Saturday Night Live turned its Halloween cold open on Saturday (Oct. 31) into a send-up of Nicki Minaj’s support for President Donald Trump, a week after the rapper joined him on the campaign trail.
Cast member Saidah Belo-Osagie played Minaj, bursting into the sketch near its end as James Austin Johnson’s Trump praised her loyalty to his movement. “Trump’s out here killing it,” Belo-Osagie’s Minaj declared, “and by it, I mean my career.” The sketch also cast her as Trump’s next choice for White House press secretary.
The parody drew directly on Minaj’s appearance at Trump’s Oct. 25 rally in Port Huron, Michigan, where she traveled with him on Air Force One and backed Republican candidates Mike Rogers and John James ahead of Tuesday’s (Nov. 3) midterm elections. During the rally, Trump invited Minaj to stand before the crowd and commented on her appearance, a moment the sketch played on with Johnson’s Trump making a string of jokes about the subject.
The press secretary gag also had a real-world source. A Trump staffer floated Minaj for the role during the Air Force One trip, and Trump later told The Benny Show it was “a good idea,” adding, “I’m gonna think about that.” Minaj has also said she is “not going anywhere” after Trump called her his “favorite.”
The cold open was framed as a ride through a budget Halloween haunted attraction, with Grace Reiter and Jeremy Culhane as a couple on a date and Kenan Thompson as a Grim Reaper guide. Tom Hanks then appeared as David S. Pumpkins, the oddball character he introduced on the show in 2016, backed by his dancing skeleton sidekicks Mikey Day and former cast member Bobby Moynihan, in what the sketch itself called the character’s third outing.
Before the bit could get going, Johnson’s Trump froze the scene and cut it short. “I’ll save you four minutes: he keeps popping up and confusing people on the ride. The end,” he told the audience, before comparing himself to Pumpkins: “We both appeared in 2016, we’re both very loud, very orange.” He went on to complain about Republican polling ahead of the midterms before Belo-Osagie’s Minaj made her entrance.
Minaj has not publicly addressed the sketch.
The rapper remains one of the most successful acts in Billboard chart history. In 2018, she became the first woman to log 100 entries on the Billboard Hot 100, and she holds the most Hot 100 top 10s among female rappers. In 2020, she and Doja Cat became the first female rap duo to top the Hot 100, with the remix of “Say So.”
Obsession star Inde Navarrette hosted the episode, her first time in the role. Gracie Abrams was the musical guest, her second SNL appearance after her December 2024 debut. She arrived fresh off the release of her new single “Here You Come, There You Go” on Oct. 29, and ahead of her Look at My Life arena tour, which launches Dec. 2 in Denver in support of her third album, Daughter From Hell.
SNL airs live on Saturday (Oct. 31), with a start time of 11:30 p.m. ET/PT.
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For Saturday afternoon of NCAA week nine, the league heads to Georgia for Atlanta Gridiron Classic. For the game, two SEC powerhouses and rivals going head-to-head to see which team is going to dominate the league for the 2026 season. Plus, there might be one or two celebrity sightings too.
When Does Florida Gators vs. Georgia Bulldogs Start?
For week nine, Atlanta Gridiron Classic takes place on Saturday (Oct. 31) with the No. 17-ranked Florida Gators (5-2) taking on the No. 3-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (6-1) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT.
What TV Network Features Florida Gators vs. Georgia Bulldogs?
In 2026, the Atlanta Gridiron Classic broadcasts on ABC. Meanwhile, the NCAA game is available to livestream on ESPN Unlimited.
Which Celebrities Are Making Appearances Florida Gators vs. Georgia Bulldogs?
The NCAA Football is known for celebrity sightings, so it’s likely there may be a number of famous actors, actresses and recording artists in attendance. Artists who have been known to appear at games in the past, include Bulldogs fansAndré 3000 and Big Boi of Outkast, Samuel L. Jackson, Quavo, Luke Bryan and others.
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From career milestones to new music releases to major announcements and those little important moments, Billboard editors highlight uplifting moments in Latin music. Here’s what happened in the Latin music world this week.
