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PEOPLE/ARTS Monday 2 october 2017
New season of ‘SNL’ roars back by mocking Donald Trump early

By MARK KENNEDY to Baldwin and Melissa Mc-
AP Entertainment Writer Carthy’s appearance as
NEW YORK (AP) — The new former White House press
season of “Saturday Night secretary Sean Spicer.
Live” wasted no time get- Both actors recently won
ting topical — or mocking Emmys for their work, as
Donald Trump — with an did Kate McKinnon, who
opening sketch that fea- played Hillary Clinton on
tured Alec Baldwin skew- the show, and on Satur-
ering the president for his day played Sessions and
response to the hurricane Angela Merkel, the chan-
that devastated Puerto cellor of Germany.Ryan
Rico, threatening Attor- Gosling was the host and
ney General Jeff Sessions’ in his opening monologue,
job and mentioning his which Emma Stone joined,
stand-off with the NFL.“It’s made fun of himself as the
all part of the plan. The guy “who saved jazz,” riff-
more chaos I cause, the ing off his role in “La La
less people can focus,” Land.” Gosling featured
Baldwin joked as Trump, in some bizarre sketches,
wearing golf clothes in the including romancing a
Oval Office. “Let’s keep chicken, overreacting to
the chaos coming.”In the In this image released by NBC, Aidy Bryant portrays White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee a restaurant menu switch,
sketch, Baldwin’s Trump Sanders, left, and Alec Baldwin portrays President Donald Trump during the cold open for “Satur- playing a flute player in a
was unclear that Puerto day Night Live,” on Sept. 30, 2017, in New York. bar and a man obsessed
Rico was an American ter- (Will Heath/NBC via AP) with the font on the “Ava-
ritory, hung up on the may- then ends the sketch pall- of the United States worse had his own political state- tar” poster.In the offsea-
or of San Juan, put Sessions ing around with U.S. Senate at humanitarian aid than ment when he wore Colin son, “Saturday Night Live”
playfully on his lap and Minority Leader Charles E. Pitbull?”Michael Che also Kaepernick’s jersey num- saw the departure of cast
admitted he liked football. Schumer.Trump was also got into the act: “This isn’t ber, a nod to the football members Vanessa Bayer,
“People say I remind them a target on the show’s that complicated, man. It’s player’s decision to kneel Bobby Moynihan and Sa-
of an NFL player because “Weekend Update,” with hurricane relief. These peo- during “The Star-Spangled sheer Zamata. Those re-
I’m combative, I like to win Colin Jost pointing out that ple need help. You just did Banner” last season.The maining also include Cecily
and I might have a de- hip-hop artist Pitbull was this for white people twice. comedy show hopes to Strong, Beck Bennett, Aidy
generative brain disease,” sending a private plane Do the same thing. Tell Me- build off one of its most- Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kyle
Baldwin said. His Trump to help victims in Puerto lania to put on her flood watched seasons in more Mooney, Leslie Jones and
said he rewards loyalty but Rico. “How is the president heels.”Musical guest Jay-Z than two decades thanks Kenan Thompson.q
Playboy’s interviews were models of the art form

By HILLEL ITALIE Luther King Jr., Malcolm X) with then-presidential can-
AP National Writer and athletes (Muhammad didate Jimmy Carter. He
NEW YORK (AP) — When Ali, Pete Rose). It was the was speaking to political
Jann Wenner was prepar- rare publication to speak journalist Robert Scheer,
ing to launch Rolling Stone with Marlon Brando over who asked whether peo-
in 1967, he had some the second half of his life. A ple should worry that his
ideas about how to make joint interview with Lennon Baptist faith would make
the magazine’s interviews and Yoko Ono came out him a “rigid, unbend-
stand out. Dec. 6, 1980, two days be- ing president.” Carter re-
“The Rolling Stone inter- fore the former Beatle was sponded with a long ex-
view was modeled in part murdered by a deranged amination of his beliefs,
on the Playboy interview,” fan. Labor leader Jimmy including a passage that
Wenner told The Associat- Hoffa’s last interview be- immediately, and perma-
ed Press this week, discuss- fore he disappeared, in nently, became part of
ing the impact of the pub- 1975, was with Playboy. his legacy.“I’ve looked on
lication started by Hugh The interviewer was Mike a lot of women with lust,”
Hefner, who died Wednes- Wallace, who as a televi- Carter confided. “I’ve
day at age 91. sion newsman had tried committed adultery in my
Wenner, whose maga- In this Aug. 22, 1980, file photo, John Lennon, right, and his wife, and failed to get Hoffa to heart many times.”Scheer
Yoko Ono, arrive at The Hit Factory, a recording studio in New
zine’s many notable inter- York. Playboy has met with political leaders, activists and ath- talk.“Why would Hoffa sit wrote in a recent email
views include conversa- letes.. A joint interview with Lennon and Yoko Ono came out for a Playboy interview?” that Playboy interviews
tions with John Lennon, Dec. 6, 1980, two days before the former Beatle was murdered Wallace wrote in 1992 for “were a protected zone
Keith Richards and Elton by a deranged fan. a foreword to a book of within this racy publica-
John, explained that he (AP Photo/Steve Sands) Playboy interviews. “After tion” and praised Hefner
wanted to combine The all, he had previously de- for supporting “serious
Paris Review’s respect for tion of the 1960s and ‘70s, mastery of the art of the clined a television inter- journalism.” Carter’s “lust”
the artist’s craft with Play- but Playboy’s influence interview. Playboy’s long view with me. In retrospect, comments made head-
boy’s range and outlook. extended well beyond its and searching conserva- I think the answer is that he lines, but Scheer thought
“(Playboy) was the most centerfolds, whether by tions are remarkable for wanted more time — more the real news was Carter’s
exciting magazine in Amer- publishing such authors as the people who spoke to words, more space — for criticism of the late Lyndon
ica for years and years and Gabriel Garcia Marquez the magazine and for what himself, his ideas, his hates, Johnson, whom the can-
years,” he said.Hefner is and Kurt Vonnegut, spon- they said.Playboy has met his enthusiasms.”Playboy’s didate accused of “lying,
known most as an instiga- soring comedians and jazz with political leaders (Fidel most quoted interview cheating and distorting
tor of the sexual revolu- musicians or through its Castro), activists (Martin likely was a 1976 meeting the truth.”q