Ashley Hoffman

The eagerly anticipated Jimmy Fallon-Justin Timberlake Christmas episode of Saturday Night Live came and went at full speed. Fallon, as host, pumped every sketch full of energy and the writing merited was enough to fill anyone with Christmas cheer.…

Last night on SNL, thirteen-timer John Goodman did what he always has: The Inside Llewyn Davis and Monuments Men actor gave us some hilarious, full-fledged characters. And, thus, the episode as a whole actually worked — the hour-and-a-half of…

On Saturday, Paul Rudd’s third time hosting Saturday Night Live marked the first of the show's three-week lineup of veteran hosts. (We're already squealing in anticipation over Dec. 21's Jimmy Fallon-Justin Timberlake Christmas episode.) And Rudd,…

Josh Hutcherson’s been busy promoting Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which means he's been working the press circuit and fielding marriage proposals from strangers. Still, when it comes to this season's crop of SNL hosts (Miley Cyrus, Bruce Willis,…

You didn’t expect a happy ending for Stuart and Jessica did you? The way Stephen Merchant capped off the first season of Hello Ladies with a powerful dose of truth couldn’t have been more weirdly satisfying, even though it wasn't the ending everyone…

Continuing her heavy promotion for ARTPOP , Lady Gaga played both musical guest and host on Saturday Night Live this week. The show was a smart one, some unexpected moments delivered honest laughs that didn't solely surround the Fame Monster's…

You’ve spent enough holidays agonizing over crumbly pie crusts and mushy lattices. Why can’t the crust come out like the ones in Sing a Song of Sixpence? Then you tried pie pops, but they shrunk into something resembling a q-tip dipped in cookie…

Every Thanksgiving, I was responsible for typing up the menu for the guests. My father revised my work more than any editor has since, and after several drafts it would finally be approved to print on the ornately bordered paper. The hardest part…