Saturday, January 29, 2011

Kristen Wiig's "Friends with Kids" begins shooting!



Principal photography has kicked off in Gotham on indie feature "Friends With Kids," lining up a cast that includes Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Adam Scott, Megan Fox, Kristen Wiig, Edward Burns, Maya Rudolph and Chris O'Dowd.

Written and directed by Westfeldt ("Kissing Jessica Stein"), pic centers on a group of friends whose lives are changed as the couples in the group begin to have children. Westfeldt and Scott play two singletons in the crowd, with Hamm, Wiig, Rudolph and O'Dowd among the pals with kids.

"Friends" is produced by Westfeldt and Hamm's Points West Pictures and Riza Aziz and Joey McFarland's Red Granite Pictures. Pic is the first for both production companies.

Also among the producers are Joshua Astrachan and Lucy Barzun Donnelly, both under their Locomotive banner, and Jake Kasdan. John Sloss and Mike Nichols exec produce.

From:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118030298?refCatId=13

Enjoy!

Friday, January 28, 2011

Kristen Wiig in "Sticky Minds" (Web short)

Kristen Wiig is wife material! Hilarious!

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Adam Brody eats mountains of pancakes while trying to win the affection of Kristen Wiig in this new sketch from Funny or Die Presents.



In the sketch, Adam and pal Brian Petsos go to a diner, where they both try to win over their waitress (Wiig). The two go to any length to win her heart in this hilarious video!

Funny or Die Presents is an HBO series that brings the website we love to the small screen. The second season premiere is Friday (January 14) at midnight.

Read more:
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2011/01/11/adam-brody-kristen-wiig-sticky-minds-funny-or-die/#ixzz1CLZNnpum

I think this would have been funnier if she was still attracted to them while they were being weird. =^)

Enjoy!

Monday, January 24, 2011

Shelby has a Cowbell - fan-made video

Shelby performing her greatest hit
"I Have a Cowbell"



Hahaha. Here is a fan-made version of Kristen Wiig's bit from the "Worst of Soul Train" SNL commercial.

Too cute.

Thanks to Monster Taxi for sending us this vid!

Enjoy!

Friday, January 21, 2011

Kristen Wiig is Dolly Parton in Gweneth Paltrow's SNL Monologue

Monologue - Gweneth Paltrow

Gweneth plugs Country Song and her performance at the Country Music Awards. She seems to think she knows her country music. Which leads to a duet with...
Jason Sudeikis - Kenny Rogers
And of course she doesn't know the words.
Kristen Wiig - Dolly Parton
C Lo Green - Plays himself



Time: It starts at 6:25 in the video above. They haven't released this one as an individual clip.

Amusing. This will make you smile. Jason knocks his Kenny Rogers out of the park. This is Jason's first Kenny Rogers. This is Kristen's first time doing Dolly Parton. There aren't any huge laughs here, but it's fun and sweet. Could be much worse.

Enjoy!

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Kristen Wiig in Secret Word (SNL)

It's the game show that the stars play. Just keep the secret word a secret!



This is the sketch's fourth appearance (two this season and two last season)...

11.21.2009
03.13.2010
10.09.2010

I have to say that this one was the funniest. Kristen's character made me laugh a few times (I think she's getting better at crossing her Mindy Gracin character over from annoying to funny). Gwyneth and Kenan were funny together, but her phrases were a little annoying.

What do you think? How did this one stack up?

Enjoy!

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Kristen Wiig in Garth and Kat's Winter Tunes (SNL Weekend Update)

Garth and Kat were running a little late, but showed up at Update to perform some tunes to keep everyone warm.



This is always interesting because it's never the same. Is it getting old?

They bring this back to life by having Gwenneth Paltrow (Kim Castle) join Garth and Kat.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Kristen Wiig as Greta Van Susteren (SNL Cold Open)

Greta Van Susteren hosts a roundtable that truly embodies a balanced political views.

FOX NEWS COLD OPEN

Kristen Wiig - Greta
Bobby Moynihan
Nasim Pedrad
Jason Sudeikis
Bill Hader



I don't know. Kind of amusing. Kristen does a great job with Greta.

