Behind the Scenes Buzz with Halo and John Mulaney

Jan 31, 2022 | 6:24 AM

JOHN MULANEY JOINS SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE FIVE TIMERS CLUB: On February 26th, John Mulaney will return to the set of Saturday Night Live to host the show for the fifth time, making him a member of the esteemed Five Timer’s Club. Other hosts in the Five Timers Club include Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Scarlett Johansson, and Paul Rudd.

A’ZIAH “ZOLA” KING CALLS OUT ZOLA PRODUCTION COMPANY: Variety reports that A’Ziah “Zola” King, who wrote the 148-tweet thread which the film Zola was based on, is speaking out against A24, the company that produced the film. King took to Twitter on Sunday (January 30th), “I think it’s hilarious ‘Zola’ is up for 7 awards and no one thought to invite me nor include me IN the writers award category. As if there would’ve been a film or a script to write if I didn’t um… write it?” She added, “I think its HILARIOUS everyone else is on my Television promoting & speaking on my experience as if it’s their moment and not a moment I created for us all. I think it’s hilarious my intellect, trauma and talent is being overshadowed and hijacked.”

HALO TRAILER IS RELEASED: According to Variety, Paramount Plus released the official trailer for Halo Sunday (January 30th). The series is based on the Xbox Game Studios’ series of first-person shooter games, and its release date is March 24th.

DYLAN DREYER LEAVES WEEKEND TODAY: After nearly a decade on the show, meteorologist Dylan Dreyer is saying goodbye to Weekend TODAY. She will still be appearing on TODAY throughout the week, but she will be taking the weekends off to spend time with her family.