Meanwhile, through comPRa Local — a soon-to-launch, curated storefront on Amazon.com — global consumers will be able to directly support Puerto Rican artisans, brands, and businesses. The store will highlight locally made food, products, music, books, and everyday goods, all marked with a new “Hecho en PR” badge that distinguishes items produced on the archipelago.
Earlier this year, Bad Bunny helped to close out Saturday Night Live’s 50th season as its finale musical guest. The Puerto Rican superstar returned to NBC last weekend to host the show’s Season 51 premiere. He starred in sketches throughout the evening as a sperm donor hopeful, a fan of the Netflix original film KPop Demon Hunters, and the inventor of the Spanish language, and led the SNL cast in a recreation of the ’70s Mexican sitcom El Chavo del Ocho. Joining Bad Bunny was musical guest Doja Cat, who made her Saturday Night Live debut performing “Aaahh Men!” and “Gorgeous” from her new album Vie. Check out those performances and sketches below.
During his opening monologue, Bad Bunny discussed his recent 31-show concert residency in Puerto Rico and the news that he’ll be performing the halftime show at Super Bowl LX this February. He also noted that the evening marked his fourth appearance on Saturday Night Live, joking “I think Marcello [Hernandez] is getting nervous that Lorne has a new favorite Latino.”
Bad Bunny previously hosted SNL in 2023. In November, he’s set to embark an international tour in support of his new album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos. Doja Cat’s Tour Ma Vie World Tour also kicks off that same month.
This week’s episode of Saturday Night Live will be hosted will be hosted by Amy Poehler alongside musical guest Role Model. Then, on October 18, Sabrina Carpenter will pull double duty as host and musical guest for the first time.
See where Bad Bunny’s 2020 album YHLQMDLG falls on Pitchfork’s new list of “The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time.”
Bad Bunny is back on Saturday Night Live!
The three-time Grammy winner returned for his second time hosting on Saturday night, where he addressed some of the backlash surrounding him being named the 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner.
Bad Bunny poked fun at conservative criticism of him being tapped to perform at the big game, noting that everyone is excited about his performance, “even Fox News!”
“You might not know this, but I’m doing the Super Bowl Halftime Show. And I’m very happy, and I think everybody’s happy about it,” which led the crowd to erupt in applause, before he continued, “Even Fox News!”
SNL then cut to a montaged clip of pieced together segments that made out Fox News hosts saying, “Bad Bunny is my favorite musician and he should be the next president.”
“I’m really excited to be doing the Super Bowl, I know that people all around the world who love my music are also happy,” to which he then began speaking in Spanish.
“Especially all of the Latinos and Latinas in the world here in the United States who have worked to open doors,” he said in Spanish. “It’s more than a win for myself, it’s a win for all of us. Our footprints and our contribution in this country, no one will ever be able to take that away or erase it.”
He finished his monologue off by noting in English, “And, if you didn’t understand know what I just said, you have four months to learn!”
Earlier in the monologue, a clip of Jon Hamm (who Bad Bunny called Juan Jamón) dancing to his music at a show was shown. The SNL cameras then panned over to Hamm in attendance at the show.
During the cold open, Colin Jost took the stage where he portrayed U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, where he joked that the military would adhere to the highest standards set by President Donald Trump.
“Our military will now have the same rules as any good frat party,” he said. “No fat chicks. And if you’re a fat dude, god damnit, you better be funny as hell.” James Austin Johnson’s Trump then made his return, where he said he was “just here keeping my eye on SNL, making sure they don’t say anything too mean about me.”
“SNL 51, off to a rough start. 17 new cast members, and they got the ‘Update’ guy doing the cold open. Look at Colin, poor Colin. We knew they wouldn’t let him do the whole open by himself,” he joked.
Johnson’s Trump, too, very briefly touched on the controversy surrounding the Riyadh Comedy Festival, noting he was “surprised Colin’s here, I thought he’d be with his friends at the Riyadh Comedy Festival.”
Johnson’s Trump further poked fun at the brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! with a reference to his “attack dog” Brendan Carr, with Mikey Day making an appearance in the cold open as the FCC chair.
After the news of Bad Bunny being named the headlining act was revealed, Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski said ICE will be in attendance at next year’s Super Bowl. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem further corroborated Lewandowski’s claims, assuring ICE agents would be “all over” the big game.
