December 18, 2009

Will "SNL" declare the 2010s "The Al Franken Decade"?
It has become a "Saturday Night Live" tradition to end each decade with Al Franken going on Weekend Update" to declare the next decade as "The Al Franken Decade." Franken did it in December 1979, and in December 1989 and again in December 1999. But now that he's a big-time U.S. senator, will he go on "SNL" tomorrow for the final "Update" of the year? Here's what he said at the end of the 1970s: "I believe we're entering what I like to call the Al Franken Decade. Oh, for me, Al Franken, the 80's will be pretty much the same as the 70's. I'll still be thinking of me, Al Franken."


All Christmas TV specials have one of 3 basic plotlines

They are 1) Gift woes threaten to ruin Christmas, 2) Work threatens to ruin Christmas and 3) Absent holiday spirit threatens to ruin Christmas.


"Soul Food" star joins J.J. Abrams' "Undercovers" as the male lead

Actor Boris Kodjoe will be one-half of a couple spy team.


Ex-"Top Model" star sues NFL wide receiver for child support

Nik Pace, who appeared on "ANTM" in 2005, claims Braylon Edwards of the New York Jets, is the father of her baby. She's demanding $70,000 a month.


Why "Vampire Diaries" is so better than "Twilight"

Here are five reasons, including the fact that the CW "Vampire" characters actually sleep with each other.


4 of "The Office" stars once interned for Conan

Angela Kinsey, Mindy Kaling, John Krasinski and Ellie Kemper all have a Conan internship on their resumes. "We created the show the office using our intern pool," Conan tells Krasinski, neglecting to mention that his Harvard roommate, Greg Daniels, runs "The Office."


Did George Costanza inspire Major League Baseball?

His "Seinfeld" vision of a snow tire day at Yankee stadium is becoming closer to reality, thanks to a new pact between MLB and Firestone.

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