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Saturday Night Live sketch as Elon Musk.The Austin Powers actor has been portraying the billionaire on the sketch show recently – last week playing Musk holding a chainsaw in a spoof of the tense White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.In this weekend’s (March 8) episode hosted by Lady Gaga, Myers returned in a cold open sketch taking aim at reports of behind-the-scenes tensions between Musk and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.In the skit, James Austin Johnson’s Trump tries to mediate tensions between the two, as fans are also given a comic insight into their inner thoughts.In one moment, Rubio (Marcello Hernandez) looks on in despair as Trump decides he wants Thailand after watching The White Lotus, all while the Curb Your Enthusiam theme plays, while when Rubio talks, Trump’s inner thoughts declare: “So boring, this guy can’t stop talking. Who the hell does he think he is, Adrien Brody?” in reference to the actor’s recent Oscar speech.Trump then brings in Myers’s Musk, who proceeds to childishly mock Rubio before we get his inner thoughts.“Phase one of my plan is complete: ingratiate yourself to the President and take over the media.

InStyle magazine. “It doesn’t mean I’m not appreciative, of course, that people are fans, or happy to see me.

Scarlett Johansson’s reaction was no laughing matter. The actress, 40, got candid on the joke her husband Colin Jost told during the annual “Saturday Night Live” joke swap in December 2024.“It was so vulgar,” Johansson told InStyle in an interview published Tuesday. “I just can’t believe that they went there.

“Weekend Update” desk as Lord Gaga, the fictional husband of the episode’s host and musical guest, Lady Gaga, and ridiculed the comedian’s marriage.After Jost pointed out that Day’s “wife” is “very successful” with 14 Grammys and an Oscar, Day, 44, took a shot at Jost’s salary compared to his wife’s.“Can you imagine, Colin, a man whose wife makes more money than he?” Day said, as the audience in Studio 8H laughed. “Can you imagine? Oh, the shame he would feel!” Jost glared at Day and then at the camera with a straight face.“Imagine, Colin, if I were sitting here on television behind this desk, staring at that camera, the world staring back at me knowing that my wife’s income dwarfs my own! I would die,” Day continued, as Jost tried not to laugh.“Oh, I would die! What a living nightmare! What a nightmare!” Day said, as the audience cheered.Day added, “Oh, I’m sorry.

Lady Gaga poked fun at the much-maligned Joker: Folie à Deux during her Saturday Night Live opening monologue – watch below.The popstar was pulling double duty on SNL on Saturday (March 8), hosting as well as serving as musical guest. As part of the former role, she delivered the show’s monologue, which saw her make herself the butt of the joke.She acknowledged that the 2024 sequel film, in which she starred opposite Joaquin Phoenix as Harley ‘Lee’ Quinzel, was not met with universal acclaim. “Anyway, I’m an actor now!” she said.

past 25 years, the 59-year-old photographer has been shooting always iconic, often whimsical portraits of stars to serve as “bumpers” — images that appear on screen before a commercial break — for “Saturday Night Live.”“The bumpers are probably the least appreciated part of the show, but anybody who knows the show knows how much they mean,” the show’s head honcho, Lorne Michaels, writes in the foreword to Matthew’s new book, “The Art of the SNL Portrait” (Harry N. Abrams, out now).The book follows in the footsteps of SNL’s 50th anniversary special and features dozens of the nearly 4,000 portraits Matthews has created of the show’s hosts and musical guests over the years.It’s “the best job in the world and, quite certainly, the only one like it,” Matthews, who uses both real-life props and digital editing to create the portraits, writes in the book’s introduction.There’s rarely a dull moment in her workday.

Lady Gaga gave eye-catching performances of two tracks from her new album ‘Mayhem’ on Saturday Night Live last night – watch below.The singer was pulling double duty on March 8, hosting the show as well as serving as the musical guest, and with it coming just a day after the release of her seventh record, she took the chance to show off two of its songs.The first was the single ‘Abracadabra’, which saw Gaga transfixed in a mutant dance number from inside a claustrophobic neon structure, surrounded by angular support dancers. Watch here:The second was the funk rock-inspired ‘Killah’, which she began in the backstage corridors of the famous Studio 8H, before taking the stage with a full live band.

