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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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Netflix Orders Shane Gillis Scripted Series Based on His YouTube Pilot ‘Tires’
Shane Gillis has struck a deal for his first scripted series: a Netflix workplace comedy set in an auto repair shop. The streamer has ordered six episodes of Tires, which is based on a pilot concept Gillis had previously posted on YouTube. The setup: “Will (Steven Gerben), the nervous and unqualified heir to an auto […]
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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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‘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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Shane Gillis to Host ‘SNL’ After Being Fired in 2019 for Racial, Homophobic Slurs
Shane Gillis has been announced as the next host of Saturday Night Live, alongside musical guest 21 Savage. This comes years after the comedian was quickly fired from the sketch comedy show in 2019 after using racial and homophobic slurs on a podcast. Gillis had been one of three new SNL castmembers that were cast […]
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‘SNL’ Faces Backlash After Nikki Haley Makes Surprise Appearance During Cold Open
Saturday Night Live instantly started receiving backlash after Nikki Haley made a surprise appearance during the Feb. 3 show. During a town hall sketch for the cold open, the Republican presidential candidate made a cameo to ask James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump some questions of her own. Haley started out by asking, “Why won’t you […]
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