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Bowen Yang Wants Lorne Michaels to Recast J.D. Vance on ‘SNL’: “Please Don’t Make Me Do This” • Apr. 12, 2025, 5:40 AM ET (The Hollywood Reporter)
Sky announces ‘star-studded’ UK version of Saturday Night Live • Apr. 10, 2025, 8:27 AM ET (The Guardian)

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Born November 17, 1944 (age 80) • Toronto • Canada
Awards And Honors Emmy Award • Kennedy Center Honors (2021) • Presidential Medal of Freedom (2016)

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