Channing Tatum hosted this week’s SNL. He was funny enough but the real highlights of the show came from the musical acts. Kristen Wiig visited Weekend Update as Lana Del Rey to defend the singer’s critically panned performance last week in what will hopefully be the last word on that.  Agreed? Agreed. Bon Iver showed how it’s done live with “Holocene,” and “Beth/Rest.”

● She may have papered over the hand-painted walls and set the curtains on fire, but a judge has determined that Courtney Love is up on her rent and not to be evicted. [Page Six]

Steven Spielberg, Terrence Malick and Marin Scorsese all made lauded films in 2011, but their Oscar buzz has been stolen by a brave performer that delivered the year’s most tear-jerking sink defecation moment. Unless something goes terribly wrong -- always a possibility when it comes to the Oscars -- Melissa McCarthy is a lock to earn a Best Supporting Actress nod for her work in Bridesmaids, and Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo also have a reasonable shot at Best Original Screenplay. To which we say “great, and go ahead and give Wiig a Best Actress nomination while you’re at it, Academy.” Both actresses did commanding work that gave Bridesmaids a solid, emotional core to stack hilarious profane jokes on, and helped turn the movie from a fun summer comedy into a cultural phenomenon.

If you loved Bridesmaids but wanted to see more scenes of screaming women giving birth, I've got good news: a huge chunk of the Bridesmaids cast, including Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph, and Chris O'Dowd, have reteamed -- this time with Adam Scott and Jennifer Westfeldt -- for a comedy about parenthood and sex. 

● Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are engaged, and all of our childhood dreams are ruined. If we don't at least get a new album out of this, I am going to have to take down those posters. [Us]

● Fox Business News has challenged the Muppets to a debate. "Froggy, Miss Piggy, if you wanna debate this any time, I'm all for it," the network's Eric Bolling offered on his show yesterday. He might want to think twice before engaging so closely with the enemy. [Huff Post]

After initial backlash against the movie pre-release, Bridesmaids director Paul Feig reveals that Twitter played a vital role in the success of his movie. 

Paul Feig is the unsung hero of the Judd Apatow Boys Club. He co-created Freaks and Geeks with Apatow, and has since gone on to small-screen successes, directing, writing, and exec-producing for such shows as The Office, Nurse Jackie, Bored to Death. Arrested Development, Parks and Rec, Weeds, and pretty much everything else worth watching on TV that's come out in the last five years. Well, now he's got a movie on his hands, Bridesmaids, which is being marketed as a femme-centric addition to the Apatow oeuvre.

Away from the adrenaline of 30 Rock, the 'SNL' star is shy and subdued

● Hugh Hefner offered Kate Gosselin $400K to flaunt her post-eight-babies bod for Playboy; thankfully, Gosselin turned the offer down. [NYDailyNews] ● Add Paul McCartney to the list of people who want the Beatles catalog on iTunes. McCartney blames EMI for the delay. [NME] ● Did you hear the awesome news that Kristen Wiig is joining Seth Meyers on Weekend Update? Well, don’t get too excited, ‘cause it’s not happening. Meyers will report the faux-news all by his lonesome this season. [EW]