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Chase Stokes couldn't be happier about the news that Kelsea Ballerini will soon be making her musical guest debut!ET's Will Marfuggi spoke with Stokes on Thursday at the season 3 premiere in Los Angeles just hours after announced their upcoming slate of hosts and musical guests.«I mean she's the best,» Stokes said of Ballerini — with whom he's been romantically linked since January. «I'm so excited for her and everything happening in her career right now.»Ballerini will be performing alongside guest host — and Super Bowl champion — Travis Kelce on Mar. 4.

“Saturday Night Live” cast members are touring this year.Just a few of the most high-profile alum on the road over the next few months include Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Tracy Morgan and Martin Short (with Steve Martin) to name just a few.However, none have demanded overnight buzz quite like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s upcoming four-show ‘Restless Leg’ Comedy Tour.On their first-ever tour, Tina Fey promised the shows will be “an evening of comedy, conversation, improv, maybe a little slow dancing between us” on Instagram.The duo, who co-anchored “SNL’s” Weekend Update, portrayed Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton on the show and hosted the Golden Globes together four times, begin the quick run where they’ll celebrate “30 years of friendship” at April 28 at Washington, D.C.’s DAR Constitution Hall.From there, the “30 Rock” and “Parks and Recreation” stars (as well as “Baby Mama” and “Sisters” co-stars) will hit Chicago’s Chicago Theatre on May 20, Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway on June 9 and finally Atlantic City’s Etess Arena at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino on June 10.And if you want to treat yourself to tickets to see the “Only Murders In The Building” and “Upright Citizens Brigade” stars live as soon as today, you can.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Feb.

Entertainment Weekly.The “Restless Leg Tour” is scheduled to kick off on April 28 at the DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. followed by show dates in Chicago, Boston and Atlantic City.Tickets for the shows are set to go on pre-sale on Feb.

Kim Petras won her first Grammy award Sunday for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance alongside Sam Smith for their platinum hit “Unholy,” which Petras cowrote with Smith.

I think we can all mostly agree that “Saturday Night Live” is, by and large, pretty unwatchable. This isn’t totally the fault of the writers, performers, and crew working on the series.

Jack Harlow will return to Saturday Night Live this month, appearing on the show’s October 29 episode as both its host and musical guest.The announcement was made during last week’s SNL, which also saw the show’s musical guest – fellow rapper Megan The Stallion – double as its host. It’ll mark the show’s return to NBC after a week off, shutting down rumours that Taylor Swift would make a surprise appearance this Saturday (October 22).Harlow made his SNL debut last March, performing a medley of his singles ‘Tyler Herro’ and ‘Whats Poppin’.

Megan Thee Stallion performed ‘Anxiety’ and ‘Plan B‘ from her latest album ‘Traumazine‘ while hosting last night’s (October 15) episode of Saturday Night Live.The rapper, who was both host and musical guest, made her third appearance on the late night TV sketch show. In 2020 she performed ‘Savage’ and in 2019 she supplied her guest verse to Chance the Rapper’s ‘Handsome’ on the show from his album ‘The Big Day‘.In an earlier monologue, Megan mentioned the mental health website Bad Bitches Have Bad Days Too, which was inspired by ‘Anxiety’.The Houston rapper also performed ‘NDA’ from ‘Traumazine’.

Megan Thee Stallion took the stage in her hosting debut over the weekend, and delivered a fun, confident monologue that intentionally teased, but avoided, the elephant in the room.Megan walked out into the spotlight in Studio 8H rocking a black, semi-sheer ensemble and a bright smile and lit up the room with her enthusiastic charisma.However, the news of her home in Los Angeles getting broken into while she was in New York preparing for the show hung in the air as many waited to see if she would address the news in her opener.«I do pride myself on being an open book,» Megan said, toward the end of her monologue. «So with that being said, I would like to address a certain incident that I'm sure is on everybody's mind.»After a well-delivered dramatic pause, Megan shared, «No, I do not know why Popeyes took the Hottie Sauce off the menu.»«And hotties, if you want the sauce back, you gotta take that up with the Popeyes lady, not me! Alright?» She added with a laugh, before kicking off the show.Megan Thee Stallion’s Monologue! #stallionnightlivepic.twitter.com/pDji7Z1S37Two men broke into Megan's Los Angeles home on Thursday, TMZ first reported. Law enforcement sources told the outlet that took more than $300,000 in jewelry, cash and electronics.Megan took to Twitter on Friday to address the news, writing, «Material things can be replaced but I’m glad everyone is safe.»«Hotties I'm really sorry but after SNL I really gotta take a break,» she tweeted on Friday, just minutes after addressing the break in.

