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Loose Lips You know that rumor we told you yesterday about Amy Poehler being on The Office spinoff? Rumor confirmed! Poehler tells the AP: "I can kind of confirm that I will be working in some capacity on that show…I don't really have any other details yet." Tease! • Mischa Barton is talking about her DUI. "That was a low point for me. I never, ever would have thought I would be arrested…I was disappointed because it associated me with a group of girls that I would rather not be associated with." BURN! • Denise Richards went to court this morning to get an emergency order restricting ex-husband Charlie Sheen's access to their two children, TMZ reports. The judge denied the request. God, those poor, poor babies. [Us, People, TMZ]

Holy crap, The Office spinoff sounds like it's going to be so much awesome. This morning we mentioned that Amy Poehler is in talks to star in the as-yet-unnamed show, and this afternoon comes word from Videogum that the Daily Show's only female scribe, Rachel Axler, has been hired as a writer. Fingers crossed and triple crossed that the spinoff looks better than the miserable Kath & Kim promo we saw last week. [Videogum]

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The Mystery Of Sarah Jessica Parker's Mole

  • Did Sarah Jessica Parker remove her "famous" mole? You know, the one on her chin? (And while we're at it, did she have, as some claim, a series of subtle nose jobs? [This Is London, Awful Plastic Surgery]
  • Speaking of procedures, what did Katherine Heigl do to her lips? [Awful Plastic Surgery]
  • Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C. Her doctor says, "Natalie has had a terrific response to her medication and is now virus negative." She is experiencing side-effects of the drugs, like fatigue, muscle aches and dehydration, but she is doing well. The disease is most likely from her past drug use. [People]
  • Lindsay Lohan has been satisfying her DUI requirements, including a trip to the morgue. She'll have to do an alcohol education class next. Think she'll ace it? [TMZ]
  • Amy Poehler on The Office spinoff? Really? Really? Just as long as she still does Weekend Update. [Reuters]
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30 Rock's Tina Fey Is An Intuitive, Acquisitive, Self-Deceiver

Even though there was a Feyvelanche of Tina interviews when Baby Mama came out last month, did we really learn anything about her? Sure, her face was on the cover of Marie Claire, but the interview inside was a farce (example, "Amy Poehler: Is your name Karen Felcher? Tina Fey: Um, no, although I can see why you're confused, because that is my porn name."). We decided to sic graphologist Sheila Kurtz on Tina's handwritten American Express ad to analyze her penmanship and tell us about the real woman underneath all that sharply-perfected snark. Apparently, our Tina is sensitive to criticism, intuitive, analytical, practical, not impulsive and just a leeetle self-deceiving. A full analysis of Tina's psyche is after the jump. More »

the good, the bad & the ugly

Women Rule At The Time 100 Party

Last night in New York, Time magazine hosted a reception honoring its self-selected 100 Most Influential people of the year and, I have to say, the women in attendance were a cool bunch: Arianna Huffington, Martha Stewart, Angelica Huston, Wendy Kopp, Tina Fey, Madeeha Hasan Odhaib, Elizabeth Gilbert, and others. And since today's my last day as a full-time Jezebel, I've decided to focus less on the clothes and more on what they've accomplished. On the whole, these are women sans stylists: They're all Good in my book! (Though Wendi Deng's dress is a little unforgivable.) More »

Loose Lips Amy Poehler's got a bun in the oven. This will be her first baby with husband Will Arnett. We hope Amy's birth does not feel like "shitting a knife." • Happy SNL star news followed by sad: Cheri Oteri's father, Tommy Oteri, was stabbed to death by his roommate, William Fagan, after an argument. • Britney Spears will definitely be reprising her role as a lovelorn receptionist on How I Met Your Mother. Production for the episode, which will air May 12th, began today. [Us, Us, Dlisted]

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Baby Mama Is Fertile Ground For Mixed Feelings From Reviewers

Did you guys know Baby Mama comes out today? I don't know how you could know, since we've only been yammering about it for the past four months. Anyway, the reviews are in, and they are a mixed bag. For those late to the party, Baby Mama tells the story of Kate (Tina Fey), a woman in her late 30s who is desperate for a child. When she finds out that she can't have one, she hires trashy Angie (Amy Poehler) to be her surrogate, and Angie ends up moving in with Kate. Then Odd-Couple style wackiness ensues. Whether or not reviewers liked the movie, L.A. Times film critic Carina Chocano makes an excellent point about Fey: "Fey has spent several years proving that she's very good at what she does, and she may spend the next few years having to prove that she deserves any success that comes her way. But hey, this is America — where the fact that a woman is running for president is still talked about with a kind of gee-whiz-look-how-far-we've-come disingenuousness, despite the many countries that have already seen one or more women presidents. If a Fey backlash happens, I hope Hillary buys her a drink." A reviewer round-up of Baby Mama after the jump. More »

