Christmas just got a lot less festive for Fox News Channel, Newsmax and Rudy Giuliani because of a threatened big bucks defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems.
06.12.2020 - 08:19 / deadline.com
When President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani appeared with his star witness at a Michigan State Senate voter fraud hearing this week, the woman, Melissa Carone, appeared to many as an outrageous character out of Saturday Night Live.
Not to miss an opportunity, the show’s cold open was a spoof the the wild hearing, with Cecily Strong playing Carone, whose belligerent antics went viral. (The Washington Post even compared her to SNL characters played by Strong).
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Christmas just got a lot less festive for Fox News Channel, Newsmax and Rudy Giuliani because of a threatened big bucks defamation lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems.
John Mulaney, a former writer for "Saturday Night Live," has reportedly checked into rehab. The 38-year-old comedian recently suffered a relapse for alcohol and cocaine addiction, Page Six first reported Monday, citing sources.
The Christmas-themed Dec. 19 telecast of NBC’s Saturday Night Live, hosted by Kristen Wiig with musical guest Dua Lipa, drew a 1.3 Live+ Same Day rating in adults 18-49 and 6.3 million viewers overall.
The writers and actors at Saturday Night Live did it up in their final show before the Christmas holiday on Saturday night!
Having already delighted fans with her Studio 2054 virtual tour, Dua Lipa took to the stage as Saturday Night Live's musical guest this weekend.The superstar wore two show-stopping outfits during the show, one of which included an impressively oversized, feathery, white hat. To perform her hit single "Levitating," Lipa wore a flowing white dress, which took over much of the stage, and was accessorized with the aforementioned headpiece.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn what is hopefully a trend for the coming months, Dua Lipa finally got to perform the songs from her multiple-Grammy-nominated album “Future Nostalgia” on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend — some eight months after her originally scheduled appearance on the show was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
"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.
Kristen Wiig brought the laughs to Saturday Night Live!
Dua Lipa totally slayed the stage at Saturday Night Live!
's «Weekend Update» know, hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che have an annual joke swap tradition that always gets them in hot water. This year, however, Che took it to a new level with a surprising twist that led to Jost poking fun at his own wife, Scarlett Johansson.The way it works is each of the hosts writes a joke for the other to read, which they do without getting a chance to read them first.
Dua Lipa is getting ready to take the stage at Saturday Night Live!
The opener of Saturday Night Live spoofed the televised moment when Vice President Mike Pence (Beck Bennett) received a Covid-19 vaccine.
SNL President...comedy’s highest call of duty," the comedian wrote on Twitter on December 19, the morning of the sketch comedy show's episode. "I would love to go forward knowing that Biden was the victor because I nailed that shit.
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.
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.
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.
Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor “Saturday Night Live” player Chloe Fineman spent most of the pandemic in Los Angeles, but returned to New York City when NBC late-night sketch show came back on air in October.In addition to getting rave reviews and crazy social media love for her impressions of Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore and Nicole Kidman (did you see her as Kidman in ‘The Undoing’ in the cold open this past Saturday?!), she has teamed up with the Prisoner Wine