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  • Covid hits ‘Saturday Night Live’

    By IANS

    LOS ANGELES: ‘Saturday Night Live’ bowed to the rising menace of Covid-19, opening its ultimate present of 2021 with a pre-taped section that featured stars Tom Hanks, Tina Fey, Steve Martin and Kenan Thompson, welcoming host Paul Rudd into the ‘Five-Timers Club’.

    Production of Saturday evening’s ‘SNL’ was thrown into disarray late this week when quite a few solid members examined optimistic for COVID-19, studies selection.com.

    Crew members grew to become vocal about issues of gathering as standard to supply the dwell broadcast at 30 Rock’s famed Studio 8H, prompting NBC to drop the dwell viewers and use a restricted crew for tonight’s installment.

    The episode opened with a “previously recorded” slate as Hanks bounded out on the acquainted stage in a royal blue jacket with an outsized “5” patch over the appropriate breast.

    Rudd, the beloved comedy character actor, was set to log his fifth time on the helm of ‘SNL’.

    “As you know I started the Five-Timers Club,” Hanks mentioned. “Like you started Covid,” Fey responded.

    Hanks defined that the section was recorded earlier on Saturday and that the choice had been to scale down the present and go with out an viewers for security’s sake.

    “But I wasn’t going to fly across the country and not be on TV,” Hanks quipped earlier than he invited Fey on stage.

    She wore the identical jacket with 5 emblems.

    Martin, additionally sporting a blue-5 jacket, joined within the salute to Rudd through Zoom video.

    Martin Short, who’s Steve Martin’s co-star in Hulu’s quirky new hit ‘Only Murders within the Building’, butted into the latter’s shot briefly and famous that he has solely hosted ‘SNL’ 3 times.

    Thompson, ‘SNL’s’ longest-tenured participant, got here out alongside Rudd to current his jacket.

    “Congratulations on hosting the show four and a half times,” he mentioned, earlier than serving to him placed on the jacket which did function a full-fledged 5.

    Fey ribbed Rudd for his standing as People journal’s newest alternative for ‘Sexiest Man Alive’. “Mr. sexy Five-Timer,” she quipped.

    Rudd defined the present’s predicament amid the winter Covid spike and defined that the present can be stuffed with segments taped earlier within the week and some basic bits chosen by him and others.

    Among them was 2006’s early viral video hit ‘Dick in a Box’ that includes Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake.

  • Billie Eilish, Paul Rudd set to host final two ‘SNL’ episodes of 2021

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Singer Billie Eilish and actor Paul Rudd are all set to host the final two ‘Saturday Night Live’ episodes of 2021.

    As per Variety, Eilish will make her ‘SNL’ internet hosting debut and can seem for the second time as a musical visitor on the late-night sketch present on December 11, adopted by Rudd, who will host the present for the fifth time on December 18.

    Rudd will likely be joined by Charli XCX, who will likely be performing as a musical visitor on the present for the second time. Charli XCX’s fifth studio album, ‘Crash’, is slated for launch on March 18.

    December reveals!!! pic.twitter.com/bSCvTcutRb
    — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) November 18, 2021
    Eilish will likely be selling her sophomore album, ‘Happier Than Ever’, which was well-received by critics and listeners alike. Eilish carried out songs from the album for a filmed tribute live performance on the Hollywood Bowl, out there to stream on Disney Plus.

    This Saturday’s ‘SNL’ host is Simu Liu, Canadian star of ‘Kim’s Convenience’ and one of many Marvel Cinematic Universe’s newest superheroes to grace the large display screen, Shang-Chi. His musical visitor is rapper Saweetie, identified finest for her songs ‘My Type’, ‘Tap In’ and ‘Best Friend’ with fellow rapper Doja Cat.

    ‘SNL’, a a number of Emmy-winning present, is produced in affiliation with Broadway Video and is government produced by creator Lorne Michaels. 

  • Jonathan Majors, ‘Shang-Chi’ actor Simu Liu to host ‘SNL’

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: Actors Jonathan Majors and Simu Liu shall be making their debut as hosts on late-night stand-up present “Saturday Night Live”.

