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Writer-comedian Tina Fey was born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey on May 18, 1970. She got her start in comedy at The Second City Chicago Theatre. While at Second City, Fey was scooped up by "Saturday Night Live," where she served as the show's first female head writer, and later, a regular cast member and co-anchor of the Weekend Update segment. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Fey's popularity grew due to her portrayal of Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live." Fey also created her own TV show, NBC's "30 Rock." Her recent movie work includes "Baby Mama" and "Mean Girls." In 2008, Fey was voted The Associated Press' Entertainer of the Year.
Writer-comedian Tina Fey was born Elizabeth Stamatina Fey on May 18, 1970. She got her start in comedy at The Second City Chicago Theatre. While at Second City, Fey was scooped up by "Saturday Night Live," where she served as the show's first female head writer, and later, a regular cast member and co-anchor of the Weekend Update segment. During the 2008 presidential campaign, Fey's popularity grew due to her portrayal of Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live." Fey also created her own TV show, NBC's "30 Rock." Her recent movie work includes "Baby Mama" and "Mean Girls." In 2008, Fey was voted The Associated Press' Entertainer of the Year.
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In a word: Scathing
Each week The Sun's John McIntyre presents a moderately obscure but evocative word with which you may not be familiar — another brick to add to the wall of your working vocabulary. This week's word: SCATHING Those fine fellows the Vikings, after... -
Best week ever: Baltimore events, music, movies and more
Lots of new TV, local shows for the first week of 2012.
MOVIES OPENING (Friday; subject to change)
The Devil Inside
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
NOTABLE TV
MONDAY
The Bachelor (season premiere; 8 p.m.; ABC)
Pretty Little Liars (returns from hiatus; 8...Tags: G4 (tv network), Californication (tv program), Royal Pains (tv program), PBS (tv network), IMAX
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E-readers debut at Anne Arundel libraries
Electronic readers will make their debut this week at Anne Arundel County public libraries, when 200 e-readers become available for patrons to take home. E-reader technology allows a user to have hundreds of hours of reading materials on a portable,...Tags: History (tv network), Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Amy Chua, Caroline Kennedy, Rudyard Kipling
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Baltimore church hosts a party for those tired of the dark
Rick Adist shares the pain felt by Baltimoreans still without power days after Hurricane Irene left the area. Tonight, he's throwing a party to help alleviate it, maybe just a little. Adist, minister at the University Parkway Church of Christ, will be...Tags: Brad Pitt, Will Ferrell, Hurricane Irene (2011)
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TV glory: Our take on the Emmy nominations
Welcome to the pack, "Game of Thrones" and "Parks and Recreation"!
Nominations for the 2011 Emmys were announced Thursday morning and a group of newbies are deservedly joining the pack of usual suspects. HBO's "Mildred Pierce" led overall noms with 21,...Tags: Melissa McCarthy, House (tv program), Matt LeBlanc, Friday Night Lights (tv program), Julianna Margulies
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SNL vet Tina Fey's Palin skit stole the show
The premiere of the 34th season of Saturday Night Live was one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the TV year. And, for the most part, the production lived up to the hype. Much of the buzz came from having Baltimore's Michael Phelps, the eight-...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Sarah Palin, Television, Hillary Clinton, William Shatner
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Local group getting national attention at Grammy's
BRANSON, Mo.-- A local singing group is making their mark at the Grammy's Sunday night.
The Liverpool Legends, from Branson, are up for a Grammy.
The group recorded all of the Beatle's songs for the CD, "Fab Fan Memories-The Beatles Bond."
It's...Tags: The Beatles (music group), George Harrison, Betty White
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Maya Rudolph to host 'Saturday Night Live' Feb. 18
Zap2itApparently the "Saturday Night Live" bookers are feeling especially nostalgic this season, because they've just booked their second former regular cast member to host the show. Maya Rudolph will return to Studio 8H on Feb. 18 to host the show that made...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), NBC (tv network), Ben Stiller, Zooey Deschanel, The Huffington Post
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'Community' cast spotted in NBC's 'Brotherhood of Man' Super Bowl mega-promo
Zap2itThe Super Bowl will bring an audience roughly 13 times bigger than NBC typically gets in primetime, so it's not a bad idea for the entertainment division to introduce itself to some of those people. So ladies and gentlemen, say hello to much of NBC's on-...Tags: Saturday Night Live (tv program), NBC (tv network), Parks and Recreation (tv program), Today (tv program), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (tv program)
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SAG Awards 2012: 'The Help' sweeps the statues
Zap2it"The Help" was the big winner at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, nabbing the "actor" statue for Outstanding Cast in a Movie and Outstanding Female Actor and Supporting Actor for Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer. On the men's side, the awards...Tags: Movies, The Artist (movie), Paul Giamatti, Melissa McCarthy, My Week With Marilyn (movie)
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Top 3 Books: Nonfiction paperback
The Hidden Life of Deer By Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (Harper, $14.99) We have taken over their habitats and then wonder why they eat our gardens and run into our cars. Through a rough winter, the author set out food for the starving deer, and so began a...Tags: 30 Rock (tv program), Moravian Book Shop
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Sofia Vergara, Kate Upton and Rooney Mara top AskMen's '99 Most Desirable Women'
Zap2itThere are so many women who capture the imagination of the public. But who is the most wanted? According to AskMen, Sofia Vergara, who plays Gloria on the hit ABC comedy "Modern Family" is all that and a bag of chips. In the site's 11th Annual "Top 99...Tags: Penelope Cruz, Blake Lively, Rihanna, Anne Hathaway, Alyson Hannigan
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