Odds & Ends: Watch Ariana DeBose Tease Saturday Night Live with Jack Antonoff and Bowen Yang
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Gear Up for Ariana DeBose on Saturday Night Live
Live from New York, it’s almost Saturday night! As previously announced, West Side Story Golden Globe winner, Tony nominee and former Broadway.com vlogger Ariana DeBose will host Saturday Night Live’s first episode of 2022 on January 15. The musical guest will be Bleachers, fronted by five-time Grammy winner Jack Antonoff. DeBose joined Antonoff and SNL’s Bowen Yang for a fun promo ahead of the big night. Check it out below!
Danielle Brooks Ties the Knot
Tony nominee Danielle Brooks announced her marriage to Dennis Gelin on January 13. According to Vogue, they met during a game night she hosted with a friend. The couple, who live in Brooklyn, were wed in Miami. Their two-year-old daughter served as the flower girl, and Broadway alums Jeremy Pope and Amber Iman sang “A Thousand Years” and “We Will Never Break” as the bride and groom walked down the aisle. Take a peek at Brooks’ dresses (yes, plural!) from the big day below!
WSJ’s Terry Teachout Dies at 65
Terry Teachout, who served as the Wall Street Journal’s drama critic and cultural columnist for nearly 20 years, died at a friend’s home in Smithtown, New York on January 14 at the age of 65. Born on February 6, 1956 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Teachout graduated from William Jewell College in Liberty in 1970. He began writing jazz reviews in addition to serving as both a jazz bassist and a bank teller in Kansas City. In addition to WSJ, Teachout wrote for The New York Daily News, Commentary, The Washington Post. He also penned biographies of H.L. Mencken, George Balanchine, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong as well as Satchmo at the Waldorf, a solo show about Armstrong that played off-Broadway and win an Outer Critics Circle Award for performer John Douglas Thompson. Teachout’s books ialso ncluded his memoir City Limits: Memories of a Small-Town Boy. He served as a co-host on Three on the Aisle, a monthly podcast hosted by American Theatre magazine, which ran from September 2017 to December 2021. He was married to Hilary Teachout from 2007 until her death 2020 and began a relationship with Cheril Mulligan in June 2021.
‘SNL’ preview with Ariana DeBose
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(NBC) — It’s a big week for actress Ariana DeBose, she got some award season love for her work in “West Side Story” and this weekend, DeBose is hosting “Saturday Night Live” for the first time with the first new show of 2022.
Ariana DeBose has already taken on the remake of a film classic, this week, she gets to take on a TV classic.
“I don’t have good words for it, because who thinks they’re gonna wake up and host SNL one day?” DeBose asked rhetorically. “Not this girl.”
But this girl is now an “it” girl in Hollywood, receiving a Screen Actors Guild nomination earlier this week for her performance as Anita in “West Side Story.”
“I’m thrilled people are loving it and hearing its message because I think it’s really, really valid and important and a time that, in the time that we’re living in,” said DeBose.
The Broadway veteran also recently showcased her talents in the Apple TV Plus comedy “Schmigadoon,” but tackling live comedy is a taller order.
“I love these people, they are so talented,” said DeBose, “I’m like, I feel kind of out of my league a little bit, but in a good way,” said DeBose. “It makes me want to be better.”
And so far, DeBose is fitting in.
“I know by the time those cameras are rolling and we are actually live, I will be exhausted,” said DeBose. “But really excited about it.”
The show’s musical guest is Bleachers. The group is pinch-hitting because the originally announced musical guest, Roddy Ricch, had to step aside because of a COVID exposure.
VIDEO: Ariana DeBose Talks SNL, HAMILTON & More on THE TONIGHT SHOW
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Ariana DeBose sat down with Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show last night to discuss her upcoming Saturday Night Live hosting debut.
DeBose also discussed her role as “The Bullet” in Hamilton, filming The Prom with Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, and playing Anita in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. Watch the interview below!
Ariana DeBose was recently seen as Alyssa Green in Ryan Murphy’s film adaption of The Prom on Netfilx and in Apple’s musical series Schmigadoon!
She received a Tony Award nomination in 2018 for her performance in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. DeBose was also seen on Broadway in Hamilton, Pippin, A Bronx Musical, Motown, and Bring It On.
