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Saturday Night Live is poking fun at the Vice Presidential debate, including the fly that landed on Mike Pence‘s head during his debate against Kamala Harris.

The much-buzzed about debate was the subject of the Cold Open of Saturday night’s (October 10) episode of the long-running sketch series.

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Susan Page, the debate’s moderator, was played by Kate McKinnon, while Senator Kamala Harris was once again played by Maya Rudolph. Vice President Mike Pence was played by Beck Bennett. And the fly also got a role – played by none other than Jim Carrey.

A second fly on Pence’s head, played by Kenan Thompson, reveals himself to be a reincarnated version of Trump supporter and American businessman Herman Cain, who opposed mask mandates and died from COVID-19 in July.

Later in the night, one of the cast members totally broke character and couldn’t stop laughing.

Jim Carrey will be making his debut as Joe Biden on this weekend’s season premiere of Saturday Night Live and the first look clip was just revealed!

The 58-year-old actor has been a guest host on the sketch comedy series several times, but now he’ll be a recurring star for the upcoming season.

Jim will be joined this season by Maya Rudolph, who will reprise her work as Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

The season premiere will be hosted by Chris Rock with musical guest Megan Thee Stallion.

Lorne Michaels recently said about hiring Jim, “There was some interest on his part. And then we responded, obviously, positively. But it came down to discussions about what the take was. He and Colin Jost had a bunch of talks. He and I as well. He will give the part energy and strength, and … [Laughs.] Hopefully it’s funny.”

Something big happened for Maya last month!

Maya Rudolph is now a two-time Emmy winner!

It was announced on Saturday (September 19) during night five of the 2020 Creative Arts Emmy Awards that the 49-year-old actress had won the award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.

Maya won the award for her portrayal of Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live.

Maya was up against herself in the category for her role on The Good Place alongside fellow nominees Wanda Sykes for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Bette Midler for The Politician, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge for Saturday Night Live.

This is the second Emmy award Maya has won this week. A few nights earlier, Maya won the award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for her work as Connie the Hormone Monstress on Netflix’s animated series Big Mouth.

Congrats again Maya!

Maya Rudolph has finally won an Emmy Award!

The 48-year-old actress just won the award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for her work as Connie the Hormone Monstress on Netflix’s animated series Big Mouth. The category was announced during Thursday’s portion of the Creative Arts Emmys.

Also up for the award were Central Park‘s Leslie Odom Jr., Crank Yankers‘ Wanda Sykes, The Mandalorian‘s Taika Waititi, and The Simpsons‘ Nancy Cartwright and Hank Azaria.

Maya actually has THREE nominations this year. She also has two nods in the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series category for her guest spots on Saturday Night Live and The Good Place.

In previous years, Maya was nominated in the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series category in 2012 for SNL and in 2018 and 2019 for The Good Place.

Congrats to Maya on this big win!

Quibi has released the trailer for their highly-anticipated new mystery-comedy series Mapleworth Murders!

Created by, written by, and starring Paula Pell and John Lutz, the series features a “who’s who” of guest suspects and victims.

The star-studded cast also includes Wanda Sykes, Chris Parnell, Terry Crews, Nicole Byer, Jimmy Carlson, Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, D’Arcy Carden, Tim Meadows, Jack McBrayer, Andy Samberg, Tina Fey, Pam Murphy, Annie Mumolo, and Ike Barinholtz.

If you missed it, Maya recently reacted to news of Kamala Harris being picked as Joe Biden‘s Vice President candidate, and revealed if she would impersonate Senator Harris on Saturday Night Live again.

New episodes of Mapleworth Murders air on Mondays on Quibi.

Maya Rudolph better get ready to take on some work!

The Saturday Night Live comedian, who hilariously took on the role of Kamala Harris during her run to become the Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential run, reacted to the news of Kamala being picked as Joe Biden‘s VP on Tuesday (August 11).

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“That’s spicy,” she told EW.

Maya was in the middle of recording a panel discussion with Emmy nominees, as she is coincidentally nominated for playing Kamala on SNL.

Angela Bassett found out on the call and shared it during the Zoom.

“Oh s–t,” Maya said.

“Somebody’s gonna be very busy now,” Wanda Sykes teased.

“Ruh-roh,” Maya went on to say.

“I love going to the show. Any excuse I can get, I love. I just didn’t really anticipate traveling during a pandemic, but if there’s anyone that can work it out I’m sure Lorne [Michaels] has some sort of invisible helicopter that can get me there,” she joked.

“Ever since I was a kid, truly, I wanted to be on any kind of SCTV, Saturday Night Live, and I can’t believe that I got to work there, and I can’t believe that it’s my family still. I’m so thrilled to even be associated with the show and that I got to go back. It’s like the gift that keeps on giving. Honestly, it’s my favorite place to play.”

“I’m as surprised as you are, guys. That’s spicy,” she added.

“I don’t know that I’m ready to go right this minute, but it’s so nice to have this nomination be associated with the show because it’s my true love.”

Click here to watch Maya‘s reaction!

Here’s how other stars are reacting to the news…

Hilaria Baldwin revealed her husband, Alec Baldwin, didn’t make a move on her until weeks after they met.

The Emmy Award-winner filled in as guest host on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, airing today (March 23), and invited his 35-year-old writer wife to make an appearance and talk about their relationship.

“Do you guys know that he shook my hand for six weeks and didn’t kiss me when we met. True story,” Hilaria said to the Ellen DeGeneres audience. “He would tell me all these things like I’m going to marry you, I’m going to spend the rest of my life with you, we’re going to have a ton of kids and then he would shake my hand at the end of the night.”

“I didn’t want you to think that I just wanted to have sex with you,” Alec expressed. “Hey, look it worked,” Hilaria quipped.

Later, Maya Rudolph joined Alec on the couch and they discussed their impersonations of President Trump and Senator Kamala Harris. Then, Maya talked about her new Netflix animated film, The Willoughbys – Watch the trailer here!

Note: This episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show was previously recorded.

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