Kate McKinnon
Ryan Gosling Makes Emily Blunt (Jokingly) Angry for Singing About Ken Again During ‘SNL’ Monologue
Ryan Gosling just couldn’t let go of his character Ken from Barbie during his Saturday Night Live monologue. Though he initially said he wasn’t going to talk about Ken because he “broke up” with the character after going “too deep,” he ultimately decided to sing about his feelings with a rendition of Taylor Swift’s hit […]
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Oscars: Kate McKinnon Jokes She Has Been Sending “Tasteful” Nudes to Steven Spielberg
Kate McKinnon was jokingly shocked to learn that her “tasteful” nudes have actually not been going to Jeff Goldblum, but rather to Steven Spielberg. The Saturday Night Live alum and her Barbie co-star America Ferrera initially took to the 2024 Oscars stage Sunday night to present the awards for best documentary short and best documentary […]
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Jimmy Kimmel Reunites ‘Barbie’ Cast for Patriarchy-Skewering Oscars Promo
Jimmy Kimmel is ripping the Barbie parody band-aid a full month before the Oscars. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host dropped a five-minute short on Monday night, directed by JKL‘s Will Burke, hyping his March 10 gig emceeing the Academy Awards — re-creating many Barbie sets and reuniting four of its castmembers in a spoof that finds […]
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Kate McKinnon to Release Debut Novel in October
Kate McKinnon is set to publish her debut novel. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (LBYR), a division of Hachette Book Group, will publish the Saturday Night Live alum’s novel, it was announced Monday by Megan Tingley, LBYR president and publisher. The book, called The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad […]
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Kate McKinnon Kicks Off Debut as ‘SNL’ Host With Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph During Monologue
Saturday Night Live‘s final episode of 2023 featured several alums of the sketch comedy show. Not only did Kate McKinnon, who departed the show last year, return to host, but fellow alums Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph also made a special appearance during her monologue. As McKinnon took to the Studio 8H stage, she started by […]
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Ryan Gosling Says He Doubted His “Ken-ergy” Before Signing on for Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’
Barbie made a cameo in Sin City. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling touched down inside Caesars Palace in Las Vegas during Warner Bros.’ CinemaCon presentation on Tuesday morning. The studio welcomed Gerwig, Robbie and Gosling to the Colosseum stage along with co-star America Ferrera to chat up the Mattel project and […]
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Rashida Jones Joins Kate McKinnon in Andrew Stanton Sci-Fi Drama ‘In the Blink of An Eye’ (Exclusive)
Rashida Jones has joined Kate McKinnon to star in In the Blink of An Eye, a sci-fi drama that Andrew Stanton is directing for Searchlight Pictures. Stanton is known for his animated classics WALL-E and Finding Nemo but is going live-action with a story that seeks to explore no less than the entire history of the […]
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Box Office: ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Opens to Lackluster $23M
DC League of Super-Pets could have benefited from a sharper bite. The animated superhero pic, from Warner Bros. and DC, opened on the lower end of expectations at the North American box office with an estimated $23 million. On the bright side, the pic had no trouble winning the weekend. League of Super-Pets — which […]
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Box Office: Dwayne Johnson’s ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Heads for $23M Opening
New family movie DC League of Super-Pets is opening on the lower end of expectations with an estimated weekend debut in the $23 million range. The animated superhero pic, which has a voice cast that includes Dwayne Johnson, pulled in an estimated $9.3 million-plus on Friday, including $2.2 million in Thursday previews. Audiences bestowed the […]
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‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Review: Starry Voice Cast Carries Cutesy Animated Romp
Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Keanu Reeves, Kate McKinnon and Olivia Wilde provide the voices for this animated adventure, in which Superman must be rescued by his loyal dog and animal friends possessing superpowers.
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Emmys: Kate McKinnon Nominated for Final ‘SNL’ Season
Outgoing Saturday Night Live cast member Kate McKinnon kept a long streak of Emmy nominations alive for her final season on the show. McKinnon scored her ninth consecutive acting nomination for her work on the long-running NBC sketch show’s 47th season. She was the only one of the four departing cast members — Aidy Bryant, […]
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Critic’s Notebook: Big ‘Saturday Night Live’ Departures Will Test the Show’s Depth
Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney and Pete Davidson leave big shoes to fill, but 'Saturday Night Live' has never had a deeper roster of talent.
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