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Celebrities attend the “Megamind” premiere, held at Loews Lincoln Center, in New York City.
Comedian Tina Fey shows off her sense of style outside the “Late Show with David Letterman” on March 22, 2010 in New York City, New York. Tina showed off her yellow rain boots and a smile as she made her way to into the show after visiting with a fan.
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They hardly knew each other before making Date Night, but they’re obviously a dream date. The stars talk to this week’s Entertainment Weekly about comedy, kids, kissing, and making a “badass” movie. Over the course of one night in New York City, their characters flee dirty cops, seek help from a pathologically shirtless weapons expert (Mark Wahlberg), and perform a comically inept routine at a strip club. While making the movie, the actors became friends. “Part of what helped was that we speak the same language in terms of how we trained,” says Carell. “I felt like I knew her when we started. So it was easy.”
So how did they come together to make the film? They both liked the premise of the film. “We’re both married, have been with our spouses for a long time, and have kids,” says Fey. “I liked the idea of playing grown people out on this adventure. I definitely relate to the small details of the script, just how worn-out and in a rut you can get when you’re married and working with kids.”
On day 2 of filming, the pair shot a prolonged kiss that plays over the entire closing credits. “It was fun. The hardest part was not laughing, frankly,” says Carell. “It was Tina’s idea to just try to do the longest kiss in history.” Fey responds: “I want to state for my husband’s sake that it was a comedy idea, not an erotic idea. I did pitch: Wouldn’t it be funny if the kiss was as long as the credit sequence? It was fun because we’re both so polite and not only are we both married, but we know each other’s spouses. It was the world’s longest closed-mouth kiss. It was like a tongueless turtle mouth.”
And they did it in one take. “To go for it for, like, five minutes – it was a long time,” says Carell. “I was trying not to laugh because I tend to love things that go on and reach their expiration date as a joke and then become funny again just because you’ve done it for so long.”
Love it or hate it?
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Love them both! This should be great!
Pictured: Kate Walsh (in one of my favorite dresses of the night!), Hayden Panettiere, Mary Louise Parker, Olivia Wilde, Chloe Sevigny, Tina Fey, Marcia Gay Harden, Sarah McLachlan, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Sarah Silverman, Holly Hunter, Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller, Chris O’Donnell and his wife.
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Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey’s hit comedy 30 Rock is leading the charge for the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards after landing a whopping 22 nominations.
The show will defend its title as Outstanding TV Comedy for the third year running, against Entourage, Weeds, Flight of the Conchords, The Office, How I Met Your Mother, and Family Guy. The animated series’ inclusion is the first time a cartoon has been shortlisted for the prize since The Flintstones in 1961.
30 Rock’s leading stars will do battle in the male and female categories for the outstanding comedy actor awards. Hollywood star Baldwin is up against the likes of Steve Carell (The Office), Charlie Sheen (Two And A Half Men) and Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), while Fey is competing with Christina Applegate (Samantha Who?), Sarah Silverman (The Sarah Silverman Program), and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds).
Meanwhile, Mad Men has scored 16 nods – including Outstanding Drama Series, which it won last year (08), Outstanding Lead Actor, Drama for Jon Hamm, and Outstanding Lead Actress, Drama for Elisabeth Moss.
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