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The Help, Boardwalk Empire Win Big at SAG Awards

'60s-set drama scores upset win

(Newser) - The Help was the big winner at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards last night, taking three awards many had expected to go to The Artist. The drama about racism in the South won awards including best cast performance, the SAG equivalent of the Oscars' best picture, reports the...

Flight Attendants Want Baldwin's 30 Rock Off Airplanes

They're still angry over his criticism of them, airline

(Newser) - American Airlines flight attendants are so furious with Alec Baldwin they want his sitcom banned from their airplanes. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants has asked that 30 Rock be removed from all American Airlines flights in the wake of the very public squabble that erupted when he got booted...

Alec Baldwin Spoofs Airline Tantrum on 'Saturday Night Live'
 Alec Baldwin Says 
 'Sorry' ... to Alec Baldwin 
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Dec 11, 2011 2:45 PM CST

Alec Baldwin Says 'Sorry' ... to Alec Baldwin

Actor apologizes to himself as airline pilot

(Newser) - Hot off his ugly incident on an American Airlines flight this week, Alec Baldwin appeared on Saturday Night Live and apologized to ... himself, the New York Daily News reports. The funnyman donned a pilot's uniform and was introduced as Captain Steve Rogers: "It was awful Seth," he...

Oops! Now Baldwin Insults Greyhound

Bus company not too pleased he dragged it into his American Airlines mess

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin, scourge of travel companies everywhere: American Airlines is mad at him , flight attendants want him off their planes , and now Greyhound has a bone to pick with the actor. In his apology to passengers that ran on the Huffington Post, he noted that flight attendants like the one...

Put Baldwin on No-Fly List: Union

Keep him and '30 Rock' off American Airlines, demand flight attendants

(Newser) - Get off your high horse, Mr. Alec Baldwin. That's the response from the flight attendants union to the actor and his profanity-peppered tirade . Union officials want the bristly actor with the big mouth barred from further flights on American Airlines. They also want to dump 30 Rock episodes from...

Alec Baldwin Apologizes to Fellow Passengers for Causing Delay on American Airlines Flight
 Baldwin 
 Apologizes to 
 Passengers, 
 Slams Airlines 
plus: no more twitter
Dec 8, 2011 8:59 AM CST

Baldwin Apologizes to Passengers, Slams Airlines

Says industry using 9/11 as an excuse for lousy service

(Newser) - More fallout from Alec Baldwin's American Airlines incident : The actor has taken himself off Twitter. "Let’s play a game called Mass Unfollowing. I want to crash this acct and start again," he wrote before deactivating his account, according to the New York Post . But that doesn'...

American Airlines Boots Alec Baldwin Off Plane

After a confrontation over ... a cell phone Scrabble game?

(Newser) - An American Airlines pilot kicked Alec Baldwin off a plane today, and the reason smacks more of Kenneth than Jack Donaghy in 30 Rock terms. TMZ explains: Baldwin was playing a game of Words With Friends on his phone while the plane was at the gate. When the cabin door...

Fox Censors Phone Hack Jibe at Emmies
 Fox Censors 
 Phone-Hacking 
 Bit at Emmys 
Emmy Night
Sep 19, 2011 1:24 AM CDT

Fox Censors Phone-Hacking Bit at Emmys

Alec Baldwin pulls videotaped skit after joke is axed

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin squashed his videotaped appearance on last night's Emmy Awards after Fox axed his joke about the phone hacking scandal at newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., Fox's parent company. Baldwin demanded his entire videotaped bit, which was to air at the beginning of the...

Alec Baldwin Bashes Lowly Starbucks Barista

...who may not exist

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin is not a man known for his cool temper, which makes it only slightly surprising that he went on a Twitter rant on Wednesday. The weird twist? It was directed at a possibly non-existent Starbucks employee. "Starbucks on 93 and B’way. Uptight Queen barrista [sic] named...

Woody to Act in New Film

Baldwin, Cruz, Eisenberg joining Woody Allen for Roman comedy

(Newser) - Woody Allen has announced the cast for his new movie—and it includes Woody Allen. The 75-year-old director, whose new release Midnight In Paris has charmed critics and looks set to attract his biggest audience in years, will have a role in The Bop Decameron, reports the Los Angeles Times...

Baldwin vs. Baldwin for NYC Mayor?

Stephen might run against Alec, he reveals

(Newser) - The 2013 New York City mayoral race just got very, very interesting: If Alec Baldwin does indeed run , younger and arguably much weirder brother Stephen may just run against him. He said as much in a recent interview with conservative talk show host Alex Jones picked up by Gothamist . "...

