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Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
SNL White Lotus parody with Donald Trump has a Tiger Woods punchline
The third season of The White Lotus wrapped up last Sunday night, solving the mystery of who died and who survived on the popular Max series. This week, Saturday Night Live put a political spin on the dark comedy in a way only they know how. In a sketch dubbed "The White POTUS," members of the Trump administration took on roles from the third season with President Trump and his family taking on the Ratliff family. Scarlett Johansson, the wife of SNL Weekend Update host Colin Jost, made a surprise appearance as Ivanka Trump, and Kenan Thompson showed up at the end with an unexpected Tiger Woods character cameo. You can watch the sketch here: No matter what, don't drink the coconut milk. This article originally appeared on For The Win: SNL White Lotus with Donald Trump has Tiger Woods in White POTUS
USA Today
06-04-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
SNL Weekend Update joked about Morgan Wallen's abrupt departure last week
SNL Weekend Update joked about Morgan Wallen's abrupt departure last week Last week, country singer Morgan Wallen made a hasty and abrupt exit from the Saturday Night Live stage as credits rolled. He was the musical guest alongside Oscar-winning actress Mikey Madison, but didn't want to stick around for goodbyes. Shortly after his departure, Wallen posted a picture of a plane with the caption "Get me to God's country," which naturally became a meme. During this week's SNL episode -- which was hosted by A Minecraft Movie's Jack Black -- the singer's quick escape came up twice. In the cold open, James Austin Johnson, used the "God's country" quote. Weekend Update also made a Wallen reference in a joke related to recent tariffs. "Just in the past two days, investors have lost over six trillion dollars," Colin Jost said. "Money is leaving the stock market faster than Morgan Wallen at goodnights." Elton John and Brandi Carlisle were musical guests on this week's episode.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Suspect arrested for threatening to bomb 'Saturday Night Live' studio, police say
A man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to bomb the "Saturday Night Live" studios after he messaged the threat to a Connecticut college and an administrator at that college told police, two people briefed on the matter tell NBC News. New York Police identified the man arrested as Michael Branham, 48, who was taken into custody by the NYPD and charged after the threat was discovered on Tuesday, according to a NYPD statement. The threat was not deemed credible, two law enforcement officials say. Court documents seen by NBC News show that Branham was charged with one count of falsely reporting an incident and one threat of making a threat of mass harm. He was arraigned in court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty. His bail was set at $100,000. Branham's first, middle, last name, and age matches that of the person whom Scarlett Johansson has previously accused of stalking in an application for a restraining order, according to court documents filed in California. Those documents show that a judge denied the request for a restraining order on a technicality. A representative for Johansson declined to comment. A review of social media shows that a person with Branham's name has made repeated and continuous posts about the actress who is married to SNL Weekend Update host Colin Jost. The New York Post first reported the threat. Requests for comment from the attorney representing the man charged in New York was not immediately returned. NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC News, declined to comment. This article was originally published on
NBC News
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Suspect arrested for threatening to bomb 'Saturday Night Live' studio, police say
A man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to bomb the "Saturday Night Live" studios after he messaged the threat to a Connecticut college and an administrator at that college told police, two people briefed on the matter tell NBC News. New York Police identified the man arrested as Michael Branham, 48, who was taken into custody by the NYPD and charged after the threat was discovered on Tuesday, according to a NYPD statement. The threat was not deemed credible, two law enforcement officials say. Court documents seen by NBC News show that Branham was charged with one count of falsely reporting an incident and one threat of making a threat of mass harm. He was arraigned in court on Thursday and pleaded not guilty. His bail was set at $100,000. Branham's first, middle, last name, and age matches that of the person whom Scarlett Johansson has previously accused of stalking in an application for a restraining order, according to court documents filed in California. Those documents show that a judge denied the request for a restraining order on a technicality. A representative for Johansson declined to comment. A review of social media shows that a person with Branham's name has made repeated and continuous posts about the actress who is married to SNL Weekend Update host Colin Jost. The New York Post first reported the threat. Requests for comment from the attorney representing the man charged in New York was not immediately returned. NBC Universal, the parent company of NBC News, declined to comment. Tom Winter Jonathan Dienst Andrew Blankstein Patrick Smith contributed.
Boston Globe
26-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Hey, ‘Daily Show': Stop calling Boston the most racist city in America. It's not funny.
'How did you get those guys to vote for you … how did you convince them to put you in charge? 'I think you won your last election at 64 percent of the vote … so you're incredibly popular in Boston, and they trust you to run the city. How did you convince these Boston people?' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'I still don't understand how you got elected. I mean, obviously you're good at your job and your charming and all that, but that was enough for them to convince them?' Advertisement 'If you can become the mayor of Boston, maybe you know one of arguably the most racist cities in America, then maybe there is hope for everyone yet.' Ooof. Related : Wu handled herself deftly, but there were moments Tuesday night when 'You might be surprised by Boston. Next time you come, we'll have to take you around a little more,' Wu said. 'We're an incredibly diverse, welcoming, beautiful city … we are majority people of color, we're 28 percent people born from another country. Boston is a place where people have always come for almost 400 years to make good in the world.' I usually love Advertisement This was supposed to be a friendly conversation, but it felt more like friendly fire. I guess that's what happens when a running joke falls flat. Comedian Ronny Chieng hosted The Daily Show Tuesday night, including a segment with Boston Mayor Michelle Writers Guild of America East Let's be clear this stereotype of Boston being super racist is getting super old. We're 50 years past the ugly days of court-ordered busing in Boston to desegregate public schools. The scrappy white Boston of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck movies was fading 20 years ago, and feels even more dated today. We have long been a majority-minority city — for a quarter of a century now. Our last two mayors have been women of color, as is the current City Council President, the state Attorney General, and one of our members of Congress. It felt like Chieng was hoping he could go viral like 'SNL Weekend Update' co-host Michael Che did in 2017 during a segment about the upcoming Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons. 'For three hours, I just don't want to talk about any social issues or politics,' Che said. 'I just want to relax, turn my brain off and watch the blackest city in America beat the most racist city I've ever been to.' Yes, Che got blowback from Bostonians, and even an invitation from then But I don't think Che ever met with Walsh. The comedian stood by his comment and tried to tamp down controversy by later posting on Instagram: Advertisement I hope Chieng takes up Wu's invitation to come to Boston so she can show him what the city's really like. He'll begin to understand how Wu became mayor, which is putting in the work over the past decade to get votes from every corner of the city as an at-large City Councilor and later her run for mayor. She won election after election because voters want someone who looks like them in City Hall. Chieng has been to Boston because that's where his family used to come to grocery shop for Malaysian foods they couldn't find in New Hampshire. 'Boston is my childhood Chinatown,' he said. 'We go there for supplies to bring it back to New Hampshire. You know, there's not a lot of Malaysian grocery stores in Manchester, New I know, Boston.' Chieng went on to say that he has a 'lot of love for Boston' and how people were 'nice' to him when he has been there. Well, nice isn't our reputation either. But this is a city that has worked hard to move beyond our racist past. And that's no laughing matter. Shirley Leung is a Business columnist. She can be reached at
