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Houston's Hot Girl Megan Thee Stallion set to host Saturday Night Live

Houston's Hot Girl is hosting SNL

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Houston’s very own hip-hop goddess and Hot Girl Megan Thee Stallion will get the opportunity to show off her comedy chops next month.

NBC announced that Megan will be the host and musical guest for the October 15 episode of Saturday Night Live. (Megan also voiced her enthusiasm on Twitter.)

This marks the second time this year a Houston diva has done double duty on the show — Lizzo was host and musical guest for a show last April and stole the show with hilarious numbers like this one.

SNL is just one of many TV projects the Stallion (who released her latest album, Traumazine, in August) has been working on this year. She recently made memorable appearances on P-Valley and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, where she twerked in an office while donning an elegant, double breasted pink suit.

Megan will also appear next year on the upcoming Peacock show The Best Man Wedding. She will also be making her big-screen debut next year in the A24 musical comedy F*cking Identical Twins.

No stranger to the small screen, she has appeared in HBO Max’s reality competition series Legendary and on NBC’s Good Girls and Sarah Cooper’s Netflix comedy special.

Last year, the native Houstonian and three-time Grammy-winner was featured in Time Magazine’s Most Influential People list and also landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit edition. She secured a deal with Popeye’s to produce “Hottie Sauce” (apropos).

Never one to rest on this whole music/pop culture superstardom thing, she graduated from Texas Southern University with a degree in health administration and also received her own day — May 2, 2022 — from the City of Houston.

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Houston movie theater is one of 15 in U.S. to offer hologram selfies

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Now You See Me: Now You Don't hologram

One Houston movie theater will be part of a first-of-its-kind promotion to hype the new film Now You See Me: Now You Don't: According to a release, 15 theaters across the U.S. will host appearances by the cast — Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, and the rest — in hologram pop-ups.

Moviegoers can take selfies with the holograms starting on November 14, when Lionsgate releases the film in theaters. In Houston, the selfie station will be at the Regal Edwards Houston Marq*E.

Working with technology by Proto Hologram, Lionsgate will bring the characters — played by Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Justice Smith, and Ariana Greenblatt — into theaters. In the promotion, the holograms take out their own cell phones to capture selfies with the theater patrons, who can download the images via QR code.

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Lionsgate Worldwide Distribution president Kevin Grayson says in a statement that the promotion is perfect for this particular film.

“This amazing technology borders on magic, so there’s no better way to anticipate the release of Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” Grayson says. “Get your selfies with the cast now, before they disappear.” Clever! You can see why he's Lionsgate's president of Worldwide Distribution.

"This represents a new milestone for holographic experiences in cinemas, and the largest theatrical activation Proto has ever delivered,” said David Nussbaum, Founder and Chairman of Proto Hologram. “We were thrilled to work with Lionsgate to bring the cast directly into theater lobbies."

Moviegoers can see the tech in action at the following theaters:

Phoenix — Harkness Tempe Marketplace
Los Angeles — AMC Grove 14
Orange County — Regal Irvine Spectrum
San Francisco — AMC Bay Street, Emeryville
Denver — AMC Westminster Promenades 24
Washington, DC — AMC Tysons Corner
Orlando — AMC DINE-IN Disney Springs 24
Atlanta — Regal Atlantic Station
Chicago — AMC Chicago River East
Boston — Showcase Legacy Place (Dedham)
St. Louis — Marcus Ronnie's Cinema 20
Albuquerque — Cinemark Albuquerque Rio 24
New York — AMC Empire 25
Dallas — Cinemark Webb Chapel
Houston — Regal Edwards Houston Marq*E

In Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, the Four Horsemen (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher) unite with a new generation of illusionists (Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt) in a mission to expose the corruption of Veronika Vanderberg (Rosamund Pike), a diamond heiress with ties to arms dealers, traffickers, and warlords.

Aided by the legendary Thaddeus (Morgan Freeman), the two generations of magicians overcome their differences to try and defeat their adversary. The release promises some of the most thrilling illusions ever captured on film.

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