Alec Baldwin Weighs Run for NYC Mayor

Weiner's downfall may create opening for 30 Rock star

(Newser) - With Anthony Weiner's hopes of becoming mayor of New York City rapidly shriveling, Alec Baldwin spies an opportunity. The 30 Rock star is believed to be considering throwing his hat into the ring now that the front-runner is fading, reports the Wall Street Journal . With the primary still two...

Baldwin: Next Season Is 30 Rock's Last

He says Tina Fey will go on to direct, write films

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin was honored last night at the National Dance Institute's fundraising fete, but that's not what's making headlines today. Instead, it's one little comment Baldwin made about 30 Rock, telling New York that "next year is our last year of the show." The magazine notes that Baldwin...

Alec Baldwin to Charlie Sheen: Why You Must 'Beg for Your Job Back'
Alec Baldwin: Hey, Sheen, Beg for Your Job Back
OPINION
Mar 13, 2011 3:32 PM CDT

Alec Baldwin: Hey, Sheen, Beg for Your Job Back

Because when it comes to studio execs, 'you can't win'

(Newser) - Alec Baldwin has a message for recently fired Charlie Sheen: When it comes to studio executives, “You can't win. Really. You can't,” he writes on the Huffington Post . In light of that stark fact, he also has some advice for Sheen: “Take a nap. Get a shower....

Why Alec Baldwin Must Replace Olbermann

NBC says it ain't so, but he'd be a perfect 'crazy' fit

(Newser) - NBC snuffed out rumors that Alec Baldwin might replace Keith Olbermann at MSNBC, reports the Daily News . "Entertaining report, but untrue," says a network spokesman. Which is a shame, writes Mary Elizabeth Williams at Salon . "Like Olbermann, Baldwin has a magnetic television presence, a flair for getting...

The New Olbermann: Alec Baldwin?

He's MSNBC's No. 1 choice, says a source

(Newser) - With Keith Olbermann’s departure, MSNBC needs a new high-profile host—and its top choice is none other than … Alec Baldwin. Sure, he currently has a gig on 30 Rock, but that just makes him an even better fit: "He's already part of the NBC family, has a...

Alec Baldwin Can't Outdo Betty White
 Alec Baldwin 
 Can't Outdo 
 Betty White 

'snl' season finale
May 16, 2010 2:06 PM CDT

Alec Baldwin Can't Outdo Betty White

Final 'Saturday Night Live' host of 35th season overshadowed by 88-year-old

(Newser) - Saturday Night Live ended its 35th season last night with a record-tying 15th hosting gig by Alec Baldwin, who suffered by comparison to last week's scene-stealer, Betty White. "Baldwin hinted at it in his monologue," writes John Teti of the Onion A.V. Club —"after last...

13 International Celebrity Tiffs
 13 International 
 Celebrity Tiffs 
robin williams vs. australia
Apr 9, 2010 10:23 AM CDT

13 International Celebrity Tiffs

The big names who've gotten in hot water overseas

(Newser) - Robin Williams’ comment to David Letterman last week that “Australians are basically English rednecks” set off quite a chain reaction—the Australian prime minister is mad at Williams, and the Alabama governor is mad at the Australian PM for implying Alabamians are the real rednecks. The Daily Beast rounds...

Old-Fashioned Oscars Draw Lukewarm Reviews
 Old-Fashioned Oscars Draw Lukewarm Reviews 
TV Review
Mar 8, 2010 7:32 AM CST

Old-Fashioned Oscars Draw Lukewarm Reviews

Baldwin and Martin wow, but show somehow lacked fun

(Newser) - Were the 82nd Academy Awards any good? The critics are split, but, hey, that’s the point. “We all think we know how to do a better Oscar night,” writes Hank Steuver of the Washington Post . “When really all we know are recipes for queso dip.”...

9 Best Celebrity Mea Culpas
 9 Best Celebrity Mea Culpas 
in solidarity with tiger
Feb 19, 2010 1:56 PM CST

9 Best Celebrity Mea Culpas

Tiger Woods joins David Letterman, Mel Gibson, more

(Newser) - Tiger Woods’ public apology today joins the ranks of other famous—and extremely public—celebrity mea culpas. E! rounds up the top nine:
  • Mel Gibson: After his DUI arrest, he tried to explain his sexist and anti-Semitic tirade to Diane Sawyer.
  • Michael Richards: Used the N-word during a standup bit,
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