... Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. The two-hour special, the first for “SNL” since 2002, will be led by Wiig’s Gilly, an ... the NBC sketch comedy show, has built Gilly into a popular character. In a phone interview Monday, she said part of the fun of Gilly hosting ... 8220;`Twas the Night Before Christmas” last year. “Since `SNL’ has been on for so long, it’s 35 years of at least ...

... NBC suits picked her most annoying, only unfunny character. Gilly is the crazy tater tot in the Little Orphan ... ugh) That's it. Still, we can't wait to see what the writers do with SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas, which airs December ... pretty lady she interviews. Why We Love Her: Because she's SNL's resident vagina expert, and we really, really wish this would actually happen ...

... Rihanna's performance of "Russian Roulette" on SNL below. Rihanna wasn't done kicking ass after "Russian Roulette." ... of "Hard" featuring Young Jeezy on SNL. "Hard" is an infectious track and makes you ... acting in a digital short with Andy Samberg, who played a character by the name of Shy Ronnie. Shy Ronnie loses all confidence ...

SNL is letting Kristen Wiig host their Holiday special...ready for the title? (Drum roll) SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas. Yay!!! I'm so excited about this! I mildly ... and find myself repeating words in a Gilly fashion OFTEN. The special will be a highlight show featuring old SNL holiday sketches, but with Gilly hosting in-character. Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin are also set to ...

... comedian on top of her game. … MacGruber is the best SNL film since Wayne’s World back in 1992. ... test screening review, which includes a a lot more plot and character details, on The Vertex. Universal Releases Official ... MacGruber? Toy Story 3 and Karate? SNL’s Categorically Unjustified “MacGruber&# ... R Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer to Star in MacGruber SNL to Make MacGruber Movie ...

... she named for him. Swift is talented and endearing. What would she do with her turn as both SNL's host and musical guest? Let's ... of Wiig's Penelope one-upper character and wanted to showcase her own mocking impersonation. Or did the writers want ... reception? She's not family. And why would Samberg's character, knowing full who who Penelope is, take her side over that of his date in ...

... the go-to cast member on SNL... that is what she has been since Amy Poehler departed last fall. The problem with Wiig is that she mostly just plays variations on the same character: a neurotic who ... but so far this year, he's just using a more formal version of his own voice. SNL gives the impression of wanting to avoid the president if it can get away with it -- an uncomfortable position for a ...

... little while ago. The real ad is funny enough on its own, by the fact that SNL writers saw fit to parody this at all really tickled me, and they did a bang-up job ... at a NASA job interview. I love pretty much any SNL sketch that reminds me of the Kids in the Hall. It’s also ... than a revival of Kenan Thompson’s Virginiaka character, trotted out every time a young white female host wants ...

... never leaves the screen? Not every sketch needs to center around a neurotic character with a verbal or facial tic. “Sorry." ... shows and movies — those are the things that ought to be “SNL’s” bread and butter. It a way to tease and ... we'd never heard of until just before they started rocking the “SNL” stage. Be a tastemaker, not a follower! The Yeah ...

... Steve Martin to help introduce their own classic holiday sketches (love that Baldwin's "Schweddy Balls" made the cut!). Gilly may not be my favorite SNL character, but I'm excited to watch iconic moments of SNL holiday seasons past. In fact, it inspired me to compile some of my own favorites (and yes, " ...

NBC's "Saturday Night Live" will compile clips for a two-hour holiday special to be hosted by Kristen Wiig's troublemaker character "Gilly.""SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas" will be broadcast Thursday, Dec. 17, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. with new material featuring ...

... it makes sense, but I never would have thought of her as someone who should Host/MG. Though with SNL being worse than awful these days, why not? Also, OMG GUYS, ... . Ugh, I love them. Unabashedly. Penelope: Oh God, not this character again. Why, why, why? Who would invite Penelope to a wedding? Will Forte, that is a crazy ... saturday night live, seth meyers, snl, taylor lautner, taylor swift, tracy ...

... her wearing headgear braces, which is the kind of visual indignation most SNL potential diva guest hosts won’t run ... eyed look Bill Hader plays the Robert Pattenson-character (Frankenstein) with, and the flaky melodrama of Kristen Stewart that Taylor ... . Taylor Swift did a better job than anyone in recent memory, and definitely, this season; SNL, learn quickly, your performer-host double-threats ...

... larger questions of why aren't casts more diverse in terms of race and gender? And should a person of color be the default for every character that looks like them? Should Kenan Thompson have played Obama strictly because they both are both black? I think the SNL team made sure not to be outright offensive with this sketch which was ...

... 8217;m quite certain that Lively will hold her own as an excellent host for SNL. I hope they do a parody of her as Serena on Gossip Girl. ... age. Either way, he at least has to take his shirt of during the segment. You know, cuz his “character” would do that. Not for any sexual reason or anything… Jamies ... Taylor Lautner’s Rolling Stone Cover SNL “Monologue Song”: God DAMN I Love ...