DeBose’s other television credits include So You Think You Can Dance, Blue Bloods, and The Breaks.
West Side Story, Ariana DeBose, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, More Win 2022 Golden Globes
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West Side Story, Ariana DeBose, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, More Win 2022 Golden Globes
The best film and TV of 2021, according to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, has been revealed as winners for the 2022 Golden Globes were announced January 9. Among them were West Side Story for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, along with the film’s stars Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose for Best Performance By an Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.
Also taking home honors were tick, tick…BOOM! star Andrew Garfield for Best Performance By An Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and Pose leading lady Michaela Jaé Rodriguez for Best Performance By an Actress in a Television Series - Drama. The latter has reportedly made history by becoming the first transgender performer to win the coveted award.
Other notable theatre alumni winning Golden Globes this year for their performances on screen were Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos), Tony nominee Jean Smart (Hacks), and Succession stars Jeremy Strong and Sarah Snook. Encanto, featuring songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, won Best Motion Picture – Animated and Kenneth Branagh took home Best Original Screenplay for his semi-autobiographical film Belfast.
As previously announced, the ceremony, always a lightning rod for conversation between the boozy annual ceremony and protests surrounding the HFPA’s equity and inclusion, was a subdued affair this time around. An untelevised press event announced the winners after NBC pulled the plug on an option to air following a report by The Los Angeles Times.
For a complete list of winners, click here.
Ariana DeBose, Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, and More Nominated For SAG Awards; Full List!
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The 2022 Screen Actors Guild Award nominations were announced this morning. Among those nominated are Andrew Garfield for tick, tick…BOOM!, Ariana DeBose for West Side Story, and Cynthia Erivo for Genius: Aretha.
The SAG Awards will air live on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica. Helen Mirren will receive the Life Achievement Award at the 28th annual ceremony.
Check out the full list of nominations below:
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus”)
Oscar Isaac (“Scenes From a Marriage”)
Michael Keaton (“Dopesick”)
Ewan McGregor (“Halston”)
Evan Peters (“Mare of Easttown”)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
Jennifer Coolidge (“The White Lotus”)
Cynthia Erivo (“Genius: Aretha”)
Margaret Qualley (“Maid”)
Jean Smart (“Mare of Easttown”)
Kate Winslet (“Mare of Easttown”)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Michael Douglas (“The Kominsky Method”)
Brett Goldstein (“Ted Lasso”)
Steve Martin (“Only Murders in the Building”)
Martin Short (“Only Murders in the Building”)
Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Elle Fanning (“The Great”)
Sandra Oh (“The Chair”)
Jean Smart (“Hacks”
Juno Temple (“Ted Lasso”)
Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
“The Great” (Hulu)
“Hacks” (HBO Max)
“The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)
“Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
“Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Brian Cox (“Succession”)
Billy Crudup (“The Morning Show”)
Kieran Culkin (“Succession”)
Lee Jung-Jae (“Squid Game”)
Jeremy Strong (“Succession”)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”)
Jung Ho-yeon (“Squid Game”)
Elizabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)
Sarah Snook (“Succession”)
Reese Witherspoon (“The Morning Show”)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
“The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu)
“The Morning Show” (Apple TV Plus)
“Squid Game” (Netflix)
“Succession” (HBO)
“Yellowstone” (Paramount Network)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Caitríona Balfe (“Belfast”)
Cate Blanchett (“Nightmare Alley”)
Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”)
Kirsten Dunst (“The Power of the Dog”)
Ruth Negga (“Passing)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Ben Affleck (“The Tender Bar”)
Bradley Cooper (“Licorice Pizza”)
Troy Kotsur (“CODA”)
Jared Leto (“House of Gucci”)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”)
Olivia Colman (“The Lost Daughter”)
Lady Gaga (“House of Gucci”)
Jennifer Hudson (“Respect”)
Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”)
Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick … Boom!”)
Will Smith (“King Richard”)
Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
“Belfast” (Focus Features)
“CODA” (Apple Original Films)
“Don’t Look Up” (Netflix)
“House of Gucci” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
“King Richard” (Warner Bros)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
“Black Widow”
“Dune”
“The Matrix Resurrections”
“No Time to Die”
“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series
“Cobra Kai”
“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”
“Loki”
“Mare of Easttown”
“Squid Game”