Archive: October 2008

Tina Fey's Sarah Palin impersonations are winning rave reviews from her former SNL Weekend Update co-host Jimmy Fallon."Tina Fey is hitting home runs left and right. She is phenomenal," Fallon told Usmagazine.com at a bash for celeb chef Mario Batali's new book, Spain...A Culinary Road Trip, at the Bon Appetit Supper Club in NYC on Wednesday. "Amy Poehler's pregnant and running around - she's great."See SNL's most outrageous political sketches of all time!Fallon will soon head back to work, as he takes over NBC's Late Night for Conan O'Brien next March.More @ US Magazine: http://www.usmagazine.com/news/jimmy-fallon-and-tina-palin

With his first wedding anniversary approaching, Jimmy Fallon is still deciding how to fete his wife, producer Nancy Juvonen. "I'm trying to think of what to do for my anniversary," he told PEOPLE at a party for his golfing buddy, chef Mario Batali, on Monday. "But I've got time." Fallon, 34, and Juvonen, 41, were married last December, surrounded by family and friends (including Juvonen's best pal and longtime producing partner, Drew Barrymore).More: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20235310,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines

During a weekend filled with parades, carnivals and football games, Jimmy Fallon, best known for his time on "Saturday Night Live," came to the UNH Field House on Friday as this year's homecoming comedian. The show was the start of a brief college tour before Fallon's upcoming gig as the new "Late Night" host in March 2009, where he'll be taking over for Conan O'Brien. More: http://media.www.tnhonline.com/media/storage/paper674/news/2008/10/14/News/Jimmy.Fallon.Wins.Over.The.Crowd-3484896.shtml 

During a weekend filled with parades, carnivals and football games, Jimmy Fallon, best known for his time on "Saturday Night Live," came to the UNH Field House on Friday as this year's homecoming comedian. The show was the start of a brief college tour before Fallon's upcoming gig as the new "Late Night" host in March 2009, where he'll be taking over for Conan O'Brien.  More @ New Hamphire Online: http://media.www.tnhonline.com/media/storage/paper674/news/2008/10/14/News/Jimmy.Fallon.Wins.Over.The.Crowd-3484896.shtml

Rochester Institute of Technology kicks off its homecoming weekend tonight with The Capitol Steps, a comedy troupe made up of current and former Congressional staffers.The group is known to take a humorous slant on the nation’s political scene, and it will be heading to RIT as the 2008 presidential race heats up. The Capitol Steps will perform two shows, one at 5 p.m. and one at 7 p.m. in the Student Alumni Union’s Ingle Auditorium.Scientist, inventor, comedian and author Bill Nye will serve as this year’s Horton Distinguished Speaker at 2 p.m. Oct. 11 in the Gordon Field House and Activities Center. Nye is best known as the star of the PBS television series "Bill Nye the Science Guy," which was awarded 28 Emmy awards within a five-year span.Jimmy Fallon, former star of "Saturday Night Live" and soon-to-be host of NBC’s "Late Night," caps the weekend’s entertainment with a comedy performance at 8 p.m. Oct. 11 in the field house. Fallon rose to stardom as the co-anchor of Saturday Night Live’s popular “Weekend Update” segment with Tina Fey. Jimmy Fallon: $15 for RIT students; $30 for faculty, staff; $40 for the public More @ http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x1272965130/Bill-Nye-the-Science-Guy-Jimmy-Fallon-among-those-celebrating-RIT-homecoming

Tickets for the big Florida State Homecoming PowWow show on Nov. 14 with "Saturday Night Live" veteran Jimmy Fallon go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at the Civic Center box office and all Ticketmaster outlets.@http://tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081002/ENT/810020341