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| Ariana Grande cracks up during hilarious Christmas tree skit | Wicked star Ariana Grande guest hosted the last 2025 episode of Saturday Night Live this weekend. In her opening monologue, she sang a parody of the classic holiday song, "All I Want for Christmas," in which she laments being too busy to figure out what to get her cousin's boyfriend Steve as a gift. Two of Grande's best sketches ended up being cut for time, but they were released on YouTube and the NBC website. The entertainer cracked up laughing in a skit in which she and Sarah Sherman played two middle-aged, mustached men trying to sell pathetic-looking Christmas trees to people who waited until the last minute. |
| Famous birthdays for Dec. 21: Chris Evert, Jane Fonda | Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include: -- Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket in 1118 -- American Revolution figure Paul Revere in 1734 -- Dog breeder Jack Russell in 1795 -- World Golf Hall of Fame member Walter Hagen in 1892 -- Baseball Hall of Fame member Josh Gibson in 1911 -- College Football Hall of Fame member Joe Paterno in 1926 -- TV personality Phil Donahue in 1935 -- Actor Jane Fonda in 1937 (age 88) -- Musician Frank Zappa in 1940 -- Musician Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) in 1946 -- Actor Samuel L. |
| Kiefer Sutherland recalls Jack Nicholson's 'A Few Good Men' scene | Kiefer Sutherland recalled filming an iconic scene with Jack Nicholson for the film, A Few Good Men, in CBS News: Rob Reiner -- Scenes From a Life, a special honoring their late director. Sutherland and Nicholson starred alongside Tom Cruise and Demi Moore in the 1992 military courtroom drama in which Nicholson's Colonel Nathan Jessup famously barks, "You can't handle the truth!" Sutherland said Nicholson did the scene perfectly in one take. "No one said a word, and Rob went up to Jack Nicholson and whispered in his ear, 'Do you want to do another one?' And Jack Nicholson said, 'Well, we're here.' So, they did another one and it was just as extraordinary," Sutherland said in the one-hour special, airing Sunday. |
| No Season 2 of 'Tony & Ziva' on Paramount+ | Paramount+ has canceled its NCIS spin-off Tony & Ziva after one season. The show's stars Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo, who plays the title characters, issued a joint statement confirming the news on Friday. "We feel incredibly lucky to have had the chance to play these characters once again and to tell the next chapter of Tony and Ziva's story," the actors said. "Our deepest thanks go to our extraordinary cast, crew, writers, directors, and producers, and to our partners at CBS Studios and Paramount+ who helped make this dream a reality." The series reunites the former Naval Criminal Investigative Service special agents after 12 years for a new globe-trotting adventure. Along for the ride is their daughter Tali, played by Isla Gie. |
| Bowen Yang confirms 'SNL' exit in farewell Instagram post | Comedian Bowen Yang has confirmed his exit from Saturday Night Live a day after media reports swirled that this weekend would be his last on the sketch comedy show. "I loved working at SNL, and most of all i loved the people. i was there at a time when many things in the world started to seem futile, but working at 30 rock taught me the value in showing up anyway when people make it worthwhile," Yang wrote. "i'm grateful for every minute of my time there. i learned about myself (bad with wigs). i learned about others (generous, vulnerable, hot). i learned that human error can be nothing but correct. i learned that comedy is mostly logistics and that it will usually fail until it doesn't, which is the besssst. |