Kristen Wiig does Gwen Stefani in We Are the World

We Are the World Cold Open

Cold Opening: We Are The World 3

The world joins hands again in a song of support.

Jennifer Lopez ... Rihanna
Fred Armisen ... Carlos Santana
Abby Elliott ... Melissa Etheridge
Will Forte ... Willie Nelson
Bill Hader ... Eddie Vedder
Steve Higgins ... announcer (voice)
Bobby Moynihan ... David Crosby
Nasim Pedrad ... Shakira
Andy Samberg ... Josh Groban
Jenny Slate ... Lady Gaga
Jason Sudeikis ... Adam Lambert
Kenan Thompson ... Quincy Jones
Kristen Wiig ... Gwen Stefani



My favorite impressions were Kristen Wiig's Gwen Stefani and Abby Elliott's Melissa Etheridge. They both know how to truly nail the singers. Mad skills.

This is Kristen's first impression of Gwen (which is amazing, because she nailed the voice and mannerisms). The only other Gwen impression on SNL was on 05.06.2000 by Molly Shannon.

Enjoy!

Hollywood Dish - Bill Hader spits on Kristen Wiig!

Hollywood Dish: Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez is the latest dish on the gossip menu.



Bill spits on Kristen Wiig!

Kristen and Bill bring back this skit they did with Taylor where they make the celebrity look crazy.

Enjoy!

Despicable Me - New trailers

It's coming July 2010

New trailers for Kristen Wiig's second 3D animation this year, Despicable Me (yes she has two this year). After her turn last year in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs as Pudgy Beaver Mom, she's got the DreamWorks (How to Train Your Dragon) and Universal Studios (Despicable Me) roles coming!

Despicable Me, features the voice talent of Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig, Danny McBride, Miranda Cosgrove, Jack McBrayer, Mindy Kaling, Jemaine Clement and Julie Andrews. Music by Pharrell and Hans Zimmer.

This one's called "Meet the Minions":



And the cow can:



And here we see the story taking shape:



Enjoy!

Date Night update - new trailer

New Trailer for Date Night, an upcoming movie that Kristen Wiig has a supporting role in...



Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig - is Ruffnut in How to Train Your Dragon

So Kristen Wiig didn't end up with the lead female role in How to Train Your Dragon, but she did end up with the #2 female role, Ruffnut.

Who is Ruffnut? This is she:

Read about her character:

Here is Kristen next to her character, Ruffnut:

And here is Kristen recording the voice for Ruffnut:

So obviously Kristen took a picture in front of a green screen on the same day that she came to perform (because she's wearing the same shirt).

Enjoy!

How to Train Your Dragon news - trailer, short, and stills

Based on the book by Cressida Cowell of the same title, the film is set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons. It follows Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn't exactly fit in with his tribe's longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. His world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges him and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.

The latest trailer (shows the girl and a cute dragon gag at the end):



Next up is this hilarious short about different vikings training (a.k.a. losting to) their dragons:



And now new stills from Kristen Wiig's upcoming animation, How to Train Your Dragon...

Kristen Wiig is Mrs. Stapleton on the Cleveland Show (video)

The Curious Case of Jr. Working at the Stool

Season 1 : Ep. 14

Cleveland teaches Junior responsibility by challenging him to get a job.



Enjoy!

New International posters for Whip It are up

Check them out here:

http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/2010/02/18/new-international-poster-images-for-drew-barrymores-whip-it

These are for the international release of Whip It.

Enjoy!

Bridesmaids news

"Bridesmaids" isn't the official title and Kristen co-wrote the screenplay! It's got to be good if Kristen co-wrote it! It shoots this summer, and this is Kristen's second flick with director Paul Feig (her first was Unaccompanied Minors). Here's the scoop...



"Saturday Night Live" cast members have always been plucked for careers in the movies and for every Eddie Murphy or Adam Sandler, there have been just as many Joe Piscopo's and Molly Shannon. Big screen outings from current "SNL"-er's Andy Samberg and Will Forte have had mixed results, but now one of the show's most talented cast members is finally getting the cinematic spotlight: Kristen Wiig.

The comedy veteran first turned heads in Judd Apatow's blockbuster "Knocked Up" as a subtly snarky co-worker of Katherine Heigl. Now, Variety reports Apatow will produce Wiig's first leading role in an untitled comedy that his "Freaks and Greeks" collaborator Paul Feig will direct.

