Award shows are filled with awkward moments, and the Webbys – the folks that honor the best on the Internet – are no different. Throw comedian Eugene Mirman in the mix and you get an evening full ...
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With so many former cast members of Saturday Night Live returning to help out guest host Betty White, we knew we were in for a lot of reunions with old characters. And we were, but a few didn't make the final cut after last night's SNL dress rehearsal, including Rachel Dratch's "Debbie Downer," a new "Bronx Beat" with Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph, a "Joyologist" session with Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon, and a slightly misguided "press conference" for the failed Times Square car bomber Faisal ...
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In the Spring Break capital of White Sands, Florida, Sheriff Terry Moran (Matt Walsh) outlaws the town's world famous Ass Contests in a bid to win the elderly votes in his campaign for mayor - even though he is married to the town's former Ass Contest Queen, Doreen (Amy Poehler). Unhappy with how her husband and her town is changing Doreen breaks out of her bored drunk housewife existence to recapture her youth and sabotage her husband's campaign. Meanwhile Stevie (Ian Roberts) a video store cle...
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Rabid "Golden Girl" fans launched a Facebook campaign in an effort to score the endearingly raunchy Betty White a hosting gig on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." Well, it just might have worked. Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello is reporting that show creator Lorne Michaels is planning on broadcasting a special "Women in Comedy" episode of the venerable sketch comedy show, with the 88-year-old White on board. Former "SNL" stars Tina Fey, Molly Shannon and Amy Poehler are also in talks to join...
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And they thought it wouldn't last: In the face of bad buzz and with a little perseverance, "Parks and Recreation" executive producers Greg Daniels and Michael Schur have changed minds about their Amy Poehler comedy, once seen as a knock-off of "The Office." Now, critics are raving.
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The Comic's Comic visited the Paley Center for Media's Beverly Hills branch for a behind-the-scenes discussion with the cast and crew of NBC's Parks and Recreation..
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Amy Poehler has been a staple of our weekly comedy diet since 2001, when she started on Saturday Night Live. Now she's moved on from the sketches and onto her own show, NBC's steadily-becoming-something-really-great Parks and Recreation. Kind person that she is, she recently took some time from her busy schedule to respond to a dumb email we sent her.
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After two very uneven installments of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday (the only two to feature former cast member Amy Poehler behind the desk), the sketch show proper returns to Saturday nights this weekend with host Megan Fox and musical guest U2.
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Amy Poehler might not have walked away with an Emmy last night for supporting actress from her work on Saturday Night Live, but she still will get an hourlong look into her comedy career tonight on Bravo, thanks to James Lipton and Inside the Actor's Studio. It's also coincidentally (or not at all coincidentally) the start of new seasons of both SNL and Poehler's sitcom, Parks and Recreation. The preview clips indicate that Poehler is serious about her comedy, and is seriously funny.
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