Ben Affleck invited his wife Jennifer Garner to join him on Saturday Night Live over the weekend (18-19May13) as he poked fun at his infamous Oscars speech, which sparked rumours of marriage trouble.

Affleck prompted speculation about problems at home when he thanked Garner for "working on our marriage for 10 Christmases" after scooping an Academy Award for Argo in February (13) - but he played up the gossip for laughs during his hosting gig on the U.S. sketch show.

In his opening monologue, Affleck explained, "I thanked my wife while saying the essence of marriage is work. Some uncharita...

Funnyman Bill Hader is bowing out of iconic U.S. sketch show Saturday Night Live after eight years.

The Superbad star joined the SNL cast in 2005 after he was discovered by Will & Grace actress Megan Mullally, but has confirmed he will walk away from the show after the season finale on Saturday (18May13).

He tells the New York Times, "It was a hard decision, but it has to happen at some point. It got to a point where I said, 'Maybe it's just time to go.'"

Hader isn't the first SNL comic to announce plans to leave - Seth Meyers will end his run on the show in early 2014 when he takes Jimm...

Justin Timberlake gave Saturday Night Live a much needed boost over the weekend, giving the show its  highest ratings of the season.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, the show's ratings went up 23 percent from last weekend and topped the previous mark set by the January 7 show hosted by Charles Barkley.

Timberlake served as both host and musical guest, and during his performance of recent hit "Suit & Tie" JT changed up the lyrics to poke fun at some recent comments about the single from rapper Kanye West.

The pop superstar teamed up with Kanye's pal Jay-Z for his musical comeback, but...

Justin Bieber took the opportunity of his appearance on Saturday Night Live to apologize for a photo showing him smoking weed... kind of.

In a skit revolving around a Miley Cyrus talk show, Justin appeared as the president of a Cyrus fan club... who spent his time on the show making fun of Bieber.

"You're my favorite singer of all-time. You're light-years ahead of that douche Justin Bieber," he said in-character. "He looks like a lesbian. I heard he still has his baby teeth."

"I also heard he got busted for smoking weed and he's really sorry about it and people make mistakes and he's nev...

Jennifer Lawrence poked fun at her Oscar rivals while hosting comedy show Saturday Night Live.

The Hunger Games star held nothing back as she took aim at fellow Best Actress nominees Naomi Watts (The Impossible), Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), young Quvenzhane Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and French actress Emmanuelle Riva (Amour) in her opening monologue.

Lawrence quipped, "Jessica Chastain... in Zero Dark Thirty, you caught bin Laden, so what; in Winter's Bone, I caught a squirrel and then I ate it...! Naomi Watts, you know what else is impossible - you beating me on Oscar...

Hot off her Best Actress Golden Globes win Jennifer Lawrence is set to host Saturday Night Live this weekend.

The Silver Linings Playbook star will be joined by musical guest The Lumineers, whose single "Ho Hey" was featured in her Oscar-nominated film.

Jennifer was joined by SNL regular Jason Sudeikis for her promo spot, which poked fun at her Globes win, Silver Linings co-star Bradley Cooper, and The Hunger Games.

Sudeikis gets the clip rolling by opening an envelope and saying, "...And the winner, and host of this week's SNL with The Lumineers is... I knew it -- Jennifer Lawrence!"

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On February 9, Justin Bieber will become the latest star to simultaneously host Saturday Night Live and perform as the episode's musical act. However, he's far from the first.

The Rolling Stones are the only entire band to provide comedy and music on the show. Everyone but Bill Hyman was involved in the sketch comedy way back in 1978. Last season, Mick Jagger returned to both host and sing, giving him the honor of being the star with the longest gap in time between appearances.

Janet Jackson headed both sides of SNL in 2004, only two months after her infamous wardrobe malfunction du...

Scrapping the usual comedy skit to open the show, this week's episode of Saturday Night Live opened with a tribute to the 20 children and six staff members killed by a gunman in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday. Instead of the typical political satire or humorous take on current events, the New York City Children's Chorus sang a very somber rendition of "Silent Night".

