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 Fey 'More Palin Than Palin' 

Tina nails Sarah impersonation on SNL season opener

Sep 14, 08 5:19 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Hillary Clinton • Tina Fey • Amy Poehler • Sarah Palin

Phelps Jittery Over SNL Appearance

Olympic great admits
he battled nerves
before MTV awards

Sep 13, 08 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Winning gold medals was easy, but appearing on Saturday Night Live? “Oh gosh, this is going to be tough,” Michael Phelps told Jay Leno this week. Phelps is enjoying a burst of post-Olympic celebrity, the Baltimore Sun reports, but public speaking is a new sport for the... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Michael Phelps • swimming • Jay Leno

Obama Set for Return Engagement on SNL

Democrat will appear in sketch during tomorrow night's season premiere

Sep 12, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama will make his second appearance on Saturday Night Live tomorrow night, the AP reports. The Democratic presidential nominee first appeared on the NBC show in November, playing himself in a skit set at a Halloween party thrown by his then-rival and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Michael Phelps will... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • NBC

 SNL Wants Tina to Play Sarah 

Fey could portray VP candidate as early as tomorrow's season premiere

Sep 12, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels is in talks with Tina Fey to return to the show to play Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The former SNL head writer could take on "The Barracuda" as early as the show's season premiere tomorrow. "There are... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Tina Fey • celebrity • Sarah Palin • guest appearance

 Phelps
 to Kick Off
 SNL Opener

Gold medal star makes comedy debut
as host next month

Aug 28, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Super swimmer Michael Phelps will be trying his hand at making comedy gold as host of the season premier of Saturday Night Live, E! Online reports. The 23-year-old Olympic champ will be making his acting debut when the program's 34th season kicks off September 13. The swimmer will be joined... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • Michael Phelps • 2008 Beijing Olympics • comedy • Olympians • USA Swimming • gold medalist

SNL's Kattan Calls It Quits After 2-Month Marriage

Cites 'irreconcilable differences' with wife

Aug 24, 08 7:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - No joke: Former Saturday Night Live star Chris Kattan has filed for a legal separation from the woman he married less than two months ago. The papers cite "irreconcilable differences" with model Sunshine Tutt, 31. Kattan, 37, met Tutt at a party three years ago and they married in... More »

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Saturday Night Live • divorce • celebrity divorces • Chris Kattan

Hollywood Manager Brillstein Dead

Powerful producer represented Belushi, helped launch SNL

Aug 8, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Legendary Hollywood manager and producer Bernie Brillstein died last night at age 77. In a career that spanned 5 decades, Brillstein guided the rise of stars including John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and Martin Short, the New York Times reports. He contributed to TV series like Saturday Night Live and The ... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Hollywood • entertainment industry • Dan Aykroyd • show business • Bernie Brillstein • John Belushi • Martin Short • Muppet Show

 SNL Expands Election Coverage

More live shows, 3 specials planned

Jul 21, 08 8:42 AM CDT
(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 "... More »

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Saturday Night Live • presidential campaign • Seth Meyers • Amy Poehler • Weekend Update Thursday • SNL Presidential Bash

Appreciation

 Paul Sills,
 'Orson Welles
 of Improv' 

Second City co-founder, dead at 80, saw movement reach SNL heights

Jun 3, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - For a performer, Paul Sills kept a pretty low profile. But make no mistake: The Second City co-founder was a massive influence not just on improvisational comedy, but on comedy and theater in general. Without Sills, who died yesterday at 80, there would be no Chicago improv scene, no Saturday ... More »

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Saturday Night Live • theater • Chicago • obituary • comedy • 30 Rock • Paul Sills • Second City

OPINION

 Clinton Insiders 
 Offer Post Mortem 

Strategist Penn, oblivious campaign, haughty candidate get (anonymous) blame

May 28, 08 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The New Republic asked (anonymous) Hillary Clinton camp insiders why their candidate isn’t booking her ticket to Denver:
  • “I just don't think she was hungry enough for it …It wasn't really until the 10-in-a-row loss that she started doing stuff like Saturday Night Live and Jon
... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • The Daily Show • Jeremiah Wright • Iowa caucuses

