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All That Attention Makes Super Bowl Ads Suck

OPINION

Feb 5, 2010 1:02 PM CST

All That Attention Makes Super Bowl Ads Suck

Focus-group-esque setting leads to a lot of talking animals

(Newser) - You already know what you’re going to see during breaks in the Super Bowl action on Sunday: talking animals, talking babies, and crotch shots. Why? Because you, the public, demand it, says Tom Denari of Advertising Age . Now that sites allow viewers to rate Super Bowl ads, advertisers believe...

Jon Hamm
Returns to
SNL, Goes
Shirtless

tv recap

Jan 31, 2010 2:25 PM CST

Jon Hamm Returns to SNL, Goes Shirtless

'Saturday Night Live' guest host can't live up to debut but fits in well

(Newser) - Jon Hamm's Saturday Night Live debut was an instant classic, which meant hopes were high—perhaps unrealistically so—for last night's second effort. The Mad Men star has no trouble taking off his shirt and "obviously enjoys doing comedy, and so was game for a few silly bits,"...

SNL Jabs at Conan, Jay

Jan 17, 2010 11:07 AM CST

SNL Jabs at Conan, Jay

But it's Larry King who's the brunt of most of sketch's jokes

(Newser) - With NBC's late-night stars smacking each other around all week, Saturday Night Live could hardly wait to get its own licks in on Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien—one of its own alums. But, as David Itzkoff notes in the New York Times , given SNL's ties to NBC's late night,...

Beck, Palin Offer
to Co-Host SNL

'HOW COULD THEY SAY NO?'

Jan 13, 2010 6:06 PM CST

Beck, Palin Offer to Co-Host SNL

Ex-governor bets host a steak NBC will say yes

(Newser) - Uniting Sarah Palin on-air with Glenn Beck produced the expected fireworks on Fox News today, with the duo making NBC an offer the network will be hard-pressed to refuse: They want to co-host Saturday Night Live. “How could they say no?” Palin wondered, and bet Beck a steak that...

5 Things Conan
Could Do Next

maybe 'snl' wants him back

Jan 11, 2010 5:57 PM CST

5 Things Conan Could Do Next

Launch a Fox rival? Return to SNL ? Reality TV?

(Newser) - NBC's shabby treatment of Conan O'Brien has been a recurring theme of the Jay Leno-centric late-night shuffle, but "he-who-rocks-the-dopest-pompadour-on-TV" has more options than you might think. MTV ponders his options.

Defect to Fox: The network is apparently interested, and it would be a great way to tick off NBC.

...

Clueless Co-Star
Brittany Murphy
Dead at 32

UPDATED

Dec 20, 2009 3:16 PM CST

Clueless Co-Star Brittany Murphy Dead at 32

Troubled starlet suffered cardiac arrest

(Newser) - Brittany Murphy, who made a splash playing the makeover victim in Clueless and later battled substance abuse, died today in Los Angeles. She was 32. The LA Fire Department was called to a home owned by Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack, where she was found in cardiac arrest and could not...

James Franco in Gay,
Incestuous Kiss

SNL HIJINKS

Dec 20, 2009 12:39 PM CST

James Franco in Gay, Incestuous Kiss

Host gets a little frisky with grandpa in SNL sketch

(Newser) - Adam Lambert, look out: James Franco heated things up on Saturday Night Live last night with a couple of sultry smooches with male co-stars. Franco, playing a college kid introducing his girlfriend to his overly affectionate family, earned audience hoots when he locked lips with onscreen brother Bill Hader. But...

Kenan Thompson
Gets His Moment

SNL STAR

Dec 14, 2009 12:24 PM CST

Kenan Thompson Gets His Moment

The Saturday Night Live star is 'on fire' this season

(Newser) - After seven seasons on Saturday Night Live, Kenan Thompson is finally starting to get America’s—and Lorne Michaels'—attention. “I’ve gradually gotten to the point where I’m hopefully getting a sketch a week—that’s everyone’s ambition,” Thompson tells New York . Michaels adds that...

Lautner to Kanye:
You Messed With
the Wrong Taylors

'SNL' HIJINKS

Dec 13, 2009 10:52 AM CST

Lautner to Kanye: You Messed With the Wrong Taylors

Twilight werewolf uninspiring as show continues trip south

(Newser) - Taylor Lautner flipped, kicked, and chopped his way to vengeance on a fake Kanye West, but the Twilight werewolf's presence on last night's Saturday Night Live didn't make it a howl, writes Ken Tucker for EW . Lowlights:

"The only thing worse" than Kanye-Taylor jokes "would have been a

...

SNL Tiger Sketch
a Bit Sketchy

BUT CHECK OUT RIHANNA

Dec 6, 2009 11:50 AM CST

SNL Tiger Sketch a Bit Sketchy

Host Blake Lively not awful, Rihanna scores with 'Shy Ronnie'

(Newser) - Domestic violence does not comedy make, and the folks over at Popeater aren't laughing at Saturday Night Live's sketch lampooning Tiger Woods and his golf-club-wielding wife, Elin Nordegren—particularly with musical guest "Rihanna on board, we wonder if a domestic violence gag was in especially poor taste," staffers...

