The first episode of “Saturday Night Live" since the election of Donald Trump struck a somber tone at the beginning.

This year’s National Book Awards 75th anniversary ceremony won’t only be a celebration of literature.

Kate McKinnon came up with the idea for “The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science,” about 10 years ago but didn’t begin writing in earnest until she left “Saturday Night Live” in May 2022.

Kate McKinnon, Malcolm Gladwell and Eva Mendes will be among the featured speakers this fall at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan, a leading venue for arts events.

The Kansas City Chiefs were crowned victorious over the San Francisco 49ers in this year’s Super Bowl — and, off the field, big-name advertisers competed for viewers' attention with celebrity-filled, glitzy messages.

Budweiser’s Super Bowl ad is bringing back some familiar characters this year.

Officials in Kuwait and Lebanon have moved to ban “Barbie” as the film is set to open across the Middle East.

Live from New York, it’s Lorne Michaels’ successor!

NBC says “Top Gun: Maverick” actor Miles Teller will host the opening episode of “Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 1.

The summer box office showed signs of slowing down this weekend as the animated “DC League of Super-Pets” opened in theaters across North America.

Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson are among those departing from “Saturday Night Live,” leaving the sketch institution without arguably its two most famous names after Saturday's finale of its 47th season.

“Saturday Night Live” normally kicks off each show with some humor, but the comedy sketch series opened with a tribute performance to Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion.

“Saturday Night Live” returns for its 47th season this weekend with a bit of a surprise.

Younger women and girls say they were inspired by the late justice's achievements, her intellect and her fierce determination as she pursued her career. “She was my teacher in so many ways,” said Gloria Steinem, the nation’s most visible feminist leader, in an interview. Younger women and girls also say they were inspired by the justice's achievements, her intellect and her fierce determination as she pursued her career. Julie Cohen and Betsy West, who co-directed “RBG,” saw firsthand how women of all ages quickly identified with Ginsburg. But also, Cohen added: “She became a huge symbolic figure for young women and even girls in a way that we hadn’t anticipated.

LOS ANGELES The saga of Joe Exotic is getting another Hollywood chapter, with Kate McKinnon starring as his rival in a limited TV series. The Saturday Night Live star will play Carole Baskin, who sought to shut down Joseph Maldonado-Passages for-profit breeding of big cats. The conflict became a pop culture sensation with Netflixs docuseries Tiger King.The series, ordered without a pilot episode, will be based on the Wondery podcast Joe Exotic, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming said Tuesday. McKinnon also will be an executiver producer for the show with the working title of Joe Exotic, Maldonado-Passage's nickname. The Joe Exotic role has yet to be cast, NBCUniversal said.

NEW YORK The Magic School Bus has traveled everywhere from Pluto to inside the human body. Scholastic Entertainment said Thursday that it will make a feature-length, live-action hybrid film based on the animated TV show that ran from 1994 to 1997. Elizabeth Banks will play the manic science teacher Ms. Frizzle. The Magic School Bus, adapted from a series of books written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen, centers on a group of school children who board a yellow school bus for field trips to such unlikely places as outer space or the human digestive system. Lilly Tomlin supplied the voice for Ms. Frizzle in the original cartoon series and Kate McKinnon voiced her sister in a recent Netflix reboot, The Magic School Bus Rides Again.The film version will be led by Scholastic Entertainment, Brownstone Productions, Marc Platt Productions and Universal Pictures.

Variety reports that there is a limited series being made about the big cat lovers, which is based off a podcast called “Joe Exotic," and it will star “SNL’s" Kate McKinnon as Baskin herself. McKinnon signed up to play Baskin in the fall, long before the masses knew anything of the epic feud between Exotic and Baskin, according to the report. Since we have McKinnon cast, the next obvious question is what actors should play the other colorful characters from “Tiger King,” such as Exotic or Doc Antle. Matthew McConaughey comes to mind, especially if you’ve seen him in “Dallas Buyers Club.”Danny McBride, who is known for playing trashy characters, would also nail Exotic. As for who should play Antle, who is equally as zany as Exotic, he’d have to be played by Will Ferrell.

This week it had Kate McKinnon's Elizabeth Warren answer questions from Iowans about healthcare. Look at me, I'm in my natural habitat, a public school on a weekend," McKinnon's Warren said. McKinnon's Warren then said she wanted to "pour one out" for Beto O'Rourke, who dropped out of the race this week. McKinnon's Warren thanked Strong's character for the question because healthcare is her "Despacito." Someone then asked McKinnon's Warren how her plan compared to former vice president Joe Biden's.

Saturday Night Live kicked off this week's episode on a surprisingly supportive note, with Kate McKinnon showcasing her stellar Elizabeth Warren impression at a Town Hall rally where she fielded questions from uninformed, undecided voters. When asked how her plan compared to Joe Biden's Warren said, "My plan compares favorably in that it exists." "He's gonna go from paying no tax to paying a tax," Warren said, before explaining how the third step will be to "Tax Banks." #SNLpic.twitter.com/JhIF7Okwa3 Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) November 3, 2019Yet, when Warren asked if she could count on her vote, the woman shrugged dismissively and admitted that "Buttiegeg seems like a nice guy." It was an oddly positive cold open that felt, in a way, like SNL endorsing Warren.

Teaming up with a few of his hilarious celebrity pals, including Chrissy Teigen, Kate McKinnon, Lena Waithe and Seth Rogen, Chang is going on a world tour of cuisine tasting across four different cities in the new four-part Netflix series Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner. As we see in the trailer, Chang will be heading to Vancouver, Canada, with Rogen to eat freshly caught seafood, and to Los Angeles with Waithe for some of the city's famously multi-cultural culinary creations. Teigen joins Chang on a journey to Marrakesh, Morocco, where they are both enchanted and baffled by the incredible spread of different dishes. Meanwhile, Chang meets up with McKinnon in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where the Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live star philosophizes about traveling and dining. "I was going to say that the best part of traveling is eating, but I think that's wrong," McKinnon reflects.

Leslie Jones is saying goodbye to Studio 8H. The comedian and actress will not be returning for season 45 of Saturday Night Live after a five-season run when the new cycle kicks off in September, a source tells ET. Jones was regularly featured on "Weekend Update" segments commentating on the state of the world and pop culture. When asked if she was "ready" for the start of the new season, Jones was curt with her response. RELATED CONTENT:'SNL': Leslie Jones Rails Against Anti-Abortion Laws in Fiery 'Weekend Update' SegmentKit Harington Is Forced by Leslie Jones to Act Out 'Game of Thrones' Scenes in 'SNL' PromoLeslie Jones Shades 'Ghostbusters' Reboot: 'So Insulting'