Tag Archives: Gig

Yang and Travis previously teamed up for the sketch “Straight Male Friend” when the NFL star hosted ‘Saturday Night Live’ in March 2023

Bowen Yang knows Travis Kelce is his friend for life.

The Saturday Night Live star, 33, revealed that he has stayed in touch with the Kansas City Chiefs tight end following his SNL hosting gig in March 2023. Kelce, 34, and girlfriend Taylor Swift also made a surprise appearance on the season 49 premiere last year.

“He is my straight male friend for life,” he shared in an interview with the Los Angeles Times at the 2024 Emmys. “Travis, I love you.”

Related: Travis Kelce Makes Surprise Appearance in SNL Sketch About Him and Taylor Swift

Yang is, of course,…

Jimmy Kimmel is detailing why he won’t be hosting the 2025 Oscars.

The “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” talk-show host said during the “Politickin’” podcast, hosted by Gavin Newsom, Marshawn Lynch, and sports agent Doug Hendrickson, that pulling double duty with “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and the Academy Awards is “distracting” for his staff. In turn, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” actually “suffers a little bit,” according to Kimmel.

“I just decided I didn’t want to deal with that this year,” Kimmel said of turning down hosting the 2025 Academy Awards. “It was just too much last year. You wind up pushing everything off ’til after the Oscars, and then you have to do everything you promised to do after the Oscars, after the Oscars.”

Kimmel has hosted the…

Support truly
independent journalism

Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.

Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.

Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.

Find out more

The Academy will have a hard time deciding who will host next year’s Oscars after Jimmy Kimmel and fan-favourite John Mulaney have both reportedly “passed” on the offer to lead the 2025 ceremony.

Late night presenter Kimmel, who has hosted for the past two years, reportedly decided months ago that he would not be returning to the role.

Mulaney, whose memorable recollection of Field of Dreams made him a favourite host among fans, was reportedly waiting for Kimmel to officially turn down the offer before making his own decision. But…

Amy Schumer/Instagram

Amy Schumer is still reeling from a scary experience with son 3-year-old son Gene.

The comedian, 41, recently shared that her son with husband Chris Fischer was hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus, more commonly known as RSV, while she was preparing to host Saturday Night Live last weekend.

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Schumer said that while Gene has recovered, she and Fischer are “still traumatized” by the experience.

The Life & Beth star also shared that she almost backed out of her hosting duties amid the upsetting situation.

“I was like, ‘I’m obviously not hosting [SNL] anymore. I was texting people like, ‘Should I see who can fill in? Or, are they going to do that?’ And they were like, ‘No, you’re going to do it,’ ” she recalled….

…