3+ hour, 56+ min ago  (1042+ words) Lorne Michaels, the creator of Saturday Night Live, is a singular figure in American entertainment, and something of an enigma. He rarely talks about himself, and a veritable cone of silence surrounds him. None of which deterred Morgan Neville, the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (168+ words) O'Hara liked to downplay her comedic prowess'I'm nowhere near as interesting as Moira Rose," she told Vanity Fair in 2020but credited her parents, who died within 10 months of each other, as some of her first collaborators. My father told great jokes…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (401+ words) Well, she did it again. Nikki Glaser delivered another knockout monologue to kick off the 2026 Golden Globes, her second stint hosting the awards. Walking out to Taylor Swift's "Style," Glaser was pretty, poised, and ready to tear into Hollywood'as well…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (913+ words) Although she makes roasting look easy, Nikki Glaser has spent a hell of a lot of time in the kitchen. "I've created a system. I know the training I need to perform the best possible way that I can for…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (228+ words) As late night talk show hosts are being pulled from the airwaves'then reinstated'freedom of speech is also a hot topic abroad. The two-week Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia, which its organizers call the "world's largest comedy festival," kicked off…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (159+ words) I think it's been a lot of nerves this year, week." The searching, mystic quality of Von's interview style brought something new out of Trump'a startled and seemingly genuine inquiry into the potency of cocaine. In his standup, though, Von…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (493+ words) Years ago, during a tour of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, a kid peered into Studio 8 G. This was the home of Late Night With Seth Meyers, the tour guide said, but that didn't sound right to the young visitor, who insisted it was…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (992+ words) It wasn't long before Hearon's small but mighty army began to defend their king. "They were activated," says Hearon. "I think they could put their weapons down. I thought it was funny. I don't want to have that blood with…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (319+ words) In retrospect, O'Brien's joke feels bleakly prophetic. "It's just a really hard moment to tell truth to power." Among late-night writers, it's become tiresome to ask, "Is late night dead?" But Iwinski says if the genre is dead at this…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago  (199+ words) Meanwhile, the actors are trapped. Do they cry? Smile? Take the little bow? The only thing they can't do is sit down. The etiquette is opaque and faintly ecclesiastical. Standing ovations are meant to be received with the pained humility…...