Minutes after the NFC divisional matchup between the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles concluded, Saturday Night Live kicked off with a Fox postgame show with appearances by sideline reporter “George Santos” and Kitara Ravache, the freshman congressman’s alleged drag alter ego. “George Santos here reportinglive from the Super Bowl,” …
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Arcade Fire returned to Saturday Night Live for their fifth stint as musical guests where they performed two tracks from their sixth studio albumWe. The Canadian indie rockers delivered an equally heartfelt and anxiety-inducing performance of the lead single, “The Lightning I, II“ At the end of the set, bandleader …
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It was expected that Saturday Night Live would tackle the Oscars slap between Will Smith and Chris Rock, and they did — but from an audience’s point of view. In the sketch, a seat-filler (Jerrod Carmichael) positioned near Smith (Chris Redd) tells the actor how big of a fan he …
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Zoë Kravitz got a Catwoman-themed surprise during herSNL hosting debut this week: more Catwomen. After Kravitz joked about how she “watched the movie musical Cats every day for a year” to prepare for her role as Catwoman in The Batman, Kate McKinnon appeared in a leather dominatrix suit asking, “Somebody …
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For their second appearance as musical guests on Saturday Night Live, LCD Soundsystem decided to perform two deep cuts from their discography. The Brooklyn indie outfit spearheaded by James Murphy kicked off their set with the industrial-tinged “Thrills” before returning to the stage for a funky synth performance of their …
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In a 4-minute musical sketch, Pete Davidson put a twist on Marc Cohn‘s 1991 hit “Walking in Memphis” with an homage to Staten Island. With “Walking in Staten,” Davidson paid tribute to the bagel joints and pizza places in his native borough while sporting an “I Love Staten Island” shirt. …
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Playing a bachelorette named Rachel, Kim Kardashian faced an all-star lineup of suitors in anSNL parody of the famed dating show, giving each guy a token that signified he’d survived another week in the competition. The first suitor to receive the prized token was Chace Crawford, a star of the …
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