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Alec Baldwin’s Donald Trump impersonation on Saturday Night Live tricked El Nacional newspaper in the Dominican Republic into thinking he was the real thing.

El Nacional has now apologized for accidentally publishing a still of Alec Baldwin, captioned as the American president, next to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.

The image accompanied an article about Israeli settlements.

El Nacional has said sorry to readers and “anyone affected”.

The picture was sent to the newspaper along with information about SNL.

No-one spotted the mistake, says El Nacional.

SNL is not Donald Trump’s favorite TV program. He says Alec Baldwin’s frequent impressions of him “stink”.

“Not funny, cast is terrible, always a complete hit job. Really bad television!” Donald Trump once tweeted.

SNL writer Katie Rich has been suspended after posting a tweet mocking President Donald Trump’s son Barron, media reports say.

They quote a person familiar with SNL‘s plans as saying Katie Rich was suspended indefinitely. NBC is yet to comment.

On the inauguration day, Katie Rich posted a now-deleted tweet, saying: “Barron will be this country’s first home-school shooter.”

An avalanche of criticism on social media followed.

Katie Rich later deleted her tweet, suspending her Twitter account.

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However, on January 23, Katie Rich she was back online to issue an apology.

One Facebook post in reaction to her previous tweet has been shared nearly three million times.

The post read: “NO child deserves to be talked to in such a manner… He is a child, he is to be respected and he is off limits.”

Former first child Chelsea Clinton joined the support for Barron Trump.

Saturday Night Live has made a number of shows in recent months, parodying Donald Trump.

President Trump, who took office on January 20, has described SNL as “not funny” and with “terrible” cast.

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Latino protesters have marched in New York as Donald Trump presented the NBC’s Saturday Night Live show.

Donald Trump became the seventh presidential hopeful to host the NBC show, five months after the network dropped him after he made derogatory statements about immigrants.

Groups marched to NBC’s studios, criticizing the network.

Donald Trump’s opening monologue on the show made light of the protests.

When he announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination, Donald Trump described Mexican immigrants as rapists and drug smugglers.

Soon afterwards, NBC dropped the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants co-owned by Donald Trump, saying “respect and dignity for all people” were “cornerstones of our values”.

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However, NBC announced last month that Donald Trump would return to the airwaves for a one-off appearance on SNL.

He had previously hosted the show in 2004.

Donald Trump told the audience in New York that he was there “to show I can take a joke”.

While Donald Trump’s campaign officials have not commented on the protest, he said in June that he was on good terms with his Hispanic employees and that “Latinos love Trump, and I love them”.

In the opening sketch of Saturday night’s show, Donald Trump was heckled by a man calling him racist – only for it to emerge that the voice belonged to Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David.

“I heard if I did that I would get $5,000,” Larry David said, referring to an offer made by a Latino rights group to any potential hecklers.

“As a businessman, I can fully respect that,” Donald Trump replied.

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This year’s Tribeca Film Festival kicked off on April 15 in Lower Manhattan, with the world premiere of a documentary about Saturday Night Live.

Bao Nguyen’s Live from New York! documentary explores 40 years of the comedy sketch show and its impact on US culture.

The festival, founded by actor Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, has now been running for 14 years.

The 2015 Tribeca Film Festival closes on April 26 with a remastered print of Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas, marking the film’s 25th anniversary.

Robert De Niro, who starred in the original 1990 film, will be joined by fellow cast members at the screening.Tribeca Film Festival 2015

Other festival highlights include a screening of Harold Lloyd’s New York-set silent classic Speedy, with a live soundtrack provided by DJ Z-Trip; Arnold Schwarzenegger in the premiere of zombie drama Maggie – described by the star as “the most human role you’ve ever seen me take on”; and Simon Pegg in the screwball romantic comedy Man Up.

There will also be documentaries on the National Lampoon films (Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon) and the international premiere of Michael Winterbottom’s The Emperor’s New Clothes, made in conjunction with Russell Brand.

There will also be talks with filmmakers including George Lucas, Christopher Nolan and Bennett Miller.

On April 16, Mary J. Blige will follow the screening of music documentary The London Sessions with a live performance.

