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Ryan Gosling & Jay-Z To Kick Off Season 43 of 'Saturday Night Live'!
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Dec. 4 2017, Updated 12:08 p.m. ET
The 43rd season of Saturday Night Live kicks off September 30th with La La Land’s Ryan Gosling and rap superstar Jay-Z!
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The multi-award winning series announced the exciting news via its Instagram page on Thursday with three index cards on a cork board.
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Gosling will be there to promote his much-anticipated film Blade Runner 2049, which will be released the week after the premiere on October 6th.
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Jay-Z is expected to perform tracks from his critically acclaimed album 4:44, which hit number one on the Billboard charts back in July.
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This is the second time hosting for Gosling and the fourth time performing for Jay-Z. Gosling had some memorable and hilarious slips up when he hosted his first time back in December 2015 as he giggled through some of the skits.
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Are you excited to see Ryan & Jay-Z on the premiere? Sound off in the comments!