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Saint Entebiri will host Saturday night live for the first time and a superstar Jenifer Lopez will be the musical guest of the episode.
The impressive The run for comedian and actor Ayo Edebiri continues as it has been announced that he will be hosting Saturday night live for the first time. Edebiri will host the long-running NBC show on February 3, and Jennifer Lopez will join as the musical guest for that episode. This weekend's episode will be hosted by actress Dakota Johnson, with pop star Justin Timberlake as the musical guest.
The news comes as Entebiri is fresh off winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Sydney Adamu on FX's The bear. She also won the Critics' Choice Award and a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical or Comedy Television Series. Entebiri also starred Theater camp and Below last year. As a writer, he has worked on Apple TV+ Dickinson and Netflix Big mouth as The Rundown with Robin Thede.
Entebiri was also part of the writer's room for another hit show on FX, What do we do in the shadows, which earned her a Writers Guild Awards nomination. The natives of Boston, Massachusetts SNL The appearance won't be without its links to the show – it has hosted a comedy show with Ben Marshall, who heads the show's 'Please Don't Destroy' segment.
For Jennifer Lopez, the visit will be her fourth appearance Saturday night live. Her first time was as a musical guest in 2000. She doubled as host and musical performer in 2001 and 2010. Lopez last appeared on the show alongside DaBaby in 2019. This latest appearance comes as Lopez is set to release This is me…Nowher first album in 10 years with a narrative film to be released via Amazon Prime Video on February 16.