Saturday Night Live (SNL) when he was nine years old.Green claims that Murray was so incensed by him sitting on the arm rest of “his chair” backstage and the child’s refusal to move that he “picked me up by my ankles” and dropped him into a trash can outside.The Austin Powers actor is the latest to accuse Murray of inappropriate behaviour after Geena Davis made claims of a “bad” experience with him while filming 1990’s Quick Change.Since then, a report confirming that Murray reached a monetary settlement with a female accuser whom he was physically inappropriate with on the set of the currently suspended film Being Mortal has been released, and Rob Schneider has also alleged that Murray “hated” various SNL cast members, specifically Chris Farley and Adam Sandler.On a recent episode of the Good Mythical Morning YouTube show, Green accused Murray of placing him upside down in a trash can – a move that left him in tears.“When I was nine years old, I did a spot on Saturday Night Live when Mary Gross was one of the on-the-scene anchor people for the news, and she did a whole thing about what kids think about the Christmas holiday,” Green said, adding that he passed time backstage by watching television. Murray was the host of that particular SNL episode.“[Murray] saw me sitting on the arm of this chair and made a big fuss about me being in his seat,” Green said.

“Saturday Night Live” — but only if his impersonator Bobby Moynihan can come. The spiky-haired “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” host once again expressed his interest in taking on the late-night sketch comedy show on an episode of HBO Max’s “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace?”While Fieri himself, 54, has never graced the Studio 8H stage, former “SNL” cast member Moynihan appeared on the show multiple times in character as the goateed, greasy spoon guru.“I love Bobby. I think Bobby’s hysterical,” Fieri told host Chris Wallace.

“Good Mythical Morning,” hosts Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal asked former child actor Seth Green, “Who is the rudest celebrity you’ve ever met, and tell us what was so bad about them?”Green, 48, said the grouchiest celebrity he ever encountered was Bill Murray, 72. Murray, who was hosting “Saturday Night Live” at the time, reportedly threw Green into a trash can when he was just 9 years old. “Bill Murray, as everybody knows, he’s great with kids,” Green sarcastically started the story.

Bill Murray “hated” various cast members on Saturday Night Live, specifically Chris Farley and Adam Sandler.Following allegations made by Geena Davis regarding a “bad” experience with Murray while filming 1990’s Quick Change, Schneider discussed his experience with the actor in an interview with SiriusXM’s Jim Norton & Sam Roberts.When one of the hosts mentioned Jaws actor Robert Shaw, who was rumoured to have been difficult on set, Schneider brought up Murray.“That’s the same thing with Bill Murray,” Schneider said. “I won’t say who the filmmaker was, but like Bill Murray, it’s like, ‘He’s gonna come, he’s gonna change the dialogue. He’s gonna change things, and it’s gonna be great, but you don’t know who you’re gonna get, which Bill Murray you’re gonna get.

is set to pull double duty on this weekend as a first-time host and musical guest. And this has apparently made some of the cast a little jealous.The «Sweetest Pie» artist was joined by castmember Heidi Gardner for a series of fun promos that played off their wonderful and delightfully awkward chemistry.«What's up, y'all! I'm Megan the Stallion and I'll be the host and musical guest this week on,» Megan declared excitedly.«And I'm Heidi Gardner, and I'll be doing comedy magic this week on ,» she added.

