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A surprise cameo from the star of ‘Save the Last Dance’ was the high point of a very good episode.

This holiday season, Saturday Night Live served up a potent reminder: “The only person you need to be is yourself.” So waxed the poster for the 2001 classic…

Miley Cyrus paid tribute to her godmother Dolly Parton when she opened Saturday Night Live with a stirring rendition of her classic Light Of A Clear Blue Morning in honor of Mothers Day. The 28-year-old pop star flexed her smoky vocals for the heartfelt ballad, which was paused periodically for the entire SNL cast to bring out their own mothers for some cute wisecracks. Miley capped off the performance with her mother Tish Cyrus by her side as the rest of the cast and their moms swayed with her...

Saturday Night Live’s cold open tackled the impending Covid-19 vaccine rollout, with Kate McKinnon and Heidi Gardner playing Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx. “We’re doing this vaccine World War II-style, we made England go in first, see what’s what, and then we swoop in at the end and steal the spotlight. Tom Hanks will make 10 movies about it and when it’s over, you can kiss any nurse you want,” McKinnon’s Fauci said. When asked by Wolf Blitzer (Beck Bennett) how the outgoing Trump admini...