Jane Rosenthal said she was most looking forward to Monty Python’s 40th anniversary celebration, which will see screenings of classic Python films and bring together, once again, the five surviving members of the comedy troupe.

For his part, Robert De Niro told reporters he just had fun…”showing up”.

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Saturday Night Live has celebrated its 40th anniversary with a three-hour special featuring guests like Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro.

Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake kicked off the anniversary show with a medley of music, catchphrases and characters.

Steve Martin, Taylor Swift, Tom Hanks, Paul McCartney, Melissa McCarthy and Keith Richards also joined the party.

Paul McCartney performed an impromptu duet of I’ve Just Seen A Face with Paul Simon.

Other musical guests included Kanye West and Miley Cyrus.

“Tonight is like an enormous high school reunion,” 15-time host Steve Martin said as the show began.SNL 40 special

SNL has become a TV institution and numerous cast members – including Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy, Amy Poehler, Adam Sandler and Kristen Wiig – have gone on to carve out Hollywood careers.

Creator Lorne Michaels is widely regarded as one of the most revered producers in the business.

“If Lorne didn’t have good taste, this would have gone away a long time ago,” said Mike Myers, whose Wayne’s World skit with Dana Carvey – which he reprised on Sunday – inspired the 1990s comedy film of the same name.

Robert De Niro proclaimed that SNL is “still at it”, adding: “Forty years! That’s like back when TV was still watched on TV.”

A montage of audition tapes, including disappointing ones from Jim Carrey and Stephen Colbert, were also shown.

A spoof news team made up of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Jane Curtin appeared together for the Weekend Update, with the top story being none other than the SNL anniversary.

“Viewers of Saturday Night Live span several generations,” Tina Fey reported.

“From the Baby Boomers to Generation X all the way to whatever you call the little dummies who are live-tweeting this right now instead of watching it.”

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Saturday Night Live star Jan Hooks has died aged 57.

The actress’ agent confirmed she died in New York though no cause of death has been given.

Jan Hooks also played Jenna Maroney’s mother Vera in two episodes of hit comedy 30 Rock.

Her SNL co-stars included Wayne’s World stars Mike Myers and Dana Carvey.

Seth Myers – former head writer at SNL and the host of this year’s Emmy awards – tweeted: “RIP Jan Hooks. One of the all time greats.”

Jan Hooks was born and grew up in Georgia and began her comedy career in the Los Angeles-based troupe The Groundlings

Jan Hooks was born and grew up in Georgia and began her comedy career in the Los Angeles-based troupe The Groundlings

Jan Hooks was born and grew up in Georgia and began her comedy career in the Los Angeles-based troupe The Groundlings, whose alumni include Will Ferrell, Jack Black and Friends star Lisa Kudrow.

She was offered a contract with SNL in 1986 alongside Dana Carvey and Phil Hartman – who would go on to voice several characters in The Simpsons, including failed actor Troy McLure.

Her impersonations included Betty Ford, Nancy Reagan and Jodie Foster.

Jan Hooks’ other TV work included the CBS sitcom Designing Women and Futurama.

She voiced Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon in The Simpsons in six episodes between 1997 and 2002 before she was replaced by Tress MacNeille.

On film, Jan Hooks had roles in 1985’s Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and played the Penguin’s image consultant in 1992’s Batman Returns.

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Saturday Night Live will celebrate its 40th birthday with a three-hour live special that will air on Sunday, February 15, 2015.

The show will include a huge reunion of former cast members.

The list of returning Not Ready for Primetime Players, as well as special and musical guests from the show’s run, will be announced in the coming months.

“Saturday Night Live is an institution unlike anything else in television history,” said Robert Greenblatt, chairman of NBC Entertainment.

Saturday Night Live will celebrate its 40th birthday with a three-hour live special that will air on February 15, 2015

Saturday Night Live will celebrate its 40th birthday with a three-hour live special that will air on February 15, 2015

“The many brilliant <<Not Ready for Primetime Players>> over the years is a who’s who of film and television comedy for the last two generations. The roster includes everyone from the iconic first cast in 1975 to household names ranging from Eddie Murphy, Billy Crystal, Dana Carvey, Mike Myers, Will Ferrell, and Adam Sandler, to Kristen Wiig, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers – to name only a few. This brand, which is still one of the highest-rated comedies on television, was the brainchild of Lorne Michaels, who still presides over the whole enterprise today. This special is just one of the many ways we plan to celebrate ‘SNL’s’ historic 40th season next year.”

