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Dan Aykroyd, was 66.Peter's death was announced during 's most recent episode, which was hosted by Simu Liu, when a title card appeared onscreen that read, «Peter Aykroyd 1955-2021.»The sketch series also paid tribute to the late comedian by sharing , a short film that he starred in, on Twitter.No further details about his death have been revealed.Peter Aykroyd 1955-2021 SNL '79-'80 «The Java Junkie» pic.twitter.com/5IJWJTezgzLike his brother, Peter began his career in the Second City comedy

Saweetie made her SNL debut last night (November 20) – watch her perform new single ‘Icy Chain’ and a medley of ‘Tap In’ and ‘Best Friend’ below.The rapper released her new track ‘Icy Chain’ on Friday (November 19) ahead of her first performance on the legendary late-night show.During the Simu Liu-hosted episode, Saweetie first played a medley of her Doja Cat collaboration ‘Best Friend’ and 2020 single ‘Tap In’.

Billie Eilish will be pulling double duty, making her debut as a host and her second appearance as a musical guest on Dec. 11, performing tracks off her new album, .On Dec.

Taylor Swift's emotional performance of the 10-minute version of her song, «All Too Well,» wasn't the only way the 31-year-old singer contributed to this weekend's . Swift also made a memorable cameo during a hilarious musical sketch with Pete Davidson, in which the 27-year-old comedian rapped about three of the newer writers on the show — Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy — to an original song titled «Three Sad Virgins.»The sketch started off with Davidson asking the three writers

Taylor Swift had her good friends by her side on her big night! Ahead of serving as the musical guest on , the 31-year-old singer posted a TikTok video with Selena Gomez.In the funny clip, Swift, wearing her signature -era lipstick, mouths the words, «Oh no, my bestie is a bad b**ch,» before turning the camera to Gomez, sporting a white turtleneck, who smiles and laughs with glee.«OH NO @selenagomez,» Swift captioned the video, which came after the release of Red (Taylor's Version) on Friday.OH

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have been parodied in a sketch on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, where they open up a pet store called Dog Bones-N-Melodies.

took comedic aim at Ted Cruz's recent anti- rant in this week's cold open.Aidy Bryant reprised her celebrated impression on the Republican senator for special conservative reboot of called .The far-right take on the children's education series served as an impression showcase, with cast members playing bizarre versions of beloved characters as well as outspoken GOP members.Between Cecily Strong's Marjorie Taylor Greene brandishing an assault rifle around kids to Kyle Mooney playing a molting Big

Taylor Swift stole the spotlight.

Jonathan Majors and Taylor Swift are amped for their upcoming episode of In a promo released on Thursday, the star and the songstress were joined by castmembers Aidy Bryant and Bowen Yang on the iconic Studio 8H stage.To gear up for the big show, the quartet seemed to be doing improve-style exercises by delivering Majors' line by having each person say one word of it at a time.In a flawless display of timing, Majors, Swift, Yang and Bryant declared, «Hi, I'm Jonathan Majors and I'm hostingthis

Saturday Night Live has revived its Donald Trump impression, with newcomer James Austin Johnson taking over the role from Alec Baldwin.The latter spoke a year ago of being “overjoyed” at the possibility of losing the role after Trump lost the 2020 US presidential election to Joe Biden, having played the role since the 2016 election.However, the weekend’s episode (November 6) saw Johnson take over the mantle of playing the former US president during the show’s cold open, having also impersonated

a “pretty gnarly” bout of COVID-19, Ed Sheeran appeared on this week’s Saturday Night Live to perform two songs from his latest album, ‘=’.For a short period of time, it was unclear if Sheeran would actually make it to the SNL stage – his latest appearance on the series was announced on October 24, but it was only a few hours later that he confirmed he’d tested positive for COVID-19.

Dionne Warwick, meet Dionne Warwick.The legendary singer (and epic tweeter) made a surprise appearance on  during the late night show's «The Dionne Warwick Show,» which saw cast member Ego Nwodim playing Warwick as she interviewed famous guests like «Miley Cyrus,» «Jason Mraz» (aka guest host Kieran Culkin) and Ed Sheeran (yes, the real Ed Sheeran). After Nwodim's Warwick put Cyrus, Mraz, Sheeran and Post Malone in their place, the real Warwick showed up to inject some sweetness to the sketch.

Taylor Swift and Saweetie have been announced as musical guests for Saturday Night Live this month.Ed Sheeran‘s performance this week (November 6) – which was made uncertain after the singer tested positive for COVID-19 – has also been confirmed.

Taylor Swift is heading back to ! NBC announced on Tuesday that it'll return this week with three consecutive shows that'll air live, coast-to-coast.The run kicks off Nov. 6 with first-time host Kieran Culkin, and third-time musical guest Ed Sheeran.

SNL head writer Colin Jost has been hosting Weekend Update alongside Michael Che for some time now. He started writing for Saturday Night Live back in Season 31, but didn’t appear on Weekend Update until 2014.

Saturday Night Live over the weekend helped to give the comedy show a ratings bump.The Ted Lasso star returned to the show on October 23 alongside musical guest Brandi Carlile, having appeared as a cast member between 2003 and 2015.Sudeikis’s turn as host saw the show increase its ratings from last weekend, which was hosted by Rami Malek, as it drew in a 3.7 household live + same-day rating in 41 metered local markets, as well as 1.6 in the 18-49 demographic in 22 markets with local people