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Host Jason Sudeikis reprised his old "SNL" role as Vice President Joe Biden.

NBC News has learned the weapon that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souzza has misfired before and reportedly prompted several crew members to walk off set. Hours later, Alec Baldwin fired the deadly shot. New images of the star and what’s next in the investigation.

While film-set injuries are not uncommon, there is little precedent for gun-related injuries and deaths.

The assistant director yelled, "Cold gun," before the shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza on set, a search warrant document said.

Hutchins, 42, was the director of photography for Alec Baldwin's latest film, "Rust," where she was killed on set after the actor discharged a prop firearm.

Members of the crew making "Rust" had walked off the set just hours before the deadly incident.

This season, seven new shows feature the work of Black playwrights, from comedies like “Chicken & Biscuits” to dramas like “Thoughts of a Colored Man.”

The film's director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, was killed and director Joel Souza was injured on the set in New Mexico.

Scolari, who was most recently featured on the CBS series “Evil,” died of cancer after a two year illness.

Researchers found a direct connection between feeling positive after viewing Covid-related memes and feeling less stressed about the pandemic.

Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez examines how powerful forces such as racism and colorism affect women — like they did to her — and what readers can do about them.