‘SNL’ jokes about Tiger

‘SNL’ jokes about Tiger

NEW YORK — Tiger Woods and his marital problems proved a tempting target for “Saturday Night Live.”

In both a skit and multiple “Weekend Update” jokes this weekend, NBC’s comedy institution took on the golfer, who has admitted to letting his family down with “transgressions” that came to light after a strange Thanksgiving weekend incident outside his Florida home.

In one skit, actor Jason Sudeikis portrayed Wolf Blitzer on CNN’s “Situation Room” reporting on a news conference that Woods (played by Kenan Thompson) and his wife (played by host Blake Lively) were holding outside his home. After Woods admitted to “multiple” transgressions, his wife looked surprised and the screen quickly shifted back to Blitzer.

“Breaking news,” Blitzer said. “Tiger Woods is back in the hospital. Apparently just hours after a press conference where he confessed to multiple transgressions, Woods had an accident in his home where he fell down a flight of stairs then inadvertently threw himself through a plate glass window.”

Rat cooking lands TV show in hot water

SYDNEY — Two stars of the reality TV show “I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here” have been charged with animal cruelty after allegedly killing and cooking a rat to eat during filming.

Chef Gino D’Acampo who won the viewer-feedback contest series, and actor Stuart Manning were charged after animal welfare activists lodged a complaint about a segment for the British TV program, which was filmed in Australia, the activists and British media reported Sunday.

In a statement to The Associated Press, New South Wales state police said Sunday that two men, aged 33 and 30, were charged with animal cruelty for acts in connection to the program but did not give names or other details. D’Acampo is 33 years old and Manning is 30.

‘Blind Side’ eclipses ‘Moon’

LOS ANGELES — The football-inspired drama “The Blind Side” has become the underdog hit of the season with a $20.4 million weekend and a box-office victory over “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”

The Warner Bros. sports tale had been runner-up for the previous two weekends to Summit Entertainment’s vampire romance “New Moon,” which fell to second place with $15.7 million.

Today’s birthdays

Actor Eli Wallach is 94. Actress Ellen Burstyn is 77. Singer Tom Waits is 60. Actress Priscilla Barnes (“Three’s Company”) is 54. Announcer Edd Hall (“The Tonight Show With Jay Leno”) is 51. Bassist Tim Butler of Psychedelic Furs is 51. Actor C. Thomas Howell is 43. Singer Nicole Appleton of All Saints is 34. Actress Shiri Appleby (“Roswell”) is 31. Singer Sara Bareilles is 30. Singer Aaron Carter is 22.