Timothee Chalamet will experience a wave of optimistic critiques for the Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown onto the stage of Saturday Night time Stay. In a rarity, the actor will function each host and musical visitor on the Jan. 25 episode.
Chart-topping musicians usually maintain each roles, together with Paul Simon, Elton John, Ray Charles and Taylor Swift. Solely 4 twin performers have been non-professional singers or musicians, in response to The Hollywood Reporter, with the latest courting again to Deion Sanders’ flip in February 1995.
Chalamet performed and sang all of the Dylan songs in director James Mangold’s movie, after working for years with dialect and harmonica coaches in preparation for the function. He’d presumably return to that materials for Saturday Night time Stay, and Deadline initially reported that he would, however that has not but been confirmed. The Hollywood Reporter describes Chalamet as a “enormous fan of rap music.”
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A Full Unknown was shut out on the just lately held Golden Globes, however Chalamet would possibly nonetheless be nominated for an Oscar within the Finest Actor class. If the 29-year-old had been to win on the Academy Awards, he’d break the report for youngest-ever at present held by Adrien Brody by a couple of days. (Brody claimed the identical honor over Chalamet on the Golden Globes.)
Chalamet beforehand hosted Saturday Night time Stay in December 2020 and November 2023, with a cameo look in April 2021. Oscar nominations are set to be introduced on Jan. 19, with voting into February.
Saturday Night time Stay‘s season can even characteristic some particular anniversary programming. A four-part docuseries referred to as SNL50: Past Saturday Night time debuts Jan. 16 on the Peacock streaming service. Girls & Gentleman … 50 years of SNL Music follows on Jan. 27. The reside primetime particular SNL50: The Anniversary Particular is ready to air on Feb. 16.
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