Saturday Night Live sketch this weekend about a cat adoption campaign.The pop star and SNL alum played cat ladies at the ‘Whiskers R We’ pet store for a pun-filled sketch on Saturday (December 16), which saw them show off cats available for adoption during their “Holiday Cat-tacular”.The pair barely kept it together as Barbara DeDrew (McKinnon) and intern Paw-bree Hep-Purrn (Eilish) introduced cats with names like Cindy Claw-ford and Furr-ell Williams.Musical guest Eilish also appeared in another pre-recorded skit on the episode, the second being an acoustic song about a group of women (McKinnon, Eilish, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph and Paula Pell) working on a tampon farm.Check out both of the sketches below.Elsewhere on Saturday’s episode, Eilish performed her Barbie soundtrack hit ‘What Was I Made For’ and a stripped-back rendition of Frank Sinatra‘s ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’.The singer has previously appeared as a guest on SNL, performing a memorable rotating rendition of ‘Bad Guy’ in 2019, followed by a 2021 visit to play ‘Male Fantasy’ and ‘Happier Than Ever’ from her second album.In other news from the ‘Ocean Eyes’ singer, Eilish recently announced her third album is nearly done.This weekend’s episode of SNL also featured an ABBA spoof –starring McKinnon, Wiig, Rudolph and current cast member Bowen Yang – during which they posed as the Swedish pop legends in a skit about the band promoting a holiday album.Longtime SNL performer McKinnon announced she was leaving the show last year after a decade, later sharing that she “felt like it was time”.Meanwhile, Jacob Elordi and Reneé Rapp have been announced for the first Saturday Night Live of

Kate McKinnon had an 11-year run on Saturday Night Live and created many memorable characters throughout her time on the NBC sketch show.

Plenty of stars stepped out to celebrate the latest Saturday Night Live episode!

Kate McKinnon is back on Saturday Night Live — and she brought friends new and old!

Saturday Night Live starred as a spoof ABBA for a Christmas-themed sketch this weekend.Kate McKinnon was joined by fellow SNL alumni Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph along with current cast member Bowen Yang on Saturday’s episode (December 16), during which they posed as the Swedish pop legends in a skit about the band promoting a holiday album.The four-piece were decked out in shiny red and green outfits to perform Christmas spins on classic ABBA songs like ‘Santa Queen’, ‘Who’s That Baby’ and a new take on ‘Chiquitita’ called ‘Frostitita’.James Austin Johnson played the infomercial presenter, who teased “15 brand new Christmas classics and 85 holiday remakes of their existing songs”.The cast also staged the performance with ABBA’s “signature ‘standing close, facing different directions’,” and could be seen laughing as they sang with their faces pressed right up against each other.Watch the full sketch below.McKinnon announced she was leaving SNL last year after a decade on the late night show. She later elaborated on the decision, sharing: “All I ever wanted to do in my whole life was be on Saturday Night Live.

Billie Eilish brought Barbie to Saturday Night Live in a touching way during the performance of her Grammy nominated song “What Was I Made For.”

Greta Gerwig made a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live to introduce musical guest Billie Eilish alongside host Kate McKinnon. Eilish performed “What Was I Made For?”, a song from the Barbie soundtrack.

SNL has found its next big host when the show returns to originals in January: Jacob Elordi will take over the emcee duties while Reneé Rapp will provide the tunes.

Old home week on Saturday Night Live continued after the opening monologue with Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph joining host Kate McKinnon in a holiday-themed send-up of ABBA.

It’s the last SNL of 2023, former cast MVP Kate McKinnon is hosting, and that’s just means the cold open had to dive into Rudy Giuliani‘s latest legal face plant – which is exactly what the Lorne Michaels produced show sadly didn’t do.

Kate McKinnon made her debut as Saturday Night Live host and was joined by former cast members Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig.

William Earl “Saturday Night Live” alums Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig joined Kate McKinnon as the latter returned to “SNL” for the first time as host, 18 months since she bowed out of the cast after a 10-year tenure. After the cold open, which spoofed Hollywood award shows, McKinnon hit the famous Studio 8H stage and did a short monologue. She acknowledged the awkwardness for her of coming back to her “old job” but in a different role.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music The last “Saturday Night Live” of the year is always a special occasion, and 2023 was no exception: Billie Eilish performed the television debut of “What Was I Made For?,” written and recorded for Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster “Barbie.” Eilish was accompanied by her brother/ collaborator Finneas and jazz bassist Christian McBride, as well as a six-piece string ensemble. “What Was I Made For?” was introduced by Gerwig who appeared on stage alongside this week’s host (and “Barbie” costar) Kate McKinnon in a joyful embrace.

Jacob Elordi is headed to Saturday Night Live!

Kate McKinnon is back on Saturday Night Live, and she kicked off the December 16 episode with the opening monologue!

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