SNL this week.
The cold open
Miley Cyrus appeared extremely early to sing Dolly Parton s Light of a Clear Blue Morning for Mother s Day, which led to cast members engaging in micro-skits with their real-life moms. Endearing enough, this went about as well as a large gathering of non-performers reading jokes could go, though the format made it a bit long.
The monologue
Elon Musk appeared and said that he s the first person with Asperger s to ever host
SNL, and then espoused his scientific philosophies. He addressed his embattled reputation while boasting about his electric car and space travel accomplishments and made some questionable O.J. Simpson jokes. Musk brought his own mother on-stage to reflect upon his exploits as a precocious child, and then they hugged to end this mostly benign PR stunt.
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Saturday Night Live Season 46 returns on May 8 after a brief hiatus with engineering mogul Elon Musk hosting. Miley Cyrus will be the musical guest, and the combo has many questioning why
SNL picked the controversial executive when Cyrus has pulled double-duty hosting and performing before. The following week, Keegan Michael-Key will host with musical guest Olivia Rodrigo. Anya Taylor-Joy follows on May 22 with Lil Nas X as the musical guest.
Prior to the Musk announcement,
SNL had been on a creative roll. After a five-week streak that saw John Krasinski, Dan Levy, Regina King,
Lawsuit over solitary confinement in limbo as state pushes for mediation
Attorneys for prisoners want the lawsuit to go on. A federal judge heard arguments Thursday.
Northern Correctional Institution, in Somers, will close by July 1.
State attorneys and lawyers representing incarcerated people with mental health conditions argued Thursday over how to proceed in a lawsuit filed in February seeking to prohibit the use of in-cell shackling and solitary confinement of individuals with mental illnesses.
The state wants the case to be suspended while they try to mediate the lawsuit outside the bounds of litigation and await a court ruling on their motion to get the case dismissed, while attorneys for the incarcerated want the negotiations and lawsuit to proceed in tandem.