Valentín Elizalde’s Story and Legacy to Be Revisited in New HBO Max Docuseries
HBO Max announced on Wednesday (Oct. 28) a three-part documentary series, Valentín: La muerte del Gallo de Oro, revisiting the life and 2006 killing of regional Mexican music and banda superstar Valentín Elizalde. Set to premiere Nov. 12, the series will draw on archival material and new voices to revisit questions surrounding the case and the enduring legacy of “El Gallo de Oro.”
The announcement has also raised questions about the family’s involvement: Elizalde’s daughter Valentina said publicly that the family had not known about the series and had not authorized it. The project offers a chance to revisit Elizalde’s place in música mexicana, while his family’s concerns remain an important part of the story.
Ozuna Announces One-Night Concert at Puerto Rico’s Coliseo
After wrapping his Una Aventura World Tour, Ozuna announced on Tuesday (Oct. 27) that he will return home for Sempiterno, a one-night concert at Puerto Rico’s Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot on Dec. 26. The show will celebrate his catalog of hits while offering fans a preview of his next musical chapter.
“I’ve been wanting to come back and perform for my people in Puerto Rico for a long time,” the singer said in a statement. “Performing at the Choliseo always means so much to me, and this is my way of thanking my fans for all the love and support they’ve shown me since day one.” Tickets are now on sale through Ticketera.
Becky G, Draco Rosa and Jaime Gilinski to Be Honored at Maestro Cares Gala
Becky G, Draco Rosa and Colombian business leader Jaime Gilinski will be honored at the 13th annual Maestro Cares Foundation “Changing Lives, Building Dreams” Gala on Nov. 4 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. The foundation, co-founded by Marc Anthony and music executive Henry Cárdenas, raises funds for programs supporting children and communities across Latin America and the U.S.
Becky G will receive the Voice of Change Award for her advocacy and work supporting education, immigrant families and women and Latino communities. Rosa will receive the Courage to Care Award for his efforts to support people and families facing serious health challenges, while Gilinski will be presented with the Corporate Social Responsibility Award for his business leadership and philanthropy. Marc Anthony is set to perform at the gala.
Rosalía Honored as WSJ. Magazine’s Music Innovator, Sends Support to Spain
Rosalía was named Music Innovator at the 16th annual WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards in New York on Thursday (Oct. 29), joining honorees across fashion, tech, literature, film, sports and comedy. During her acceptance speech, she also paused to acknowledge the deadly train crash in her native Spain and offer support to those affected.
“I would like to send all my love and support to each and every person affected by it,” she said in Spanish. The moment paired recognition of Rosalía’s influence on music and culture with a heartfelt gesture of solidarity toward her home country. Read more about it here and check out her speech below.
ROSALÍA received the WSJ Magazine Innovator Award from Patti Smith and delivered an emotional tribute to the legendary artist:
“I mean, what do you say to the God of words? You know, you… you were first my mom’s heroine, and then you became my heroine. Your work has inspired me… pic.twitter.com/fDalpV63cg
Harry Styles went back to where it all started for Harryween.
At Madison Square Garden on Friday (Oct. 30), the 29th night of his 30-show Together, Together residency, Styles changed into the outfit he wore for his 2010 X Factor audition and performed Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely,” the song that got him through to the next round at 16. He even repeated a line from that day, telling the crowd, “I work in a bakery,” a nod to the part-time job he held in his Cheshire hometown of Holmes Chapel.
Harry Styles recreates his X Factor audition look at his ‘Harryween’ show at MSG.
The audition outfit was a mid-show swap. Styles opened the night dressed as Elvis Presley, while his band and dancers came as different versions of Styles from across his career. The Elvis nod tracks: the first song Styles ever recorded was a cover of Presley’s “The Girl of My Best Friend.”
On the audition itself, “Isn’t She Lovely” wasn’t Styles’ first pick. Footage released by the show in 2022 revealed he opened with Train’s “Hey, Soul Sister,” and only sang the Wonder song a cappella after Simon Cowell asked to hear him without a backing track. He was later placed in One Direction alongside Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and the late Liam Payne. Earlier this month, Styles debuted “What Is Enough,” a song written for Payne, at the same venue on the second anniversary of Payne’s death.