Rob Schneider claimed during an interview on SiriusXM's show that Bill Murray was difficult to work with and he «hated us» when the famed actor returned for one of his several hosting stints on Norton was in the middle of discussing rumors of an actor being difficult on the set of, when the 58-year-old actor and comedian interjected and mentioned he had a similar experience with Murray, who was an  cast member from 1976 to 1980 and served as a host five times. «That's the same thing with Bill Murray,» said Schneider on Thursday while promoting his new comedy, Daddy Daughter Trip. «I won't say who the filmmaker was, but 'Bill Murray is gonna come, he's gonna change the dialogue. He's gonna change things, and it's gonna be great but you don't know who you're gonna get.

Rob Schneider claimed during an interview on SiriusXM's show that Bill Murray was difficult to work with and he «hated us» when the famed actor returned for one of his several hosting stints on Norton was in the middle of discussing rumors of an actor being difficult on the set of, when the 58-year-old actor and comedian interjected and mentioned he had a similar experience with Murray, who was an  cast member from 1976 to 1980 and served as a host five times. «That's the same thing with Bill Murray,» said Schneider on Thursday while promoting his new comedy, Daddy Daughter Trip. «I won't say who the filmmaker was, but 'Bill Murray is gonna come, he's gonna change the dialogue. He's gonna change things, and it's gonna be great but you don't know who you're gonna get.

over the weekend, joking that his recent gaffes might be attributed to smoking marijuana with some of the people whose pot sentences he just pardoned.“This week, President Biden pardoned thousands of convicted marijuana users, and it feels like maybe he celebrated with them a little,” Colin Jost said on “Weekend Update.”The show then aired a clip of Biden speaking at a car factory Friday.“Let me start with two words: Made in America,” the president said.Jost continued to mock the president, calling his mental capacity in question. “Biden was then heard criticizing reporters at the White House for shouting questions at him,” the funnyman said.

challenged just how much people could handle before they are sent over the edge during Saturday’s cold open.  Bowen Yang played host, Morgan Freegirl, who moderated the show,, that challenged how far average people could go -- before a chaotic news headline sent them over the edge.   “Have you noticed that everyone around you is angry and crazy? People are flipping out at Target.

WILLOW made her solo Saturday Night Live debut last night (October 8) and delivered a punishing two-song set – watch ‘Curious/Furious’ and ‘Ur A Stranger’ below.Fresh from releasing fifth album ‘COPINGMECHANISM’, WILLOW appeared on Saturday Night Live for a guitar-heavy performance.First track ‘Curious/Furious’ blended her soulful vocals with jangly indie melodies while ‘Ur A Stranger’ was a full-blown metal assault, complete with powerful screams and a broken TV.Check both performances out below. WILLOW previously appeared on SNL earlier this year, as a special guest during Camila Cabello’s performance where the pair aired their ‘Psychofreak’ collab.Speaking about it with Zane Lowe earlier this week, Willow said (via Rolling Stone): “I’m nervous obviously, because being with Camila— a really, really good friend of mine — there’s that feeling of comfortability there where you can look across the stage and be like, ‘Girl, we’re in this together. We’re doing this.’ I’m not baring my soul alone on the stage.

Saturday Night Live” allegedly stole his animated sketch featuring the Charmin bears that he shared on his channel earlier this summer, reports Entertainment Weekly. The “SNL” sketch in question features the show’s host, guest Miles Teller, Kenan Thompson, Heidi Gardner, Bowen Yang and Punkie Johnson as the butt-wiping blue Charmin bears.

#SNLPremiere pic.twitter.com/kH1cttLSts“Oh, good. Trump sketch,” Teller says as Peyton Manning. “Way to mix it up!” The skit made fun of the politically motivated direction the show has taken in past seasons, along with the recent exit of the show’s most beloved cast members.Veteran cast members Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, and Kyle Mooney all made their final SNL appearances on the show’s 47th season finale in May.

