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Megan Thee Stallion Aces SNL Double Duty as Host and Music Guest
Earlier this week, Megan Thee Stallion teased a “Hot Girl SNL” was coming as she geared up to play both host and musical guest for Saturday Night Live. The rapper delivered on that promise last night with a 90-minute performance that showed she can command a stage as much for her comedic side as her music. Megan Thee Stallion began her duties with the host monologue, in which she tried out a British accent (in a bid to get cast on Bridgerton) and talked about the demands of earning her college degree in health administration from Texas Southern University last year while continuing her rap career. The rapper joked one of her new nicknames is now “Megan the Bitch That Needs Some Sleep,” and promoted her mental health resource website badbitcheshavebaddaystoo.com (yes, it’s real). Other skit...
Megan Thee Stallion’s LA Home Burglarized As She Prepares to Host on SNL
Megan Thee Stallion is in New York City this week preparing to host and perform on Saturday Night Live, and while she was away, her Los Angeles home was broken into by burglars who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of belongings. As TMZ reports, two men — shown wearing hoodies and gloves in surveillance footage — stole an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 in jewelry, cash and electronics from Thee Stallion’s home. Police have not yet made any arrests. Megan addressed the burglary on Twitter October 14th. “Material things can be replaced but I’m glad everyone is safe,” she said, before adding, “Hotties I’m really sorry but after SNL I really gotta take a break I’m so tired, physically and emotionally.” Advertisement Related Video It’s understandable that Megan would need a...
Megan Thee Stallion Gives Us A Taste of Her Comedic Skills In New ‘SNL’ Promo
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty While the girls (Nicki Minaj and Latto) are throwing shots at each other on Twitter, Megan Thee Stallion is prepping to show off her comedic chops and hit a twerk or two on SNL. Ahead of her hosting debut and performance on SNL, a funny promo featuring Megan Thee Stallion and SNL alum Heidi Gardner arrived on Thursday, Oct. 13. In the clip, the Houston rapper reacts to Gardner revealing that show will be awesome, but it hasn’t been written yet. “Wait… the show ain’t written yet?” The “Her” rapper asks Gardner with the comic, adding, “nope.” “But it’s already Thursday,” Thee Stallion points out, asking, “we got people working on that, right?” and Garnder confirms, “nope.” In another take, Gardner adds Thee to her name, which leads to Megan hila...
Rob Schneider Says Bill Murray “Hated” Chris Farley and Adam Sandler
Bill Murray doesn’t exactly have a great reputation right now, and to add to the fire, Rob Schneider has shared his own experience with the rather difficult comedian. Appearing on SiriusXM’s Jim Norton & Sam Roberts, the Saturday Night Live alum recalled that Murray — himself a former Not Ready for Prime Time Player — really didn’t jibe with Schneider or castmates like Chris Farley and Adam Sandler. Initially discussing a project he declined to name, Schneider described a filmmaker warning the crew that “‘Bill Murray is gonna come, he’s gonna change the… dialogue. He’s gonna change things, and it’s gonna be great, but you don’t know who you’re gonna get. Which Bill Murray you’re gonna get. The nice Bill Murray? Or you’re gonna get the tough Bill Murray?’” “He’s super nic...
‘SNL’ Cold Open Takes Aim at Kanye West, Herschel Walker & the ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Movie: Watch
Saturday Night Live didn’t waste any time before touching on some of the week’s biggest news — Kanye “Ye” West, Herschel Walker and The Super Mario Bros. movie. The cold open featured a game show called So You Think You Won’t Snap, where host Bowen Yang recited news individually to four SNL castmembers to see how long it would take them to “snap” from the news. Heidi Gardner went first, snapping after watching a clip of President Joe Biden talking about his mental acuity. Up next was Chloe Fineman, who was prompted with questions about Walker, referencing the announcement that he supports a total abortion ban. Shortly after, a woman came forward, saying Walker urged her to have two abortions. “Well, I bet that will come back and bite him in the butt,” Fineman told Yang, to which he replied...
Willow Smashes Guitar Through TV Set, Electrifies With ‘Curious/Furious’ & ‘Ur a Stranger’ on ‘SNL’: Watch
Willow gave a smashing performance — literally — during her musical guest appearance on Saturday Night Live. The 21-year-old artist visited Studio 8H on Oct. 8 to deliver a pair of electrifying performances from her new album, <CopingMechanism>. For her first song, Willow unleashed her inner rock star with “Curious/Furious,” closing out the track by showing off her impressive guitar shredding skills. Later, she returned to perform the hard-hitting “Ur a Stranger,” belting out the lyrics before smashing her axe into a television set. “it’s called historybeingmade.com,” Willow captioned a photo on Instagram of herself giving the middle finger alongside her leather-clad band on what appears to be the set of SNL. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and ne...
