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Dave Chappelle returns to the Saturday Night Live stage on a much happier note. The standup comedian is hosting the series’ first post-Election Day episode of 2020, just as he did back in 2016 after Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. At that time, Chappelle opened the show with a politically charged monologue in which he addressed everything from […]
John Mulaney is no stranger to the Saturday Night Live stage. In 2008, the 38-year-old comedian landed a highly coveted writing gig on SNL, and would eventually produce 22 episodes and appear as a number of characters. This week, Mulaney returned to Studio 8H on Halloween as SNL guest host for the fourth time in four seasons. His opening monologue touched […]
Adele returned to the Saturday Night Live stage for the third time in her career. But this time, she showed off her comedy chops. Rather than serve as this week’s musical guest, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter opted to take on the hosting role instead. Adele reflected on landing the gig in a lengthy Instagram post last week, when she admitted she was “absolutely terrified.” […]
The breadth of Drake’s fame knows few bounds. He’s one of the best-selling solo musicians in pop music history. His records have gone multi-platinum on multiple occasions and he has sold nearly 200 million albums worldwide. He’s the founder of a wildly successful record label, an accompanying clothing line, and his own brand of top-shelf […]
Kanye West‘s friction with Saturday Night Live is extensively documented, and the tension apparently still hasn’t let up. On Sunday, West took to Twitter where he criticized SNL for using host, Issa Rae, and cast members, Kenan Thompson and Ego Nwodim, to try to “hold other black people back.” “Ive always said SNL uses black people […]
Justin Bieber didn’t disappoint. The Grammy-winning singer returned to Studio 8H this week to serve as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. The episode marked Bieber’s fourth appearance on the sketch comedy show, and his second of 2020. He last took the SNL stage back in early February, when he performed “Yummy” and “Intentions.” Shortly before […]
In her opening monologue for Saturday Night Live, Issa Rae explained how her hit show Insecure premiered in 2016 and how it was like high school. She didn’t exactly know how she would fit in Hollywood during her first year of filming the HBO show. But now, hosting SNL is her prom, she said. “Hosting SNL is […]
In an era where trends come and go, JaQuel Knight has managed to stay relevant and in tune with the culture. Most notably, we’ve witnessed the creative director choreograph at least four major projects with Megan Thee Stallion, in the last three months—Cardi B’s “WAP” music video, a moving Tidal performance, a new Alice in Wonderland-inspired […]
Bill Burr is no stranger to challenging woke culture and the accepted way of thinking. Yet, when he brought this unorthodox way of critiquing society to the bright lights of Saturday Night Live, some viewers were outraged by his comments. Burr’s opening monologue had no shortage of jokes geared towards hot button issues. He attacked […]
Morgan Wallen will no longer serve as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this week after a video of him partying in a confined space, in close proximity of others and without a face covering surfaced on TikTok. Wallen addressed SNL‘s decision to pull him from Saturday’s show “because of COVID protocols” in a video on Instagram. […]