Enjoy!

Monday, January 17, 2011

Kristen Wiig's killer Bolo Tie (SNL The Cape Parody)

If you like super heroes who get their powers from pieces of clothing, then you'll love these new NBC shows!



"It's a dude!" =^)

Kristen gets a laugh with the fist shot of her swinging her bolo tie. The gun shots from her tie fail to get a laugh. That's the problem with a taped piece like this... you can't cut jokes from the live show. You're sort of stuck with what you got when parts aren't funny.

It was funny at the beginning with the Scarf (Nasim Pedrad), Andy Samberg made it funny being naked with the Leg Warmer, and Jason Sudeikis was pretty funny as the Scrunchie. Other than that, the joke was getting old fast.

Genius on NBC's part, because making fun of their own show is a great way to advertise it and make it live potentially longer than the show itself. =^)

Enjoy!

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Kristen Wiig helps Andy Samberg & Pee-Wee Herman (SNL Digital Short)

An innocent shot kicks off a wild night for Andy and his friend, Pee-Wee Herman.

Featuring Andy Samberg, Pee Wee Herman, Anderson Cooper, Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, and Kenan Thompson.



Poor kids hearing Pee-Wee and his chair curse like that. =^)

Kristen supports in this week's Digital Short! It's cool how all the cast members support each other!

Enjoy!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Kristen Wiig & Jim Carrey - photo



How amazing is it to see Jim Carrey and Kristen Wiig together? Pretty amazing!!!

Enjoy!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Kristen Wiig in The Black Swan (SNL)

Sketch - Black Swan

Jim Carrey ... Lily
Bill Hader ... Thomas
Taran Killam ... David
Nasim Pedrad ... Nina
Kristen Wiig ... dancer

The 'Black Swan' director shows aspiring dancer Nina what it takes to play the lead in the film.



Hahahaha.

BOOM! They air the best skit of the night, one that might get Jim an Emmy nomination (or the writers), one that make you feel GREAT about the show, that reminds you why Jim Carrey was once a super star, that makes you want Jim Carrey to be a superstar again, and finally, a skit that makes you want Jim to permanently host this show (or his own show). He reveals here that he is the reason why this episode is so good, and that the one skit without him (Fred's cold opening) was probably the only skit (sans Weekend Update) that he didn't help write and that's why it was the only lacking skit.

Jim did his ballerina character that he showed briefly in Ace Ventura, and he managed to use that to make fun of Natalie Portman's new Black Swan movie, with excellent supporting roles from Nasim Pedrad and Bill Hader. Jim is a female ballerina (Lily) who is competing with Nasim's Nina to do the Black Swan. (Not to mention Kristen Wiig's brief but hilarious appearance, and even Taran Killam coming on to "feed" Jim's swan was equally hilarious.)

Enjoy!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Kristen Wiig is Triangle Sally (Worst of Soul Train)

This is a pseudo sequel of the Back to the Future DVD commercial. But instead of celebrity impressions, they are going after 70s music with original-ish characters. Of course this also smacks of the old Deep House Dish skits they retired (although Kenan and Andy are still on, so they just got bored of those skits now that they do Kenan's What's Up with That instead).

Commercial - The Worst of Soul Train

Jim Carrey ... D'Versity
Paul Brittain ... Bro-Botix member
Steve Higgins ... announcer (voice)
Taran Killam ... Bro-Botix member
Bobby Moynihan ... Coughy Robinson
Nasim Pedrad ... Ricky
Jay Pharoah ... Shooting Starr
Andy Samberg ... Gary St. Marvelous
Jason Sudeikis ... Ocean Billy
Kenan Thompson ... Maxwell family member
Kenan Thompson ... announcer (voice)
Kristen Wiig ... Triangle Sally

A new DVD collection celebrates the very worst of Soul Train.



REVIEW: Bobby drives this one home as the host of a show that features the performers' talents! Everybody was golden here, making it another gauntlet of hilarious bits (like the Back to the Future DVD commercials). Taran and Paul were funny (mostly Taran there), Jim was hilarious of course (so funny), and Nasim, Andy, Jason, and Kristen all gave important bits.