    Majors, identified for starring in “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”, “Lovecraft Country” and “Loki”, will host the long-running NBC sketch collection on November 13, reported Variety.

    The actor shall be joined by musical visitor Taylor Swift, whose new album “Red (Taylor’s Version)” will drop on November 12.

    Liu, the star of Marvel blockbuster “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”, will emcee the November 20 episode of “SNL”.

    Global artist Saweetie will be a part of Liu because the musical visitor, marking her first time showing on the present.

    “Saturday Night Live” is produced in affiliation with Broadway Video.

    The creator and govt producer is Lorne Michaels.

  • Ed Sheeran cleared to carry out on ‘SNL’ after finishing COVID quarantine

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has been cleared to carry out because the musical visitor for this weekend’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ (SNL) after the singer had examined optimistic for COVID-19 final month.

    The singer took to his Instagram account to share the information. He wrote, “Posting this pic to say I’m released from covid isolation today, so if you see me out and about I’ve had the all clear and done my quarantine. Excited to hit the ground running with work again, and SNL is still on, so tune in Saturday, see you there.”

    As per Variety, Sheeran was introduced because the musical visitor for NBC’s ‘SNL’ for the November 6 episode, set to be hosted by ‘Succession’ star Kieran Culkin. However, the English singer-songwriter revealed on Instagram on October 24 that he contracted COVID-19.

    “I’m now self-isolating and following government guidelines,” he wrote on the time.

    “It means that I’m now unable to plough ahead with any in person commitments for now, so I’ll be doing as many of my planned interviews/performances I can from my house. Apologies to anyone I’ve let down. Be safe everyone,” he added.

    Sheeran, who just lately dropped his new album, was compelled to cancel or postpone a number of appearances, interviews and performances in help of the album with a purpose to quarantine.

    That meant his SNL stint was up within the air. Page Six had reported that producers of the present have been “scrambling” to discover a substitute.

    This will likely be Sheeran’s third time performing as a musical visitor of ‘SNL’ after singing alongside hosts Seth Rogen in 2014 and Alec Baldwin in 2017, reported Entertainment Weekly.

    So far this season has seen Owen Wilson, Kim Kardashian West, Rami Malek, and Jason Sudeikis host with their respective musical visitors Kacey Musgraves, Halsey, Young Thug, and Brandi Carlile. 

  • ‘Succession’ actor Kieran Culkin to host ‘SNL’ in November with Ed Sheeran as musical visitor

    By PTI

    LOS ANGELES: “Succession” star Kieran Culkin shall be making his debut as a bunch on late-night stand-up present “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) on November 6.

    According to a submit on the present’s official Twitter deal with, Culkin shall be joined by singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who will function musical visitor on the episode.

    The actor, who performs Roman Roy on HBO’s fashionable comedy-drama, had appeared on “SNL” again in 1991 in three sketches when his brother, “Home Alone” star Macauley Culkin, hosted the present.

    For Sheeran, this shall be his third look on the NBC present after spots in 2014 and 2017.

    Culkin joins the likes of Owen Wilson, Kim Kardashian West, Rami Malek, Jason Sudeikis and Adele who’ve introduced the programme this season.

  • American actor and comic Maya Rudolph takes residence Emmy for ‘SNL’

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: American actor and comic Maya Rudolph received her second Emmy within the Best Comedy Guest Actress class thanks partially to her impersonation of US Vice President Kamala Harris in ‘Saturday Night Live’ (SNL).

    Rudolph’s submission for ‘SNL’ was ‘Host: Maya Rudolph’, which aired on March 27 on NBC because the fifteenth episode of Season 46.

    As per Variety, by taking residence the trophy throughout Sunday’s 2021 Creative Arts Emmy ceremony, Rudolph turned the primary individual in 20 years to repeat within the class.

    Jean Smart was the final individual to perform the feat in 2000 and 2001. In the twenty years since, Cloris Leachman, Kathryn Joosten and Tina Fey all received twice on this class, however non-consecutively.

    This yr, Rudolph’s co-nominees have been Jane Adams, Yvette Nicole Brown, Bernadette Peters, Issa Rae and Kristen Wiig. Rudolph additionally lately received her second voice-over Emmy for ‘Big Mouth’.

