I think it’s a masterpiece, honestly. I think it could be up for best picture [at the Oscars],” Aykroyd said about ‘Saturday ...

Casting, then, was also of great importance to director Jason Reitman when the time came to direct his comedy-drama Saturday ...

"Wicked" star Ariana Grande wanted "Saturday Night Live" star Bowen Yang to play Pfannee so bad, she called Lorne Michaels to ...

Daddy Lorne is ... old footage of Michaels. "The cadence of his voice and his accent were from a Tom Snyder interview he did, ...

“But Jason decided that I should focus on him as a young man ... and right time. Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) in Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night. Hopper Stone/Sony Pictures They’re ...

Played with a determined calm by Gabriel Labelle, the young Lorne Michaels comes off as a blandly ... NBCU Photo Bank, via Getty Images In books about the creation of “Saturday Night Live ...

And while a statement at the time attributed the shocking decision to Lorne Michaels, the SNL boss now says the decision actually came from the network. “That was very strong from the people in ...

We rank the greatest moments from 50 years of iconic SNL music performances: Radiohead, Olivia Rodrigo, Beyonce and more ...

It yanks you right into the action before Saturday Night Live’s first broadcast, alongside a young, determined (and maybe a bit delusional) Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) as he faces one ...

Lorne Michaels is putting the onus on NBC over the "Saturday Night Live" firing of Shane Gillis. The "SNL" creator said he was "angry" over the decision in a new profile in the Wall Street Journal.

Every moment of “Saturday Night” has the vibe of an Aaron Sorkin show: Characters pop up with a new crisis every few minutes, as Michaels power-walks through the halls of NBC as if he were on the set ...

"So all I really focused on is that Lorne is someone who knew ... LaBelle didn't reach out to Michaels for firsthand ...