Jason Sudeikis will host the 20th annual MTV Movie Awards.

The “Saturday Night Live” cast member will host the June 5 show. The awards will take place at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif., and air live on MTV.

MTV President Stephen Friedman says in a statement that “smart and funny is the new rock ‘n’ roll” for the network’s audience, and that Sudeikis fits that combination.

The 35-year-old Sudeikis is in his sixth season on NBC’s “SNL.” He co-stars in the upcoming comedy “Horrible Bosses.”

NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” has lined up Elton John and Helen Mirren for hosting duties on back-to-back shows in April.

The network announced Tuesday that John will pull double duty on April 2. He’ll host and share the stage with fellow musical guest Leon Russell. John will debut as host. It’s his first return to the show in nearly three decades.

On April 9, the Oscar-winning Mirren will make her “SNL” debut, with musical guest the Foo Fighters.

“Saturday Night Live” airs on Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. Eastern time.

OK, look, no question the Betty White-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live was funny.

But for me, the best episode of the season last year was when Zach Galifianakis was host. He definitely had the season’s best monologue (HERE COMES THE CHOO-CHOO!), and I still quote some of the skits from the show.

So I was pretty happy to hear that Galifianakis was returning to host this week. As you can see, if you’re into Zach’s humor, even these promos are funny:

Link courtesy Warming Glow.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg appears on stage during 'The Social Network' star Jessie Eisenberg's monologue on 'Saturday Night Live' as 'SNL' cast member Andy Samberg looks on.

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his “The Social Network” doppelganger Jesse Eisenberg made friends on “Saturday Night Live.”

Zuckerberg joined host Eisenberg for the opening monologue of the show Saturday. The two said they had never met, despite Eisenberg playing Zuckerberg in the widely hailed, Oscar-nominated film.

Cast member Andy Samberg tried his own impression of the Facebook CEO but quickly left — exclaiming “Awkward!” once Zuckerberg took the stage.

Eisenberg told Zuckerberg that he liked him on “60 Minutes” and then asked if he had seen “The Social Network.” Zuckerberg, who has called the film inaccurate, responded that he had seen the film and that it was “interesting.”

Eisenberg accepted that answer and the two high-fived.

Last season, it was Betty White. This year, could Cookie Monster become the people’s choice to host Saturday Night Live?

The big blue furry “cookie enthusiast” from Sesame Street wants to get swept into the host’s spot via a viral campaign. To prove he’s got the comic chops, CM posted an “audition tape” on YouTube, and shows he can basically hold together an entire show by himself:

(Link courtesy MovieLine.)

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Of all of the memorable imitations Joe Piscopo did during his stint on Saturday Night Live — Ted Koppel announcing Buckwheat’s shooting, or a monotonous Andy Rooney — his signature is arguably his swinging Frank Sinatra.

Ironically, if he’d had his way, it might never have seen the light of day.

“I did it for my audition, but I didn’t want to do it (on the show). I said ‘My father will get upset!’ And I was afraid of offending Frank Sinatra,” says Piscopo, pausing in the middle of a massive Italian feast at Tequesta’s Evo restaurant. “But they had me do it once, and then ordered two more (sketches). So I wrote Mr. Sinatra a letter saying ‘You’re my hero.’ He was so warm, always.” Read the full story

In New York, Jimmy McMillan has been known for a while now. His runs for mayor of New York City in 2005 and 2009 caught the attention of Gawker among others.

However, McMillan’s visibility jumped a lot higher in the last week due to two events: the New York state governor’s debate, and Saturday Night Live.

A video highlighting McMillan’s responses during the debate on Oct. 18 took off like a rocket, mostly because of his claim that “The rent is too damn high.” Which, of course, happens to be the name of his political party: The Rent Is Too Damn High Party.

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I’m not going to weigh in too much here on the Saturday Night Live “joke-stealing controversy”, because honestly, there isn’t one.

Here’s the story, such as it is: SNL‘s premiere had two skits that other sites have pointed to as having potentially ripped off other shows.

The first, and loudest, was from a SNL sketch called “Ladies Who Lunch” where Kristen Wiig is constantly one-upped by Amy Poehler’s continually shrinking hat size. This was noticed by the creators of Cartoon Network’s Tim and Eric Awesome Show: Great Job!, who took to Twitter to note the similarities to their skit, “Tiny Hats”.

The thing is — the two skits aren’t all that similar at all, except for the size of the hats.

Here’s SNL‘s:

And Tim and Eric’s:

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NBC says “Saturday Night Live” will launch its 36th season on Sept. 25 with host Amy Poehler and musical guest Katy Perry.

Poehler is a former “SNL” cast member and will return to make her hosting debut. Perry’s No. 1 smash “California Gurls” has become the song of the summer.

NBC says “SNL” will welcome four new cast members this season. They include Vanessa Bayer, Paul Brittain, Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah.

Cast member Will Forte recently left the show after eight seasons and Jenny Slate left after one season.