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

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

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

Report: Tina Fey 'Likely' to Cameo as Sarah Palin on Tonight's 'SNL'
Tina Fey is "likely" to portray Gov. Sarah Palin in a sketch tonight on the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live," a source tells the Associated Press. The "SNL" alum and 'Baby Mama' star's publicist didn't return a call to confirm or deny, says the AP. Olympic champ Michael Phelps will host tonight's show. Posted September 13, 2008 5:31:00 AM See All: celebs Michael Phelps Sarah Palin saturday night live Tina Fey tv E-Mail | Print | | .module_topstorie

Tina Fey 'Likely' To Play Sarah Palin On 'SNL'
NEW YORK (AP) - Tina Fey was "likely" to play Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," said a person close to NBC's sketch comedy show. Fey is "likely" to return to her former show Saturday to play the Alaskan governor and Sen. John McCain's running mate, a person close to the show told The Associated Press on Friday night. The person requested anonymity because the decision has not been announced officially. No further details were available. Since Palin's entry onto the national political stage, spe

Alaska, Swimmer's Ear To Dominate Saturday Night Live Opener [Television]
The new season of Saturday Night Live begins tonight and it may be one of the most anticipated debuts the show has had in a long while. The host is human-dolphin hybrid Michael Phelps and athletes often make surprisingly good hosts, because they (generally) aren't afraid to go along with anything. (That's the secret weapon all great hosts understand.) More importantly, it will (hopefully!) mark the return of Tina Fey to the ensemble, taking on the temporary role of You Know Who. (Or maybe it'll be Kristen W

Shocking news! Fey to play Palin on SNL tonight!
Filed under: Late Night, News, Saturday Night Live, Music and Variety, Reality-FreeIn what can only be labeled as the "shock of the decade," Richard Huff of the New York Daily News has reported that Tina Fey will return to Saturday Night Live tonight to play Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee. I've gotta tell ya, as far as the surprise factor is concerned, this ranks right up there with fall of the Berlin Wall and the Challenger explosion. I mean, Fey looks nothing like Palin. That's esp

Tina Fey As Sarah Palin On SNL - Duh
There has been widespread speculation on the internet that Sarah Palin, running mate of John McCain, and Tina Fey, former SNL star/writer and star of 30 Rock, were separated at birth. Aside from the age difference, I

TUBE WATCH: All eyes on Tina Fey for the season premiere of Saturday Night Live!
Seems like NBC might be daring-us-to-watch that stiff-marble-mouth -- Michael Phelps struggle through as the worlds unfunniest host for their season opener... 'but, no worries, the buzz is that Tina Fey will yuck it up in a cameo -- (playing her sister from another planet: Sarah Palin)... » Henry Cruz's blog Login or register to post comments   Similar links "30 ROCK&qu

Barack Obama Cancels SNL Premiere Appearance
His rep cited Hurricane Ike as the reason, telling the press today that “Obama didn’t feel like it was appropriate after the storm made landfall in Texas.”   In fact, the whole show might be changed up, depending on the severity of the storm, which has been downgraded to tropical storm status. “If it’s serious, it will change everything for us,” the show’s creator and producer Lorne Michaels told Politco on Friday. “The tone of the show will shift, and it w

Tina Fey Sarah Palin Cameo “Saturday Night Live” “Likely”
Don’t forget to tune into the Season Opener of Saturday Night Live tonight. A source tells the Associated Press that it is “likely” Palin deadringer Tina Fey will portray the Alaska governor in a SNL sketch that will air later this evening. Get PopCrunch News Updates Email: What's Hot At PopCrunch Related Articles: Tina

Tina Fey `likely’ to play Sarah Palin on `SNL’
Fey is "likely" to return to her former show Saturday to play the Alaskan governor and Sen. John McCain’s running mate, a person close to the show told The Associated Press on Friday night. The person requested anonymity because the decision has not been announced officially. No further details were available. Since Palin’s entry onto the national political stage, speculation has been rampant over who might play Palin on the program. Many have commented that Fey resembles her. In an interview

Lindsay & Sam: Matching Tattoos Now; Marriage By The New Year? [Dirt Bag]
"I'm really happy," Lindsay Lohan tells Marie Claire. She and Sam Ronson have matching tattoos. "Samantha has a bunch of stars, so I got that," LL says. Then, pointing to a little heart, she says, "she got this." And! She is looking to buy a home "with someone." [People]Lindsay's MySpace message: "I love yams." Yams rhymes with Sam? [PopDirt]Sam Ronson maybe told a bunch of people: "By the end of this year, my love Will be Mrs Ronson." [Daily Star, The Sun]Just months after she gave birth to his son, Anthon