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Tina Fey Keeps Perspective By Cleaning Up Baby Poop

Tina Fey's love for talking about poop is almost as great as our love for talking about Tina Fey talking about poop. On this morning's Today show, Fey entertained Meredith Vieira with stories about her daughter, Alice, along with tales from the Baby Mama set. "When you are chasing someone around with a pull up trying to stop them from pooping on the floor, It gives you perspective," Fey said. Fey and BM costar Amy Poehler were also on the View today, telling Whoopi, Joy et. al about why they prefer New York to L.A. (answer: in L.A. you gotta work out so much!). Have Tina Feytigue yet? Nah, we're Feynatics. Anyway, Today show clip above.

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The Baby Mama Premiere Was Chock-Full Of Hot Mamas

It's safe to say that, by this point, everyone knows everything they need to know about Tina Fey and Amy Poehler's new movie, Baby Mama. But did you know that it opened last night at the Tribeca Film Festival? And that, in addition to Fey (left) and Poehler, SNL peeps Rachel Dratch, Molly Shannon and Lorne Michaels were also there? Don't care? How about these names: Faye Dunaway, Sigourney Weaver, Padma Lakshmi, Kristen Bell and Fred Durst? Yup, all those folks and more in the full Good, Bad and Ugly of the Baby Mama premiere, after the jump. More »

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Fergie Releases Sex And The City Theme Song; Ears Everywhere Bleed

  • So. Fergie has recorded the theme song for the Sex And The City Movie and it is fucking insane. Seriously. It's a fast-paced track that uses the original instrumental music from the show, with Fergie sing-rapping lyrics like: "Shopping for labels, shopping for love... Manolo and Louis is all I'm thinking of... Emotional baggage just replace them with Dior... Let's stop chasing the boys and shop some more..." It does not appear to be a joke. You can listen to the nauseating ditty here. Just a warning: You may puke or cry or both. [People]
  • Heidi Montag won't be at the White House Correspondents dinner because Spencer Pratt got involved and demanded first-class tickets for both of them — even though he wasn't invited. When he was denied, Spencer canceled Heidi's appearance because the event "wasn't A-listy enough." Meanwhile, Pamela Anderson, Ashlee Simpson, Pete Wentz, Hayden Panettierre, Claire Danes, Rob Lowe and Donatella Versace will all be there. Aren't you proud to be an American? [Page Six]
  • When Ellen DeGeneres asked Ashlee Simpson,"Are you or are you not pregnant?" Ashlee said: "Well, that has been going on for quite a while. That is something that I choose personally not to discuss." In other words, yes. [People]
  • Colin Firth and Helen Hunt were shooting an intimate scene together when someone farted. [The Sun]
  • Amy Winehouse got drunk and tried to headbutt some dude. [Mirror]
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Does The Female "Buddy" Movie Exist?

A reader pointed us to a blog called xkcd, where the poster asks, "Quick, name a few recent popular movies where the two top-billed stars are female." Does your mind go blank? Hollywood loves a buddy movie, but when it comes to women, they're usually love interests, or looking for love interests. Especially recently. Of course, indie films and horror or sci-fi flicks often get away with having a woman as the lead (and not in love), but indie ≠ Hollywood. And directors get away with having a woman as the hero in a horror or sci-fi movie because it's not real. It's a fantasy when Milla Jovovich kicks zombie ass or Uma Thurman slashes ninjas with a samurai sword. In any case, the guy from xkcd tallied up the male/male pairings, the male/female pairings, the female/male parings and female/female pairings of a few years' worth of movies, using IMDB to pinpoint the 20 biggest titles of each year. Here's what he found: More »

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Nicole Kidman Campaigns On Behalf Of Women Around The World

