‘Saturday Night Live’ Opens Show With Powerful Tribute To Ukraine

Pete Davidson, is «starting to talk again» amid the drama brought on by Kanye «Ye» West after the comedian started dating the rapper's ex, Kim Kardashian.Prior to his Instagram account being suspended, West, who refers to Davidson as «Skete,» had put up numerous posts slamming his ex's new boyfriend, and even appeared to bury alive a Davidson-like character in his recent «Easy» music video.«I think Pete's handling it well,» said Redd during an interview on SiriusXM’s . As for how, or if, plans on addressing the ongoing drama with West, the 36-year-old comedian, who impersonates the rapper on the show, noted, «Well, when it comes to Ye, I'm always, like, of the mind that I'll make fun. Look, I was raised joking. You clown.

Seth Meyers has come a long way since his days. In an interview with ET's Kevin Frazier, the 48-year-old host, who is busy promoting his new children's book,, weighs in on the possibility of returning to as a guest host.Meyers worked on the NBC show from 2001 to 2014, and during that time was a cast member, head writer and host of «Weekend Update.»«I’m too old. I feel like when I went back there to host [in 2018], I felt like an athlete who lost like 10 miles off his fastball,» Meyers quips. «It’s so hard. I’m so impressed with everybody who’s still doing it.

Seth Meyers' days at are long behind him. The 48-year-old host, who is busy promoting his new children's book,, tells ET's Kevin Frazier that he has no plans to return to as a guest host.Meyers worked on the NBC show from 2001 to 2014, and during that time was a cast member, head writer and host of «Weekend Update.»«I’m too old. I feel like when I went back there to host [in 2018], I felt like an athlete who lost like 10 miles off his fastball,» Meyers quips.

Saturday Night Live killed it this week!

Saturday Night Live is poking fun at one of President Joe Biden‘s recent strategies.

Charli D’Amelio and a 55-year-old man who had a toilet plunger stuck to his nipple.The sketch was barely far-fetched; White House officials briefed 30 viral acts on the app about the war on Thursday over Zoom on Thursday.“People are saying this is the first war fought on TikTok,” the president told the social stars. “This is tough for me because I’m the landline of presidents, that’s why I need you.

Rosalía stepped out onto the Studio 8H stage for her musical guest debut over the weekend, and delivered a confident pair of performances.The 28-year-old Spanish songstress kicked things off with a performance of «Chicken Teriyaki» that saw her rocking a red dress, black boots and a black motorcycle jacket (on one arm), standing on a stripped-down white platform.Backed by two dancers, the number showed her stage presence and flair as she delivered a strong opening set that impressed a lot of the singer's fans.Later in the episode, Rosalía swapped color schemes and appeared on a bright crimson platform stage decked out in a very puffy, voluminous white dress that many fans compared to a cozy comforter.The singer belted out «La Fama,» her song with The Weeknd, and the number won over many viewers who weren't familiar with her when she came out on stage the first time.Rosalia on Saturday Night Live!

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor“Saturday Night Live” once again zeroed in on the war in Ukraine in its cold open with a sketch that featured President Joe Biden and White House press secretary Jen Psaki consulting with TikTok stars on how to respond to the growing threat from Russia.James Austin Johnson was back in an Oval Office setting as Biden while Kate McKinnon limned Psaki. A clutch of six representative TikTok personalities were seated on the two divans in the familiar setting for presidential meetings.“I suggested it as a joke and then it actually happened,” McKinnon as Psaki quipped, looking around the room.Johnson’s Biden joked about his lack of familiarity with the cutting-edge of social media.

Zoë Kravitz and Rosalía are ready to take on ! In a new promo for this week's show, the host and musical guest have a hilariously awkward moment with stars Mikey Day and Chris Redd.«I guess this is the first time we've all been together since our double date,» Kravitz says, earning quite the reaction from Redd.«Oh, you mean the double date where you guys bounced in the first 10 minutes?» he questions.This week's host, though, had a good reason for prematurely exiting the supposed date early. «Just thought it was a red flag when Mikey screamed at the waiter for not letting him order off the kids' menu.»«I like mac and cheese!» Day defends.

