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Saturday Night Live is losing another long time star. Bill Hader will be leaving the late night sketch comedy show after the season finale airs this week, confirmed the comedian’s publicist on Tuesday.
Hader is an eight-year veteran of the NBC show who is best known for his variety of impressions, including smug game show hosts, actor Al Pacino and Stefon, a gay TV journalist known for recommending over-the-top night clubs on the show’s longtime “Weekend Update” segment. | Full Story
It’s no surprise that Justin Timberlake brought in the big numbers on SNL last night. Whenever those two are together it’s a guaranteed good time.
This time hosting marks Timberlake’s fifth time as host to the comedy sketch show, which as one sketch showed, gave him access to the “five timers club”. The skit featured the rare few who have hosted or performed as the musical guest five or more times. That included Paul Simon, a pipe smoking Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd who only hosted one time therefore he served as the lowly bartender. | Full Story
If laughing at his pain wasn’t enough, watch Kevin Hart as he hosts Saturday Night Live when it returns to NBC on March 2.
This announcement was made during last night’s episode which was hosted by Christoph Waltz.
Hart will share the stage with musical guest Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, a rapper/producer duo who released a collaboration album “The Heist” last year. The album sold over 78,000 copies during its first week of release. | Full Story
Despite the horrible snow storm which has plummeted New York City, Saturday Night Live tickets still flew of the shelves for tonight’s show featuring pop star Justin Bieber.
“He has swag, that’s worth three nights of blizzard,” Dana Arcizy of New Hampshire said. “Security was trying to convince us to leave. I think they don’t want to be working in the snow. But we made it this far, why leave now?”
Another fan said she would literally weather the storm in order to see Bieber performance. | Full Story
Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence may be dangerous with the bow, but the award winning actress can also do damage when it comes to clowning Oscar nominees.
It all began when Lawrence said “I beat Meryl” while accepting her Golden Globe award. Some thought that she disrespected Meryl Streep by taking an unnecessary shot at the veteran actress. However, the Silver Lining Playbook star clarified her statement on SNL, reminding the audience she got the line from the movie, The First Wife Club. | Full Story
Well that didn’t take long. Just months after leaving SNL, Deadline.com tells us that Andy Samberg has landed a role in the new Mike Schur / Dan Goor police comedy. With their success on casting Amy Poehler in Parks and Recreation, the shows creators have history of turning an SNL veteran into a sitcom sensation.
The duo previously worked with Samberg in a 2010 episode of Parks and Recreation and were eager to cast him in this role as head detective. | Full Story
Andy Samberg has become the latest comedian to say goodbye to Saturday Night Live, according to a report by EW.
Samberg confirmed his departure in an interview with the New York Times on Friday, telling the paper, “It’s an incredibly emotional and strange moment in my life. Obviously it’s not a huge shock, but I did officially decide not to come back.”
After joining Saturday Night Live in 2005, Samberg collaborated with Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer to form a comedic rap group called Lonely Island. | Full Story
This weekend, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning will host Saturday Night Live. The two-time Super Bowl winner will make his first appearance on the show. Eli’s brother, Payton Manning, who also has a Super Bowl ring himself, has hosted the show in the past.
That being said, how would the quarterback do in front of the TV show cameras? Eli has already shown the world that he could be poised, after winning two world titles in the National Football League. | Full Story
Saturday Night Live has added Kate Mckinnon to their roster.
With Kristin Wiig’s future on the show up in the air, SNL has been scouting out new talent to add to the sketch comedy show. Executive producer, Lorne Michaels, had reportedly auditioned a number of performers before deciding Kate Mckinnon was the best fit. Other women that were looked at included Jessica Joy of The Playboy Club, Lauren Lapkus of Are You There Chelsea, and Elaine Carroll of Very Mary-Kate. | Full Story
Jonah Hill was probably the only person in the world that expected him to be nominated for an Academy Award earlier this year for his role in the baseball drama Moneyball. This became more evident when the Project X actor took to the stage last night to host Saturday Night Live.
Hill delivered an insanely funny monologue that depicted him as a self absorbed actor, with a new-found snooty attitude. Speaking in third person, Hill gloated about his multiple Oscars and referred to himself as “one of our finest actors.”
Although Hill’s sense of humor about himself was great entertainment, that skit, unfortunately, was the only highlight of the night. | Full Story
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