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Saturday Night Live delivered a politically-charged performance yet again in its final cold open before the U.S. presidential election. The skit, which featured Jim Carrey reprising his role as Joe Biden, had the presidential candidate reading a spooky bedtime story to the audience on Halloween night. Read more: ‘SNL’ cold open spoofs 2nd U.S. presidential

Now that more than 85 million people have already voted, many using mail-in ballots, Republicans have reportedly shifted their political strategy to challenging individual absentee votes and, in some cases, attempting to invalidate ballots already cast. According to the Washington Post, recent tactics aimed at challenging individual votes include a lawsuit filed by the Trump

The Strokes are the musical guests on the Oct. 31 episode of ‘SNL,’ marking yet another 2020 performance for the band that one ruled the early 2000’s indie rock scene. Learn more about the band! When you think of indie rock, you think of The Strokes. The legendary band will be performing on the 2020

Lori Loughlin surrendered herself to prison in California on Friday to start serving a two-month sentence for her involvement in the college admissions bribery scandal. Loughlin, 56, reported to authorities at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif., approximately 65 kilometres east of San Francisco, Entertainment Tonight confirmed. 0:54 Lori Loughlin, husband pleads guilty to

Back in 2016, screenwriter Tiffany Paulsen moderated a panel about the fragile state of the romantic comedy, alongside genre devotees like Friends with Benefits writer-director Will Gluck, Man Up writer Tess Morris, and (500) Days of Summer co-writer Michael H. Weber. “We all said, ‘It’s going to come back!’” Paulsen recalled in an interview this

According to royal biographer Robert Lacey, Queen Elizabeth II was sending a message to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle when she left their family photo out of her 2019 Christmas broadcast. Queen Elizabeth II, 92, always displays family photos on her desk during her annual Christmas broadcast, but in 2019 there were three very obvious

By Katie Colley ETCanada.com Posted October 27, 2020 1:56 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Country music star Blake Shelton popped the question to Gwen Stefani, and she said “Yes!” The couple broke the news of their engagement to fans on social media on Tuesday, with

For the past four years, a debate has raged in media circles over news networks carrying Donald Trump’s speeches live on air. In October 2016, just weeks before Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, CNN president Jeff Zucker admitted that his network may have made a “mistake” by broadcasting “too many of [Trump’s] campaign rallies,” a remark

‘Grey’s Anatomy’ vet Ellen Pompeo revealed the latest about the future of the long-running series and admitted that season 17 ‘could be it’ for Meredith Grey and the Grey Sloan faves. Grey’s Anatomy remains one of the most popular shows on television as it heads into its 17th season. Ellen Pompeo, 50, has been the

The leader of so-called “sex cult” NXIVM, Keith Raniere, has been sentenced to 120 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Nxivm founder and leader Keith Raniere sentenced to 120 years in prison. — US Attorney EDNY (@EDNYnews) October 27, 2020 Story continues below advertisement U.S.

Tone poems to the Scottish Highlands and even the Beach Boys, these cozy marriages of squares and textiles would make Cher and Dionne squeal.  Phaidon’s Anni & Josef Albers: Equal and Unequal, a visual biography by Nicholas Fox Weber, presents more than 750 artworks. All products featured on Vanity Fair are independently selected by our

Kylie Jenner morphs into a doppleganger for Beyonce in the new ad for her leopard makeup collection. We’ve got her wild and fierce video where she also twins with mom Kris Jenner. Kylie Jenner managed to go from looking like an exact replica of her mom Kris Jenner to a long-haired Beyonce in the new

When organizers of the Monterey Pop Music Festival announced plans for a multi-day event in June 1967, there were plenty of skeptics. No one had ever done anything on this scale for rock bands. But despite terrible sound, lackluster audience amenities, and dodgy sanitation, the festival was a hit, thanks to some great performances from

Nicole Kidman is no stranger to a musical moment. She did, after all, belt her way into the hearts and minds of many moviegoers with her Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated turn as a doomed courtesan in Moulin Rouge! But if you are not one of the Satine faithful with the soundtrack on constant rotation since