    With these wins, Rudolph additionally turns into solely the second girl of color and the fourth individual of color total to select up back-to-back performing wins in the identical class from the Television Academy.

    Bill Cosby was the primary to realize this, with consecutive lead drama actor wins for ‘I Spy’ in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Charles S. Dutton turned the second, successful a visitor drama actor statue in 2002 for ‘The Practice’ after which the identical race in 2003 for ‘Without A Trace’.

    Regina King was the primary girl to do that, successful the supporting restricted collection/TV film actress race first in 2015 after which once more in 2016, each instances for ‘American Crime’.

    “I feel really honoured to be a part of something like that,” Rudolph advised reporters by way of Zoom backstage on Sunday.

    “I feel really honoured that I’m part of a legacy. … It’s wild to be part of any group of anybody or anything, and I think it’s especially sweet for somebody like me, who just really feels like I am very much my own person and my own thing. I’m just doing only what I know how to do, so it feels really good to be acknowledged in that way,” she added.

    In 2020, Rudolph received visitor comedy actress for showing as then-Sen. Kamala Harris within the Eddie Murphy-hosted episode of NBC’s late-night sketch comedy collection.

  • Dave Chappelle wins Guest Comedy Actor Emmy for ‘SNL’

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: American comic Dave Chappelle has gained the Best Comedy Guest Actor Emmy for internet hosting a post-election episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’ (SNL).

    As per Variety, this was one in every of 4 Emmys for which he was nominated this yr. The different three have been all for his Netflix stand-up comedy particular ‘8:46’. While he misplaced the range particular directing and selection particular writing awards to Bo Burnham for ‘Bo Burnham: Inside’, the outcomes of the range particular (pre-recorded) race are nonetheless to be introduced, in the course of the September 19 ceremony.

    This is Chappelle’s second win within the visitor comedy actor class, however his fifth Emmy win total.

    He beforehand took the trophy on this class in 2017 for his first time internet hosting the late-night NBC sketch comedy present. He additionally has a number of selection particular (pre-recorded) statues for stand-up specials ‘Equanimity’ in 2018 and ‘Stick & Stones’ in 2020, the latter for which he additionally earned a spread particular writing Emmy.

    Chappelle’s win additionally marks the second yr in a row an ‘SNL’ host has gained this class. Last yr Eddie Murphy was the victor.

    To bag this trophy, Chappelle topped different ‘SNL’ hosts Daniel Kaluuya and Dan Levy, in addition to Alec Baldwin, who was nominated for enjoying former US President Donald Trump in the identical ‘SNL’ episode Chappelle hosted, and Morgan Freeman, who was nominated for showing as himself on ‘The Kominsky Method’.

    ‘Saturday Night Live’ is proving to nonetheless be a Television Academy darling. It picked up 21 nominations total this yr, and to this point has seven wins. Many of the nominations got here in the identical class, so its wins whole was inevitably going to be considerably decrease than its nominations tally.

    In addition to Chappelle’s win; selection collection directing (for the Chappelle-hosted episode); modern (non-prosthetic) selection, nonfiction, actuality make-up; modern selection, nonfiction, actuality hairstyling; selection collection lighting design/path; and selection/actuality manufacturing design.

  • Keegan-Michael Key guarantees ‘one of the best SNL in 46 years’ forward of his internet hosting gig

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: American actor-comedian Keegan-Michael Key is ready to host the favored sketch present ‘Saturday Night Live’ this weekend. He has made some revelations about his massive internet hosting gig forward of the present.

    According to Deadline, the 50-year-old comic is on faucet with musical visitor Olivia Rodrigo, and guarantees ‘The greatest SNL in 46 years.’

    It implies that the present has the tall order of topping the 1975 unique solid of Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman.

    Michael Key is greatest generally known as one half of the comedy duo ‘Key & Peele’. Teamed with Jordan Peele (who went on to directing success), the 2 had their very own present, ‘Key & Peele’, which had a five-year run.

    Key is a graduate of the MADtv college, which suggests he is no stranger to sketch comedy and can present a change-up from final week’s Elon Musk look. 

