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Posted May. 13, 2009,
30 Rock Season Finale Preview!
By Alexis Swerdloff
There's nothing like a sneak peek of tomorrow's 30 Rock finale to get us through humpday! Excited about the celebrity guest trifecta of Elvis Costello, Mary J. Blige and Clay Aiken! Not to mention the return of Alan Alda's character, as Jack Donaghy's long lost biological Bennington professor father ("Bennington! How's that going? Teaching all those kids who couldn't get into Middlebury?") in need of a kidney transplant. Was it just us, or does his relationship with Jack (liberal dad, conservative son) slightly remind you of his relationship with Lukas Haas in Everyone Says I Love You? It's a little farfetched, yes, but we always jump at any excuse to talk about Lukas Haas!
Posted Apr. 29, 2009,
Pamela Anderson Attends Sapphire Strip Club Opening, Even Though It's "Not For Vegans"
By Alex Pasternack
The crowd at the opening party for gentleman's club Sapphire the other night was predictable enough -- lots of cleavage, Pamela Anderson, guys who looked like investment bankers, guys who looked like they were on the Sopranos, and guys who were actually on the Sopranos (specifically Bobby Baccalieri and Vincent Pastore).
But there were also some surprises. Samantha Ronson, the DJ and Lindsay Lohan's erstwhile playlist maker, was spinning crowd-pleasers mostly (Kanye, Cudi) as sexy dancers slinked about the stage, but she wasn't taking requests or questions. For instance, we know you broke up, what the heck are you doing here? "$14,000" suggested another woman with a boyish haircut. (Some sources said it was higher.) And then there was Scott Adsit, 30 Rock's straight man producer Pete Hornberger, who was not paid to show up -- "not tonight," he quipped. He doesn't do lap dances either. but not necessarily because he takes after his stripper-fearing character. "Lap dances are boring in New York," said the comedian, looking askance at the debauchery around him. But where are they not boring? "Florida, Atlanta, L.A.," he said, remembering his days on tour with the Second City comedy troupe. "Here they don't actually touch you."
Meanwhile, Anderson, who was holed up in the VIP area for the entire time, looked like the least likely guest: she's a vegan and the club was, after all, billing itself as a steakhouse. ("She's a professional," said Adsit, who said he worked with Anderson on "a project.") "We have steamed vegetables and stuff like that," co-owner Peter Feinstein offered, just as non-vegan Shannen Doherty pulled up in an SUV. "But most guys who come into a strip club want a steak and a baked potato. It's really not for vegans."
Posted Nov. 15, 2007,
30 Rock and SNL -- On Stage!
By Alexis Swerdloff
So, it turns out some good -- nay, wonderful, but disappointing at the same time -- things are coming from this writers' strike: Since their shows won't be airing on TV, the casts of 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live are putting on stage versions of these television gems at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater this coming Saturday and Monday! OMGOMGOMG. According to this NY Post article, the 30 Rock "play" is sold out (with limited tickets available at the door) but it's unclear what the ticket process will be for this this Saturday's SNL performance, with Michael Cera slated to host. However, a recent visit to UCBT's website made it seem like tickets were gone, gone, gone. If your dad's dentist cleans Lorne Michael's teeth, if you once sat next to a Baldwin (any Baldwin!) on a plane or if you have ever slept with Andy Samberg, now is a good time to call in a favor.
Posted Oct. 18, 2007,
Boys Becoming Men, Men Becoming Wolves, 30 Rock Becoming Even More Awesome
By Alexis Swerdloff
Yesterday, our friend Jim Steele reminded us of this gem from last week's 30 Rock. It's 18 seconds of pure, Werewolf-Bar-Mitzvah-y genius. Has anyone else noticed that this season 30 Rock's been doing many more of these funny side-scenes that don't directly relate to the episode, à la Family Guy? Just saying...
