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Meryl Streep Won’t Be Tina Fey’s Mom

Two years ago, Tina Fey and Meryl Streep signed on to play mother-and-daughter in a new comedy for director Stanley Tucci called Mommy & Me, but Fey revealed in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly that the movie is no longer happening. Fey told the press, “The headline I saw was ‘Tina Fey to Receive Acting Lessons on Camera from Meryl Streep.’ That’s about right.” Meryl Streep giving Tina Fey acting lessons would make for an entertaining movie in its own right, but it’s a shame that Mommy & Me isn’t happening, and our hearts go out to Tina Fey on the loss of her [...]

Kenneth Parcell Gets a Mom and a Breaking Bad "Mom's 'Friend'"

We've met Liz's parents and Jack's parents and Jenna's mom and Frank's mom but Kenneth's family has been a mystery. And since they can't get a pig to act, we are going to meet Kenneth's mom and her special friend. Catherine O'Hara is in as Mrs. Parcell and Leaves of Grass superfan Bryan Cranston will be her companion. Both are classic perfect 30 Rock guest star castings and they reflect the final season's raising of stakes. But if they really want to kick things up an emotional notch, O'Hara should bring with her Kenneth's father-pig's meatless carcass.

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