Kristen's Triangle Sally got an extended applause and cheering (the only one)! And Kristen didn't even say a word! Kudos to Kristen!

Enjoy!

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Kristen Wiig - Merryville Trolley Ride (Amusement Park SNL skit)

Sketch - Merryville Trolley Ride

Jim Carrey ... robot
Bill Hader ... robot
Taran Killam ... robot
Bobby Moynihan ... repairman
Kenan Thompson ... guy
Kristen Wiig ... girl

When a ride is temporarily shut down, The Merryville Brothers freak out an amusement park patron.



REVIEW: Oh my gosh! By far my second favorite skit of the night (behind Black Swan). This truly shows the talents of Taran Killam who actually out-performs Jim Carrey as an animatronic robot (is this even possible?). Another skit that Jim made gold with physical comedy, and it brings to life all our animatronic nightmares! Beautiful, and well played by Kenan as the victim. Bobby supports as the ride operator.

Kristen nails the nice girl supporting role here. Seriously, she should do this type of character more.

My guess is that Jim was throwing out ideas, and a writer latched onto this one and turned it into a skit. And somewhere along the way Taran spoke up and said, "I can do a robot!" (Or perhaps the writer saw him do the Tin Man earlier this season or something else Taran has done and realized that Taran is an amazing robot... afterall, it's almost impossible to be better than Jim Carrey at any physical comedy like this.)

Enjoy!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Kristen Wiig - Pelosi and Boehner (Weekend Update)

Weekend Update

Seth Meyers
Kristen Wiig ... Nancy Pelosi
Bill Hader ... John Boehner

The two Washington power players finish their transition of power on 'Update.'



Kristen and Bill knock these impressions out of the park! Great chemistry! (Although Kristen's Joker face joke was pretty lame.)

Enjoy!

Monday, January 10, 2011

Kristen Wiig - A Taste of New York (SNL)

Sketch - A Taste of New York

Jim Carrey ... musician
Fred Armisen ... musician
Vanessa Bayer ... audience member
Paul Brittain ... audience member
Abby Elliott ... audience member
Bill Hader ... emcee
Andy Samberg ... audience member
Kristen Wiig ... musician

A crowd of out-of-towners doesn't quite enjoy their hotel's musical entertainment, "A Taste of New York."



I don't know. I didn't get into this one. Fred and Kristen almost take turns doing these nightshow characters with weird music (my favorite was Kristen Wiig with Jon Hamm), and this one is merely amusing. Jim, Fred, and Kristen (no names?) come out and sing authentic New York songs that aren't very exciting (and seem to be from the perspective of the homeless or drug-addicted). Amusing, and the audience sells it well with facial expressions. But I would have preferred ending with the Amusement Park sketch.

Enjoy!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Kristen Wiig SNL Review - January 8, 2011 - Jim Carrey & The Black Keys



We're going to start this week with a basic review of Kristen's skits. Kristen's got 6 skits this week, but she only ends in the bar show at the end (which wasn't great).


Cold Opening - A Message From The Mayor

Fred Armisen ... Mike Bloomberg
Kristen Wiig ... announcer (voice)

REVIEW: Watching Fred monologue at the camera in character just doesn't do it for me. Go back and watch Chevy Chase's Ford impressions (or Ferrell's or Dana Carvey's Bushes). Chevy was firing off hilarious jokes and ended with a hilarious prat fall. Even when Aykroyd's Carter came on, it was hilarious. Fred and writer Jim Downey need to go watch those old cold openings (especially since Jim probably wrote some of them).

This one was just a one gag by Fred about how disastrous snow is. It directly makes fun of something in the news, but they need to focus on funny first, not the details of what is being said. I heard courtesy laughs.

Kristen announces.


Commercial - Bosley Hair Restoration

Fred Armisen ... Mark H.
Bobby Moynihan ... client
Nasim Pedrad ... girlfriend
Jason Sudeikis ... spokesperson
Kristen Wiig ... Adelle K.

