Shannon Power is a Greek-Australian reporter, but now calls London home. They have worked as across three continents in print, newspapers and broadcast, specializing in entertainment, politics ...

Instead, she addressed the event via a video that featured comedian Molly Shannon portraying her “Saturday Night Live” character Mary Katherine Gallagher, who is a Catholic school girl.

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The vice president skipped the star-studded charity dinner to campaign in Wisconsin but appeared via video address instead alongside Shannon, who reprised her “Superstar” Catholic schoolgirl ...