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Tom Hanks has sparked fresh health concerns among fans following his appearance on “Saturday Night Live!” over the weekend.The Academy Award-winning actor, 68, appeared on the show to support host Martin Short, alongside stars Scarlett Johansson, Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Wiig and John Mulaney.But soon after coming out during the show’s Five-Timers Club segment, fans were quick to spot the “Forrest Gump” actor’s shaking hands.Viewers rushed to social media to raise concerns about Hanks’ health, with one fan writing, “Is Tom Hanks’ hand shaking?”Another added, “I also noticed it!!! And now I am concerned,” while a third wrote, “Is Tom Hanks ok?”“He was on ‘The Graham Norton Show’ a while back and I noticed it there too,” another fan wrote, while a fifth jumped to the actor’s defense, writing, “Considering he’s almost 70! Yeah older people hands tends to shake a little.”The Post has reached out to Hanks’ reps for comment.It’s not the first time the actor’s trembling hands sparked fan concerns on social media.In June 2022, a video showing Hanks’ hands shaking onstage during the Australian premiere of “Elvis” went viral on social media.In the video footage, the Hollywood star’s hands were seen trembling as he appeared to struggle to keep a steady hold on a microphone.Hanks — who went public with his Type 2 diabetes diagnosis in 2013 — moved the mic back and forth between his shaking hands, before attempting to hold the device with both hands as he spoke to the audience.However, fans flocked to social media at the time to shut down speculation about the actor’s health.“He’s still one of the best actors left … his health is his business,” one fan wrote on X.Another fan added that the star’s unsteady hands

“SNL” fans.With Lorne Michaels’ legendary variety program’s 50th anniversary show fast approaching — Sunday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m.

The cast of Saturday Night Live cheekily pledged their allegiance to President-elect Donald Trump and claimed they all voted for him in the first cold open since Tuesday’s historic election.The skit began with cast members solemnly discussing how Trump’s win over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris would be “shocking” and “horrifying” for many of the liberal-leaning show’s viewers.They then said that Trump might seek “vengeance” against political opponents, leading long-time cast member Kenan Thompson to say, “We at SNL would like to say to Donald Trump, we have been with you all along.”“We have never wavered in our support of you, even when others doubted you,” Bowen Yang said sarcastically, followed by each of the main cast members talking about how much they love, and have always loved, the president-elect.“Weekend Update” anchor Colin Jost then said that fellow anchor Michael Che is the only person against Trump.“I hate how the lamestream media, Michael Che, has to spin it to make you look foolish,” he said.Dana Carvey – who previously appeared as President Joe Biden – showed up to the stage portraying Elon Musk.“Check it out dark MAGA,” Carvey said while jumping up and down.“But seriously, I run the country now.”Comedian Bill Burr hosted the late-night show and gave an opening comedy monologue in which he roasted both Harris and Trump.Burr, during his 15-minute long monologue, said he was “psyched” the election is over, leaning into Harris and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for wearing pants suits during their failed political runs against Trump.“Ladies, enough with the pantsuits; it’s not working,” Burr said.“Stop trying to have respect for yourselves.

Chevy Chase is screening “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” at venues all over North America in November and December, Sarah Silverman has a massive stand-up tour already underway, Martin Short will take the stage with Steve Martin on their ‘Dukes of Funnytown Tour’ next month, Seth Meyers regularly co-headlines a residency at New York City’s Beacon Theatre with John Oliver and David Spade gigs all year long.Heck, even Will Ferrell‘s DJ’ing a show with Swedish House Mafia in Chicago this October.Plus, former writer Simon Rich is putting on “All In,” a Broadway play based on his short stories, starring John Mulaney, Fred Armisen, Jimmy Fallon, Aidy Bryant, Chloe Fineman, Tim Meadows and more this December.Don’t forget the rumored, star-studded Feb. 16 Radio City SNL extravaganza, either.That’s just the tip of the iceberg, too.If it’s always been your dream to catch an “SNL” hero of yours in person — regardless of which era is your favorite — here’s how you can see 39 of the 167 “SNL” alum live from wherever you may be this year and next including a Senator (Al Franken) and an Oscar winner (Robert Downey Jr.).To keep things organized, cast members are listed chronologically from when they started their tenure on the show.Screening “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” from Nov. 22 through Dec. 29Touring Oct. 10 through Feb. 3, 2025One Christmas show with Judith Owens on Dec. 17Touring with Steve Martin from Oct. 4 through Nov. 16Acting in “McNeal” on Broadway from Sept. 27 through Nov. 24One show on Oct. 4Touring from Oct. 25 through Dec. 21Touring from Sept. 27 through April 6, 2025Touring from Sept. 27 through April 12, 2025Touring from Sept. 27 through Nov. 23; co-headlining with Nikki Glaser on select datesTouri

76th Emmy Awards from the Peacock Theater on Sunday night. The comedians honored the long-running NBC comedy sketch show “Saturday Night Live,” which will enter its fifth decade on Sept. 28.“We heard something backstage that needs to be addressed,” Rudolph said.“Now before later,” Wiig, 51, chimed in.

