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  "id": 17532247,
  "title": "Tom Hanks Returns As David S. Pumpkins For ‘Saturday Night Live’ Opener — Interrupted By Donald Trump’s Fear Of A Midterm Ass-Whipping",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/tom-hanks-returns-as-david-s-pumpkins-for-saturday-night-live-opener",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-01T03:52:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/saturday-night-live-open-tom-hanks-trump-halloween-1237210760/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tom Hanks returned to Saturday Night Live as David S. Pumpkins for a Halloween-themed opener, albeit his skit was suddenly interrupted by Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson) as he implored supporters to try to prevent a potential midterm drubbing. “The midterms are on Tuesday, and the polls say we’re doing very badly,” Johnson’s Trump said. […]",
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    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TheWrap",
        "title": "‘SNL’: Trump Crashes Tom Hanks’ David Pumpkins Return in Cold Open",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/snl-trump-crashes-tom-hanks-david-pumpkins-return-in-cold-open",
        "published": "2026-11-01T03:45:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "‘SNL’ Cold Open Crashed by Tom Hanks as David S. Pumpkins, Nicki Minaj and Donald Trump, Who Admits He ‘Might Be Gay’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/snl-cold-open-crashed-by-tom-hanks-as-david-s-pumpkins-nicki-minaj",
        "published": "2026-11-01T04:03:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Consequence",
        "title": "Trump Ruins David S. Pumpkins’ Return to SNL",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/trump-ruins-david-s-pumpkins-return-to-snl",
        "published": "2026-11-01T04:37:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Rolling Stone",
        "title": "‘SNL’ Cold Open: Trump Crashes Tom Hanks’ Halloween to Praise His ‘Great A**’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/snl-cold-open-trump-crashes-tom-hanks-halloween-to-praise-his-great-a",
        "published": "2026-11-01T04:37:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}