DUELING LIPTONS: ‘SNL’ TO CHALLENGE ACTING SNOB?

DUELING LIPTONS: ‘SNL’ TO CHALLENGE ACTING SNOB?



NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) – Fans of the Bravo Network TV show, Inside The Actors Studio, may be getting a treat for the show’s 100th episode: Dueling hosts. James Lipton, the show’s host, has been spoofed so often by Saturday Night Live cast member Will Ferrell that he’s thrown down the gauntlet and challenged the comic actor to imitate him on his own show. Ferrell tells Playboy that Lipton has asked him to help him interview Gene Hackman for the 100th episode of Inside The Actors Studio. Ferrell admits he plays Lipton as a man who is having a “minor rectal procedure,” and says the host is a good sport for letting the comic spoof him. A spokeswoman for Bravo Networks say the Hackman episode has already been taped, but wouldn’t confirm or deny if Ferrell appears on the show.

Thu 09-27-01