Tag: WEEKEND UPDATE

‘SNL’ Weekend Update Got In On The Katie Britt SOTU Rebuttal Dragging: ‘Some Of The Worst Acting I’ve Ever Seen’

On Thursday Joe Biden delivered a fiery State of the Union address that should all but end accusations that he’s a sleepy grandpa too creaky for another term. But he was almost upstaged by the ridiculous Republican rebuttal that aired afterwards. It was delivered from Katie Britt, a semi-obscure senator from Alabama, who became an […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Kicked Mitch McConnell On The Way Out After He Announced He’s Stepping Down

Last week Mitch McConnell, the longest serving party leader in the Senate’s history, announced he was stepping down. The move wasn’t unexpected. His party has been moving ever Trump-ward, and those two sure do not get along. (Not that McConnell won’t still support him, not even after he made racist jokes about his wife.) What’s […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Compared Vengeance-Seeking Trump To One Of Batman’s Most Formidable Foes

With every primary win — and every legal loss — Donald Trump gets closer and closer to having to show what it’s like when someone runs for president from jail. On Saturday the serially indicted candidate nabbed yet another state: South Carolina. Has that humbled him? Pshaw. It’s only made him angrier. At this weekend’s […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Dragged The MAGA Crowd For Being Inexplicably Mad At Taylor Swift (And Everybody And Everything)

Last week the conspiracy theory-loving wackos in MAGA hatched some next level nonsense: Taylor Swift is conspiring with the “deep state” to rig the Super Bowl and then somehow get Joe Biden re-elected. Makes sense, right? Or does it? MAGA’s latest doozy earned them a whole new level of mockery (while all but ensuring the […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Dragged Trump For His $83.3 Million Lawsuit And His Latest Brain Fart: Coining The Term ‘De-Bank’

Donald Trump had a rough one last week. He handily won the New Hampshire primary, but somehow that only made him angrier. There was that second defamation trial involving writer E. Jean Carroll, which ended with him ordered to pay her $83.3 million. If that weren’t bad enough, his mind continued to melt. The former […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Isn’t So Into A Repeat Of 2020, Calling A ‘Biden Vs. Trump’ Repeat ‘Elder Abuse’

As Special Agent Dale Cooper said in the bone-chilling conclusion of Twin Peaks: The Return: What year is this? That’s what Colin Jost wants to know. On SNL‘s first Weekend Update of the new year, the co-anchor opened by pointing out that it’s 2020 all over again, and in the worst possible way. “Well, guys, […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update’s Colin Jost Said It’s ‘Hilarious’ How Much Rudy Giuliani Owes In His Court Settlement

Last week was not a great one for Rudy Giuliani. Most weeks over the last three years have not been great for the very former “America’s Mayor,” but usually they’re simply humiliating. This one was gutting. First it was revealed he’s basically broke. Then a judge ordered him to pay a staggering amount to the […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update’s Annual ‘Joke Swap’ Included Colin Jost Forced To Take A Brutal Swipe At His Wife’s Movies

Every year, for the year’s final SNL, Weekend Update hosts Michael Che and Colin Jost have a fun little tradition. It’s called “Joke Swap,” and it’s just that: Che forces Jost to read jokes he wrote for him, and vice versa. Che’s jokes for Jost, though, are a little special: They usually involve forcing him […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Took On Hunter Biden’s Spending Habits And RFK Jr. Flying With Jeffrey Epstein

Last week was not a great one for Hunter Biden. The president’s son was hit with a new indictment, which revealed that he spent millions on “drugs, escorts and girlfriends, luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars, clothing, and other items of a personal nature.” The revelation has provided comics plenty of fodder, including on […]

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Julia Stiles Showed Us She Can Still Nail Her ‘Save The Last Dance’ Choreography In A Surprise ‘SNL’ Appearance

It’s the season of giving, and tonight’s Weekend Update portion on Saturday Night Live was a special gift for millennials. During part of the weekly segment, SNL cast member Chloe Fineman offered some gift ideas “for that special someone.” To the surprise of Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che, Fineman took to the […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Kicked Expelled George Santos On His Way Out And Dragged Elon Musk And Melania Trump

Last week ended with a bang: George Santos, one of the more creatively truth-averse members of Congress, lost his job. The New York representative managed to spend nearly a year in office, despite reporters uncovering one creative fib after another. Santos scored the Cold Open, but he’s so infamous that he also nabbed the first […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Let Bowen Yang’s George Santos Try To Spin His OnlyFans And Botox Spending

Last week was not a great one for George Santos. The creatively dishonest GOP representative received a damning report from the House Ethics Committee, which revealed that he spent campaign money on important things, such as Botox and OnlyFans subscriptions. After the report went public, he declared that he would not seek re-election. Is this […]

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Remember Lizards On ‘SNL’ Nailed The Frustratingly Ambiguous Vibe Of A Band We All Know

We’re certainly glad Canadian pop star Tate McRae made it to her musical guest slot on Saturday Night Live tonight. Otherwise, we would’ve had to sit through the back-up musical guest. In this week’s “Weekend Update” portion of SNL, a duo called Remember Lizards was revealed to be this week’s back up musical guest. Played […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update’s Colin Jost Seems Pretty Sure New GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson Is AI: ‘No Way’ He’s A ‘Real Person’

It took three weeks of pure, weird chaos, but House Republicans finally found a replacement for ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy. His name is Mike Johnson. Who on earth is Mike Johnson? Nobody seems to know, but despite his generic name and bland mien, he has some pretty out-there views. On the latest SNL, Weekend Update […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Sent Up Jada Pinkett Smith ‘Publicly Cucking’ Her ‘Millionaire Husband’

Jada Pinkett Smith sure has been busy lately. She’s been everywhere, promoting her new memoir Worthy, and dropping one shocking revelation after another. Among the most jaw-dropping was that she and her husband, Will Smith, have been technically separated for years — though it appears him slapping Chris Rock on live television may have at […]

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Colin Jost Dragged Trump For Bafflingly Comparing Himself To Jesus (Again) On ‘SNL’ Weekend Update

Donald Trump didn’t have as epically bad week as Jim Jordan, the man he endorsed for Speaker of the House. But he’s not doing great either. He has multiple criminal cases on his docket, and his antics surrounding those inevitably caught the attention of the newly returned SNL. During Weekend Update, co-host Colin Jost began […]

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‘SNL’ Weekend Update Dragged Trump For Praising Hezbollah, George Santos, And The Will-Jada Pinkett Smith Separation

SNL made a belated return on Saturday — the late night show’s first weekend since the WGA strike began in early May. Pete Davidson, who left the show in 2022, was back. So was Weekend Update. The mid-show segment missed a ton of news over the last many months, but luckily/unluckily there’s always fodder. Co-host […]

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Whoops! Michael Che And Colin Jost Had To Reschedule A Radio City Music Hall Show Because It Coincided With The New ‘SNL’ Premiere

On Wednesday SNL fulfilled a promise it made last week: The showrunners announced their first episode since the WGA strike ended. The Season 49 premiere isn’t far off either, landing on October 14. That’s less than a week-and-a-half as of this writing, which is not a ton of time to get things back in action. […]

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