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Yahoo
17 hours ago
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Bowen Yang wants to replace Colin Jost and Michael Che on 'SNL' 'Weekend Update' with himself and Matt Rogers
"I'm gonna give Che and Colin the chop so that you and I can do 'Update' together," Yang told Rogers on "Hot Ones Versus." Bowen Yang wants to take the Las Culturistas podcast to the Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" desk — even though it means getting rid of current stars Colin Jost and Michael Che in the process. Yang made the hilarious revelation on YouTube's Hot Ones Versus on Tuesday, while the SNL star and his fellow Culturistas cohost Matt Rogers had to tell the truth or suffer the wrath of the dreaded Last Dab. When it was his turn to ask Yang a question to answer truthfully, Rogers stated, "Oh God, trauma! We both auditioned for SNL, but only you were asked to join. If you could have me replace any current SNL cast, who would it be?" As Yang loudly fake cried over the question, Rogers laughed. Then something happened out of frame to surprise Yang, who asked "Oh my God, what happened?" The video's director could be heard telling them it was just the confetti gun, which Rogers promptly picked up and aimed at Yang to jokingly scare him into answering the SNL question. "If I could have you replace any current cast member," Yang repeated, lost in thought. Rogers prompted, "Doesn't Marcello [Hernandez] have enough? I think he's gonna be fine." "I love Marcello so much. I'm gonna say... I'm gonna give [Michael] Che and Colin [Jost] the chop so that you and I can do '[Weekend] Update' together," he said at last, referring to the fan-favorite mock news segment of the sketch comedy series. "I love that, I think we'd be great at 'Update.' We'd give a new fresh take," Rogers concluded. Che and Jost have hosted the segment since 2014. Their first appearance as co-anchors came in the season 40 premiere. Many other famous faces have co-anchored or anchored "Weekend Update" in the show's 50 years on air, including Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Cecily Strong, Jimmy Fallon, Norm Macdonald, Chevy Chase, and more. Meyers at one time held the record for longest tenured "Weekend Update" anchor, but Jost broke that record in October 2021, and Che has since joined him in surpassing the Late Night host. In addition to their Las Culturistas podcast, Yang and Rogers can be seen hosting the television debut of the Las Culturistas Culture Awards on Bravo on Aug. 5. Elsewhere on Hot Ones Versus, the two get into just about everything, from Yang's favorite childhood wrestler to Rogers' biggest celebrity crush. Plus, who would Yang kick out of the Wicked group chat? And will Rogers face his fears and walk under a ladder? Tune in to the episode of Hot Ones Versus, above, for all of that and to see who takes home the golden chicken wing trophy. Read the original article on Entertainment Weekly
Yahoo
6 days ago
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- Yahoo
Travis Kelce Shares the 'Hardest Part' of Hosting SNL
Travis Kelce Shares the 'Hardest Part' of Hosting SNL originally appeared on Men's Fitness. Travis Kelce hosted Saturday Night Live in 2023, and in a recent interview on the Bussin' With The Boys podcast, he revealed the hardest part that came with the high honors of hosting: reading. "The writers' rooms were fun because you're just getting pitched ideas. The table reading, for a guy that can't really read that well, it was kind of a f----- situation," Kelce said. "The table reading was the hardest f------ part." Kelce hosted the 14th episode of SNL's 48th season back in March 2023 with country singer Kelsea Ballerini joining as the musical guest. "I felt like I was just trying to get through the reading instead of actually acting it out and giving it a voice and giving it a character and things like that. I was just focused on, 'Don't f------ skip this line,'" he he got past the table reading, he had a good time and felt "so much more comfortable." "There was still a sense of like, 'I need to be a professional here,'" Kelce said. "I want to take advantage of this, but I want to have fun doing it, but I don't want to look like a loser doing this. I want to make them respect my approach and how I'm like taking it serious. But it was just a fun roller coaster, man." Some of Kelce's sketches included "American Girl Café," where Kelce joked with dolls, and "Garrett from Hinge," a funny dating bit with Bowen Yang. He also starred in the "Self-Defense" sketch, showing off his comedic skills alongside the "Please Don't Destroy" Kelce Shares the 'Hardest Part' of Hosting SNL first appeared on Men's Fitness on Jul 2, 2025 This story was originally reported by Men's Fitness on Jul 2, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
News.com.au
21-07-2025
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- News.com.au
Internet turns on Jamie Lee Curtis over ‘insane' red carpet outburst