Brendan Gleeson Reveals His Skater Alter Ego in ‘Saturday Night Live’ Promo
Irish actor Brandon Gleeson announced his upcoming takeover of Saturday Night Live this weekend in a hilarious promo video posted on Wednesday (Oct. 5) In the clip, Gleeson confesses the real him is in fact, not a thespian, but something a bit more edgy. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Most people know me as an actor,” said Gleeson. “But the real me is a skater.” The Banshees of Inisherin actor followed the proclamation up with a demonstration of his skills. The promo video goes on to show Gleeson carelessly riding around the SNL set on a skateboard while landing kickflips and toppling over a staff member’s cue cards. It was a display worthy of Thrasher Magazine, or it would be if Gleeson didn’t trash the skate magazine soon after. “Th...
Kendrick Lamar Hits The ‘SNL’ Stage For Show’s Season 48 Premiere
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty Saturday Night Live (SNL) is back for its 48th season and featured in the classic sketch comedy show’s season premiere is none other than Hip Hop phenomenon Kendrick Lamar. Earlier this year, K-Dot gifted the world with his fifth studio album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. It had been five years since he literally gave a “Damn.” (See what I did there?) And with half a decade passing since his last solo project, the anticipation was thick in the air. Related Stories Anyway, on Saturday, the “Money Trees” rapper hit the “SNL” stage to perform “Rich Spirit” and “N95” from the new album, and then later, he performed “Father Time” with Sampha. [embedded content] [embedded content] Of course, as Hip Hop N More noted, this was not Kendrick’s...
SNL Kicks Off a New Era with Season 48 Premiere: Review
Saturday Night Live opened its 48th season with its biggest cast changes in decades. With eight cast members departing at various stages of their SNL tenure, and a ninth missing in action but supposedly returning later (Cecily Strong is doing a play in Los Angeles, and—unlike past temporary absences—wasn’t shown in the opening credits), the show is close to peak overhaul level (11 cast members left between seasons 20 and 21). Thee changeover was notable enough to warrant a cold-open sketch all about it, with Peyton Manning (host Miles Teller) and his brother Eli (Andrew Dismukes) offering live commentary on the season’s supposed kickoff: a self-consciously hacky sketch about Donald Trump (James Justin Johnson) and, well, whatever zany characters the writers decide to throw at him in an att...
Kendrick Lamar Kicks Off SNL Season 48 in Style with Three-Song Performance: Watch
Kendrick Lamar took a break from “The Big Steppers Tour” to help kick off the 48th season of Saturday Night Live. In support of his latest album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, the Compton rapper made his third visit to Studio 8H. He performed “Rich Spirit,” “N95”, and “Father Time” with Sampha. Watch the replay below. “The Big Steppers Tour” resumes later this week in Europe. Check out the tour’s itinerary and on-sale ticket links below. Kendrick came through with the energy on the season premiere of SaturdayNightLive. What was up with earrings? He pulled the look off though. #SNLPremiere #snl #kendricklamar pic.twitter.com/7r9XEOKEfJ Advertisement Related Video — GoreJust Goth (@gorejustgoth) October 2, 2022 KENDRICK LAMAR x SAMPHA – FATHER TIMEpic.twitter.com/EF9NgWYMUc — Hiiipo...
Kendrick Lamar Doesn’t Want to Hear About Bowen Yang’s Summer in ‘SNL’ Premiere Promos
Saturday Night Live is kicking off its 48th season this weekend (Oct. 1), with Top Gun star Miles Teller making his hosting debut and Kendrick Lamar taking the stage as the musical guest. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Ahead of the premiere, both Teller and Lamar appeared in a series of playful promotional clips for the episode, in which the duo are standing alongside SNL favorite, Bowen Yang. Among discussions of odometers and Gilmore Girls gossip, the “Humble” rapper stayed pretty quiet. However, when the conversation came up about how everyone spent their summers, Yang went on a lengthy tangent about “making too many plans” and conversations about therapy and astrology. At that point, Lamar had enough, and followed Teller in walking...
Here’s the Host & Musical Guest for Every ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season Premiere
When host Miles Teller and musical guest Kendrick Lamar take the stage at Studio 8H in New York for Saturday Night Live’s Season 48 opener on Saturday, Oct. 1, they’ll join a long and star-studded lineage. We took a look back to see who was booked as host and musical guest on the first episodes of every previous season of the show. These are considered plum bookings: Viewers often make an extra effort to check out the first episode of a season. As a result, producers go all out to open the season with a strong episode. For SNL, that means booking a hot host and musical guest. Legendary comedian George Carlin was host of the first episode on Oct. 11, 1975. There were two musical guests that night, Billy Preston and Janis Ian, both of whom had had big recent hits on the Billboard Hot 100. St...
