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SLIDESHOW

Sep 21, 2009 8:09 AM CDT

Emmys' Fashion Winners, Losers

Drew Barrymore 'luminous,' Tina Fey dowdy on the red carpet

(Newser) - The Emmy winners and losers weren’t just singled out onstage—sartorial successes and failures stalked the red carpet as well. Elizabeth Snead offers a wrap-up in the Los Angeles Times. The Winners:

Drew Barrymore: “Luminous in Monique Lhuillier’s blush-hued tulle strapless gown.”
Heidi Klum: Flaunted her

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Mad Men, 30 Rock Clean Up

emmy awards

Sep 20, 2009 10:17 PM CDT

Mad Men, 30 Rock Clean Up

Close, Cranston snag back-to-back drama awards for leading roles; Collette, Baldwin top comedy winners

(Newser) - The Emmy Awards ended with a spell of deja vu as Mad Men won its second consecutive best drama trophy and 30 Rock captured its third straight best comedy award tonight in Los Angeles. Glenn Close of Damages and Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad, last year's winners for lead roles...

Fey Wins
Emmy for
Impersonating
Palin

Sep 12, 2009 10:40 PM CDT

Fey Wins Emmy for Impersonating Palin

(Newser) - Tina Fey took home an Emmy tonight for her dead-on impersonation of Sarah Palin during the campaign, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Fey's work on Saturday Night Live won a Creative Arts Emmy—these honor guest spots and technical achievements, preceding next week's main ceremony—for best guest actress in a...

Tina Talks
Emmys, Jay,
and Sarah...Sorta

Aug 10, 2009 12:44 PM CDT

Tina Talks Emmys, Jay, and Sarah...Sorta

(Newser) - As if its record 22 Emmy nominations weren’t enough, 30 Rock also recently landed a syndication deal. Tina Fey talks success—and Sarah Palin—with Broadcasting & Cable:

On possibly hosting the Emmys: "No, I think it's a hard job and a thankless one. I think maybe it's

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30 Rock Decoded: It's The Muppet Show

OPINION

Jun 10, 2009 12:44 PM CDT

30 Rock Decoded: It's The Muppet Show

(Newser) - For once, the latest viral Internet sensation isn’t a crazy video—it’s a crazy theory: 30 Rock is a rip-off of The Muppet Show. Not crazy, blogger Brian Lynch contends, before marshalling “so many facts you HAVE to concede I'm absolutely right.” From Tina Fey/Liz Lemon...

Top Saturday Night Live Alums

Jun 5, 2009 2:40 PM CDT

Top Saturday Night Live Alums

Stars who made it big after the show

(Newser) - Not all Saturday Night Live alums go on to bigger and better things after leaving the show. Time pronounces the top 10 who did.

Will Ferrell has come a long way since those cheerleader sketches. His latest flick, Land of the Lost, opens today (and judging from the reviews, it's

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Fey's Inner Conservative Gets Out in 30 Rock's Drift Right

OPINION

May 7, 2009 1:15 PM CDT

Fey's Inner Conservative Gets Out in 30 Rock's Drift Right

Show often presents conservative viewpoint as inevitable

(Newser) - 30 Rock will wrap its third season next week, with a ratings boost propelled by creator Tina Fey’s notorious Saturday Night Live impersonations of Sarah Palin. Yet for a show that owes some of its success to the takedown of a Republican politician, 30 Rock often sides with its...

'Weekend Update'
Goes Primetime

May 4, 2009 6:57 AM CDT

'Weekend Update' Goes Primetime

(Newser) - Fans of Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update” segment won't have to wait for the weekend to get their update, as NBC plans to air up to 13 primetime, half-hour episodes on Thursday nights next season, the New York Times reports. Seth Meyers will reprise his usual hosting gig,...

Brit's Got a New Boyfriend

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

Mar 12, 2009 10:37 AM CDT

Brit's Got a New Boyfriend

Plus, Twilight hunk loves Tina Fey, more

(Newser) - Sorry, boys: Britney’s taken. The comeback queen is dating her talent agent, E! reports, a do-gooder credited with helping Brit, 27, get back on the straight and narrow. Jason Trawick, 37, “is one of the few people who Jamie Spears trusts,” says a source. Tween girls will...

Celeb Books Only Safe Bet These Days

ANALYSIS

Feb 12, 2009 4:08 PM CST

Celeb Books Only Safe Bet These Days

(Newser) - Britney Spears is shopping a book to top publishers, and editors are lining up to meet her—a further sign of the strapped book industry's new mantra: "Only the sure-fire, big ticket, lowest-common-denominator bestsellers will survive," writes Sara Nelson in the Wrap. Spears’ book, no doubt with a...

