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August 27th, 2009 / Author: Mary Beth Quirk30 Rock Gets 22 Chances at Emmy Gold
July 16th, 2009 / Author: Chris Morran
On NBC’s 30 Rock, Tina Fey plays a put-upon producer of a ill-regarded show, but in the real world, she and her cohorts are mining for Emmy gold after receiving 22 nominations this morning — more than any other show. Read more »
Neil Patrick Harris to Host Prime-Time Emmys
July 13th, 2009 / Author: Mary Beth Quirk
Neil Patrick Harris did such a good job hosting the Tony Awards last month, CBS has signed up the How I Met Your Mother star to emcee the prime-time Emmys on Sept. 20. Read more »
Big Edie vs Little Edie
April 24th, 2009
There’s nothing like a little cast competition to add to all the buzz surrounding the success of HBO’s Grey Gardens – Page Six reports that movie executives were angling to set Drew Barrymore, who plays "Little Edie," forward for the Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries Emmy nomination, and have Jessica Lange ("Big Edie") go for Best Supporting Actress, so as to avoid vote-splitting.
Not gonna happen, says a source, who explains that Jessica wasn’t about to play games with her award chances.
"Her immediate reaction was that she’s won two Oscars, and that she has equal screen time to Barrymore," and insider tells the column. "She felt she wasn’t a supporting character in the film, and that it’d be dishonest and a manipulation of votes. She didn’t want a part of it."
It has now come down to both the actresses going for the big prize, which HBO is on board with after much discussion. Noms won’t be announced until July 16.
"Now we have a scenario where either Lange will go home empty-handed, or neither will win," says the source. "It’s unfortunate."
A spokeswoman for HBO tells Page Six, "Both performances have been widely praised and critically acclaimed. We are thrilled with the reception that Grey Gardens has received. HBO would never presume to dictate which category an actor chooses for award submissions. We do engage in a dialogue with actors and filmmakers to facilitate the process, but the actor’s decision is always final."
Jessica’s rep adds, "Prior to the decision being made, there was lots of discussion between Drew, the studio and Jessica. Obviously people wanted a scenario where everyone was happy. At the end of the day, HBO was the one who looked at the screentime and made the call."
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VIDEO: Sarah Palin on SNL
October 19th, 2008 / Author: matt
As the opening segment began on Saturday Night Live this past weekend, the audience in the studio and at home had no idea whether or not the Sarah Palin that had just been announced would be the actual Republican Vice-Presedential candidate or if it would be Tina Fey, who has become a frequent guest on the show this fall, trotting out her dead-on Palin impersonation.
As it turned out, it was Tina that came out to partake in a fake press conference. But lo and behold — as OK! was the first to report weeks ago — the real Palin was on-hand, in an identical suit to Tina’s, watching the show on a monitor backstage with show producer Lorne Michaels.
"I just didn’t think it was a realistic depiction of the way my press conferences would have gone," the Alaska governor told Lorne. Who defended the impersonation, calling it a "heightened reality."
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That’s when Mark Wahlberg, who has been rather public about his dislike of SNL star Andy Samberg’s impersonation of him, made a surprise appearance, threatening to bust Lorne’s head open if he didn’t point the way to Andy’s whereabouts.
Another surprise star turn from outspoken Obama supporter and frequent SNL host Alec Baldwin ratcheted up the hilarious backstage tension.
Mistaking the real Palin for Tina Fey, the 30 Rock star told Michaels, "You can’t let Tina go out there with that woman… She goes against everything we stand for." He even got the governor to say her own nickname, "Caribou Barbie."
When Michaels pointed out to Baldwin that he had actually been standing to the real Palin, the embarrassed actor said, "I have to tell you this… You are way hotter in person." To which Palin replied, "And I must say, your brother Stephen is my favorite Baldwin brother."
Palin made a second appearance on the show during the Weekend Update segment, where Amy Poehler waxed lyrical about the presidential race:
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Christina Applegate: I Avoided Hugs
October 10th, 2008
In order to keep her breast cancer diagnosis a secret, Christina Applegate says she told those in her inner circle to shield her from contact for weeks.
"I told my make-up and hair people and people that are really close to me just so I had a protection wall so that no one was pushing me," Christina told Ellen DeGeneres on her show today.
While she returned to the set for weeks after her double-mastectomy, Christina, who revealed her diagnosis in August, hid her cancer from others and was reluctant to hug people.
"But now I’m good. I’ll grab you," she told Ellen.
"I’m going to hug you a bunch during this commercial break," responded the daytime host.
The Samantha Who? star says she’s feeling better now, and is cancer-free. She was nominated for an Emmy this year for her starring role on the show, and won an Emmy in the past for a guest role on Friends.
VIDEO: Tina Fey’s Sarah Palin Encore
September 29th, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff
Even though Tina Fey has a hit, Emmy-winning comedy in 30 Rock, her most popular creation these days is her dead-on impersonation of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, which was such a hit on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live, she brought it back for a second go-around this weekend.
Scroll down for the whole clip!
Poking fun at Palin’s recent, embarrassing interview with CBS News’ Katie Couric, where the Alaska governor stammered her way through several non-answers, Tina portrayed Palin as hick from the sticks, who mistakes NYC cab drivers for Osama Bin Laden and thinks that U2 singer Bono is the King of Ireland.
Watch the clip for yourself below and CLICK HERE to check out OK!’s exclusive gallery of Palin family pics!
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September 22nd, 2008
Piven Not Amused by Emmy Hosts
September 22nd, 2008
Going into Sunday night’s Emmy broadcast, many TV insiders wondered whether the decision to toss aside the ceremony’s usual single-host format in favor of multiple hosts — specifically the five nominees in the Outstanding Reality Show Host category — would work. Well, it didn’t — at least according to Jeremy Piven.
The Entourage star, who won the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy award for the third time on Sunday, was the evening’s first honoree and had the dubious honor of following only minutes after the five hosts — American Idol’s Ryan Seacrest, Project Runway’s Heidi Klum, Dancing With the Stars‘ Tom Bergeron, Survivor’s Jeff Probst and Deal or No Deal’s Howie Mandel — rambled on about "having nothing" on the teleprompters, causing more than a bit of uncomfortable shuffling in the audience.
Backstage, Jeremy let his distaste for the opening segment be known to reporters. "It was a celebration of nothing," the outspoken actor announced. "I was confused."
And it looks like he wasn’t the only one. Later in the evening, Jeff Probst himself, who ultimately beat out his fellow finalists for the Reality Show Host title, admitted he didn’t know how the show came off and plans to watch it again at home.
"According to Piven, it didn’t [work]," Probst shrugged, admitting that having five hosts for the Emmys was a hard task because they all couldn’t agree on the jokes.
