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Kristen Bell<\/strong><\/a> kicked off the 2026 Actor Awards<\/a> by using her monologue to poke fun at the SAG name rebrand.<\/p>\n Bell 45, opened the Sunday, March 1, awards show<\/a> at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles by referring to the SAGs to Actor Awards name change as a “facelift.” She then broke into song about how actors can rebrand themselves by changing their names.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in her monologue, Bell focused on keeping “things fun,”<\/a> with no cap on the length of acceptance speeches and giving permission for actors to curse on stage, saying, “I think the world can use some levity right now. In this business, we have a phrase, it’s called going back to the well. And it means when something works once, you keep doing it over and over again.”<\/p>\n She continued: “I would like to rebrand going back to the well as leaning into your strengths. As you know, this year the show got a little bit of a facelift \u2014 like many people in this room can understand. We nipped the SAG. Now it’s just the Actor Awards.”<\/p>\n SAG\u2019s 2026 Actor Awards Red Carpet: Stars Dress to the Nines to Celebrate Standout Film and TV Performances<\/a><\/p>\n This year marks Bell\u2019s third time<\/a> hosting the Actor Awards, which were previously called the Screen Actors Guild (or SAG) Awards. She first helmed the ceremony in 2018 before returning in 2025 for her second run.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve enjoyed hosting the show every time, so it was an easy decision to come back for a third,\u201d Bell said in a January statement. \u201cWhat I\u2019m most excited for is the fact that I\u2019ll be doing what every actor does best \u2026 sing.\u201d<\/p>\n Jon Brockett<\/strong>, showrunner and executive producer of the Actor Awards, also expressed his confidence in Bell at the time.<\/p>\n \u201cKristen Bell knows this show, she knows this community and she knows how to keep everyone entertained and laughing without ever losing the heart of the night,\u201d Brockett said in a statement. \u201cHaving Kristen return to host feels like welcoming back a member of the family. One you actually want to hang out with.\u201d<\/p>\n In her 2025 monologue<\/a>, Bell nodded to her role as Anna in the 2013 Disney animated film Frozen.<\/p>\n