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'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... More »

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. “... More »

Live From New York, It's Sarah Palin!

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... More »

Fey 'Leaving Earth' if Palin Wins

Can't hack her alter-ego for much longer

(Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey can't face four years of playing Sarah Palin and said she's quitting the planet if the GOP ticket wins. "If she wins, I'm done,” Fey tells TV Guide.  And by ‘I'm done,’ I mean I'm leaving Earth.” Still, Fey had "... More »

Fey's Everywhere; 30 Rock MIA

NBC's moves to promote show's popularity miss the mark

(Newser) - Tina Fey’s popularity is at an all-time high, but NBC hasn’t tried to capitalize by moving up the season debut of her critically acclaimed sitcom 30 Rock. NBC has struggled to boost the show’s ratings, the New York Times reports, and hopes three Saturday Night Live specials... More »

Palin, SNL Make a Date: Oct. 25

VP candidate scheduled for October 25

(Newser) - Sarah Palin will appear on Saturday Night Live after all, New York Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams reports. The VP candidate and her endearing near-profanities are scheduled to visit Rockefeller Center Oct. 25, a little more than a week before the election. Is a reverse lampooning of Tina Fey in... More »

Election Results In: Comedy Wins

Race for the White House proving a comedy goldmine

(Newser) - No matter which candidate ultimately surges ahead, political comedy is emerging as the clear winner in the presidential race, reports the New York Times. Tina Fey's dead-on parody of Sarah Palin has triggered a huge boost in viewership for Saturday Night Live. The Colbert Report and the Daily Show have... More »

Rambling Palin Opens Up to Press Pack

Sarah rips Obama's 'forthrightedness' on 'No-Talk Express'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin surprised reporters yesterday by coming to the back of her campaign plane to take questions from the press corps for the first time ever, Fox News reports. The candidate spoke in her trademark rambling style for nearly 15 minutes aboard what reporters had dubbed the "No-Talk Express.... More »

Palin: I Goofed Up to Keep SNL in Biz

Just-kidding candidate blames 'trivial' questions for dicey interviews

(Newser) - Sarah Palin's flubbed interviews were all part of her plan to safeguard America's Palin-lampooning industry, the candidate quipped at a Florida rally yesterday. Palin told supporters that the rocky moments in the Katie Couric interviews—including a failure to name a Supreme Court decision she disagreed with—came from annoyance... More »

Now Palin May Imitate Fey

McCain camp considers putting VP candidate in comedy sketch

(Newser) - John McCain’s campaign is considering having Sarah Palin spoof spoofer Tina Fey by going on NBC and performing a rendition of Fey’s American Express commercial, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Saturday Night Live won’t air again for two weeks, but Palin may make a cameo on the network’... More »

Fey Flays Palin in SNL Debate

Plays flute for the 'talent portion'

(Newser) - Comedian Tina Fey clobbered Sarah Palin in yet another dead-on Saturday Night Live skit yesterday, reports the Chicago Sun-Times, skewering the candidate's stance as a maverick, her relentless folksiness, and repeated feints at last week's debate to dodge questions. Asked what she would do about the economic crisis, Fey/Palin, winking,... More »

Now Fey's an Author, Too

Star of SNL , 30 Rock to write a collection of essays

(Newser) - Tina Fey just got a little busier. She's finalized a deal to write a collection of humorous essays for Little, Brown and Company, the New York Observer reports. Fey—currently in the spotlight for her spot-on impersonations of VP wannabe Sarah Palin—reportedly worked out a deal to fund the... More »

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... More »

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... More »

No Skirting the Issue: Politics Now Women's Game

Candidates are obvious sign, but best commentary, comedy comes from females

(Newser) - This election is all about women—and Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton can't take all the credit, Sarah Hughes writes in the Independent. The candidates are the most visible, but female commentators, comedians, and protesters have set the tone and are asking the difficult questions. "The good ol' boys... More »

Feminist Fey Skewers Palin as Only a Woman Can

Candidate's doppelganger succeeds where male comedians' barbs get discounted

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has made John McCain into a punchline, and there’s been no shortage of late-night comedians pointing that out. Unfortunately, they’ve almost all been male. Thank goodness, then, for Tina Fey, Simon Houpt writes in the Globe and Mail. It took Fey, a dead ringer for Palin,... More »

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... More »

SNL Wants Tina to Play Sarah

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

(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 »

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... More »

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.... More »

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