Steve Martin, during his monologue for Saturday Night Live‘s 50th anniversary special, got his Canadian pal Martin Short into an unfortunate situation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Dave Chappelle recently told a stand-up audience in San Francisco that “Saturday Night Live” producers did not want him to talk about Gaza or transgender people in his opening monologue when ...

Hosting the Oscars is a famously difficult gig. But Conan O'Brien didn't play it safe in his 2025 Oscars monologue, bringing up one of the biggest controversies of awards season: "Emilia Pérez ...

She closed out her opening monologue by promising “to act, to sing, and not do Joker 3.” ...

Conan O’Brien’s first-ever Oscars monologue, in his debut as the host of Hollywood’s biggest night, might prove to be the real winner of the evening. The Emmy-winning funnyman, 61 ...

Conan O’Brien is the king. The former late-night host is one of the only comedians I would trust to crack a joke at the Oscars about the controversy involving Karla Sofía Gascón’s X account.

he asked. “He looks his age.” Some other high points of the monologue: O’Brien also had a bit of fun with the Amazon-James Bond situation, joking that the new 007 would be played by Steven ...

Frequent “Saturday Night Live” host Steve Martin kicked off the NBC show’s 50th anniversary special with a monologue which united him with fellow “SNL” icon John Mulaney and got Martin ...

Not since David Letterman, the most underrated Oscar host of the modern era, has a monologue been this loopy. Jason Zinoman is a critic at large for the Culture section of The Times and writes a ...

Conan O’Brien kicked off the Oscars with a bang, opening his hosting debut with a monologue that poked fun at the films and stars nominated at Hollywood’s biggest night. Before the jokes ...

Legendary late-night talk show host and beloved comedian Conan O'Brien knocked his 97th Academy Awards opening monologue out of the park. In one of the great show openings in the ceremony's ...

Steve Martin and Martin Short are in the building. “Saturday Night Live” celebrated 50 years on the air with a three-hour special called “SNL50: The Anniversary Special,” Feb. 16 (8 p.m ...