Saturday Night Live alum Victoria Jackson has revealed that she is battling an inoperable cancer and has roughly three years to live.On Wednesday (August 14), the comedian took to her official Instagram account to share a new video of “Is the Cancer Back?” series in which she disclosed that it is in fact back. Jackson previously battled breast cancer back in 2016.In the video, she revealed that the cancer diagnosis was positive and that it was unfortunately inoperable.

Watch What Happens Live,” Yang recounted what happened but declined to name the person — although he did let it slip that it was a man. “This man, this person, this host made multiple cast members cry on Wednesday before the table read because he hated the ideas,” said Yang.

The trailer for director Jason Reitman’s movie about the 90 minutes leading up to the first-ever episode of “Saturday Night Live” in October 1975 was released Thursday.It shows the original cast of the sketch comedy series racing against the clock to put on the first show at Studio 8H.At the start of the trailer, an NBC page played by “Stranger Things” star Finn Wolfhard struggles to give out free tickets to the show.Gabriel LaBelle’s Lorne Michaels, the creator of “SNL,” tries to get past security at 30 Rock.The original cast — which includes Cory Michael Smith’s Chevy Chase, Dylan O’Brien’s Dan Aykroyd, Ella Hunt’s Gilda Radner, Lamorne Morris’ Garrett Morris, Matt Wood’s John Belushi, Emily Fairn’s Laraine Newman and Kim Matula’s Jane Curtin — are also dealing with conflict and disaster as they prepare to tape their first episode.NBC exec Dick Ebersol, played by Cooper Hoffman, tells Michaels that he doesn’t think the show is “ready.”“It doesn’t matter that we’re ready, it matters that it’s 11:30. That’s when we go on,” LaBelle’s Michaels responds.The cast of “Saturday Night” also includes Rachel Sennott as Rosie Schuster, Matthew Rhys as George Carlin, Jon Batiste as Billy Preston, Nicholas Braun as Jim Henson, Kaia Gerber as Jacqueline Carlin, Willem Dafoe as David Tebet, J.K.

an Instagram post on August 2. “Yall that’s a wrap on my time on SNL!” they wrote, alongside a carousel of photos from their time on the series.“Reflecting on the amazing 2 seasons I got on this show, it was such a dream come true.

Andy Samberg reveals he left Saturday Night Live for his mental health, stating that he was “falling apart” in his life.On ‘Hart to Heart’, a Peacock interview series hosted by Kevin Hart, the comedian and Lonely Island member sat down for an extensive interview – released on Thursday (July 11) – in which he explained his departure from Saturday Night Live in 2012.While Samberg found success on the television show performing skits with his fellow cast members and Lonely Island collaborators, he found that, behind the scenes, “I was falling apart in my life” and he couldn’t “endure it anymore”, per Variety.“Physically, it was taking a heavy toll on me and I got to a place where I was like I hadn’t slept in seven years basically,” Samberg said.“We were writing stuff for the live show Tuesday night all night, the table read Wednesday, then being told now come up with a digital short so write all Thursday, all Thursday night, don’t sleep, get up, shoot Friday, edit all night Friday night and into Saturday, so it’s basically like four days a week you’re not sleeping, for seven years. So I just kinda fell apart physically.”Elsewhere in the interview, Samberg talked about the origins of The Lonely Island and how the trio got hired by Saturday Night Live.

Andy Samberg, 45, has revealed the real reason why he left “Saturday Night Live.” “It was a big choice. For me, it was like, I can’t actually endure it anymore.

the New York Times in a recent interview. He also spoke about how the success got to some past “SNL” stars’ heads. “No one can handle the fame,” he said.

“Saturday Night Live” has “never” hired a “hot” woman in its nearly 50-year run — and some of the show’s female cast members had hilarious reactions. “Am I the only person who’s ever noticed that ‘SNL’ has never hired a, like, hot woman?” the TikTok user, who goes by Jahelis on the platform, asked in a video uploaded March 21 and currently has more than 482,700 views.“I’m not saying that every single woman who has been a cast member on ‘SNL’ is ugly,” she continued.

