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a TV institution, currently in its landmark Season 50 – but the Peacock documentary “SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night” reveals how the show nearly died during its disastrous Season 11, which aired from 1985 to 1986. “That eleventh year was probably the biggest risk,” Tom Hanks, who was a host that season, said onscreen in the documentary (which premieres Jan.

a skit that went completely off the rails.Nwodim, 37, talked about the White House’s decision to not have a comedian perform at the Correspondents Dinner, but sold herself for the job anyway by turning into stand-up comedian character named “Miss Eggy.”As “Miss Eggy,” a woman in her 50s with five children, Nwodim paced back and forth on the stage with a purse in her hand and made jokes she would’ve said at the dinner. At one point, the comedian, yelled out, “Miss Eggy don’t what?,” and held her microphone out to the live audience at Studio 8H, who replied, “Play!”Nwodim was thrown off by the audience response.

Where there’s a Willis, there’s a way.Bill Murray has recalled the “insane” chore actor Bruce Willis was tasked with on “Saturday Night Live” before he secured his big break and became a Hollywood icon.During an appearance on “Watch What Happens Live” Monday, Murray recalled a time when the “Die Hard” actor worked behind the scenes of the NBC sketch comedy series.“Bruce Willis was a page at NBC when I was on ‘Saturday Night Live.’ This sounds like insane s–t, [but] his job was to come and go to the dressing rooms and refill the M&Ms and pretzels in the actors’ rooms,” Murray said of Willis’ humble beginnings.“I remember when I met him after he was already a successful guy, he said you and Gilda [Radner] were nice to me,” the “Ghostbusters” star told host Andy Cohen.After landing his big break in Hollywood, Willis went on to host “SNL” in 1989 and 2013.During a “Plead the Fifth” segment on the show, Murray was asked to list some of Wes Anderson’s films from most to least favorite, given his longtime collaboration with the director.“Well, ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ was really all the professional, technical aspects of it– really incredible,” said Murray, who has appeared in a total of nine Wes Anderson films.“For me, ‘Life Aquatic’ [with Steve Zissou] was the most challenging, hard job that I ever had. It almost cost me my life and my personal life.”“‘Moonrise Kingdom’ was a really beautiful, lovely film.

abruptly walked off the “Saturday Night Live” stage over the weekend. While Wallen, 31, has not addressed the reason for his exit, Thompson is offering up his initial theory on why country music’s bad boy left the stage without acknowledging the “SNL” cast.“I don’t know what goes through people’s minds when they decide to do stuff like that.

“Saturday Night Live” before the episode was over.Wallen, who served as the episode’s musical guest last night, stood next to host Mikey Madison as she closed out the show with the rest of the cast behind them.The “Whiskey Glasses” singer then leaned over to Madison, 26, whispered something to her, gave her a one-armed hug and walked off the stage as everyone else celebrated completing another episode. Following his unexplained exit, Wallen posted a photo of a private plane on his Instagram Story with the caption, “Get me to God’s country.” He seemingly didn’t go to the afterparty.

Morgan Wallen is performing at this year.After serving as “Saturday Night Live’s” musical guest alongside host Mikey Madison on Saturday, the polarizing country star will put on his inaugural, self-curated Sand In My Boots Festival this May and then take off on his summer 2025 ‘I’m The Problem Tour’ with special guests Brooks & Dunn, Thomas Rhett on select dates as well as others.Based on our findings, the 31-year-old doesn’t have any New York or New Jersey dates on his itinerary other than the quick “SNL” gig. As of now, the closest he’ll get to the Tri-state is when he hits Foxborough, MA’s Gillette Stadium on Friday, Aug.

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.

pic.twitter.com/cnladr3HJMSaturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” ripped former New York governor Andrew Cuomo — taking aim at allegations of sexual-harassment against the pol.Update co-anchor Michael Che was ready with a sharp barb for Cuomo, who officially announced his candidacy for mayor earlier Saturday in a lengthy video.“Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo has decided to run for mayor of New York City,” Che said. “Cuomo plans to use his old campaign slogan of ‘honka, honka,’” he added while miming grabbing a woman’s breasts.The joke alludes to the several women who have accused Cuomo of sexual harassment, which resulted in him resigning from his executive position in the New York government in 2021.

