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Welcome back to this weekend's edition of "SNL Second-Guessing," with this go-around taking a look at Season 49 Episode 16, with host Kristen Wiig and musical guest Raye Here's how it works. With NBC's Saturday Night Live only months away from its milestone 50th season, there's going to be a lot more going on than usual,[...]

After an episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live that saw Paul Rudd, Matt Damon, Jon Hamm, Martin Short, Will Forte, Fred Armisen, Martin Short, Ryan Gosling, and Paula Pell join the SNL cast & writers in celebrating SNL alum & comedic genius Kristen Wiig's "Five-Timers" show, it's nice to have a day or so as a breather before[...]

I know that most folks pointed to Paul Rudd, Matt Damon, Jon Hamm, Martin Short, Will Forte, Fred Armisen, Martin Short, Ryan Gosling, and Paula Pell appearing during the opening monologue as a sign that Saturday Night Live alum & comedic genius Kristen Wiig's "Five-Timers" show was going to be something different But for us, we knew[...]

Kristen Wiig's five-timers monologue! pic.twitter.com/qxJw4q7RTC — Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) April 7, 2024 What better way to celebrate Saturday Night Live alum, comedy mastermind, and this weekend's SNL host Kristen Wiig's "Five-Timers Club" membership than with an opening monologue filled with all-star fellow "five-timers" like Paul Rudd, Matt Damon, Jon Hamm, Martin Short, Will Forte,[...]

Even after seeing what Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker did to her old dressing room during the midweek sketch wasn't enough to deter NBC's Saturday Night Live host/alum Kristen Wiig from claiming her honor as the newest member of the "Five-Timers Club That brings us to the Studio 8H on-stage promos, with Wiig joined[...]

After confronting what Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow, and Devon Walker did to her old dressing room during the midweek sketch from earlier today, NBC's Saturday Night Live host/alum Kristen Wiig and the SNL team got together for the official read-thru for this weekend's show (with musical guest Raye) Here's a look at how it all went[...]

With SNL alum Kristen Wiig returning to her old stomping grounds as host this weekend (with musical guest Raye), it would only make sense that she would do a walk-around Studio 8H to see how things have changed – and to check out her old dressing room You know, the one that Lorne Michaels promised her[...]

After a solid return effort from Ramy Youssef and Travis Scott over this past weekend, NBC's Saturday Night Live is turning its sights on this weekend's show – with SNL alum Kristen Wiig (Apple TV+'s Palm Royale) and musical guest Raye set to take the stages of Studio 8H That means it's time for SNL[...]

On April 6th, we have SNL Alum Kristen Wiig returning to host (with musical guest Raye) – and then on April 13th, we have host Ryan Gosling (The Fall Guy) with musical guest Chris Stapleton. Image: NBCUniversal Saturday Night Live Season 49: Getting the SNL Cast Together… Back in November 2023, SNL fans got a chance to check[...]

The success of the recurring sketches eventually led to a 2010 Universal Pictures film adaptation and the 2021 Peacock TV series sequel with Kristen Wiig (Vicki St Elmo) and Ryan Phillippe (Dixon Piper) solidified in those roles While promoting his indie comedy Aliens Abducted My Parents and I Feel Kinda Left Out for Sundance, Forte[...]

Image courtesy of NBC In Forte's return, the scenario also featured the return of his MacGruber co-stars in SNL alum Kristen Wiig as Vicki St Elmo and Ryan Phillippe as Dixon Piper, the first time he's played the character on SNL Previously during Forte and Wiig's stints as SNL cast members, the third person playing the[...]

What makes it paltry, you ask? It includes only a digital copy of Ghostbusters: Answer the Call to add to the existing set containing a physical and digital copy of the Ivan Reitman-directed 1984 original, 1989 sequel Ghostbusters II, and Jason Reitman's Ghostbusters: Afterlife currently in theaters. Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Kristen Wiig in[...]

I'll give credit to creators Will Forte (who also stars), John Solomon, and Jorma Taccone (both worked with Forte on SNL) to make it stretch across eight episodes on Peacock and actually showed the ability to allow its characters to develop. MACGRUBER — Pictured in this screengrab: (l-r) Kristen Wiig as Vicki St Elmo, Will Forte[...]

SyFy Wire lobbed that very question to the cast and crew of the Peacock action-comedy MacGruber, which in part is an homage to the 80's action films with a whole lot of (mostly juvenile) comedy. MACGRUBER — Pictured in this screengrab: (l-r) Kristen Wiig as Vicki St Elmo, Will Forte as MacGruber, Ryan Phillippe as Dixon[...]

