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While TikTok has long been a conduit for comedy, its live platform is getting set to debut its first fully produced sketch comedy series, the Sam Grey-backed Stapleview.

Global’s “Saturday Night Live” got a big dose of Al Roker.

Kate McKinnon’s long run on Saturday Night Live is starting to close in on some records.

Bob Odenkirk recalls how, many nights, he would watch his comedian pal Chris Farley “stumble off into the night after killing it onstage and my mind would write ‘Taken from us too soon!’ and all that.”It’s just part of the heartbreaking picture of the late “Saturday Night Live” star that Odenkirk paints in his new memoir “Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama” (Random House).The two met in the late 1980s while performing at the famed Second City Chicago comedy club. Odenkirk sadly admits that it was clear Farley would die young — and that there was an “inevitability” about watching his friend’s career soar and knowing that it would ultimately crash and burn.

Janey Godley has been praised by fans after sharing a hilarious voiceover sketch as someone rips the 'party planner' out of Boris Johnson's hand.

“Saturday Night Live” opened the Jan. 22 show by poking fun at tennis star Novak Djokovic, whose refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccination led him to be deported from Australia ahead of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

MacGruber is back!

Every year the same question is asked about the Best Animated Feature category: can anyone beat Disney? Walt Disney Studios, along with subsidiary Pixar, has won 14 Oscars in the Best Animated Feature category since the category began two decades ago, followed in a distant second by DreamWorks Animation’s two wins. 26 animated features are eligible to be nominated this year, and with only five slots, who will make the final cut?

It’s Pim’s whole new world, and we’re just livin’ in it!

Charli XCX appeared as a singing parrot on the latest episode of Saturday Night Live last night (December 19).The singer was scheduled to be the musical guest on the episode and was going to perform with Caroline Polachek and Christine And The Queens. However, the performance was cancelled as the show moved to a limited cast format due to rising cases of COVID-19.XCX did still appear in a pre-taped sketch alongside host Paul Rudd and some of SNL’s regular cast members.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAshley Nicole Black, the Emmy-winning writer, actor and producer who has worked on multiple talk and sketch series, has sealed an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group, the studio announced on Tuesday.

Billie Eilish and Kate McKinnon brought a whole lotta’ laughs to “Saturday Night Live” on Dec. 11.

Miley Cyrus made a surprise cameo appearance on the Dec. 11 edition of “Saturday Night Live, featured in a sketch about Christmas cards.

Billie Eilish, 19, proved she can do it all, as she pulled double duty on Saturday Night Live! As both the musical guest and host for the December 11 episode, the “Happier Than Ever” hitmaker gave her fans a real treat in front of the live 30 Rockefeller audience. With a slew of Grammys already under her belt, the real surprise from Billie came from the effortless scene-stealing she did in the sketches, none more so than a hilarious twerking nurse on TikTok.

Miley Cyrus made a surprise appearance on this week’s Billie Eilish hosted episode of Saturday Night Live, appearing as a living Christmas card.The sketch, which sees family Christmas cards come to life and tell the audience what’s really happening behind the scenes of the festive shoots, sees Cyrus star alongside Punkie Johnson.“What better way to remind you that I met a celebrity at a restaurant 11 months ago than with my Christmas card?” said Johnson.“This woman came up to my table and said,

Billie Eilish was the host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live this week, and her duties included directing a “hip-hop nativity” – watch the video below:In the sketch, Eilish was joined by Heidi Gardner as they tried to update the story of the birth of Jesus by teaching a group of actors to twerk, strut and pole dance. The closing scene says that Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is set to direct the full-length film version.

We’ve all received a cheesy photo Christmas card or two (or a few)! SNL couldn’t help but poke fun at them, and the sketch included a cameo from the one-and-only Miley Cyrus! The 28-year-old posed with a fan for the card, which her friends appeared excited about. “Is that your friend Ruth with Miley Cyrus?” the receiver asked, before the camera zoomed in on the Hannah Montana alum and “Ruth.”

Manori Ravindran International Editor“Live from London…It’s Saturday Night”?NBC’s iconic late-night sketch show could be hitting British shores in the future. Variety has confirmed that a U.K.

The Beatles: Get Back in a new sketch on The Late Late Show.The actor and comedian released a short clip in which he plays a character called Gary Thump, joining The Beatles for their recording session as they try and write ‘Let It Be’.Corden shared the clip on social media, writing, “Apparently The Beatles: Get Back doc left out a key figure,” referring to his character.Watch the video here:Apparently The Beatles: Get Back doc left out a key figure.

Ridley Scott’s “House of Gucci,” starring Adam Driver and Lady Gaga, may have made a sizable splash at the box office this weekend ($21.8 million for the five-day weekend). Still, not everyone loves its gaudy campiness.

Fashion designer Tom Ford is branching from fashion design to film criticism — or at least that’s the case for a special new movie set within his milieu of fashion, the Ridley Scott-directed “House of Gucci”.

Still Game legend Greg Hemphill will unveil his new sketch show during BBC Scotland's festive schedule.

for some time).“SNL” executive producer Lorne Michaels famously loathes his actors breaking character, but one imagines he can’t hold it against those involved in Dog Head Man.

these cops before throwing to a photo from the Jan. 6 insurrection at the capital.The final person to come on the show was Liz Cheney, played by Cecily Strong, who stated, “I’m a congresswoman from Wyoming, I’m endorsed by the NRA and I have an 80% rating from the American Conservative Union,” before adding she’s the daughter of Dick Cheney.

A new image of the serial killer Bible John shows him for the first time with crooked teeth.

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.

Cameo time! The “Please Don’t Destroy” creators returned to the Saturday Night Live stage for a musical team-up with Pete Davidson and Taylor Swift.

“Saturday Night Live” took comedic aim at Ted Cruz’s recent anti-“Sesame Street” rant in this week’s cold open.

Taylor Swift made a special guest appearance during a sketch about ‘three sad virgins’ on Saturday Night Live last night (November 13).The singer was the musical guest on the latest edition of the show, and performed her new 10-minute version of ‘All Too Well’ from the new re-recorded version of her 2012 album ‘Red’.Alongside SNL cast member Pete Davidson, Swift roasted the Please Don’t Destroy comedy trio of John Higgins, Ben Marshall and Martin Herlihy with parody song ‘Three Sad Virgins’.Half

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

The viral "Let’s Go Brandon" trend has become big enough to be parodied on "Saturday Night Live."  On Sunday, the NBC show shared a sketch to its YouTube channel that was cut from the Nov.

Tonight’s episode of Saturday Night Live saw longtime cast member Tracy Morgan return in a brief cameo.

Tonight, Kieran Culkin made his first appearance as host of SNL, reflecting up top on his experience portraying Roman Roy on HBO’s hit series, Succession, over the last few years.

Stephen Colbert knows Hollywood talent agents are always looking for the next big thing.

Colin Mochrie has taken a VHS tape to his enemy’s dome.

Outlander star Sam Heughan jokingly went in the huff and asked to be left alone ahead of a sketch for Comedy Central.