Kendrick Lamar was the musical guest for the first episode of the new season of Saturday Night Live last night (October 1) – see his three-song set below.Last week, Kendrick was announced to perform on the 48th season of the legendary show, with Megan Thee Stallion and Willow other upcoming musical guests.As promised, Lamar kicked off the new season on Saturday night alongside guest host Miles Teller. He last appeared on SNL in 2018 when he performed ‘Tints’ with Anderson .Paak.For the new performance, Lamar played three tracks from ‘Mr.

poked fun at some recent profile sex scandals on Saturday's season 48 premiere.Host Miles Teller played game show host Halen Hardy, who oversaw the challenging show «The game is very simple. We have four male celebrity contestants, and all they have to do is reply to a woman's DM on Instagram in a way that is normal,» Halen explained.

has undergone a lot of retooling over the summer — with a lot of castmembers exiting the show and four new actors signing on. So they made sure to address the slew of differences with a self-referential cold-open featuring the night's host,Miles Teller.Teller played Payton Manning, joined by his brother Eli Manning (Andrew Dismukes), as they live-commented on the cold-open sketch, and brutally criticized the sketch.The bit got even more meta when Jon Hamm joined Payton and Eli as a special guest commentator and all three of them got in on the fun of making fun of the cast's gaffes in the sketch-within-a-sketch.At one point, Shawn White showed up for a one-line cameo and Hamm joked, «Well, you know, sometimes they need to bring in a real celebrity when the host isn't that famous… I mean, they couldn't get the star of the big summer movie, like, Tom Cruise or John Hamm, they had to get the costar.»Payton (again, played by Teller, the night's host) indignantly replied, «Well, I heard they rarely put the hosts in cold open, so when they do, it is special.»«Special? Or is it desperate?» Hamm shot back.By using the sketch-within-a-sketch conceit, the show managed to not only poke fun at themselves, they got a chance to introduce all the new castmembers while also ingratiating themselves to new audiences with a bit of self-deprecation.Now only time will tell how the new, remarkably smaller cast will gel over the course of the season.

Moving on. Chris Redd is reportedly dating Kenan Thompson’s ex-wife. Sources close to the Saturday Night Live co-stars revealed that Kenan’s ex-wife Christina Evangeline is in a relationship with Chris.

sketch. Nearly six months after reports emerged of Kenan Thompson and wife Christina Evangeline's quiet separation, ET can confirm she has a new man in her life — and he's someone Thompson knows well. According to a source, Evangeline is dating Chris Redd, Thompson's longtime co-star, who also played his brother on his canceled sitcom, . «Chris and Christina Evangeline are dating. The two know each other through since Chris worked with her ex, Kenan Thompson,» a source tells ET. «They started dating after Kenan and Christina split.»As for how the new romance is going, the source notes, «They are having a lot of fun and really get along well.» TMZ was first to report the news of them dating. A post shared by Kenan Thompson (@kenanthompson)Mere days ago, Redd announced his exit from  after five years on the show. As for Thompson and Evangeline, they tied the knot in 2011 and share two daughters — Georgia, 8, and Gianna, 4.

tweeted with the list of upcoming performers. The show will look drastically different from previous seasons as longtime cast members Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, and Aristotle Athari have all left the late-night show.

is losing another cast member, ahead of the season 48 premiere. Chris Redd announced that he will not be returning for the upcoming season of the sketch comedy series.  “Being a part of  has been the experience of a lifetime.

according to reports. His departure marks the latest exit amid a larger exodus of big names that have departed from “SNL” in recent months.“Being part of ‘SNL’ has been the experience of a lifetime,” he said in a statement that was shared on social media.

 will feature four new faces when season 48 of the sketch show kicks off Oct. 1 on NBC. Marcello Hernandez, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker are being added as featured players on the long-running sketch series.The new additions come on the heels of significant departures last season, including those of Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon and Melissa Villaseñor, among others.

