There was no scarcity of visitor appearances in the course of the Aubrey Plaza–hosted Jan. 21 episode of “Saturday Evening Stay” — Amy Poehler, Allison Williams, Joe Biden, the Property Brothers, and Tony Hawk appeared over the course of the present — however the award for many stunning visitor look of all of them goes to Sharon Stone. Halfway by way of the episode, Stone appeared lounging on a golden mattress in entrance of Sam Smith and a choir as they carried out the title tune from Smith’s new album, “Gloria.” Close to the tip of the tune, the actor sat up and dramatically stared into the digicam.

Directly unusual and ideal, the second could have left some “SNL” followers puzzled as to why Stone was chosen for this little bit of efficiency artwork. However when you delve into her again catalog of movies, it shortly turns into clear why Smith selected her. In 1999, the Golden Globe winner starred within the Sidney Lumet–directed “Gloria,” which was a remake of the 1988 John Cassavetes’s movie of the identical title. In each circumstances, it is a neo-noir movie in regards to the girlfriend of a legal who finds herself taking good care of a child, regardless of her assertion that she has no real interest in being a mom.

For his or her half, Smith defined the that means behind the title of the tune and album throughout a November 2022 look on BBC Two’s “Michelle Visage’s Rule Breakers.” “There is a fighter voice in all of us, and you have simply acquired to take care of that,” they mentioned. “My album ‘Gloria,’ I’ve known as it Gloria as a result of I’ve known as that voice inside me Gloria, it is like a voice in my head that simply says, ‘You are able to do it.’ And youngsters have simply acquired to entry that voice and feed it.”

Along with her position in Smith’s ethereal “Gloria” efficiency, Stone additionally popped up in a noir sketch with Plaza during which they performed a mom and daughter preventing over a (a lot) older man. In the meantime, for his or her first efficiency of the night, Smith carried out “Unholy” with Kim Petras, who emerged from beneath their voluminous pink gown. Try Smith’s rendition of “Unholy” under.