“Saturday Night Live” returned for season 52 this week, hosted by New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson, and for the night’s monologue, he brought a few of his teammates with him. Naturally, they couldn’t keep a straight face through it. To kick off his monologue, Brunson first joked that he intended to approach “SNL” the same way he approached the NBA finals: “the first three quarters of the show are going to be god awful. The last sketch is going to be amazing.” Eventually, Brunson opened things up to an audience Q&A — where Josh Hart, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns were waiting with questions locked and loaded. More to come… The post ‘SNL’: Jalen Brunson and Knicks Teammates Chuckle Through NBA Championship Q&A Monologue appeared first on TheWrap.

Katseye serves as the first musical guest for the new installment.

President Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) paid a surprise visit to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (Ramy Youssef) in tonight’s “Saturday Night Live” cold open. “What reckless lunatic would travel to see me in this kind of weather?” Youssef’s Mamdani asked at the top of the cold open, before Johnson’s Trump arrived to inform the mayor he had traversed through the El Niño storm to pay a visit to his unlikely pal. “For some reason that no one can figure out, I really, really like you,” the president said. “Somehow, when I’m with you, I’m just firing on all cylinders,” Trump told Mamdani. “Maybe it’s because we’re both from Queens.” In response, Youssef’s NYC mayor said, “Isn’t it funny to think I could have grown up in one of your apartment buildings in Queens?” “Not with that last name!” Johnson’s president replied. Later, “SNL” star Ashley Padilla made her debut as Trump’s executive assistant, Natalie Harp. Drenched and yet undaunted, Padilla’s Harp warned Youssef’s Mamdani, “If you hurt him, I will end you.” You can watch tonight’s “SNL” cold open yourself below. Trump pays Mamdani a visit at Gracie Mansion during the nor’easter pic.twitter.com/gsTsGmoWoN— Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl) September…

Jon Watts has been tapped to direct the first film in a new “Star Wars” trilogy, TheWrap has learned. Best known as being the director behind the first three Tom Holland “Spider-Man” movies, “The “Skeleton Crew” filmmaker will direct from a script written by Simon Kinberg. Lucasfilm previously hired the prolific writer and producer to write and produce a new trilogy of “Star Wars” films. An early report insinuated are that this will actually be chapters 10 – 12 of the Skywalker Saga, continuing the path that most recently concluded with “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” in 2019. But there are others that insist this is a standalone series, something akin to the trilogies that David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and, separately, Rian Johnson, were working on for the company. It is being referred to as a “new saga.” Kinberg is no stranger to “Star Wars.” Following the acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney, Kinberg was part of a small brain trust that was working on new projects for the studio. He consulted on J.J. Abrams’ “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and co-created the animated series “Star Wars: Rebels” with Dave Filoni. Since “The Rise of Skywalker’s” release in 2019,…

Cooper, now 37, played Jim Carrey’s son in the iconic ’90s comedy.

Depp may be gearing up for a return to the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise after years out of the Hollywood spotlight.

Parton died following a brief battle with cancer Aug. 25 at the age of 80, sending shockwaves through the music world.

Simon Kinberg is writing the new trilogy that is said to be next episodes of the Skywalker Saga.

This direct sequel to the 2023 global sensation picks up in 1949, as a makeshift family finds its domestic harmony again threatened by a rampaging creature’s path of destruction.

Following the premiere of “NAZA” at New York Film Festival on Saturday, the documentary’s co-director Yuval Abraham emphasized the importance of screening the film for a North American audience, underlining that the U.S. government funds the Israeli military attacks in Gaza depicted in the feature. “It’s important for us to see this film at this moment, as you were saying, because these older officials are talking about what is being done with taxpayer money from people sitting here,” said Abraham onstage (as reported by Variety). “This is what your country is supporting and funding … Part of the goal (of this film) is to make denial of what’s going on in Gaza harder.” Abraham’s comments came after the screening, when he was joined on-stage for a Q&A by his co-director, Rachel Szor, and NYFF director Dennis Lim. “NAZA” investigates the ongoing Gaza war, featuring testimony from anonymous Israeli military intelligence officers and soldiers, including one subject that states that the IDF approved an airstrike that could kill 500 Palestinians — a claim that the IDF has denied. The documentary takes its title from a military acronym used by the IDF to measure the number of civilians expected to be killed…

When Ishirō Honda’s original “Gojira” debuted in 1954, it demanded to be taken seriously — even though it was about a giant, fire-breathing lizard. Horror movies about enormous animals were big business in the 1950s, and some of the American films in the genre had ideas — not nuanced ideas, but ideas nonetheless — about the dangers of science gone amok in the nuclear era. These anxieties about a destructive radioactive cataclysm were pervasive in the U.S. But “Gojira” used an eldritch leviathan as an analog for the nuclear bomb’s devastating impact on Japan. Its horrors reflected recent, traumatic, excruciatingly real memories. Watching “Gojira” today, in the wake of everything the “Godzilla” franchise later became, can be strange. In the wake of “Gojira’s” success, a sequel was rushed into development, “Godzilla Raids Again,” which found a second Godzilla returning to attack Japan (the original was vaporized by a weapon of mass destruction). Since that was a little repetitive, even for a sequel in the 1950s, Godzilla also fought a giant ankylosaurus named Anguirus. That’s where the metaphor began to strain. Godzilla attacks once and it’s a powerful allegory. Godzilla attacks and also has to wrestle a spiky turtle creature… less…

Live from New York, it’s the Season 52 premiere of “Saturday Night Live!”