Clayton Davis The Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon was a happy occasion full of hugs between stars, but also a sense of trepidation as the first Academy luncheon since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March 2020. With a live, in-person event held at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, with remarks from Oscars producer Will Packer and Academy president David Rubin, over 200 guests gathered to celebrate the achievements of this year’s nominees for the 94th Oscars, set to take place on March 27.Rubin’s opening remarks acknowledged the war in Ukraine and the Academy’s global support for a peaceful resolution.Some key takeaways from the event1. The Academy wants the show to be fun.Packer emceed the top of the event, praising the year’s crop of nominees.

Dua Lipa has offered her verdict on Oscar Isaac reading fan fiction about her on Saturday Night Live. While hosting Saturday’s episode (5 March), Dune star Isaac appeared in a sketch set in a fiction writing workshop. Isaac played a janitor named Michael who seemingly reluctantly joins the class, only to launch into a lengthy romantic story about him and Lipa.

Dua Lipa has responded to an Oscar Isaac fan-fiction story about her being read out on Saturday Night Live last weekend (March 5).On the latest episode of the long-running American sketch show, actor Oscar Isaac could be seen reading out a fan-fiction story about the pop star during a skit on the show.After hearing the story read, Dua Lipa responded on Instagram.“Adds to list of things I never thought would happen in my life”, she wrote, followed by several laughing emojis.A post shared by DUA LIPA (@dualipa)In the sketch, one of the characters Isaac’s played was Michael – a school janitor with an unexpected hobby of writing stories.Michael interrupts a writing class and starts to share a story he’s been writing on, called ‘The Apogee Of Midnight.’The story is about a janitor who is alone a school at midnight before he’s interrupted by a woman who is looking for him.“My name is Dua Lipa,” the woman in the story says. “I’m a big pop star, and I’m looking for a janitor here named Mike.”You can see a video of the sketch here:Last week (March 6), it was revealed that Megan Thee Stallion has teamed up with Dua Lipa on a new single.Posting on Twitter, the rapper shared an image that featured photos of her and the singer on the icing of four cakes.

Another week, another great episode of Saturday Night Live!

SoHo grifter — whose elaborate cons were recently dramatized in Netflix’s “Inventing Anna” series.In a new episode of “Inventing Chloe,” Fineman put on Anna Sorokin’s trademark Céline eyeglasses and designer outfits, and became emboldened to boss around and disparage her co-workers.“This food, is like basic, you know? Chips, are like broke ass. We need something more exclusive, like Nobu.

Saturday Night Live is taking on Inventing Anna!

Saturday Night Live” cold open, they celebrated Russia’s Ukrainian invasion with an “all-star” Fox News special.On the “Fox News Ukrainian Invasion Celebration Spectacular,” from Mar-a-Lago, Ingraham (Kate McKinnon) and Carlson (Alex Moffat) welcomed Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) — who sang “My Funny Valentine” in tribute to his pal, authoritarian Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Also appearing were Steven Segal (Bowen Yang), and Donald Trump Jr.

One week after paying tribute to Ukraine in its cold open, Saturday Night Live this week went for laughs by skewering Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham for taking pro-Vladimir Putin stances as Russia threatened its neighbor.

Oscar Isaac is heading to for the first time, and he's bringing some of his famous character work and accents to the table.In promos released by NBC on Thursday, Isaac was joined by musical guest Charli XCX and castmember Aidy Bryant on the Studio 8H stage, and the actors were enchanted by the singer's English accent.«Yeah, I might try talkin' like you this week,» Bryant said, putting on an over-the-top, cartoonish cockney accent.«Oi, yeah! That'd be a crackin' good time, yeah!» Isaac added, affect an equally unrealistic caricature.«Guys, that's really not how I sound,» the singer shot back, trying to get them to just knock it off to no avail as the pair just switched to even more outlandish attempts at an impression.«Yeah, that's spot on. Well done,» and annoyed Charli said, giving up on trying to correct them as Isaac and Bryant high-fived excitedly.ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with Isaac on the red carpet at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild last Sunday and he opened up about making his hosting debut.«It's very nerve wracking, but I'm very excited about it though,» Isaac shared enthusiastically.