Topic: Alec Baldwin

The Call Sheet

Alec Baldwin Goes Bust On Broadway

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Today in show business news: Alec Baldwin's latest Broadway play is closing early, Steve Carell returns to The Office, Winona Ryder is making a comeback, and The Newsroom goes back in time again.

By Esther Zuckerman

Apr 10, 2013

Carson Daly Is Safe from Alec Baldwin (For Now)

Contrary to crazy reports, Alec Baldwin will not be on your television while you are fast sleep—at least not yet: NBC announced this afternoon that Last Call with Carson Daly, the show you did not know was still on, has been renewed for a 13th.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Apr 10, 2013

Alec Baldwin at 1:35 in the Morning Is Good for Everyone but Carson Daly

The wee hours of the morning may be welcoming none other Baldwin into NBC's new late-night lineup, which leads to a bunch more questions, all with very sensible (if provocative and potentially dangerous) answers.

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By Connor Simpson

Feb 18, 2013

Who Do You Believe: Alec Baldwin or the New York Post?

That the New York Post and Alec Baldwin got into another spat is not news, really. But the latest battle between the paper and Baldwin is a little uglier, and a little unsettling, and a little more racist than their normal tiffs.

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By Richard Lawson

Dec 3, 2012

The Call Sheet

Alec Baldwin Isn't Going Anywhere

Today in show business news: Alec Baldwin signs a new deal with NBC, The Newsroom gets in the Mitt Romney game, and Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs in the comedy of the century.

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By Esther Zuckerman

Oct 19, 2012

Stat of the Day

More New Yorkers Want Anthony Weiner to Run for Mayor Than Alec Baldwin

More New York City voters would rather see Eliot Spitzer, driven from the governor's mansion over a prostitution scandal, and, Anthony Weiner, driven from Congress by sending gross pictures on Twitter, enter next year's crowded mayoral race, than see Alec Baldwin, hilarious star of 30 Rock and Words With Friends plane outbursts jump into politics.  

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By David Wagner

Oct 2, 2012

20 Years of Alec Baldwin 'Glengarry Glen Ross' Parodies

Glengarry Glen Ross first hit movies theaters 20 years ago today, spawning countless parodies of Alec Baldwin's "Always Be Closing" speech. To mark the occasion we've rounded up the best ones.

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By Richard Lawson

Sep 6, 2012

The Smart Set

Kristen Is Still Wearing Rob's Clothes

Today in celebrity gossip: Kristen Stewart may still be sending signals to Robert Pattinson, learn more about Alec Baldwin's daughter than you ever needed to know, and be horrified by how much money The Situation makes. 

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By Richard Lawson

Aug 9, 2012

The Smart Set

Alec Baldwin: Church Pariah

Today in celebrity gossip: Alec Baldwin has angered churchgoers in the Hamptons, Kristen Stewart has gone into relative hiding, and Taylor Swift is even more of a cradle robber than we thought. 

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By Richard Lawson

Jul 10, 2012

The Smart Set

Adele's Secret Pregnancy

This morning's gossip includes news of Adele's baby, some depressing stuff about the boring old Hamptons, and a story about Miley Cyrus singing a song with a drag queen. It's a Tuesday hodgepodge!

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By Hannah Miet

Jul 3, 2012

The Best of Alec Baldwin's Now-Dead Twitter Page

Alec Baldwin, prolific tweeter and anti-paparrazi activist, (who is also -- we've heard -- an actor), quit Twitter on Monday. His parting words: "It's been fun." Instead of wallowing in grief, let's remember the good times. 

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By Richard Lawson

Jul 2, 2012

The Smart Set

Tom Tailing Cut-and-Run Katie?

Today: Mysterious cars have been following Katie Holmes, a Facebook billionaire is made an honest man, and Alec Baldwin had violent fantasies about Harvey Levin

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By Jen Doll

Jun 22, 2012

Are E-Books Killing Books?; The Books That Shaped America

Today in books and publishing: The ongoing hand-wringing over e-books; the Library of Congress's great reading list; Apple anti-trust suit wrinkles; Alec Baldwin gets mad, gets books.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jun 19, 2012

Strange Bedfellows

Alec Baldwin and Bristol Palin Have Something Very Important in Common

Alec Baldwin and Bristol Palin wouldn't seem to have that much in common: He's old, she's young, he's an accomplished actor, she's a politician's child, he is the left's worst spokesperson, she's the worst spokesman for the right. But they have something very important in common deep inside their souls: each hate hate hates the media while making a living in media.

