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Get your red vest ready: Kristen Wiig is said to be reprising her recurring character The Target Lady in a series of ads for the discount department store.

That’s according to Roger Friedman at Showbiz411, who reports that Wiig and a crew were recently spotted taking over a Target store overnight to shoot the campaign.

Wiig famously portrayed the overzealous Target cashier in ten SNL sketches beginning in 2005. In each of the sketches, she invariably drives her rushed customers crazy as she enthusiastically comments on each of their products as she scans them

Wiig developed the character when she was a part of the Los Angeles improv group The Groundlings and brought it with her to Saturday Night Live, which is what allows her to perform it off the show.

Characters created while performers work for SNL are the intellectual property of the show, and tend to only show...

It is hard to believe that creator Lorne Michaels’s legendary late night variety show Saturday Night Live has been kicking around the American airways for four decades and still remarkably standing on its hind legs even until this very day. No doubt that SNL has shaped the pop cultural minds of its avid viewers for forty-plus years on the small screen. Importantly, SNL gave birth to the careers of some of Hollywood’s major top stars in the realm of film, television and stage.

Sure, SNL is an immense institution in television. In fact, NBC-tv will acknowledge the iconic late night program when it broadcasts the 40th anniversary highlighting Saturday Night Live’s on-air staying power with many of the show’s luminaries returning and paying retrospect to the classic sketch comedy that became one of America’s most enduring and long-lasting laughfests.

Unfortunately, SNL has never had the...

Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels has led a series of tribute to the show's late writer Tom Davis. Davis passed away in New York on Thursday (July 19) after a long battle with throat and neck cancer. The comedian is perhaps most widely known for his writing partnership with Al Franken on the original Saturday Night Live. He co-wrote many of the show's early recurring characters such as Steve Martin's 'Theodoric of York' and 'The Coneheads'. Michaels, who hired Davis in 1975, honored the writer's contributions to Saturday Night Live in a statement to Reuters. "He was there from the beginning. No one saw things the way that Tom did," Michaels said. "He was funny, he was original and he was always there to help, no matter the hour. And I always trusted his laugh. I can (more)...

"The Coneheads" (1993): They may come here as invaders but wind up living the classic American immigrant story -- even if they are visitors from another planet. Oops, make that France, as they like to say. Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin, with their bullet-shaped, bald skulls, are hilarious in one of the very few skits from "Saturday Night Live" that actually shines as a movie. It perfectly captures the usual worries of new Americans -- problems with green cards, children who forget cultural traditions and fitting in with new neighbors.

"Coming to America" (1988): Prince Akeem of Zamunda (Eddie Murphy) turns 21, and as is the custom of his fictional country, needs to find a woman who can bear his heirs. Judging by names alone, the prince thinks he can find one in Queens. The film shines with Murphy, Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones and John Amos. An interesting behind-the-scenes factoid...

Stephen Hawking is buzzing across the Internet this morning because of a theory he puts forth in the new, aliens-focused episode of The Discovery Channel's series, "Into the Universe." Basically, he says that aliens are definitely out there somewhere, but attempting to contact them is "too risky." He posits the high likelihood that any extraterrestrials listening are potential conquerors.

Personally, I think Hawking's been watching too much "Independence Day." He's got a point: at least some aliens tuning in to Earth's radio chatter probably are on the lookout for their next potential slave race. But c'mon... let's not forget about the friendly ones. Better to put the word out and draw in a Superman or two than sit and wait for our inevitable subjugation as a slave race. After the jump, find an odd assortment of potential protectors pulled from the history of television and film.

Kal-El

There's no...

Halloween is just around the corner -- need an idea for that party? "Extra" brings you entertaining and creative "SNL" costumes that will surely make you the life of the party!

SNL Halloween CostumesDick in a Box

“Dick in a Box” is a Saturday Night Live digital short featuring Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg. You can buy a “Dick in a Box” costume at: ZoogsterCostumes.com.

Blues Brothers

John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd turned an...

Chicago – Blues Brother and “Ghostbusters” star Dan Aykroyd recently took time to pose for the the HollywoodChicago.com lens on March 28, 2009 before meeting fans and fine wine connoisseurs alike. Aykroyd was in Chicago to promote his new Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay wines at Binny’s Beverage Depot in Chicago’s South Loop.

Dan Aykroyd has starred in “The Blues Brothers,” “Trading Places,” “The Coneheads,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,” “Ghostbusters,” “Caddyshack II,” “Ghostbusters II,” “Driving Miss Daisy,” “My Girl,” “My Girl 2,” “Dragnet,” “Grosse Pointe Blank,” “Blues Brothers 2000,” “Pearl Harbor,” “50 First Dates,” “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry” and many more films. Our exclusive portrait of Dan Aykroyd in Chicago can be found below.

Dan Aykroyd in Chicago on March 28, 2009 to promote his new Cabernet Sauvignon

and Chardonnay wines at Binny’s Beverage Depot in Chicago’s South Loop.

Photo credit: Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto for HollywoodChicago.