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Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Embarrass Herself on SNL

Mar 4, 2012 8:09 AM CST

Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Embarrass Herself on SNL

Pokes fun at herself on 'Saturday Night Live'

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan showed up, apparently sober, and actually got some laughs last night on Saturday Night Live, poking fun at herself during the monologue and a "Scared Straight" skit. "Lindsay Lohan appeared healthy, upbeat, and pulled together (if somewhat surgically adjusted) and—putting to rest speculation that she...

Jeremy Lin
Mops Up
Floor With
Mavericks

Feb 20, 2012 1:00 AM CST

Jeremy Lin Mops Up Floor With Mavericks

104-97 win takes out last year's champs

(Newser) - Linsanity just got a little crazier. Super star Jeremy Lin helped the Knicks bounce last year's NBA champs in a 104-97 face-off yesterday, ending the Dallas Mavericks' six-game winning streak. The point guard only made 28 points and a career-high 14 assists, notes AP . "This is helpful to...

SNL Lambastes 'Linsanity'

Feb 19, 2012 9:15 AM CST

SNL Lambastes 'Linsanity'

Maya Rudolph guest hosts; celebrity cameos abound

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live pulled out all the stops—and all the bad sports cliches/Asian puns—in mocking the "Linsanity" that's swept New York over Taiwanese-American Knicks sensation Jeremy Lin. "Commentators—two black and two white—use Asian stereotypes when discussing Lin, each more offensive than the last,...

SNL Spoofs
Eastwood,
'Halftime
in America'

Feb 12, 2012 11:42 AM CST

SNL Spoofs Eastwood, 'Halftime in America'

Zooey Deschanel hosts 'Saturday Night Live'

(Newser) - Zooey Deschanel hosted Saturday Night Live last night, but the show was really more memorable for a couple of cameos, reports the Hollywood Reporter . The Artist star Jean Dujardin stopped by to give a leg up to a French dance number featuring Deschanel, and Nicolas Cage dropped in on Weekend ...

SNL Sends Newt to the Moon

Feb 5, 2012 10:11 AM CST

SNL Sends Newt to the Moon

Kristen Wiig hams it up as Callista, Lana Del Rey; Bon Iver turns in solid showing

(Newser) - Newt Gingrich got his hat handed to him in Nevada last night, and Saturday Night Live heaped insult on injury. The show ribbed Gingrich's "moon shot" with a sketch envisioning him as "moon president" in the not-so-distant time of 2014, notes Mediaite . Highlights include a student-janitor telling...

Lana Del Rey:
Sorry, Haters,
I Sang Fine
on SNL

Jan 31, 2012 2:00 PM CST

Lana Del Rey: Sorry, Haters, I Sang Fine on SNL

Her fans get it, even if critics don't, she says

(Newser) - Lana Del Rey is back in the news with the release of her debut LP, Born to Die, and the singer tells Rolling Stone she's not a bit bothered by all the negative press she got for her recent Saturday Night Live appearance. (A video clip from the show...

SNL Comes Up
Lame This Primary

OPINION

Jan 17, 2012 1:58 PM CST

SNL Comes Up Lame This Primary

This field should be a gift from the comedy gods: Kera Bolonik

(Newser) - There was a time when Saturday Night Live could have had great fun with Mitt Romney's proclamation that he "liked to fire people." Instead we got this week's bland cold open (see video) in which Romney tried to (ha ha) fire his breakfast. "It's...

Daniel Radcliffe
Magic in SNL Debut

Jan 15, 2012 10:40 AM CST

Daniel Radcliffe Magic in SNL Debut

But actor can't dodge Harry Potter entirely

(Newser) - Daniel Radcliffe made his Saturday Night Live debut last night, bringing "an impressive American accent" and a "strong presence," reports the Hollywood Reporter. The host zinged Casey Anthony, appearing as her new dog in an interview with Seth Meyers, and ripped his shirt off as a lovesick...

Stalled Career, Ageism Drove Ex-SNL Writer to Suicide

Dec 28, 2011 4:00 AM CST

Stalled Career, Ageism Drove Ex-SNL Writer to Suicide

Wayne's World writer Joe Bodolai found dead in Hollywood hotel room

(Newser) - Joe Bodolai's long career in show business came to a sad end in a Hollywood hotel room. The 63-year-old comedy writer and TV producer was found dead the day after Christmas, having apparently committed suicide by drinking a mixture of antifreeze and Gatorade. Bodolai, who wrote for Saturday Night ...

Pat Robertson
Calls SNL's
Tebow Skit
'Bigotry'

Dec 20, 2011 6:03 PM CST

Pat Robertson Calls SNL's Tebow Skit 'Bigotry'

Televangelist says 'anti-Christian' bias is rampant

(Newser) - One person most definitely not amused by last weekend's Tim Tebow skit on Saturday Night Live was Pat Robertson, reports the LA Times . The sketch, in which Jesus visits Tebow in the locker room and tells him he's overdoing the religious stuff, is evidence of the "anti-Christian...

