Sabrina Carpenter Duets with Paul Simon as a show celebrates 50 years on air

The cast, who participated in stars, participated in a three-hour special to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the legendary comedy show in the USA Saturday Night Live.

The SNL50 show was held on Sunday (not Saturday) – but it was live, as always, from Studio 8H in the center of Rockefeller in New York.

The program, known for its sketches and hosts of celebrities, premiered in October 1975 and is responsible for launching the career of comedy legends, including Eddie Murphy and Bill Murray.

Some have returned to the special anniversary, along with the younger acts. Here are some of the highlights:

A woman at the moment Sabrina Carpenter launches the show from Performing a duet along with Paul Simon On the duet of folk rock Simon and Garfunkel. The couple sang a show of the hit hit of the 1966 group.

For the first time, Simon appeared in the 1976 comedy series, singing the same song with George Harrison at the Beatles.

Espresso singer Carpenter jokes that neither she nor her parents were born then.

Nirvana returned to the stage with a surprising guest Post Malone – presented by actor Adam Sandler. The actor remembered the latest performance of SNL on the original roommates with frontman Kurt Cobain shortly before his death.

Post Malone joined Dave Groll, Krist Novoselic and Pat Mear to play the band’s iconic hit smells like a teenage spirit.

He came after the surviving members of the rock band of the 90s reunited for another special performance last month Let’s raise money for the La Fires Fund.

SNL’s jokes regularly focus on politics or news events, so it seemed unlikely that one of the most profile current celebrities – between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively – would be spared.

IT ends up with American stars are currently involved in a bitter legal dispute, such as the date of the court, set for 2026.

In what seems to have been a reference to the drama, Leivli’s husband (who was also baptized in the complaint) Ryan Reynolds was part of Questions and answers in which Tina Fei and Amy Poer appeared on stage to take questions from the audienceS

Asked how he was doing, Reynolds replied “Great!” Then, as if concerned, he asked, “Why, what have you heard?”

The American actress was breaking Plaza one of her first public appearances after her husband’s death.

Director and screenwriter Jeff Baena died in January at the age of 47. The couple had been together for more than a decade and married in 2021.

On Sunday, Plaza jumped in the audience to present Miley Cyrus and Brittany Howard To perform Sinead O’Connor does not compare 2 U.

She pays tribute to a bar, wearing a tie shirt-it is not clear if she belongs to him, but the couple wore dresses to paint a tie for her wedding after the director entered the hobby during Covid.

Almost unrecognizable Meryl Streep made his SNL debut in a sketch hitting Pedro Pascal and called her character “Bad Girl.”

She also referred to her iconic movie, in which she plays a fierce fashion boss Miranda Prieli, jokingly: “This devil brings Nada.”

What would be this special without a face from the first season of the show? It was suitable for Gareth Morris, an original member of the cast and the first black man on the set of Saturday Night Live, to return to the studioS

He began the sketch, announcing “I am Gareth Morris” on a great amusement and joked when he joined the cast, he had no idea that he would have to make so many gathering shows. “

Domingo came backS There was no surprise that perhaps the most viral character from the last season would return for this special.

Previously, we saw him at the wedding of Kelsey and Matt when her bridesmaids revealed in a music ensemble that she had an affair with Domingo.

At the special anniversary, the Domingo brothers appeared in the renewal of the couple. Santiago, also known as Bad Bunny musician, and Reynaldo, played by Pedro Pascal, joined when the grooms formed their own ensemble.

It was revealed that this time Matt and Santiago got to know each other.

The last time Kim Kardashian was on Snl, she made titles to kiss the comedian Pete Davidson on Aladdin’s magic carpet – a kiss that was the beginning of their relationship.

On Sunday, Kardashian returned for an updated version of the singing sisters Mairel with former cast members Anna Gasteyer, Kristen Wig and Scarlett Johansson – whose husband is the regular anchor of “Update on the Weekend” Colin Jost.

Represented by his rarely seen Anger Management co-star Jack Nicholson, actor Adam Sandler sang for the show’s storyS

He gave a long list of previous members of the cast, noting that several who had died, including the Snl-Sn-Serizs Chris Farley and Norm Macdonald veteran with Gilda Radner, Jan Hooks and Phil Hartman.

Tom Hanks, dressed in a black suit and tie, hit a shock segment named “Memoriam”.

He introduced tribute to “SNL heroes and sketches that are outdated,” describing the subsequent assembly as “undeniably in bad taste.”

He pointed out the audience, nevertheless: “You all laughed at them. So, if someone is to be canceled, shouldn’t you be the audience? Something to think about.”