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The TV Gods Look Kindly Upon Us Once Again: Maya Rudolph And Mj Rodriguez To Star In New Apple TV+ Comedy Series
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(TV)
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A new Apple TV+ comedy series, Loot, will star Maya Rudolph and Mj Rodriguez.
Rudolph, known for her work on SNL, Bridesmaids, and any comedy worth watching, will play Molly, whose life seems perfect ...
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Created on 19 May 2021
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Some Modern Wedding Traditions Have Really Weird Origins
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(Feminism)
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... was to make it harder for the bride to run away (a less cool idea). Bridesmaids—who used to dress just like the bride—were there to confuse evil spirits (or exes) and to prevent the bride from being kidnapped. ...
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Created on 15 July 2020
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Rebel Wilson Faces Criticism After Saying She's "The First-Ever Plus-Sized Girl In A Rom-Com" (She's N
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(Movies)
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... prominent roles in flicks such as Bridesmaids, Pitch Perfect, and Bachelorette.
Isn’t It Romantic chronicles the story of Natalie, an architect living in New York City who is constantly overlooked, despite ...
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Created on 05 November 2018
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25 Top Feminist Pop-Culture
Moments From The Past 25 Years
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(Entertainment)
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... Ellen Page as a pregnant teen. Cody goes on to write the screenplays for other movies about sarcastic, complicated women, including Jennifer’s Body, Young Adult, and Tully.
April 28, 2011: The film Bridesmaids ...
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Created on 23 July 2018
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Britney Young On "GLOW's" Feminism And How Her Character Carmen Goes Out And Kicks Ass: BUST Intervi
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(TV)
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... me and want me to do well?'”
This attitude wasn’t left behind three decades ago, though. “I think back to when Bridesmaids was nominated for a screenplay Oscar a few years back, and a lot of people ...
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Created on 28 June 2018
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Mindy Kaling Interviewed By Jill Soloway: From The BUST Archives
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(TV)
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... clichéd yet. I also loved Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids. That performance was Oscar-worthy. It was so deeply funny and honest—I’d love to work with her. Woody Allen is amazing. I just saw Midnight in ...
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Created on 20 July 2017
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On Nicole Holofcener's Relatable Female Characters: 52 Weeks Of Director
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(Movies)
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... she’s fighting with Frank more, and she flirts with a guy who works at the local coffee shop.
The film certainly isn’t Bridesmaids but perhaps a quieter, more subtle version, that shows how a friendship ...
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Created on 17 November 2016
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From 'Girlfriends' To 'My So-Called Life,' The Underrated Career Of Claudia Weill: 52 Weeks Of Directo
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(Movies)
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... is the precursor to so many films and female friendships depicted on our screens today, including Nicole Holofcener’s Walking and Talking, Kristen Wiig’sBridesmaids, Frances Ha, and Lena Dunham’s Girls. ...
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Created on 18 August 2016
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Before Ghostbusters, There Were These 20 Knee-Slapping Comedies With Female Leads
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(Movies)
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... kept me giggling from beginning to end. In celebration of this hilarious film, here are some of our favorite comedies with female leads, because women have always been funny.
Bridesmaids
Kristen Wiig, ...
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Created on 17 July 2016
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The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Is Better Than The Original — YEAH, I SAID IT: BUST Review
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(Movies)
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... like the original Ghostbusters, but you like Bridesmaids or Spy or Welcome To Me or Kate McKinnon’s and Leslie Jones’s sketches on SNL, go see Ghostbusters. If you want to see more women-led comedy movies ...
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Created on 15 July 2016
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The REAL Reason I Hate The New Ghostbusters Movie (It's Not Because I Hate Women
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(Movies)
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... that I won’t bother showing or telling you why. That’s not good enough? Here’s a picture of a Bridesmaids DVD and a Faces of Death 7 VHS standing next to each other on the SAMESHELF.
This new movie Ghostbusters reminds ...
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Created on 24 June 2016
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'Ghostbusters' Director Paul Feig On Placing Women Front-And-Center In Film: BUST Intervie
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(Movies)
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... the patron saint of female-fronted comedy when he directed the 2011 blockbuster Bridesmaids—a gloriously gross instant classic that was everything Feig had been told for years woman-driven comedies couldn’t ...
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Created on 03 June 2016
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Melissa McCarthy On Busting Barriers And Being The Boss: BUST Interview
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(Movies)
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... film since 2000, when she was cast as Sookie St. James on Gilmore Girls, McCarthy didn’t become a household name until her Oscar-nominated performance in 2011’s Bridesmaids. Since then, she’s been front ...
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Created on 23 March 2016
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BUST Magazine's April/May Issue Featuring Cover Gal Melissa McCarthy Is On Newsstands Now
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(General)
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... and TV, Melissa McCarthy became an overnight success with Bridesmaids, and changed the rules for women in Hollywood in the process. By Sabrina Ford
Talon Show
This gang of glamorous gals in Newark, ...
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Created on 21 March 2016
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From "Kissing Jessica Stein" To "Friends With Kids," Jennifer Westfeldt Fights For Her Films: 52 Weeks Of Directo
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(Movies)
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... role. Hamm is partner to his Bridesmaids co-star, Kristen Wiig. Maya Rudolph and Chris O’Dowd make up the third set of friends. Megan Fox and Edward Burns the love interests who try to enter the circle ...
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Created on 18 March 2016
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"That Was Unheard Of"—Why "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" Star Donna Lynne Champlin Never Saw A Woman Like Herself On TV Until N
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(TV)
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... wastebasket where?’ That’s all I was allowed to do. And then Bridesmaids came out. And it took about a year and a half after Bridesmaids, and all of the sudden there was writing for plus-sized women. I ...
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Created on 07 March 2016
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Paul Feig On Remaking 'Ghostbusters' With Four Equal Leads: BUST Intervie
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(Movies)
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Last Saturday, Paul Feig became the first man to be honored at the Athena Film Festival. Feig received the festival's inaugural Leading Man Award for his work championing women in film, from Bridesmaids ...
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Created on 22 February 2016
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I Said 'I Guess, Whatever' To The Dres
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(Style)
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... the wedding shows: the bridesmaids holding sparkly numbers to rate their selections, I’d seen the tulle and the lace and the tears. It was not for me. Online I’d found a wedding dress I loved, and it could ...
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Created on 27 January 2016
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A Feminist Defense Of Quentin Tarantino
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(Movies)
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... Tarantino takes careful consideration of each and every female character. But is any violence towards any woman unfeminist, even if the men are getting blown up the same way?
Paul Feig makes Bridesmaids ...
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Created on 12 January 2016
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Star what? Forget that noise! Sisters is opening tonight! BUST Review
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(Movies)
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... the jokes don’t always land, but these moments don’t detract from the overall success of the film. Sisters, like Bridesmaids before it, is a welcome reminder that when world-class women get a chance to ...
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Created on 18 December 2015