Morgan Wallen’s hit single “Last Night” has landed at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.The 29-year-old’s song topped the charts despite his recent controversies surrounding COVID and his use of the n-word.“Last Night” was previously at No.

Woody Harrelson told a joke about an anti-vaccine conspiracy theory on Saturday Night Live this week, the audience was unsure how to react.The joke, which has since created controversy online, was part of Harrelson’s SNL opening monologue. Harrelson, 61, told the audience he’d been sent a movie script with a clear, real-world metaphor.

Woody Harrelson's fifth time as host on isn't being met with a lot of warmth. Many viewers are slamming the actor for his monologue that they felt spread COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories.Fans took to Twitter following Saturday's new episode to call out Harrelson, and e, for his remarks — in which he seemingly compared pharmaceutical companies to drug cartels.In his monologue, Harrelson told a long, intentionally rambling story about how, after he last hosted in September 2019, he was given a script to read over.The bulk of Harrelson's story seemed to revolve around how high he likes to get, but also how he quit smoking pot for a while, and how his manager smuggled pot illegally from Los Angeles to New York.

“Saturday Night Live.”Harrelson, 61, who hosted the show, made the statement during his opening monologue. It was his fifth time on stage as an SNL host.

Saturday Night Live monologue last night (February 25), Woody Harrelson shared conspiracies about COVID vaccines, leading to debate online.The episode’s host has previously called mask wearing during the pandemic “absurd” and sharing articles linking supposed “negative effects of 5G” with the outbreak of COVID.At the end of his monologue, he used a film pitch with the “craziest script” as a metaphor for the COVID pandemic, lockdowns and rollout of vaccines, though never used the word COVID or vaccine.Harrelson said: “So the movie goes like this. The biggest drug cartels in the world get together and buy up all the media and all the politicians and force all the people in the world to stay locked in their homes.

Aidy Bryant is sharing the reason behind her  exit. Bryant told  that the COVID-19 pandemic played a major role in her staying on the show longer than she originally planned.«If it weren’t for COVID, I probably would have left a few years earlier.

after a rash of positive tests among the cast.In addition, musical guest Charli XCX officially bailed on performing, saying she was “devastated and heartbroken” by the turn of events.Fey’s alleged appearance would mean a return to the 30 Rockefeller Center anchor chair for her: She co-anchored “Weekend Update” alongside Amy Poehler, 50, from 2004 to 2006 and previously with current “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon, 47, from 2000 to 2004. Emmy winner Fey’s “SNL” return could also mean a reunion of sorts with Fallon, who an insider said was among the “possibilities” to pop up during host Paul Rudd’s monologue to celebrate his fifth time hosting the sketch series.

including “Company,” “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” “Hamilton,” “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child,” “Ain’t Too Proud,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” and “Freestyle Love Supreme” — have all temporarily shut down this past week due to COVID concerns.

Ed Sheeran hit the Saturday Night Live stage less than two weeks after revealing he tested positive for COVID-19.The singer, who was announced as the musical guest for Saturday's episode on Oct. 23, shared his diagnosis the following day and subsequently went into quarantine.

COVID-19 safety measures while presenting an award at last night’s (September 19) ceremony.Rogen was presenting the first award of the night for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series at the Los Angeles event, which went to Hannah Waddingham for her role in football comedy Ted Lasso.Beginning his speech, Rogen said: “Good to be here at the Emmy Awards. Let me start by saying there is way too many of us in this little room.”Criticising the safety measures put in place at the event, he added: “What are we doing? They said this was outdoors! It’s not! They lied to us!“We’re in a hermetically sealed tent right now.

Pete Davidson is closing out this season of by taking a comedic swipe at Chrissy Teigen. The comedian joined Colin Jost on Weekend Update, ostensibly to address Mental Health Awareness Month, and took a bit of a tangent.«It's mental Health Awareness Month and my therapist said it's important to practice self-care — which is why she stopped taking my calls,» he joked.«If there's one good thing about the pandemic — besides getting Chrissy Teigen out of our lives,» Davidson continued, to the amused surprise of the audience.

Saturday Night Live (SNL), took jabs at several celebrities and public figures in its newest cold-open, this time re-using a spoofed talk show hosted by pop star Britney Spears.Titled “Oops, you did it again,” this week’s iteration of the show featured Republican Representative Matt Gaetz, Lil Nas X and Looney Tunes cartoon character Pepé Le Pew. ‘SNL’ spoofs Cruz, Cuomo with Britney Spears’ ‘Oops, you did it again’ talk show Spears, who was again reprised by cast member Chloe Fineman, welcomed everyone to the show that “shined a light on the social pariahs of the week.”Before introducing her first guest, Spears gave a shoutout to her sponsor — the U.S.

