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"I expected a lot from Miley Cyrus&amp;#x27; SNL hosting gig this weekend&amp;amp;#8212;including that list of predictions from a few days back&amp;amp;#8212;and while some of my wishes came true (Taran Killam as Robin Thicke; Vanessa Bayer&amp;#x27;s Miley impression), others did not (no Liam mentions?). Overall, I think it was a strong episode, especially in the first half of the night. The best moments: There&amp;#x27;s no way they could have done an entire episode without addressing the infamous VMA performance. And I like that SNL just put all the Robin Thicke/tongue/VMA jokes into one opening skit so that we could move on with the rest of the night. Plus, Vanessa Bayer&amp;#x27;s Miley! I think I say this a lot, but I love when celebrities are self-aware and able to poke fun at themselves. So props to Miley for listing in the monologue all of the things she knows we&amp;#x27;re expecting to see (twerking, &amp;quot;Wrecking Ball&amp;quot;), and then shutting it down. This 50 Shades of Grey casting parody reminded me that SNL has a strong cast of impersonators in its roster. Kate McKinnon kills it every time. Taran is what makes this &amp;quot;We Did Stop&amp;quot; video hilar&amp;amp;#8212;also Jay Pharoah&amp;#x27;s Obama staring in the window had me in giggles&amp;amp;#8212;and I weirdly think Miley looks cute in that brown wig. Maybe it should be her next hair update? Last one: Miley&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;Wrecking Ball&amp;quot; performance was emotional, but I preferred this pared-down acoustic setup of &amp;quot;We Can&amp;#x27;t Stop.&amp;quot; The song&amp;#x27;s way overplayed, so it was refreshing to have a new take on it. Did you watch last night? What were your fave skits? Photo: NBC"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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