Lady Gaga made her acting career the center of the jokes in her Saturday Night Live monologue — roasting her own movie, “Joker 2,” which flopped historically hard in theaters last fall.The New York-born pop star pulled double-duty at 30 Rock on Saturday as host and musical guest, and kicked the festivities off with some fiery roasts of her own flick “Joker: Folie a Deux,” which was panned by both critics and fans.“I’ve been very diligent about selecting films that will showcase my craft as a serious actor,” Gaga said as a set up.“Films such as ‘Joker 2,’” Gaga said, adding, “Apparently people thought it was awesome.”The “Abracadabra” singer then joked about both her and the film being nominated for the infamous Golden Raspberry Awards.“Joaquin [Phoenix] and I even got nominated for a Razzie, which is an award for the worst films of the year,” Gaga said, adding after a beat, “So, we won.”Gaga played Harley Quinn opposite Phoenix’s the Joker in the film, which was nominated for seven Razzies, with the pair taking home the hardware for “Worst on Screen Duo.” “But jokes on them.

Jo Calderone in 2011.But her drag king persona, who appeared in her “You and I” video and at the 2011 MTV Video Awards, has been retired.“The character is no longer with me,” she told Them. “But I wish Jo all the best.”Still, Gaga — whose eighth studio album, “Mayhem,” drops on Friday — looks back on the era as an important one.“That was actually kind of a big moment for me as a woman to put all the pent-up fear or anger I had about relationships into one character,” she said.“[‘You and I’] was actually, I think, the first video that I ever did where I played multiple me’s, and I brought that back on ‘Mayhem.’ But Jo was an important character for me.

Steve Martin and Martin Short — aka Charles-Haden Savage and Oliver Putnam — just announced the latest leg of their ongoing ‘Dukes of Funnytown Tour.’Set to take place from August through December, the legendarily silly pair will wrap their 21-show outing on the East Coast with gigs at Albany, NY’s Palace Theatre on Thursday, Dec. 4 and Wallingford, CT’s Toyota Oakdale Theatre on Friday, Dec.

called “CouplaBeers” where he played a man advertising a new medication that treats anxiety and depression.The bit is being praised online by viewers, including one fan who deemed it a contender for “the best SNL skit in the last 20 years.”The sketch begins with Gillis, 37, watching his wife (Heidi Gardner) and their son leave the house, as he turns to the camera and begins advocating for CouplaBeers.“You wouldn’t know it, but a few months ago, anxiety and depression were ruining my life,” Gillis says. “I was struggling at work, I was struggling as a father, and I was struggling as a husband.”Gillis is shown being made fun of by his coworkers, yelling at his son from the stands at a baseball game, and ignoring his wife while she talks to him.“I was at a real low point,” he says.

Tate McRae performed ‘Sports Car’ and ‘Dear God’ on Saturday Night Live yesterday (March 1). Check it out below.It marked the Canadian pop star’s second appearance as musical guest, following her performance of her breakthrough hits ‘Greedy’ and ‘Grave’ on the show in 2023.Now, following the release of her new album ‘So Close To What‘, she returned to perform two songs from the LP.

Elon Musk on Saturday Night Live in a spoof of the recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.On Friday (February 28), the two leaders met in Washington D.C. with the intention of securing a minerals and defence deal.

an Instagram post promoting Gillis’ stint as host this weekend, and claimed Yang, 34, was responsible for Gillis’ 2019 firing.“Can we acknowledge that Bowen Yang bitched him off the show- and he’s the bigger man to come host after being unfairly ditched bc of a whiny queen,” Best wrote under the clip shared by “SNL” and Gillis, 37. “SNL fired him as a hater.

heated Oval Office meeting — including a goofy appearance by Mike Myers as Elon Musk.The cold open attempted to spoof the tense meeting between the two leaders this past week in which Trump warned Zelensky that he was “gambling with World War III.” But, critics on social media slammed the scene as “not funny” and “classless.”In the NBC show’s rendition, James Austin Johnson’s Trump and Bowen Yang’s Vice President JD Vance can be seen talking over Zelensky, who was portrayed by Mikey Day — while Marcello Hernandez’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio cowers on the couch.“You want to say a few words, maybe tell Mr. Putin how much you love him?” Trump asks Zelensky before Vance jumps in to berate the Ukrainian leader, asking him, “What happened to thank you? You haven’t said thank you to us once in the past 15 seconds.”“You think you’re getting any money from us after your little outburst today?” Vance asks before reciting Gene Wilder’s famous lines from “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” “You get nothing.

