At the end of Saturday Night Live‘s 46th season, rumors swirled that several of its stars were leaving. But producer Lorne Michaels has other ideas. He’s reportedly asked them to stay.
A source tells Variety that the show’s creator is trying to persuade cast members whose contracts may have expired to delay their exit plans for several years. Lorne wants some cast members to stay through the show’s historic 50th season.
He’s even “willing to grant some flexibility, giving cast who have other opportunities the chance to work on those projects as well as on the show.”
Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Kenan Thompson and Pete Davidson are reportedly on the way out.
SNL is set to air into 2025, and there’s speculation that Lorne plans to retire at that time.
Bill and Melinda Gates are officially single.
On Monday, a judge finalized the couple’s bitter divorce.
Melinda filed for divorce in May after 27 years of marriage.
According to TMZ, which obtained the final divorce documents, “Neither party will get spousal support. Also, Melinda will not change her last name. The document says all property is divided pursuant to the ‘Separation Contract.’ Translation — when they decided to split, they signed a document outlining who gets what.”
Bill’s worth an estimated $130 billion. Melinda received $2 billion in stocks the day she filed for divorce, and the following day, she got 25 million shares of Mexican Coca-Cola.
Following a backlash, Matt Damon is denying reports that he recently stopped using the homophobic f-word after his daughter protested.
Now, the Stillwater star says he didn’t need to retire the slur, because he never uttered it in his personal life.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, he was quoted as saying he only recently stopped using the word after he used it in a joke around his family, prompting his young daughter to write a “treatise” explaining why it was harmful.
But on Monday Matt told Variety in a statement that he’s “never” called anyone” the slur in his “personal life and this conversation with my daughter was not a personal awakening. I do not use slurs of any kind.”
Damon explained that he was referring to a discussion he had with his daughter where he tried explaining the progress that had been made since he was growing up in Boston and often hearing the word used.