After the song the children's choir shouted the show's standard opening, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"

The show was hosted by SNL alum Martin Short and featured musical performances from Paul McCartney.

The fina...

Last night in a skit for "Saturday Night Live" Anne Hathaway donned a blonde wig to parody "Homeland" star Claire Danes. She also resurrected her Katie Holmes impression.

During her third stint as SNL host, Hathaway portrayed Danes in her award-winning portrayal of bipolar CIA agent Carrie Mathison. Hathaway feigned a tearful meltdown and a kiss with a detainee in an interview room in a parody of the popular Showtime drama before poking fun at newly single Holmes.

Hathaway first targeted Holmes during her first SNL hosting gig, and she did it again with a spoof interview on "The Ellen DeG...

During the "Saturday Night Live" opening sketch over the weekend Fred Armisen and Bobby Moynihan impersonated New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in a press conference sketch about Hurricane Sandy.

What made the sketch so entertaining was two castmates offering comic signing beside the mayor and governor. But deaf actress Marlee Matlin wasn't amused.

In a series of tweets she wrote: "Millions of deaf people use sign (language). Why poke fun/fake it? Poke fun at ME but not the language.

"Sign is not mime; it is a legit language. That's why I develo...

Saturday Night Live made some laughs at Brad Pitt's expense when they featured not one, but four takes on his smoldering, black and white commercial for Chanel.

To be fair, Pitt made himself a target with nonsense in the original commercial like "It's not a journey. Every journey ends. But we go on. The world turns and we turn with it. Plans disappear. Dreams take over. But wherever I go, there you are. My look. My fate. My fortune. Chanel No. 5 - inevitable."

First, Pitt (played by Taran Killam) works for Chanel:

Then he heads south of the border for Taco Bell. But it goes way downhil...

Tom Hanks proved his comedy chops with a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend, just one day after hitting headlines for accidentally swearing on TV.

The Big star turned the airwaves blue by blurting out the word "f--king" during an interview on Good Morning America on Friday, but he kept it clean when he returned to TV screens on Saturday.

Hanks played an undecided voter during a sketch parodying the U.S. Presidential debates, pulling out a scrap of paper and aiming a question at candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

He boasted, "This is a pretty good question. You'...

Jay Pharoah made his debut as President Barack Obama this weekend on Saturday Night Live - after being introduced by the actor he replaced in the role, Fred Armisen. Ever since the phenomenal take on the 2000 election and the debates before it, the casting of comedic takes on presidential candidates has more buzz than the next James Bond. Here's a quick history of SNL's presidents:

Fred Armisen/Jay Pharoah: Barack Obama. SNL had a decision to make when it came to casting Obama for the upcoming 2008 election. Kenan Thompson was the only African American on the cast, but his heavy build wa...

Where's the funny? Saturday Night Live cast members are dropping like flies. Over the past few months, they've lost two series regulars and another has been added to the list.

According to The Wrap, Abby Elliott is leaving the show. She originally joined the cast in 2008, and spent her time impersonating Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, Zooey Deschanel, Rachel Maddow and Khloé Kardashian.

So what will she do now? During pilot season, she was cast as the female lead in the Fox sitcom Ben and Kate. Unfortunately, she was replaced with Dakota Johnson after the first table read.

Elliott has don...

Andy Samberg is leaving NBC's sketch show "Saturday Night Live." He follows in the footsteps of Kristen Wiig, who made her final appearance on last month's season finale.

Samberg, who is the man behind the show's star-studded digital short movies, has confirmed reports he's moving on. Samberg spent seven seasons on the show and well known for his "D**k in a Box" comedy video with popstar Justin Timberlake. He gained a cult following with the online sketch group Lonely Island.

"It's an incredibly emotional and strange moment in my life. Obviously it's not a huge shock, but I did officially...

