MSNBC - USA - Tina Fey is, at this moment, our funniest person. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are more topical and more reliable political satirists, Steve Carell incorporates more poignancy, and if you’re one of the many internet sensations whose lip-synching routine, uproarious wedding dance, or movie send-up has earned you instant fame, more power to you.

But on an ongoing basis, our funniest person — bringing the greatest hilarity to the greatest number — is Tina Fey. Her first big movie as a lead, “Baby Mama,” opens on Friday, and a nation full of theater-goers in need of a laugh crosses its fingers.

Why

Film.com - Seattle, WA, USA - Confession time: I may love Tina Fey more than the average person. I don’t think the average fan would spend an hour on a Sunday night frantically trying to get through to Comedy Central’s Night of Too Many Stars donation hotline just because there was a glimmer of hope that she might answer the phone. Or who considered picketing with the WGA in hopes of meeting Tina on the picket line? Or who would remain constantly on the lookout for the perfect pair of fake glasses to complete next year’s Liz Lemon Halloween costume? Or who would defend her for

MSNBC - USA - Could it be that after two Emmys, a hit sitcom, a Writers Guild nomination for her first feature film and that glam cover shoot she did for Entertainment Weekly that Tina Fey is getting just a tad full of herself?

“Tina won’t look people in the eye and she has a solid gold helicopter,” said Fey’s “Baby Mama” co-star Amy Poehler. “That’s all I’m going to say.”

There was no dispute from Fey, who was seated on Poehler’s left.

“I do have a solid gold helicopter but I go back and forth to the Hamptons,” Fey said with a straight face. “I have

Cinematical - Santa Monica, CA, USA - I was drawn into this whole story by the thought of Tina Fey, but be still my comedic heart, she's not the only one involved. As Jessica posted earlier this month, Ricky Gervais has a blog for his upcoming comedy, This Side of the Truth, and he's just announced the final casting. He writes in an entry: "We are trying to avoid the 'Hollywood actor look'. No botox, perma-tans, or unfeasibly white teeth..."

Who could that mean for casting? Well, there's a short little blip that says Tina Fey and Christopher Guest have signed on, along with Jeffrey Tambor and John

TV Squad - Santa Monica, CA, USA - OK, so it's a little swipe I think, but it stands out.

30 Rock star and producer Tina Fey gave an interview to Reader's Digest where she talks about everything from motherhood to her time on Saturday Night Live to who her favorite member of The Three Stooges is (Larry). She's also asked by the interviewer what pleases her more, applause or laughter, and she makes a point of saying that it's laughter because "you can prompt applause with a sign."

She goes on to say in the same answer that her SNL buddy Seth Meyers coined the term "clapter," which is

Starpulse.com - Branford, CT, USA - In this town (Los Angeles) and this industry (entertainment), there are a handful of strong, intelligent, funny women who - once they finally broke onto the radar - have worked consistently in equally strong, intelligent, funny roles.

After reading this month's "Who Says Women Aren't Funny" issue of Vanity Fair, it is impossible not to notice just how many beyond the current "it" girls of comedy were left off that list (which included funnygirls such as Tina Fey, Sarah Silverman and Amy Poehler). This is an attempt to rectify that and garner them the recognition they so rightly deserve.

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Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park, NJ, USA - After being surrounded by the dramatic heavyweight stars of the Oscars, Jon Stewart will play host again, this time amid a bevy of comedians.

Stewart will host the second biannual "Night of Too Many Stars: An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education" on April 13 at the Beacon Theater in New York. The show will air live on Comedy Central at 8 p.m.

The night will feature stand-up routines, sketches and short films from a gluttony of comic talent, including Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, Sarah Silverman and Amy Poehler.

It's the second such benefit and was

Variety - USA - In Britain, where a "season" of a show might easily be six carefully crafted episodes, it's commonplace to see a Ricky Gervais write every script and star in every episode.
American TV, though, with its 20-plus episode seasons, has long adopted a tidy assembly-line approach: Writers work in the writers' room, actors on the set.

Yet writer-performers are very much in evidence Stateside, especially in comedy, where the factory approach seems to be running out of steam.

Tina Fey, doing double duty as showrunner and star, has helped shape "30 Rock" into a rare survivor among new network comedies, while "The Office," also