Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

TV

Law, Galifianakis to be 'SNL' hosts

|
|
 
  
British actor Jude Law attends a Japan premiere for the film "Sherlock Holmes" in Tokyo, Japan, on February 18, 2010. UPI/Keizo Mori 
License photo
Published: Feb. 25, 2010 at 4:04 PM

NEW YORK, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Zach Galifianakis and Jude Law have been tapped to serve as guest hosts of "Saturday Night Live" in New York, NBC announced Thursday.

Galifianakis, a stand-up comedian best known for his work in the hit movie "The Hangover," will make his debut as "SNL" host March 6. The band Vampire Weekend will be the evening's musical guest.

Law, who has starred in the movies "The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Cold Mountain," as well as the Broadway play "Hamlet," will serve as host of the March 13 episode of "SNL." Pearl Jam will be the musical guest that night, NBC said.

Topics: Zach Galifianakis
© 2010 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
  
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
Protesters, police clash at NATO summit Notable deaths of 2012 2012 Billboard Music Awards
The 137th Preakness Stakes Annual Solar eclipse occurs in U.S. Chen Guangcheng arrives in the U.S.
Additional TV Stories
1 of 29
Members of the Army's Old Guard place flags at Arlington National Ceremtery
View Caption
U.S. flags are seen in the rucksack of a soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, as he places flags at gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
fark
Daily Show writer partners with Slate to crowdsource ideas for amending and rewriting the Constitution....
Canada's national archives is being dismantled and scattered, who needs to remember the history...
Man disappears in Niagara Falls whirlpool; presumed to be spinning in his grave
Woman swallows toothbrush while brushing her teeth. Surgeons remove it before Oral B becomes Anal...
MSNBC Host Chris Hayes: I'm 'Uncomfortable' calling fallen military 'Heroes'
What do you REALLY know about the Queen?