NBC's 30 Rock has had some impressive guest stars thus far, including Al Gore, Edie Falco, Jerry Seinfeld, Elaine Stritch, Carrie Fisher, David Schwimmer and Andy Richter. Now you can add to that list New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, who will exercise his comedic muscles in the highly anticipated first post-strike episode airing April 10. Dean Winters, who plays Liz's lame "Beeper King" ex-boyfriend, tells New York Magazine that he alone shot the scene with Bloomberg. The mayor was "fun" and "cool," says Winters. "And he's a natural. I think you have to be, to be mayor of New York." Indeed, Bloomberg plays himself in a scene shot at City Hall. Who have been your favorite 30 Rock guest stars? Do you think Bloomberg will bring the funny? — Erin FoxRelated:• Use our Online Video Guide to watch episodes of 30 Rock.• Catch up on past episodes with our in-depth recaps.
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Well, that didn't take long. Three days into the new year and I already have a strong candidate for my 2008 worst-of-the-year list: Celebrity Apprentice, which we have to hope is the last gasp for this out-of-gas reality franchise.Enlisting C-listers (which in most cases is a generous label) is the final desperate refuge for most shows in this oversaturated genre, but even by that standard, Celebrity Apprentice is pathetic. As is its attempt to turn the overexposed Omarosa into this season's ice-queen bitch villainess and the instantly tiresome Piers Morgan (the cut-rate Simon Cowell wannabe from summer time-waster America's Got Talent) into her "arrogant English bastard" nemesis (that phrase coined in a teaser by Vincent Pastore, who should have taken his early rubbing-out on The Sopranos as a sign to fade away gracefully).At least Rob and Amber were nowhere to be seen. That's the best thing I can say about this new cycle of Trump-fueled pomposity, which appears to have permanently...
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Hizzoner Michael Bloomberg was expected to tape a walk-on for Sex and the City: The Movie Tuesday night at Bryant Park. Meaning, if I'm not mistaken, Michael Ausiello and that cranky barista from the Starbucks on West 27th are the last Gothamites not to be invited to appear in the flick. That's gotta sting. — Ben Katner
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