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Tina Fey Tweaks Sarah Palin Again

She hosts Saturday Night Live, returns to form

(Newser) - Tina Fey returned to both Saturday Night Live and a familiar character last night. Her Sarah Palin persona made another appearance during a debate skit with other GOP candidates, including The Donald, notes Entertainment Weekly . “It’s just so great to be back on Fox News, a network that...

Jane Curtin: Belushi Was Totally Sexist

'SNL' was a 'misogynistic environment,' she tells Oprah

(Newser) - You hear a lot of nostalgic reminiscing about John Belushi and how funny he was , but not from Jane Curtin. Yesterday on Oprah she recalled the "misogynistic environment" of Saturday Night Live in the 1970s, noting that Belushi was particularly to blame. "[John] said, 'Women are just fundamentally...

Tina Fey Pregnant, Expecting 2nd Baby
 Tina Fey Expecting Baby No. 2 
Apr 7, 2011 4:30 AM CDT

Tina Fey Expecting Baby No. 2

'30 Rock' star reveals pregnancy on 'Oprah'

(Newser) - Tina Fey certainly has a lot going on for her right now: not just a new book , but a new baby. The 30 Rock star is five months pregnant with her second child, her rep confirms to People . Fey, 40, first revealed the news yesterday while taping an episode of...

Baldwin: Next Season Is 30 Rock's Last

He says Tina Fey will go on to direct, write films

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin was honored last night at the National Dance Institute's fundraising fete, but that's not what's making headlines today. Instead, it's one little comment Baldwin made about 30 Rock, telling New York that "next year is our last year of the show." The magazine notes that Baldwin...

'Bossypants' Fey: I Didn't Exploit Palin

SNL impersonation may have hurt 30 Rock ratings, Fey writes

(Newser) - Tina Fey's new memoir Bossypants deals with stardom, sexism, and, to nobody's surprise, Sarah Palin. ABC breaks out a few nuggets from the new release:
  • "Some may argue that exploiting Governor Palin and her family helped bring attention to my low-rated TV show," Fey writes of 30 Rock.
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Tina Fey's Memoir 'Bossypants': A Funny Failure?

 Tina Fey Memoir: 
 A Funny Failure? 
book review
Apr 4, 2011 8:52 AM CDT

Tina Fey Memoir: A Funny Failure?

Critics divided over Bossypants as autobiography

(Newser) - It’s no surprise that Tina Fey’s autobiography, Bossypants, is hilarious; on that much critics agree. But there’s some dissent over whether it does its job as a memoir:
  • “The most successful autobiographies demand a certain amount of psychic heavy lifting, risk taking, and interrogation of one’
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PBS Nips Cheeky Tina Fey Speech

But only because ceremony ran long, producer insists

(Newser) - Tina Fey thanked Sarah Palin last week when she won the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor—but that's not all she said. When PBS broadcast the ceremony Sunday night, some of Fey's more controversial remarks were cut out. Most notably: "And, you know, politics aside, the...

Tina Fey: Sarah Palin Might Be My Fault

And get ready for a rifle range at the Kennedy Center, she hoots

(Newser) - Always-funny Tina Fey quipped yesterday that the Sarah Palin phenomenon might be her fault because John McCain was gazing at a photo of Fey before he picked the then-Alaska gov to be his running mate. But seriously, folks, she thanked Palin for the opportunity to skewer her near look-alike and...

30 Rock to Air Live Episode
 30 Rock to Air Live Episode 
Jul 31, 2010 12:21 PM CDT

30 Rock to Air Live Episode

They'll do it twice for East, West coasts

(Newser) - NBC says 30 Rock is going live this fall. Or at least one episode of it. A live show will air Oct. 14 and be performed twice so that both East and West Coast viewers get to see it that way. Shouldn't be a problem given the SNL backgrounds of...

Streep, Fey to Play Mother, Daughter

With these ladies, Mommy & Me sure to get hyped

(Newser) - It’s a comedy lover’s dream duo: Meryl Streep and Tina Fey will play mother and daughter in the upcoming Mommy & Me. Sony picked up the project, which will be directed by Stanley Tucci and was shopped around earlier this month. No word on the plot, but it...

Betty White + SNL = Ratings Bonanza

Octogenarian's hosting stint tops Ben Affleck's November 2008 effort

(Newser) - With Betty White hosting , Saturday Night Live drew its best ratings of the season and the largest audience since Nov. 1, 2008, when John McCain appeared with the Tina Fey version of then-running mate Sarah Palin. The broadcast thrashed not just its time-slot competitors but also every primetime show, reports...

