Aidy Bryant goes straight from one dwell anniversary celebration to a different as she returns from her outdated stomping grounds on the Saturday Night Live fiftieth celebration final weekend to Los Angeles to host the fortieth Movie Impartial Spirit Awards on Saturday.

"What I really like in regards to the Spirit Awards is I really feel like they’ve a looseness and a bit extra persona, and I feel we're simply making an attempt to lean into that," Bryant tells Leisure Weekly about what to anticipate at this weekend's present. "I feel the Spirits are going to be extraordinarily enjoyable. I really feel like this has been such an intense yr that I actually hope that that is only a place the place folks can blow off some steam and we will have a good time some actually nice small motion pictures."

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That is Bryant's second yr internet hosting the awards, following within the footsteps of a number of of her fellow SNL alums who've overseen previous ceremonies, together with Melissa Villaseñor, Kate McKinnon, Fred Armisen, and Andy Samberg, amongst others. "I felt very fortunate in that I had a number of mates on that roster, and so it was very straightforward to be like, 'Oh, in the event that they did it, let's do it. Why not?'" she says of taking up emcee duties.

"The Spirit Awards form of makes room for distinctive voices," she says of the Studio 8Hto Indie Spirits pipeline, noting that, not like different huge awards present hosts, the Spirit Awards don't solely faucet stand-up comics.

Bryant isn't the one former SNL forged member taking the stage this yr. Molly Shannon has been named honorary chair for the 2025 Movie Impartial Spirit Awards, which is given to "a person who exemplifies excellent creative achievement and embodies Movie Impartial’s mission." The Different Two star may also function a presenter.

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How one can watch the 2025 Impartial Spirit Awards

The fortieth Movie Impartial Spirit Awards stream dwell on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT on the IMDb and Movie Impartial YouTube and X channels, with highlights throughout all social platforms. The nominees might be considered right here.

This yr's presenters embrace Tadanobu Asano, Carrie Coon, Danielle Deadwyler, Mark and Jay Duplass, Walton Goggins, Kathryn Hahn, Alana Haim, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Patti LuPone, Melanie Lynskey, Natasha Lyonne, Sonequa Martin-Inexperienced, Natalie Morales, Ruth Negga, Karen Pittman, Questlove, Edgar Ramirez, Hunter Schafer, Randy and Jason Sklar, Julio Torres, Jessica Williams, Michelle Yeoh, and extra.

Take a look at extra from EW's The Awardist, that includes unique interviews, evaluation, and our podcast diving into all of the highlights from the yr's finest in TV, motion pictures, and extra.

Watch Bryant's opening monologue eventually yr's awards present beneath.

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