Somehow, and much to the disdain of all his NBC colleagues, SNL’s Colin Jost anchor landed the best gig in the house; reporting the real news straight from the beautiful beaches of French Polynesia, where this year’s competitors are riding the waves.
Francine Pascal—a former soap-opera writer and creator of the extremely successful Sweet Valley High book series—died on Sunday in Manhattan’s NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. Her daughter, Laurie Wenk-Pascal, confirmed to the New York Times that her mother’s death was due to lymphoma. She was 92.