Before he was named the next Super Bowl headliner, Bad Bunny notably did not have any U.S. dates featured on his Debí Tirar Más Fotos World Tour. He told i-D Magazine this was partly due to ICE concerns.
“There were many reasons why I didn’t show up in the U.S., and none of them were out of hate — I’ve performed there many times. All of [the shows] have been successful,” Bad Bunny said. “But there was the issue of — like, fucking ICE could be outside [my concert]. And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”
Elsewhere in the season 51 premiere, EJAE, Rei Ami and Audrey Nuna, who voice characters in Netflix and Sony Animation’s hit movie KPop Demon Hunters, made a surprise appearance during a brunch-themed sketch. Their short cameo saw Bad Bunny’s character raving over the film, to which they then surprised the audience and gave their first-ever live performance of “Golden.”
Season 51 of SNL comes on the heels of a cast exodus this summer. Five cast members separated the show following its landmark 50th season, including Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker, Michael Longfellow and Emil Wakim.
Other than Johnson’s Trump joking about season 51 featuring “17 new cast members” in the cold open, the cast shakeup was not further addressed.
Please Don’t Destroy sketches were also thrown out ahead of season 51, which formerly starred Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy. With the end of the bit, Higgins left SNL, while Marshall now joins as a featured player and Herlihy remains on the show’s staff as a writer. Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson and Veronika Slowikowska were also added to the cast.
Bad Bunny hosted the season 51 premiere of SNL, while Doja Cat served as the night’s musical guest, in her first appearance on the sketch comedy series.
The full slate of host and musical guests for the rest of the season has not yet been revealed, though Amy Poehler is set to host on Oct. 11 with Role Model as musical guest. Sabrina Carpenter will pull double duty in both roles on Oct. 18.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem confirmed that ICE will be present at Super Bowl LX. “I have the responsibility for making sure everybody goes to the Super Bowl, has the opportunity to enjoy it and to leave,” Noem said during an appearance on The Benny Show, a podcast hosted…
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Channing Tatum explained why he feels streamers have “effed up” and “confused” Hollywood and the moviemaking process.
In a recent appearance on Hot Ones with Sean Evans promoting his upcoming film Roofman, Tatum got the opportunity to clarify his statement.
“I think, now, when you get asked to do a movie, or you’re trying to get a movie made, it’s a very confused pipeline of possibilities, and it really feels like, at times, that you’re incentivized to make bad things to get paid, rather than make something really, really good, for the fucking people that actually get to see these things and people that I want to see these movies, the person that I was when I was a kid,” The Lost City actor explained. “And I want good movies.”
He continued, “I’m like, ‘Man, I want to give my money to the good movies.’ It’s such an upside-down moment, but I do believe that the disruption is going to lead to something good. I do believe that. I do believe the streamers came in for a reason, and it had to change, it had to morph.”
Elsewhere on the show, Tatum threw light zingers at his past projects, calling 2010’s Dear John a “generic” movie and saying of his recent Deadpool & Wolverine cameo, “I was in it for two seconds, so I don’t feel like a part of that,” while guessing the projects in his filmography based on logline.
In addition to Roofman, which is bowing in theaters Oct. 10, Tatum has a slew of projects forthcoming, including: Kockroach also starring Zazie Beetz and Oscar Isaac, family-friendly comedy Dance Partners with Charlize Theron, an Amazon MGM Studios film about the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy Race that he is also producing alongside Brad Pitt, thriller-drama Josephine from Beth de Araújo with Gemma Chan, star-studded alien invasion comedy Alpha Gang and Warner Bros. action-comedy Calamity Hustle co-starring Ryan Reynolds.
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Bad Bunny is set to take over the world’s biggest stage at the Super Bowl 2026 Halftime Show. Here’s everything we know so far about his headlining performance.
Bad Bunny isn’t letting his critics get the best of him.
The “Baile Inolvidable” singer spoke out following criticism of his upcoming performance at the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show during the season 51 premiere of Saturday Night Live Oct. 4, where he served as host.
“I’m very happy,” he said during his opening monologue, “and I think everyone is happy about it—even Fox News.”
The sketch comedy series then showed a clip montage featuring news coverage of the 31-year-old’s halftime slot, which was edited to say, “Bad Bunny is my favorite musician and he should be the next president.”