Live, From New York, It's Betty White!
 Live, From 
 New York, 
 It's Betty White! 


'SNL' GIG AT LAST
May 9, 2010 7:32 AM CDT

Live, From New York, It's Betty White!

Golden Girl kills in much-hyped guest host spot

(Newser) - Betty White demonstrated how it's done as host of this week's Saturday Night Live. Drawing on her six decades in comedy, she was the consummate pro at 88 years old—sweet, sassy, salty, charming and clearly game for anything. "I'm not new to live TV," she reminded the...

Hey, Women: Stop Hating Tina Fey

 Hey, Women: 
 Stop Hating 
 Tina Fey 
OPINION
Apr 14, 2010 12:57 PM CDT

Hey, Women: Stop Hating Tina Fey

Remember, she's a comedian—not a professional feminist

(Newser) - As the laws of gravity have taught us, the Tina Fey backlash was inevitable—Rebecca Traister actually expected it when the comedian started “appearing on every magazine cover shy of Horse & Hound”—and it’s now, quite suddenly, here in full force. But her pack of haters...

Date Night Conquers Titans
 Date Night Conquers Titans 
weekend box office
Apr 11, 2010 4:35 PM CDT

Date Night Conquers Titans

Fey-Carell vehicle wins down-to-the-wire weekend battle

(Newser) - Steve Carell and Tina Fey held off a challenge from a horde of 3D Greek gods as Date Night recorded a narrow preliminary victory over Clash of the Titans at the weekend box office, Variety reports. The mistaken-identity caper raked in $27.1 million to $26.9 million for the...

Tina Fey's Sarah Palin Returns to SNL

'Sarah Palin Network' lineup has 'Tea Party Wheel of Fortune'

(Newser) - She's back and wearing leather. Guest host Tina Fey reprised her iconic impression of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live last night. Fey appeared as Palin in a sketch introducing a mock "Sarah Palin Network," satirizing Palin's entry into media. Palin recently launched Real American Stories on Fox...

Date Night : Perfect for Date Night
 Date Night: Perfect 
 for Date Night 
Movie review
Apr 9, 2010 7:24 AM CDT

Date Night: Perfect for Date Night

Steve Carrell and Tina Fey are delicious in silly marital action-comedy

(Newser) - In Date Night, married suburbanites Phil (Steve Carell) and Claire Foster (Tina Fey) go for dinner in Manhattan and, through a series of predictably absurd twists, end up dodging thugs and crashing cars. This comedy-action hybrid doesn't win points for originality, but is saved—for some critics, just barely—by...

Tina Fey Talks Fashion With Vogue
 Tina Fey Talks 
 Fashion With Vogue 
white denim, bonnets
Feb 12, 2010 11:12 AM CST

Tina Fey Talks Fashion With Vogue

Actress who represents 'normalcy' dishes on glamor

(Newser) - Tina Fey has learned a lot about fashion as her star has gotten brighter—for example, the trick of holding up your breasts with double-sided tape—yet she was “clobbered” for the Zac Posen dress she wore to the Golden Globes. “Do you think George Clooney will hold...

Streep, Bullock, Hangover, Avatar Clean Up

Jeff Bridges, Mo'Nique, 'Mad Men,' 'Glee' also among winners

(Newser) - Avatar and The Hangover captured the top film awards, Meryl Streep and Drew Barrymore charmed with stream-of-consciousness acceptance speeches, and host Ricky Gervais generally behaved at tonight's Golden Globes ceremony. Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock established themselves as Academy Award favorites with victories in the leading dramatic role categories, as...

Palin on Fey's Parody: 'I Thought It Was Me'

McCain campaign worried 'SNL' visit could be 'atrocious'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live to "neutralize" the effect of Tina Fey’s scathing impression, the former Alaska governor tells Oprah Winfrey. The campaign was “apprehensive” about having her appear on the show, thinking such an appearance could be "potentially atrocious." But Palin pushed...

30 Rock in Danger of Growing Stale
 30 Rock in Danger 
 of Growing Stale 
tv review
Oct 15, 2009 4:51 PM CDT

30 Rock in Danger of Growing Stale

Tina Fey's show starts new season tonight

(Newser) - Tina Fey and crew return tonight with the season premiere of 30 Rock, and critics are worried that the show is losing its edge:
  • Todd VanDerWerff, AV Club: "30 Rock is still nowhere near a bad show, but it risks turning into a show where one-dimensional people spend a
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