Please Stop Asking Maya Rudolph About Her Mother in Interviews

Please Stop Asking Maya Rudolph About Her Mother in Interviews

Maya Rudolph is done rehashing the past. In an interview for her Variety cover story, the six-time Emmy winner and Saturday Night Live all-timer shared that she is no longer interested in discussing the death of her mother, singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton, during interviews: “Why the fuck are we still doing this?” Born in 1972, Rudolph … Read more

Steve Martin won’t be playing Tim Walz on SNL, even with the blessing of the internet

Steve Martin won’t be playing Tim Walz on SNL, even with the blessing of the internet

Steve Martin’s next role will not be the Midwestern politician the internet hoped he’d portray. With Maya Rudolph’s wildly popular impression of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live, fans clamoured to see who the late-night comedy show would pick to play Harris’s new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. With similar hairstyles and … Read more

SNL star Colin Jost roasts politicians, praises journalists at correspondents’ dinner

SNL star Colin Jost roasts politicians, praises journalists at correspondents’ dinner

Saturday Night Live (SNL) star Colin Jost roasted politicians and praised journalists at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner on Saturday night, bringing humor at a time of political tension at home and deadly conflicts overseas.  Jost, 41, kicked off his Saturday night address by throwing slight digs at both President Biden and former … Read more

‘SNL’ Belongs to Adam Driver, Olivia Rodrigo, and—Julia Stiles?!

‘SNL’ Belongs to Adam Driver, Olivia Rodrigo, and—Julia Stiles?!

This holiday season, Saturday Night Live served up a potent reminder: “The only person you need to be is yourself.” So waxed the poster for the 2001 classic Save the Last Dance, in which Julia Stiles finger-pointed her way into Juilliard. During Weekend Update, Chloe Fineman shed her Mrs. Claus jacket and stretched her body … Read more