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Live from Zoom, it's the Saturday Night Live children's talent show! While catching up with Seth Meyers on Monday's at-home episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers, Maya Rudolph revealed that she and her fellow SNL alums Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Paula Pell and Emily Spivey hosted a virtual talent show for their kids during the pandemic "It was pretty delightful, I gotta say," the Wine Country star gushed.

“Saturday Night Live” alumni Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Paula Pell, Ana Gasteyer, and Emily Spivey held a talent show for their kids via Zoom.

Legendary Saturday Night Live music producer Hal Willner has died at age 64, possibly from coronavirus complications, and the entertainment community took to social media to pay their respects.Musician Questlove, comedian and former SNL writer John Mulaney, show writer Paula Pell and more who've worked alongside Willner mourned the loss of a musical savant, source of comedic relief and "the gentlest genius." Mulaney even wrote in the postscript of his tribute: "P.S.

By Denise Petski

Paula Pell, 56, has seen her fair share of SNL guest hosts and performers over the years. She was a writer for the legendary late night sketch comedy series for two decades and played a part in why it was so iconic for over 200 of its episodes.

After an 18-year run with Saturday Night Live — where she co-created such famous recurring skits as Debbie Downer and the Spartan Cheerleaders, while only briefly appearing on camera — Paula Pell was approaching 50 when she began her second act.The celebrated comedy scribe, a frequent collaborator of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler whose credits include 30 Rock, Sisters and several Golden Globes telecasts, Pell is set to receive the WGA East's Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence on Feb. 1.