Streep, Penn Win SAG Honors

Jan 25, 2009 9:48 PM CST

Streep, Penn Win SAG Honors

(Newser) - Meryl Streep and Sean Penn took lead-acting honors tonight at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, she for Doubt and he for Milk. The prize for overall cast went to the rags-to-riches saga Slumdog Millionaire, while Heath Ledger and Kate Winslet took supporting honors for The Dark Knight and The Reader....

NBC
Renews
30 Rock,
The Office

Jan 15, 2009 8:28 PM CST

NBC Renews 30 Rock, The Office

(Newser) - NBC today made official what everyone expected: The network renewed 30 Rock and The Office for the 2009-10 TV season. The Biggest Loser also got picked up for another run, though the fates of fan favorites such as Heroes, Chuck, Lipstick Jungle, Friday Night Lights, and Life are on shakier...

Bird-Flipping Globes Could Cost NBC With Feds

Jan 15, 2009 10:34 AM CST

Bird-Flipping Globes Could Cost NBC With Feds

Wrestler director Aronofsky's on-air gesture may be worst violation

(Newser) - The decency police are on NBC’s tail for Sunday’s obscenity-speckled Golden Globes. The Federal Communications Commission is reviewing the program after receiving 18 complaints, the Los Angeles Times reports. The most flagrant violation was probably when The Wrestler director Darren Aronofsky jokingly flipped off actor Mickey Rourke as...

Peanut Gallery
to Fey: No,
You Suck It

Jan 13, 2009 10:20 AM CST

Peanut Gallery to Fey: No, You Suck It

Internet poster fires back after acceptance speech

(Newser) - Only moments after Tina Fey lofted her Golden Globe and told several bloggers who've been chronic detractors to "suck it" Sunday night, they fired back with shrieks of sophomoric glee, reports the Daily News. "Give me something to suck on," posted "Cougar-Letter" on the LA ...

Palin: Media
Gives Kennedy
Free Pass

Jan 8, 2009 3:00 PM CST

Palin: Media Gives Kennedy Free Pass

Social status made for her own tough ride, says ex-candidate, also ripping Fey, Couric

(Newser) - Sarah Palin says the media is lobbing softballs at Caroline Kennedy because of the would-be New York senator’s class status, Politico reports. The Republican governor of Alaska speculates that “there is a class issue here also that was such a factor in the scrutiny of my candidacy,”...

2008's
Hottest
Ladies

OPINION

Dec 26, 2008 12:02 PM CST

2008's Hottest Ladies

Fox News names the best bods

(Newser) - You didn't think Fox News would forget about the ladies, did you? Here's a sample of its choices for hottest bods of 2008:

Karolina Kurkova: She has no bellybutton, "but that didn't stop magazines from Photoshopping one on her for their photo spreads."
Angelina Jolie: "

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Want Ashley's Email? Ask Marie Claire

Dec 24, 2008 8:12 AM CST

Want Ashley's Email? Ask Marie Claire

Mag forgets to Bcc in holiday blast, exposes celeb addresses

(Newser) - Whoops! Marie Claire accidentally gave an early Christmas gift to 582 people: the email addresses of celebrities including Ashley Olsen, Tina Fey, and Lindsay Lohan, Gawker reports. The blunder occurred when the mag forgot to use the good old Bcc line on its holiday email blast. It’s the third...

Fey Is AP's
Entertainer
of the Year

Dec 23, 2008 12:42 PM CST

Fey Is AP's Entertainer of the Year

30 Rock star and Palin impersonator beats out Downey, Ledger

(Newser) - Tina Fey is the entertainer of the year? You betcha. Fey was voted the AP's Entertainer of the Year, an annual honor chosen by newspaper editors and broadcast producers across the country. Fey was selected by AP members as the performer who had the greatest impact on culture and entertainment...

Small Screen's Biggest Brains

GLOSSIES

Dec 6, 2008 3:49 PM CST

Small Screen's Biggest Brains

Family Guy creator MacFarlane, ubiquitous Fey top list of TV smarties

(Newser) - It may be dubbed the "idiot box," but there are some bright bulbs behind TV's smartest shows and network deals. After polling Hollywood insiders, Entertainment Weekly lists the top 25 smarties:

Seth MacFarlane, executive producer, Family Guy, American Dad.
Tina Fey, executive producer, actress, 30 Rock.
Nancy Tellem,

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Liz Lemon
Dates a
Mad Man

Dec 4, 2008 11:38 AM CST

Liz Lemon Dates a Mad Man

Jon Hamm to guest on 30 Rock

(Newser) - Tina Fey will finally get a decent boyfriend this season on 30 Rock, Vanity Fair reports. Jon Hamm, who plays ad exec Don Draper on Mad Men, guest stars as a pediatrician with a fondness for pie-making documentaries and ice-cream makers. Hamm has filmed "a couple of episodes" and...