We're still anxiously awaiting the premiere of Season 1 of The L Word on Logo, and it's left us no choice but to go see movies. This week, we were all to happy to fill the seats for our girls Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on the opening day of Baby Mama.

In case you haven't already heard, Baby Mama is about wealthy business woman Kate (Fey), who discovers that she's infertile and then hires zany working-class gal Angie (Poehler) to be her surrogate. Hijinks ensue when circumstances force junk food-eating, karaoke-singing Angie to move in with health food snob and control-freak Kate. It's like The Odd Couple, but with breast pumps.

So in our special Baby Mama edition of WGN, we review the film, talk about why we love Fey and Poehler, and display some frightening photos of the children we "made" with the "Baby Mama baby maker" program on the Baby Mama website. Watch and decide whose "baby" is the ugliest. Is it mine and Jill's? Dara's and Jill's? Mine and, gulp, Dara's?

Warning: Minor Spoilers

For me, the only thing better than a funny woman is two funny women. So, you can imagine my excitement about the April 25 opening of the Tina Fey–Amy Poehler odd-couple comedy Baby Mama. To further whet our appetites, the film has launched the new Baby Mama Babymaker website where you can see the virtual fruits of your (or anyone's) loins. The best thing about the site? Same-sex couplings are not only encouraged, they're prominently displayed.

So, naturally, I had to make my own faux lesbian coupling offspring. The results, um, well. Straight up, I'm not going to lie. These are unquestionably the ugliest babies I have ever seen. In fact, some of them scare the bejesus out of me. I mean it. They're truly, truly terrifying. There, you've been warned.

First I thought I'd match two of the smartest women in entertainment together. Behold the love child of Tina Fey and Jodie Foster. Actually, wee JoTi is almost cute. Almost. … continue reading

Wow, there are a lot of movies I haven't heard of. And at least a few I'm really looking forward to. It's time for another poster-and-trailer extravaganza!

First, the Baby Mama poster hasn't really been released yet, but I came across this snapshot of the actual paper object. Cute. Is it April 25 yet?

Next, Smart People, featuring the smart and adorable person named Ellen Page (yeah, and Sarah Jessica Parker, too, but I find her less smart and less adorable, and occasionally less human).

This film debuts April 11. Here's the trailer: … continue reading

If it seems like Tina Fey is everywhere these days, well, it’s probably because she kind of is. Last week, she graced the cover of Vanity Fair to refute those ridiculous “Women Aren’t Funny” claims. This past Sunday, she was smiling up from your Parade magazine, cute as fresh-picked daisies. And, very soon, she’ll be delivering the funny in a theater near you with Baby Mama.

A new featurette for Tina and Amy Poehler’s odd-couple comedy hit the web recently, and the more I see, the more I can’t wait until April 25. The two-minute spot intersperses clips from the trailer with Tina and Amy talking about the film.

The two women play polar opposites who come together when white-collar Kate (Tina) hires working-class Angie (Amy) to be her surrogate. What ensures is what Tina calls “as close as you can get to seeing me and Amy in a movie version of Laverne & Shirley.” … continue reading

My love for all things Tina Fey is well documented and borders on obsession. I swear, your honor, I’ve been sure to stay at least 500 feet away from her, as the court order requires. So I think I’m allowed this simple indulgence. Yesterday I watched the first trailer for her new comedy Baby Mama, and, save for the unfortunate fact that my badonkadonk is still very much in place, I pretty much laughed my ass off.

Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver and Maura Tierney together in one movie? Has someone been reading my dream journal again? The premise is this: A 30-something successful single gal (Fey) longs for a baby and hires a surrogate (Poehler) who lives with her during the nine months of the pregnancy, and hilarity ensues. In case you think I’m exaggerating, please take a look for yourself. (Watch it in glorious hi-def here.) But I warn you: Ye of tiny hiney should beware, because when you’re done you could have none left.

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Last spring, Scribe Grrrl riffed about the dream casting (and character naming) in the upcoming Tina Fey movie Baby Mama. Well, the first test-screening has happened in New York and although I was not there, I did read the review that some random viewer posted online. So it was almost like being there.

Baby Mama, again, stars Tina Fey as a successful, single, baby-desiring woman who hires a surrogate (Amy Poehler) when she learns she's unable to conceive. Circumstances lead Poehler's character to move in with Fey's character and hilarity likely ensues. The bottom line, according to random reviewer, is that Baby Mama is quite good and funny, but not as good as Mean Girls.

Here's Tina Fey on the set of Baby Mama:

And in Mean Girls:

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Of course, it's not an apples-to-apples comparison, because Tina Fey did not write Baby Mama and did not star in Mean Girls.

On May 18, 1970, an important event occurred in in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania: Elizabeth Stamatina Fey was born. We know her as Tina, or as Liz Lemon on 30 Rock, or as the best Weekend Update anchor in all of Saturday Night Live's history, or as one of the sexiest and funniest women ever to grace the planet.

According to her IMDb biography, Fey considered herself a "supernerd" in high school and college. And a few years ago, she told Bust magazine that she considers herself a feminist. And right this minute, I consider supernerdy feminists awesome. … continue reading