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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler announce shows in 2 San Francisco Bay Area cities – MSN


Good things come in pairs: two comedy legends, two Bay Area shows. 

Emmy-winning best pals Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are bringing their “Restless Leg Tour” to the Bay Area for back-to-back sets in San Francisco and Oakland early next year. 

The San Francisco show is scheduled to take place at the Masonic on Friday, Jan. 26, with the Oakland show coming a day later at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday, Jan. 27.

Fey and Poehler first met in the early 1990s while both were working in Chicago’s famed improv scene. The duo became “Saturday Night Live” royalty for their stint as co-hosts of the show’s “Weekend Update” segment and for their run during the 2008 election when Fey played Sarah Palin and Poehler portrayed Hillary Clinton. 

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Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer, Regina Hall to Host the Oscars

Wanda Sykes, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall will host the 94th Academy Awards, the Academy announced on Tuesday during a segment on Good Morning America. Variety first reported the news on Monday. It marks the first time in three years that the Oscars will have dedicated hosts for the ceremony.

All three comedian-actresses are seasoned awards shows hosts and have received various accolades throughout their careers. Sykes, an Emmy Award-winner and 14-time Emmy nominee, hosted the GLAAD Media Awards in 2018. Schumer, also an Emmy Award-winner and 12-time Emmy nominee, served as host for the MTV Movie Awards in 2015. Hall, who won the New York Film Critics Award for Best Actress for her role in 2018’s Support the Girls, hosted the BET Awards in 2019.

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