Posted May. 1, 2007,
Opening Night: Legally Blonde
By Whitney Spaner
Sunday night was the opening of the new Broadway musical Legally Blonde, based on the movie and the novel (news to me) of the same name. The buzz at the after-party (held at Cipriani 42nd Street) was that it was very entertaining, and for the most part, the reviews that came out yesterday echoed the same sentiment. Ben Brantley of The New York Times said: "But unlike such deadweight musicals as “Footloose,” “Saturday Night Fever” and “Lestat,” “Legally Blonde” never threatens to put you to sleep. On the contrary, its cast members emanate a wired, attention-fixing tirelessness that suggests they have all been subsisting on Red Bull (Elle’s favorite drink, given a jokey product-placement moment in the show)."
Posted Apr. 30, 2007,
Eight Items or Less: Tracy Morgan SCRAMs, Vanity Fair Discovers Yoga and Pete Wentz Gets His East Village on Tonight
By Alexis Swerdloff
1. It's an exciting time to be English. Kate Moss’s Top Shop line debuts tomorrow! According to Reuters, “To try prevent fights among shoppers when the doors open, each person will be able to buy only five items.”
2. Apparently, Vanity Fair is running a “yoga spread” with high-profile yogaphiles (Donna Karan, Sting and Trudie Styler, Ali MacGraw, etc.) for their June issue. Doesn’t that seem very 1997 to you?
3. Ben Brantley gives new musical Legally Blonde a pretty middling review in the Times today calling it superficial, potentially anti-lesbian and compares watching the show to eating candy. While a cute comparison, he took the candy metaphor and ran with it in a serious way. In the first three grafs alone, he mentions that audience members might want to floss between songs, and dropped M&Ms, Hershey’s, empty-calories, Gummi-Bears and “confectionary charms.” We get it, it’s candy-like. No need to hit us over the head.
4. We’ve never heard of a SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring) bracelet before, but apparently Tracy Morgan has to wear one! A result of a DUI charge and a subsequent probation violation, Morgan will have to wear a SCRAM for the next 90 days that will check his blood alcohol content every 30 minutes. How Orwellian! Now that Alec Baldwin may not return to 30 Rock for a second season, we especially hope that Morgan doesn’t mess up and drink, because a 30 Rock without Baldwin and Morgan would be no 30 Rock at all!
5. So long dodgeball, hello Dance Dance Revolution. According to the New York Times, gym teachers across the country are using the Japanese video game Dance Dance Revolution in P.E. classes. The article suggests that “more than 1,500 schools are expected to be using the game by the end of the decade.”
6. Tonight’s the opening of the Pete Wentz/Gym Class Heroes bar in the East Village… Look out for Wentz’s GF Ashlee Simpson on Avenue A.
7. Feist’s The Reminder received a whopping score of 8.8 on Pitchfork today. Go, Feist, go!
Posted Apr. 12, 2007,
Barbra by Halstead: Dog Call Part Deux
By Ann Magnuson
The genius that is Barbra by Halstead continues! Here is Part Two in the ongoing saga of The Canine Crank Phone Call. Gosh, why can't this show be on NBC's new fall line-up, right before "30 Rock"? Bet it would help boost their sagging ratings! In fact, why not have Barbra by Halstead as a guest star? I bet 'she' and Alec Baldwin could collectively chew all the scenery between 30 Rock and The Pacific Palisades!
Posted Apr. 4, 2007,
30 Rock Gets Early Renewal
By Alexis Swerdloff
This just in:
NBC ADDS '30 ROCK' TO 2007-08 PRIMETIME SEASON WITH EARLY RENEWAL OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED COMEDY
In a press release sent out earlier this morning, NBC announced that the hilarious and best-show-on-TV 30 Rock will be renewed for a second season and will return to the network's lineup this Thursday with a special, 8:40-9:20 p.m. episode. Will Arnett, he of Arrested Development, will guest star. And from then on, 30 Rock will air from 9-9:30 p.m. (as opposed to 9:30-10).
In honor of this exciting news, may we present to you a very amazing Wikiquote page with heaps and heaps of 30 Rock quotes. Here are some nuggets:
Liz: Why are you wearing a tux?
Jack: It's after six. What am I, a farmer?
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Tracy: Affirmative action was designed to keep women and minorities in competition with each other to distract us while white dudes inject AIDS into our chicken nuggets.
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Kenneth: Well, I got your nose. (grabs his nose and runs off.)
Ridikolus: Jay, go get my nose back.