‘SNL’ adds 3 to cast

‘SNL’ adds 3 to cast

LOS ANGELES

“Saturday Night Live” is adding three new players for its 42nd season.

NBC said Monday that Mikey Day, Alex Moffat and Melissa Villasenor will be on board as featured performers for the show’s Oct. 1 season premiere.

Villasenor, of Whittier, Calif., will be one of the few Latino cast members in the history of the show, which has come under fire for a lack of diversity.

Last month, “SNL” said goodbye to two cast members, Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah.

William, Kate to bring kids on trip to Canada

LONDON

Kensington Palace has announced that Prince William and his wife, Kate, will bring their two young children on an official visit to Canada later this month.

The trip announced Monday will mark the first official overseas jaunt for 1-year-old Princess Charlotte.

Her older brother Prince George, 3, is an old hand at royal travel, having already visited Australia and New Zealand on an official tour.

The public will have few chances to see Prince George and Princess Charlotte. Canadian officials said they will be with their parents for the arrival and departure in Victoria and possibly at one other event.

The palace said the royals will visit British Columbia and the Yukon from Sept. 24 until Oct. 1 after accepting an invitation from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Blanchett, other stars spotlight refugees’ plight

GENEVA

Cate Blanchett and some other big-name movie stars are speaking out about the plight of refugees in a stark video that entreats viewers to imagine what they’d do if they had to flee war.

The Oscar-winning actress and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees goodwill ambassador headlines the video released Monday with the refugee agency. Titled “What They Took With Them,” it was inspired by real refugees’ accounts.

Over an opening image of a helicopter dropping bombs and an explosion, a text asks: “If you had to flee your home, what would you take?”

Blanchett and actors including Keira Knightley, Stanley Tucci, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Jesse Eisenberg then rattle off items that fleeing refugees often take with them, such as phones, food, water, money and identity papers.

Last year, more than 1 million people – mostly from war-torn Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan – migrated to Europe, nearly all by crossing the Mediterranean Sea in overloaded boats.

The United Nations says 65 million were displaced worldwide at the end of 2015, easily setting a new post-war record.

Associated Press