One of the biggest complaints of the religiously loyal fans (*points to self*) of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is that a sequel would have impossibly large alligator-skin shoes to fill. But that didn’t stop Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and the rest of the News Team from suiting up and accepting their invitations to the pants party for Anchorman: The Legend Continues.

So what do you do when you have bigger shoes to fill? You add bigger feet. In this case, those feet belong to longtime Ferrell friends Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and his Talladega Nights co-star Sacha Baron Cohen. A picture made the rounds earlier this week suggesting that Fey and Poehler might be involved, because there were two women, one with brown hair and the other blonde, filming a scene in Atlanta, but now new images from the set have surfaced and there they are – beating Cohen with crowbars.

Fey, Poehler and Cohen join Anchorman newcomers Harrison Ford, Nicole Kidman, James Marsden, Greg Kinnear, Kristen Wiig and (supposedly) John C. Reilly.

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“Really? Not even one nip?”

Tina Fey is beloved by pretty much everyone not named Taylor Swift, but she’s also a 42-year old mother of two, which means that most of us are pretty cool with the fact that she won’t do nude scenes. But just in case there are still some people out there who would love to see her topless, she reiterated her no-titty stance in a recent interview with Movieline while discussing her new film, Admission, which also stars Paul Rudd. Now there’s an actor I wouldn’t mind seeing topless.

Fey revealed that the film’s script was originally a lot closer to the book, in that there was supposed to be a little freaky naughty sex time between her and Rudd, and those scenes required her to be topless. Sorry pervs, wasn’t gonna happen.

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If you had a lab puppy and your neighbor had a corgi puppy, you’d let them play together and take pictures, wouldn’t you? You’d owe it to the world. It’s the same with Paul Rudd and Tina Fey. How the hell has it taken this long to get them in the same movie? Anyway, here they are in Admission, from director Paul Weitz, whose somewhat underwhelming filmography includes American Pie, About a Boy, In Good Company, American Dreamz, Cirque Du Freak, Little Fockers, and Being Flynn. In Admission, Fey plays a Princeton admissions officer, Rudd the headmaster of an alternative high school, who one day tells his former college classmate Fey that he thinks one of his students is the son she gave up for adoption years ago. Will he turn her life upside down? Will she learn that there’s more to life than being a straitlaced workaholic? WHO WILL STEAL HER BLACKBERRY, WHO?!? Find out March 8th.

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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have been hired to host this year’s Golden Globes telecast January 13th. It’s a great choice, because for all the condescending “OMG, womyn can b funny 2!” praise Bridesmaids got, I always thought Baby Mama was better. But then what do I know? I’m just a dude who chose this banner picture because it made Amy Poehler’s boobs look hella swoll. #Yolo

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Dick Clark Productions and NBC announced Monday that the pair of “30 Rock” and “Parks and Recreation” stars have signed on to host the 70th annual Golden Globes ceremony after British comedian Ricky Gervais’ three-year reign as the show’s acerbic emcee.

“The unparalleled comedic timing of Tina and Amy will surely have viewers wanting to tune-in to see them in action,” said Takla-O’Reilly, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which honors film and TV at the Beverly Hills Hilton ceremony. “The HFPA is thrilled to have the magnetic duo be a part of the show’s 70th anniversary!” [HuffPo]

Takla O’Reilly was always my favorite Who song. The HFPA, of course, is an insular collection of foreigners who work for fake magazines and love Johnny Depp movies (Foreigners Love Johnny Depp), who give awards in exchange for bribes. But they gained a modicum of legitimacy in the past few years by hiring Ricky Gervais to come down and insult everyone. I wouldn’t mind seeing that again, but hiring the best Weekend Update team since Norm MacDonald is a pretty great idea too. Maybe they could even get Seth Meyers to come down and stand just off stage handing orange slices to everyone when they get tired like at soccer practice.

That’s right, I’m trying to start a beef with Seth Meyers. If you see him, tell him I said he was a nerd. EAT IT, MEYERS!

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Tina Fey and Steve Carell’s Date Night took the top spot away from Clash of the Titans over the weekend, earning an estimated $27.1 million on the strength of solid reviews from critics who overwhelmingly called it, “Okay, I guess.”

Meanwhile, the

Elsewhere, Hot Tub Time Machine was all the way down at number seven, where its $36.9 million gross was just good enough to earn back its estimated production budget, but still a lot less than it deserves.  It was funny, dammit.  One slot higher than Bounty Hunter?  Did anyone even know that was still playing?  I’d say that I don’t want to live in a world where Bounty Hunter earns more than Hot Tub Time Machine, but the truth is, I don’t want people who see Bounty Hunter to live in a world where Bounty Hunter earns more than Hot Tub Time Machine.  That’s why I bought this blow torch.

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