Lorne Michaels Is Ready for His Close-Up—but That Doesn’t Mean He Has to Like It

Vanity Fair · 2026-04-10
Lorne Michaels Is Ready for His Close-Up—but That Doesn’t Mean He Has to Like It

The SNL boss is grudgingly thinking about legacy: “He wants people to understand that he created a culture that really means something,” says Morgan Neville, director of the new documentary Lorne.