The picture is said to center around women competing to plan a friend's wedding party. Formerly titled "Bridesmaids," Wiig co-wrote the screenplay with writing partner Annie Mumolo. Universal Pictures is fast-tracking the film in hopes to shoot during Wiig's summer "SNL" hiatus.

Besides "Knocked Up," Wiig stars in the upcoming "SNL" spin-off "MacGruber" with Forte and appears in Tina Fey and Steve Carell's "Date Night." She's also had supporting roles in "Whip It," "Ghost Town," "Extract" and "Adventureland."

This is the first collaboration between Feig and Apatow since "Geeks." Feig's last cinematic directorial effort was "Unaccompanied Minors," but he's been hard at work directing episodes of "The Office," "Parks and Recreation," "Bored to Death" and "Weeds" since.

From:
http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2010-2-16-judd-apatow-providing-kristen-wiig-with-another-big-screen-break
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Like I mentioned earlier, Kristen was also in Feig's last film, Unaccompanied Minors, so they know that they can work well together (always a valuable thing).

Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig on the Cleveland Show on Sunday

21 February 2010 (Season 1, Episode 14)



Kristen Wiig ... Mrs. Stapleton (voice)

Watch The Cleveland Show on Sunday (tomorrow)!

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Kristen Wiig at the LAByrinth Theater Company's Gala

LAByrinth Theater Company's 7th Annual Gala Benefit



Actress Kristen Wiig attends LAByrinth Theater Company's 6th Annual Gala Benefit at St. Paul The Apostle Church on December 7, 2009 in New York City.





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Kristen Wiig at the Gotham Independent Film Awards

We already showed some of these pics, but here are some more...

IFP's 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards - Arrivals

Actress Kristen Wiig and actor Bill Hader attend IFP's 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani, Wall Street on November 30, 2009 in New York City.



They attended for Adventureland...







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Kristen Wiig at the Museum Gala

SNL cast members Kristen Wiig and Fred Armisen attend the Museum Gala at the American Museum of Natural History on November 19, 2009 in New York City.



Bill Hader and Will Forte in the background.

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MacGruber - accepted into the South by Southwest Film Festival

"MacGruber," has been accepted to screen at the South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival in March!!!

Jorma Taccone’s “MacGruber,” a film about an action hero with 16 Purple Hearts that is based on a recurring “Saturday Night Live” skit, will play the festival before its April 23 release by Universal Pictures and Rogue Pictures.

MacGruber - behind the scenes... sort of

Ever wanted to know what it was like on the set of MacGruber? No?! Well...this is pretty much what it was like.



Jorma is hilarious! Too bad Kristen's not in this video, even if she's in the movie!

Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig is the #86 woman of 2010 (AskMen.com)

Kristen Wiig...

is regularly compared to Lily Tomlin by SNL creator Lorne Michaels

introduced the characters Penelope, the manic Target cashier and the easily irritated film critic Aunt Linda to SNL audiences

got her start with the L.A.-based famed improv group The Groundlings

got a call from Lorne Michaels' people after the comedy star-maker saw a tape of Wiig with her improv group

in 2010, will star in four A-list films: All Good Things, Paul, Date Night, and ### Backwards



Why she's on the list:

Not many female members of the legendary sketch comedy show have gone on to have successful careers outside of SNL. In fact, someone who oddly resembled Cheri Oteri delivered us a pizza just last week. But when Kristen Wiig joined the cast in 2005, her female costars Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Maya Rudolph were beginning to move beyond the walls of 30 Rockefeller, on their way to changing the comedic landscape in America.

Not to be outdone by her peers, Kristen Wiig quickly introduced her set of now iconic characters -- Penelope, the manic Target cashier and the easily irritated film critic Aunt Linda -- to go along with spot-on impressions of house speaker Nancy Pelosi and financial advisor Suze Orman. These days, next to Andy Samberg, Kristen Wiig is the most buzzworthy cast member, appearing in almost every skit on any given episode. This must be the "girl power" thing that Geri Halliwell used to yammer on about.