REVIEW: This is a rerun. Still funny. The basic idea is that the hair transplant comes from pubic regions. Sort of disgusting when they show the hair on Fred, Bobby, and Kristen, but still hilarious. A good one to rerun.


Sketch - Black Swan

Jim Carrey ... Lily
Bill Hader ... Thomas
Taran Killam ... David
Nasim Pedrad ... Nina
Kristen Wiig ... dancer

REVIEW: And then... BOOM! They air the best skit of the night, one that might get Jim an Emmy nomination (or the writers), one that make you feel GREAT about the show, that reminds you why Jim Carrey was once a super star, that makes you want Jim Carrey to be a superstar again, and finally a skit that makes you want Jim to permanently host this show (or his own show). He reveals here that he is the reason why this episode is so good, and that the one skit without him (Fred's cold opening) was probably the only skit (sans Weekend Update) that he didn't help write and that's why it was the only lacking skit.

So, what happened? Well, Jim did his ballerina character that he showed briefly in Ace Ventura, and he managed to use that to make fun of Natalie Portman's new Black Swan movie, with excellent supporting roles from Nasim Pedrad and Bill Hader. Jim was a female ballerina (Lily) who was competing with Nasim's Nina to do the Black Swan. (Not to mention Kristen Wiig's brief but hilarious appearance, and even Taran Killam coming on to "feed" Jim's swan was equally hilarious.) I would have loved to see one or two more original characters like this from Jim (his dojo instructor from his first SNL appearance would have been good). And then it ends with a Jim Carrey painted face gag that pays further homage to the Black Swan trailer. Overall, this was amazing. It's like Jim's presence makes the show 3 times better!


Commercial - The Worst of Soul Train

Jim Carrey ... D'Versity
Paul Brittain ... Bro-Botix member
Steve Higgins ... announcer (voice)
Taran Killam ... Bro-Botix member
Bobby Moynihan ... Coughy Robinson
Nasim Pedrad ... Ricky
Jay Pharoah ... Shooting Starr
Andy Samberg ... Gary St. Marvelous
Jason Sudeikis ... Ocean Billy
Kenan Thompson ... Maxwell family member
Kenan Thompson ... announcer (voice)
Kristen Wiig ... Triangle Sally

REVIEW: Bobby drives this one home as the host of a show that features the performers' talents! Everybody was golden here, making it another gauntlet of hilarious bits (like the Back to the Future DVD commercials). Taran and Paul were funny (mostly Taran there), Jim was hilarious of course, and Nasim, Andy, Jason, and Kristen all gave important bits. My least favorite were from Jay Pharoah and Kenan Thompson. Kristen's triangle bit is Will Ferrell-worthy. =^)


Sketch - Merryville Trolley Ride

Jim Carrey ... robot
Bill Hader ... robot
Taran Killam ... robot
Bobby Moynihan ... repairman
Kenan Thompson ... guy
Kristen Wiig ... girl

REVIEW: Oh my gosh! By far my second favorite skit of the night (behind Black Swan). This truly shows the talents of Taran Killam who actually out-performs Jim Carrey as an animatronic robot (is this even possible?). Another skit that Jim made gold with physical comedy, and it brings to life all our animatronic nightmares! Beautiful, and well played by Kenan as the victim.

Kristen plays the date.


Sketch - A Taste of New York

Jim Carrey ... musician
Fred Armisen ... musician
Vanessa Bayer ... audience member
Paul Brittain ... audience member
Abby Elliott ... audience member
Bill Hader ... emcee
Andy Samberg ... audience member
Kristen Wiig ... musician

REVIEW: I don't know. I didn't get into this one. Fred and Kristen almost take turns doing these nightshow characters with weird music (my favorite was Kristen Wiig with Jon Hamm), and this one is merely amusing. Jim, Fred, and Kristen (no names?) come out and sing authentic New York songs that aren't very exciting (and seem to be from the perspective of the homeless or drug-addicted). Amusing, and the audience (including Andy) sell it well with facial expressions. I would have preferred ending with the Amusement Park sketch.


