Cheri Oteri

Exclusive: Cheri Oteri Surfaces in Boston

• Sep 16, 2008 07:21 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich
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Cheri Oteri by Jeffrey Mayer/ WireImage.com

Live, from Boston, it's Cheri Oteri!OK, everyone simmah down now....Saturday Night Live alumna Cheri Oteri, who has been somewhat MIA from the smaller screen as of late (but delivered well as the voice of Shrek the Third's dopey Sleeping Beauty), will turn up on Boston Legal during the ABC series' final season, TVGuide.com has learned.Oteri is lensing this week a guest-starring role as a woman who seeks Alan's counsel when she is (allegedly) wrongly fired from her job. Boston Legal's 13-episode swan song kicks off Monday, Sept. 22, at 10 pm/ET. — Matt Mitovich read more

Oteri Plans 2008 TV Return, Courtesy of J.J. Abrams

• Oct 31, 2007 06:41 PM ET
• by TV Guide News

Cheri Oteri by Jeff Vespa/WireImage.com

Could this be off the shelf? Even though TV Guide had heard the J.J. Abrams/Cheri Oteri half-hour comedy was shelved a few weeks ago, Oteri tells TV Guide she’s back working with Abrams on the project. SNL alum Oteri spoke to TV Guide on Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the premiere of her indie film Park (which also stars Dirty Sexy Money’s William Baldwin, and Ricki Lake). Abrams, currently at work on the latest Star Trek feature film, is best known for Lost, What About Brian, Alias and Felicity, all of which displayed some comedic elements, but he has yet to produce a half-hour comedy. Abrams did, however, direct an episode of NBC’s The Office this year."I met him years ago," Oteri says of Abrams. "He said, 'I’ve always wanted to do a comedy and I only want to do it with you.'"According to Oteri, the project is slated for 2008. "Working with him is just a dream come true," she says. As for dream cast mates, Oteri’s leaving that to Abrams. "He’s got such great in... read more

Disney Returns to Witch Mountain, More Movie News

• Jul 23, 2007 02:27 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

Walt Disney Pictures is prepping a "reimagining" of Escape to Witch Mountain, the 1975 pic about two siblings endowed with paranormal powers.... Also per the Reporter, Stanley Tucci is in talks to play killer George Harvey in Peter Jackson's take on The Lovely Bones.... ReBoot, one of the first computer-animated TV series, is being developed as a feature-film trilogy.... Cheri Oteri, Steve Guttenberg and Vivica A. Fox have enlisted in Jessica Simpson's Major Movie Star, playing a gung-ho fellow recruit, a Hollywood agent and an intimidating training officer, respectively.... Per Variety, Tom Cruise is set to play Edwin A. Salt, a CIA officer who goes on the run after being accused of being a Ruskie spy. read more

What ever happened to the ...

• Jun 13, 2007 04:00 AM ET
• by Michael Ausiello

Question: What ever happened to the Cheri Oteri/J.J. Abrams sitcom project?

Answer: It simmered down now.

Diaz, Poehler and More: A Magical Q&A with Shrek the Third's Fab Five Princesses

• May 18, 2007 04:00 AM ET
• by Mary Murphy

Shrek the Third's Cinderella (Amy Sedaris), Snow White (Amy Poehler), Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), Rapunzel (Maya Rudolph) and Sleeping Beauty (Cheri Oteri)

Shrek the Third is about to jolt the fairy-tale world. In the third installment of the animated phenomenon (in theaters now), the women save the day. It all starts at the most unlikely event — a baby shower for Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz). In the midst of the joyful proceedings, the castle of the kingdom of Far Far Away comes under attack. That's when Fiona empowers gal pals Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and Cinderella to take charge. TV Guide sat down at the W Hotel in Westwood, California, with Diaz, Amy Sedaris, and Saturday Night Live stars past and present Amy Poehler, read more

How Saturday Night Live Hit a High in the '90s

• May 4, 2007 04:00 AM ET
• by Anthony Layser

Will Ferrell and Cheri Oteri, Saturday Night Live

Despite stumbling through much of the 1980s, NBC's Saturday Night Live returned to its place as a comedic touchstone in the 1990s. The ratings and critical response at the time didn't always show it, but in retrospect it's hard to argue with the results. Revisit the roster of talent that passed through the halls of 30 Rockefeller Plaza during the decade and names like Chris Rock, Tina Fey, David Spade, Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell immediately jump out at you. And from "Wayne's World" to a request for "more cowbell," numerous sketches from the time still resonate in the cult read more

Pilot Talk: 24 Execs' Latest Gets the Call

• Jan 24, 2007 03:25 PM ET
• by Matt Mitovich

• ABC ordered a quintet of pilots on Tuesday, including The Call, a single-camera comedy from 24 gurus Joel Surnow, Bob Cochran and Howard Gordon, and focusing on "two offbeat L.A. paramedics who save people's lives while messing up each other," says Variety. The series is likened to a mash-up of Emergency!, M*A*SH and Seinfeld — but not Saved. No, not a hint of Saved. Also greenlit by ABC: Sam I Am, in which a woman awakens from a coma with amnesia, yet determined to atone for her supposed bad-girl past, and The Middle, a dysfunctional-family sitcom fancied as "Roseanne meets Little Miss Sunshine."• Fox has added SNL alum Cheri Oteri and That '70s Show's Kurtwood Smith to the voice cast of The Life and Times of Tim, and ordered the pilot Deeply Irresponsible, in which an uptight family is shaken up when their free-spirited grandpa moves in. read more

Cheri Oteri Uncensored!

• Jun 14, 2006 08:58 PM ET
• by Michael Ausiello

Fans of Saturday Night Live funny lady Cheri Oteri can at long last simma-dah-nah. After years of listening to me bitch, moan, beg and plead, SNL has finally released The Best of Cheri Oteri on DVD — and I'm happy to report it was well worth the wait. Not only does it feature such classic Cheri characters as Burger Castle cashier Nadeen, prescription druggie Collette Reardon, porch-dweller Rita DelVecchio and, my personal fave, perky talk show host Cass Van Rye, but we also get a look at her heartbreaking (in a good way) audition tape and a never-before-seen "Morning Latte" sketch. To mark this momentous occasion, I phoned Cheri to gab about the DVD, her awkward run-in with Sarah Michelle Gellar at Cannes and the latest on her sitcom with J.J. Abrams. How was Cannes? Cheri: It was so cool. I mean, the red-carpet thing was just surreal and too exciting. And then I went to the Vanity Fair party, and I was, like, watching Al Gore dance. He's still very white. How was Southland Tal... read more

I saw this and thought of ...

• Mar 1, 2006 03:00 AM ET
• by Michael Ausiello

Question: I saw this and thought of you. Any word on Cheri Oteri's sitcom with J.J. Abrams?

Answer: That little link took me to the Best. News. Ever. Thanks for that. And the Cheri/J.J. project is still in the works. I'll hopefully have more news on this next week.