All throughout the US election cycle last year, legendary actor Alec Baldwin produced some of the funniest moments in television, playing then Republican Presidential nominee Donald John Trump.
Baldwin nailed all of Trump’s eccentric mannerisms in his critically acclaimed performance, leading to him winning an Emmy award at the 2017 edition of the ceremony.
Oscar award winning actor Alec Baldwin has certainly landed bigger paydays, but there is something intriguing about constantly making fun of the next commander-in-chief of his nation, even if it’s not the highest paying gig in town.
According to the ’30 Rock’ alum, he makes $1,4000 per every Trump bashing Saturday Night Live episode.
Saturday Night Live were back to their Trump lampooning ways on Saturday’s show as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s much publicised involvement in influencing the US election was featured on the show.
Alec Baldwin reprised his role as Donald Trump, receiving a visit from Putin who came down his chimney, bearing gifts, so to speak.
US President-elect Donald Trump continues to do whatever he likes on twitter, even though he has been expected to cut back his use of the social networking service since his election.
He recently caused a fracas by retweeting unverified claims of voter fraud by a 17 year old boy named Seth, continuing a tradition of simply reteweeting things he sees online without any checks of their veracity.
Alec Baldwin reprised his role as Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live over the weekend as the program continued its contentious relationship with the US President elect.
The show’s cold open on Saturday showed Trump trying to get to grips with the magnitude of the job he has just been thrust with, going through numerous high level meetings.
Saturday Night Live, like much of the media, lampooned and satirised candidate Donald Trump, largely in part due to the abundance of material produced by the candidate who seemed to make a misstep every single day.
Despite all the fun they made of him, Trump won the election, and thus all eyes were on SNL to see how their first show after the surprising polls would approach the topic.
Last night’s Saturday Night Live was back on the business of relentlessly mocking the two main candidates for US President with their cold open again tackling the second Presidential debate.
With Alec Baldwin on Donald Trump duty and Kate Mckinnon playing Hillary, the SNL crew recreates last week’s debate to hilarious effect.
Saturday Night Live debuted a new Donald Trump over the weekend, this one played by Academy Award winner Alec Baldwin.
Baldwin played the real estate mogul and Republican Presidential candidate in the comedy show’s cold open, which was a reprisal of last week’s box office Presidential debate.
Approximately three weeks before the HBO hit show Game of Thrones returns to our screens, one of its biggest stars is set to host Saturday Night Live.
Peter Dinklage, who plays the noble dwarf and one of the smartest players in Westeros, Tyrion Lannister, would bring his oratory and sharp wit to host the longest running comedy show, ‘Saturday Night Live’.
