As promised, I will now continue updating Tina Fey Fan. Starting with a news round-up of what’s happened during my absence from the site. More updates are coming, so keep checking this space for that. For now – enjoy!

• Tina Fey is scheduled to present an award at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday! [source]
• Speaking of the Emmys, the official seating charts have been released. Tina Fey is sitting front row next to House‘s Hugh Laurie among others. [source]
• According to TV Guide, Tina Fey earns $350,000 per episode of 30 Rock, which makes her one of the best payed women in TV comedy! [source]
• A live episode of 30 Rock will be aired on October 14! The cast will perform the episode twice so that it is live on both the East Coast and the West Coast. [source]
• A ’90s commercial Tina did for the Mutual Savings Bank has found its way to the Internet. Watch it right away! [source]
• Date Night has been released on DVD and Blu-Ray! Buy your copy now. [source]

As mentioned in a previous post, Tina Fey was nominated for several Emmy awards this year. See the nominations here. Below is her response to the fantastic news:

“This is great and exciting news. Also, this seems like an appropriate time for me to announce to NBC that I will not be renewing my contract… with my gym. We’re grateful and excited. Especially since today is the fifth anniversary of the day NBC forgot to cancel us.”

The nominees for this year’s Emmy Awards have been unveiled – and Tina Fey recieved not one but several nominations! Huge congratulations to Tina Fey and the fantastic cast and crew of 30 Rock for an awesome fourth season and these nominations are just the icing on the cake. Check out the list below to see the ones relating to Tina or the show (click here for the full list). The 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards will be presented live on NBC on August 29.

Outstanding Comedy
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Glee
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
The Office

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy
Alec Baldwin (30 Rock)
Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory)
Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Matthew Morrison (Glee)
Steve Carell (The Office)
Tony Shalhoub (Monk)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy
Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation)
Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (The New Adventures of Old Christine)
Lea Michele (Glee)
Tina Fey (30 Rock)
Toni Collette (United States of Tara)

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Great news! The list of the celebrities set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011 were announced today by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. And Tina Fey was one of them! Other celebrities on the list are Oprah Winfrey, Penelope Cruz, will.i.am., Gwyneth Paltrow, Donald Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon and Danny DeVito.

A huge congratulations are in order for Tina’s much-deserved star!