SNL has won 40 Emmy Awards, the most in television history.

The show also holds the title for the most-nominated TV show in Emmy history with 171 nods. It has been honored twice, in 1990 and 2009, with the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and cited as “truly a national institution”.

Saturday Night Live, which has also been inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame by the National Association of Broadcaster, remains television’s highest-rated late-night show.

Broadcast live from NBC’s famed Studio 8H in New York City’s Rockefeller Center, Saturday Night Live premiered October 11, 1975.

Saturday Night Live airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

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Lena Dunham will make her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on March 8 with musical guest The National.

The appearance will also mark The National’s their first time on the SNL. The National’s most recent album, Trouble Will Find Me, received a 2014 Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album and their documentary Mistaken For Strangers hits theaters during last week of March.

Lena Dunham will make her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on March 8 with musical guest The National

Lena Dunham will make her Saturday Night Live hosting debut on March 8 with musical guest The National

Saturday Night Live returns on March 1st with host Jim Parsons and musical guest Beck. With the departure of Seth Meyers’ for NBC’s Late Night, next Saturday’s SNL will also mark the debut of head writer Colin Jost as new Weekend Update co-anchor.

Colin Jost will join Cecily Strong – who worked the popular fake news segment with Seth Meyers this season – behind the desk.

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Emile Hirsch is to star as John Belushi in a film biopic based on the legendary comic’s life.

Steve Conrad will write and direct the as yet untitled independent feature, to begin shooting in New York next spring.

Emile Hirsch, 28, is best known for his roles in Speed Racer, Milk, Into the Wild, The Girl Next Door and Killer Joe.

Emile Hirsch is to star as John Belushi in a film biopic based on the legendary comic's life

Emile Hirsch is to star as John Belushi in a film biopic based on the legendary comic’s life

John Belushi shot to fame as one of the original cast members of TV’s Saturday Night Live before dying of a drug overdose in 1982 at the age of 33.

According to Variety magazine, Steve Conrad will direct from a self-penned script adapted from a 2005 biography co-written by John Belushi’s widow Judy.

Steve Conrad’s writing credits include Will Smith film The Pursuit of Happyness, Nicolas Cage drama The Weather Man and upcoming Ben Stiller vehicle The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

His film will be executive produced by Dan Aykroyd, one of John Belushi’s best friends and the other Blues Brother in John Landis’s 1980 cult comedy film.

John Belushi, also famous for his role in John Landis’s film Animal House, was previously portrayed on screen by The Shield star Michael Chiklis in 1989 release Wired.

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As Hugo Chavez’s death was announced on Tuesday, Saturday Night Live wasted no time mocking the Venezuelan leader’s time in power during the show’s opening sketch this week.

Featuring Justin Timberlake imitating Elton John, SNL skit took place at a memorial for Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer.

Justin Timberlake was singing an updated version of Elton John’s classic song Candle in the Wind in tribute to Hugo Chavez and some of the crazy, real-life, aspects from his 14 years in power.

“And it seems to me like you lived your life like a candle in the wind,” Justin Timberlake sang in a pitch-perfect imitation of Elton John before ending the chorus with the following joke: “If a candle could pull out two pistols at a press conference.”

Another hilarious line from the song was: “You said the U.S. causes earthquakes and you outlawed Coke Zero.

“And on your shoulder sat your parrot with a matching red beret.

“You had your own T.V. show, it was called <<Hello, President>>.

“It wasn’t about politics, you sometimes danced and made up raps.

“You helped make your country the kidnapping capital of the world and also increased milk production.”

Featuring Justin Timberlake imitating Elton John, SNL skit took place at a memorial for Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer

Featuring Justin Timberlake imitating Elton John, SNL skit took place at a memorial for Hugo Chavez, who died on Tuesday at the age of 58 after a long battle with cancer

Justin Timberlake also included Hugo Chavez statement that “Capitalism killed Mars” when the Socialist firebrand said that a society had taken root on the planet but capitalism had wiped out its water supply.