Former “SNL” star Leslie Jones revealed she clashed with a “narcissistic d–khead” director of one of her skits when she said she needed to go home during a long day on set.Jones was filming a pre-taped segment alongside co-star Kyle Mooney for a November 2017 episode, where both actors were taking part in a fictional marriage, when she and guest host Tiffany Haddish “almost f–ked him up one night.”“The guy who would direct those was a f–king a–hole,” Jones said on the “Toure Show” podcast. “And I don’t give a f–k if you see this.

David Byrne, Arcade Fire and St. Vincent teaming up for a rendtion of David Bowie‘s ‘Heroes’ during the 50th-anniversary celebrations of Saturday Night Live.Dressed in a black suit and red turtleneck, Byrne kicked off the performance by taking on the first verse of the track.

Nirvana teaming up with Post Malone for the 50th-anniversary celebrations of Saturday Night Live. Check it out below.The moment took place last weekend when the iconic grunge band reunited for SNL 50: The Homecoming concert.

Saturday Night Live has denied claims that Ryan Reynolds pitched a joke that alluded to the ongoing legal feud between his wife Blake Lively and film-maker Justin Baldoni during SNL50.The anniversary show aired last Sunday (January 16), and saw former show cast members Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host a segment where they took questions from the audience, which was filled with celebrities.As the Deadpool and Wolverine actor stood up to ask a question, they asked: “Ryan! How’s it going?”, to which Reynolds replied: “Great! Why, what have you heard?” Lively was by his side and looked surprised initially, but soon broke into a smile as it was revealed to be part of the joke.Ryan Reynolds reacts to Tina Fey and Amy Poehler bringing attention to him at #SNL50 Anniversary special:“Great, why, what have you heard?” pic.twitter.com/WKYOCko4n6— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) February 17, 2025The joke nodded to the ongoing legal battle between Lively and Baldonim following their collaboration on the 2024 romantic drama It Ends With Us, which recently resulted in a controversial Hollywood Reporter cover, in which the pair are reimagined in a David and Goliath-esque scene.After Reynolds’ joke aired, the show’s long-time cue card holder Wally Feresten – who has worked at the sketch comedy series for 35 years – took to the Fifi, Fev and Nick podcast to shed some light.“He had a different line in rehearsal, and he pitched that to replace it. So, that was his idea to do it,” Feresten claimed, adding: “We wouldn’t want to do anything too controversial unless they were in on it.”However, an SNL spokesperson has since denied Feresten’s claim to The Hollywood Reporter, and noted he is not involved in the show’s creative process.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s ongoing legal dispute, according to former “SNL” cast member Dana Carvey.On Thursday’s episode of his and fellow “Saturday Night Live” alum David Spade’s “Fly on the Wall podcast,” Carvey, 69, shared that Michaels, 80, has repeatedly texted him about the drama between the “It Ends With Us” stars. Their exchange began after Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, 48, poked fun at the feud during the “SNL” 50th anniversary special in a segment where Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took questions from the star-studded audience in Studio 8H.

Martin Scorsese’s 1976 masterpiece “Taxi Driver,” revealing that the iconic scene was partially improvised.During an appearance on “Live with Kelly and Mark” on Thursday, the 81-year-old actor recalled how some of the best moments in film come from spontaneous improvisation. “Some of the best stuff, not always, is when it’s improvised,” De Niro told hosts Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos.In “Taxi Driver,” De Niro’s portrayal of disturbed cabbie Travis Bickle birthed one of the most memorable scenes in cinema history: standing in front of a mirror, Bickle talks to himself and points a gun at his reflection as he imagines facing off with a foe.“You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin’ to?” De Niro, as Bickle, famously demands of his invisible adversary. “You talkin’ to me? Well, I’m the only one here.