Costumed covers have become a Harryween tradition. At the first edition, at MSG in 2021, Styles dressed as Dorothy to sing “Over the Rainbow,” then came out as a clown the next night to cover Britney Spears’ “Toxic.” In 2022, at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum, he dressed as Grease’s Danny Zuko for “Hopelessly Devoted to You.”
The residency wraps Saturday (Oct. 31) with a final Harryween show. The MSG run drew a record 11.5 million presale registrations on Ticketmaster. Styles has sent all four of his solo albums to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, most recently Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. in March, and has topped the Hot 100 three times: “Watermelon Sugar” in 2020, “As It Was” in 2022 (15 weeks at No. 1, the longest run atop the chart by a U.K. act) and “Aperture” this year.
Tame Impala got into the Halloween spirit a day early, covering Seal’s “Kiss From a Rose” for Australian radio station triple j’s Like A Version series on Friday (Oct. 30).
At triple j’s Sydney studios, the band reworked the 1994 ballad into a stripped-back, synth-driven take, then followed it with a pared-down version of their own hit “Dracula.”
For Kevin Parker, the cover was a trip back to the start. He explained that “Kiss From a Rose” was on the first CD he ever bought, the Batman Forever soundtrack, which also introduced him to acts including U2, the Flaming Lips and Nick Cave.
It’s Tame Impala’s fourth Like A Version cover, following OutKast’s “Prototype” in 2013, Kylie Minogue’s “Confide in Me” in 2015 and Edwyn Collins’ “A Girl Like You” in 2021.
The session caps the biggest year of the project’s career. “Dracula,” first released as a solo single in October 2025, took off after a February remix featuring Jennie, giving Tame Impala their first top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a No. 5 peak. The song also reached No. 1 on Pop Airplay and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, and spent more than six months atop Hot Dance/Electronic Songs. Tame Impala have just come off their biggest Australian tour to date, and their album Deadbeat leads next month’s ARIA Awards with eight nominations, tied with Genesis Owusu.
Tame Impala recently wrapped the Australian leg of their Deadbeat Tour, which featured multiple arena shows in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney before finishing with two hometown performances in Perth on Oct. 24 and 25. Parker and his band are set to return to the road in May 2027 for a string of UK and European arena dates, followed by several summer festival appearances.
Seal’s original topped the Billboard Hot 100 for a week in August 1995 after its Batman Forever placement and won three Grammys the following year, including record and song of the year.
The Kelly Clarkson Show won outstanding daytime talk series at the 2026 Daytime Emmys on Friday (Oct. 30), though its star, Kelly Clarkson, lost outstanding daytime talk series host to Sherri Shepherd for Sherri.
Clarkson won in one or both of those categories in six of the show’s seven seasons on the air. She has won a total of nine Daytime Emmys in seven years – five in the talk series category and four for talk series host – compared to three Grammys in a recording career which has lasted more than 20 years. Clarkson wasn’t present at the ceremony, which was held at the Hollywood Palladium for the first time.
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Clarkson recently made headlines for an incident at a curiosity shop in Brooklyn where she maintained that she was treated poorly. But “Birdgate” had no bearing on the outcome here. There is just one round of Daytime Emmy voting, which determines both the nominations and the eventual winner. That round closed on June 10, four months before the incident.
The Kelly Clarkson Show won three other awards this year – best directing for a daytime studio non-fiction series; outstanding sound mixing and sound editing for a live daytime program; and outstanding art direction/set decoration/scenic design for a daytime program.
Ray Chew won outstanding music direction and composition for a daytime program for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. His award was accepted by his wife, who explained that he was busy working on Dancing With the Stars. Chew has also served in music direction capacities on American Idol, Saturday Night Live, the Emmy Awards, the BET Awards and the Grammy Awards’ Premiere Ceremony.
Keke Palmer won her first Daytime Emmy – outstanding daytime short form program as producer of Glam Through the Ages. Palmer has won two Primetime Emmys, for Keke Palmer’s Turnt Up With the Taylors and the reboot of Password.
