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Updated with the latest: Saturday Night Live has announced its first five hosts and the musical guest for the opening episode. Saturday Night Live will celebrate 50 years of airtime with its upcoming season, which will surely make way for high-profile guest stars, retrospectives on skits and…

Did you know that Saturday Night Live was turning 50? Well, it is and Jean Smart is kicking off the celebrations as host of the long-running NBC show's opener. Smart, fresh from her Emmy win over the weekend, will host the show on September 28 with another Emmy attendee, musician Jelly Roll, who sang…

Can Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ever be stopped at the Emmys? It seems not. The HBO talk show once again triumphed over Saturday Night Live, continuing its streak at the Emmys to nine straight wins in a major category. John Oliver thanked HBO "for not canceling us over the last decade"…

Will Ferrell is reflecting on his Saturday Night Live impersonations and has some regrets. The Anchorman star famously impersonated Janet Reno on SNL, dressing up as her for some laughs. “That’s something I wouldn’t choose to do now,” Ferrell said during an interview with The New York Times…

TIFF isn’t a festival known for its standing ovations, but it’s arguable that tonight’s Canadian premiere of Sony’s behind-the-scenes SNL movie Saturday Night came close with arguably the most rapturous response here at the 49th edition, which included the audience clapping rhythmically through the…

EXCLUSIVE: This is quite the break for up-and-coming comedy performers Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline who will get to join NBC’s venerable late-night sketch program Saturday Night Live for its milestone 50th season that will be marked by celebrations, reunions and high profile…

Shōgun continued its historic gold rush on night 2 of the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, with multiple wins for Guest Actor, Costumes, Makeup, Hairstyling, Stunts, Production Design, Visual Effects and more.  The FX series won a total of 14 Emmys during the two-day Creative Arts portion of the Emmy Aw…

UPDATE: Following the critical acclaim for Jason Reitman’s SNL origins pic, Saturday Night, coming out of its Telluride release, Sony is changing up the release pattern of the ensemble pic to a platform roll-out. The movie will go exclusive on Sept 27 in LA, NYC and Toronto, then limited on Oct. 4 before…

A top director once told me 90% of the success of his movies is casting. If you get that right, you are on your way. If that is the case then Saturday Night director and co-writer Jason Reitman nailed it — and then some. With a killer ensemble of more…

Telluride has launched some terrific movies this weekend — Edward Berger's Conclave, Michael Gracey's Better Man, Pablo Larrain's Maria and Tim Fehlbaum's September 5 among them — but it would be hard to find more palpable energy evident in a movie theater than that generated by Saturday Night…

Maya Rudolph is returning to Saturday Night Live next season to play Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris, something she said "feels so much bigger than me". Speaking on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Rudolph was asked by guest host RuPaul Charles whether she would be back next season. "Interesting…

Saturday Night Live alumna and breast cancer survivor Victoria Jackson revealed in a candid social media post that she has an inoperable tumor in her windpipe. "They cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe, and eventually would suffocate me to death," Jackson…