The Spectator editor Ben Domenech, Trump was asked if he’s a fan of Gillis — who is hosting “Saturday Night Live” this weekend for the second time after being controversially axed from the show in 2019. “Well, he’s a very good… I mean, on our side, right?” Trump asked Domenech, who responded, “Definitely.”“I like him, and I like everybody that’s on my side.

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.

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.

Ryan Reynolds’ joke about his and Blake Lively’s legal battle with “It Ends With Us” director Justin Baldoni during the “SNL” 50th anniversary special was his idea, says the show’s cue card guy.The “Deadpool & Wolverine” star, 48, surprised viewers when he alluded to the ongoing drama an hour into “SNL 50: The Anniversary Special” on Sunday night in a segment where Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took questions from the star-studded audience in Studio 8H.“Ryan Reynolds, how’s it going?” Poehler, 53, asked.Reynolds retorted: “Why? What have you heard?”On Tuesday, veteran “SNL” cue card guy Wally Feresten, aka “Cue Card Wally,” revealed that the joke was entirely Reynolds’ idea.“He had a different line in rehearsal and he pitched that [line] to replace it,” Feresten said in an interview with Australian breakfast radio show “Fifi, Fev & Nick” when asked whether the quip was an improv on the “Free Guy” star’s part or if it was scripted. “So that was his idea to do it there,” Feresten continued.

“Saturday Night Live” 50th anniversary special that reunited dozens of the show’s current and former stars at Studio 8H on Sunday.Viewers were surprised the 69-year-old comedian missed the event considering he’s made recent appearances on “SNL” to portray Joe Biden. He was a cast member from 1986 to 1993.But the reason for Carvey’s absence was finally revealed on Tuesday.According to Variety, Carvey had a “bad flu” and was too sick to attend the special.The Post has reached out to Carvey’s rep for comment.Carvey returned to the sketch comedy series for the Season 50 premiere in September to deliver an impersonation of Biden, 82.

Shane Gillis to host the show for a second time alongside musical guest Tate McRae on Saturday, March 1.In his February 2024 “SNL” debut, the edgy comic employed slurs toward mentally handicapped people, impersonated Donald Trump and spoke in a Jamaican patois.“This was like them saying ‘sorry,'” Gillis said in an interview with Joe Rogan. “It was an admission of guilt.”While the 37-year-old stand-up claims to have learned from his “offensive, hurtful, and unacceptable” on-air slurs, a 2024 Los Angeles Times article reports that he continues to work cruel stereotypes into his material.Leading up to and after his return to Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Center, Gillis has a handful of stand-up gigs remaining on his tour that began in January.While the “SNL” hosting spot is the only NYC show he has lined up, he does have a pair of upstate performances planned at Albany’s MVP Arena on Friday, May 2 and Buffalo’s KeyBank Center on Saturday, May 3.As of now, tickets are available for all of his upcoming spots.At the time of publication, the lowest price we could find on tickets was $48 before fees on Vivid Seats.Other shows have seats starting anywhere from $50 before fees to $135 including fees.For more information, we have everything you need to know and more about Shane Gillis’ stand-up tour below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and, if it isn’t noted, will include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or

ended at Flushing Meadows Park in his native borough of Queens, Paul Simon is un-retiring from the road at 83.Fresh off of his opening performance of “Homeward Bound” with Sabrina Carpenter at “SNL50: The Anniversary” on Sunday, the music legend announced his “A Quiet Celebration” Tour that will bring an intimate night of music and conversation to theaters this spring and summer.Simon will perform his latest album, “Seven Psalms,” in its entirety, while also doing a selection of his classics — both solo and with Simon & Garfunkel.The tour will also feature Simon’s wife of 33 years, Edie Brickell.While recording 2023’s “Seven Psalms” — with all acoustic instruments primarily played by Simon in a continuous piece of music over seven movements — the two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Famer was suffering from hearing loss in his left ear that made the idea of extended live performances seem impossible.“It was incredibly frustrating. I was very angry at first that this had happened,” Simon told “CBS Mornings.”But after working with the Stanford Initiative to Cure Hearing Loss and his own production team, Simon revamped his entire stage setup to make performing viable again.And the intimate venues will provide a better setting acoustically for Simon’s hearing challenges.“I’m going through my repertoire and reducing a lot of the choices that I make to acoustic versions.