  • Elon Musk, Grimes get together with Miley Cyrus at crypto-themed ‘SNL’ bash

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk had a gala time at ‘Saturday Night Live’ afterparty following Musk’s controversial internet hosting gig on the present.

    According to Page Six, entrepreneur Ian Schrager opened up his downtown get together resort ‘Public’ for the primary time in 14 months to fete Musk and his friends, together with girlfriend Grimes and the ‘SNL’ episode’s musical act, Miley Cyrus.

    A spy advised the outlet, “It was a cryptocurrency-themed bash for Elon. Ian opened it just for Elon and his guests. Girls were dressed as aliens, walking around with trays of Dogecoin cookies and cupcakes, and there were Dogecoin ice sculptures.”

    Dogecoin, that includes a much-memed Shiba Inu canine as its mascot, is Musk’s favorite cryptocurrency, which he referenced a number of instances all through the evening as he hosted.

    “A dog handler also brought a live puppy version of the mascot and walked it around the party. It was like a good-luck token,” the supply stated.

    During the themed get together, the 33-year-old singer Grimes and Musk spent a lot of the evening dancing to techno with Cyrus, who was there together with her crew and hanging out with The Kid Laroi, Keegan and producer KBeaZy.

    “Everyone was in a great mood, dancing. Miley was obsessing over the escalators [at the venue] and a yellow pool table. She said she wanted one of those at home,” the supply stated.

    Page Six reported that Lorne Michaels, Chris Rock, Colin Jost and Matt Stone of ‘South Park’ had been additionally there.

    Meanwhile, the enterprise magnate is pledging to take Dogecoin to the moon, making it the “first crypto in space.”

    On Sunday, he tweeted: “SpaceX launching satellite Doge-1 to the moon next year.”

  • Elon Musk’s internet hosting gig brings ranking raise to ‘Saturday Night Live’

    By ANI
    WASHINGTON: SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s flip as ‘Saturday Night Live’ host introduced the NBC late-night mainstay its third-highest rankings of the season.

    According to Variety, the May 8 version of ‘SNL’ averaged a 4.8 family ranking in Nielsen’s in a single day metered markets and a 2.7 ranking in adults 18-49.

    That put Musk’s episode at no. 3 behind Dave Chappelle’s outing as host on November 7 and the October 3 season premiere fronted by Chris Rock. Musk tied the rankings mark set October 24 with the episode hosted by Adele with H.E.R. within the music slot.

    Musk had made headlines by revealing that he has Asperger syndrome throughout his opening monologue on the present. He marked the uncommon alternative of a enterprise world character to host the NBC late-night establishment though his pop-culture profile has grown in recent times because of a few of his antics and enterprise ventures, all of which have been spoofed on ‘SNL’.

    Elon Musk!: https://t.co/dEaCbOXEvD pic.twitter.com/5BiZOMzKOF
    — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) May 9, 2021

    Musk’s prominence in social media and his standing as one of many world’s wealthiest moguls boosted curiosity in his look on the sketch comedy sequence. For the primary time ever, ‘SNL’ was additionally live-streamed on YouTube in additional than 100 international locations.

    Musk has been scolded by monetary regulators for his pronouncements about his publicly held companies in uncommon channels for a CEO. During his monologue, he joked about “SNL” being reside and the chance that posed for him. He mentioned, “I could say something truly shocking — like I drive of Prius.”

    The most up-to-date ‘SNL’ authentic, the April 10 version hosted by ‘Promising Young Woman’ star Carey Mulligan, averaged 3.6 rankings in 44 in a single day metered markets that measure late-night weekend viewership, and a 1.5 in adults 18-49.

    NBC famous that ‘SNL’ so far is having fun with its most-watched season in 4 years primarily based on whole viewers with a mean of 12.6 million throughout 17 episodes so far.

    As per Variety, ‘SNL’ will shut out its forty sixth season with two extra authentic episodes: May 15 with host Keegan-Michael Key and musical visitor Olivia Rodrigo and the May 22 finale with host Anna Taylor-Joy and musical visitor Lil Nas X.