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Watch Tina Fey Bring Her Sarah Palin Impression Back on 'Inside the Actor's Studio'

by | March 21st, 2013

Here's Tina Fey on Inside the Actor's Studio earlier this week, with James Lipton interviewing her as Sarah Palin. This is the first time Fey has done the impression since guest starring on an SNL episode two years ago, but it's really a testament to her incredible improv abilities that she can just slip back into it and give such incredibly funny responses to Lipton's questions. I could watch James Lipton talk to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin for the entire hour.

Ubiquity

Jim Carrey Is Taking Over TV This Week

by | January 7th, 2011

Last night, Jim Carrey stopped by Fallon and did his entire interview while running on a treadmill, which seems like a fitting way for a guy who seems so full of energy to do an interview.

On Friday, Carrey joins James Lipton on Inside the Actor's Studio, something that's apparently 17 years in the making: When Lipton started his landmark interview series on Bravo in 1994, he had become enamored of Carrey’s work on Fox’s sketch comedy show In Living Color. “His was one of the first invitations I ever sent out,” Lipton says. Initial guests included Paul Newman, Dennis Hopper, and Sally Field. “But Jim’s extremely shy. [...]

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Betty White to Saucily Flirt with James Lipton, Joel McHale

by | August 30th, 2010

Betty White has been everywhere in the past year, from SNL to her show Hot in Cleavland to the stage at the Emmys. Is a Betty White backlash coming? Is a backlash even possible for an adorable and funny little old lady? I guess we'll find out, as Betty White mania is continuing this fall: she's doing Inside the Actors Studio and is guest starring on the season premiere of Community on September 23rd. Details are scant on both, but click through for a gallery of her on Community.

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