Weekend's best bets: "Saturday Night Live," "Mad Men" and "True Blood," in which vampires make better lovers than humans
This weekend offers some true goodies. Here are three that I recommend: "Saturday Night Live" opens a new season with Michael Phelps as host and Lil Wayne as musical guest. The big draw, however, could be "30 Rock" star Tina Fey (pictured) as Gov. Sarah Palin. Don't you want to see that? In a conference call earlier this week, "SNL" executive producer Lorne Michaels hinted that viewers could see skits on the Olympics, Aquaman, politics and Palin. Michaels said they were wa

Celeb Quotes of the Week
"I can't help myself." – Pamela Anderson, expressing her penchant for wearing a bikini, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show"He's gonna be naked in all the sketches I write, for sure." – Saturday Night Live castmember Kristen Wiig, envisioning the wardrobe for the show's season premiere host Michael Phelps, to PEOPLE"Who knew John McCain and I would have something in common? We both chose female running mates." – Ellen DeGeneres, comparing wife Portia de Rossi and McCa

James Franco to host SNL + cameos galore.
If Michael Phelps is feeling exhausted from his week preparing to host SNL tomorrow, maybe he'll be pepped up by news that hope is on the way: Barack Obama Will be making his second cameo on the show's season premiere. The big question of the week though has been which SNL cast member Will play Sarah Palin? While both the Phelps-fantasizing Kristen Wiig and newcomer Casey Wilson have been suggested, there's been a shocking third party mentioned: Tina Fey. However, Lorne Michaels is playing coy and only sayi

Michael Phelps Prepares For ‘Saturday Night Live’
Tonight is the night that 14-time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps will make his comedic acting debut as he hosts the season premiere of Saturday Night Live live from NYC. It was previously reported that Senator Barack Obama would be making a cameo on tonight’s season premiere ep but due to the severity of [...]

What's on TV on Saturday night
NBC's legendary sketch comedy series returns Saturday night in the middle of one of the most-watched political campaigns ever. Swimmer Michael Phelps is the host, but even with his awesome Olympics achievement, he'll be upstaged by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, who will make an appearance and talk about how the candidates are portrayed. Email Print

Morning Memo: The Olsen Twin Invasion; Kanye West Arrested; Milk and Honey Avoiding Your Calls
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's West Village neighbors are becoming increasingly irritated by the girls' "military presence" on their block. [P6]  Kanye West was arrested yesterday for breaking a photographer's camera at LAX. [TMZ]  At the premiere of their joint venture, Righteous Kill, neither Robert De Niro nor Al Pacino would comment on the swipe director Francis Ford Coppola took at the two of them in GQ. [NYDN] Barack Obama will join Michael Phelps on the season premiere of Saturday Night

Battle of the Gaffes: Joe Biden vs. Sarah Palin and Charlie Gibson
When Barack Obama selected Joe Biden as his running mate many believed that it was a "safe" pick.  But many that pay attention to the "Inside the Beltway" Biden know that he is prone to saying whatever he wants...

Barack Obama “Saturday Night Live” Appearance September 13
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama will join Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps and musical guest Lil Wayne on Saturday night’s season opener of SNL. According to PEOPLE Magazine, the Illinois senator will fly in from New Hampshire to be “live from New York.” “The details of the sketch are still being worked out,” a campaign source reveals. The Democratic presidential hopeful previously appeared on SNL during the primary in sketch where Amy Poehler played Hillary

Saturday Night Live Post
Who Will Play Michelle Obama?Does anyone have Ellen Cleghorn's number?While everyone waits to see if 30 Rocker Tina Fey will moonlight on Saturday Night Live as Sen. John McCain's VP pick, Sarah Palin, the long-running sketch show has a bigger — and perhaps longer-term — gap to fill.Conventional wisdom says that if super-busy Fey can't make time to channel the governor of Alaska, the likes of Kristen Wiig could ably slip on some character glasses and step in. Easy 'nuff. (Just make sure there's

One-Two Comedy Punch Of Phelps And Obama To Create Laugh Explosion On 'SNL' [Not That Strong A Swimmer]
newVideoPlayer("/Tina_Maybe.flv", 506, 423,"");Saturday Night Live certainly has balls. They already booked an unfunny guest host in Michael Phelps for this weekend’s season premiere, and now they’ve decided to compound the non-laughs by bringing in Barack Obama, an unfunny politician. At least he speaks clearly and doesn’t have an underbite like certain 8-time-gold-medal-winners we know. His sketch is still being worked out, but expect lipstick-on-a-pig jokes-a-plenty.Meanwhile the real question rema

Weekend Update: Fey as Palin, Obama as Himself
If Michael Phelps is feeling exhausted from his week preparing to host SNL tomorrow, maybe he'll be pepped up by news that hope is on the way: Barack Obama will be making his second cameo on the show's season premiere. The big question of the week though has been which SNL cast member will play Sarah Palin? While both the Phelps-fantasizing Kristen Wiig and newcomer Casey Wilson have been suggested, there's been a shocking third party mentioned: Tina Fey. However, Lorne Michaels is playing coy and only sayi

