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Oct 26, 2008 12:17 AM CDT

Amy Poehler Has a Baby Boy

(Newser) - Amy Poehler missed work last night, but she had a very good excuse: The Saturday Night Live star gave birth yesterday to a baby boy named Archie, the Huffington Post reports. It's the first child for Poehler and her hubby and fellow comedian, Will Arnett. Poehler had been rehearsing for...

'Caribou Barbie' Debuts on SNL

Oct 19, 2008 4:50 AM CDT

'Caribou Barbie' Debuts on SNL

Baldwin tells her she's "way hotter" than Fey

(Newser) - The real Sarah Palin made her much anticipated debut on Saturday Nigh Live last night, gamely sparring with cast members who still skewered the candidate and show producer Lorne Michaels, reports USA Today. In the opening skit Tina Fey delivers Palin’s “first press conference” (she’s yet to...

Drenched in Watercooler Moments, SNL Is Hot Again

Oct 18, 2008 5:00 PM CDT

Drenched in Watercooler Moments, SNL Is Hot Again

Late-night is the standout hit of the fall season

(Newser) - The fall TV ratings are in, and while Heroes needs saving and House is collapsing, Saturday Night Live has emerged as the biggest hit of the season, Maureen Ryan writes in the Chicago Tribune. Unlike other shows, SNL’s live ratings have jumped nearly 50% in its 34th season. “...

Tina Kills Again as Sarah

Sep 28, 2008 9:12 AM CDT

Tina Kills Again as Sarah

Foreign experience? She tells Russians who stray into Alaska to 'shoo'

(Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey skewered Sarah Palin in a command reprise performance on Saturday Night Live last night. This time, Fey parodied the candidate's foibles during her interview with Katie Couric, reports Comedy Centric. In the opening sketch, Fey, who bears an uncanny resemblance to Palin, is stumped by a question...

Palin Considers Saturday Night Live Appearance

Sep 25, 2008 2:22 PM CDT

Palin Considers Saturday Night Live Appearance

Security detail has already toured the studios; Fey may return, too

(Newser) - Sarah Palin may make an appearance on a Saturday Night Live, where she was so accurately mimicked by Tina Fey on the season premiere, OK! reports. The Republican’s security detail has already cased NBC’s studios in New York. Fey could also come back to reprise her role, setting...

Poehler on
'Verge of Tears'
Over SNL Exit

Sep 19, 2008 11:25 AM CDT

Poehler on 'Verge of Tears' Over SNL Exit

Has six shows before leaving

(Newser) - As Amy Poehler preps for her final episodes of Saturday Night Live, the masterful Hillary impersonator says she’s as upset to leave as her co-workers are to see her go. "I'm on the verge of tears every minute,” Poehler tells USA Today. After 7 years with the...

Poehler Plans Early SNL Exit

Sep 16, 2008 9:08 PM CDT

Poehler Plans Early SNL Exit

Actress will move on to her own show after maternity leave

(Newser) - Amy Poehler will make her exit from Saturday Night Live earlier than planned, E! News reports. The Emmy-nominated actress, who is expecting her first child with husband Will Arnett, won’t return to the show after her maternity leave, which starts in a few weeks. Instead she’ll start work...

Fey 'More Palin Than Palin'

Sep 14, 2008 5:19 AM CDT

Fey 'More Palin Than Palin'

Tina nails Sarah impersonation on SNL season opener

(Newser) - Tina Fey ushered in the new Saturday Night Live season last night with her much-anticipated Sarah Palin impersonation, sharing the opening skit with Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton in a “public service announcement” deriding the media’s sexist coverage of the presidential campaign. The sketch also skewered Palin’s...

SNL Expands Election Coverage

Jul 21, 2008 8:42 AM CDT

SNL Expands Election Coverage

More live shows, 3 specials planned

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live is expanding its satirical coverage of Election 2008, reports Zap2it. NBC will air three SNL primetime campaign specials, plus four consecutive Saturday night shows beginning in September, boosting the number of pre-election live shows to seven. The program will also feature the traditional election eve special "...

Oh, Baby!
For Poehler,
Life Imitates Art

Apr 28, 2008 4:50 PM CDT

Oh, Baby! For Poehler, Life Imitates Art

Baby Mama 's baby mama, Arnett expect funny kid in late fall

(Newser) - Baby Mama co-star Amy Poehler had a good weekend: Her new movie is No. 1 at the box office, and she and husband Will Arnett are expecting their first child, People reports. The Saturday Night Live star, 36, and her 30 Rock-scene-stealing spouse, 37, have been married since 2003.

Baby Mama Tickles Box Office Rally

Apr 27, 2008 7:02 PM CDT

Baby Mama Tickles Box Office Rally

Chick flick laffer helps spark 17% ticket surge

(Newser) - Comedy sparked a box office comeback this weekend as Baby Mama banked $18.3 million from mostly female film-goers, Variety reports. Also fueling the 17.2% hike over last year's frame were stoner sequel Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay with $14.6 million in second, and Jackie Chan's...

Baby Mama No Bundle of Joy

movie review

Apr 25, 2008 7:50 AM CDT

Baby Mama No Bundle of Joy

Only quiet chuckles in conventional flick

(Newser) - Critics don't seem thrilled about the arrival of Baby Mama, which tells the story of an overachieving, infertile career woman (Tina Fey) who hires a rough-around-the-edges high school dropout (Amy Poehler) to bear her a child. The movie's not "laugh-out-loud funny," writes Ann Hornaday in the Washington Post....

'SNL' Staffers Not Laughing
at Hillary Bias Claims

Mar 13, 2008 1:09 PM CDT

'SNL' Staffers Not Laughing at Hillary Bias Claims

Show tries to be equally unfair to all candidates

(Newser) - “Saturday Night Live” staffers are getting serious over accusations of a pro-Clinton bias, with producer Lorne Michaels telling the Los Angeles Times any perception of bias is a "major concern" and assuring “there’s no agenda.” The show’s send-up of a media crush on Barack...

'SNL' Regains Its Political Mojo

OPINION

Mar 3, 2008 7:45 AM CST

'SNL' Regains Its Political Mojo

Clinton joins the resurgence

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's appearance on "Saturday Night Live" confirms not just that the show is back from the writers' strike, writes Matt Roush in TV Guide, but back "smack dab in the center of today’s political dialogue." The sight of Clinton and identically dressed alter ego Amy...

Clinton Stumps on SNL

Mar 2, 2008 10:34 AM CST

Clinton Stumps on SNL

Dem pokes fun at herself, campaign

(Newser) - She was supposed to be campaigning in Ohio last night—but instead Hillary Clinton was live from New York. Like last week, Saturday Night Live opened with a debate sketch parodying a recent Clinton-Obama debate, with the Dems played by SNL regulars. The real Hillary appeared immediately after with an...

Obama Plays Himself on SNL

Nov 4, 2007 9:47 AM CST

Obama Plays Himself on SNL

Ripping off mask at Hillary Halloween party: 'I have nothing to hide. I enjoy being myself."

(Newser) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama turned up the heat on frontrunner Hillary Clinton last night on "Saturday Night Live" when he appeared in the opening sketch—a Halloween party thrown by a faux Bill and Hillary and attended by faux Democratic candidates—as himself. Everyone was in costume,...