Saturday Night Live (SNL) took a jab at the results of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial with its own spin of Tucker Carlson Tonight.Featuring Alex Moffat as the primetime Fox News’ host, the show began with a “loose collection of scaremongering non sequiturs” — which included Alexandria Ocasio-Cortex, pronouns for dogs and Pixar film —  in place of a usual monologue given by Carlson.

Saturday Night Live monologue to take the audience on a tour of the show’s coronavirus safety protocols.The Schitt’s Creek star and creator was the guest host on last night’s episode of the long-running US comedy show, marking his first appearance on the programme.After opening his monologue by talking about how his life has changed – for better and worse – since the success of Schitt’s Creek, Levy offered to take the audience on a backstage tour.

Saturday Night Live’s Alex Moffat has taken over from Jim Carrey in impersonating Joe Biden on the US sketch show.Carrey had played the role of the President-elect since the start of the programme’s current season and last appeared as Biden on November 7, when the Democratic candidate was officially announced as America’s next President.Moffat made his first appearance as Biden on last night’s (December 19) episode of SNL, joining Maya Rudolph’s Kamala Harris and Beck Bennett’s Mike Pence in a cold open riffing on Pence getting the coronavirus vaccine live on TV.“Joe, you look different somehow,” Pence told Biden when he entered the sketch. Biden replied: “I’m like Colonel Sanders – every time you see me I’m a different guy.

Dua Lipa performed as Saturday Night Live‘s final musical guest of the year, more than two years after her first appearance on the show.The singer was originally set to appear back in March, supporting her latest album Future Nostalgia, before recording halted due to the deepening coronavirus pandemic.Lipa made up for lost time on the long-running entertainment show last night (December 19), delivering a pair of energetic performances for ‘Don’t Start Now’ and ‘Levitating’.

Saturday Night Live returned this week with a cold open featuring a coronavirus vaccination — and who will now play Joe Biden after Jim Carrey’s exit from the role.The scene starts with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, played by Beck Bennett, about to get the vaccine.

Jim Carrey took to Twitter to announce he'd no longer be guest starring as Joe Biden on, the show revealed who would be taking on the role.The sketch was loosely based on Vice President Mike Pence (Beck Bennett) getting his COVID-19 vaccine shot on live TV, and soon became a political impression parade with a visit from Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph).Rudolph's Harris made a strong impression when she slapped Bennett's Pence in the face at his suggestion of voter fraud allegations, which elicited the largest cheer of the sketch.

Jim Carrey, 58, shocked fans when he shared the bittersweet news that he’ll no longer be playing the role of President-elect Joe Biden, 78, in upcoming skits on Saturday Night Live, but also promised there is “a long list” of contenders ready to take his place. The comedic actor impressed viewers with his portrayal of Joe, who will soon be the 46th President of the United States, during the show’s first six episodes of the 46th season, but his role was always supposed to be limited and SNL creator Lorne Michaels is already considering other talented actors to step in next.

Dua Lipa is set to join tomorrow night’s (December 19) edition of Saturday Night Live as the musical guest – watch a promo video for the episode below.Announced last month alongside last week’s guests Bruce Springsteen and Timothée Chalamet, tomorrow’s show will see Lipa bring her second album ‘Future Nostalgia’ to the series after her initial planned SNL performance back in March was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.In the new promo video, Lipa is joined by this weekend’s guest host Kristen Wiig and SNL castmember Kate McKinnon, who explains the many goings-on of 2020 to the pair.Watch it in advance of tomorrow’s show below.Since the release of ‘Future Nostalgia’ back in March, Dua Lipa has shared a host of videos, TV performances

Kate McKinnon can truly pull off any impression. After previously playing Rudy Giuliani and Jeff Sessions, the comedy icon portrayed yet another older white man over the weekend, playing Dr.

Saturday Night Live (SNL) was quick to capitalize on the FDA’s recent approval of the coronavirus vaccine with a skit spoofing an interview between CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and U.S. Coronavirus Task Force members Dr.