With roles in Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, the roller derby comedy Whip It! and Mike Judge's Extract in 2009, Wiig proved she can hold her own on the big screen too. She’s set to star in her first dramatic role opposite Kirsten Dunst and Ryan Gosling in All Good Things in 2010, as well as the comedy Paul opposite Seth Rogen, Date Night with an all-star cast that includes Tina Fey, MacGruber with Val Kilmer and Maya Rudolph, and A## Backwards with David Cross, Amy Sedaris and Kate Hudson.

Go here to see the rest of the women:
http://www.askmen.com/specials/2010_top_99/kristen-wiig-86.html

More pictures:





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Kristen Wiig is Kat singing Valentines Day Songs

From 2/6/10

America's musical duo debuts some well-planned Valentines songs.

Fred Armisen ... Garth
Kristen Wiig ... Kat



This is their second run of this skit. They appeared on Weekend Update on 12.19.2009, to promote a Christmas album.

Hilarious! Everybody loves improvised music like this!

Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig - is naked in a tub next to Ashton Kutcher (Cialis commercial)

For when that rare opportunity arises.

Aired 2/6/10

Commercial: Cialis for threeways

Ashton Kutcher ... husband
Nasim Pedrad ... doctor
Jenny Slate ... Katie
Kristen Wiig ... wife



Hahaha. Those ladies are game for anything!

Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig - 2/6/10 SNL episode recap

Season 35 : Ep. 14

2/6/10

Ashton Kutcher hosts Saturday Night Live with Them Crooked Vultures.



Kristen was in 5 skits...

Cold Opening: On The Record
Kristen Wiig ... Greta Van Susteren

Show: The View
Kristen Wiig ... Elisabeth Hasselbeck

Commercial: Cialis for threeways
Kristen Wiig ... wife

Weekend Update
Kristen Wiig ... Kat

Gameshow: What is burn notice?
Kristen Wiig ... Lucy Madison


Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig - is Greta Van Susteren (2/6/10)

Cold Opening: On The Record

Greta Van Susteren and panel discuss don't ask, don't tell.

Abby Elliott ... Attractive Blonde Lady
Will Forte ... Oliver North
Bill Hader ... Robert Gibbs
Bobby Moynihan ... Karl Rove
Jason Sudeikis ... Glenn Beck
Kristen Wiig ... Greta Van Susteren



Kristen reprises her impression of Greta. Her mouth switch at the end doesn't get as big laughs as last time. Abby's awesome. =^)

Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig - in What Is Burn Notice?

Gameshow: What is burn notice?

From 2/6/10

The game show that wants to know what Burn Notice is about.

Ashton Kutcher ... Ted Mitchell
Will Forte ... Carl Hubbly
Bill Hader ... judge
Bobby Moynihan ... judge
Jenny Slate ... judge
Jason Sudeikis ... Shelly Brick
Kristen Wiig ... Lucy Madison



Hahahaha. This is actually hilarious! It's a witty way to make a single joke. Kudos to the SNL writers for this one!

Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig is Elisabeth Hasslebeck in The View (2/6/10)

The ladies welcome Mel Gibson to the show.

Show: The View

From 2/6/10

Ashton Kutcher ... Mel Gibson
Fred Armisen ... Joy Behar
Nasim Pedrad ... Barbara Walters
Kenan Thompson ... Whoopi Goldberg
Kristen Wiig ... Elisabeth Hasselbeck



Ashton's Mel isn't very believable. What do you think?

Good Mel jokes at the end though.

At least Kristen's Elisabeth smiles in this one.

This is Kristen's 5th impression as Elisabeth Hasselbeck. All were on The View skits, and her first was on 11.01.2008.

Enjoy!

Bridesmaids - Kristen Wiig's first starring film?

...upcoming Kristen Wiig comedy, Bridesmaids (produced Judd-Apatow), which is about a pair of women competing to plan a friend’s wedding party.

From:
http://screenrant.com/muppet-movie-director-james-bobin-benk-43514/

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Kristen Wiig - new MacGruber trailer

NEW TRAILER!!! This is an edited version of the red band trailer we already posted, but it has a few seconds of more footage.

Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig is Nancy Pelosi in New Senator (SNL skit)

January 30, 2010

Episode Number: 35.13 (# 671)


Sketch: New Senator

Jon Hamm ... Scott Brown
Fred Armisen ... Barney Frank
Will Forte ... Harry Reid
Bill Hader ... Robert Byrd
Nasim Pedrad ... Barbara Boxer
Kristen Wiig ... Nancy Pelosi



It's pretty rare that a player would do the same impression twice in the same episode in two different skits. My guess is that this was an alternative cold open they wrote, and so they decided to do both Pelosi skits.

This is Kristen's 7th portrayal of Nancy Pelosi. Here is an image of her first, from 11/11/06:



Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig is Madonna in Barnes & Noble

January 30, 2010

Episode Number: 35.13 (# 671)


Show: American Enterprise

Jon Hamm ... William Barnes
Bill Hader ... G. Clifford Noble
Seth Meyers ... announcer (voice)
Kristen Wiig ... Madonna (voice)

The hidden history behind the bookstore.



Short and sweet! Hey, Seth Meyers was actually in a skit this week (sort of). =^)

This is Kristen's third portrayal of Madonna. Her first was to support Abby's Angelina Jolie on 04.04.2009 - Then she came back to spoof Madonna's Michael Jackson tribute. That spoof aired on 09.17.2009.

Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig wants you to go see Joe Mande and Hannibal Buress at the Comix comedy club

Hilarious! Kristen and Hannibal rocked this!

Also, Kenan wants you to go:



(I don't think Kenan's going to be there.) =^)

Mike and Jason Sudeikis also want you to go (Hannibal, an SNL writer, is filming these):



And Jenny Slate thinks you should go:



John Lutz is gong to the movies:

Kristen Wiig in 1920s Party (SNL skit)

January 30, 2010

Episode Number: 35.13 (# 671)

Sketch: Don't Make Me Sing

Jon Hamm ... William
Fred Armisen ... guest
Abby Elliott ... guest
Will Forte ... guest
Bill Hader ... guest
Kristen Wiig ... Lilia

Don't make her sing.



Wow, I love Abby's hair!

This is an amusing skit, and it's the first time Kristen's done this Lilia character.

Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig needs to organize her closet (Closet Organizer)

Episode Number: 35.13 (# 671)

1/30/10

Commercial: Closet Organizer

Jon Hamm ... customer
Will Forte ... organizer
Jason Sudeikis ... announcer (voice)
Kristen Wiig ... customer

A clean closet is just a phone call away.



That commercial is so funny! Classic! Will Forte goes through a lot for this gag!

For probably the first time ever, they referred to this commercial later in a skit...



Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig is Mrs. Shanklin in Court Stenographer

Episode Number: 35.13 (# 671)
1/30/10

Sketch: Court Stenographer

Jon Hamm ... attorney
Fred Armisen ... Linda Naig
Will Forte ... attorney
Bobby Moynihan ... Wallace Rodriguez
Kenan Thompson ... judge
Kristen Wiig ... Mrs. Shanklin

Crackers are missing.



Here's a funny Fred Armisen skit that Kristen helps support.

Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig is a saleswoman - Jon Hamm Monologue (SNL)

Episode Number: 35.13 (# 671)
1/30/10

Jon shares some highlights of his past gigs.

Jon Hamm
Abby Elliott ... student
Andy Samberg ... student
Kenan Thompson ... announcer (voice)
Kristen Wiig ... saleswoman




Kristen is awesome as a battered saleswoman! Poor Kristen. =^)

I love how Jon runs off and back to do these clips!

Enjoy!

Kristen Wiig - full SNL episode (1/30/10)

Season 35 : Ep. 13 | 1:04:57

1/30/10



This was quite a lot of Kristen Wiig this week! She was in 8 skits! Bill Hader was also in 8.

Here are the skits Kristen was in...

Cold Opening: State Of The Union 2010
Kristen Wiig ... Nancy Pelosi

Monologue: Jon Hamm
Kristen Wiig ... saleswoman

Sketch: Don't Make Me Sing
Kristen Wiig ... Lilia

SNL Digital Short: Sergio
Kristen Wiig ... wife

Sketch: New Senator
Kristen Wiig ... Nancy Pelosi

Commercial: Closet Organizer
Kristen Wiig ... customer

Sketch: Stenographer
Kristen Wiig ... Mrs. Shanklin

Show: American Enterprise
Kristen Wiig ... Madonna (voice)

Enjoy!