Mick Jagger will be a Stone alone when he performs on Saturday Night Live this weekend - bandmate Keith Richards has ruled out a Rolling Stones get together in New York.

Jagger will host the SNL season finale and also provide the night's musical performances - solo.

Richards tells Rolling Stone magazine, "I spoke to Mick and he said it's something that he said yes to many months ago, so he's just doing it. He's on his own."

Many fans had hoped Jagger's appearance on the show - his first as host - would lead to a Stones reunion, in what will be the band's 50th anniversary year. The group ...

Usher and host Will Ferrell were praised for their performances on "Saturday Night Live" over the weekend, but Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake and Michael Bolton stole the show with their unexpected cameos.

The Lonely Island shows off its musical talents every week on the show, often in collaboration with a celebrity guest. Since their debut in 2005, the group has had hits with "I'm on a Boat" with T-Pain, "The Creep" with Nicki Minaj, Akon's "I Just Had Sex," Rihanna's "Shy Ronnie" and Lady Gaga's "3-Way (The Golden Rule)."

In a hilarious sketch on May 12, Lonely Island members ...

Rihanna will be rocking the stage during the last American Idol show, wherein a talented contestant will be crowned this year's winner.

Judge Jennifer Lopez will be hitting the stage with her newest tune Dance Again on the May 10 results show, along with previous winner David Cook (who will be singing The Last Song I'll Write For You). But it will be superstar Rihanna that works the finale on May 23.

Rihanna recently starred as the musical guest on SNL, paired with Eli Manning, where she sang parts of Birthday Cake with Talk that Talk and Where Have You Been on lavish sets. Who knows wh...

There's sure to be some good jokes when Mick Jagger hosts the season finale of Saturday Night Live May 19, but one of the biggest laughs could come from the fact that the cast members sharing the stage with the singer weren't alive when the Rolling Stones were formed.

Jagger, 68, is set to become the 6th oldest host on the show, following Betty White (88 when she hosted), Miskel Spillman (80), Ruth Gordon (80), Milton Berle (70), and Charlton Heston (70). Amusingly, Spillman was the winner of the first and only "Anyone Can Host" contest in 1977 - he was paid $3,000 for his hosting duties.
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You'd think there would be a barrage of April Fool's day rumors to deal with this week over at the Rumor Patrol, but in reality it's no more than what we're used to! Let's find out what's real and what's fake from the past 7 days:

SNL Exodus: Could three key Saturday Night Live members be leaving the show to concentrate on movie careers? Us Weekly reports big stars Kristen Wiig, Andy Samberg, and Jason Sudeikis could all be leaving the venerable live comedy show after the current season wraps up.

Verdict: False, for now. A representative for Wiig and Sudeikis told Gossip Cop, "There is no...

Elisabeth Moss has opened up about her divorce for the first time, revealing she is desperate to forget her seven-month marriage to funnyman Fred Armisen.

The couple wed in October, 2009 after a whirlwind romance, but the Mad Men star filed for divorce from the Saturday Night Live (SNL) regular in 2010, citing irreconcilable differences.

The divorce, which was finalized last May, came amid rumors Armisen quickly moved on with his SNL co-star Abby Elliott, and Moss is now hoping to put her failed marriage firmly behind her.

She tells Page Six Magazine, "One of the greatest things I hea...

Lindsay Lohan made her return to television Saturday night hosting a rather lackluster episode of Saturday Night Live; but the star did have one gem up her sleeve - a parody of Bravo TV's Real Housewives.

Lohan, along with cast regulars Kristen Wiig, Abby Elliott, Nasim Pedrad and Vanessa Bayer, starred as Disney Princesses Rapunzel (Tangled), Cinderella, Belle (Beauty and the Beast), Jasmine (Aladdin) and Snow White, respectively, in the skit, and they mocked the usual drama of the hit Bravo series (watch it below).

During her opening monologue, the Mean Girls star unsurprisingly poked f...

Lindsay Lohan has given up partying for good and is determined to prove herself as she attempts to rebuild her Hollywood career.

