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What's In and Out for 2009

OPINION

Jan 1, 2009 2:36 PM CST

What's In and Out for 2009

A new year, a new inane list of trends that are sure to look dumb by December

(Newser) - The New Year is here, and that means it’s time to clean out the cultural wardrobe. Hank Stuever of the Washington Post offers his annual take on things that are so last year, and others sure to be cool in the next 12 months:

Out: LOLcats
In: “Garfield

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'Kenneth the Page' Talks
Weak Chins, 30 Rock

Nov 9, 2008 4:01 PM CST

'Kenneth the Page' Talks Weak Chins, 30 Rock

Jack McBrayer dishes on his character and connection with Tina Fey

(Newser) - Yes, Jack McBrayer is like Kenneth the Page, his 30 Rock character. Sort of. In an interview with Salon, the actor admits he’s “somewhat of a people-pleaser”—though the former Applebee's employee of the month has serious comedy chops. The Southerner met creator Tina Fey at Chicago’...

Fey: Palin Sketches
'Fair, Quite Gentle'

Oct 22, 2008 9:49 AM CDT

Fey: Palin Sketches 'Fair, Quite Gentle'

To complete transformation, 'we glue my ears down,' Fey says

(Newser) - Should Tina Fey take it easy on Sarah Palin? She doesn't think so, Access Hollywood reports. "I stand by the pieces as both fair and quite gentle," says Fey, who plays the veep nominee on SNL. At first Fey "didn’t think we looked alike at all,...

Baldwin on
SNL: 'It's Not
Meet the Press'

OPINION

Oct 20, 2008 4:45 PM CDT

Baldwin on SNL: 'It's Not Meet the Press'

(Newser) - If you saw Alec Baldwin's courtly interaction with Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live and you're wondering what's gotten into the well-known liberal firebrand, he's wondering something, too: What's your problem? "What did some of you people actually think would happen?" he writes in a post that went...

'Caribou Barbie' Debuts on SNL

Oct 19, 2008 4:50 AM CDT

'Caribou Barbie' Debuts on SNL

Baldwin tells her she's "way hotter" than Fey

(Newser) - The real Sarah Palin made her much anticipated debut on Saturday Nigh Live last night, gamely sparring with cast members who still skewered the candidate and show producer Lorne Michaels, reports USA Today. In the opening skit Tina Fey delivers Palin’s “first press conference” (she’s yet to...

Baldwin Rails on Family Court

Sep 23, 2008 12:00 PM CDT

Baldwin Rails on Family Court

Blames custody battle for "little pig" message to daughter

(Newser) - Fresh off his Emmy win Sunday, Alec Baldwin took his bitter custody battle public yesterday, promoting a new book, A Promise to Ourselves, about his experience divorcing Kim Basinger. He told a crowd of 120 people in San Francisco that it was his anger and frustration over the process that...

What's
Eating
Alec
Baldwin?

GLOSSIES

Sep 6, 2008 5:09 AM CDT

What's Eating Alec Baldwin?

'I don’t think I really have a talent for movie acting,' laments Red October star

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin—star of a hit TV show, winner of Golden Globes and SAG Awards, co-star to Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio and Nicole Kidman—isn't all that jazzed about acting anymore. “There’s just something else I want to do,” the 50-year-old actor tells Ian Parker in the...

Alec Baldwin Weighs
Political Career

May 9, 2008 8:40 AM CDT

Alec Baldwin Weighs Political Career

Actor hits the big 5-0, tells 60 Minutes he's learned tact

(Newser) - Outspoken actor Alec Baldwin is reconsidering his decision never to run for political office now that he's hit the half-century mark. The scrutiny he came under during his nasty divorce from Kim Basinger and the custody battle over their daughter has helped him learn the tact needed to survive in...

'Gotcha' Site TMZ Goes to TV

Sep 23, 2007 4:42 PM CDT

'Gotcha' Site TMZ Goes to TV

Zero to 60 gossip site ups ante

(Newser) - TMZ, the celebrity gossip site that specializes in the self-destructive antics of starlets and B-list celebs, is taking its exuberantly trashy act to TV. No surprise: its 9 million unique visitors in June make it the No. 1 entertainment news site. The surprise, Radar says, is that a major media...

Alec and Kim Play Hardball Over Ireland

Apr 27, 2007 8:23 AM CDT

Alec and Kim Play Hardball Over Ireland

Baldwin apologizes, but no one predicts an end to hostilities

(Newser) - Not since the Easter Rising has there been this much fighting over Ireland—that is, the 11-year old daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. With Baldwin appearing on "The View" this morning to apologize to Ireland for the furious voicemail leaked last week, the LA Times revisits the...

Basinger: Don't Look at Me!

Apr 24, 2007 12:35 PM CDT

Basinger: Don't Look at Me!

Actress says she didn't leak Baldwin voicemail in custody dispute

(Newser) - Kim Basinger says she didn't do it. Contrary to her ex-husband's accusations, the actress claims she wasn't the one who leaked the the furious voicemail Alec Baldwin left for their 11-year-old daughter to the press, inspiring a frency of opprobrium. Her publicist also said the tape wasn't under a court...

Alec Baldwin Loses It On Voicemail

Apr 20, 2007 8:23 AM CDT

Alec Baldwin Loses It On Voicemail

Furious attack on daughter causes judge to suspend visitation rights

(Newser) - A savage voicemail from Alec Baldwin to his 11-year-old daughter Ireland is burning up the Web, thanks to the bitter battle between the "30 Rock" star and his ex-wife Kim Basinger. The recording, in which the furious actor calls his daughter a "thoughtless little pig," was leaked...

"30 Rock" Is In
A Hard Place

Apr 4, 2007 6:44 AM CDT

"30 Rock" Is In A Hard Place

Sure critics like it, but it's up against Grey's Anatomy

(Newser) - Tina Fey takes things a lot more calmly than her strung-out alter-ego on "30 Rock," and it's a good thing: the TV comedy about a TV comedy is on very, very thin ice. NBC is expected to pick it up for another season, reports the LA Times,...