“Hot Mics” podcast on Monday and reacted to Reynolds, 48, making a joke from the audience in Studio 8H about the couple’s legal battle with Baldoni, 48.“I’m unaware of anybody, frankly, whose wife has been sexually harassed and has made jokes about that type of situation,” said Freedman.“I can’t think of anyone who’s done anything like that,” he added. “So it surprised me.”Freedman also called Reynolds’ comedic bit “the latest move” made by the couple in the legal showdown.The Post has reached out to Freedman for comment.Reynolds and Lively, 37, attended “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” on Sunday, which marked their first red carpet appearance since the legal drama with Baldoni began in December.During one segment, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler took questions from the star-studded audience and called on Reynolds, who was sitting next to his wife in the crowd.“Ryan Reynolds, how’s it going?” Poehler, 53, asked the “Deadpool” star, who stood up from his seat and quipped, “Why? What have you heard?”A source told People after the “SNL” special that Lively was “nervous” to go to the event, but she and Reynolds “had a great time” and mingled with other celebs who were there.On Bush’s podcast, Freedman explained that he speaks to Baldoni “often,” and noted that the actor’s current trip to Hawaii with his family is not a “vacation.”“I don’t think anybody who’s been accused of heinous…you know, arguably what are crimes, is on vacation,” said Freedman.

showing up to the “SNL” 50th anniversary special on Sunday amid their ongoing legal fight with Lively’s “It Ends With Us” co-star and director, Justin Baldoni.In the first of two videos posted to her Instagram on Monday, the former “Real Housewives of New York” star, 54, also lauded “SNL” for including the stars in the special, adding that the couple’s decision to poke fun at their battle with Baldoni was “nothing short of genius.”“Absolutely brilliant of ‘SNL’ to invite and include Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively to lean into the humor,” Frankel began. “They are the epicenter of pop culture.

Chloe Fineman revealed that Harry Styles bristled at her impression of him in the lead-up to his “SNL” hosting debut.Speaking with “Chicken Shop Date” comedian Amelia Dimoldenberg on the “SNL” 50th anniversary special red carpet on Sunday, Fineman, 36, said that Styles was “devastated” by how she impersonated him.“My Harry Styles is really bad,” the “SNL” cast member admitted. “I did it and he was at the table and was so devastated by how bad it was.”Fineman then gave a quick sample of her take on the musician.

passed away at 56 on July 26, 2023.But the Irish icon — who was at the center of one of the most controversial moments in “Saturday Night Live” history when she ripped up a photo of Pope John Paul II in 1992 — lived on Sunday night during “SNL 50: The Anniversary Special” when Miley Cyrus channeled her during a performance of O’Connor’s signature song “Nothing Compares 2 U.”Cyrus, 32, belted out her rendition of O’Connor’s chart-topping Prince cover, which she performed with singer-guitarist Brittany Howard — just two days after they also paired up at “SNL: The Homecoming Concert.”It was a surprising but touching tribute to O’Connor — not only because of her shocking protest of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church during her “SNL” performance of Bob Marley’s “War,” but because of the feud she had with Cyrus before her death.Their generation-spanning spat began when Cyrus told Rolling Stone in 2013 that her “Wrecking Ball” video was inspired by O’Connor’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” clip. While Cyrus swings naked on a wrecking ball and licks a sledgehammer in the video, she also sheds a tear a la O’Connor.

People that the actress, 37, was “nervous” about attending the “SNL” 50th anniversary special with husband Ryan Reynolds on Sunday, which marked the couple’s first red carpet appearance since the start of their legal battle with Justin Baldoni.But the insider also said that Lively was still “excited to be out with friends and support ‘Saturday Night Live,'” which she hosted back in 2009.“They had a great time,” the source shared about Lively and Reynolds, 48. “It was nice getting out of the house and being around friends and familiar faces.”“They stayed after the live show wrapped and mingled in the studio and were talking with everyone from Ben Stiller to Paul McCartney,” the insider continued.

“SNL50: The Anniversary Special” opening monologue and noted that over the last 50 years, 894 people have hosted the NBC sketch comedy series.“And it amazes me that only two of them have committed murder,” Mulaney added, which sparked laughter from Martin, 79, and the star-studded audience. Right after the joke, viewers took to social media to speculate which two former “SNL” hosts Mulaney was talking about. Ultimately, four different stars were named in the online chatter: O.J.