On October 3rd the South by South Lawn festival will take place at the White House.

The festival of “Ideas, Art, and Action” will be held on the White House’s south lawn and will feature film, live music, and workshops dedicated to discussing innovation, creativity, and different ways that future generations of Americans can contribute to building a constructive, sustainable future for themselves and the world.

“It is you, the young and fearless at heart,” President Obama said in Selma, “the most diverse and educated generation in our history, who the nation is waiting to follow.”

Included in the lineup of artists slated to be at the festival are The Lumineers, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, and DJ Beverly Bond.

Leonardo DiCaprio, who’s documentary Before the Flood, a film about examining the harm people have caused to Earth and whether it’s possible to reverse it, will talk with Dr. Katherine Hayhoe, a climate scientist, and the president about the importance of caring for the planet. Following this screening will be a student film festival, which will feature appearances by actors and producers from the hit Stranger Things.

The event was inspired by South by Southwest and serves as a supplementary conversation, according to the White House, on civic engagement and for “creative thinkers and entrepreneurs from across the country to help tackle our toughest challenges.”

South by South Lawn will be streamed live on whitehouse.gov and facebook.com/WhiteHouse.

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Over the last 40+ years, Saturday Night Live has had some amazing talent to grace it’s stage and some very well loved co-host too, and actress Margot Robbie is no exception.

On Friday (September 23), SNL has announced that Robbie will host their 42nd season premiere set to debut live on October 1st. Robbie, who has had an amazing year after starring in two major films ‘Suicide Squad’ and ‘Tarzan’, is most well known as the the actress who played Leonardo DiCaprio‘s wife in the major motion film, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’. Robbie who’s also played in the movie ‘The Big Short’, is no stranger to the big screen – but what about Prime time television? Robbie’s roles on the big screen roles have all been very dramatic, to say the least, so it’ll be very nice to see her let her hair down on the comedy circuit.

According to the NY Daily News, the 26-year-old Australian actress was one of the most frequently requested hosts when ‘SNL’ openly questioned the public for suggestions. After tallying results, SNL took to Twitter to announce that they have given fans their long time wish.

SNL is back next weeknd! pic.twitter.com/YotxBPUFF3

— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) September 22, 2016

SNL, who recently lost cast members Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah, are coming into the new premiere season with a big bang! This season, the show has announced the addition of three new players joining the cast Alex Moffat, Melissa Villasenor and Mikey Day; in addition to two new head writers.  With the show making major changes  and with Robbie as the opener and musical guest The Weeknd, who just dropped his first single ‘Starboy’ on Tuesday as the musical guest; these strategic moves are proving that SNL is definitely headed for a really good season. Hopefully, SNL will have continued success for many more years to come.

You can catch Robbie and The Weeknd on SNL October 1st on NBC.

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Somehow, regardless of all the hype surrounding the event, ABC reported a 7 year low in ratings for the awards show. 34.3 million viewers may be a lot for other TV stations but I’m sure ABC had much higher expectations. Overall the show traveled at a decent pace, there were no long speeches or anything that would slow the tempo.

The big winner of the night was Mad Max: Fury Road; an amazing movie that deserved to win all 6 awards!  Spotlight was the biggest surprise of the night winning the Best Picture Award over the remarkable film The Revenant and another award for Best Screenplay.

Nearly everyone thought Sylvester Stallone was going to win the award for Best Supporting Actor but Mark Rylance walked away with it for his role in Bridge of Spies. The Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role went to Leonardo DiCaprio as most people assumed; it is his first one but I’m sure it’s far from his last! On the female side, Brie Larson won Best Actress in a leading role while Alicia Vikander snatched the award for Best Supporting Actress. Hopefully next year we can have all of the actors we love in attendance!

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True or False: Is Bobby Shmurda a spirit animal? The Revenant seems to think so. Not to micro-target Bobby Shmurda, but Leonardo Dicaprio and Tom Hardy reveal this in their interview.They claim a rap lyric of Bobby Shmurda was featured in the movie and cut out. Check it out below.

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