Liz Lemon's Three-Way With James Franco, Japanese Body Pillow

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 »

Liz Learns High-Def's A Deal Breaker On 30 Rock

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 »

Teens Sue Over Fallout From Sexy Pics • Harvard To Offer Class On The Wire

• 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 »

Weekly Standard Writer: Fey Mocked Palin Because Liz Lemon Is Unhappy

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 »

30 Rock: Reaching Out To "Real America"

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 »

20 Feminist TV Characters

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 »

Are Women These Days Not Into Sex?

Esquire writer Stephen Marche asks, "Where have all the loose women gone?" Excellent question! More »

Jennifer Aniston On 30 Rock: "Staunchly In Favor Of Cocoa Puffs"

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.

Why Tina Fey's Self-Deprecation Is Good For Women

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 »