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 Galaga Addiction Cost Him More Than Just Quarters
Now that 30 Rock has afforded us the pleasure of catching up with Alec Baldwin on a near-weekly basis, the mental image that we conjure up when people mention the name "Alec Baldwin" is that of his current self. Meaning, because of the way active television-watchers develop a sense of familiarity with recurring characters, the name "Alec Baldwin" is now primarily associated in our minds with the well-distinguished (if slightly bloated) 50-year-old television star, not the wiry, jet-black-haired lothario typ

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

EVENT PICS: COMMON / JOY / GARCELLE / LAILA / SHEMAR / TICHINA / YAYA / TYRESE / SEAN & WIFE / ZOE
Rapper/Actor Common arrives at the InStyle/Warner Bros. after party for the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Oasis Court on Sunday in Beverly Hills, California. Actress Joy Bryant arrives at the Art Of Elysium’s 2nd annual Heaven Gala on Saturday Los Angeles, California.

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

‘Taare Zameen Par’ loses out on Oscar glory
AR Rahman might have made India proud with a Golden Globe award. But 2007's acclaimed 'Taare Zameen Par' hasn't been so lucky at the 81st Academy Awards.

The 66th Annual Golden Globes - Winners & Photos
Awards Show season is in full effect with the 66th Annual Golden Globes winners being announced last night. The event was held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California and the stars came out in full force. Rumer Willis took the stage as Miss Golden Globe in a stunning purple dress. [...]

Salma Hayek Rocks with Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock
Salma Hayek was spotted shooting on the Brooklyn Heights sets of "30 Rock" on October 10. Salma Hayek was present with her daughter and that made the shooting even more fun. Alec Baldwin’s character pays a visit to Hayek’s character during a family picnic. In betwen the takes, Salma had to make...Full Article See Also Laura Vandervoort Bikini PhotosBianca Gascoigne And Charlotte Mears Marbella,Spain Bikini PhotosKatie “Jordan&rdquo

Causa Watchmen: il film è quasi salvo
Udienze cancellate, strette di mano ai Golden Globes, spot televisivi trasmessi sui network della Fox: a quanto pare un accordo...

Megan Fox è un travestito
Sul tappeto rosso dei Golden Globes di due giorni fa, Megan Fox ha rilasciato una dichiarazione quanto meno curiosa. Durante le prime battute di un’intervista raccolta poco prima della premiazione, l’attrice americana ha dichiarato di essere un “tranny”, un travestito, anzi “un uomo”. La star di Transformers ha inoltre aggiunto di essere sul punto di vomitare dall’emozione e dal nervosismo. Poverina. è tanto insicura!

Heath Ledger’s Golden Globe Given to Matilda
Heath Ledger’s mom, Sally Bell, says that her son’s Golden Globe won during Sunday nights award show will go to his 3 year old daughter Matilda Ledger. Rightfully so, for the person who was most important in his life. Via People: “I should imagine that eventually it will be going to Matilda. At this stage [...]

DVD Review: Fey Shines on '30 Rock' Season 2
This year 30 Rock became the first comedy to win consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series in 10 years. The second season, which also won Emmys for stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin, will be released on DVD tomorrow with all 15 episodes and plenty of bonus features to make the listed price of $37.99 more than fair. The two-disc set is full of plenty of audio commentaries, deleted scenes, and, perhaps best of all, a recording of 30 Rock Live, the staged reading of one of the episodes the cast perform

Blake Lively’s Golden Globe Tantrum
Of course when you have a plethora of celebrities demanding to look perfect some of the those demands are bound to leak out. Blake Lively reportedly wanted to magically be a size smaller than she is. Her dress “had to be a size zero” or she wouldn’t wear it for the 2009 Golden Globes. So dressing [...]

Madonna: 'Palin Can't Come to My Show'
During the U.S. kickoff of her "Sticky and Sweet" tour at the Meadowlands in New Jersey on Saturday night, she shouted: "Sarah Palin can't come to my party. Sarah Palin can't come to my show. It's nothing personal," according to the New York Post's Page Six gossip column. She also told the crowd, "Here's the sound of Sarah Palin's husband's snowmobile when it won't start," followed by a loud screeching noise. Meanwhile, there's also buzz that "Saturday Night Live" — which i

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

The Office at The Golden Globes
Unfortunately for the show and for Steve Carell, no one won for The Office at the Golden Globes this year. In the Best TV Series Comedy category, the show lost to 30 Rock and Steve Carell lost the Best Actor award to 30 Rock’s Alec Baldwin. But the cast of the series came to the awards [...]