We need Sabrina Carpenter
She’s the nation’s court jester
Saturday Night Live
Friday
Thursday
RIP Hulk Hogan, the omnipresent Eighties icon
Professional wrestling made an unprecedented impact on American pop culture, most of it due to his popularity
Thursday
A biography of Lorne Michaels that strays into hagiography
Susan Morrison’s book sets itself two tasks: where did its hero come from? And why is he so good at what he does?
Thursday
Why SNL 50 bombed in the ratings
Further evidence that boomers can’t let go
Thursday
Will & Harper is a road trip into self-obsession
With Will Ferrell left in the passenger seat
Wednesday
The winners and losers of the 2024 election
The sheer number of outside individuals, movements and institutions involved in the GOP’s sweeping night is astounding
Friday
Trump ribs Kamala for skipping Al Smith dinner
Plus: AOC at PSU
Tuesday
Saturday Night Live is helping Trump
The show has done more to link Harris to Biden in two episodes than the weak-kneed GOP establishment has done since she became the Democratic candidate
Monday
Does Joe Biden want Kamala Harris to lose?
Joe recently seemed intentionally to distract from his vice president and remind everyone that he’s still around
Thursday
An election stuck in the trenches
Despite the chaos, nothing changes
Monday
What does the future hold for Alec Baldwin?
He is now a free man and able to resume a career that has undergone some spectacular highs and lows over the past few decades
Friday
The battle of the late-night scolds
Comedians are increasingly becoming left-wing mouthpieces
Wednesday
Shane Gillis and the year cancel culture dies
His return to SNL enshrines the ability of comedians to offend and move on
Monday
Trump expands his lead in Iowa
Plus: Sheila Jackson Lee drops mayoral race
Friday
Flashback: Dianne Feinstein smokes schoolchildren in climate debate
The California senator passed away aged ninety
Wednesday
Shane Gillis and the return of the dawgz
His work won out over all the obstacles the world threw at him
Thursday
Curtis Sittenfeld is the great American observer
In Romantic Comedy , we get her insight into a new phenomenon — celebrity of the modern age
Sunday
Woody Harrelson trolls the authoritarian left on SNL
Scandalized critics are branding him an ‘anti-vaxxer’
Tuesday
Pete Davidson is ditching his Ruth Bader Ginsburg tattoo
Ruthkanda for-never
Tuesday
Speaking truth to antisemitism
Jews are a unique group. We have been chased around for millennia
