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Amy Poehler's Baby Could Show Up on SNL

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Amy Poehler's Baby Could Show Up on Saturday Night Live

Originally posted 06/30/2008 11:45AM

Saturday Night Live's roster of veteran "Weekend Update" anchors – Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Dennis Miller, Tina Fey – is about to get younger.

"When [Amy Poehler] has her baby, her baby is going to host 'Update,' " SNL star and "Weekend Update" co-anchor Seth Meyers cracked to PEOPLE at Sunday's Journey to the Center of the Earth premiere, in L.A.

Meyers's "Update" partner Poehler, is pregnant with her first child, due later this year. Fear not, SNLfans – it won't affect the "Update" lineup ... much.

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Tina Fey, Amy Poehler Talk Comedy on Oprah

Originally posted 05/15/2008 04:40PM



Tina Fey and Amy Poehler make people laugh on a daily basis. Their recent buddy comedy Baby Mama debuted at No. 1. But the ladies tell Oprah Winfrey in an interview airing Thursday that they still aren't sure if they're funny. "I think you never really know," Fey said after Winfrey asked when she knew she was funny. Quipped Poehler: "I would do serious plays and people would laugh." Apart from their hit movie, Poehler has another happy occasion to anticipate: the birth of her first child.

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Amy Poehler and Will Arnett Expecting a Baby | Amy Poehler, Will Arnett

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Amy Poehler and Will Arnett Expecting a Baby

Originally posted 04/28/2008 01:40PM

Baby Mama star Amy Poehler is about to be one herself.

The Saturday Night Live regular, 36, and her husband, Will Arnett, are to become first-time parents, their rep Lewis Kay confirms to PEOPLE.

The baby is due in late fall.

The couple have been married since 2003.

This has been a big week for Poehler. Baby Mama, costarring Tina Fey, landed in the No. 1 box-office spot this weekend, and her Nickelodeon show, The Mighty B, also debuted.

Arnett, 37, is currently shooting the big-screen comedy When in Rome with Kristen Bell.
– Marisa Laudadio

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Amy Poehler's Movie Perk: Necking with Dax Shepard | Amy Poehler, Dax Shepard, Tina Fey

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Amy Poehler's Movie Perk: Necking with Dax Shepard

Originally posted 04/24/2008 02:30PM

Starring in the movie Baby Mama had its perks for Amy Poehler – like, making out with Dax Shepard.

"Dax is a gem – one of my closest friends," Poehler told PEOPLE at the comedy's premiere Wednesday night, as it kicked off the 7th annual Tribeca Film Festival in New York.

"A couple make-out scenes didn't make the [final cut], which I was upset about," noted the Saturday Night Live regular, 36.

But did Poehler's real-life husband, Will Arnett, grumble about her smooching with the sweet-faced Shepard – who plays her onscreen hubby? "Oh, they're good friends," she says. "He didn't mind."

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