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men of the year

 Eastwood Is 
 Top 'Badass' 

Kobe Bryant, Chris Pine, Barack Obama make 2009's elite list

Nov 19, 09 7:33 PM CST
(Newser) - GQ has broken this year's Man of the Year honors into several categories. That's why Clint Eastwood is Badass of the Year, Barack Obama is Leader of the Year, and Tom Brady the Comeback of the Year. Click the source link for the full list, and see the photo... More »

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Barack Obama • Kobe Bryant • Alec Baldwin • Clint Eastwood • Tom Brady • Eric Holder • Chris Pine • JJ Abrams • Leighton Meester

 Martin, Baldwin to Host Oscars 

March 7 broadcast will be third for Martin, first for Baldwin

Nov 3, 09 6:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host next year’s Oscars telecast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. Martin’s hosted the show twice, and though Baldwin never has, he has plenty of similar experience, hosting Saturday Night Live 14 times. That’s one less than... More »

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Saturday Night Live • entertainment • Alec Baldwin • award show • Steve Martin • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • host • Oscars

tv review

 30 Rock in Danger 
 of Growing Stale 

Tina Fey's show starts new season tonight

Oct 15, 09 4:51 PM CDT
(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
... More »

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NBC • Alec Baldwin • Tina Fey • 30 Rock • sitcom • network television

emmy awards

 Mad Men, 30 Rock Clean Up 

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

Sep 20, 09 10:17 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • 24 • Alec Baldwin • The Office • Tina Fey • award show • 30 Rock • Emmy Awards • Mad Men • Pushing Daisies • Toni Collette • United States of Tara • Kristin Chenoweth • Jon Cryer • Two and a Half Men

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin has no plans to challenge Joe Lieberman for his Senate seat in 2012, USA Today reports. The actor’s spokesman says he wants the Connecticut independent to retain his position because of the paucity of moderate Republicans in the Senate. In a recent Playboy interview, Baldwin... More »

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entertainment • Senate • Alec Baldwin • Joe Lieberman • Connecticut • 30 Rock • actor • independent • Election 2012

 Lieberman 
 to Baldwin: 
 'Make My Day' 

Conn. sen. defiant after actor threatens run

Aug 24, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alec Baldwin has "no use" for Joe Lieberman and is kicking around a move to Connecticut to run for his Senate seat in 2012—to which Lieberman tells CNN, "Make my day." The independent says he respects Baldwin as an actor and comedian, and "if he... More »

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Congress • Senate • Alec Baldwin • Joe Lieberman • senator • Joseph Lieberman

OPINION

Baldwin to CNN Anchor: I'll Run If I Want To

Would-be pol threatens to discuss hit-and-run bust...whoops

Jul 9, 09 3:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - CNN’s Jack Cafferty sneered at Alec Baldwin’s possible entry into politics yesterday, noting that while newly sworn-in Sen. Al Franken is “Harvard educated,” Baldwin’s “credentials are questionable”—and the NYU grad is having none of it. “Perhaps New York University should print... More »

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crime • Senate • Alec Baldwin • feud • CNN • New York University • NYU • Al Franken • hit-and-run • Jack Cafferty • Harvard University • public office

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin throws water on the general celebration of Bernie Madoff's prison sentence, arguing that the 150-year term handed down to the fraudster Monday was a wasted opportunity. "I want to suggest, as I am confident others have, that Madoff be given a reduced sentence in exchange for answering... More »

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fraud • prison • Alec Baldwin • federal prison • Ponzi scheme • federal prosecution • Bernard Madoff • Frank Abagnale • prison sentence

MOVIE REVIEW

 Sister's Keeper 
 a 'Shameless 
 Weepy' 

Melodrama about teen cancer patient carries out sustained assault on tear ducts

Jun 26, 09 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cancer melodrama My Sister's Keeper makes every effort possible to tug at the heartstrings, say critics, leaving some people touched and others feeling like they've been run through an industrial tear-extraction machine.
  • AO Scott, New York Times: Keeper "takes on a very tough subject," and has "
... More »

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Alec Baldwin • movie review • Cameron Diaz • Abigail Breslin • Jodi Picoult

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Voicemail Leak Left 
 Me Suicidal: Baldwin 