Tracee Ellis Ross won outstanding travel and adventure program for Solo Traveling With Tracee Ellis Ross. It’s her first Emmy Award (Daytime or Primetime) following six Primetime Emmy nods for ABC’s blackish. Ross’ legendary mom, Diana Ross, has yet to win an Emmy.
Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter won outstanding arts and popular culture program, beating a pair of programs produced by their sister brand, Variety – Variety & CNN Actors on Actors and Variety Studio: Actors on Actors.
Star Jones won her first Daytime Emmy in a 35-year TV career – outstanding daytime personality – daily for Divorce Court, which she won alongside Corey Jovan. Jones thanked two late legends who she described as “her two mentors – Johnnie Cochran, who taught me about justice, and Barbara Walters, who taught me to ask the tough question.”
General Hospital won outstanding daytime drama series for the sixth consecutive year – and 19th time overall, both records. Runner-up for most total wins in the category is The Young and The Restless, with 11 wins.
Genie Francis received a lifetime achievement award to celebrate her soon-to-be 50th anniversary playing Laura Spencer on General Hospital. Her co-star on that show, Anthony Geary, the other half of the Luke & Laura storyline which took daytime drama to new heights in the early 1980s, died in December 2025. He was remembered in the In Memoriam segment alongside critic Gene Shalit and such other actors as June Lockhart and Sally Kirkland.
This is the second year in a row that the Daytime Emmys didn’t air on linear TV. Instead, the ceremony streamed live on the NATAS YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@theemmys andwatch.TheEmmys.tv.
The full list of winners is available on the Daytime Emmys’ website. Here are the nominees in the two talk show categories and other categories of special interest to the music community, with winners marked.
Outstanding Daytime Talk Series
3rd Hour of Today, NBC
The Drew Barrymore Show, CBS Media Ventures
WINNER: The Kelly Clarkson Show, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
Live With Kelly and Mark, Disney Entertainment Distribution
Today With Jenna & Friends, NBC
The View, ABC
Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Ana Navarro — The View, ABC
Kelly Clarkson — The Kelly Clarkson Show, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
Tamron Hall — Tamron Hall, Disney Entertainment Distribution
Jennifer Hudson — The Jennifer Hudson Show, Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures]
WINNER: Sherri Shepherd — Sherri, Debmar-Mercury
Outstanding Daytime Personality – Daily
Mona Kosar Abdi, Derek Hough, and Terri Seymour — Extra, Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures]
Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith, and Nischelle Turner — Entertainment Tonight, CBS Media Ventures
Scott Evans, Zuri Hall, Kit Hoover, and Mario Lopez — Access Hollywood, NBCUniversal Syndication Studios
WINNER: Star Jones & Corey Jovan — Divorce Court, FOX
Outstanding Daytime Personality – Non-Daily
Joy Behar, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, and Ana Navarro — The Weekend View, ABC News Live
Derrick Campana — The Wizard of Paws, BYUtv [Nomadica Films|The Dodo|Vox Media Studios]
WINNER: Giada De Laurentiis — Giada in My Kitchen, Prime Video [Butternut]
Keke Palmer — Glam Through the Ages, KeyTV Network
Joseph Rosendo — Joseph Rosendo’s Steppin’ Out, PBS [Joseph Rosendo Presents]
Eva zu Beck — Superskilled With Eva zu Beck, National Geographic
Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Daytime Program
Beyond the Gates, “Episode 103,” CBS; Music Supervisor: Ashley Neumeister; Music Composers: Daeus Cannon, Kurt Farquhar, Zuberi Mackson, and Joshua Mosley
