Michaela Watkins may be gone, but Saturday Night Live’s fourth-hour spoof of The TODAY Show’s Hoda and Kathie Lee lives on. Series newcomer Jenny Slate took over as Hoda Kotb on this weekend’s January Jones-hosted edition of the long-running sketch comedy show.

Shakira isn’t seeing red after being poked fun at by country-pop rocker Taylor Swift on last weekend’s Saturday Night Live.

The Colombian with the most famous hips in music celebrated the release of her new album, She Wolf, at a Rolling Stone party in New York Monday and couldn’t stop laughing after Access Hollywood played her the clip of Taylor impersonating the Latin pop tart’s signature moves for SNL’s “Bunny Business” skit.

“That’s crazy,” Shakira said. “I feel flattered. I love Taylor,” the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer added. “I think she’s awesome. She’s beautiful and a great talent and that is just really, really funny.”

Each of the famous men in Taylor Swift’s life earned name drops in her inaugural Saturday Night Live monologue over the weekend. The country singer sang about ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas, her rumored boyfriend Taylor Lautner, and the man who ambushed her at the MTV Video Music Awards in August, rapper Kanye West, as she opened the long-running sketch comedy series on Saturday night.

“If you’re wondering if I might be dating the werewolf from ‘Twilight’ I’m not going to comment on that in my monologue,” Swift sang, before mouthing “Hi Taylor,” and blowing Lautner, 17, a kiss.

“You might be expecting me to say something bad about Kanye [West]. But there’s nothing more to say because everything’s okay…I’ve got security lining the stage,” the songstress teased.

And poor Joe Jonas really got an earful: “You might think I’d bring up Joe, that guy who broke up with me on the phone, but I’m not gonna mention him in my monologue,” Taylor continued. “Joe, I’m doing real well—tonight I’m hosting SNL!”

Taylor Swift is the host and musical guest on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live — and she hasn’t forgotten the infamous mic-snitching that left her publicly humiliated at the MTV Video Music Awards last summer.

In a promo that began airing Tuesday, the global music sensation and SNL cast member Bill Hader poke fun at the notorious incident and controversial rap star Kanye West. Taylor announces she will be on the sketch show this weekend while Hader stands by her side on the phone. He gets off his cell and says, “Whoops, Kanye West just called. He thinks Beyoncé should host instead.”

Taylor Swift host Saturday Night Live Nov. 7.

This could get ugly: Sparks could fly if Taylor Swift is reunited with nemesis Kanye West on Saturday Night Live.

We hear producers of the long-running sketch-comedy series are frantically trying to book a “surprise” cameo from Kanye when Taylor hosts the show next month.

Yeah, that’s a great plan — give ole Motormouth yet another opportunity to upstage this poor chile.

Taylor Swift will host SNL for the first time on Nov. 7.

Live from New York….it’s Taylor Swift! Kanye better beware! Country cutie Taylor Swift will host Saturday Night Live on Nov. 7, NBC announced Thursday.

The 19-year-old, who performed on the sketch comedy series in January, will be hosting for the first time, and she’s already got a few idea.

“I’ve been thinking about skit ideas for a long time,” Taylor told The Associated Press. “There are definitely some hilarious things that have happened to me over the past couple of months that I think will be pretty substantial skits.” Read the rest of this entry »

Tracy Morgan is bringing his no-holds barred approach to comedy to the pages of a new autobiography. In his tell-all book I Am the New Black, in stores Oct. 20, the Emmy-nominated 30 Rock star fires off at former Saturday Night Live co-stars Chris Kattan and Cheri Oteri.

SNL’s “Dominican Lou” writes: “I had my finger on the pulse of urban comedy, but when I brought my act to SNL, those motherf***** just felt bad for me…..None of the cast I came up with saw this future for me. No, sir. All I have to say about that is, where’s Chris Kattan now? Where’s Cheri Oteri now? That bitch can’t even get arrested.”

After fourteen seasons, comedian Darrell Hammond has announced his retirement from Saturday Night Live.

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Lady Gaga, music’s most eccentric fashion nightmare since Macy Gray, made her inaugural appearance (I think….) on Saturday Nigh Live this weekend. The VMA-winning NYC native was back in the Big Apple to perform “Just Dance,” “Paparazzi,” and a medley of her other hits on the Oct. 3 episode of NBC’s long-running sketch comedy series.

The second episode of the 35th season of Saturday Night Live proved a star-studded affiar with Ryan Reynolds guest hosting and his wife Scarlett Johansson stopping by to play his spouse in a skit about a family porcelain fountain firm.