Economic Forecast: Mostly Cloudy, With a Chance of Alec Baldwin [Leaping Lizards]
For all its success on paper, Saturday Night Live is essentially making its pop-culture bones these days with an ex-cast member imitating a woman who might be completely irrelevant in six weeks. But some phenomena never expire, and when you combine the enduring miracle of Alec Baldwin with the current, overriding stench of economic recession, one SNL highlight alone stands out today for its chemistry and prescience: Reliable Investments, featuring Baldwin as a broker with all the answers for Ana Gasteyer. B

A Little More on Pigs... [Politics]
"The New York Times has an article about me calling columnist Heather Mallick a pig," blogs Greta van Susteren via Foxnews.com. "Yes, I called a columnist—in a calm, cool voice—a pig for saying that the nominee for Vice President looks like a porn star." Well, Greta: you can be "happier than a pig in shit" or you can be a "thoughtless little pig," like Alec Baldwin called his daughter via voicemail. You can even be a capitalist pig. We've discussed the lexicon of contemporary vulgarities before,

Alec Baldwin's New Job: Voice Of The New York Philharmonic
NEW YORK — The New York Philharmonic will perform for the first time in Hanoi and Abu Dhabi next season and is getting Alec Baldwin to host its weekly national radio broadcasts.Alan Gilbert, in his debut season as music director of the nation's oldest orchestra, will lead the musicians in the three-week tour in October, the Philharmonic announced Monday.The orchestra, which made a historic trip to communist North Korea last winter, has performed in 59 countries but never in Vietnam or in Abu Dhabi, an

OMG, I can't read this. Translate into pictograms, plz.
First, gotta say how much I’m lovin’ these cranky-ass comments everybody’s leaving. You all make sinister voice-mailing Alec Baldwin seem like some sort of friggin’ pansy, by comparison. Particularly intrigued by all the Queen Latifah remarks that claim I’m the one who’s ultimately being antigay by writing Blind Vices about closeted celebs, making it seem like their actions are sinister and bad, therefore I’m the one promoting self-hating activities by gay people, and therefore I’m part of t

The Liberal Elite [Stories]
Scene: a $1,000-a-head Obama fundraiser last night in a tony East Village townhouse. "We have to sacrifice," Alec Baldwin told the crowd. Moments later his podium came crashing down to the floor, but he recovered smoothly with a joke. Danity Kane's Aubrey O'Day, her long blond locks wrapped in a headband, stood in the corner stroking her little dog, which was dyed pink. At the conclusion of the speeches, Alan Cumming encouraged the crowd to talk freely. "There are no Republicans here tonight," he noted. The

Alec Baldwin, Amateur Legal Scholar
In this super exciting article published October 2nd in the Harvard Law Record (or at least the online version), Alec Baldwin makes the transition from the most likable but still somewhat douchey person on earth to his new profession, Amateur Legal Scholar. It's pretty long and potentially not as super exciting as I claimed in the first sentence, but here are the best parts, with an interruption from me, writing in italics: Alec Baldwin takes on family law Actor speaks about his own custody battles, advo

Alec Baldwin, Stop Talking
We've been over this Alec Baldwin. You think your story about a father's rights in the California court system need to be told, and hell, maybe it does. That's why you wrote a book about it right? But every time you give an interview to a reporter about your ex, Kim Basinger, and the bitter custody battles you've gone through for your daughter, you somehow let your larger-than-life personality and grandiose sentiments get the better of you, and end up sounding like a pretentious jackass

Glitter, Glamour, and Guzzling at the Golden Globes
Photo: Getty ImagesAt 8 p.m. last night, somewhere in the Beverly Hilton, Jennifer Lopez walked on stage and announced to a glittery room packed full of celebrities, “This is the Golden Globes! So let’s get right to the awards!” It was a strangely unceremonious way to commence the awards ceremony’s return from a two-year hiatus (it was canceled last year due to the writer's strike). But, hey! The Golden Globes are sort of like a rehearsal dinner for the Oscars -- the dress code and etiquette are lax

Move Over, Angelina!
Although watching the hullabaloo before Sunday night’s Golden Globes ceremony was more fun than usual

Alec Baldwin book A Promise To Ourselves is a desperately sad memoir
"His book is a treatise on how the family law system in America is broken, and why it should be changed. It is a serious book, masquerading as a manifesto but eventually turning into a desperately sad memoir about the failure of Baldwin’s marriage and his estrangement from his only child.

ALEC GOES ORCHESTRAL
AND the new voice of the New York Philharmonic is . . . Alec Baldwin . The morning after snagging a Golden Globe, the "30 Rock" star was onstage at Avery Fisher Hall, where new music director Alan Gilbert pro nounced him host of the orches tra's national radio broad casts. Baldwin, an admitted "audiophile," vowed to "go into the forest before each performance and think great thoughts before I per form my duties." Thank The New Yorker, reports The Post's

Baldwin speaks out on alcoholism
Alec Baldwin has spoken about his alcoholic addition in a new book named Moments of Clarity. Baldwin talks of driving down the motorway drinking wine, and realizing he had a problem. He writes: “I’m driving down the road, I’m having a drink, it’s 4 o’clock; I’m supposed to have a drink. But one day I went ‘I don’t see anybody else in their car with a plastic takeout containers filled with ice and wine. They’re drinking coffee and they’re drinking

