‘S.N.L.’ Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Prime-Time Special
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‘S.N.L.’ Celebrates 50 Years With Star-Studded Prime-Time Special

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After a half-century of comedy and music (and what at times felt like an equal amount of buildup and hype), how do you at last kick off a prime-time 50th anniversary special for “Saturday Night Live”? Calmly and serenely, it turns out. The…

Opinion | ‘S.N.L.’ Is for Me and All the Other Outsiders
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Opinion | ‘S.N.L.’ Is for Me and All the Other Outsiders

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines My parents had friends and attended and threw parties, but even so, there was something about adulthood that struck me as serious when I was a kid — adults spent their days getting their oil changed, filling out paperwork, going to funerals —…

Lorne Michaels Reflects on His ‘S.N.L.’ Legacy Ahead of the 50th Anniversary
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Lorne Michaels Reflects on His ‘S.N.L.’ Legacy Ahead of the 50th Anniversary

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I happened to be there that night, when then-candidate Trump got the most laughs in one sketch by gamely dancing to Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” a precursor to his “Y.M.C.A.” rally dance. The mood at that after-party was very strange. Some in the cast…

Timothée Chalamet Is Himself and Bob Dylan on ‘S.N.L.’
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Timothée Chalamet Is Himself and Bob Dylan on ‘S.N.L.’

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines If you’re “Saturday Night Live” and you need someone to play Alexander Hamilton in an opening sketch about the Founding Fathers, there’s only one person you can turn to: Lin-Manuel Miranda. And then you make him stand there in silence for most of…