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Yes, the Shit [Everyone] Says trend has overstayed its welcome by about three weeks and is now beginning to smell like rotten fish (an observation which is loosely based on some Shit Ben Franklin Said). But now comes the important news that there is a Shit Liz Lemon Says; so an exception must be made. Here it is in all its hilarious glory. And now that Liz Lemon has spoken, it's time to SHUT IT DOWN! More »
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Liz Lemon — full name: Elizabeth Miervaldis Lemon — has revealed much about her inner-workings to the 30 Rock audience over the years, but even after five seasons has never explained why her middle name is what it is. Long story short: it comes from a friend of the show of Latvian descent named Katie Miervaldis. More »
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As "gay episodes" of network TV go, the deftest handling I can think comes from the 2007 30 Rock episode "Cougars." Tina Fey's Liz Lemon finds herself dating a much younger man and her straight/disgusting colleague Frank Rossitano falls in love with him. It's rare to see a standard comedy show draw such a clear distinction between the sexual and cultural aspects of being a gay man, but 30 Rock nails it. Frank doesn't cut his hair, show up to work in a cardigan or begin rocking out to Xtina. He stays the same guy he is - a straight one, for the most part-  who happens to fall for one other guy. At the episode's end, after getting over his crush, he visits a gay club and decides the whole scene isn't for him. More »
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Sex Offender Week on The Awl got me thinking, how long's it been since I wrote about gender politics? Twenty minutes? Everywhere in L.A. takes twenty minutes! Some thoughts on the preeminent intellectual sex symbol television characters of our time: More »
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• Rumor has it that Reggie Bush dumped Kim Kardashian not because she was pressuring him to get married, but because she slept with Kanye West.

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Amanda Marcotte's new piece on female nerds in television is perceptive — but it also shows how diluted the word "nerd" has become. More »
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When we posted about Tina Fey's recent Esquire shoot last week, one of our commenters asked, "Am I the only person who finds Fey very traditionally attractive?" Chloe at Feministing has an answer: More »
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Last night on 30 Rock, Liz Lemon said no to "settle-soulmate" Wesley — even if it meant stepping in dog shit. More »
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Last night on 30 Rock, James Franco (who apparently only takes on meta projects now) guest starred as "James Franco," an actor looking for a fake relationship "with a human woman to dispel certain unsavory rumors." Of course, Jenna accepted. More »
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• Mad Men isn't on the air right now, but Jon Hamm will be on your TV!

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Last night on 30 Rock, Devin Banks said Liz Lemon's talk show Dealbreakers was destined to fail because, "She's just a writer with zero performing experience." But, a certain writer-turned-actress gave the funniest performance since Jack and Tracy's therapy session. More »
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• Two teens from Indiana have brought a lawsuit against their school after they were barred from participating in school activities following the discovery of some racy pictures they posted on MySpace. • More »
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Weekly Standard writer Matthew Continetti has written a book called The Persecution of Sarah Palin, in which he explains why unreal Americans hate her so much. In Tina Fey's case, it's apparently because of her television "alter ego" Liz Lemon. More »
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Last night on the season premiere of 30 Rock, Jack announced that, to boost ratings, TGS needed to pander to middle America (or, as he put it, trick "racecar-loving wide loads into watching your lefty, homoerotic propaganda hour"). More »
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Mary Richards (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) is often noted as being the feminist icon of television. While Ms. Richards may have been a groundbreaking portrayal of a working woman, she never actually talked about being a feminist. Here, we list fictional characters who more openly flew their feminist flags. More »
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Esquire writer Stephen Marche asks, "Where have all the loose women gone?" Excellent question! More »
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Ooh, looky here: A preview clip from the episode of 30 Rock in which Liz Lemon meets her new neighbor, played by Jon Hamm! It's embedded behind the jump. [Videogum] More »
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Liz Lemon's parents abandoned her on Christmas this year to attend a "couples-only retreat in Arizona, the theme of which is sexy at 70." More »
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On last night's 30 Rock, Liz didn't want to go to her high school reunion because she remembers herself as a defenseless nerd whom no one liked. It turns out that Liz's memory is pretty shoddy, because she was actually a defenSIVE nerd whom no one liked. "This is a beauty mark, but you thought it was funny to say that God pooped on me," the homecoming queen complained. Like Sarah Palin before her, Liz Lemon has more than just a dash of high school bitchy. Clip above.


