The multi-talented Justin Bieber will take on double duty come February 9^th when he both hosts and performs on the long running sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. Rumors started circulating Monday about the gig when Bieber posted on Twitter; “maybe im hosting and performing on SNL…maybe.:)” and today the news was confirmed as Bieber preps to appear on the show to promote his Believe Acoustic” album.

This is big news for the singer coming right on the heels of a scandal in which photos emerged of the pop idol allegedly smoking a joint and a recent breakup with longtime on-again off-again girlfriend Selena Gomez. He addressed the latest media attention by tweeting “everyday growing and learning. Trying to be better. U get knocked down, u get up.”

This will be Bieber’s second appearance on Saturday Night Live, he appeared as the musical guest back in April of 2010.

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Amy Meredith Poehler, born September 16, 1971, is an American actress, comedian, producer and writer. Amy Poehler was was born in Newton, Massachusetts to Eileen Frances and William Grinstead Poehler, but she was raised in Burlington, Massachusetts. Her parents were both teachers so education was something that was highly stressed in her household. Surprisingly, Amy Poehler’s distant cousin is famed author Stephen King and U.S. senator Scott Brown, but only through shared New England ancestry. Amy Poehler graduated from Boston College in 1993 and while there she was a member of America’s oldest collegiate improv comedy group, “My Mother’s Fleabag.”

After graduating from Boston College Amy Poehler packed up her bags and moved to Chicago where she studied improvisational theatre at Second City, along with good friend and fellow comedian Tina Fey. Amy Poehler also studied with Del Close at ImprovOlympic while in Chicago, becoming part of the touring company as well as teaching classes at IO. While studying in the windy city Amy became a member of a improv team called the Upright Citizens Brigade, which consisted of many members that included Del Close, Charna Halpern, Matt Besser, Horatio Sanz, Adam McKay, Rick Roman, Neil Flynn, Matt Walsh, and Ian Roberts. Amy Poehler performed with the Upright Citizens Brigade all throughout Chicago before moving to New York City in 1996 where they scored  TV gig, appearing as sketch regulars on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.

In 1998, Comedy Central contracted the Upright Citizens Brigade for a half-hour sketch comedy series that was named after the group. The show didn’t last long and in the summer of 2000 they were cancelled after lasting for three seasons. Amy Poehler then went on to join the Saturday Night Live sketch comedy show in the 2001–02 season, her debut episode being the first one produced after the 9/11 attacks, which was hosted by Reese Witherspoon, had Alicia Keys as a musical guest, and New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani as a special guest. Amy Poehler went from being a featured player to full cast member in her first season on the show, making her only the third person to have earned this distinction (after Harry Shearer and Eddie Murphy).

Amy Poehler married Will Arnett of the Fox comedy Arrested Development fame on August 29, 2003, and had a recurring role in the series as the wife of Arnett’s character George Oscar “G.O.B.” Bluth II. Amy Poehler and Will Arnett also played a quasi-incestuous brother-sister ice skating team in the 2007 film Blades of Glory, and appeared together in Horton Hears a Who!, On Broadway, Spring Breakdown, and Monsters vs. Aliens, along with Will Arnett having a guest appearance on Amy Poehler’s NBC comedy Parks and Recreation and both did voice acting on The Secret World of Arrietty. They have two boys together, Archibald William Emerson “Archie” Arnett and Abel James Arnett. Amy Poehler would later SNL to have her first child, but she often returned to appear in numerous sketches on the show.

Amy Poehler left SNL for good to star in her own series called Parks And Recreation that had an all star cast including  Aziz Ansari, Rashida Jones, Chris Pratt, Aubrey Plaza, Paul Schneider, Nick Offerman, and starting with the third season, Adam Scott, and Rob Lowe. Amy Poehler plays Deputy Director of the Parks Department, Leslie Knope, in the fictional city of Pawnee, Indiana. The show has lasted four season so far and is widely praised by critics. Amy Poehler has received an Emmy nomination for her role on the show. Amy Poehler has also appeared in the films  Wet Hot American Summer, Mean Girls, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny, Blades of Glory, Envy, Shrek the Third, Mr. Woodcock, Hamlet 2,  Horton Hears a Who!, Hamlet 2, Baby Mama, and Spring Breakdown.

Signed, Isidori Mtabo

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Tina Fey, Elizabeth Stamatina Fey, born May 18, 1970, is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer, famous for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL), the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, and films such as Mean Girls (2004), Baby Mama (2008), and Date Night (2010).

Tina Fey got her big break in comedy as a featured player in the Chicago-based improvisational comedy group The Second City. Tina Fey then joined SNL as a writer, working hard until she became a head writer as well as a performer, known for her position as co-anchor in the Weekend Update segment. In 2004 she adapted the screenplay Mean Girls in which she also co-starred. Tina Fey left SNL in 2006, creating the television show 30 Rock, a comedy loosely based on her experiences at SNL. In the series, Tina Fey portrays the head writer of a fictional sketch comedy series. In 2008, Tina Fey starred in the comedy film Baby Mama, alongside former SNL co-star Amy Poehler. Tina Fey next appeared alongside Steve Carell in the 2010 comedy film Date Night and with Will Ferrell in the animated film Megamind.

Tina Fey has received seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, four Writers Guild of America Awards and has been nominated for a Grammy Award for her autobiographical book Bossypants, which topped the The New York Times Best Seller list for five weeks. In 2010, Tina Fey was the recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the youngest-ever winner of the award. On October 15, 2012 it was announced that Tina Fey would be hosting the Golden Globe Awards on January 13, 2013 along with her long-time friend and fellow comedian, Amy Poehler.

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Andy Samberg’s departure from live sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live has been heavily speculated since last May but today the star is making it official. the actor spoke with The New York Times to make the announcement “It’s an incredibly emotional and strange moment in my life. Obviously it’s not a huge shock, but I did officially decide not to come back.” Sandberg originally joined the cast back in2005 and skyrocketed to fame with his duet “D–k in a box” with guest star Justin Timberlake. Sandberg also made a name for himself with his impersonations of stars like Mark Wahlberg and Mark Zuckerberg. Sandberg’s contract was up at the end of last season and he says that it just felt like the right time to go. “Something about it just feels like its the right moment. My contract’s up and I did so much more than I ever thought I would ever even do.”

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