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Saturday Night Live: Obsession breakout Inde Navarrette fronts a scary good Halloween episode

Despite the odd stumble, the Oscar-tipped young actor helps to pull together the best episode of the season so far A new, spooktacular episode of Saturday Night Live kicks off at a Halloween-themed amusement park, where visitors cross paths with confusing “Halloween guy” David S Pumpkins (Tom Hanks) and his skeleton…

Covered by 2 sources from 2 countries. First reported by The Guardian ·

How 2 newspapers cover this story

  1. The GuardianUnited KingdomFirst report

    Saturday Night Live: Obsession breakout Inde Navarrette fronts a scary good Halloween episode

    Despite the odd stumble, the Oscar-tipped young actor helps to pull together the best episode of the season so far A new, spooktacular episode of Saturday Night Live kicks off at a Halloween-themed amusement park, where visitors cross paths with confusing “Halloween guy” David S Pumpkins (Tom Hanks) and his skeleton…

  2. The New York TimesUnited States

    ‘S.N.L.’ Plays Trick-or-Treat When Trump Interrupts David S. Pumpkins

    Tom Hanks returned, all too briefly, to play his baffling Halloween character on a “Saturday Night Live” episode hosted by the “Obsession” star Inde Navarrette.

Coverage details

2 outlets from 2 countries are covering this story: The Guardian and The New York Times. The Guardian published it first, on November 1, 2026; the last outlet to join was The New York Times, 3 hours later.

Key names in the coverage: Saturday Night Live, Inde Navarrette, Tom Hanks and Halloween.

By country: United Kingdom (1), United States (1).

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