Mamata Banerjee composes song on World Music Day
World Music Day was observed in the city with great enthusiasm.
YouTube sensation Lilly Singh, who goes by the stage name Superwoman, will replace Carson Daly as the host of NBC’s late-night talk show. Re-titled A Little Late with Lilly Singh, the show will launch in September, making her the only woman to currently host a late-night talk show on one of the Big 4 networks, reported variety.com.
Lilly Singh became a YouTube star conducting in-studio interviews, as well as feature pre-taped comedy sketches and other “signature elements”.
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Dough Vaughan, executive vice president, special programs and late night, NBC Entertainment said, “Lilly is truly a star and we’re thrilled to welcome her to our NBC family. She is a multi-talented performer who will surely have a great rapport with not only all her guests but also with our devoted late-night audience. We can’t wait to get started.”
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Lilly appeared on Thursday night’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to make the announcement.
She is going to be a part of the Late Night family that has Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers as hosts.
An Indian-Canadian woman with her own late night show? Now that is a dream come true. I’m thrilled to bring it to life on NBC, and I hope my parents consider this to be as exciting as a grandchild,” she said.
She will also serve as the executive producer on A Little Late, and Polly Auritt, who heads Singh’s Unicorn Island Productions, will serve as co-executive producer.Universal TV is producing with Unicorn Island.
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