Ryan Perez Hired for SNL!

In further writer news, Ryan Perez from UCB LA has been hired as a writer for the upcoming season of Saturday Night Live. According to his UCB profile, he's also a writer for Funny Or Die. Nice job promotion if you ask me!

Congratulations!

Hannibal Buress Hired for SNL!

Hilarious comedian Hannibal Buress announced on his Twitter that he shall be writing for SNL next season. If you don't know Hannibal Buress is, (a) Why not? (b) you will! and (c) check out his stand-up in the video below!




Congratulations Mr. Buress!

When In Rome Trailer

Check out the trailer for the upcoming movie, "When in Rome" which stars Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Will Arnett, Dax Shepherd, Danny DeVito, Jon Heder and SNL's Bobby Moynihan who can be seen in the trailer embedded below.



Scroll to 0.36 to see Bobby Moynihan (with mucho facial hair) in action!

Happy Birthday Kristen Wiig!

Birthday wishes go out to Kristen Wiig who turns 36 today!
Happy birthday!

Oh Lord-

According to multiple internet reports, Transformers star Megan Fox will host the SNL premiere on September 26th in order to promote comedy/horror flick Jennifer's Body.

"An insider tells Life & Style, "Megan is psyched to have gotten this opportunity. She has a lot of surprises in store for the audience. This is the perfect opportunity for her to show off her comedic skills.""

Fox is honing her comedic skills by working on a digital short with Andy Samberg.

This could either work out really well and Fox could emerge as a cool, self-effacing chick or it could be horrible. What do you think about SNL's choice?

SNL Hires Chicago Improviser

Second City improviser Michael Patrick O'Brien has been hired as an SNL writer. Currently starring in the Second City show "America: All Better!,” he will head to the Big Apple in a couple of weeks to start his job as SNL writer.
In case you don't know who the guy is, here's a picture -




Congrats!

UTSA Students?

"Saturday Night Live" comic Seth Meyers will headline UTSA Roadrunner Days events this year. He will appear onstage for one performance at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 26 in the Convocation Center on the UTSA Main campus -- free to the UTSA community. The event is part of Roadrunner Days, a series of events that kick off the new academic year.

Maybe that's of use to somebody? I don't know.

ATTENTION NEW YORKERS!

Andy Samberg will be playing at the New York Comedy Festival on Sunday 8 November at 8pm a the Town Hall located on 123 West 43rd Street in a show entitled Andy Samberg and Friends.

Something tells me that this show will sell out quickly, so heads up - tickets are on sale to the general public on Monday 17th August at 10 AM EDT. They are available to Citi Cardmembers starting from today at 12 PM EDT until Sunday 16 August at 5 PM EDT.

My favourite part about this show? The "And Friends" part! You just know some awesome comedians/SNL-ers are gonna show up.

Bill Hader Interview

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/08/bill_hader.html

An interview with Mr. Bill Hader in which he reveals that MacGruber will be R-rated & that his child will be named Lorne.
Enjoy!

This week marks the start of shooting of the next film-based-on-an-SNL-sketch, "Macgruber". As I mentioned previously, SNL writer & Lonely Island member Jorma Taccone will direct the picture. Here's a video from behind-the-scenes that Jorma posted on the Lonely Island YouTube account.

Abby Elliott on Press Tour

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New Kristen Wiig Extract Poster

The people behind the upcoming Mike Judge movie "Extract" have released four character posters for the movie, which feature Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Ben Affleck & SNL's Kristen Wiig. So excited for this movie!

Seth Meyers Dream Guests on SNL

From OKmagazine.com -

Now that Bill Clinton has rescued journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling from captivity in North Korea, Saturday Night Live’s Seth Meyers is eager to have him on the variety show.
“You want charm and charisma, and Bill Clinton has that in spades,” Seth tells me during the Bollywood Hero premiere held at NYC’s Rubin Museum of Art. As for what role he’d play? “I think we’d just let him be Bill Clinton. I think we’d win that way.”
If the former president is unable to make an appearance, Oscar-winning Gandhi actor Ben Kingsley would also make Seth smile.
“Sir Ben Kingsley is one of the great actors of our generation,” he says.
Will Justin Timberlake join the cast when the 35th season begins this fall? After all, the frequent guest star praised for his Motherlover and D*** in a Box skits, honed his comedic chops on the mini-SNL training ground called the Mickey Mouse Club. (Watch a clip also starring Britney Spears! Here’s another one with Christina Aguilera.)
“I want to stress this,” Seth says. “What his future on SNL would require him to give up is a lot. It is far more lucrative being Justin Timberlake in a sense, but our door is always open for him because it’s paid off in spades anytime we’ve had him on.”

Bill Clinton & Ben Kingsley? Seth Meyers has some eclectic tastes.

Bill Hader To Be A Daddy!

Saturday Night Live star Bill Hader has confirmed that he and his wife are expecting their first child.
The actor and comedian made the announcement at the premiere of Paper Heart in New York, adding that the baby is due in September.
Speaking to People, he said: "I'm really excited. I think it's going to be awesome."
The star went on to joke that he will be the only current SNL cast member to have a child, saying: "Everybody will have to understand when I'm really tired! Kidding - I'm actually handling it well... [My wife] is awesome. Way tougher than I am."
Hader tied the knot with Maggie Carey nearly three years ago.

Congrats to the parents-to-be!

Intervention Intervention with Fred Armisen from Fred Armisen

An intervention is staged for Fred after his family become worried about his addiction to the show Intervention.

High-larious!