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By Richard Lawson

Jun 13, 2012

The Smart Set

Alec Baldwin's Wedding Bells; Corey Feldman's Live-In Stalker

Today: Alec and his bride have announced their venue, Corey Feldman has a domestic situation for once, and Steve Wynn officially owns a big chunk of Manhattan.

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By Ray Gustini

May 25, 2012

The Smart Set

Alec Baldwin Tells Harvey Weinstein He's Sorry; Porn Stars Liked Clinton

Alec Baldwin is very sorry for saying something mean about Harvey Weinstein, more details on Bill Clinton's pornstar photo-op, and Charlie Sheen's collection of sports baubles may be expanding by one Super Bowl ring.

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By Ray Gustini

May 24, 2012

The Smart Set

Bill Clinton's Porn Star Photo-Op; Royal Nightclub Brawl Revisited

Bill Clinton got friendly with some porn stars last night in Monaco, Alec Baldwin may be getting married abroad, and Monaco's Prince Pierre Casiraghi details his wicked scar.

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By Richard Lawson

May 11, 2012

The Call Sheet

'Pan Am' Is Huge in Europe

The Call Sheet sifts through the day's glut of Hollywood news to find the stories even non-industry types care about. Today: ABC has an international hit in a Pan Am, The CW officially invites Carrie Bradshaw to the party, and Alec Baldwin is a busy man.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 11, 2012

Alec Baldwin Wants NBC Off His Front Steps

Alec Baldwin has been angrily tweeting Tuesday night and Wednesday morning about the journalists staked out in front of his apartment (ironically to ask him about his stalker), but it was a perceived slight from a fellow NBC family member that drove him to hint he'd be leaving the network.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 10, 2012

What We Know About Alec Baldwin's Alleged Stalker

Say what you will of Alec Baldwin; he makes great tabloid fodder. And so, the Post slaps him on their cover with the headline "Dirty Rock"—even though the story within is more about his alleged stalker than about Baldwin, himself. What do we know about this alleged stalker? 

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By Dino Grandoni

Apr 3, 2012

David Lynch Throws Worst Party Ever; Google Takes Us for a Ride

Every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 26, 2012

Beetlejuice's 'Handbook For the Recently Deceased' Can Be Yours for $1,800

Heritage Auctions has the perfect gift for that recently deceased friend or loved one in your life: A real, hardbound copy of The Handbook for the Recently Deceased, the manual for ghosts that "reads like stereo instructions," from Tim Burton's 1988 classic Beetlejuice.

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By Dino Grandoni

Jan 26, 2012

Alec Baldwin Hints That He Could Be Electable in a Couple Years

Last night Alec Baldwin sustained the speculation that he will make an Al Franken-like jump from comedy to politics in the near future, telling CNN's Piers Morgan, "I do want to run for office one day."

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By Richard Lawson

Jan 6, 2012

The Call Sheet

Alec Baldwin Isn't Going Anywhere

Alec Baldwin is staying at NBC, so is Mariska Hargitay, and another Disney ride becomes a Disney movie.

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By Adam Martin

Jan 4, 2012

Baldwin's Airplane Outburst Cost Him Hometown Hero Status

In upstate New York, the supermarket chain Wegman's was happily running commercials featuring an anecdote Alec Baldwin told about his mom on Late Night, but after just "a few dozen" customers complained, the chain pulled the ad spots.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 21, 2011

Sorry, New York: Alec Baldwin Won't Run for Mayor

Thousands of 30-Rock fans in New York City who hoped to one day tick a box next to Alec Baldwin's name in a mayoral election will be disappointed to hear that it's not happening.

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By Ray Gustini

Dec 14, 2011

'Drive' Is Getting a Book Sequel; Jonathan Safran Foer Fears 'The Shallows'

Today in books: Drive follow-up will be released as a paperback this summer, Jonathan Safran Foer's complicated best book of the year criteria, and why print books will always rule the skies.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 7, 2011

Alec Baldwin Quit Twitter … Sort Of

Less than 24 hours after the Words with Friends game heard round the world that led to Alec Baldwin's boisterous removal from an American Airlines flight, the star's Twitter account is suspended.

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By Adam Martin

Dec 7, 2011

American Airlines Says Baldwin Threw a Tantrum

Alec Baldwin threw a hissy fit on an airplane when he was told to turn off his cell phone before takeoff, American Airlines says, reportedly stalking off to the bathroom and slamming the door.