Bad Bunny went on to say that “people all around the world who love my music” were looking forward to the Feb. 8 performance, adding in Spanish, “Especially all of the Latinos and Latinas in the world here in the United States who have worked to open doors. It’s more than a win for myself, it’s a win for all of us. Our footprints and our contribution in this country, no one will ever be able to take that away or erase it.”
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will be present at the 2026 Super Bowl and Grammy-winning rapper Bad Bunny’s halftime show, longtime Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski warned.
Lewandowski, who serves as an adviser to the Department of Homeland Security as a special government employee, confirmed the news days after it was announced that Bad Bunny would be the halftime show performer.
During an appearance on The Benny Show on Wednesday, Lewandowski was asked by podcast host Benny Johnson if “ICE will have enforcement at the Super Bowl for the Bad Bunny halftime show.”
“There is nowhere you can provide safe haven to people who are in this country illegally. Not the Super Bowl and nowhere else. We will find you. We will apprehend you. We will put you in a detention facility and we will deport you,” Lewandowski said.
“So know that is a very real situation under this administration, which is contrary to how it used to be.”
Lewandowski went on to criticize the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny as the halftime show performer.
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“It’s so shameful they’ve decided to pick somebody who seems to hate America so much to represent them at the halftime show,” Lewandowski said about the three-time Grammy Award-winning performer.
He told Johnson that the NFL should “be trying to be inclusive, not exclusive.”
“There are plenty of great bands and entertainment people who could be playing at that show that would be bringing people together and not separating them,” Lewandowski said.
“If there are illegal aliens, I don’t care if it’s a concert for Johnny Smith or Bad Bunny or anybody else, we’re going to do enforcement everywhere. We are going to make Americans safe. That is a directive from the president.
“If you’re in this country illegally, do yourself a favour, go home. We’ll buy you the plane ticket. Get out of the country and you’ll have a chance to come back legally,” he added.
The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Bad Bunny will lead the halftime festivities from Levi’s Stadium on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, Calif.
The Puerto Rican superstar’s selection comes amid another career-defining run: He’s fresh off a historic Puerto Rico residency this month that drew more than half a million fans and is leading all nominees at the Latin Grammys in November. He has become one of the world’s most streamed artists with albums such as Un Verano Sin Ti, a Spanish-language LP.
In an interview with I-D last month, Bad Bunny explained that part of the reason he did his Puerto Rico residency and won’t tour in the U.S. this year was because “f—ing ICE could be outside (my concert). And it’s something that we were talking about and very concerned about.”
“There were many reasons why I didn’t show up in the U.S., and none of them were out of hate — I’ve performed there many times,” he added.
“All of (the shows) have been successful. All of them have been magnificent. I’ve enjoyed connecting with Latinos who have been living in the U.S. But specifically, for a residency here in Puerto Rico, when we are an unincorporated territory of the U.S. … people from the U.S. could come here to see the show.”
— With files from The Associated Press
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Bad Bunny and Doja Cat purposely don’t vibe with Chloe Fineman’s humor in the silly promo spot for this weekend’s Saturday Night Live episode.
The clip, shared by NBC on Thursday (Oct. 2), features three takes from the trio previewing what’s to come on SNL‘s season premiere on Oct. 4, when Bad Bunny will host and Doja Cat will appear as musical guest. Fineman is among the regulars on the show, though several castmates departed ahead of Season 51.
“Hi, I’m Bad Bunny, and I’ll be hosting the season premiere of SNL this week with Doja Cat,” Benito says in the first take. Fineman cuts in to quip, “Bad Bunny. Doja Cat. And I’m Chloe Salamander.”
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In take two, Bad Bunny hypes up the Super Bowl — on which he’ll headline the halftime show — and shrugs off the excitement of being on SNL.
And in take three, Doja Cat puts her trust in Bad Bunny (instead of cast member Fineman) when it comes to expertise on being in front of the SNL camera. “Chloe, he’s done this before,” she says.
Following the Oct. 4 season premiere, this season’s lineup so far includes SNL veteran Amy Poehler as host with first-time musical guest Role Model on Oct. 11, and Sabrina Carpenter as host and musical guest on Oct. 18. Though it’ll mark Carpenter’s debut as host, she’s no stranger to the Studio 8H stage, having performed on Saturday Night Live in 2024 and during the SNL50: The Anniversary Special earlier this year.
Watch the promo video for this weekend’s episode of SNL below.
