Saturday Night Live

The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon might be prone to brief spats of name-dropping – hey, the guy knows a lot of people! – but on last night’s show, it was at least somewhat appropriate. Still recovering from Sunday night’s SNL 40 super special, Fallon was eager to share his recollections of the evening with his studio audience (and also Questlove, who was actually there, but who charitably recounted the whole evening with the giddy Fallon). There were a lot of people there!

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Late last night we heard that 'SNL' had begun the difficult process of staffing up in the wake of Fred Armisen, Jason Sudeikis and Bill Hader's departures, with Seth Meyers to exit for his new ‘Late Night‘ gig in 2014, while the latest update swings in both directions. Existing writer and '7 Minutes in Heaven' performer Michael Patrick O'Brien will go in front of the camera as a featured player, while several new writers have joined the staff for season 39.

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You may have seen our article that described how a Starbucks employee mistook a woman's name for an unmentionable body part. Well, Saturday Night Live very recently poked fun at Starbucks baristas tendency to mess up a name or two.

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In her first spot as host of 'Saturday Night Live,' America's most beloved recovering sex addict (in her film 'Silver Linings Playbook'), Jennifer Lawrence, kicked off with a bang.

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As a way to address this past Friday's unfortunate tragedy in Newtown, CT, 'Saturday Night Live' opened their most recent episode -- hosted by alum Martin Short -- with a heartfelt performance of the Christmas classic, 'Silent Night.'

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Last night Anne Hathaway gave us a stunning preview of her vocal performance in the movie musical 'Les Miserables,' with a little backup from the entire (already overworked) 'SNL' cast. Hope they're having a great Sunday!

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In conjunction with this coming All Hallows Eve, last night's episode of 'Saturday Night Live' — with host and musical guest, Bruno Mars — offered New York's denizens and tourists a few suggestions for enjoying the holiday weekend. And naturally, who better to comment on the city's best parties than 'Weekend Update' City Correspondent, Stefon?

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Even though it was just reported that Katy Perry plans to take a year off to focus on starting a family with funnyman hubby Russell Brand, Perry’s publicist revealed that she will be hosting the Dec. 10 episode of ‘Saturday Night Live.’ So Perry is not taking any sort of break before 2011 wraps.

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Get ready to see a bit less of Kristen Wiig.

In a recent interview with TIME magazine, the ubiquitous 'Saturday Night Live' cast member revealed that she is retiring two of her frequent - and arguably polarizing - characters, Gilly and Penelope.

Wiig didn't elaborate on her decision to retire the characters, though she insists they will not return, not even at Lorne Michaels' request.

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If you didn't catch Paul McCartney on Saturday Night Live, I thought I'd give you a chance to see how the 68 Sir Paul is doing these days. He did "Jet", "A Day in the life" and "Band On the run".

It was on this date in 1955 The Mighty Mouse Playhouse debuted on CBS.

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Well the Cookie Monster wants to host Saturday Night Live. So how do you get that gig? Audition, of course and the Cookie Monster has posted his audition complete with a monologue, a fake newscast and pop culture references to the likes of Lady Gaga

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