Mooney’s comedy often depends on cringes and diving deep for junk culture. So why does he currently have a bigger movie career than anyone he came up with at SNL?

How to watch: In theaters Friday. “Saturday Night Live” alum Kyle Mooney’s directorial debut “Y2K” makes for a fascinating test case for Gen Z’s appetite for all things 2000s.

From left, Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler and Julian Dennison in "Y2K," directed by Kyle Mooney. (A24/TNS) Saturday Night Live” alum Kyle Mooney’s directorial debut “Y2K” makes for a ...

Decades ago, the surest sign that Christmastime had arrived were when the cartoons hit television. Seeing claymation Rudolph, Frosty, Charlie Brown and his sad little tree, even the mean old ...

Mary Gagliardi and Kelsey Labrot, both born in 1991, launched the “When They Popped” podcast about Y2K pop culture after they went to a Backstreet Boys concert a couple of years ago ...

Some people are buying actual kids’ shirts, but this time, that relic of ’90s and Y2K fashion is available ... Kirke slips into a snug shirt featuring a cartoon man hoisting cartoon weights.

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The resurgence of Y2K rages on, and last night, Eva Longoria looked like a fashionable advocate with her glittering chainmail dress that put a red carpet spin on a party girl uniform. The ...