If there's one person I trust to help me process any lingering post-election anxiety, it's Saturday Night Live MVP Kate McKinnon. So, it was extremely nice to see McKinnon back in full swing on Saturday's newest episode, returning to the "Weekend Update" segment of the show as noted ballot truther and star of Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Mr. Rudy Giuliani. [caption id="attachment_947193" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via NBC[/caption] McKinnon once again put her all into her "Weekend Update" appearance, with the costume and infamous Giuliani rasp helping to complete the performance. McKinnon's Giuliani …

The best thing about the latest episode of Saturday Night Live was neither host Bill Burr nor Maya Rudolph's Kamala Harris appearance. Instead, it was Kate McKinnon's glorious and weird "Weekend Update" scene with Colin Jost. McKinnon's appearance was a charmer not only because she debuted a new character, but also because she both broke character and managed to make the moment into something spectacular. McKinnon's "Weekend Update" scene started off relatively normal. After being introduced as "Dr. Wayne Wenowdis" — a new character from the SNL star — she took the stage outfitted in her finest stethoscope …

During the third at-home episode of Saturday Night Live, cast MVP Kate McKinnon appeared in a sketch spoofing 2019's The Lighthouse starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. From McKinnon's beard to the black-and-white aesthetic to the absurdly delightful details, everything about this sketch is incredible and easily the best of the Season 45 finale episode. [caption id="attachment_889300" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via A24[/caption] Standing in for Dafoe's Lighthouse character is McKinnon's version, Phineas Gale, in a sketch titled "Lighthouse Keeper." Sporting a heck of a (fake) beard and a fisherman'…

Another podcast is finding its way to television, this time with Kate McKinnon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Joe Exotic will be adapted for Universal Content Productions (UCP) and Wondery. It used to be that books were the limits of source material for Hollywood writers. Times sure have changed. Video games, board games, graphic novels, theme park rides. These are all legitimate art forms on which to base a script in 2019. And now, podcasts. So, what’s Joe Exotic all about? Try this on for size. McKinnon will play Carole Baskin, who boasts a great affinity for big cats (…

Hosting Saturday Night Live is supposed to be a momentous occasion full of joy and mirth. Heck, when Chance the Rapper hosted his episode last week, he was the happiest we've ever seen a human being. But maybe starring in your own big-budget action movie changes you. Because in a new promo for SNL's November 2 episode, host Kristen Stewart of the upcoming Charlie's Angels reboot was deadly serious. After all -- she had to deal with SNL cast member and star of a couple big-budget action flicks herself Kate McKinnon (Ghostbusters, The Spy Who Dumped …

During the second night of the Democratic Primary Debates, there was one presidential hopeful onstage who seemed a little… out there. That was self-help author-turned-candidate Marianne Williamson, who appeared to not just ignore the premise of questions, but then go off on random tangents about New Zealand or the power of love. Pretty immediately, Twitter began lighting up with folks eager to see SNL star Kate McKinnon’s impersonation of Williamson, although that seemed like a long shot given that Williamson is unlikely to hold on until the fall when SNL returns. Luckily, McKinnon just happened to …

Not long after the HBO aired the documentary Mommy Dead and Dearest, about the twisted relationship between Dee Dee Blanchard and her daughter Gypsy Rose, Hulu launched their scripted take on the events with The Act. Similarly, not long after HBO aired its documentary The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (about the absolutely crazy behind-the-scenes events around the rise and fall of Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes), Hulu is again submitting a scripted take in the form of The Dropout. The icing on top is that Deadline reports SNL's Kate McKinnon is set to …