Staff / TruthdigNov 7, 2015
The online civil rights organization ColorOfChange.org is petitioning NBC to cancel Donald Trump's guest host appearance on "Saturday Night Live" planned for this weekend. In only three days, the group has collected 30,000 signatures. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJun 23, 2015
Former Spokane NAACP executive Rachel Dolezal spent much of her adult life doing a kind of impression of herself in order to pass as black. On Monday night's "Late Night With Seth Myers," comic actor Maya Rudolph, who actually comes from a mixed-race background, debuted her impression of Dolezal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigDec 10, 2014
As top brass at Sony Pictures Entertainment scramble to contain the considerable fallout from last month's cyberattack by a hacking collective calling itself Guardians of Peace, investigators still haven't pinpointed the geographical source of the online onslaught. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 19, 2013
In the season finale, "SNL" gave a fitting tribute to the character, as Stefon--played by outgoing cast member Bill Hader--gave us all one more "New York City's hottest nightclub" to add to his list before abruptly leaving Seth Meyers to go marry Anderson Cooper . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMay 14, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including the Justice Department is caught spying on The Associated Press and a new poll shows Sarah Palin's U.S. Senate prospects. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigApr 7, 2013
In this weekend's episode of "Saturday Night Live," the show's version of the North Korean ruler made a couple of major announcements regarding state policy on nuclear weapons and gay marriage. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigMar 4, 2013
As Democrats and Republicans haggle over the severity of the budget cuts, "Saturday Night Live" took the opportunity to explain how exactly the sequester could affect you--or at least, it mocked the possibilities on its latest show. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigFeb 20, 2013
Implicit in "SNL's" version of Nugent--played in the "Fox & Friends" skit by Bill Hader--is that the right-wing rocker is, well, off his rocker. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigFeb 18, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including a congresswoman's attempt to criminalize public female nipple exposure and "Saturday Night Live" pokes fun at Marco Rubio's State of the Union response. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigFeb 12, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including Nate Silver's warning to Karl Rove and the latest Republican threat against defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 29, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including a bipartisan agreement reached on immigration reform and Obama and Clinton give a joint interview on "60 Minutes." A look at the day's political happenings, including a bipartisan agreement reached on immigration reform and Obama and Clinton give a joint interview on "60 Minutes." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigJan 21, 2013
The late-night comedy sketch program wasted no time making fun of the week's big news events, tackling them in its opening skit that featured Taran Killam playing another person who has been in the headlines recently--CNN host Piers Morgan. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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