When Max Records auditioned for the "Where the Wild Things Are" (out Friday) role of Max, the precocious boy in a dirty white wolf suit who sails to an island full of fearsome horned monsters and becomes their even more fearsome king, he arrived with one advantage -- and it wasn't his first name.
"Saturday Night Live" was formed in the crucible of the mid-1970s, when Watergate brought respect for politicians to all-time lows, the counterculture was taking over comedy, and many television viewers were seeking out something fresh and bold.
The 30 Rock star likens her role to Sex and the City's heroine - sort of
Tina Fey, Michael J. Fox and other Emmy stars sound off on the small-screen fathers they loved growing up with
30 Rock's smart Alec says he'd trade his Emmy to look like presenter Rob Lowe
After starting with 16 nominations, "Mad Men" won just three Emmy Awards at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night -- but one of them was the big one, best drama series.
The Inglourious Basterds star will go from R-rating to G as a cartoon character
For the first two years of my relationship with my Large Greek Boyfriend, his mom didn't acknowledge me by name. I was simply, "The Girl."
The High School Musical stars are latest celebrities to pose for Disney ad campaign
George Clooney and Owen Wilson are also named most wanted as playmates
When Max Records auditioned for the "Where the Wild Things Are" (out Friday) role of Max, the precocious boy in a dirty white wolf suit who sails to an island full of fearsome horned monsters and becomes their even more fearsome king, he arrived with one advantage -- and it wasn't his first name.
"Saturday Night Live" was formed in the crucible of the mid-1970s, when Watergate brought respect for politicians to all-time lows, the counterculture was taking over comedy, and many television viewers were seeking out something fresh and bold.
The 30 Rock star likens her role to Sex and the City's heroine - sort of
Tina Fey, Michael J. Fox and other Emmy stars sound off on the small-screen fathers they loved growing up with
30 Rock's smart Alec says he'd trade his Emmy to look like presenter Rob Lowe
After starting with 16 nominations, "Mad Men" won just three Emmy Awards at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night -- but one of them was the big one, best drama series.
The Inglourious Basterds star will go from R-rating to G as a cartoon character
For the first two years of my relationship with my Large Greek Boyfriend, his mom didn't acknowledge me by name. I was simply, "The Girl."
The High School Musical stars are latest celebrities to pose for Disney ad campaign
George Clooney and Owen Wilson are also named most wanted as playmates
Neighbor Sherri Shepherd's apartment is also flooded, but "the fish are okay," says the 30 Rock star
Plus: Kate Winslet continues her award show victory lap and 30 Rock cleans up
It was a night for underdogs at the Golden Globes -- and a particularly rich one for the biggest underdog of them all, "Slumdog Millionaire."
Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais and Tracy Morgan crack wise onstage
The Alaska governor talks about her Katie Couric interview and why she went on SNL
At the time of his death, Heath Ledger had just concluded his work as the Joker in "The Dark Knight," the sequel to 2005's "Batman Begins."
Jon Hamm has a confession to make: He hates his hair.
At 5, the 30 Rock Emmy winner was slashed by a stranger
Plus, PEOPLE will honor fans' favorite star under 35 for the first time
But not for her impersonator, as Tina Fey vows to hang up her Palin wig for good
Chevy Chase didn't look like Gerald Ford and didn't sound like Gerald Ford. But in the mid-1970s, when "Saturday Night Live" first went on the air, Chase -- then a writer and cast member of the show -- made his impression of the president, rife with pratfalls and slapstick, the talk of the country.
The Republican candidate is joined by wife Cindy McCain on NBC's comedy show
With three days to go before the elections and polls showing him trailing, Republican presidential candidate John McCain appeared on NBC's late night comedy show "Saturday Night Live," poking good-natured fun at his campaign.
Saturday Night Live isn't the only brand boosted by Tina Fey's Sarah Palin routines. If you're one of the millions who's watched those skits online within a week of their original broadcast, chances are you've seen them at Hulu.com. It's a big moment for the free video site.
