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• 'Yeezus': Kanye West's controversial new songs

  Yeezus. Kanye West unveiled a new rebellious, political side with the two new songs from his upcoming Yeezus album on Saturday Night Live that have already guaranteed that Ye will have controversy on his hands when it arrives on June 18.He actually debuted   Read more »

• Bill Hader plays swan song on 'SNL'

  Bill Hader -- aka Stefon, " James Carville ," "Keith Morrison," Alien Greg, and lots of game show hosts -- was leaving " Saturday Night Live " after eight largely terrific seasons.And he did. As Stefon, almost getting married to Anderson Cooper on the 38th   Read more »

• Bill Hader leaving 'Saturday Night Live,' report says

  Uh oh. This can't be good. Bill Hader, one of "SNL's" most distinctive players who brought a variety of caricatures, tics, personas, impersonations and generally assorted deranged comic types to the show over the past eight seasons, is leaving, according t   Read more »

• Seth Meyers to replace Jimmy Fallon on 'Late Night'

  "Tonight" show.Meyers' show will originate from New York's Rockefeller Center , just like Fallon's "Tonight" show. Meyers' premiere date has not been set.Longtime "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels will be the executive in charge of both shows.   Read more »

• Martin Short stars in comedy pilot

  Short could be back in the weekly TV business with his former " Saturday Night Live " boss, Lorne Michaels .Short says he's waiting to hear whether NBC will pick up a comedy pilot produced by Michaels as a series next season.The untitled sitcom stars "SNL"   Read more »

Around the web

• Jay Pharoah on Meeting Obama, Understudying Jay-Z, and What’s to Come on SNL

  and the fact that they can almost feel your vulnerability right there when you talk to them. You just finished filming Saturday Night Live, and now you’re on the road for most of the summer. Do you get to take a break at some point? Do I get to take a break? 11:20 AM from The Washingtonian Read more »

• Kim Kardashian's Pregnancy Is Finally Giving Her What She Deserves

  Check out how stunning Kim Kardashian's baby bump looks in this precious little black dress she wore after Kanye West's Saturday Night Live performance in New York last weekend. It's taken some time, but Kim has really gotten into a good groove with her pregnancy 10:56 AM from The Stir by CafeMom Read more »

• 'SNL' cast crisis?

  the future for “SNL” looks grim. “If all four leave, ... And if the young cast of ... Another beloved cast member of "Saturday Night Live" is leaving the comedy sketch show. Bill Hader told The New York Times that he's... Bill Hader and Fred Armisen are reportedly 3:29 AM from FOX Sports Read more »

• SNL star to talk about addiction, abuse at Fort Worth event

  Night Live, detailed his life experience in a memoir, God, If You’re Not Up There, I’m F**cked: Tales of Stand-Up, Saturday Night Live and other Mind-Altering Mayhem. Hammond’s struggles with drug, alcohol and self-cutting — the result of childhood abuse at 5/20/13 from Fort Worth Star-Telegram Read more »

• Does 'SNL' have a cast crisis coming?

  Hader departed "Saturday Night Live" on this past weekend's season finale and Seth Meyers is also on his way out, as he will transition next year to hosting "Late Night." That makes four cast anchors who have left in the last two years, with Kristen Wiig and 5/20/13 from Zap2it.com Read more »