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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 4 May 2017
Alec Baldwin: Trump is ‘Saturday Night Live’ head writer

NICOLE EVATT “Trump himself is respon-
Associated Press sible for nearly all of the
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) content,” he said. “Trump
— Alec Baldwin welcomes is the head writer at ‘SNL.’
the chance to share the Nearly everything, every
screen with President Don- consonant and every vow-
ald Trump on “Saturday el is something that Trump
Night Live.” himself has rendered in
“I think if he came it would some way. So I think Trump
be a great show,” Bald- is even more frustrated be-
win said in an interview cause he has only himself
Wednesday. “I think it to blame for that.”
would be better for every- He also praised Jimmy
body. It’s always fun to de- Kimmel, who on Monday
fuse some of the tensions night detailed how his son
and unpleasantness of all was born last month with a
this because we are mock- heart defect and required
ing him — by no means surgery. Kimmel’s tearful
with more frequency or monologue included a
more maliciousness, if you plea for all families to have
will, than other people.” access to life-saving medi-
But he will have to wait. The cal care.
actor, whose Trump imper- “Good for him to get real
sonations became a staple about that,” said Baldwin, In this Tuesday, April 4, 2017 file photo, actor and author Alec Baldwin appears at Barnes & Noble
this season and helped who’s a father of four. “I’d Union Square to sign copies of his new book, “Nevertheless: A Memoir,” in New York.
propel “SNL” to its best rat- love to see this country Associated Press
ings in years, said the presi- turn in a direction where
dent recently turned down it makes things easier for
an invitation to appear on moms and dads.”
the NBC show. Baldwin said he has
“We invited him to come reached out to Kimmel,
when I hosted recently, but who was his co-star in the
he refused to come, which animated film “The Boss
is fine,” Baldwin said. “I’m Baby.”
hoping ‘SNL’ was the one “I can’t imagine any time
thing he chose to ignore in your life when you buck-
so he could actually do his le down more and kind of
job.” batten down the hatches
Trump has repeatedly more than when you’re go-
bashed “SNL” and Bald- ing through that with your
win’s impersonations on wife,” Baldwin said. “That’s
Twitter, but the actor said just mind blowing. Mind
his performance is driven blowing. And I hope every-
by Trump’s words and ac- thing is great for his son.”q
tions.
Brad Pitt talks Angelina Jolie

divorce, giving up alcohol

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brad eventually cleared by au-
Pitt is opening up for the thorities.
first time about his pending The 53-year-old actor says
divorce from Angelina Jo- he has quit drinking since
lie and his relationship with then and is seeing a thera-
their children. pist. Pitt says he and Jolie
Pitt tells GQ Style maga- have agreed to “work to-
zine that the recent cha- gether” on shared custody
os in his personal life was of their six children because
“self-inflicted.” Jolie filed it’s “very jarring for the kids,
for divorce from Pitt in Sep- to suddenly have their fam-
tember, days after it was ily ripped apart.”
reported that Pitt was abu- Pitt says he has to focus less
sive toward their 15-year- on work and more on lis-
old son on a plane. Pitt was tening to his children.q