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Nostalgic naysayers suggest that "Saturday Night Live" has lost its edge, and most weeks we tend to agree. The show, however, has always been spot-on with its political satire and politico impersonations. To celebrate the few funny sketches other than Debbie Downer, the folks at NBC have launched an official "Saturday Night Live" Politics site. There's a bunch of fun stuff there including videos, e-cards, and candidate bios from Clinton, Obama, and the rest of the gang. Clinton's page, featuring the inimitable Amy Poehler, explains, "It's going to take someone so annoying, so pushy, so grating, so bossy and shrill... And I think the American people will agree that someone is me." We have to admit, the whole thing is a pretty genius marketing "strategery."

Okay, so it's more like Third Look! since we came across these pictures of Lindsay Lohan filming the season finale of "Ugly Betty" on NYMag.com, who found them on Just Jared. But that's just the way this zany superhighway works. And, on the plus side? If Lindsay's there, it means she's not stealing your fugly coat.

It’s Judgement Day for someone at FOX’s marketing department. Several months ago, the network released an eye-popping ad (pictured left) to promote their Terminator spinoff, "The Sarah Connor Chronicles." It featured a topless (and bottomless) Summer Glau as the new terminator, hanging from cables, presumably on her way down the assembly line. An intrepid nerd has discovered that the ad is a complete rip-off of an "NSFW" image an advertising student posted on their blog months before FOX’s campaign. This is almost as bad as Skynet taking over and nuking the whole bloody lot of us. Almost.

In light of recent "Gossip Girl" buzz about the CW yanking online episodes due to larger numbers of tweens and doughy middle-aged men hitting the computer in lieu of turning on the tube, partnering network the WB has announced a possible solution to the evolving world of technology and the demographic embracing it. Warner Bros. Television Group is launching its first ad-supported, video-on-demand network, broadcasting both new, original series and older favorites.

Something happened on last night’s installment of "American Idol" that we can only describe as… curious. Even non-"Idol" fans (you’re out there, aren’t you?) can bask in wicked delight after watching this clip, available after the jump, in which woozy judge Paula Abdul makes the mistake to end all mistakes—wait, mistake doesn’t do it justice. How about gaffe? Blunder? Cataclysmic unholy turkey of a fuck-up?

"This is Late Night, with Jimmy Fallon!" Nope, sounds weird. We can't tell if Jimmy Fallon taking over for Conan O'Brien as host of Late Night on NBC is a signal that his post-"SNL" career is officially a bust, or rather a beacon of renewal for the comedy star. Considering that the comedian left "SNL" to pursue a film career, perhaps accepting the Late Night spot is a sign of defeat. Nothing is confirmed yet, but when "insiders" start whispering to news outlets, the deal is all but done. We're still weary of how Conan's move to the soccer-mom-attracting Tonight Show will affect his panache for downright disturbed gags, but Fallon should fare well in the 12:30 slot. His messy hair and bashful sincerity should win back the crowd who rebelled against him for making Taxi. He's proved gifted at monologue delivery (remember Weekend Update with Tina Fey?), and his guests will like him, for sure. But following Conan O'Brien is not a simple task. Just ask Carson Daly.

The star of Showtime's hit series 'The Tudors' has two big movies in the works. (He also has four bigger brothers to keep him grounded.)

British actor Henry Cavill came thisclose to landing the title role in Batman Begins and Superman Returns. He was almost cast as James Bond in Casino Royale, until Daniel Craig’s smirk swooped in. He even tried buying a house last year, but “the deal fell through right at the end.” Nothing stuck. Defeated, the extremely private star considered quitting Hollywood when he was offered the plum role as rakish commoner Charles Brandon, Jonathan Rhys Meyer’s Number Two, on “The Tudors.” What's more, the face of Dunhill fragrance recently wrapped Joel Schumacher's latest picture, Creek. "It's based on a Nazi occult experiment, which has been buried for over 60 years," he says, not without self-awareness. Also on the horizon is Woody Allen's cinematic return to New York, starring Evan Rachel Wood and Larry David, which is currently in production. Below, the young king takes his throne.

Antonio Sabato Jr., Blu Cantrell, Rachel Hunter, and others have signed on to star in a new reality television show called "Celebrity Circus," in which they will learn Big Top feats of wonder like tightrope walking (ooooh!) and trapeze flying (aaahh!). Filling the role of perhaps the most apt ringmaster in the history of ringmasters is Joey Fatone, who is right where he belongs. This wouldn’t be a true circus without the scorn of judges, and judgments, from you, the viewers. And, lest we forget, this is NBC folks, the same network on which Walter Cronkite informed the nation that its president was dead. Now, they’re shooting former models on unicycles.

Model heiress socialite Lydia Hearst just wrapped a photo shoot and interview for InStyle UK that tags her as "the real-life inspiration for new TV show Gossip Girl." Verrrrry interesting, then, that we hear Hearst will actually star in the finale for the season of Gossip Girl that's just about to launch. No word if she'll play a model, heiress, or socialite, but I'm guessing some combination of these. ZOMG, etc.

Eddie Izzard makes his living ‘talking total bollocks.’ But the star of FX’s ‘The Riches’—currently touring a new stand-up act—absolutely hates making lists. (We nudged him.)

1 Nazis
2 Death
3 Rabies
4 Helicopters that don’t work
5 Not being able to turn right on red
6 Extremists