A trailer showing the wide-eyed disgraced Theranos founder interacting with filmmaker Nathan Fielder quickly went viral.

Jacob Elordi is keeping up with Kendall Jenner’s career. Indeed, the Euphoria alum proved he’s the model’s biggest fan when he stepped out to support Jenner when she walked the runway in the…

‘The View’ hosts debated Judge Judy Sheindlin’s comments telling people who don’t like America to ‘go somewhere else.’

Meadows died Feb. 25 after falling overboard into the freezing Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska. He was 25.

Sylvester Stallone opened up about his relationship with body as an action star through the ’80s and ’90s, admitting that he “abused” himself in a “very masochistic” process to stay in shape. The mentality even extended to him using steroids and becoming bulimic while getting down to 2.6% body fat for shooting on 1982’s “Rocky III.” “It became an obsession. Really bad. It got to the point where I became bulimic,” Stallone shared on The New York Times podcast “The Interview.” “I couldn’t hold anything down. Or I didn’t want to keep it down because I became so obsessed with staying at that point of fitness, literally an obsessive body-worship kind of thing. And nobody does it without additives and drugs, period. I don’t care what they say. It isn’t as though you’re a junkie, but if you’re going to work out and try to stay in shape for six months straight — and you’re eating yogurt and pudding –it’s not happening. When asked directly if he was taking steroids at the time, Stallone responded with, “Oh, my god, you have to.” “You do it in a sensitive way — six weeks on, six weeks off. People go, ‘Oh, you…

The family announced their return to the UK last month after spending six years in the US.

The broadcaster says he will pursue Charles Spencer and publisher Penguin after the author admitted making an ‘incorrect assumption’ about Princess Diana’s gym photographs.

As the crime thriller had its North American premiere at the New York Film Festival, the director spoke about how he hoped the domestic drama’s open-ended resolution allows the story to continue for the audience after the credits.

The article has spurred thousands of subscriptions to the paper. Now UTA, which reps the Globe, is fielding inquiries about adaptations.

The “Rocky” actor claimed his attacker “was big, had no hair, always naked, rotten teeth.”

Kaia Gerber emerged at her Hollywood Hills house, just days after her brother Presley died at the age of 27.

The 80-year-old actor recalls the period of his life where his physique became an “obsession.”

For the opening night of The Unraveled Tour, Rodrigo enlisted the iconic and innovative designer Hussein Chalayan to make a dress that dissolves under water.

“Survivor” host Jeff Probst shared that “nothing has changed” about the show’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiative in the years since CBS announced one for all of its reality TV casting in 2020. Probst suggested that the policy has made “Survivor” even better over its recent seasons. “Nothing has changed,” Probst told the New York Times when asked about the status of the show’s DEI initiative. “If you watch our show, you know that we’re so diverse — and it’s not just skin color or ethnicity. It goes much deeper than that. It’s one of the biggest positive changes ever. Our stories are so much more interesting now because we have people from completely different walks of life.” In the wake of protests against racial injustice and discrimination after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, CBS was one of many companies to launch DEI policies as a way to formalize corporate accountability for increased diversity. Many of those policies have been abandoned by private companies in the years since, especially after President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order to remove DEI programs from the federal workforce. In November 2o20, CBS announced that it would introduce an initiative for its reality…

Susan Sarandon arrived at the 2026 Venice Film Festival looking every bit the movie legend she is, and her outfit instantly made its way onto our mood board. Rather than opting for a fancy dress or formal suit, the 79-year-old traded fussy fashion for barrel-leg pants, a.k.a. that softly rounded yet sleek silhouette that’s suddenly everywhere. She looked laid-back, relaxed and youthful, sending Us on a search for a similar budget style we could add to our wardrobes. Sarandon has always been the epitome of cool, so it makes sense she’d show the world exactly how to rock barrel-leg pants like a pro. Styled with a white button-down, black jacket and chunky sneakers, the bottoms added a bit of playfulness without feeling over-the-top. They were also a million times more flattering than skinnies, skimming the hips and tapering just above the ankle. See it! Get the Egocka Barrel Ankle Pants for $35 at Amazon! Please note, prices are accurate at the date of publication but are subject to change. The fall-friendly look works beyond important industry events, and definitely doesn’t require a stylist or a Hollywood budget to pull off. Amazon has a nearly identical pair from Egocka for $35, and…

Langley was recently spotted leaving the Nashville Songwriter Awards with fellow country singer Wetmore.

George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, officially open the $1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, bringing Hollywood’s biggest stars out for the highly anticipated celebration. ET was the only entertainment show on the carpet, where Mark Hamill, Hayden Christensen, Queen Latifah, Oprah Winfrey, Harrison Ford, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and more turned out for the star-studded opening. The museum houses more than 40,000 works spanning paintings, illustrations, comics and ‘Star Wars’ artifacts, reflecting Lucas and Hobson’s vision of elevating illustration and pop culture alongside traditional masterworks. Queen Latifah even hailed the new institution as LA’s artistic answer to the Louvre in Paris and the Met in New York City. More from Entertainment Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdtXPiqI2cLorKaPrfpKc4g?sub_confirmation=1 Exclusives from #EntertainmentTonight : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv

Amanda Kernell’s ‘Brace Your Heart’ won the Swedish-Sami filmmaker the Silver Shell for best director as the Spanish film fest wrapped up its 74th edition, the last for outgoing director Jose Luis Rebordinos.