Grande, who has been featured as a musical guest twice (once as part of her double-duty in 2016), sang, parodied and disappeared into characters all through the night, flexing her skillset as a host who’s game to try on costumes no matter how ridiculous, impressions no matter how far-fetched.
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Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
20 Dec. 2025
The cold open took place in the Oval Office and parodied a recent White House event about cutting the price of weight loss drugs, during which a man fainted behind the president.
The verdict on recent Grier draftees, free agents All of the Dolphins draftees that played Sunday, and almost every Miami player that took the field, were drafted or selected by Grier, who was widely ridiculed for his drafts and free agent signees.
Ariana Grande spoofed Mariah Carey‘s holiday classic during her opening monologue on Saturday Night Live.
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Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
21 Dec. 2025
But for any of these films to really work, there has to be a recognizable foundation on which to build the silliness, and director Jim O’Hanlon has made sure to make this comedic assault on this genre one that also just might work storywise for fans of the shows being spoofed.
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