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Jean Smart happens to like New York!

In her tight opening monologue to kick off Season 50 of Saturday Night Live, the multi-Emmy-winning veteran actress took aim at everyone and everything from recently indicted New York Mayor Eric Adams to the NBC late-night show she was hosting.

“It really is incredible to be here,” the Hacks star joked. “I haven’t gotten all dressed up and had hundreds of people clap for me in … days, honestly.” (Smart was, of course, referring to the Emmys, held September 15.)

She continued, poking fun at the late-night sketch series, “I remember watching the very first episode of SNL and thinking, ‘Someday, I’m gonna host that show.’ And this is the first Saturday that worked with my schedule.”

At this…

Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang has claimed that Sydney Sweeney begged the cast to “make jokes about my boobs” when she hosted the show earlier this year.

The 27-year-old Euphoria and Anyone But You actor hosted SNL in March this year where she made jokes about rumours surrounding her and Glen Powell and her part in superhero flop Madame Web.

Although Sweeney’s hosting appearance was mostly viewed as a success there was some pushback about the multiple gags and sketches about her physical appearance, including one where she worked as a Hooters waitress.

However, Yang has now stated that many of the ideas for jokes came from Sweeney herself who claimed: “She was practically begging everybody.”

Speaking on the Fly on the Wall podcast, Yang said Sweeney was “an example of a…

Bowen Yang has learned a lot about Saturday Night Live over the course of his five seasons in the cast. But one of his more recent revelations is that the show’s creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels knows SNL works best as a “reality show.”

As Yang explained on the latest episode of former SNL cast members Dana Carvey and David Spade’s podcast Fly on the Wall, a “meta-narrative” surrounds the show that Yang keeps finding himself caught up in. It happened when he casually mentioned an unnamed host that made multiple cast members cry on Watch What Happens Live last month. And he’s likely done it again now by sharing behind-the-scenes details about Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney’s hosting debut this past March.

“I get caught up in the meta-narrative sometimes,”…

Bowen Yang just shared a new insight into Ryan Gosling‘s epic 2024 SNL hosting gig.

In an interview with E! on the 2024 Emmys red carpet, Yang opened up about his time on Saturday Night Live, including the April 13 episode Gosling hosted. Explaining what his must-haves for his dressing room are, he offered a surprising — and hilarious — answer.

“I have a throat mister that Ryan Gosling borrowed for his episode because he lost his voice the night before,” Yang said. “I have not washed it since.” The episode earned Gosling, 43, his first Emmy nomination, for guest actor in a comedy series.

Yang, who is up for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy series, said he was stunned by the nomination initially.

“I was like, ‘okay, cool, thanks,’ ” says the…