Saturday Night Live has promoted Keri Powers to serve as the sole head of its talent department, meaning she will lead the team responsible for host, musical guest and guest star bookings for late night show. Rebecca Schwartz has also been upped to producer, increasing her responsibilities supporting the show’s cast and production efforts. The news arrives after SNL‘s longtime music booker Brian Siedlecki departed from the series; as The Hollywood Reporter previously reported, the program elected not to renew his contract. Siedlecki had worked on SNL for three decades, booking a wide range of musical acts, including everyone from Paul…