  • Nicole Kidman was at the U.N. yesterday to urge governments to end violence against women around the globe. Such a worthy cause! (But is her face capable of emoting?) [E!]
  • By the by, Nicole is looking waaay more pregnant. [Sydney Morning Herald]
  • It's official: Beyoncé and Jay-Z filed their signed marriage license in Scarsdale, NY. The wedding date? April 4, duh. [People]
  • "Amy Winehouse visits two pubs in London, tries to buy a kebab and is pissed because the shop is closed, smokes in a non-smoking store, steals a newspaper, arrives to her house at 4:00 AM, befriends 16 year-old girl, locks herself out and breaks in via the garage." [ONTD]
  • Amy was smoking a "spliff" in a pub before all that started. Is a spliff in the UK the same thing it is in the US? [The Sun]
  • Penguin publishing has offered Amy and Blake Incarcerated £1 million for a book about their stormy marriage. Raise your hand if you would read that. [The Sun]
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The Future Of Female Comedies May Sit Squarely On Tina Fey's Shoulders

Despite the "Tina Feytigue" experienced by some media mavens sick of the writer/actress/producer's PhotoShopped face coming at them from the cover of every magazine, I am still deeply psyched for Baby Mama, the Fey/Amy Poehler vehicle coming out on Friday. The Los Angeles Times points out that Universal, the studio that produced Forgetting Sarah Marshall as well as Baby Mama, was much more aggressive in marketing the former because it was a more typical romantic comedy. Lorne Michaels, SNL and BM producer, tells the paper, "Normally [comedies are] about a guy who gets dumped by a pretty girl and ends up with a prettier girl. This is not that." More »

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Your Period Could Save Your Life; Swedish Prisoner Gifts Guards With Wooden Willies

• Scientists have found stem cells in menstrual blood. • And a new company, C'elle, is already offering women period blood storage starting at just $99/year! • Joan Benoit Samuelson, "the matriarch of marathons," is running Olympic trials in Boston for fun. • Amy Poehler eats Honey Nut Cheerios because of The Wire• An ex-prisoner in Sweden was fined after he gave parting gifts of wooden dicks to female guards. • More from Sweden: a Muslim woman won a discrimination case after she was told to vacate a bus for wearing a niqab scarf. • The first born are usually the smartest. • The Supreme Court will consider using the death penalty for child rape. • Media Matters calls Bill O'Reilly a big ol' homophobe.

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Demi Moore Curiously Absent From SNL "Cougars" Skit

Ashton Kutcher, arguably the most famous cougar prey in the entire world, hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend, and so it followed that the SNL writing staff would pen a skit about a faux talk show called "the Cougar Den." Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig and Casey Wilson played the hosts, but midway through the sketch they announced a special guest cougar. Since Ashton was the host and Demi Moore appeared during his opening monologue, we assumed that Demi was the special guest. But we were wrong! The special guest was Cameron Diaz, who dons some fake boobs, butt and an even faker though quite endearing "Latin" accent. Why didn't Demi — who has been referred to as a "cougar" since at least January 2004 — appear during the skit? Was she embarrassed about being the poster child for MILFS everywhere?

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Night Of Too Many Stars? Or Night Of Too Many Bloated Dudes?

Aw, comedians who care! Or so was the premise of last night's "Night of Too Many Stars," the Comedy Central-backed benefit show which brought the big names in funny together to help children with autism. Only some of these pros brought the hotness however. (See Tina Fey at left.) But the men — Kelsey Grammer, Matthew Broderick, and even Robert Kennedy, Jr — all looked bloated in both face and ego. Thank goodness Jonah Hill was there to make up for it! The full Good, Bad and Ugly of "Night of Too Many Stars", after the jump. More »

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Tina Fey: Comedienne, Cover Girl And "Great Role Model" For Women

The much-beloved Tina Fey returns to prime time tonight with a brand new episode of 30 Rock, the first since the writers' strike ended. Not only that, but her new movie, Baby Mama hits theaters on April 25, and she's Entertainment Weekly's cover girl on the issue hitting stands tomorrow (she also graces the cover of the May issue of Marie Claire). The accompanying article, by Kristen Baldwin, is five pages long, so we picked out all the juicy quotes and placed them after the jump for your perusal. More »

Rachel Dratch is understandably bummed right now. After the Vanity Fair issue with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Dratch's other SNL compatriots landed in her mailbox, Rachel told New York, "Dude, that was a dark day. I was like, Oh, there's everyone I worked with." Dratch is the only female SNL alum from the aughts who has been chronically unemployed. "I'm starting to go crazy. I'm ready for a job," Dratch added. Is Dratch's downtime due to her not-ready for primetime looks? Is it okay for a woman to be funny, but only if she's also conventionally "hot"? [New York]