Attention girl pop fans: NBC just announced that Katy Perry and Robyn will be taking over Saturday Night Live on December 10th, noting that Perry will host, and Robyn will be the musical guest (though undoubtedly she'll appear in a sketch or at least the Digital Short)—the pairing makes sense as the two were tour mates earlier this year.
Katy Perry And Robyn Taking Over SNL On December 10th!
Radiohead To Be Musical Guest On SNL Premiere... Shows To Follow?
It was just announced that Radiohead will be the musical guests on the September 24th season premiere of Saturday Night Live! Mayor-in-training Alec Baldwin will be the guest host, making for the show's best lineup in years. This will be Radiohead's second time on SNL; the first came in 2000, promoting Kid A, when they performed blistering versions of "The National Anthem" and "Idioteque," during which Thom Yorke unleashed his now-classic spastic-sexy dance moves for the world. (Watch "Idioteque" below.)
The British Are Coming: Helen Mirren And Elton John To Host SNL
After a season full of hip, young hosts, Saturday Night Live is going in another direction this April—the show has both Elton John and Helen Mirren slated to host (the first and second weeks of April, respectively).
Live From New York: Lindsay Lohan!
Will fallen starlet Lindsay Lohan try to rise from the ashes of her burnt out career in front of a live studio audience? According to the Daily News, she's in talks with the Saturday Night Live folks about hosting on December 4th.
Back Off Haters: Dick Clark Will Ring In 2010!
Should the man once known as "America's Oldest Teenager" still be hosting the big New Year's Eve ball drop? The NY Post questions Dick Clark for white-knuckling on to his Rockin’ New Year’s Eve special because, well, it's depressing :(
Ex-Wall Street Trader Now Works Where He Used to Eat
There's a harrowing story in the Wall Street Journal today about a guy who's gone from ordering filet mignon at midtown's Palm Restaurant to working at their Tribeca location. No schadenfruede here; Carlos Araya, the son of a cab driver from Queens, worked his way up to become a successful crude oil trader on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The father of two young girls, he lost his job in 2007 when the financial industry got necklaced with a flaming tire. Now he's a host at The Palm. His wife went back to work as an administrative assistant; together they're pulling in $4,000 a month, but they're starting to miss mortgage payments on their Battery Park City apartment, and Araya tells the Journal, "At the end of the week, I get my paycheck and I think, 'I used to make this much in a day.'" Most awkward are the old colleagues still dining at The Palm; according to the article, "some are encouraging and offer hugs. Others sneer. 'The way they look at you, you know they're thinking negatively,' he says." And still others come in to ask if the restaurant is hiring.
Savage Calls Autism a "Fraud," Protest Ensues
Last week conservative radio host Michael Savage blathered on air about every child with autism being “a brat who hasn’t been told to cut the act out,” and today is still standing by his remarks, which were plentiful and included calling the disease “a fraud and a racket.” The NY Times noted that Savage's audience "ranks in size behind only those of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity," and you can bet all of those listeners--and then everyone else who hears about this--have opinions.
Saturday Night Live Remembers George Carlin
As a tribute to the recently deceased comedian George Carlin, Saturday Night Live will be rerunning their very first episode, which was hosted by Carlin in 1975 under its original name, NBC Saturday Night. ("Saturday Night Live" was the name of a Howard Cosell show at the time). Carlin does three stand-up routines on the show, there are five parody ads, Chevy Chase hosts Weekend Update, the Muppets do a sketch, and Andy Kaufman lip-synchs to the "Mighty Mouse" theme song. It's going to tough crawling back to Andy Samberg after this one. [Tonight, HBO will air two Carlin specials, 1977's "George Carlin at USC" and 1978's "George Carlin Again!" starting at 8 p.m.]
Fallon Finally Makes "Late Night" Position Official
At a press conference set to take place today, it's expected that Jimmy Fallon will be announced as Conan O'Brien's successor on the "Late Night" show. WNBC reports that the early chatter came in from an anonymous source. The announcement doesn't come as a surprise, since reports of the late night changes began to leak last year; last month Fallon's new position was all but confirmed.
Fallon is the New Face of "Late Night"
In the past year there have been murmurings of Jimmy Fallon taking over Conan's "Late Night" seat, when the latter moves over to the Tonight Show. Variety reports that NBC will officially announce the former SNL star's new position within the next few weeks, reuniting the actor/comedian with the Peacock network as well as Lorne Michaels (who executive produces the show).