Jesus Has
Tough Words
for Tebow on SNL

Dec 18, 2011 10:13 AM CST

Jesus Has Tough Words for Tebow on SNL

Host Jimmy Fallon joined by a bunch of alums

(Newser) - If you missed Saturday Night Live last night, you actually missed something. The holiday show featured plenty of blasts from the past—specifically, Rachel Dratch, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Horatio Sanz, Chris Kattan, and Tracy Morgan, not to mention host Jimmy Fallon—and it was a classic. Among the highlights:...

Alec Baldwin Says
'Sorry' ... to Alec Baldwin

'snl' appearance

Dec 11, 2011 2:45 PM CST

Alec Baldwin Says 'Sorry' ... to Alec Baldwin

Actor apologizes to himself as airline pilot

(Newser) - Hot off his ugly incident on an American Airlines flight this week, Alec Baldwin appeared on Saturday Night Live and apologized to ... himself, the New York Daily News reports. The funnyman donned a pilot's uniform and was introduced as Captain Steve Rogers: "It was awful Seth," he...

SNL's Devil
Horrified By
Penn State

PLUS, EMMA STONE

Nov 13, 2011 8:40 AM CST

SNL's Devil Horrified By Penn State

'I'm not a monster,' says Prince of Darkness

(Newser) - Turns out the Penn State sex abuse scandal isn't just shocking people across America—the Devil himself is pretty horrified by this one, notes Mediaite . Lucifer took time out of his busy schedule to appear on Saturday Night Live last night to comment on the scandal. And once he...

SNL Star Darrell Hammond:
I Did Crack, Cut Myself

Oct 24, 2011 10:59 AM CDT

SNL Star Darrell Hammond: I Did Crack, Cut Myself

Comic recounts his struggles in new book

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live star Darrell Hammond, perhaps best known for his dead-on Bill Clinton impression, confesses in a new book that he once had to be taken from work “in a straitjacket” after an alcohol binge in 1998. “I kept a pint of Remy in my desk at...

Melissa McCarthy
Scores on SNL

BEST SCENES

Oct 2, 2011 11:57 AM CDT

Melissa McCarthy Scores on SNL

Actress goes from naughty to raunchy

(Newser) - Bridesmaids star Melissa McCarthy hammed it up last night on Saturday Night Live, admonishing her two young children to "go to bed now 'cause Momma is about to get pretty inappropriate." The actress' "sketch comedy roots were on display as she threw herself into every scene,...

Herman Cain
Might Actually
Deliver

Dana Milbank

Sep 28, 2011 10:22 AM CDT

Herman Cain Might Actually Deliver

Are straw polls that different from primaries?

(Newser) - It’s getting tough to “separate fact from farce” in the GOP presidential debate, writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post . Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain, for instance, recently said he might actually use the goofy “I will deliver” motto SNL made up for him. So...

Coming Soon:
Schweddy Balls
Ice Cream?

Jun 16, 2011 1:11 PM CDT

Coming Soon: Schweddy Balls Ice Cream?

Ben & Jerry's won't confirm or deny hilarious rumor

(Newser) - Ben & Jerry’s is known for its unconventional ice cream flavors , but would they really go this far? Ana Gasteyer started a rumor when she recently told NY1 , “Ben and Jerry's is coming out with a Schweddy Balls ice cream for Christmas this year,” referring to...

JT, Gaga Close SNL Season

May 22, 2011 8:45 AM CDT

JT, Gaga Close SNL Season

Timberlake, Samberg return with 'Motherlover' characters

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live closed out its season last night with some heavyweight help from Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga, playing host and musical guest respectively. The highlight, notes Gawker, was a "soon-to-be infamous" Digital Short starring Timberlake, Gaga, and Andy Samberg. JT and Samberg reprise their "Dick in...

Hamm, Fallon
Become SNL's
'Ambiguously
Gay Duo'

May 15, 2011 8:15 AM CDT

Hamm, Fallon Become SNL's 'Ambiguously Gay Duo'

Animated sketch takes live-action turn.

(Newser) - After a long hiatus, Saturday Night Live's "Ambiguously Gay Duo" is back, and the first three minutes of the animated sketch feature plenty of the kinds of lines you'd expect (sample: "Commissioner, we make a great team: You finger the perps, and we give them our...

Tina Fey
Tweaks
Sarah Palin
Again

May 8, 2011 10:05 AM CDT

Tina Fey Tweaks Sarah Palin Again

She hosts Saturday Night Live, returns to form

(Newser) - Tina Fey returned to both Saturday Night Live and a familiar character last night. Her Sarah Palin persona made another appearance during a debate skit with other GOP candidates, including The Donald, notes Entertainment Weekly . “It’s just so great to be back on Fox News, a network that...