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Billie Eilish, Paul Rudd to host 'SNL' in December

By Jonna Lorenz   |   Nov. 19, 2021 at 10:42 AM
Billie Eilish attends LACMA's Art+Film 10th Annual gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles on November 6, 2021. Eilish will host "Saturday Night Live" on Dec. 11. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Billie Eilish performs at Global Citizen Live in New York City on September 25, 2021. December's appearance on "SNL" will be Eilish's first as host and second as musical guest. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Paul Rudd arrives on the red carpet at the Ghostbusters: Afterlife World Premiere on November 15, 2021, in New York City. Rudd will host "Saturday Night Live" on Dec. 18. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Paul Rudd arrives on the red carpet for the 91st annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on February 24, 2019. He will join host "SNL" for the fifth time on Dec. 18. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Charli XCX arrives on the red carpet at the 38th annual MTV Video Music Awards in New York City on September 12, 2021. She will appear as musical guess on "SNL" on Dec. 18. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI

Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Billie Eilish and Paul Rudd will host the last two episodes of Saturday Night Live in December, NBC announced.

Eilish will appear as host and musical guest on Dec. 11, followed by Rudd, who will host the Dec. 18 episode with musical guest Charli XCX.

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December's appearance will be Eilish's first stint as host of the show and her second as musical guest. She performed as musical guest in September 2019. Rudd will make his fifth appearance as the show's host, joining the Five-Timers Club with such stars as Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey and Melissa McCarthy. Charlie XCX appeared on the show in 2014.

Eilish will promote her album Happier Than Ever, which launched at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and is featured on a new special on Disney+.

Rudd, who was named Sexiest Man Alive by People Magazine, appears in The Shrink Next Door on Apple TV+ and Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which opens in theaters Friday.

Charlie XCX will release her fifth studio album, Crash, in March.