Snap Judgment: VH1's 'Scott Baio is 45...and Single'

Translation: This isnt a guilty pleasure; its just a pleasure. Because he was on TV, it was easy for him to get women. Is there anyone whodoesntlove Henry Winkler? She freaked out and broke up with him. I think Baio was giving his 14-year-old self too much credit. (More on them later.) She said Scotts problem is that hes always looking for the next best thing. If I met me back then, Id kick the s out of me, he said....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 210 words · Pamela Jensen

Snappy Judgments: 2009 Emmy Nominations!

Im Super-Ecstatic About: Best drama nod forBig Love. How I Met Your Motherfinally breaks into the best comedy category. Jeremy Piven gets snubbed for best supporting actor, clearing the way for Neil Patrick Harris long overdue win. Fox up for guest actor forRescue Me. Emmy voters make Howie Mandel pay for ruining last years Emmys by snubbing him for best reality host. Even better: They gave the slot toAmazing Raceemcee Phil Keoghan....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 224 words · Gabriela Meyers

SNL's Julia Sweeney on revisiting controversial Pat character: Art is 'the best way to work through stuff'

The former Saturday Night Live star plays as a fictionalized version of herself in Showtime’s Work in Progress. “It’s the best way to work through stuff,” she added. “You know when you meet people and you just love them immediately? Julia Sweeney as Pat on ‘Workin in Progress’.SHOWTIME That’s how I felt about Abby,” Sweeney said. “It was like, ‘Oh yeah… you’re going to be in my life forever. And I want you to be....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 176 words · Sarah Perry

SNL's Kenan Thompson says working with Chris Farley was 'one of the greatest days I've ever seen'

But even amidst a successful career, Thompson still remembers his influences such as the lateSNLlegendChris Farley. “I learned literally a wealth of career knowledge in three hours, just watching a pro take direction. But also, do what he wanted. Chris Farley and Kenan Thompson on ‘All That.'.All That/ YouTube It was amazing.” Thompson said he learned lessons from watching Farley that he still uses onSNLto this day. “When you walk through those doors and are around those people, you’re on....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 132 words · Leslie Nelson

SNL's Molly Shannon on how childhood tragedy inspired her Mary Katherine Gallagher character

Her father, who had driven under the influence, survived but was horribly injured. She would reprise the character numerous times during her tenure on the show, from 1995 to 2001. “I just exaggerated everything I felt as a little girl and turned it into a character.” The character, an energetic, socially inept Catholic schoolgirl, allowed Shannon to feel free. “Isn’t thatweird?” Shannon, 56, said. “I didn’t care if I cut myself or I made myself bleed....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Brett Smith

SNLalum Jay Pharoah shares video of LAPD officer kneeling on his neck

The actor and comedian also posted an apparent surveillance video showing the full incident. I look to my left, I see him coming with guns blazing. I see him say, ‘Get on the ground. Credit: Nicholas Hunt/FilmMagic Put your hands up like you’re an airplane.’ As he’s looking at me, I’m thinking he’s making a mistake… They tell me to get on the ground, spread my arms out, put me in cuffs....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 271 words · Kristina Stout

SNLdirector Oz Rodriguez reveals the sketch that almost went wrong and more behind-the-scenes secrets

The short-form series isnominatedfor its third Emmy in Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series this year. They have the best of the best in every spot. So I just wanted to show everyone who the amazing people I get to work with are. Credit: Samantha Lichtenstein/NBC; Will Heath/NBC If you see someone in the shot, its someones friend, the casts friend, usually. But Rodriguez says there was one host throughout his tenure that unexpectedly blew him away....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 201 words · Taylor Marshall

SNLoriginal cast member Laraine Newman tried to sneak a dirty word into Californians sketch

The original Not Ready for Prime Time Player details how she chickened out of a naughty idea. Then came a naughty plan to have a go at sneak the C-word onto the show. “Next thing I knew,Fred Armisencontacted me to write a Californians sketch.” ‘Saturday Night Live’ season 2 host Shelley Duvall, cast member Gilda Radner, creator Lorne Michaels, cast member Laraine Newman, and cast member Jane Curtin (bottom) in 1977....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 231 words · Edward Gardner

SNLparodies Will Smith's Oscars slap from perspective of starstruck seat filler

Theinfamous Oscars slaphas received the inevitableSaturday Night Livetreatment. He asks Redd’s Smith for a selfie as Rock makes hisG.I. Janejoke aboutJada Pinkett Smithoff screen, prompting Redd to laugh and quickly excuse himself. He adds after the scream, “I love the Oscars, man.” “I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their opportunity to celebrate and be celebrated for their extraordinary work.” “On Monday, it was exciting....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 134 words · Natalie Villegas

SNLstar Chris Redd says jokes about Kanye West-Pete Davidson drama may 'start flying soon'

“Look, I was raised joking. That’s kind of how we come up. We’re from the same place. Chris Redd as Kanye West on ‘Saturday Night Live’.Rosalind O’Connor/NBC Like, I’m not making fun of his mental health.” Redd cited his own mental health issues, adding, “I’m very aware of those things. And I never come from that place of making fun of that specifically. That said, Redd is still a comedian, and “really tired of sitting on these jokes....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 133 words · Taylor Clark

SNLstar Julia Sweeney still feels terrible about breaking character in iconic Chris Farley sketch

The only difference is she was on live TV next to him at the time. And she’s still kicking herself for it 27 years later. “I’m not laughing at me. Norman Ng for Edie Baskin/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images “When Chris Farley did the ‘down by the river’ Matt Foley, I was in that. They had to cut around me because I was laughing. “Spade was laughing too,” Oteri reminded Sweeney during the panel....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Eric Brown

SNLstar Michael Che faces backlash after posting Simone Biles jokes

Im going to the cellar tonight to say them into a microphone. As the dorky kids say I’m choosing violence." News and gossip site BallerAlertcaptured screenshots of Che including select responses to his story and posted them to Twitter. Michael Che and Simone Biles.FilmMagic; Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images “Larry Nassar understands Simone Biles better than anyone. “Can’t believe they got me. Yall know i only do jokes about whites and cops....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 185 words · Jamie Bell

SNLto re-air episode hosted by Betty White in wake of legendary actress's death

Saturday Night Livewill join the countless admirerspaying tributetoBetty Whiteafterthe legendary actress’s deathFriday. ET time slot Saturday. “After three rejections, I stopped asking,“Michaels told EW at the time. Betty White hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’.Dana Edelson/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images “But it seemed amusing to me as the Facebook thing started.” Still, the actress was reluctant to take the gig. “People have had such an overdose of me they don’t need me anymore!...

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Jeremy Lopez