After a half-century of comedy and music (and what at times felt like an equal amount of buildup and hype), how do you at last kick off a prime-time 50th…
“Saturday Night Live” is celebrating its golden anniversary this weekend with a star-studded special in its Studio 8H at 30 Rock. You have questions? We have answers.When is the big…
MICHAELS Because Chevy said his own name and because it was popular, he was the first person to emerge. Subsequently, it’s where most people broke out: Gilda Radner, John Belushi,…
I happened to be there that night, when then-candidate Trump got the most laughs in one sketch by gamely dancing to Drake’s “Hotline Bling,” a precursor to his “Y.M.C.A.” rally…
Lattanzi doesn’t exactly scream “celebrity magnet.”Its brick-walled, burgundy-carpeted dining room, lined with black-and-white photos of Rome, feels more antique than affluent. The menu leans on old Italian standbys like veal…
My earliest memories of “Saturday Night Live” were hearing my parents incorporate catchphrases from Dana Carvey’s Church Lady — “Could it be … Satan?” or “Well isn’t that special?” —…
Timothée Chalamet has been busily proving his Bob Dylan bona fides ever since he was cast as the great songwriter in “A Complete Unknown.” He has studied guitar and singing,…
If you’re “Saturday Night Live” and you need someone to play Alexander Hamilton in an opening sketch about the Founding Fathers, there’s only one person you can turn to: Lin-Manuel…
If you’re “Saturday Night Live” and you need someone to play Alexander Hamilton in an opening sketch about the Founding Fathers, there’s only one person you can turn to: Lin-Manuel…
Feb. 14, 1981Funky 4 + 1Invited by the host and “Rapture” hitmaker Debbie Harry of Blondie, the Funky 4 + 1 became the first hip-hop group to perform on national…