It was a reboot that starred Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Kristen Wiig in Ghostbusters (2016) Image courtesy of Sony How Both Recent Ghostbusters Films Were Endorsed by Original Cast Feig took to Twitter to (rightfully) lodge his protest to Sony for the exclusion adding the[...]

The streaming series actually picks up about 10 years following the 2010 film, which actually bombed at the box office, but developed a cult following. MacGruber — Pictured in this screengrab: (l-r) Kristen Wiig as Vicki St Elmo, Will Forte as MacGruber, Ryan Phillippe as Dixon Piper — (Photo by: Peacock) The original premise of the sketches[...]

MacGruber star Ryan Phillippe has a unique history with the franchise because the character he plays in Dixon Piper didn't originate from the original Saturday Night Live sketch that featured Will Forte as the title character and Kristen Wiig as his partner Vicki The original sketches found MacGruber, Vicki, and a random third person, usually[...]

A little more than a month after we learned who would be joining Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, and Ryan Phillippe on Peacock's eight-episode series MacGruber, we have some new names to add as well as a casting change to report First up, Billy Zane (True Story, Titanic) is joining the cast and replacing the previously-announced[...]

The skits feature Forte as the title character always trying to disarm a bomb in a remote area accompanied by Vicki (Kristen Wiig) and another character usually played by the SNL host. Images courtesy of Paramount and CBS The twist in this comedic parody is how easily distracted MacGruber becomes while precious seconds are lost and obviously,[...]

Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar is a new comedy starring Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo about two friends who…quip at each other and seem clueless I gotta be honest; even after watching the trailer, I just don't really know what the hell this film is supposed to be about It looks like[...]

However, unlike the first movie, the second act of Wonder Woman 1984 is not nearly as good as the second act of the first movie, and it's impossible not to compare the two of them." Wonder Woman 1984, directed by Patty Jenkins, stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, and Gabriella Wilde. [...]

Pictures release. Wonder Woman 1984 Suffered from Same Issues as some Spider-Man Sequels Depending on how you feel about the 2007 Sam Raimi sequel in Spider-Man 3 and the 2014 Marc Webb's Amazing Spider-Man 2 where it overstretched itself too thin where it affected the development of the film's villains in Max Lord (Pedro Pascal) and Barbara[...]

One sketch that stood out was the one with Pete Davidson as The Grinch, rocking tighty-whities and trying to help host Kristen Wiig and Mikey Day's Whoville residents explain their way around the fact that The Grinch stayed over for a threesome when the kids (Kyle Mooney, Chloe Fineman) start asking questions This shouldn't have worked-[...]

However, unlike the first movie, the second act of Wonder Woman 1984 is not nearly as good as the second act of the first movie, and it's impossible not to compare the two of them." Wonder Woman 1984, directed by Patty Jenkins, stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Connie Nielsen, and Gabriella Wilde[...]

But to get there, they had to wrap things up with the annual "holiday/we-already-have-one-foot-out-the-studio" episode- with SNL alum Kristen Wiig (Wonder Woman 1984) as host and Dua Lipa as the musical guest But the show didn't wait until 11:29 pm ET on Saturday to start getting everyone's attention, with news coming down earlier in the[...]

As if having Kristen Wiig as the host and Dua Lipa as the musical guest on the year-ending episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live would be newsworthy enough, we learned earlier today that Jim Carrey was stepping down from impersonating President-Elect Joe Biden on the long-running sketch comedy/music series Carrey joins a list of Biden[...]

NBC's Saturday Night Live is now only hours away from its year-ending holiday episode, with SNL alum Kristen Wiig (Wonder Woman 1984) and musical guest Dua Lipa taking the stage for what traditionally turns out to be one of the looser and loopier episodes (expect lots of sketch breaks) So with our fingers, toes, and other[...]

So far, NBC's Saturday Night Live has given us an announcement video welcoming host/SNL alum Kristen Wiig (Wonder Woman 1984) and musical guest Dua Lipa to Studio 8H this weekend's year-ending holiday episode Then, viewers got a chance to check out Wiig in the middle of a table read for the long-running sketch comedy/music series[...]

This year, that honor goes to Kristen Wiig (Wonder Woman 1984)- who, as you're about to see in the following post from the long-running sketch comedy/music series' social media accounts, has already taken a deep-dive into this week's table reads So you know what that means, right? Live promos and "Best of Kristen Wiig" stuff[...]

Well, you couldn't ask for a better final host for 2020 than Kristen Wiig (Wonder Woman 1984)- do we really need to remind you of just how much of a performing powerhouse she was on the show from 2005-2012, and every appearance she made after that? Saturday Night Live ends the year with Kristen Wiig and[...]