Morgan Wallen finally made an appearance on Saturday Night Live after being kicked off the show’s line-up two months ago.Wallen was due to be the musical guest on a show in October but had his performance pulled when videos of him at bars and parties without a mask went viral.The Nashville-based singer-songwriter appeared in a sketch on the show last night (December 5) that skewered his removal from the past episode. In it, he was visited by versions of himself one and two months into the future, played by Jason Bateman and Bowen Yang respectively.Both future Wallens advised the star to leave the party to protect his slot on the sketch show.

declared itself a COVID-19 restriction “autonomous zone” when he appeared on the “Weekend Update” segment.“I saw the protests, people were outside the bar shouting about freedom, talking to cops, chanting that they should arrest the governor so I just assumed that it was a typical last call,” Davidson said.Davidson explained that the bar, Mac’s Public House, is located in a “neighborhood with the second-highest COVID infections in all of New York, so the rule is that they’re only supposed to let people eat or drink outside.”“And the owner said, no one wants to do that because they’ll go out of business,” Davidson said.

Saturday Night Live (SNL) took aim at efforts made by U.S. president Donald Trump’s legal team to prove allegations of widespread voter fraud in its latest cold open Saturday, spoofing this week’s legislative hearings between the president’s lawyers and Michigan’s House Oversight Committee.The cold-open featured SNL cast members Mikey Day and Ego Nwodim as two Michigan legislators presiding over the hearing, as well as Kate McKinnon who reprised her role as Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.

Morgan Wallen is heading back to 30 Rock! announced on Wednesday that Wallen will perform on the Dec. 5 episode.

Trump’s coronavirus infection “hilarious,” Chappelle noted how a friend in the UK celebrated Joe Biden’s election win being declared earlier Saturday.“She said, ‘The world feels like a safer place now that America has a new president,'” he said. “I said, ‘That’s great, but America doesn’t,'” he insisted, reminding the audience of life “before COVID.”“A mass shooting every week.

Saturday Night Live opened up once again with a spoof of the presidential race, this time recreating the “dueling town halls” between U.S.

Saturday Night Live spoofed the vice-presidential debate between Republican vice-president Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris.Featuring Maya Rudolph as Harris, Beck Bennett as Pence, Kate McKinnon as debate moderator Susan Page and guest Jim Carrey reprising his role as Joe Biden, the parody began with a jab at Pence’s evasive answers around the topic of coronavirus.“Now, you were in charge of the coronavirus task force, and since you took charge, over 200,000 Americans have died — how do you explain that?” asked McKinnon. ‘SNL’ parodies Trump, Biden presidential debate in 46th season opener “Well Susan, I’d like to begin by stalling hard — we’re in Utah, wow,” responded Bennett’s Pence.

Saturday Night Live debut on Oct. 11.The sketch show has now pulled the plug on his appearance as a musical guest after the release of a TikTok video featuring the mask-free country star downing shots at a crowded house party where social distancing was not taking place.Earlier this week, Morgan shared a video on Instagram revealing he’d been contacted by the show and informed that his behaviour was in violation of the show’s strict pandemic protocols and he was no longer invited to perform.what is life .

Rising country music star Morgan Wallen has been pulled from a planned performance on Saturday Night Live over coronavirus protocol breaches.

Morgan Wallen is speaking out to his fans and apologizing. The rising country crooner took to Instagram on Wednesday to address his controversial decision to flout COVID-19 safety protocols at a party over the weekend, which lead to the cancellation of his upcoming performance on «I got a call from the show to let me know I'd no longer be able to play,» Wallen shared in an emotional video she shared from his hotel room in New York City.

“Saturday Night Live” went political with a parody of this week’s presidential debate, Chris Rock’s jab at U.S. President Donald Trump and Megan Thee Stallion’s message supporting Black people during her performance.The NBC late-night sketch series on Saturday night jumped into the reenactment of the recent debate between Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.

has to keep up.The sketch comedy series returned over the weekend for its season 46 premiere, and the show had to act quickly to address the recent news that President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19.With only two days to incorporate the massive news into their sketches, here's how handled the unexpected development.As expected, Saturday's «Cold Open» sketch still focused primarily on the recent chaotic presidential debate between Trump (once again played by Alec Baldwin) and Joe Biden (as portrayed by new guest star Jim Carrey).However, the sketch made sure to shoehorn in some timely jokes about the diagnosis, beginning with moderator Chris Wallace (Beck Bennett) asking Trump if he'd taken his COVID-19 test, to which Trump

Chris Rock took to the Studio 8H stage as the first in-studio host since the show went remote late last season. The comic used his time to address Trump's recent COVID-19 diagnosis, the show's return to its traditional format and the current political climate during this year's election cycle.«Before we even get started let, [talk about] the elephant in the room. President Trump's in the hospital from COVID, and, you know, I just want to say my heart goes out to COVID,» Rock said, laughing.Getting that out of the way, Rock went on to explain how the show has managed to have an audience while still keeping safe.«Everybody in this audience has been checked, and all week I've had things going up my nose. Every day I come in here,» Rock