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Sydney Sweeney Breaks Down Her “Five-Point Plan” to Break Into Acting in ‘SNL’ Monologue
Sydney Sweeney decided to share her “five-point plan” to break into Hollywood during her Saturday Night Live monologue, as well as joke about the romance rumors with her former co-star Glen Powell. The actress kicked off her hosting debut, quipping, “You have seen me in Anyone But You and Euphoria. You definitely did not see […]
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Lily Gladstone Says Her “Dream” Is to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ One Day
Lily Gladstone is ready to take her acting skills to Studio 8H to host Saturday Night Live. The Killers of the Flower Moon star recently revealed to People magazine that one of her “dreams” is to host the popular NBC sketch comedy series, which is currently in its 49th season. “That’s been probably a dream that […]
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Sydney Sweeney Doesn’t Quite Have a Meet-Cute in ‘Saturday Night Live’ Promo
Sydney Sweeney doesn’t quite have a meet-cute in the first promo for her Saturday Night Live hosting debut. The actress will host the sketch comedy show for the first time with musical guest Kacey Musgraves, who returns to the stage of the NBC series for the third time. In a promo for this weekend’s episode, […]
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Shane Gillis Hosts ‘SNL’ Not With a Bang But a Meh: Analysis
Shane Gillis acknowledged the elephant in the room right away – sort of. “Yeah, I’m here,” said the comedian, who seemed as bemused as anyone else that he was actually hosting Saturday Night Live. “Most of you probably have no idea who I am. I was actually fired from this show a while ago – […]
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Host Shane Gillis Delivers Mixed Bag of Laughs and Cringe in ‘Saturday Night Live’ Return
Shane Gillis’ meant-to-be-triumphant return to the Saturday Night Live stage this weekend was a mixed bag of humor, some of which landed with a thud — like any episode of the long-running show — and a couple of good laughs. Much of the show’s sketches took the comedian and podcaster’s white-bro shtick and dialed it back a […]
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Shane Gillis Struggles Through ‘SNL’ Monologue: “I Thought That Was Gonna Get a Bigger Laugh”
Comedian and podcaster Shane Gillis made a strong effort in his return to Studio 8H on Saturday night, but as he acknowledged through his nearly 10 minutes on stage, many of his jokes didn’t quite land with the live audience — probably because much of his popular routine is not network TV-friendly. Gillis, who hosts […]
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Shane Gillis Struggles With Jokes for Monologue in ‘Saturday Night Live’ Promo
Shane Gillis is struggling to workshop jokes in a promo for his Saturday Night Live hosting debut. The comedian is hosting the upcoming episode of NBC’s sketch comedy show alongside musical guest 21 Savage. In the video released on Wednesday, Gillis is testing some of his jokes for his monologue for SNL castmembers Marcello Hernández and Sarah […]
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Sydney Sweeney, Josh Brolin Land ‘SNL’ Hosting Gigs
After a shortened 2022-23 season, Saturday Night Live returned a bit later than usual to kick off its 2023-24 run. The writers strike affected both the end of last season and the start of season 49; the end of the labor action on Sept. 25 meant a mid-October start for SNL — with former castmember Pete […]
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How Larry David Gets Out of Taking Selfies
It’s one of the widely known perils of modern fame: The selfie request. Everywhere a celebrity publicly treads, there are fans who might suddenly approach — eager, excited, nervous — with phone in hand, bursting to ask the question: “Can-I-get-a-photo?” Most celebrities acquiesce (Keanu Reeves, for instance, has been called “the friendly expert in fan […]
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What Tina Fey Told Bowen Yang About Expressing Opinions Publicly
“Authenticity is dangerous and expensive.” Tina Fey espoused those words of wisdom to Bowen Yang on the podcast Las Culturistas, which he co-hosts with Matt Rogers, as part of the show’s long-running segment “I Don’t Think So, Honey.” In the segment, featured at the end of every episode, Yang, Rogers and often the guest have […]
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‘Saturday Night Live’ Star Colin Jost to Headline 2024 White House Correspondents Dinner
The 2024 White House Correspondents’ Dinner is turning to Saturday Night Live for its entertainment this year. The annual event — a fundraiser for the White House Correspondents’ Association — says that SNL “Weekend Update” host Colin Jost will be this year’s featured entertainer. This year’s WHCA dinner is scheduled for Saturday, April 27. “Colin […]
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Bowen Yang Deletes Instagram Post Mocking Nikki Haley ‘SNL’ Visit
When Saturday Night Live castmember Bowen Yang doesn’t entirely approve of a guest on the iconic NBC late night show, he has ways of making it known. The latest example is Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, who made a controversial surprise appearance on the show this weekend, during which she played herself in a mock […]
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