Michael Che: Last News

The cast of Saturday Night Live will look significantly different when season 48 premieres later in the fall.Regular cast members Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor have both left the long-running sketch comedy series, according to Deadline on Thursday, along with featured play Aristotle Athari.Their departure will significantly change the makeup of the cast following the earlier departures of Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney. Out the door: SNL cast members Alex Moffat (L), Melissa Villaseñor (R) and featured player Aristotle Atari are leaving the series, according to Deadline on ThursdayBoth Moffat and Villaseñor joined the SNL cast as featured players in 2016, before joining the main cast of repertory players two years later.Moffat was a regular guest with Colin Jost and Michael Che on Weekend Update as Guy Who Just Bought a Boat, and he also played a particularly dim-witted version of Eric Trump.

"Saturday Night Live" has lost three more cast members. Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari are joining the growing list of people who have exited the show ahead of season 48. Moffat and Villaseñor were added to the "SNL" cast in 2016.

The cast of Saturday Night Live will look significantly different when season 48 premieres later in the fall.Regular cast members Alex Moffat and Melissa Villaseñor have both left the long-running sketch comedy series, according to Deadline on Thursday, along with featured play Aristotle Athari.Their departure will significantly change the makeup of the cast following the earlier departures of Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney. Out the door: SNL cast members Alex Moffat (L), Melissa Villaseñor (R) and featured player Aristotle Atari are leaving the series, according to Deadline on ThursdayBoth Moffat and Villaseñor joined the SNL cast as featured players in 2016, before joining the main cast of repertory players two years later.Moffat was a regular guest with Colin Jost and Michael Che on Weekend Update as Guy Who Just Bought a Boat, and he also played a particularly dim-witted version of Eric Trump.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large“They asked, and it’s an honor,” Thompson told me Thursday on a sweltering August afternoon in Hollywood, where he was receiving his star on the Walk of Fame. “It’s a giant career milestone to host an Emmys, an Oscars, a Tonys, whatever.

Aidy Bryant is sharing the reason behind her  exit. Bryant told  that the COVID-19 pandemic played a major role in her staying on the show longer than she originally planned.«If it weren’t for COVID, I probably would have left a few years earlier.

A bittersweet ending. After Aidy Bryant decided it was time to move on from her post at Saturday Night Live, she faced the biggest hurdle of all — informing her boss, Lorne Michaels.

Chris Rock and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson were reportedly asked to host the 2022 Emmy Awards. The annual ceremony returns To NBC for the first time since 2018 on September 12, when 'Saturday Night Live's Michael Che and Colin Jost co-hosted. According to Deadline, the stand-up - who was struck by Will Smith while presenting an award at this year's Oscars - and the wrestler-turned-actor were both offered the job.

Comedian-host-director W. Kamau Bell claims a Black Carrot Top could never exist.

"Saturday Night Live" star Michael Che backed Chris Rock's decision to jump back into performing stand-up comedy following the infamous Oscars moment. Che admitted he was "annoyed" after Will Smith slapped Rock onstage during the 2022 Oscars ceremony.  The comedian noted that Rock was expected to give out the award after being slapped. "One of the things that annoyed me was when it was happening people were like ‘Oh well now he’s selling tickets,'" Che told Howard Stern.

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson — whether you love them or hate them as a couple, there’s no denying they’re the hottest item right now. And where there’s something hot cooking, there has to be a chef that puts it all together. Send your compliments to… Michael Che!

Michael Che revealed that he was the matchmaker that helped Pete Davidson catch Kim Kardashian's attention, but has yet to receive any thanks for doing it.The long time Saturday Night Live star, 39, appeared on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show and shared that he wrote the Aladdin sketch that had Pete, 28, and Kim, 41, kiss for the first time, sparking the couple's romance.When Stern asked if he received any gratitude for the skit, hejokingly aired his frustration with his former co-star, saying: 'Absolutely not. He hasn’t mentioned it.' Where't the gratitude? Michael Che revealed that he was the matchmaker that helped Pete Davidson catch Kim Kardashian's attention, but has yet to receive any thanks for doing it The kiss that started it: The SNL star, 39, appeared on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show and revealed that he wrote the Aladdin sketch that had Pete, 28, and Kim, 41, kiss for the first time'You are quite the matchmaker.

Michael Che has a bone to pick with Pete Davidson!

Michael Che couldn't help but unleash an uncontrollable laugh when reminded he was the «matchmaker» that led to Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian's budding romance.The co-anchor for «Weekend Update» on  appeared on Howard Stern's SiriusXM show, where the longtime radio host complimented Che on his matchmaking skills thanks to him writing the Aladdin sketch that included a moment where Kardashian and Davidson share a kiss.The high-profile romance has taken off, and it seems like each day the relationship is reaching new levels. Stern jokingly scolded Che, telling him, «Look at all the trouble you started!» and how Davidson is now «ensconced in this Kardashian lifestyle.»But Stern also wanted to know from Che if Davidson ever came to him and said, «Thank you for writing this.

Jerrod Carmichael isn’t a fan of cancel culture.

Pete Davidson made his first low-key appearance, since making his departure from. On Friday, the comedian was spotted outside of Kim Kardashian’s Calabasas office rocking a shower cap over his bleach blonde hair. In the pics, Pete, 28, gave a thumbs up while Kim seemingly worked on a photo shoot.

Pete Davidson made his first low-key appearance, since making his departure from. On Friday, the comedian was spotted outside of Kim Kardashian’s Calabasas office rocking a shower cap over his bleach blonde hair. In the pics, Pete, 28, gave a thumbs up while Kim seemingly worked on a photoshoot.

At least one star is sticking with Global’s “Saturday Night Live” for now.

Saturday Night Live saw one of its biggest exodus in last week’s season finale – with Deadline breaking the news that Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney were leaving alongside Pete Davidson.

Kevin Hart is behind the two-part documentary event “Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution,” set to premiere on the A&E Network on Wednesday, June 29 at 9 p.m.The documentary, produced by Hart’s Hartbeat and Time Studios, explores the progression of Black comedy across time, tracing how comedians have used pointed humor to articulate the Black experience in America and expose, challenge and ridicule society’s injustices. From Redd Foxx and Moms Mabley of the civil rights movement to modern-day comedians and creators like Key & Peele, Issa Rae, Amber Ruffin and Tiffany Haddish, the four-hour documentary celebrates the history and under-appreciated legacy that Black comedians had in driving social change across the 20th and 21st centuries.

Kim Kardashian may have been thousands of miles away from her man while he wrapped things up on his longtime late-night show experience, but she still managed to show him some love along the way!

Kim Kardashian may be in Italy, but she was at Studio 8H in spirit as Pete Davidson bid farewell to . Kardashian took to her Instagram Story Saturday to share a collage of photos from Davidson's time on the long-running sketch comedy series — the place where they kicked off their romance during her Oct.