Ben Silverman e-mails from a stopover on the way back to Los Angeles from the Beijing Olympics:
Politics provide the chief inspiration on this year's costume circuit
In a PEOPLE interview, the veep nominee talks about her pregnant daughter, road trips and Tina Fey
The vice presidential candidate jokes about being called "Caribou Barbie" in show opener
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin appeared on NBC's "Saturday Night Live," along with Palin lookalike Tina Fey.
Chevy Chase as Gerald Ford. Dan Aykroyd as Jimmy Carter (and Richard Nixon and Bob Dole). Dana Carvey as George H.W. Bush. Will Ferrell as George W. Bush.
She's been imitating Tina Fey longer than Tina Fey's been imitating her, says Todd Palin
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is set to appear on this week's broadcast of "Saturday Night Live," the entertainment show that has featured a popular parody of the Alaska governor by former cast member Tina Fey
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin plans to appear on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend, multiple sources told CNN Thursday.
The 30 Rock star – and Sarah Palin lookalike! – inks a contract reportedly worth millions
This week on SNL, the 30 Rock star lampooned the veep candidate's debate
The actor says his 30 Rock costar is "on the money" with her Sarah Palin impersonation
The comedian does "a great job" of impersonating the GOP candidate on SNL
"I left it under my seat," the 30 Rock winner (and Sarah Palin look-alike) discovers
The Survivor host takes the first reality emcee Emmy, while Mad Men wins for drama
Perhaps there's something to these writers, after all.
The sleek '60s drama Mad Men made Emmy history Sunday as the first basic-cable show to win a top series award, while the sitcom 30 Rock and its stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin also emerged as winners.
Key events for the week of September 12 - 18, 2008
It took a team of wig makers and a pound of strands to turn the actress into the candidate
"She once dressed up as Tina Fey for Halloween," her spokeswoman says
It seems like just yesterday when Sen. Barack Obama impressed our troops in Kuwait by shooting his flawless three-pointer into the basket without hitting the rim.
Eight-time gold medalist Michael Phelps hosts the show, joking that it's his "ninth greatest moment"
Tina Fey is "likely" to play Gov. Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live," said a person close to NBC's sketch comedy show
Were a biopic to be made, should it star Annette Bening, Tina Fey or Patricia Heaton?
The former Friends star shows off "mad skills," says 30 Rock's Tina Fey
Reality hosts get their first shot at winning and HBO fills Sopranos void with 23 nominations for John Adams
Seth Meyers tells PEOPLE he and his "Weekend Update" costar will get a young hand
Will cable's favorite Manhattan muses be a fantastic four at the multiplex, or over-the-hill ladies who lunch? We ask five experts
The Baby Mama costars say they're still not sure they are funny
During a break from filming, she tells a fan she's not quite ready for another kid
The SNL star says hubby Will Arnett didn't mind her Baby Mama love scenes
The 30 Rock creator thinks the idea of having it all is just a trick
It's not that far a leap from 7th Heaven to Disney World, but yes, that's Jessica Biel, dressed as Pocahontas and being pursued by one of Bambi's cousins – instead of boyfriend Justin Timberlake.
What’s a Golden Globes show without stars? Not much, if dismal ratings are any indication.
As the writers' strike wears on, Tina Fey gets to spend a lot more time with her 2-year-old daughter Alice – and is finding out just how grown-up the little one is becoming.
Tuned In: The current walkout is a dispute over money and new technologies. But neither side may wind up the winner
It's one thing to announce the Emmy nominations. It's quite another to get them.
In late July, Saturday Night Live head writer and "Weekend Update" co-anchor Tina Fey announced her departure from the comedy-sketch show to focus on 30 Rock, a new NBC show about, well, the female...
Jack Johnson projects a rugged masculinity, yet his sunscreened folk, reggae and blues doesn't kick sand in anyone's face.
NBC has ordered a pilot for a comedy starring "Saturday Night Live" head writer Tina Fey, while ABC has given the go-ahead to a project featuring former "SNL" cast member Chris Kattan.
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