‘SNL’s took not one but two jabs at now-suspended legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin! The episode, hosted by Adele, was full of zingers. Tonight’s Saturday Night Live was full zingers and surprises, but perhaps the most unexpected were aimed at CNN‘s legal analyst and New Yorker contributor Jeffrey Toobin, 60, who was suspended after inappropriately exposing himself on

Hulk, Thor and more: the Avengers have assembled on Balmoral Street on Montreal’s south shore. The iconic gallery of DC and Marvel superheroes have come to life on the front lawn of a Saint-Hubert Halloween decorated house. The Avengers have assembled alongside other iconic characters on Balmoral St in Saint-Hubert.#Halloween #dc #Marvel pic.twitter.com/GkIGfjqaNA — BraydenJaggerHaines

Throughout the Trump era, a civil war has been brewing at various right-leaning outlets: the opinion side vs. the news side, in which stances taken by the former have been debunked, refuted, or otherwise undermined by reporting from the latter. This week’s variation on the theme can be found in the pages of Friday’s Wall

Britney Spears’ makeup artist Maxi alleged that the pop star is being ‘controlled’ in a new podcast interview, calling her situation ‘sad.’ Britney Spears‘ makeup artist Maxi has claims the 38-year-old singer would have had another baby and married boyfriend Sam Asghari, 26, if not for her current legal situation. “I can tell you what

Transcripts released Thursday show convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend was combative and defensive under tough questioning four years ago about her now-deceased ex-boyfriend’s interactions with underage girls. In the transcripts, Ghislaine Maxwell repeatedly denied hiring anyone under the age of 18 for the financier. “I never saw any inappropriate underage activities with Jeffrey ever,”

In a hastily arranged news conference Wednesday night, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Christopher Wray came out in tandem to announce that Iran—and not far-right group the Proud Boys—was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats. “We have confirmed that some voter-registration information has been obtained by Iran and separately by Russia,”

Ahead of the launch of Beyonce’s new Ivy Park collection, the singer posed in various sexy looks from the brand. What better person would there be to model Beyonce’s clothing line than Beyonce herself!? The second collaboration between Bey’s Ivy Park line and Adidas is coming, and ahead of the Oct. 30 launch, the singer posed

SPOILER WARNING: This story contains details from the end of ‘Borat 2.’ The finale of Borat 2 includes a covertly shot scene with Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump‘s personal attorney, sticking a hand down his pants while in a hotel room with a young female “journalist” after an interview. The embarrassing encounter was captured on hidden

One of the great myths that propelled Donald Trump into the White House in 2016 was that he was a genius businessman who would use his singular negotiating skills to restore America’s so-called greatness. In reality, he was a total failure who put six companies into bankruptcy and only did well playing the part of

Halle Berry revealed she doesn’t like ‘a lot’ of her best friend Lindsay Flores’ ‘f*****g friends’ when the duo sat down for a fun chat about friendships in a new video. Halle Berry, 54, got the attention of a lot of her followers when she totally outright said a swear word in her latest video!

True-crime aficionados, you don’t have to wait any longer. Fan-favourite podcast Crime Beat is back for a third season, with Global News crime reporter Nancy Hixt at the helm. Read more: ‘Super Awesome Science Show’ Season 2 — A podcast all about COVID-19 Crime Beat was the recipient of the 2020 Edward R. Murrow Best

In the era of Donald Trump, major events that would dominate the news for weeks have a shelf life of roughly six hours. But if you can, think back to the first presidential debate last month. If the goal was for Trump to convince anyone outside the base to vote for him, or to make

‘The Voice’ is back on Oct. 19! We’re taking a look back at Gwen Stefani & Blake Shelton’s romance at the place it first began. Gwen Stefani, 51, and Blake Shelton, 44, are madly in love, and their romance has been going strong for five years now! Both stars went through a lot before finding love

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 18, 2020 11:03 am     Updated October 18, 2020 11:05 am Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ The latest episode of “Saturday Night Live” had a Canadian-themed sketch, complete with references to Drake, “Degrassi” and the CBC. Guest host

President Donald Trump continued to spout his rosy narrative of a nation on the mend at a campaign event in Florida on Friday, which was also the second day in a row that new infections in the United States surpassed 64,000 for the first time since July. “The light at the end of the tunnel