Two weeks after the Rolling Stones hosted Saturday Night Live in 1978, Lorne Michaels served as a character witness for Keith Richards as the guitarist battled a drug charge in Canada that could ...

Richards most recently made an appearance at the sketch show's 50th anniversary special Arturo Holmes/Peacock via Getty; Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Lorne Michaels once helped keep Keith Richards ...

Richards posted bond but a judge ordered him to remain in Canada until his trial. “We think we can get Anita [Pallenberg] off with a fine and a slap on the wrist, but the thing with Keith is ...

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Mick Jagger had arranged a private plane; he’d asked Michaels to come to Toronto to testify as a character witness in Keith Richards’s heroin trial. The year before, Canadian Mounties had ...

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Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels helping Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards avoid a life sentence in Canadian prison sounds like, well, an SNL skit. But in 1977, life really would ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Keith Richards draws parallels between the longevity of “Saturday Night Live” and the Rolling Stones ...

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Dean Richards, entertainment reporter for WGN, joins Bob Sirott to provide the latest news in entertainment. Bob and Dean share highlights from SNL’s 50th anniversary special.