so, here's out chris connelly for our series, "it was a good year for." >> reporter: few can look sod yet be so down and dirty funny as kristen wiig. >> well you are going to be a slut in high school. >> at least i'm popular. >> oh, okay. i know what popular means. >> reporter: this year, she got to strut those skills on the big screen. her talents brought her to this set in venice, california, last year. at last, the 37-year-old wiig is getting the chance to be the prime mover on a film. you are the star an the co-writer. you can go over there any time -- >> i do that every day. i'll just walk through the background of a shot. just to waste time. >> reporter: her time is now. now in her seventh season on "snl," she's offered up a lot of great characters. from gilly -- >> sorry. >> reporter: to the overbearing penelope. >> happy thanksgiving, everybody. >> happy thanksgiving. happy fourth of july. probably going to see a lot of fireworks because you live outside. >> reporter: plus impressions of a.m. hosts. >> so is your boyfriend. >>. >> reporter: she's been part of the wave of fema

and our hollywood handicapper, chris connelly, here to break it all down. >> i'm going crazy. to hear they're the best movie of the year. but they are. we'll soon see because the hollywood press just told us. chaotic award season so far. a lot of movies. we'll see what the audience decides. "slumdog millionaire," or "king's speech" was top movie. this is like watching the cast -- who makes the varsity and who doesn't. we'll see what happens. >> i'm looking at best drama right now. you have george clooney, steven spielberg, "war horse," brad pitt, "moneyball," martin scorsese," hugo." and a big day for clooney. >> you can count on the hollywood foreign press to find the big stars and give them the acknowledgment they deserve. in best actor, three of the a-list actors in hollywood. george clooney, "the descendants," leo dicaprio, for "j. edgar." and brad pitt, for "moneyball." >> we have shailene woodley on the phone. she is in "the descendants." she was on "good morning america" just a few weeks ago. her first film. now, you have the nomination. >> thank you. it's crazy. >> goo

abc's chris connelly reports. >> reporter: hark the herald heartthrob sings.athering around the fire ♪ >> reporter: it's a holly jolly justin bieber. after under the mistletoe and on stage in london. serving up performances of the songs on his new christmas cd. bieber, we have heard on high. years back, when usher gave his career an early boost. >> get ready because it's going to be big. isn't that right, justin? >> that's right. ♪ i will never say never >> reporter: now, justin comes a-caroling with his bieber voice. as screaming fans make it anything but a silent night. along with a nine-song set, this special show cases justin the backstage joker, as well. like with these two revved up fans, desperate for tickets. >> she doesn't know. sorry, wrong room. i just can't do this. oh, don't cry. don't do that. have a good time at the show. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: for the christmas lighting at a mall, british presenter reggie yates teases the overtraveled 17-year-old. >> welcome to stratford. >> we're in stratford? >> yeah. >> you been awake? >> reporter:

abc's chris connelly reports. >> reporter: hark the harrelled heartthrob sings. ♪ it's a holly jolly in london. serving up performances of the songs on his new christmas cd. bieber, we have heard on high. years back, when usher gave his career an early boost. >> get ready because it's going to be big. isn't that right, justin? >> that's right. >> reporter: now, justin comes a-caroling with his bieber voice. and gives fans anything but a silent night. along with a nine-song set, this showcases justin the backstage joker, as well. like with these two revved up fans, desperate for tickets. >> she doesn't know. oh, don't cry. have a good time at the show. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: for the christmas lighting at a mall, british presenter reggie yates, helps the overtraveled 17-year-old. >> yeah. >> you been awake? >> reporter: and tries to get him speaking like the locals. >> the entire time that you've been here, you've been doing your english accent. >> yes. >> and it's not authentic. >> i opened the box and i was going with the apples and pears. i'm bad at that. >> you are. ♪ >>

chris connelly has all the details. >> reporter: we watched her soar. ♪ i'm not that innocent >> reporters, we saw her swerve into sultty. making out with madonna on stage. so edgy and oh, so young. then we saw her disintegrate, shaving her head, strapped to a gurney. a 24/7 paparazzi pin cushion. a lip-synching shift. now, at 30, a mother of two sons and two failed marriages, the only thing driving her crazy these days is this man. ♪ mama i'm in love with a criminal ♪ >> reporter: he's no criminal. he's her former agent. >> he proposed to her in front of her children. >> reporter: tonight was one of the most amazing nights in my life. they kicked it in vegas over the weekend and celebrated jason's 40th birthday. with its 90-plus stoens, her ring is more rocky than her past. ♪ cry me a river >> reporter: she was married to jason alexander for all of 55 hours. and her 2004 wedding to dancer kevin fedderline, guests wore track suits. after years of anguish, she is seen sane, smiling, and sweet on her guy. yea! the audience always rooted for her. if she's happy, they will be as well. no hate

chris connelly has all the details. >> reporter: we watched her soar. ♪ i'm not that innocent >> reporter we saw her swerve into sultty. making out with madonna on stage. so edgy and oh, so young. then we saw her disintegrate, shaving her head, strapped to a gurney. a 24/7 paparazzi pin cushion. a lip-synching shift. now, at 30, a mother of two sons and two failed marriages, the only thing driving her crazy these days is this man. ♪ mama i'm in love with a criminal ♪ >> reporter: he's no criminal. he's her former agent. >> he proposed to her in front of her children. >> reporter: tonight was one of the most amazing nights in my life. they kicked it in vegas over the weekend and celebrated jason's 40th birthday. with its 90-plus stoens, her ring is more rocky than her past. ♪ cry me a river >> reporter: she was married to jason alexander for all of 55 hours. and her 2004 wedding to dancer kevin fedderline, guests wore track suits. after years of anguish, she is seen sane, smiling, and sweet on her guy. yea! the audience always rooted for her. if she's happy, they will be as well. no hater-