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TVgasm pointed us to this adorable 30 Rock spoof from Sesame Street called 30 Rocks, natch. In this episode, Liz Lemon (a lemon with glasses), has to count 30 rocks for a sketch she's trying to coordinate. Click on lil' lemon for the full clip! Orange you glad we're showing it? [TVgasm] More »
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Jennifer "Angelina's Uncool" Aniston guest starred on last night's 30 Rock, and we're not going to lie: this was not our favorite episode. Aniston played Claire Harper, Liz and Jenna's "crazy" old roommate from Chicago who, according to Liz, uses sex to "suck men in and bleed them dry." Claire sinks her claws into Liz's boss Jack Donaghy, and there's an uncomfortable, vaguely sexual competition between Claire and Liz. Aniston was sort of trying too hard, and her performance had none of the comedic ease of her always amusing Rachel Green on Friends. Anyway, the funniest line was in the cold open, when Liz says of Claire, "She's like a human Macarena…something everyone did at parties in 1996." Clip above. More »
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Tina Fey is really trying to bolster 30 Rock's mediocre ratings with a slew of fancy guest stars. First there was Oprah, and tonight, Jennifer Aniston will make her appearance as Claire Harper, the psychotic former roommate of Fey's Liz Lemon. Click on Aniston's mug for a clip of her singing a Marilyn-inspired version of "Happy Birthday" to Alec Baldwin's Jack Donaghy. [Mirror] More »
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In last night's episode of 30 Rock Liz had to go to Chicago to get out of jury duty since she'd never officially changed her address (note to self: apparently pretending to think you're Princess Leia gets you out of civic duties). Anyway, on the way back, Liz took a sleeping pill called Comanapracil, which boasts side effects like "dizzness, sexual nightmares and sleep crime." When Oprah sat down next to a dazed Liz, she called her "Borpo," and babbled on about how she didn't lose her virginity until she was 25 and that one time Liz kissed a girl on a dare at camp and then she died. Not to mention the sex dream she had about Nate Berkus and Dr. Oz. Clip above. More »
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That was quick: The Keanu Reeves trial is over; Keanu doesn't have to give the paparazzi who sued him a single dime. Most excellent! • Project Runway winner Christian Siriano might dress the Pussycat Dolls? Hot. Tranny. Mess. • Here's a sneak peek at Oprah talking about her fave things with Liz Lemon from Thursday's episode of 30 Rock. If Tina Fey gets any more awesome, there could be a tear in the space-time continuum. [AP, New York Mag, E!] More »
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The internet Gods have smiled upon us with the season premiere of 30 Rock one week early. Liz Lemon is trying to adopt a child, and during this episode, a woman from the adoption agency (played by Will and Grace star Megan Mullally) visits the set of The Girlie Show to see whether or not Liz is a suitable candidate. Of course, everything goes horribly wrong, and Mullally's character Bev ends up getting knocked unconscious by golden nunchucks. Liz decides to take advantage of the situation, and in the clip above, she gets a do-over of Bev's visit. The subject matter of this episode, while not the most LOLworthy 30 Rock in history, did remind me of why the show is so popular: it takes on serious issues lady issues. More »
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There was a time when a place in Carrie Bradshaw's vagina was the most coveted hot spot in premium cable. Honest-to-goodness stars like Vince Vaughn and Mikhail Baryshnikov visited Carrie's wonder spot, but it's not what you could do for Bradshaw's bits, it's what Bradshaw's bits could do for you. Just like Courtney Love, who famously said, "I have a magic pussy, If you fuck me, you become a king," doing time in Carrie's nether regions is a one-way ticket to televised success in 2008. Carrie Bradshaw's boyfriend is officially the new Jerry Seinfeld's girlfriend, as TV stars like Teri Hatcher, Marcia Cross, and SatC's own Kristin Davis did it with Jerry before they hit the big time. After the jump, find out the four men who originally appeared as Carrie's beaux and are now part of the most critically acclaimed shows of the year. More »
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Fellow Tina Fey-natic blogger Kate Harding has a quibble with the Emmy-winning 30 Rock star. It bugs her that Tina Fey makes fun of her own looks in her comedy. "Even if she thinks of herself as a geeky underdog," Harding writes, "these days, the woman is fucking conventionally gorgeous. Whenever there’s a crack about her looks on 30 Rock, I’m torn between being sad that she apparently doesn’t see that in herself and being pissed off that she’s reinforcing the idea that having brown hair, glasses, and a figure that’s maybe a size 2 instead of a 0 actually equals ugly." More »
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• Lindsay Lohan has turned down a $700,000 offer to pose topless in Playboy. Since we already saw her nipples in New York magazine, what would be the point? [Page Six]
• Meanwhile, there's a truce in the Lohan fam: Michael is actually saying nice things about Dina! And mom, dad and all the kids will allegedly all be together for the final service for Lindsay's grandfather, who died last week. They'll scatter his ashes in a Long Island harbor. [E!]
• You know how Sarah Palin was on the cover of Us? Apparently the magazine "lost thousands of subscribers in the first 24 hours" following the printing of the issue. [MSNBC]

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• Oprah! In final talks! To be on 30 Rock! She'll play herself in scenes with Tina Fey's character Liz Lemon. Will Arnett and Jennifer Aniston are also making appearances on the show this fall. The bad news? The season premiere doesn't air until October 30. [E!]
• Paris Hilton has "manipulated" the Toronto Film Festival to get more publicity for a documentary about herself. There were three screenings of the film Paris, Not France; now there is only one, because that will "create more buzz." Hasn't her moment in the spotlight come and gone? [Page Six]
• The trailer for Lindsay Lohan's new movie, Labor Pains, is online. LL plays a publishing assistant who avoids getting fired by pretending to be pregnant. It looks almost barely funny. [People]

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On last night's 30 Rock Liz Lemon's smarmy ex-boyfriend, Dennis, comes back into the picture. Dennis, a beeper salesman/loser/pork-pie-hat-enthusiast, becomes a New York City hero and minor celebrity by saving a stranger from being run over by an oncoming subway car. In the clip above, Liz tries to explain to her coworker, Jenna, why she keeps getting back together with Dennis: because, although she works so hard at everything else in her life, being with Dennis is easy. Jenna responds that love isn't "easy", "It's hiding who you are at all times. It's wearing make up to bed and going downstairs to the Burger King to poop." Swoon! More »
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30 Rock is back! In last night's episode, Tina's character, Liz, is asked to pen a new show for the star of the faux reality show MILF Island. In the clip above, Liz defends her "integrity" while her boss Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) tries to convince her that "MILF Island reflects the drama of the human experience, and isn't that the essence of art?" It even has relay races! More »
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