OPINION

 SNL Finale Promises Fall Yuks 

McCain, Carell boost strong ending; election sure to provide autumn fodder

May 19, 08 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s been a long, sometimes-bumpy road for Saturday Night Live, Tom Shales writes in the Washington Post, but the 33rd season finale showed the cast—and guest John McCain—in fine comic form, and was a ratings success to boot. SNL generally thrives in highly political times, and Shales... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • John McCain • comedy • Nielsen Ratings • TV ratings • McCain 2008

McCain Pitches Old Geezer Jokes on SNL

Candidate, 71, not
too ancient to
chase youth vote

May 18, 08 9:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Although renowned for his fiery temper, John McCain turned up on Saturday Night Live last night to poke a little fun at his age. "What should we be looking for in our next president?" he asked. "Certainly, someone who is very, very, very old.” If elected McCain,... More »

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Saturday Night Live • John McCain • presidential campaign • comedy • campaign • Barbra Streisand • cameo

SNL Launches Political
Satire Site

Site serves as storehouse of show's long-running satire

May 9, 08 8:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saturday Night Live has unveiled a new website to showcase the program’s political humor, Broadcasting and Cable reports. Visitors can check out clips of the show’s political sketches and candidate appearances at http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/politics, or vote for their favorite president/candidate impersonator—dating back from Dana Carvey's... More »

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Saturday Night Live • television • politics • satire • humor

SNL Alum's
Dad Murdered
in Nashville

Police say Oteri's
father killed by his songwriting partner

Apr 29, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A hit-making Nashville songwriter was charged yesterday in the pocketknife murder of his producing partner, who—in a headline-grabbing twist out of an old country ballad—is the father of former Saturday Night Live comedienne Cheri Oteri, TMZ reports. Nashville police said Oteri’s father had a "significant laceration”... More »

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Saturday Night Live • murder • celebrity • Nashville • Cheri Oteri • Richard Fagan • Gaetano Thomas Oteri

'SNL' Staffers Not Laughing
at Hillary Bias Claims

Show tries to be equally unfair to all candidates

Mar 13, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Tina Fey • Democratic nomination • Lorne Michaels • Seth Meyers • Amy Poehler • media bias • Weekend Update • media frenzy

OPINION

Hill's Bad Press Rallies Women

Women support Clinton when going gets tough

Mar 9, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The press may be ganging up on Hillary Clinton—but that’s good news for her campaign, writes Deirdre Depke in Newsweek. When women sense an affront to the senator, they come out for her in droves, as they did in New Hampshire, Ohio, and Texas. The best course for... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Hillary Clinton • Democratic nomination • female voters • Election 2008 • media bias

OPINION

Rove: Here's How to Beat Obama

Bush pal advises Clinton, McCain in
WSJ op-ed

Mar 6, 08 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - The presidential race has seen Hillary Clinton and John McCain repeatedly rise from the dead. But with a long way to go for these “Lazarus” hopefuls, how can they beat out Barack Obama? Karl Rove offers some advice in the Wall Street Journal: Clinton, he says, should keep hitting... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Karl Rove • campaign trail • Election 2008 • inexperience

SNL May Have Triggered Tougher Scrutiny of Obama

Sketches lampooned starry-eyed coverage

Mar 5, 08 5:12 AM CST
(Newser) - A Saturday Night Live sketch 10 days ago lampooning the perceived media bias favoring Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton may have changed the way Obama has been covered in the last several days, AP reports. The SNL debate skit showing starry-eyed journalists fawning over Obama echoed complaints by Clinton's supporters.... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • New York Times • Washington Post • Good Morning America • CBS News • media bias • Cleveland debate

OPINION

'SNL' Regains Its Political Mojo

Clinton joins the resurgence

Mar 3, 08 7:45 AM CST
(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Rudy Giuliani • Mike Huckabee • comedy • Tina Fey • Hollywood writers' strike • Amy Poehler • Fred Armisen • Weekend Update

Clinton Stumps on SNL

Dem pokes fun at herself, campaign

Mar 2, 08 10:34 AM CST
(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... More »

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Saturday Night Live • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Rudy Giuliani • NBC • Democratic nomination • Democratic presidential primaries • Amy Poehler

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