Tina Fey
Steve Carell to Star Opposite Tina Fey in Netflix’s ‘The Four Seasons’ Update
Steve Carell is reuniting with Tina Fey and Universal Television. The Office grad has closed a deal to co-star in Netflix’s The Four Seasons, the update of the 1981 Alan Alda feature film of the same name. The role reunites Carell with Tina Fey after the duo starred as a married couple in the 2010 […]
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What Tina Fey Told Bowen Yang About Expressing Opinions Publicly
“Authenticity is dangerous and expensive.” Tina Fey espoused those words of wisdom to Bowen Yang on the podcast Las Culturistas, which he co-hosts with Matt Rogers, as part of the show’s long-running segment “I Don’t Think So, Honey.” In the segment, featured at the end of every episode, Yang, Rogers and often the guest have […]
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Tina Fey Reunites With ’30 Rock’ Co-Stars in Booking.com Super Bowl Ad
Tina Fey realizes she can be whoever she wants to be in a new Booking.com Super Bowl commercial. “With so many choices on Booking.com, there are so many Tina Feys I could be,” the actress/producer/comedian said in the footage. “So I hired body doubles to help me out.” It turns out that some of the […]
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Box Office: ‘Mean Girls’ Tops Quiet Weekend With $11.7M as Nasty Winter Freeze Begins
A winter freeze has set in at the domestic box office as theater owners and studios grapple with a slowdown in product due to last year’s labor strikes and resulting production delays. For the Jan. 19-21 weekend, Paramount’s Mean Girls musical stayed in first place in its second outing with an estimated $11.7 million from […]
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‘SNL’ Without Lorne Michaels? “It Could Easily be Tina Fey,” Creator Says
What will happen to Saturday Night Live after season 50? Franchise creator Lorne Michaels, currently steering the veteran NBC sketch comedy in its 49th season, continues to be focused on celebrating the star-making series next year. The executive producer told Entertainment Tonight at the 2023 Emmys that he’s already planning for SNL’s February 2025 celebration, […]
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Lindsay Lohan “Very Hurt and Disappointed” Over New ‘Mean Girls’ Joke, Says Rep
Lindsay Lohan did not appreciate a line in the new Mean Girls film that appears to reference a crude comment about the actress that made headlines nearly two decades ago. A scene in the Paramount movie, which topped the domestic box office over the weekend, includes Megan Thee Stallion portraying herself as she offers support […]
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‘Ally McBeal,’ ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ ‘Martin’ Casts Reunite for Emmys Ceremony
Ally McBeal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cheers, Martin and The Sopranos were among the beloved television shows celebrated with cast reunions at the 2023 Emmys ceremony. In honor of the Primetime Emmy Awards marking its 75th anniversary, castmembers from a number of notable series reunited to present awards at the ceremony that was held Monday at the […]
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Box Office: ‘Mean Girls’ Singing to $33.2M Opening, ‘Beekeeper’ Buzzes to $19M
Mean Girls is easily winning the box office popularity contest at the Martin Luther King Jr. weekend box office with an estimated domestic opening of $33.2 million, coming in ahead of expectations. The Paramount film arrives in 3,791 North American theaters 20 years after the Lindsay Lohan-led cult classic Mean Girls, which was directed by […]
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Tina Fey on the One Rule She and Tim Meadows Had to Reprise ‘Mean Girls’ Roles
Tina Fey has revealed the one stipulation that she and Tim Meadows had about reprising their roles in the new Mean Girls movie. It’s been nearly 20 years since Fey and Meadows initially starred as Ms. Norbury and Principal Duvall, respectively, in the 2004 film. But they decided to return as their iconic characters in […]
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‘Mean Girls’ Directors Dreamed of Casting Harry Styles in a Classic Role
For Mean Girls, the movie musical remake of the beloved 2004 comedy, director Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne went back to high school. Literally. The film was shot on location at a shuttered all girl Catholic school in New Jersey. In lieu of trailers, talent — which includes Rene Rapp, Angourie Rice, Tina Fey, […]
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Have a Special Tradition When Touring Together
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have been friends for decades, dating back to the start of their comedy careers in Chicago in the 1990s. Fey began writing for Saturday Night Live in 1997, eventually becoming the show’s first female head writer. Poehler joined as a castmember in 2001, and together, they eventually became the first […]
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Box Office: ‘Mean Girls’ Struts to $3.3M in Previews, ‘Beekeeper’ Buzzes to $2.4M
Mean Girls strutted to $3.3 million in previews at the North American box office, on par with Wonka. Paramount’s movie adaptation of the Broadway musical is based on the 2004 big-screen teen comedy that turned into a cultural classic. The new movie is expected to open to as much as $30 million over the long […]
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