Oscar-nommed Felicity Jones to host “SNL” in JanuaryDecember 19, 2016 - 11:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Saturday Night Live" will kick off New Year with Felicity Jones. The Oscar-nominated actress is set to host the show's first episode of 2017. She is tapped for January 14. Sturgil Simpson will serve as a musical guest, AceShowbiz said. The upcoming episode will mark Jones' first appearance on the NBC sketch show. She is booked hot on heels of her blockbuster "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" that is poised to make a grand entrance at the top spot on Box Office. "SNL" has just wrapped up the year of 2016 with Casey Affleck as a host and Chance the Rapper as a performer. Alec Baldwin was back as Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon reprised her role as Hilary Clinton for the episode. Now the show is taking a three-week break for the Christmas and New Year holidays. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |