New Palin Had to Dress Like Old Palin on SNL

Hair and makeup stylist costs revealed in lastest campaign filings

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin's hair and makeup stylists cost John McCain's campaign $110,000 for the 10 weeks she was vice-presidential candidate, reports the New York Times. Palin’s makeup artist—an Emmy nominee for her work on So You Think You Can Dance?—pocketed over $68,000 for the campaign work. Her hair stylist made $42,000. More»

Ferrell's Bush praises 'heavily patriotized' ticket

(NEWSER) - Will Ferrell reprised his role as a bumbling George Bush for last night's special edition of Saturday Night Live to force his endorsement on an extremely unreceptive GOP "ticket." Ferrell first explained to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin that the vice president tells a president what to do and that it's the most important job in the land. Then Darrell Hammond's reluctant "John McCain" arrived for a clearly unwelcome endorsement. More»

(NEWSER) - If you saw Alec Baldwin's courtly interaction with Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live and you're wondering what's gotten into the well-known liberal firebrand, he's wondering something, too: What's your problem? "What did some of you people actually think would happen?" he writes in a post that went up on Huffington Post today. More»

Some 14 million eyeball 'Caribou Barbie'

(NEWSER) - The largest audience in 14 years tuned in to Saturday Night Live to watch Sarah Palin come face-to-face with doppleganger Tina Fey, reports AP. Actually, it wasn't quite face-to-face as Fey skirted past the candidate after skewering her yet again at a faux press conference on the comedy show. The audience was estimated to be close to 14 million, a level it hasn't reach since 1994, when assaulted skater Nancy Kerrigan was guest host. More»

Candidate set for Saturday Night Live debut tomorrow night

(NEWSER) - Viewers awaiting the next impersonation of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live may be stunned to see the real thing. Palin plans to make a cameo appearance on tomorrow's show, sources tell CNN. No word yet on whether champion Palin-impersonator Tina Fey will be joining the vice-presidential candidate for her SNL debut—or on how viewers are expected to tell them apart if she does. More»