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“Mandalorian,” “Last of Us” Star Pedro Pascal Rides Current Wave to Host “SNL” Next Month with Coldplay as Musical Guest

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Pedro Pascal is on a roll. He’s starring in two hot hot hot series, “The Mandalorian” and “The Last of Us.” You can’t do better.

Now Pascal will host “Saturday Night Live” for the first time, on February 4th. Coldplay is the musical guest, which suggests they may be dropping a new single.

The show can get a lot out of Pascal with parodies of both his shows. Should be fun!

“SNL” is also on a roll these days. Last Saturday’s episode scored a high 4.8 million viewers. The season had a slow start but it picked up right before Christmas break. Lorne Michaels stuffed the show with guest stars last week like Amy Poehler and Sharon Stone. We’ll see what he’s got up his sleeve coming up.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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