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Kate McKinnon returned to Saturday Night Live for yet another “Close Encounter” alien abduction cold open, joining with this week’s host Ryan Gosling for the popular sketch. And as he has before, Gosling struggled not to laugh and to stay in character. As she has in the past, McKinnon played Colleen…

Kate McKinnon is wearing a new hat — author. The comedian is dipping her toes into the middle-grade genre with her debut novel, The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science, about the Porch Sisters (Gertrude, Eugenia, and Dee-Dee) and the town of Antiquarium's lone mad…

EXCLUSIVE: Barbie actor and longtime SNL vet Kate McKinnon and Flight of the Conchords maestro Jemaine Clement are joining the mushrooming ensemble of Jared Hess’ Minecraft at Warner Bros. Domain is co-financing the feature take of the Mojang videogame with Legendary. Related…

Kate McKinnon had an 11-year run on Saturday Night Live and created many memorable characters throughout her time on the NBC sketch show. As the Barbie actor made her return to the late-night show for the first time as host, it wasn’t surprising she would reprise one of her recurring roles. On…

Greta Gerwig added to the Barbie vibes of tonight’s Saturday Night Live, making a surprise appearance to introduce musical guest Billie Eilish alongside host Kate McKinnon. Eilish performed “What Was I Made For?” a song from the Barbie soundtrack. Barbie co-writer/director Gerwig and the film’s…

Old home week on Saturday Night Live continued after the opening monologue with Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph joining host Kate McKinnon in a holiday-themed send-up of ABBA. James Austin Johnson played the infomercial host selling ABBA’s 1978 Christmas album “now being released for the first time.&#8221…

Kate McKinnon made her debut as Saturday Night Live host and was joined by former cast members Maya Rudolph and Kristen Wiig. The Barbie star dropped into her “old job” to host the NBC late-night show and expressed how “weird” it was doing the monologue without being in character. “It’s so weird…

It’s the last SNL of 2023, former cast MVP Kate McKinnon is hosting, and that just means the cold open had to dive into Rudy Giuliani’s latest legal face plant — which is exactly what the Lorne Michaels-produced show sadly didn’t do tonight. Instead, being that it is the last Saturday Night Live of…

“I’ve been very thoroughly cleaning my cat food cans before I recycle them.” “I was in Barbie — I played the hot one.” That’s Kate McKinnon rattling off all the good things she’s done this year while making a plea to host Saturday Night Live to the fabled Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, à la…

NBC’s Saturday Night Live has firmed up the talent lineup for the remaining three originals of 2023, stacking it with marquee names. Ferrari star Adam Driver will return to host for the fourth time on December 9 with Olivia Rodrigo, a six-time Grammy nominee for her second album, Guts, performing as…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the end of her Saturday Night Live tenure, Kate McKinnon continues to build out that feature slate and sources tell Deadline the Emmy-winner is now set to star in Searchlight’s In The Blink of An Eye. Oscar-winner Andrew Stanton is directing with Colby Day penning the script. Jared…

EXCLUSIVE: As she is charting her post-Saturday Night Live career path, Kate McKinnon is making a representation change. The Emmy winner has moved to CAA, which will rep her in all areas except touring. McKinnon had been at UTA for the past eight years, having followed her agent Fred Hashagen there from…