Twitter has confirmed that President-Elect Joe Biden will not inherit the millions of followers Donald Trump’s administration has amassed on official White House accounts.
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Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAlthough the swearing-in of President-elect Joe Biden is just about six weeks away, President Donald Trump has still been dominating the news, most recently with a hearing regarding allegations of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Naturally, for “Saturday Night Live’s” first show back after a few week hiatus, the late-night sketch comedy series led with a satirization of that televised event, featuring Kate McKinnon as Trump’s lawyer Rudy
.Twitter has confirmed that President-Elect Joe Biden will not inherit the millions of followers Donald Trump’s administration has amassed on official White House accounts.
Newsmax on Monday followed Fox News in running an extensive fact check of claims of election rigging against President Donald Trump, after one of the targets of the conspiracy theories, election tech company Smartmatic, threatened legal action.
"Saturday Night Live" closed out its last "Weekend Update" segment under a Donald Trump administration with a final round of jabs at the president as well as some self-deprecating humor about its hosts. At the top of the popular current events segment, host Colin Jost noted that the Dec. 19 show, "barring a reverse Christmas miracle" would be the last before the sketch show goes on a break until the New Year, returning after president-elect Joe Biden is sworn in on Jan.
Saturday Night Live has a new Joe Biden.
On Saturday Night Live’s last show for 2020, cast member Alex Moffat made his debut as President Elect Joe Biden.
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe final episode of “Saturday Night Live” for the tumultuous year that was 2020 started with both the hot topic of the day and the hot topic of the month: who would take over the role of President-Elect Joe Biden on the late-night sketch comedy series and the COVID-19 vaccine, respectively.The episode aired just hours after Jim Carrey shared news that his stint as Biden was only set to be six weeks and therefore he would not be continuing through
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — “John Mulaney” Episode 1790 — Pictured: Jim Carrey as Joe Biden during the “Biden Halloween” Cold Open on Saturday, October 31, 2020 — (Photo by: Kyle Dubiel/NBC)
Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live has come to an end.The comedian announced his departure in a tweet posted today (December 19) ahead of the show’s Christmas episode.“Though my term was only meant to be 6 weeks, I was thrilled to be elected as your SNL President…comedy’s highest call of duty,” Carrey wrote.“I would love to go forward knowing that Biden was the victor because I nailed that shit.
Jim Carrey's time as President-elect Joe Biden has come to an end. The comedian announced on Twitter that he would no longer portray the former vice president on.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe nation has a president-elect. But who will play him on “Saturday Night Live” as he prepares to be sworn into office?The question is open anew after actor Jim Carrey took to Twitter Saturday to tell fans he was leaving behind the impression of Joe Biden he has offered over the course of the first six episodes of the show’s 46th season.
President-elect Joe Biden will reportedly receive the Coronavirus vaccine as soon as next week.
Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush, D-Mo., is calling on President-Elect Biden to grant clemency to the remaining prisoners on death row, describing execution as "murder in the name of justice." "Joe Biden cannot leave the lives of those on death row in the hands of future presidents," wrote Bush, who is considered a new member of the progressive "Squad." Her comments came on Monday in a Time Magazine op-ed amid an uproar over the Trump administration's decision to resume federal executions.
Kate McKinnon can truly pull off any impression. After previously playing Rudy Giuliani and Jeff Sessions, the comedy icon portrayed yet another older white man over the weekend, playing Dr. Anthony Fauci in this week’s “Saturday Night Live” Cold Open sketch.
“Saturday Night Live” sounded off on the Supreme Court’s decision to decline to hear a Texas case seeking to overturn the election results that was backed by Donald Trump. During the highly popular sketch show’s “Weekend Update” segment, hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che mocked the president’s ongoing efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. “Guys, I gotta be honest, I’m beginning to think Donald Trump didn’t win this election,” Jost joked during the segment before
This week, conservative news channel Newsmax hit a ratings milestone by beating Fox News for the first time in the adults 25-54 demographic. It was part of a meteoric rise for the fledgeling network after the November election as it has been able to attract conservative viewers disappointed by the outcome of the election and by Fox News’ decision to declare Joe Biden the winner.
Kate McKinnon can truly pull off any impression. After previously playing Rudy Giuliani and Jeff Sessions, the comedy icon portrayed yet another older white man over the weekend, playing Dr.
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVEleven months into the COVID-19 pandemic and the FDA approved the emergency use of a vaccine from Pfizer. Just a day later, NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” offered its commentary on the situation, using its Dec.
Has Donald Trump blown it? Major actors have always coveted playing the role of an empathetic U.S. president, but after Trump’s four years will anyone want that gig?
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorYouTube is finally cracking down on videos with misinformation about the U.S. presidential election, more than a month after Joe Biden was declared the winner.Starting Wednesday, YouTube said, it will begin removing content promoting conspiracy theories that Donald Trump won the election because of fraud or “due to widespread software glitches or counting errors.”The internet-video giant said is was taking the action now because Tuesday (Dec.