'Saturday Night Live' remembers Jan Hooks in Bill Hader-hosted episode - Boston Herald

Former "Saturday Night Live" actress Jan Hooks died on Thursday at the age of 57, and the show took some time out of host Bill Hader's opening monologue for an emotional tribute to the late actress and comedian.

"SNL" played a clip of Hooks with her former scene partner Phil Hartman in their 1987 "Love is a Dream" short film, showcasing a musical number. It showed both Hooks and the late Hartman in a more serious role.

Former "SNL" cast member and Hader's "Skeleton Twins" co-star Kristen Wiig helped Hader introduced the clip, commenting that ""She was one of the best there ever was, and her influence is clear in every one of us who has been here since."

Hooks was in the "SNL" main cast from 1986 to 91, working alongside such alums as Dennis Miller, Mike Myers and Dana Carvey. She died after battling a serious illness.

"SNL's" next new episode will come on Oct. 25, with Jim Carrey hosting and Iggy Azalea as musical guest.

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Man Booker Prize contenders include US novelists for first time - The Guardian

Viola Davis recalls stealing, searching for food in maggot-infested garbage bins ... - TheCelebrityCafe.com

Viola Davis recounted her extreme poverty-stricken childhood on Friday during a speech at Variety's Power of Women event in Los Angeles.

The How to Get Away With Murder star, who has been nominated for two Academy Awards in her career, said she grew up in “abject poverty.”

"I was one of the 17 million kids in this country who didn't know where the next meal was coming from, and I did everything to get food. I have stolen for food. I have jumped in huge garbage bins with maggots for food,” she said in a moving speech, Us Weekly reports.

“I have befriended people in the neighborhood, who I knew had mothers who cooked three meals a day for food, and I sacrificed a childhood for food and grew up in immense shame,” she continued.

Davis is now involved in the Hunger Is campaign, which helps raise awareness for hungry children in the U.S.

Jennifer Lopez, Reese Witherspoon and Jane Fonda also spoke at the event, Los Angeles Times reports, and they were among the honorees as well.

They each spoke about the causes dear to their heart - the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential for Fonda, the Malala Fund for Witherspoon and the Lopez Family Foundation for Lopez.

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Stephen Collins Dropped by Agency Amid Abuse Allegations - seattlepi.com

Stephen Collins has been dropped by his agency amid allegations that hesexually abused at least three young girls, according to The Hollywood Reporter .

Stephen Collins' lawyer accuses ex-wife of extortion

After five years of representing the 7th Heaven alum, the Agency for the Performing Arts "severed ties" with Collins on Friday.

Last week, a recording of a therapy session, on which a man (allegedly Collins) admits to molesting young girls, was released via TMZ. Since the tape went public, Collins resigned from his position on the SAG-AFTRA board and was also fired from upcoming roles on Scandal and in the upcoming sequel Ted 2.

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Lena Dunham to Adapt YA Novel Catherine, Called Birdy - TIME

Marvel Shares First Look At Netflix's 'Daredevil' - Huffington Post

Here is your first look at Charlie Cox in Marvel's "Daredevil." In the daytime look, we see the funky glasses Matt Murdock (Cox) wears as a result of being blinded as a boy. At night, we have the face-covering scarf, because, well, if you're blind, why not just cover your eyes altogether, right? According to Marvel, that costume is inspired by an original "Daredevil" sketch. It's all very barre ninja. As a refresher, the series will follow Murdock, who works as a funky-glasses-wearing lawyer by day and superhero with extraordinary senses in modern-day Hell's Kitchen by night.

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'Gone Girl' fights off 'Dracula' to win box office - USA TODAY