SNL a Right-Wing Mouthpiece

OPINION

Nov 24, 2009 1:14 PM CST

SNL a Right-Wing Mouthpiece

Or latest sketch just a 'vehicle to make anal sex joke'

(Newser) - Saturday’s SNL cold opener—which poked fun at Obama’s deficit spending—conclusively marked the show as an “occasionally humorous right-wing propaganda organ,” writes Ethan Porter of True/Slant . SNL’s been obviously anti-Obama since the primaries, pausing only to mock Sarah Palin, who's far less popular than...

Palin on Fey's Parody:
'I Thought It Was Me'

Nov 16, 2009 2:35 PM CST

Palin on Fey's Parody: 'I Thought It Was Me'

McCain campaign worried 'SNL' visit could be 'atrocious'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live to "neutralize" the effect of Tina Fey’s scathing impression, the former Alaska governor tells Oprah Winfrey. The campaign was “apprehensive” about having her appear on the show, thinking such an appearance could be "potentially atrocious." But Palin pushed...

How Taylor Swift
Shot to the Top

Nov 11, 2009 12:28 PM CST

How Taylor Swift Shot to the Top

Teen a strong contender for country music's biggest prize

(Newser) - Barring interference from Kanye West, Taylor Swift heads to Nashville to fight for country music's top prize tonight: Entertainer of the Year. The 19-year-old singer is up against the old boys of the industry, but Randy Lewis of the LA Times thinks she's got a shot. If the Pennsylvania-born Nashville...

Martin, Baldwin to Host Oscars

Nov 3, 2009 6:51 PM CST

Martin, Baldwin to Host Oscars

March 7 broadcast will be third for Martin, first for Baldwin

(Newser) - Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will host next year’s Oscars telecast, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. Martin’s hosted the show twice, and though Baldwin never has, he has plenty of similar experience, hosting Saturday Night Live 14 times. That’s one less than...

Kanye Cameo Likely
During Swift's SNL Gig

DEAD HORSE RIDES AGAIN

Oct 26, 2009 8:40 PM CDT

Kanye Cameo Likely During Swift's SNL Gig

(Newser) - Just when the Kanye West-Taylor Swift meme was starting to ebb a bit, there’s this from the rumor mill: West, awards-show interrupter, will make a cameo when Swift, awards-show interruptee, hosts Saturday Night Live on Nov. 7. Quoth gossip maven Perez Hilton: “Sources tell us this is very...

Bon Jovi Is NBC's First
'Artist in Residence'

Oct 14, 2009 9:38 PM CDT

Bon Jovi Is NBC's First 'Artist in Residence'

Jon and the boys will promote new album exclusively on network-owned air

(Newser) - In a move that will keep him exclusively on NBC-owned airwaves as he promotes his band’s upcoming album, Jon Bon Jovi has signed on as the network’s first “artist in residence.” His first appearance was on this morning’s Today show; he has spots scheduled with...

Fey: Palin Wig
'Will Come Out
of the Closet'

GLOSSIES

Oct 8, 2009 7:43 AM CDT

Fey: Palin Wig 'Will Come Out of the Closet'

Tina Fey on her Sarah Palin impersonation, Steve Carell, and being a workaholic

(Newser) - Tina Fey talks about many things in her interview with Laura Brown for Harper’s Bazaar—her “Halloween wig”-like hair, her “Tootsie”-like glasses—but the most important news? The resurrection of her Sarah Palin impersonation. “I feel like I've probably not worn that wig for...

Honeymoon's
Over for SNL,
Obama

ANALYSIS

Oct 8, 2009 3:39 AM CDT

Honeymoon's Over for SNL, Obama

Saturday Night Live sketch mocks 'do-nothing' prez

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live didn't pull any punches when lampooning President Obama on the weekend and some analysts say that should be a red flag for the administration. A comedy skit purported to come to the president's defense against right-wing complaints that he's a "Hitler." No such thing. "...

SNL: Dave Extortion
a 'Stupid Human Trick'

LETTERMAN ROUNDUP

Oct 4, 2009 7:19 AM CDT

SNL: Dave Extortion a 'Stupid Human Trick'

Plus, the Daily News thinks Dave has a secret love nest in his office—or at least a couch

(Newser) - Add Saturday Night Live to the ranks of those making sport of David Letterman's difficulties. But in the hands of SNL, Dave got off pretty easy. "Weekend Update" anchor Seth Meyers dubbed the extortion attempt "a stupid human trick," adding that the would-be blackmailer was threatening to...

Brian Austin Green Is Back. Thank You, Megan Fox

OPINION

Sep 30, 2009 1:01 PM CDT

Brian Austin Green Is Back. Thank You, Megan Fox

Former has-been now seems to be everywhere—better him than his galpal

(Newser) - After falling into near-obscurity following his stint on Beverly Hills 90210, Brian Austin Green is suddenly everywhere: “in the background of photos featuring Megan Fox,” “on that short-lived but cult-followed show Terminator,” even “as a pants-dropping Transformer” on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live....