Saturday, May 16, 2026
Jeffrey Epstein made his “Saturday Night Live” debut during the May 16 cold open. Host Will Ferrell played the monstrous sex offender and Trump pal in a sketch that began with the presid…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:50PM[SHARE]Friday, May 15, 2026
Like any freshman year, one’s first season on “Saturday Night Live” is full of new friends, late nights and nervous poops. At least, that’s according to the five new cast members of …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 9, 2026
Three of President Trump’s most alcohol-inclined confidants walk into a bar… That was the premise behind the cold open of the May 9 episode of “Saturday Night Live,” which found aggr…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:45PM[SHARE]Thursday, April 30, 2026
Adam Scott, who is starring in the upcoming horror film “Hokum” which opens in theaters on Friday, reflected on his time playing Ben Wyatt on the hugely popular NBC sitcom “Parks and R…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:04PM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Has David Zaslav saved Warner Bros., or is he about to bury it? That’s the crux of an angry debate in Hollywood as Paramount Skydance moves closer to acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery, the …
SOURCE: Variety at 10:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 10, 2026
Markian Tarasiuk and Sean Harris Oliver were two Vancouver-based artists who ran neighboring theater companies. But when the pandemic hit in 2020, they came to a bleak realization. "Theater'…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:45PM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 8, 2026
It's early on a warm January morning in Las Vegas, and the entire "Hacks" team " stars, crew, producers " is milling around Kyu, a sushi restaurant at the Fontainebleau. It's going to be a b…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 6, 2026
Melissa Gilbert spoke out for the first time about her Timothy Busfield's recent arrests on charges of child sexual contact. The April 6 "Good Morning America" episode aired Monday morning, …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:03AM[SHARE]Sunday, April 5, 2026
After Charles Barkley spoke about immigrants during a recent segment covering March Madness, this week's "Saturday Night Live" cold open began with him opining on other issues. Barkley, as p…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:09AM[SHARE]Thursday, March 26, 2026
"I grew up in a loving home. My parents have a great relationship. I had safety all around me, and I needed an outlet to explore fear." In conversation with Haley Z. Boston, the creator and …
SOURCE: Variety at 04:52PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 15, 2026
Donald Trump stormed the cold open of "Saturday Night Live" this week as a family attempted to manage rising gas prices on a road trip. The segment in the March 14 episode began with Mikey D…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:03AM[SHARE]Saturday, March 14, 2026
SPOILER ALERT:Â This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of "The Madison" Season 1, now streaming on Paramount+. For a legendary actor like Michelle Pfeiffer, it seems u…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, March 11, 2026
It's Saturday in Nashville, and in the affluent suburb of Green Hills, that means heading to the mall. The neighborhood has turned up to revel in the unseasonable heat, just weeks after an i…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, March 9, 2026
Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher, more commonly known by their sketch-comedy name BriTANicK, may be best friends, but their funniest jokes usually emerge after a long, drawn-out battle. "…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:10PM[SHARE]Sunday, March 1, 2026
In a cut-for-time sketch from the Feb. 28 episode of "Saturday Night Live," a parade of opportunistic cancelled celebrities used last week's incident at the BAFTAs to blame their bad behavio…
SOURCE: Variety at 10:46AM[SHARE]Clearly, the "Saturday Night Live" writing team had a lot of work to do on Saturday, as they opened the show with a sketch about President Trump's early morning attack on Iran. In the Feb. 2…
SOURCE: Variety at 12:04AM[SHARE]Friday, February 27, 2026
Susan Sarandon is speaking out about her current film and television career, saying that after she spoke out and called for a ceasefire in Gaza that she was unable to take on roles in the Un…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:42PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 17, 2026
From his earliest works, control has been a theme in Trent Reznor's music: Who has it, who craves it and how it's being deployed. On the Feb. 14 date of Nine Inch Nails' Peel It Back Tour in…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:15AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 15, 2026
The 41st Independent Spirit Awards are here, and many of the best indie movies and TV shows are set to be celebrated. Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Ego Nwodim is set to host the s…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:59PM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 11, 2026
James Van Der Beek, who grew up onscreen on the teen drama "Dawson's Creek" and grew into an actor who was often in comedies and dramas " and never afraid to poke fun at his celebrity " has …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:11PM[SHARE]Priyanka Chopra Jonas winces " only slightly, but unmistakably " when the word "crossover" enters the conversation. It's a frigid January afternoon in Manhattan, but the Hudson River gusts c…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 6, 2026
From creating one monster to killing another, Christoph Waltz's winter has been a horror show. The 69-year-old Austrian Oscar winner played Henrich Harlander, Victor Frankenstein's wealt…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:51PM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Casting John F. Kennedy Jr. was a nightmare. It was April of last year, and the production of the limited series "Love Story" was three weeks away from starting. Cameras were ready to go up …
SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, February 1, 2026
Although Trevor Noah usually keeps his Grammy hosting duties free of political discussion, he used his enthusiastic opening monologue to poke fun at Nicki Minaj's recent turn to fawning over…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:19PM[SHARE]Saturday, January 31, 2026
Pete Davidson returned to "Saturday Night Live" for the cold open of the Jan. 31 episode, portraying border czar Tom Homan as he's training some woefully underprepared ICE agents. Davidson o…
SOURCE: Variety at 11:55PM[SHARE]Friday, January 30, 2026
Catherine O'Hara had a storied comedic career in films and television, from her start in the iconic sketch comedy series "Second City Television" to recent hits such as "The Studio" and "Bee…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:45PM[SHARE]Sunday, January 25, 2026
In Vera Miao's debut feature "Rock Springs," there is a wonderfully creepy doll. It's a nod to classic horror movies that she loves, but in her film, even recognizable elements take on a muc…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:07PM[SHARE]"What does it mean to be a storyteller in 2026?" That was the big question posed at Sundance's Variety & Audible Cocktails & Conversations panel. Brent Lang, Variety's Executive Edit…
SOURCE: Variety at 01:54PM[SHARE]Friday, January 23, 2026
Casper Kelly says his love of analyzing and dissecting pop culture started when he was very young. "Back in the day, they had Mad Magazine, which had movie parodies and would deconstruct the…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:52PM[SHARE]Thursday, January 22, 2026
Natalie Erika James' new film "Saccharine" opens with a shot of a jelly donut getting devoured, and then the footage is spun in reverse, with the bloody-looking goo getting sucked back into …
SOURCE: Variety at 08:05PM[SHARE]The 98th Academy Awards nominations are here, and with it the wild twists and turns that even the boldest awards experts can't see coming. See some of the morning's biggest snubs and surpris…
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