Not since David Letterman, the most underrated Oscar host of the modern era, has a monologue been this loopy. Jason Zinoman is a critic at large for the Culture section of The Times and writes a ...

She closed out her opening monologue by promising “to act, to sing, and not do Joker 3.” ...

Steve Martin, during his monologue for Saturday Night Live‘s 50th anniversary special, got his Canadian pal Martin Short into an unfortunate situation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Hosting the Oscars is a famously difficult gig. But Conan O'Brien didn't play it safe in his 2025 Oscars monologue, bringing up one of the biggest controversies of awards season: "Emilia Pérez ...

Conan O’Brien is the king. The former late-night host is one of the only comedians I would trust to crack a joke at the Oscars about the controversy involving Karla Sofía Gascón’s X account.

Frequent “Saturday Night Live” host Steve Martin kicked off the NBC show’s 50th anniversary special with a monologue which united him with fellow “SNL” icon John Mulaney and got Martin ...

Dave Chappelle recently told a stand-up audience in San Francisco that “Saturday Night Live” producers did not want him to talk about Gaza or transgender people in his opening monologue when ...

Conan O’Brien’s first-ever Oscars monologue, in his debut as the host of Hollywood’s biggest night, might prove to be the real winner of the evening. The Emmy-winning funnyman, 61 ...

he asked. “He looks his age.” Some other high points of the monologue: O’Brien also had a bit of fun with the Amazon-James Bond situation, joking that the new 007 would be played by Steven ...

Alec Baldwin has hosted the show 17 times, the most in the series’ history, with Martin, Hanks, Buck Henry and John Goodman following close behind. As the show celebrates its 50th anniversary this ...

“I am your DEI host,” third-time host Chelsea Handler said at the top of her Critics Choice Awards monologue, making her the first of several awards-show hosts this year to reference the Trump ...