The Mean Girls star is eager to make a comeback after her professional reputation nosedived following regular run-ins with the law and a series of stints in jail and rehab.

She is currently carrying out court-ordered community service stemming from a 2011 probation violation conviction, but she has been given a boost by landing a hosting job on Saturday Night Live (SNL) and a role as Elizabeth Taylor in a TV movie.

Lohan has now revealed she wants to use her...

Lindsay Lohan was overcome with emotion on Wednesday as a Los Angeles judge told her she will be free to "move on" with her life if she continues to make "positive progress" in her probation.

The star appeared in court for her latest progress report hearing in relation to her 2011 conviction for a probation violation, and it appears she continues to impress Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner - by completing her required community service hours and therapy sessions.

Judge Sautner said, "We've seen positive progress... You're in the home stretch! You seem to b...

Beyonce wore a pair of skinny jeans, a white t-shirt, and a yellow blazer in New York City yesterday. She looks awesome after giving birth less than six weeks ago. Baby girl Blue Ivy Carter was born on January 7.

The singer was on her way to RedFarm Restaurant for dinner after watching the NY Knicks with husband Jay-Z.

Over the weekend "Saturday Night Live" aired a skit about the famous hip hop family. Maya Rudolph and her co-stars poked a little fun at the singer, her husband and their bundle of joy.

Maya Rudolph returned to host Saturday Night Live this past weekend, and one of her funniest skits involved her take on pop star Beyonce.

The Bridesmaids star has been known for her portrayal of singer Whitney Houston on the show in the past, but since Whitney's passing last week Maya opted to take the safer, less controversial route with her impressions (and probably out of respect, too).

With Beyonce featuring in the news recently over the birth of her and rapper Jay-Z's daughter Blue Ivy she seemed the perfect target for the actress to poke a little fun at while not offending anyone ye...

Pop star Lana Del Rey has postponed a tour in the wake of her much-maligned performance on comedy show Saturday Night Live, according to a new report.

The Video Games singer was scheduled to kick off a 30-date trek across the U.S. next month, but the gigs have been called off following Del Rey's disastrous performance on SNL in January.

A source tells the New York Post gossip column Page Six, "(Lana) and her manager decided to cancel (the tour) after SNL. She was very upset."

"They figure it allows time for her to clear her head, then go back to selling tickets. More importantly, they...

Much-maligned pop star Lana Del Rey has something to smile about three weeks after she was blasted for her performance on "Saturday Night Live" - she has scored a number one album in Britain.

The New Yorker debuted "Born To Die" at the top of the charts on Sunday - one spot ahead of Leonard Cohen's new album "Old Ideas."

The chart news comes a day after Del Rey was defended in a skit on SNL, during which comedienne Kristen Wiig - portraying the singer - attempted to explain her odd performance on the program last month.

Meanwhile, David Guetta's "Titanium" has hit the top of the U.K. sin...

Channing Tatum revisited his stripper past on "Saturday Night Live" by peeling off for a series of skits.

The star, who has turned his experiences in Florida's clubs into a new movie, kicked off his guest hosting stint on the show, which aired on Saturday, by showing off some of his former dance moves and ripping open his shirt to reveal a toned torso.

He also portrayed a cheesy dancer, called Nick Ersweat, in a sketch at the end of the show, ripping off his vest, lying on the floor and kicking his legs in the air as he tried to entertain a group of straight-faced Asian women.

Tatum also...

Jordan Peele and his partner Keegan-Michael Key are out to bring a different brand of sketch comedy to television.

With their new series Key & Peele, which bows tonight on Comedy Central (10:30 ET/PT), they're aiming for many different targets. Last week they put a new spin on the State of the Union address and other sketches spoof Nazis and fraternities.

The former MadTV alums are entering a TV landscape where sketch comedy can be hit or miss. Some say Saturday Night Live is in decline. Other sketch shows have come and gone. What's going to make their show different? I sat down with Jord...