‘SHOOTING’ SCENE FOR SNL
TIt’s a homecoming for
who’s hosting this week’s “Saturday Night Live.” Before moving to a weekday schedule to host “The Tonight Show,” Fallon played for team “SNL” from 1998 to 2004. He shot scenes — and baskets — for this week’s episode at the W. 4th St. basketball courts in the West Village, with castmates including
Reporter threw its 35 Most Powerful People in Media celebration in Midtown on Thursday, bringing together a sundry collection of characters, including rival cable network anchors from CNN and Fox News. And CNN anchor
(top photo) had every reason to stay home.
“I had two root canals yesterday,” Lemon said, showing us that he still had the medication to prove it.
Lemon told us that he’s far more likely to meet people at a party than he is on an app like Tinder, which he avoids.
“I’m actually seeing someone, but before that I would not do it… I believe in the old-fashioned way.”
Honoree who likes to ask people out at work, was noticeably missing from the event amidst breaking news that Fox News has paid out $13 million to settle a handful of sexual harassment lawsuits over the years. “It did not go unnoticed,” confided one News Corp employee.
O’Reilly is currently on a two week break from his “No Spin Zone” program.
However, his colleague (bottom photo) who also made the Hollywood Reporters’ list, was happy to chat. It turns out he’s a former Newser. “I delivered the Daily News in the morning when I was a kid, believe it or not,” said Hannity, who’s unlikely to work for The News again. “But I was the worst paper boy. I’d get up, I’d sit next to my heater because it was cold outside, I didn’t want to deliver the papers. And what I’d end up doing is getting out late and flinging the papers all over the place.”
Hannity couldn’t speak to O’Reilly’s latest round of troubles.
“When I see him in the hall I say hi,” he said. “He’ll be back.”
Hannity then clarified: “He’ll be back a week from Monday.”
While The News was not on the Hollywood Reporters’ list this year, we did win a Pulitzer Prize this week. But this party seemed nice too. Grammy winning rapper will perform at the Gordon Parks Foundation’s Awards Dinner & Auction, where honorees will include Congressman and Red-hot talk show host will speak at the June 6 event at Cipriani as will singer Also that night, the foundation will present an original photograph to former adviser of Jarrett’s mother, which was taken in 1941.