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SNL head Lorne Michaels confirmed there will be cast changes before season 51. At the end of season 50, no cast members announced they’d be exiting the show. Bowen Yang previously fielded a question from EW about leaving, which he refused to answer. Saturday Night Live head Lorne Michaels has confirmed that SNL cast members will exit the show ahead …

Big news is coming soon for Saturday Night Live, executive producer Lorne Michaels revealed Friday. “It’ll be announced in a week or so,” Michaels told Puck’s Matt Belloni of the “shake-up” he has planned for the 51st season. Michaels was adamant that he wanted to keep the core cast together through the show’s seminal 50th season, so this season he …

Ashlee Simpson-Ross Says ‘Bullying Was Insane’ After “SNL” Incident  AOL.com Ashlee Simpson-Ross Says ‘Bullying Was Insane’ After ‘SNL’ Incident  People.com ‘The bullying was insane’: Ashlee Simpson reflects on the infamous 2004 SNL lip-syncing scandal  9Honey Celebrity Ashlee Simpson Details “Insane” Bullying Over SNL Lip-Syncing Controversy  E! Online Ashlee Simpson recalls ex-boyfriend’s cruel insult as she looks back on bullying she faced in early 2000s  Daily …

Bowen Yang poses for photographers upon arrival at the BFI Flare Opening Gala for the film The Wedding Banquet in London, March 19, 2025. Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP For Bowen Yang, joining SNL as a writer in 2018, and then becoming a castmember the following year, was the fulfillment of a prophesy: during his …

Bob Odenkirk took on his action-packed role in 2021’s Nobody in part to show his former Saturday Night Live colleagues a new side of him. Stopping by the Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast, Odenkirk told his longtime pal O’Brien some of the reasons why he decided to delve into the action world. For starters, he said he was interested …

There’s no delicate way of saying this, so I’ll just come right out with it: About halfway through the most recent episode of South Park, an impish J.D. Vance offers to help a micropenis-sporting Donald Trump have sex with the devil by asking, “Would you like me to apply the baby oil to Satan’s asshole, boss?” Given that the same …

John Goodman has a long history with Saturday Night Live, having hosted the series 13 times over the last 50 years. (Only Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have done the job more often.) But while Goodman has always been game to play in Studio 8H—including a long run in the ’90s where he frequently cameoed on the series to play its …