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At 50, 'Saturday Night Live' celebrates its past as a comedy icon - and wonders about its future

At 50, 'Saturday Night Live' celebrates its past as a comedy icon - and wonders about its future

NEW YORK (AP) — Tune into the Oct. 11, 1975 premiere episode of “Saturday Night Live” — then without “live” in its name — and you may be instantly surprised at some of the bones of the show that are still intact today.
'Saturday Night Live' costume designer Tom Broecker wants every host to feel at home

'Saturday Night Live' costume designer Tom Broecker wants every host to feel at home

NEW YORK (AP) — Costume designer Tom Broecker has been working at “Saturday Night Live” for more than 30 years so, like the show, he’s become an institution.
What's going to win best picture? We rank the Oscar field

What's going to win best picture? We rank the Oscar field

NEW YORK (AP) — The inner-Vatican machinations of “Conclave” have nothing on this year’s Oscar race .
A pilot on a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer killed in Arizona aircraft collision

A pilot on a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer killed in Arizona aircraft collision

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — One of two pilots died on a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil after the aircraft veered off a runway in Arizona and hit a business jet, according to a Federal Aviation Administration incident report.
'Saturday Night Live' plans a massive 50th anniversary special. Who's coming and how to watch

'Saturday Night Live' plans a massive 50th anniversary special. Who's coming and how to watch

NEW YORK (AP) — The 50th anniversary celebration of “Saturday Night Live” is so big, it's not even on Saturday.
New national tour of 'Beauty and the Beast' features Fergie L. Philippe and Kyra Belle Johnson

New national tour of 'Beauty and the Beast' features Fergie L. Philippe and Kyra Belle Johnson

NEW YORK (AP) — Fergie L. Philippe first saw the stage musical “Beauty and the Beast” pretty late, as a freshman in college. Kyra Belle Johnson got to know it much earlier — in sixth grade she played a sugar cube in a middle school production.
It's a publishing fairy tale. 'Hansel and Gretel' is reimagined by Stephen King and Maurice Sendak

It's a publishing fairy tale. 'Hansel and Gretel' is reimagined by Stephen King and Maurice Sendak

An upcoming edition of “Hansel and Gretel” combines the dark and singular talents of two literary giants who apparently never met: Stephen King and the late Maurice Sendak .
Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrate the Lantern Festival with high hopes and rice dumplings

Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrate the Lantern Festival with high hopes and rice dumplings

NEW TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Thousands in Taiwan and China celebrated the Lantern Festival on Wednesday by releasing paper lanterns into the night sky, visiting light installations and snacking on glutinous rice dumplings.
White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute

White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute

NEW YORK (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico were telling “lies” and insisted it would continue to bar Associated Press journalists from presidentia
White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute

White House says it has the right to punish AP reporters over Gulf naming dispute

NEW YORK (AP) — The White House said Wednesday that news organizations that refuse to use President Donald Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico were telling “lies” and insisted it would continue to bar Associated Press journalists from presidentia