Barack Obama Cancels SNL Appearance Due to Hurricane Ike
Barack Obama has cancelled a guest appearance on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live because of Hurricane Ike, which made landfall in Texas Friday night. "If it's serious, it will change everything for us," SNL creator-producer Lorne Michaels told Politico Friday, before Obama had cancelled. "The tone of the show will shift, and it would be inappropriate for the senator to do if it looks in any way like it's going to be a tragedy," Michaels explained. The Democratic presidential nominee has

'SNL' recalls Fey for Palin duty
Live, from New York, it's Tina Fey as Sarah Palin. Fey, the former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and head writer, has agreed to return to the series Saturday night to play the Republican vice presidential candidate, the Daily News has learned. The episode is the first of the season and will also include an appearance by Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama and Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps as guest host. Buzz about Fey playing Palin surfaced almost immediately after the Alaska gov

Fred Armisen Gets Giggles with Punk Rock Girl
We love former Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein. We love SNL funny-man Fred Armisen. And you should love ThunderAnt, a video blog in which Armisen and Brownstein collaborate on a particularly quirky brand of sketch comedy parodying everything from feminist bookstores to Mr. Saddam Hussein. Their riotous new sketch, "One Man Show," takes on performance art—something we, well, don’t love. Apparently, Armisen initiated the collaboration during the writer’s strike and though he’s c

Fred Armisen as Obama, Darrell Hammond as McCain in Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live (SNL) will have Fred Armisen, ex Chicago punk-band drummer, parody Barack Obama and veteran “SNL” impressionist Darrell Hammond act as John McCain. Saturday Night Live looks forward to more comedy! Will they be funny? Source. This entry was posted on Friday, September 12th, 2008 at 7:02 am and is filed under TV. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to t

He’s the Biggest Celebrity in the World …
Barack Obama will be appearing on Saturday Night Live’s season premiere this weekend, alongside national hero and giant-penis-possessor Michael Phelps, who is sure to draw an audience. If Senator Obama wears a Speedo next to Michael Phelps, he’s got my vote. That’s the kind of bravery I want to see in my President. This entry was posted on Thursday, September 11th, 2008 at 11:18 pm and is filed under Barack Obama. You c

Fred Armisen Shows Carrie Brownstein His "One Man Show"
Last time ThunderAnt were in the kitchen, today Fred invites Carrie to his probing performance art piece which is funny for all the wrong reasons. Watch.

The latest Sarah Palin smear from the Left: teen molester
Just when you thought it couldn't get worse ...

Interview: Rainn Wilson Lays Down Tracks Beyond ‘The Office’ in New Film ‘The Rocker’
CHICAGO– Rainn Wilson is more than just the popular NBC character Dwight Schrute. The bespectacled antagonist of “The Office” is nowhere in evidence this time around as Wilson sat down with HollywoodChicago.com to talk about his new film “The Rocker”.The theater and TV veteran expressed a thoughtfulness and gratitude about his journey to this first feature-film lead role and spoke more about the craft of acting than the virtue of his celebrity.Rainn Wilson in Chicago (left) for “The Rocker” wi

LIL WAYNE STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE FOR NEW DOCUMENTARY!
Lil Wayne will star in a new documentary that will chronicle Weezy’s professional and personal life on the road. The new DVD will called ‘The Nino Brown Story’ will also feature appearances fromKanye West, Jay-Z, Juelz Santana, Jae Millz, Freekey Zekey and Baby. The documentary features uncensored footage from Lil Wayne’s travels across the country including stops in Newark, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and his native New Orleans. The title refers to, as Lil Wayne often does, the 1991

Tina Fey `likely' to play Sarah Palin on `SNL' - The Associated Press
The Gazette (Montreal) Tina Fey `likely' to play Sarah Palin on `SNL' The Associated Press - 23 minutes ago NEW YORK (AP) - Tina Fey is "likely" to play Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," said a person close to NBC's sketch comedy show. Anticipating "SNL." Now, don't blow it. San Francisco...

Singer Pink leads the pack against Sarah Palin
"This woman hates women," Pink said. "She is not a feminist."

Lil Wayne Salutes Nelly! Plus Says Theirs A Typo On The Stats "I Don't Know Who Typed This, But Im Quite Sure Its Suppose To Say Behind Me, & Then Eminem, Jay-Z"
Lil Wayne gives his props to Nelly as his Label partner and says he should be on top then comes eminem and jay-z

Phelps Shakes Off "SNL" Hosting Nerves
Michael Phelps steps out of his chlorinated comfort zone to host the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, treading the same stage where his comedy idol Chris Farley once got big laughs. The swimmer who won a record-setting eight gold medals at last month's Olympics has been riding a pop culture wave since Beijing, making the rounds of the TV talk shows, presenting at MTV's Video Music Awards and being gossiped about in the tabloids. Phelps follows in the athletic footsteps of such jocks