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SNL Bids Tearful Adieu to Kristen Wiig

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 20 May 2012 09:25:41 CDT

Longtime Saturday Night Live heavy hitter Kristen Wiig last night added another role to her seemingly limitless repertoire: That of SNL alum. The seven-year veteran bid farewell in a not-so-successful attempt at concealing tears as guest host Mick Jagger brought her up in the show's final sketch, a commencement, in...

Ferrell's Dubya Returns to SNL

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 13 May 2012 09:28:22 CDT

Will Ferrell returned to his old stomping grounds on Saturday Night Live last night, reports the Hollywood Reporter, in a retro-laden performance that made it seem like he was never gone. Ferrell trotted out his George W Bush to commiserate with Jason Sudeikis' Joe Biden, dejected after having been upstaged...

SNL Scrapped Skit Mocking Obama

Matt Cantor — Mon, 07 May 2012 12:10:42 CDT

Saturday Night Live opened this weekend with a sketch parodying Fox News (catch highlights here) —but the show had planned a spoof of President Obama, the Daily Caller reports. The ditched sketch featured regular Obama impersonator Fred Armisen taking a lot of credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden....

Eli Manning Tweaks Peyton on SNL

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:10:28 CDT

Eli Manning made a surprisingly watchable appearance as guest host on Saturday Night Live last night, tweaking big brother Peyton Manning in a PSA-style sketch touting his work with Little Brothers—the younger Manning teaches little boys how to wreak revenge on their attention-hogging older brothers, mostly by torturing them....

GOP Drowns Woes on SNL

Polly Davis Doig — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:24:07 CDT

Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum got a little crazy (with a napkin and chocolate milk, natch) last night on Saturday Night Live, as the GOP field gathered in a bar to run through the primary season that was in a Cold Open that was actually funny. "Good writing, solid impressions,...

Has Hollywood Punished Rachel Dratch for Her Looks?

Matt Cantor — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:58:36 CDT

In her new book, Girl Walks Into a Bar , Rachel Dratch says her looks have cursed her career. "By Hollywood standards, I’m a troll, ogre, woodland creature, or manly lesbian," she writes, and that's prevented her from getting the roles she wants—NBC replaced her as a 30 Rock lead,...

Paula Deen: Bourdain Remarks 'Very, Very Cruel'

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:47:35 CDT

Paula Deen sat down with Prevention for her first major interview since announcing her diabetes diagnosis, and says that Anthony Bourdain's comments about her have been "very, very cruel." She was particularly distressed by Bourdain comparing her situation—hawking fried, buttery food and then shilling for a diabetes drug—to...

SNL Has Limbaugh's New Sponsors

Mark Russell — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:57:39 CDT

Rush Limbaugh may be bleeding sponsors —one count now has the number fleeing his show up to 98 —because of his "slut" comment, but Saturday Night Live had some suggestions last night about who might fill the advertising void. A few of the highlights, as per Mediaite : Misaki Dolphin Poppers:...

Lindsay Lohan Doesn't Embarrass Herself on SNL

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:09:18 CST

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 might crash...