The Best & Worst Sketches From Kristen Wiig's 'Saturday Night Live'
Returning to Studio 8H, Kristen Wiig hosted Saturday Night Live and the result was a solid episode to follow Dave Chappelle's outstanding turn last week.
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'The Spoils Of Babylon' Teaser: The 'Casa De Mi Padre' Crew Tackles '80s Event Television
Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are living in the past. The modern TV "event series" has its roots in, well, Roots, and other mini-series adaptations of popular epic fiction. The late '70s and early '80s saw a rash of highly-touted adaptations of historical novels and family sagas, with the runaway success of Roots followed by…
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TV Bits: James Cameron Brings About The 'Robogeddon', Plus: 'Breaking Bad', 'Southland', 'Glee', 'Veep', 'The Walking Dead', 'Game Of Thrones', And More
If I asked you to guess what Robogeddon was, would you surmise that it was a new TV project by James Cameron? Also after the jump: The final season of Breaking Bad will be split in two Glee, New Girl, and Raising Hope get renewals Southland will probably be back for a fifth season Another, longer behind-the-scenes Veep…
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TV Bits: Is This The Leaked Script For The Season 5 Premiere Of 'Breaking Bad'? Plus: 'The Newsroom', 'True Blood', '24', 'Saturday Night Live', 'Sons Of Anarchy', And More
There's a ton of TV news coming down the pipeline, so let's get right to it. After the jump: The Newsroom and True Blood get premiere dates Fox will celebrate its 25th birthday with its biggest stars Elisha Cuthbert says she's "on standby" for the 24 movie Is Saturday Night Live losing three of its…
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Kristen Wiig Attached To Action Comedy By 'Descendants' Writers Nat Faxon And Jim Rash
Until recently, Jim Rash and Nat Faxon were mainly known for their work in front of the camera. But their screenwriting work for last year's The Descendants changed that, and with this weekend's Best Adapted Screenplay win, the future's looking brighter than ever for the pair. Among their several upcoming projects are an action comedy…
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Universal Doing 'Bridesmaids 2' Without Kristen Wiig?
Though Melissa McCarthy was the big breakout star of last spring's Bridesmaids, it was really Kristen Wiig's movie. The Saturday Night Live vet not only played the lead, she also co-produced the project and penned its script with co-writer Annie Mumolo. It's tough to imagine seeing another Bridesmaids without Wiig -- but apparently, that's exactly…
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Kristen Wiig Starring In Dark Comedy 'Imogene' From 'American Splendor' Directors
Kristen Wiig is on the verge of being able to shoot a film she's been wanting to make for the past couple years. Imogene, written by Michelle Morgan and to be directed by Shari Springer Bergman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor, Cinema Verite), . The project isn't new, with reports of it having surfaced last…
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Simon Pegg And Nick Frost Say Hello From The Set Of Paul
The website for Paul, the film written by and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and directed by Adventureland's Greg Mottola, has gone live. Whatispaul.com already has a handful of image galleries with on-set photos and a couple of video blogs featuring Pegg, Frost and co-stars Kristin Wiig and Joe Lo Truglio. The Jo Lo…
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