the tweet read.Hernandez has opened for acts like Tim Dillon and Gilbert Gottfried and appeared on Telemundo’s “Acceso Total.”“Little Cuban Dominican boy from Miami is on SNL,” he captioned his headshot on Instagram on Thursday. Longfellow has appeared on NBC’s “Bring The Funny,” which is hosted by “SNL” long-timer, Keenan Thompson.“Gonna be on @nbcsnl I’m sorry,” the newcomer wrote on Instagram.

amid cast changes and cancelation talk.The Toronto native, 77, got candid about the upcoming season — premiering Oct. 1 — backstage at the 74th Emmy Awards on Monday.“This will be a transition year, and the change years are always difficult but also really exciting because there’s new people and things are changing and a different generation comes into the show,” Michaels said, according to Entertainment Weekly.“SNL” is losing longtime stars Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, Aristotle Athari, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney this year.The producer also noted how “at least” four new cast members will be joining the comedy show soon.Michaels also hinted at why so many of the iconic skit players departed earlier this year.

Oprah Winfrey to inspire and tug at the heartstrings. And that's exactly what the iconic media mogul did at this year's Emmy Awards.Taking the stage to present the first award of the night, Winfrey delivered a message about the importance of always getting back up when you get knocked down, regardless of the odds.«It's the most coveted television accolade on the planet and yet it's impossible to win one — almost,» Winfrey said, holding an Emmy trophy aloft. «There are eight billion people on this planet, but only 25 Emmys to be given out tonight.

won’t be returning to the show this year.Ben Affleck’s former girlfriend and “SNL” producer Lindsay Shookus is also out after 20 years working behind the scenes of the parody skit series.“They’re shaking things up,” a source told Page Six this past May.However, Kenan Thompson is coming back for the upcoming season alongside returning stars Heidi Gardner, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, James Austin, Punkie Johnson, Bowen Yang, Michael Che, Colin Jost, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Sarah Sherman and Cecily Strong.Thompson, 44, previously admitted that he believes “SNL” should end sometime in the very near future. The Nickelodeon alum appeared on Charlamagne tha God’s “Hell of a Week” series in July and noted that if creator Lorne Michaels, 77, retires after the 2024-25 season, then the show could properly come to an epic conclusion.Michaels created “SNL” in 1975 and has been the showrunner for most of its multidecade run.

recently slammed former cast member Kate McKinnon’s infamous impressions of Hillary Clinton — saying her work proved the show was “over.” Now Long Island native Baldwin, who has hosted the NBC sketch show 17 times, has issued a dismissive rebuttal to the comedian, 58, in a lengthy Instagram video Thursday.“I guess it must be an incredibly slow news cycle if we’re talking about Rob Schneider’s thoughts about Kate McKinnon playing Hillary Clinton so many years ago,” Baldwin noted on social media.“You’ve got to be careful when you criticize people for their judgment,” the “30 Rock” star went on. “And you turn around and pause for a moment and realize, well, that judgment of theirs led them to hire you once upon a time.” A post shared by Alec Baldwin (@alecbaldwininsta)Baldwin has portrayed former President Donald Trump on more than one occasion on the comedy series, and the “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo” star had blasted him for the impression back in 2018.To Schneider’s criticism, Baldwin had this to say: “I made [Trump] a cartoon.

Variety reported Thursday.The exits were announced after long-tenured stars Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney announced their plans to leave the NBC institution in May.The depleted remaining cast will also be without senior producer Lindsay Shookus, who declined to take a new role on the show last month.“They’re shaking things up,” a source told Page Six at the time. Moffat and Villaseñor had both been with the show since 2016 and were known for their impressions of Eric Trump and Joe Biden, and Björk and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez respectively.Athari joined the show just last year as a featured player and was notable as the show’s first male performer of Middle Eastern descent.

is losing three more cast members. Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor and Aristotle Athari will not return for the sketch series' 48th season.Moffat and Villaseñor both joined the show as featured players in 2016, and were promoted to the main cast two years later. Athari joined the show last season as a featured player.The latest exits come after multiple cast members revealed their departure from the series. Pete Davidson left the show in May after seven seasons. «I owe [executive producer] Lorne Michaels and everyone at my life.