Thursday, November 11, 2010

Tina Fey To Be Honored In DC

 According to sources the Saturday Night Live Comics will celebrate Tina Fey best known for her Emmy Award winning impression of Sarah Palin when she receives the nation’s top humor prize Tuesday at the Kennedy Center.
There will be several actors on hand to congratulate and homor the comic. At forty Tina Fey is the youngest to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American humor since its creation in 1998. She’s the third woman to receive it after Lily Tomlin and Whoopi Goldberg.
When the prize was announced, Tina Fey hinted she didn’t feel worthy, joking that she assumed Betty White should have gotten it. Although sources claim she is very excited and humbled about receiving such an honor. Tina Fey got her start with Chicago’s the Second City improv group. She worked on SNL for nine seasons and went on to create the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, in which she stars with Alec Baldwin. On the big screen, Tina Fey recently starred in Date Night and is featured with her voice in the new film Mega Mind, which debuted at number one in theaters and box offices last weekend. Now Tina Fey is working on her first book, a memoir due out next year. She lives in New York with her husband and her daughter.
The honor really came as a pleasant surprise and a shock as she didn’t feel as though she deserved it. Although as stated above she is excited about receiving such an award now. Many different actors that will be on hand to let her know she is worthy.

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