Plus, Rihanna and Chris Brown prepare for court, more

Jun 16, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - After his infamous 2007 voicemail for his daughter went public, Alec Baldwin had “very serious” suicidal thoughts, he tells Playboy in an interview, People reports. “I spoke to a lot of professionals, who helped me,” he said, adding that Harvey Levin of TMZ, who released the voicemail,... More »

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entertainment • suicide • Alec Baldwin • Ireland Baldwin • celebrity • 30 Rock • Madonna • Jessica Alba • Rihanna • Chris Brown • Holly Madison • Mercy James

OPINION

30 Rock Decoded: It's The Muppet Show


Jun 10, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Alec Baldwin • Tina Fey • Tracy Morgan • 30 Rock • Muppets • Muppet Show • Kermit the Frog • Miss Piggy • Jane Krakowski • Great Gonzo • Fozzie Bear • Scooter (Muppet)

OPINION

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

Show often presents conservative viewpoint as inevitable

May 7, 09 1:15 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Republican • Alec Baldwin • conservative • Tina Fey • Tracy Morgan • 30 Rock • liberal • Sarah Palin

 Streep, Penn Win SAG Honors 


Jan 25, 09 9:48 PM CST
(AP) - 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.... More »

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Alec Baldwin • awards • Tina Fey • award show • Meryl Streep • Heath Ledger • Sean Penn • Screen Actors Guild • Kate Winslet

OPINION

 What's In and Out for 2009 

A new year, a new inane list of trends that are sure to look dumb by December

Jan 1, 09 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - The New Year is here, and that means it’s time to clean out the cultural wardrobe. Hank Stuever of the Washington Post offers his annual take on things that are so last year, and others sure to be cool in the next 12 months:
  • Out:
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fashion • iPhone • Michelle Obama • Alec Baldwin • culture • LOLcats • Mad Men • Garfield • Mickey Rourke • New Year

'Kenneth the Page' Talks
Weak Chins, 30 Rock

Jack McBrayer dishes on his character and connection with Tina Fey

Nov 9, 08 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Yes, Jack McBrayer is like Kenneth the Page, his 30 Rock character. Sort of. In an interview with Salon, the actor admits he’s “somewhat of a people-pleaser”—though the former Applebee's employee of the month has serious comedy chops. The Southerner met creator Tina Fey at Chicago’... More »

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NBC • Alec Baldwin • Tina Fey • Tracy Morgan • 30 Rock • Jack McBrayer

 Fey: Palin Sketches 
 'Fair, Quite Gentle' 

To complete transformation, 'we glue my ears down,' Fey says

Oct 22, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Should Tina Fey take it easy on Sarah Palin? She doesn't think so, Access Hollywood reports. "I stand by the pieces as both fair and quite gentle," says Fey, who plays the veep nominee on SNL. At first Fey "didn’t think we looked alike at all,... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Alec Baldwin • Tina Fey • network television • Sarah Palin

(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Alec Baldwin • Tina Fey • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin

 'Caribou Barbie' Debuts on SNL 

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

Oct 19, 08 4:50 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Alec Baldwin • Tina Fey • Lorne Michaels • Amy Poehler • Sarah Palin • Weekend Update

 Baldwin Rails on Family Court 

Blames custody battle for "little pig" message to daughter

Sep 23, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(AP) - Fresh off his Emmy win Sunday, Alec Baldwin took his bitter custody battle public yesterday, promoting a new book, A Promise to Ourselves, about his experience divorcing Kim Basinger. He told a crowd of 120 people in San Francisco that it was his anger and frustration over the process... More »

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Alec Baldwin • book • custody battle • celebrity divorces

GLOSSIES

 What's 
 Eating 
 Alec
 Baldwin?


'I don’t think I really have a talent for movie acting,' laments Red October star

Sep 6, 08 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alec Baldwin—star of a hit TV show, winner of Golden Globes and SAG Awards, co-star to Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicole Kidman—isn't all that jazzed about acting anymore. “There’s just something else I want to do,” the 50-year-old actor tells Ian Parker in the... More »

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NBC • Alec Baldwin • Kim Basinger • 30 Rock • family court • Lorne Michaels

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