Justin Timberlake was also the show’s musical act. The episode featured an unusual amount of guests stars including Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd and Andy Samberg.

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Justin Timberlake put on both his host and musician cap as he took the stage at Saturday Night Live for the fifth time on Saturday night.

Justin Timberlake, 31, is one of the youngest to do so, and played to that honor in his opening monologue.

But as much as he joked, the singer played into those expectations as well – starting the hashtag #JTonSNL on Twitter and Instagram earlier in the week and posting preview snaps from rehearsal days before.

Then he introduced the audience to a little known SNL clique called the Five-Timers Club, which awards its members with a gold card.

“In case you don’t know, this is the most exclusive club in New York,” Justin Timberlake assured, before providing the audience with a peek inside the club.

Justin Timberlake put on both his host and musician cap as he took the stage at Saturday Night Live for the fifth time on Saturday night

Justin Timberlake put on both his host and musician cap as he took the stage at Saturday Night Live for the fifth time on Saturday night

Justin Timberlake walks off stage to a secret room, where he is instantly given a smoking jacket with the number 5 emblazoned on the chest – and greeted to the tunes of Paul Simon.

The Simon and Garfunkel frontman then introduces Justin Timberlake to the other members – which included a pipe-smoking Steve Martin, a bartending Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin and Candace Bergen.

“Welcome to the club old boy,” 14-time host Steve Martin jeered.

“I always thought if an ‘Nsync member made the five timers club it would be Joey Fatone.”

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In his book, “God, If You’re Not Up There, I’m F***ed”, Darrell Hammond, one of Saturday Night Live’s most popular cast members, has revealed vicious abuse that led to years of drug and alcohol problems.

As well as verbal abuse, Darrell Hammond says he was regularly stabbed, beaten and subjected to electric shocks as a young boy.

Darrell Hammond talks of the brutality he suffered at the hands of his mother, Margaret.

“I am three or four years old, and my mother is holding me close to her with one arm. In her free hand she holds a serrated steak knife.

“Slowly, she sticks it into the center of my tongue, making an incision about one-quarter inch to one-half inch long. It is quiet except for the sound of the hibiscus bush thump-thumping against the kitchen window. I do not struggle or cry. Somehow I know that to do so will make it worse. The kitchen floor is red with my blood.

“I am getting into the car to go somewhere with my mother. <<Wait>>, she says, holding the door open. <<Put your hand there>>. When I do, she slams the door.”

As well as verbal abuse, Darrell Hammond says he was regularly stabbed, beaten and subjected to electric shocks as a young boy

As well as verbal abuse, Darrell Hammond says he was regularly stabbed, beaten and subjected to electric shocks as a young boy

 

Those moments led to deep psychological scarring that later led Darrell Hammond to self-harm as a young adult – and, ultimately, a dependence on alcohol and cocaine.

And Darrell Hammond maintains that, as his popularity grew while starring on SNL, his self-harm and substance abuse increased to keep out painful memories and cope with his fame.

Darrell Hammond writes in his book: “I kept a pint of Remy in my desk at work. The drinking calmed my nerves and quieted the disturbing images that sprang into my head… If drinking didn’t work, I cut myself.”

At one point, after a performance in the NBC building where the show is recorded, Darrell Hammond was taken away in a straitjacket.

Darrell Hammond spent time in psychiatric institutions and psych wards, where he was prescribed “as many as seven medications at one time”.

He also said he was urged to reach out to his mother as a part of his therapy. He writes that when he finally did call, his mother said: “Don’t ever call us again.”

Darrell Hammond did not see his mother again until just before her death. His father died soon after.

Despite his problems, Darrell Hammond was the longest-running performer on the show until his retirement in 2009, and he told the New York Post last month that he had a deep respect for many of his former co-stars, who include Will Ferrell, Tina Fey and Kristen Wiig.

Darrell Hammond said: “I don’t have anything bad to say about anyone there. They all went above and beyond the call for me.”

And he suggested that the culture of the show, and the view of its producer Lorne Michaels, was that personal issues may be overlooked if they didn’t directly affect the performances.

Darrell Hammond told CNN: “SNL is a place where if Lorne judges that you can hit the ball over the wall that night, then you’re going to step up to the plate. So I didn’t want to let Lorne down, who I’m close to.”

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