Posted Jan 4, 2009. Filed under Updates. 2 comments.
I was really planning on launching a new edition of the site this week, but that has been delayed. I lost a family member on this New Year’s Eve, and being is that I just now came to terms with losing a relative last February, it’s been hard to concentrate on anything. I hope to have the new shiny version of KristenWiigFan.com up soon, with more media and a streamed presentation-style. I cut my work hours in half because my classes start up again in a week, and now I’ll have more time to work on the site in between studying ( a year and a half to go until my Masters is complete!)
In the meantime, here is a great article on Ms. Wiig, thanks to Kenneth for emailing me about it. Also, don’t forget that an SNL sports special is airing tomorrow night.
Read it here: She’s Really Shy, But That’s a Secret
Excerpt: “Even among the Groundlings talent, “she definitely stood out,” said Mindy Sterling, an actress (Frau Farbissina in the Austin Powers franchise) and a veteran Groundling who taught Ms. Wiig as well as Ms. Rudolph and Ms. Kudrow. “She has a very sort of subtle quality to her,” Ms. Sterling said. “It’s not that she necessarily was clever. She’s an observer, and she can mimic and then bring her style to it, and that was what was really mesmerizing. There was something very real and accessible, always a sense of ‘Oh, my God, I know who that person is.”
It’s a terrific article.
Posted Dec 26, 2008. Filed under Updates. Leave a comment?
I’ve been pretty absent in posting new material here, with the exception of a few articles. To get personal for a second.. I’ve been working and going to graduate school full-time, and while it was tiring, I did manage to get all A’s and B’s, as well as a scholarship. Plus I have some family matters to attend to. But since it’s Christmas, here’s three Christmas bits I enjoy with Kristen. Yes, new stuff.
Cat Letter
Rockefeller Holiday Tree
Tense Dinner
Plus, Kristen did an interview with Woman’s Health magazine. It’s probably one of the best she’s done, and you can read it at their website
“Give us five telling facts about yourself.
“I wish I had a lot of tattoos. I am very close to my family. For most of my life I wanted to be Olivia Newton-John. I love when I can make a baby laugh. I never go anywhere without gum.”
Finally, in last week’s Entertainment Weekly “Best and Worst 2008″ issue, I spotted Kristen as one of their Top Performers of 2008 (no particular order), which is featured on their site as well
Also, Ghost Town is on DVD Saturday, the 27th.
Posted Dec 18, 2008. Filed under Updates. 1 comment.
USA Today’s blog,Pop Candy, has a new interview with Kristen.
Pop Candy rated Kristen No. 25 on their list of Top 100 of 2008.
If you had to pick one favorite moment of the year, what would it be?
Easy. Obama winning the election.
You were in several movies this year. What was the best film you saw in theaters?
The best film I saw this year was The Wrestler. The way it was shot, the performances, all the tights … Just kidding about the tights, but I do love ’80s metal.
One great thing about watching you on the show is that your characters are all so different. Is there any accent/type of character you absolutely can’t do?
I have tried to do a Tony Soprano mob boss-type character. Cannot get that accent down! Oh boy, did not sound good. But I will continue to find a way where I play a little man with a mustache, holding a gun.
Read more at Pop Candy
Posted Dec 16, 2008. Filed under Updates. Leave a comment?
For anybody who may be attending the festival…
Mon. Jan 19 6:15 p.m.—ADVNL19CE Eccles Theatre, Park City
Tue. Jan 20 9:15 a.m.—ADVNL20CM Eccles Theatre, Park City
Wed. Jan 21 midnight—ADVNL21SD Screening Room, Sundance Resort
Thu. Jan 22 6:30 p.m.—ADVNL22GE Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, SLC
I hope to make some big updates soon. They are LONG overdue.
Posted Dec 7, 2008. Filed under Updates. Leave a comment?
FirstShowing.net reporting Adventureland will premiere at 2009’s Sundance Film Festival. The film will not be in the competition.
In Global Warming, Kristen is Kristine, a frustrated office worker, who strikes up an online romance with her tech support representive, Aseem from India. When Assem comes to America and surprises Kristine, the two try to begin a life together. But are they ready? Now playing at 