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By Erik Hayden

Dec 6, 2011

Alec Baldwin Confirms Some Sort of Altercation on an American Airlines Flight

Thanks to two heavily retweeted witnesses who said that he'd been kicked off a plane, the Internet has been full of speculation about what was going on with 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin on an American Airlines flight before he responded on Twitter.

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By Ray Gustini

Dec 5, 2011

The Smart Set

The Gingriches Endorse Meryl Streep; Alec Baldwin's Mayoral Two-Step

The Gingriches add star power to the Kennedy Center honors, Alec Baldwin won't close the door on a New York City mayoral bid, and the NFL confirms Madonna will be performing at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Oct 26, 2011

Spatwatch

Alec Baldwin and Dean Skelos Play 'Who's the Nicer Rich Guy'

Players: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock star and part-time Occupy Wall Streeter; Dean Skelos, Republican State Senator who represents Nassau County and isn't a Wall Street Occupier

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 24, 2011

Scorsese's Lush, Confusing 'Hugo'; Will Ferrell's Night at the Kennedy Center

We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching trailers, viral videos, shaky cell phone footage, and people arguing on television. This is why The Atlantic Wire highlights the day's video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.

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By Adam Martin

Oct 19, 2011

Alec Baldwin's Tense Visit to Occupy Wall Street

Alec Baldwin called his Tuesday night visit to Zuccotti Park "too brief," but it looks like the trip was a very long two hours.

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 17, 2011

The Smart Set

Quinto Comes Out Quietly; Lopez and Cooper Together Again

Plus: Mark Zuckerberg knows his showtunes

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 4, 2011

Darren Aronofsky's Ark Movie Floats; Tommy Lee Jones's Lucky Break

Plus: The Tommy Lee Jones contract snafu that keeps on costing Paramount

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Sep 22, 2011

Spatwatch

Alec Baldwin and Michelle Malkin Both Lose Troy Davis Twitter Fight

'Oozy Slime' and a 'Crypto Fascist Hater' spar, but not over the executed man

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 21, 2011

Alec Baldwin Hazily Recreates His Nixed Emmy Joke

Plus: James Franco returns to the soap opera serial killer well

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 9, 2011

The Smart Set

Witherspoon Won't Sue Elderly Motorist; Baldwin's Mystery Barista

Plus: Mos Def is changing his name to Yasiin

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By Ray Gustini

Aug 30, 2011

Ryan Gosling Is Back to His Old Mopey Ways in 'The Ides of March'

Also in videos: Vladimir Putin's comic motorcycle is no laughing matter in Russia

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By Ray Gustini

Aug 29, 2011

The Smart Set

Yup, Beyonce Is Pregnant

Plus: Shia LeBeouf reportedly had cross words with a Marilyn Manson 'gal pal' Friday

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By Ray Gustini

Aug 25, 2011

The Smart Set

Alec Baldwin Thinks Marriage; Larry David's in Love

Plus: Dick Ebersol's ski lodge can be yours for just $13 million

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By Ray Gustini

Aug 15, 2011

The Smart Set

Julian Schnabel's Single; Jessica Alba's a Mom Again

Plus: Alec Baldwin has an odd new way of showing his girlfriend he cares

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By Adam Martin

Aug 10, 2011

Baldwin Won't be Pinned Down on Mayoral Run

The 30 Rock star suggested to the 'New York Times' he was interested

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By Ray Gustini

Aug 8, 2011

The Smart Set

Big Boi Busted; Larry David Has Groupies

Plus: an abrupt end to an ABC staple

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By John Hudson

Jun 8, 2011

Some Roadblocks in the Alec Baldwin for Mayor Campaign

If he wants to run New York City, he probably ought to register to vote there

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By Ray Gustini

Jun 8, 2011

The Smart Set

Alec Baldwin Weighs a New York City Mayoral Bid

Plus: James Franco's cutting an album

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By Ujala Sehgal

Jun 5, 2011

Five Best Sunday Columns

On the Tea Party Utopia, Baldwin on Romney, and reporting sex scandals

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By Ray Gustini

May 16, 2011

The Uncertain Future of '30 Rock'

Expiring contracts, a midseason start, and a new programming head spell trouble

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By Ray Gustini

Apr 29, 2011

Condoleezza Rice's Strange '30 Rock' Cameo

The show is at its best when it just spontaneously stops making sense

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By Ray Gustini

Apr 6, 2011

Phew ... The End of '30 Rock' Dismissed as 'Total Nonsense'

It may be time to stop listening to Alec Baldwin

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