Report: Tina Fey in Talks to Play Sarah Palin on ‘SNL’
Veteran ‘Saturday Night Live’ alum and Sarah Palin look-alike Tina Fey may be in talks to play the GOP vice presidential nominee on the show’s season premiere this Saturday. The New York Post reports that Fey, who left the sketch-comedy series two years ago, has not agreed to play the role, but the idea has been talked about. “There are discussions,” ‘SNL’ executive Lorne Michaels tells the paper. “They’re ongoing.” Read the full story  

Obama Needs To Release His “Righteous Rage!”
With the media swooning over the new current political rock star celebrity Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and the with a media “blackout” freezing out news coming from Barack Obama and the Dems, Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington says now is the time for Obama to yell ENOUGH - and “release his righteous rage.” Throughout the campaign, Obama has often repeated the line that what brought him to the race was as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. described it as 

Five Join James Franco in Allen Ginsberg Biopic ‘Howl’
David Strathairn, Alan Alda, Jeff Daniels, Mary-Louise Parker and Paul Rudd have all signed on to join James Franco (as Allen Ginsberg) in Howl, a retelling of Ginsberg’s life during the mid-1950s release of his classic book-length poem and the obscenity trial that followed. Documentarians Rob Epstein (The Times of Harvey Milk) and Jeffrey Friedman (The Celluloid Closet) will jointly write, produce and direct the story. (Hollywood Reporter) Posted by Ted Zee on September 08th 2008 | Hom

Tina Fey Returning To SNL To Play Palin!?! Awesome!!
 Talks are said to be ongoing between SNL and Tina Fey for her to return to "SNL" to play Sarah Palin. That would be too perfect. I did say in a previous post that instead of looking like Angelina Jolie, that Sarah Palin more closely resembles Tina Fey.Tina's return to "SNL" wouldn't be permanent but more like guest appearances to portray the Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.  Lorne Michaels was asked about the possibility of Fey returning to play Pali

Barack Obama “SNL” Season Premiere Appearance Cancelled
Senator Barack Obama has cancelled his eagerly-awaited appearance on tonight’s season premiere of Saturday Night Live out of respect for victims of Hurricane Ike, which has devastated parts of coastal Texas. The Democatic presidential hopeful had been scheduled to appear in a sketch on tonight’s episode of SNL, hosted by Olympic champion Michael Phelps. “In light of the unfolding crisis in Texas, Sen. Obama has decided it is no longer appropriate to appear on ‘Saturday Night Live&

Morning Memo: James Franco is Eye Candy at Columbia; Cityfile Gets Servicey; Alec Baldwin Loses It Again - 24Olsen
Mary-Kate Olsen forced organizers of at the Rock and Republic show to re-seat her in between Gossip Girl stars Chace Crawford and Jessica Szohr, though she later obliged them by "[smiling] in the front row." [NYDN] Sean 'Diddy' Combs totally lied about having a private jet!  [Palm Beach Post] For those who don't know their Hamish Bowles from their Michael Roberts: The good people at Cityfile have put together an illustrated guide to prominent fashion week faces. [Cityfile]    read more »

College Girls In Heat Over James Franco [Shut Up, College]
The twits at Columbia can be so déclassé: as Vesal Yazdi wrote in the university's Spectator (and as noted by Page Six), they surrounded actor James Franco like cats in heat as he was trying to study in a campus cafe (he's going for his master's in writing.) They were "crowd[ing] around him and star[ing] into his face and the emails on his Mac..." "About 20 minutes later, people start hoarding around the entrance of the cafe, and by 11:50PM, most Columbians, particularly the type of ridiculous, sq

James Franco - Franco Prompts Frenzy At University
Studious actor James Franco has caused uproar among his classmates at Columbia University - after a group of squealing female fans interrupted a study session to "harass" ...

College Girls Stalking Their Classmate James Franco [Shut Up, College]
The twits at Columbia can be so déclassé: as Vesal Yazdi wrote in the university's Spectator (and as noted by Page Six), they surrounded actor James Franco like cats in heat as he was trying to study in a campus cafe (he's going for his master's in writing.) They were "crowd[ing] around him and star[ing] into his face and the emails on his Mac..." "About 20 minutes later, people start hoarding around the entrance of the cafe, and by 11:50PM, most Columbians, particularly the type of ridiculous, sq