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Bowen Yang reacts to ‘background actor’s’ claim he got Shane Gillis fired from SNL

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Don’t call them ‘extras.’ For one night, Hollywood’s background actors are the real stars

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Striking a distinguished look in a gray suit with coiffed white hair, Vincent Teixeira stepped up to the podium, standing in front of fellow film and TV actors who filled the house at the 99-seat Eastwood Performing Arts Center in East Hollywood. Like an old-timey silent movie performer, he then began gesturing with his arms … Read more