Hollywood actress Jamie Lee Curtis is copping a backlash online for her strange outburst on the red carpet at a recent awards show – seemingly unaware that she was dressing down her hosts for the evening. Curtis was a guest at the recent Las Culturistas Culture Awards at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. The tongue-in-cheek pop culture themed awards (some sample categories: the Woman of a Certain Age Award and Best Title for the Next Bridget Jones) are the brainchild of comedians and podcasters Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers. The pair were on the red carpet outside the Orpheum, answering some questions for media outlet Vulture, who'd asked them to recite some iconic movie lines into the camera. Saturday Night Live star Yang was giving it his best Julia Roberts as Erin Brokovich, delivering the line 'I'm not talkin' to you, b**ch!', when suddenly Curtis appeared beside them, interuppting the vox pop and looking agitated. 'We're quoting Julia Roberts,' Rogers explained, perhaps worried Curtis had thought that particular quote was directed at her. But the Freakier Friday star stood between the comedians and the camera, her arms outstretched, and gave them a firm direction: 'Bring the whole f**king thing down.' She seemed completely unaware that she was talking to the hosts and organisers of the event she was at – and was about to spend several hours watching them on stage. 'You're going to hate this show then,' Yang quipped. 'We're going to be pitching to the rafters.' Rogers gave Curtis some cheeky advice in return: 'Maybe you could bring it up?' Those who watched the moment on social media were shocked by Curtis' behaviour, with some asking if the actress was attempting a 'bit' or whether she was serious. 'The audacity to interrupt someone's interview at Their Own Award Show just to shush them is insane,' one person tweeted. Another said the moment 'repulsed' them – 'Doing this to [Rogers and Yang] at their own event?' One person under Vulture's post dubbed Curtis 'the ultimate Karen' – a tag that's followed her after a string of minor controversies in recent years. She publicly apologised in August last year after slamming Marvel at Comic-Con, and earlier in 2024 sparked a bizarre feud with Bella Ramsey over a joke the young actor made while presenting an award at the Critics Choice Awards. She copped further backlash in January of this year when she likened the wildfires that had decimated whole neighbourhoods in Los Angeles to the ongoing war in Gaza. The Last Showgirl.
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
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‘Las Culturistas Culture Awards' 2025 Red Carpet Photos: Paige DeSorbo, Bowen Yang, Jamie Lee Curtis & More
Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang's Las Culturistas Culture Awards 2025 took place at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. The event sparkled with stars like Paige de Sorbo, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Allison Janney, Quinta Brunson, Megan Stalter, Law Roach, Alison Brie, and Dave Franco. More from Deadline 'Watch What Happens Live' Host Andy Cohen On Stephen Colbert's Late-Night Show Ending: "I Can't Believe CBS Is Turning Off The Lights At 11:30" Penélope Cruz, Walter Salles, Bruce Springsteen And Bowen Yang Set For Academy Museum Gala Honors Peacock To Pay $3.6M To Settle Cancellation-Policy Lawsuit By Los Angeles County Other celebrities that made it to the award show included Kristen Wiig, Mindy Kaling, Kenan Thompson, Ben Platt, Benito Skinner, Aidy Bryant, Joel Kim Booster, Rachel Bloom, Ana Gasteyer, Jeff Goldblum, and more. RELATED: Bravolebrities were in full force with Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen leading the way. The stars of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City were also in attendance, including Lisa Barlow, Heather Gay, Angie Katsanevas, Britani Bateman, Mary M. Cosby, Bronwyn Newport, and Meridith Marks. RELATED: Las Culturistas Culture Awards celebrate the 'most iconic and consequential moments of the year' with more than 100 unique award categories. Categories for this year's edition include Most Iconic Building or Structure, Filet Mignon Award for Best Beef, Borders Award for Store That Should Come Back, Woman of a Certain Age Award, Grief of the Year, Best Title for the Next Bridget Jones, and many more. RELATED: Las Culturistas Culture Awards 2025 will air on Tuesday, August 5 at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo. The award show is produced and distributed internationally by Lionsgate Alternative Television. Rogers and Yang serve as executive producers, alongside Lauren LeMieux, Jonah McMichael, 3 Arts' Olivia Gerke, and showrunner Jane Mun. Scroll through the photo gallery below to see all the stars at the Las Culturistas Culture Awards 2025 red carpet. Best of Deadline The Movies That Have Made More Than $1 Billion At The Global Box Office 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery Everything We Know About 'Stranger Things' Season 5 So Far
CTV News
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Penélope Cruz, Bruce Springsteen, Walter Salles and Bowen Yang are 2025 Academy Museum Gala honorees
This combination of file photos shows, clockwise from top left, Bruce Springsteen, Penélope Cruz, Walter Salles and Bowen Yang. (Invision/AP) Bruce Springsteen will take the stage as both performer and a guest of honor at one of Hollywood's most prominent fundraising events, the Academy Museum Gala. The 75-year-old rock legend is being honored alongside actors Penélope Cruz and Bowen Yang and filmmaker Walter Salles at the Oct. 18 celebration hosted by the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. The high-fashion get-together, now in its fifth year, has been positioned as a West Coast version of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art's Met Gala. It features a massive red carpet with a slew of celebrities from Hollywood and beyond, raising money for the Los Angeles museum's exhibits and education programs. Gala co-chairs include Jon M. Chu, Common, Jennifer Hudson, Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey. The host committee includes Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, Adrien Brody, Zoë Kravitz, Demi Moore, Colman Domingo, Ke Huy Quan, Meg Ryan and Amy Adams. Last year's event honored Quentin Tarantino, Rita Moreno and Paul Mescal and raised more than US$11 million. By Alicia Rancilio.
