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• Steve Martin brings bluegrass to Tilles

  -- following writer, comedian and actor, all of which he continues to some extent, as his cameo on the season finale of " Saturday Night Live " last week showed. Martin is also a musician and he's very much in demand.In addition to composing bluegrass music   Read more »

• Kristen Wiig gets SNL farewell

  you're "Saturday Night Live," how do you say goodbye to one of the great cast members in show history, notably Kristen Wiig who is leaving the show after seven seasons. It's not yet official, but there's really no need to wait for the news release.Maybe you   Read more »

• Steve Madden kicks off Summer Concert Series with Karmin

  who named Gwen Stefani as her biggest fashion influence, said she wore Steve Madden shoes during Karmin's Saturday Night Live performance in February, and also at her shows as a student at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. She chose a pair of his wedges   Read more »

• Eli Manning on 'Saturday Night Live'

  a runner-up in the Miss Drag World pageant and a wet-blanket third-wheel named Richard in Cheech and Chong movies.Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels was asked earlier in the week who the funnier Manning was: Eli or Peyton. He didnt answer, saying   Read more »

• Knicks still have time to win with Carmelo Anthony

  win continuing to prove elusive, perhaps Carmelo Anthony should set a more attainable goal for the near future: Host " Saturday Night Live ." Seriously. Melo did make a cameo appearance on the show last spring, but I am talking about the full-blown, opening-monologue,   Read more »

Around the web

• 'SNL' funnyman Bill Hader returns as host of TCM movie series

  Night Live” funnyman Bill Hader is known for his crazy characters, such as Stefon, Weekend Update's flamboyant New York City correspondent. He also does uncanny impressions of Vincent Price, Alan Alda, Clint Eastwood and other Hollywood personalities. So it's 10:55 AM from Los Angeles Times Read more »

• Kathie Lee Gifford, I feel your pain; Martin Short, you are a class act after televised faux pas

  PhotoMartin Short (center) along with former "Saturday Night Live" writer Alan Zweibel (right) have a laugh listening to former SNL cast member Kevin Nealon (left) during a LaughFest 2012 press conference in March. GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Kathie Lee Gifford, I 5/31/12 from MLive.com Read more »

• New York Funny Songs Fest on Lower East Side

  have long worked song-and-dance gags into their acts. Certainly "Saturday Night Live" has produced its share, whether a spaghetti-limbed Steve Martin performing "King Tut" in pharaoh garb or Adam Sandler mewling "The Hanukkah Song. " But strapping on a guitar 5/31/12 from Albequerque Express Read more »

• Saturday Night Live: Kristen Wiig Exit Is "Huge Loss," Says Andy Samberg—But Is He Next?!

  Wiig, you are going to be missed big time. We'll let her Saturday Night Live cohort Andy Samberg tell you. Plus, find out if he's ready to move on, too... "It's going to be a huge loss," Samberg exclusively told us last night at the MTV Sneak Peek of his new 5/31/12 from E! Online Read more »

• Fred Armisen’s ‘Be Serious for 30 Seconds’ project is unintentionally hilarious

  Armisen, a comedian most recognized from Saturday Night Live and Portlandia, is a pretty funny guy. A new project he developed on YouTube, however, is not. At least it’s not intended to be. “Be Serious for 30 Seconds” is Armisen’s invitation for anyone to   from death + taxes Read more »