HOLLYWOOD HEADLINES

This weekend on Saturday Night Live, Charli XCX will host as well as perform. She’s pulling the uncommon double-duty. In recent years, singers like Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Nick Jonas, Megan Thee Stallion and Bad Bunny have filled both host and musical guest roles. (Entertainment Weekly)

Chicago’s Humboldt Park will be a scene this Saturday afternoon for a Jeremy Allen White lookalike contest. He stars in the Hulu series The Bear, which is shot in Chicago. The grand prize winner will go home with $50 and “some cigarettes.” (Block Club Chicago)

Lady Gaga will join the second season of the Jenna Ortega-starring series, Wednesday. Entertainment Weekly reports that filming of the Netflix show based on The Addams Family is underway in Europe.

Wicked director John Chu confirmed that he’s had discussions with Britney Spears about turning her memoir into a movie. Chu said this week while promoting the movie musical Wicked (quote) “I have been a Britney fan for many years. She has a story that deserves to be told properly. I think it’s a lot about how we treat people, young people, stars that we think we own, women, mothers.” (People)