Extra, Extra
Photograph by Herself_nyc on FlickrFrom the Gothamist Newsmap: a missing mother and child on153rd Street in Queens, a water condition at the UN and a pursuit on 5th Ave. and 3rd St. in Brooklyn.A new poll shows that New Yorkers are all for extending term limits--if we could just change the rule for just the mayor and not City Council.Real estate firm CEO arrested after being found with over a thousand Oxycontin and Xanax pills and cocaine.One day from her due date, pregnant woman was bored and decided to ta

The Mens: 2009 Golden Globes Red Carpet
Pierce Brosnan, now there's a man who just looks like he came out of the womb, dressed in a newborn-sized tuxedo. Ugh seriously? Sunglasses, Ashton Kutcher? Granted, Brad Pitt's...

Tina Fey Called Out Actual Haters
Socialite Life provides your recommended daily dose of celebrity gossip, photos, & media speculation - brought to you in digestible bites. To be enjoyed with a martini (and with a sense of humor).

Yes, Tina Fey trashed The Envelope's forum posters!
That's right. When she won the Golden Globe as best actress in a TV comedy series, Tina Fey ("30 Rock") mentioned how hurt she is by some of the tough things The Envelope's forum posters say about her in their postings. Here's the transcript of her acceptance speech:

Celeb Snax 13/1/09: Megan Fox Is Wrong… & More
Check out the below, for some super-duper filling celeb snax [Website

Thought: Want to know what’s scary about this Jett Travolta tragedy???
The scariest thing about this Jett Travolta’s tragedy is that Kelly Preston just did a film with Kevin Bacon where their oldest son dies. Remember the film “Death Sentence”? That fictional story in a film just became a reality for her. For that, I’m sure she’s even more scared than John is. Kev Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) « Report: Jett Travolta to be buried in Ocala, Florida… Getting good at “Dea

The Top 8 Women Who Changed the Face of 'SNL' [Defamer Lists]
newVideoPlayer("/snl8_def.flv", 506, 423,""); In honor of Saturday Night Live alum Molly Shannon, whose poorly-received sitcom Kath & Kim premieres tonight on NBC, we thought it was time to pay tribute to the women who've made the biggest mark on SNL over the years. Whether it's Tina Fey, whose profile has surged since her Sarah Palin guest appearances, or an underrated player like Jan Hooks who shines in late-night SNL reruns, we have a soft spot for the women who've succeeded despite being greatly outnum

SAG considers ending strike threat - Entertainment News, Business News, Media - Variety
SAG’s leaders may pull the plug as early as Monday on the guild’s divisive strike authorization vote at what is certain to be a volatile meeting of the guild’s national board. The moderate wing of the Screen Actors Guild’s fractured national board may also follow through on its stated intention to oust the union’s negotiating committee along with removing national exec director Doug Allen from his slot as chief negotiator. The depth of the nastiness of SAG’s internal pol

Kevin Bacon's Invisible Man Dos And Don't's [Found Footage]
newVideoPlayer("/hollowman2_io9.flv", 506, 280,""); Memo to David Goyer: When you finally make your long-awaited Invisible Man movie, you have to top 2000's Hollow Man in the inventive use of spattered blood to make the guy visible. Come on!Another awesome making-the-invisible-man-visible trick: displaced water in a swimming pool. Rock on.However, you can feel free to avoid having your invisible guy tell invisible Wonder Woman rape jokes. Really, it's fine. newVideoPlayer("/hollowman_io9.flv", 506, 280,"")

Kevin Bacon admits: 'We were swindled!\"
Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick were among the celebrities taken to the cleaners in the alleged Ponzi scheme run by disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, but Kevin tells Life & Style he's trying to keep his losses in perspective. "There are a lot of things I'm grateful for: my health, my family, my career, my family's health," he told Life & Style Friday at a Television Critics Association press event in LA. "We'll march on. We have to. There

Calvin Klein's fashion week party - Elle UK - 24Olsen
SOURCE: "Ashley Olsen" OR "mary-kate Olsen" - Google NewsCalvin Klein's fashion week partyElle UK, UK - 18 minutes ago... Halle Berry, Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester, Clare Danes, Naomi Watts, Ashley Olsen, Kevin Bacon, Ethan Hawke and Cynthia Nixon to name just a few. ...

You’ve Been Bacon’d!
Here's a video of Kevin Bacon playing pranks on people. It's called Bacon'd. That's pretty much all we have to say about it.

Lot of random photos: Dita Von Teese, Julianne Moore, Billy Bob Thornton, more
Tons of celebrities leaving Leonardo DiCaprio’s house after shooting a voting PSA: Courteney Cox, Dustin Hoffman, Sarah Silverman, Laura Linney, Kevin Bacon, Adam Levine, Benicio Del Toro, Maria Bello, and Esai Morales. 9/22/08 Fame Pictures Julianne Moore arrives at the Late Show with David Letterman. 9/23/08 RAM/Fame Pictures Selma Blair shoots scenes for “Kath & Kim” with co-star Molly Shannon at the Burbank Media Center in Burbank, CA. 9/23/08 Boy/Fame Pictures Kat