Another weekend, another win for ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
But the third film in James Cameron’s franchise doesn’t seem to have the box office power of its two predecessors.
No, that cameo wasn’t Dana Carvey. This was thankfully the first Season 50 episode without a celebrity ringer in a political cold open.
The celebration of the show’s fiftieth season has morphed into a celebration of just the former cast member.
The triple-threat (she sings, drinks and smokes!) was a fantastic host, but the show’s Thanksgiving episode was still haunted by Dana Carvey and Alec Baldwin.
The show took a very different approach to a Trump win after the infamous ‘Hallelujah’ sketch in 2016.
The 2024 presidential election is drawing to a close (farewell, celebrity ringers), but ‘SNL’ gets its biggest cameo yet.
A ghost of ‘SNL’ past was back to haunt the show.
Grande is an excellent host. It’s a shame ‘SNL’ let its celebrity cameos infect the episode.
We dodged a bullet on one of these, ‘SNL’ fans. PLUS: Mulaney gets a Netflix show, ‘Lanterns’ locks down its leads, and what caused the ‘Joker’ fiasco?
The comedian rescued the episode after its political cold open fell flat.
With the focus on how many cameos the show could stuff in the cold open, host Jean Smart was left with little to work with.
Is ‘SNL’ abandoning James Austin Johnson as Trump? PLUS: Disney Animation gets a new COO, a bunch of Robert Pattinson clones head to theaters, and do people want to watch ‘Hot Ones’ live?
Lorne Michaels turns to Steve Martin — and shows he’s out of ideas. PLUS: Keeping ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ unspoiled, and the ‘Saturday Night’ trailer goes live.
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