Thoughts on the skits this week?

Enjoy!

Bridesmaids - Movie to watch in 2011



"Bridesmaids" (May 13)
Studio:Universal.

Stars: Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph, Jon Hamm. Director: Paul Feig (“Unaccompanied Minors”).

Judd Apatow’s laugh factory has been mostly good news for movie comedy, but the heavy slant toward dude humor is getting a little tired. Seems like Apatow wants to change that by putting his producing weight behind “Knocked Up” scene-stealer Wiig’s female-driven comedy about two pals (Wiig and Byrne) who get a little competitive during the wedding of another friend (Rudolph). If this isn't good enough to make up for “Bride Wars,” we’re gonna be really disappointed.

From:
http://newyork.metromix.com/movies/essay_photo_gallery/31-movies-to-watch/2376451/content

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Kristen Wiig and Jim Carrey - SNL Promo

Jim Carrey host SNL this weekend with musical guest The Black Keys.



Not overly funny, but I'm still excited to see what Jim and Kristen do together!

Enjoy!

Friday, January 7, 2011

Kristen Wiig on Larry King Live



You can see the video here:

http://castroller.com/podcasts/TheLarryKing/1851877-Inside%20Saturday%20Night%20Live

Lorne's not wearing his signature sports jacket, t-shirt, and jeans! =^)

Larry King calls Kristen Wiig an Emmy winner (and Andy). Interestingly, she didn't correct him or show any surprise. Maybe she wasn't paying attention and heard "nominated" or something. She was nominated in 2009 and 2010 as a supporting actress. She hasn't won yet. (This is interesting that she's the one he calls an Emmy winner, because Lorne has been nominated 49 times with 13 wins, Amy has been nominated 3 times with no wins, Seth has been nominated 3 times with no wins, Fred has no Emmy nominations, and Andy has been nominated 3 times with one win, not to mention a Grammy nomination.) So he should have called Lorne an Emmy winner instead of Kristen Wiig. The only way he could have messed that up worse is if he called Fred the Emmy winner. =^)

Regarding Lorne's answer about how SNL came about: To add on to what Lorne said, Johnny Carson wanted to run his reruns during the week for a break sometimes. So it's really Johnny's fault that SNL started. =^)

5-minute audition times...

Interesting that Kristen Wiig's Target Lady was pulled directly from a lady at Target.

Enjoy!

Monday, January 3, 2011

New Paul movie poster

New international posters for Kristen Wiig's upcoming movie, Paul!

Short version:



And here's the long version:



Enjoy!

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Betty White helped make SNL watchable in 2010



"Saturday Night Live" was all right with Betty White (right). The 88-year-old host fit in well with cast members, like Kristen Wiig. / Photo provided by NBC

Betty White hosts "SNL": Facebook users demanded it, Lorne Michaels acquiesced, and 88-year-old Betty ruled the land. We all expected the show would treat her gently and use her in a few sketches, but as it happened, she worked harder at it than any other host all season. This seemed to cheer up the national mood immensely, if briefly.

Read about the other shows here:
http://www.indystar.com/article/20101229/ENTERTAINMENT/12290302/What-was-worth-watching-in-2010-?odyssey=tab|mostpopular|text|ENTERTAINMENT
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Also, this won Betty White an Emmy, and Kristen was also nominated for an Emmy for her SNL work for that season (her second Emmy nomination).

Enjoy!

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Kristen Wiig to appear on The Simpsons on January 16!

Kristen's character is Ms. Juniper on the right:



Actresses Kristen Wiig and Alyson Hannigan will guest-voice on "The Simpsons" episode "Flaming Moe," airing Sunday January 16, 2011 on Fox :
"...When 'Principal Skinner' becomes smitten with music teacher 'Ms. Juniper' (Wiig), he uses 'Bart' to get close to her and her daughter 'Melody' (Hannigan). Meanwhile, 'Smithers' helps 'Moe' transform his dingy pub into Springfield's local gay hangout..."

From:
http://www.sneakpeek.ca/2010/12/simpsons-flaming-moe-january-16-2011.html

Enjoy!

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