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Why It’s Time For Fred Armisen to Hand Over SNL’s Obama to Jay Pharoah

Last week, the news broke that President Obama split his lip playing a pickup game of basketball. My thoughts immediately began to drift toward the parody Saturday Night Live would no doubt have done this past weekend — and which I presume remains imminent after the show’s week off. Then I remembered, Oh yeah: It’s still Fred Armisen doing Obama and not Jay Pharoah. Never mind.

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SNL Royal Engagement: Anne Hathaway is Kate Middleton (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Anne Hathaway hosted SNL this week and was a dead ringer for Prince William's bride-to-be, Kate Middleton. added by: gmc1

3 Sketches Amy Poehler Should Revive in her SNL Hosting Gig

Have you enjoyed SNL Day at Movieline? Look, it was an accident. We can’t help that there’s much to discuss about Jenny Slate’s departure , Lorne Michaels’ new hires , the greatest one-season cast members , and now Amy Poehler’s season premiere hosting gig. The Parks and Recreation star’s return to Studio 8H will no doubt be a successful one, but it could be sublime if she revived these three sketches.

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Will Forte Leaves ‘Saturday Night Live’

Comedian is out after eight seasons on the sketch-comedy show, Forte’s rep confirms. By Mawuse Ziegbe Will Forte performs in “The Falconer” skit on “Saturday Night Live” Photo: Dana Edelson/ NBC Will Forte is leaving his gig as a “Saturday Night Live” castmember after bringing the laughs for eight seasons on NBC’s late-night sketch-comedy show. The comedian’s rep confirmed Forte’s exit to MTV News. “After eight great seasons, Will has made the decision to move on from SNL to pursue new opportunities,” his rep said in a statement. “He is eternally grateful to [executive producer] Lorne [Michaels] and all of the incredible people he worked with over the years.” Forte has played a host of characters throughout his “SNL” career and is perhaps best known for his bumbling action star MacGruber, a thinly-veiled send-up of the ’80s action TV character MacGyver who worked ingenious ways to slip out of sticky situations. A movie version of the popular sketch hit theaters in May and Forte told MTV News that he wasn’t sweating any pressure to live up to “SNL” sketch-turned-silver-screen smashes like “The Blues Brothers” or “Wayne’s World.” “The ‘SNL’ track record is about the same as the movies-in-general track record,” Forte said. “There are a lot of crappy movies out there and a lot of great movies. Sure, there has been some ‘SNL’-based movies that have sucked; there have been some great ones.” While Forte built upon the winning formula of MacGruber, he also said he wasn’t concerned with slavishly replicating the minutes-long sketch on the big screen. Instead, the former television producer and writer, who honed his comedic chops behind the scenes on shows such as “3rd Rock From the Sun,” was more focused on creating a hilarious experience for theatergoers. “We weren’t worried about the ‘SNL’ aspect of the movie,” Forte said. “We just tried to make the best movie we could.” What are some of your favorite memories of Will Forte on “SNL?” Let us know in the comments below!

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James Cameron Inadvertantly Slams Breaking Dawn While Talking Avatar Sequels

Lest you think James Cameron is spending his summer vacation sitting on the giant pile of money he made off Avatar , the King of the World is busy working on two other giant piles of money: the Avatar sequels. No deals are signed yet — nor is there a script — but Cameron has already had discussions about what the future installments would include. He also has some theories on how he’d like to shoot them. Breaking Dawn director Bill Condon, take some notes.

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EXCLUSIVE: Which Glee Actor Will Be Hosting Saturday Night Live?

Glee’s cast members can act, sing, and do comedy, but can they do all that live in front of millions of people? We’ll find out soon enough, as Movieline has exclusively learned that Saturday Night Live just tapped an Emmy-nominated actor from the cast to host one of the first shows of its upcoming 36th season.

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Macgruber

Webcammers unite for the people’s review of SNL’s kitschy action film sendup MacGruber starring Will Forte, Kristen Wiig and Val Kilmer.

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Kanye West Still Holds Grudge, Disses SNL—in Song!

Kanye West is not a fan of Saturday Night Live…or its Kanye-bashing skits. In his latest single, “Power,” the outspoken, grudge-holding rapper is sounding off over the SNL…

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MacGyver vs. MacGruber: Who’d You Rather?

Filed under: Richard Dean Anderson , Will Forte The ’80s TV series ” MacGyver ” starring Richard Dean Anderson is the inspiration for the ” SNL ” skit turned 2010 film ” MacGruber ” starring Will Forte . Question is … Read more

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