Have Guitar Will Travel World, “The Shetland Sound,” American Public Television [Have Guitar Will Travel World, LLC]; Music Supervisors: Kevin Doherty and Andrea Engleson; Music Composers: Mark Allen and John Rodrigue
The Kelly Clarkson Show, “Episode 5033,” NBCUniversal Syndication Studios; Music Director: Jason Halbert
Let Frankie Cook, “Getting the Band Back Together,” Tastemade [Linguine Pictures]; Music Composer: Luke Celenza
WINNER: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC | Peacock [Done & Dusted]; Music Director: Ray Chew
Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Prerecorded Daytime Program
Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi, “Wild Atlantic Way North, Ireland,” PBS [Sauce & Liver Productions, LLC]; Production Mixer: Daniel Gaughran; Sound Editor: Jenna Escalera
Dream of Europe, “London Part 1 with Abbey Road Studios,” PBS [Dream of Italy Productions, LLC]; Production Mixer: Jeff Ingram Watson; Re-Recording Mixer: Jonathan Taft; Sound Editor: Chuck Barney Smith
Expedition Unknown, “The Man-Eating Lions of Kenya,” Discovery Channel [Ping Pong Productions]; Re-Recording Mixer: Ian Howard; Sound Supervisors: Mike Curtis and Freddie DiPasquale; Supervising Sound Editor: David Miraglia
Forever Young with Dr. Pablo Prichard, “Wheel of Age,” NBC [Hearst Media Production Group | Agency X]; Supervising Sound Editor: David Barnett
WINNER: Long Way Home, “Lost in Lapland,” Apple [Long Way Productions]; Re-Recording Mixer: Tristan Powell; Sound Supervisor: Tim Boylan; Sound Editors: Will Chapman and Patrick Fripp; Dialogue Editor: Claire Ellis
Outstanding Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for a Live Daytime Program
The Bold and the Beautiful, “Episode 9658,” CBS [Bell-Phillip TV Productions, Inc.]; Production Mixers: J. Aaron Lepley and Tommy Persson; Boom Operators: David Golba and Justin LaMont; Re-Recording Mixer: Brian Connell
The Jennifer Hudson Show, “Episode 4039,” Warner Bros. Television [Telepictures]; Audio Supervisor: Mike Stock; Music Mixer: Josue Pena; PA Mixers: Phil Gebhardt and Tig Moore; A2s: Liza Tan and Ron Thompson; Boom Operator / Band A2: Isaiah Reyes; Monitor Mixers: Liz Cabral and Carlos Torres
WINNER: The Kelly Clarkson Show; “Episode 5007”; NBCUniversal Syndication Studios; Music Mixer: Robert Venable; Front of House Mixer: Omatali Beckett; Associate Music Producer: Rachel Orscher; Audio Supervisor/ Production Mixer: James Slanger; Monitor Mixer: Bob Lewis; Music A2: Bryon Smith; Production A2s: Rebecca Malsburry and Rosa Howell Thornhill
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC | Peacock [Done & Dusted]; Production Mixers: Greg Acker, Paul Adams, John Ariz, Jay Carrie, Mel Cubero, Frank Duca, Will Finan, Brian Flanzbaum, Josh Flower, Ricardo Gomez, Burton Ishmael, Ultan Molloy, Efrain “Alex” Ortega, Chris Prinzivalli, Alex Raytses, Brian Ready, Sasha Rosario, Tayler Stendel, Ryan Stotts, Yuri Suzuki, Al Theurer, Gianluca Trombetta, and Dave Winslow; Audio Supervisors: David Chessman, Steven Giampaolo, and John Karwecki; Pre-Production Mixer: Katie Reif; Music Mixers: Charles Campbell, Michael Cruz, Michael Fortunato, Peter Gary, Carl Glanville, Mike Hetzel, and Joel Singer; Front of House Mixers: Chris Acker, Jack M. Goodwin, KC Hoffman, Robert Lapp, Jorge Silva, and David Swanson; PA Mixers: Jim Van Bergen and Bob Selitto; A2: Amanda Wong
The Young and the Restless, “Episode 13260,” CBS [Sony Pictures Television]; Production Mixer: Andrzej Warzocha; Post-Production Mixer: Dean Johnson; Boom Operators: Joseph Lawrence and Giovanni Meza; Audio Assists: Godofredo Galvez and Gereald Rojo II; RF Operator: Denise Palm Stones
Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program
Beyond the Gates: Welcome to the Neighborhood, An Entertainment Tonight Special, CBS Media Ventures
WINNER: Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter [IFC]
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors, CNN Digital|Variety
