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Brad Pitt brought some red-hot star quality to the cold open of “Saturday Night Live … At Home.” The “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” Oscar winner donned a silver wig to play White House coronavirus task force advisor, Dr. Anthony Fauci, ruminating on President Donald Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Following Trump’s …

After some sketchy moments in the first canned “Saturday Night Live … At Home” episode forced by the coronavirus lockdown, NBC’s venerable comedy franchise rallied to give it another virtual go this weekend. Brad Pitt brought some red-hot star quality to the cold open, which featured the “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” Oscar …

Two weeks after airing its first-ever totally remote telecast, “Saturday Night Live” is returning to Studio 8H (figuratively speaking) this weekend with its second “At Home” edition. The inaugural “SNL at Home” averaged 6.7 million total viewers and a 1.46 rating, placing second for the season behind Eddie Murphy’s Dec. 21 hosting turn (which drew …

Streaming giant Netflix gave its top brass a hefty pay day in 2019. Netflix founder and chief executive Reed Hastings saw his compensation jump 7 percent to $38.6 million last year, versus pay of $36.1 million in 2018, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday. Hastings’ No. 2, Ted Sarandos, the company’s chief content officer, got …

Martha would be very proud of her grand baby. Michael Che is paying homage to his grandmother, Martha, who recently died of coronavirus complications, in the kindest way possible. The “Saturday Night Live” star will pay one month’s rent for 160 residents in his grandmother’s public housing complex in NYC. “It’s crazy to me that …

Best Buy said on Wednesday it would furlough about 51,000 hourly US store employees and that its sales dropped about 5 percent in the first two months of the current quarter, as the electronics retailer kept its stores shut due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said that starting next week, some corporate employees would …

John Malone’s Liberty Media, which owns SiriusXM, the Atlanta Braves and the Formula One racing circuit, said Chief Executive Greg Maffei scored $44 million in compensation in 2019. Maffei’s pay jumped a whopping 118 percent last year compared with his 2018 pay of $20.2 million, according to an SEC filing Tuesday. The robust jump in …

Quarantined couch potatoes apparently were desperate for a new episode of “Saturday Night Live.” The remote “At Home” episode — featuring many regular cast members, surprise host Tom Hanks and musical guest Chris Martin — was a ratings winner for the NBC sketch show, landing 6.7 million viewers, according to the Wrap. It was the …

Pete Davidson showed off his basement abode in his mother’s Staten Island home during the “SNL At Home” episode. In a pre-taped sketch directed by his mom, Amy, the star did his best approximation of a Drake tune, titled “This Is A Drake Song,” and treated fans to highlights of his pad, including a Pac-Man …

“Saturday Night Live” emerged from the pandemic quarantine ashes with a fresh, if unconventional, episode Saturday night — including a cold opening “Zoom” montage with cast members phoning it in from their own kitchens and living rooms. “It’s Saturday Night Live … At Home!” the announcer shouted before introducing, as the evening’s host, actor and …