Amy Poehler News

Aubrey Plaza isn't kidding when she deems this "the best year of my life." In April, she made her debut as Amy Poehler's deeply disinterested intern on NBC's hysterical mockumentary Parks and Recreation .

" " " " Maya Rudolph is Ready for Saturday Night Live: The Next Generation Jeffrey Ufberg/WireImage If you're waiting for Saturday Night Live: The Next Generation , you aren't alone! Former SNL alum Maya Rudolph is right there with you.

Maternity leave - or reprieve? June 29, 2009 - 2:46PM Back to real life ... how soon is too soon to return to work after childbirth? In Manhattan, motherhood is seen as a disruption to a woman's real life - leaving Australian expat Julia Baird wondering if something has been lost.

Just two months after unveiling its 2009-10 programming roster, MTV is adding a handful of new projects to its development slate, including a pilot based on the Michael J. Fox theatrical Teen Wolf and an animated series from Saturday Night Live head writer Seth Meyers.

Comic couple Will Arnett and Amy Poehler are used to making people laugh, but the new dad tells Parents magazine that his favorite audience is his 8-month-old son Archie.

Rudolph's performance registers as a gift partly because it's so unexpected. As Verona, Rudolph emits a vital awareness even when she's desperate or withdrawn.

Entertainment Tonight Headlines Amy Poehler to Serve 'Lunch' on the Big Screen "Parks and Recreation" star Amy Poehler has signed on to a new big screen project! The "Saturday Night Live" alum will star in 'Lunch Lady' the film adaptation of Jarrett J. Krosoczka 's soon-to-be-launched series of children's novels, The Hollywood Reporter says.

"Parks and Recreation" star Amy Poehler has signed on to a new big screen project! The "Saturday Night Live" alum will star in 'Lunch Lady' the film adaptation of Jarrett J. Krosoczka 's soon-to-be-launched series of children's novels, The Hollywood Reporter says.

Amy Poehler will star as the Lunch Lady. Amy Poehler will star in "Lunch Lady," a Universal feature based on a soon-to-be-launched series of children's graphic novels written and illustrated by Jarrett Krosoczka.

Saturday Night Live fans starving for Amy Poehler while she's on maternity leave might like to check out this silly, straight-to-video sitcom from Ryan Shiraki who directed the equally effective Freshman Orientation.

Gayle O'Brien , Becky St. Germaine , and Judi Joskow have been best friends ever since high school.

Andy Samberg is hosting this annual excuse to promote movies to the youth market.

Amy Poehler in "Baby Mama" MTV Movie Awards categories come and go. We once gave out a Golden Popcorn statue for Best Sandwich .

When Aubrey Plaza shows up to lunch in Manhattan one recent afternoon, she's a little embarrassed to be escorted by a publicist.

Oldham County Parks and Recreation Director Tim Curtis doesn't watch much television, but he couldn't help but be curious about a new NBC show that pokes fun at his profession.

Arizona State University continues to get national press for the way the school handled President Barack Obama's commencement address in Tempe last week.

The comedy writers at " Saturday Night Live " lobbed a good one at the Walt Disney Co.

Which Peabody Award winner stands out the most to you today? "The staff of The Onion .

Can you blame them for a blatant victory lap? Yes, Saturday night's season finale to "Saturday Night Live" was more nostalgia-tinged and guest-stuffed than the entire previous season put together, but consider how much they have to celebrate: During the 34th season of "SNL," a show that never fails to solicit a "Saturday Night Dead" headline once a ...

A graduate of the University of Virginia and alumni of Chicago's famed Second City improv troupe, fashionably bespectacled writer-comedienne Tina Fey proved, once and for all, that a brainy woman could be sexy.