Tag: Bridesmaids (21-30 of 32)

Sep 7 2011 01:15 PM ET

PopWatch PSA: Please stop using Pink's 'Raise Your Glass' in every trailer

by
Tags: , , , , , , , , Movies

During my sixth consecutive hour of watching Friends on Nick at Nite (despite making me feel very old, this addition to their line-up is quite enjoyable), I started to lose my patience. And not just with the way Ross pronounces “karate.” Rather, it was because every single commercial break featured the preview for Anna Faris’ upcoming calculating-your-sexual-partners comedy What’s Your Number?. The movie itself doesn’t bother me. (In fact, Faris’ English accent-turned-Borat imitation is pretty amusing.) It’s the fact that Pink’s ubiquitous track has found its way into yet another rom-com trailer.

The tune, which dangerously started to veer into overexposed, overplayed territory when the Warblers got their hands on it last season on Glee, took the express lane to the land of Dear God, No, Not Again (“Who Let The Dogs Out?” welcomes you!) when it was featured in no less than three trailers for female-driven flicks. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 12 2011 03:30 PM ET

Joel McHale is Melissa McCarthy's Mr. Miyagi for Emmy noms announcement: Watch the knock-out video

by
Tags: , , , , TV

Announcing the nominees for the Emmys is serious business: You can’t react giddily to any of the nominations (not even yours), you’d better be able to pronounce Mariska Hargitay’s name, and you have to be able to roll with the punches. Sometimes literally, if Joel McHale is punching you. Thankfully, the Community star (who, please, oh, please might hear his own name this year) is here to help Rachel Getting Married The Wedding Planner Bridesmaids scene/puppy-stealer Melissa McCarthy out. Through rigorous training, complete with underwear-folding, chicken-catching, car-washing, and, of course, montages and freeze-frames, we think McCarthy (a possible nominee herself for her work on the sitcom Mike & Molly) is going to be more than ready for the challenge. McCarthy, along with Fringe‘s Joshua Jackson (and, maybe, if we’re lucky, that puppy), will announce the nominees for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards on Thursday, July 14 at 5:35 a.m. PST. Watch the full clip below and try your best not to fall even further in love with the comedic gems that are McHale and McCarthy. Spoiler alert: It’s impossible. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 5 2011 04:05 PM ET

'Bridesmaids' box office success: Paul Feig, Kristen Wiig deserve to bask in the glory, too

by
Tags: , , , , , Movies
kristen-wiig

Image Credit: Suzanne Hanover

It needs to be said, first and foremost, that there’s no question — or even a debate, really — that Judd Apatow has produced some of the biggest stars and the best comedies of the past decade. After all, the Apatow factory has turned out hilarious hit movies from the likes of reliable stars like Steve Carell and James Franco. There’s some serious gratitude to be paid towards the guy.

What’s more, as we noted recently, as of July 1, the runaway hit comedy Bridesmaids — which Apatow produced — has earned an unexpected, albeit deserved, $153 million at the box office since finding its way into theaters and moviegoers’ hearts/funny bones. And following its box office success, the film has been touted in most headlines as the highest-grossing Apatow movie. But while he most certainly had his hand — and touch (i.e., the gross-out humor) — in the project, I can’t help but wonder: Shouldn’t we spread the credit a smidgen? While it’s reasonable to call it Apatow’s biggest hit, why aren’t we shouting from the rooftops with joy that Bridesmaids‘ director Paul Feig, who has been at the helm of classic episodes of The Office, Arrested Development, and Parks and Recreation (and most importantly gifted us the short-lived wonder that was Freaks and Geeks alongside Apatow) is finally getting his due on the big screen? READ FULL STORY »

Jul 1 2011 03:50 PM ET

'Bridesmaids' becomes the highest-grossing Judd Apatow movie: Which is your favorite?

by
Tags: ,
bridesmaids-rudolph-wiig

Image Credit: Suzanne Hanover

Bridesmaids officially became the highest-grossing Judd Apatow-produced movie at the domestic box office yesterday. After 49 days in theaters, the raunchy female comedy has pulled in an impressive $149.4 million, edging out Apatow’s previous best performer, Knocked Up, which earned $148.7 million in 2008. Apatow has already taken some time to gloat to Deadline’s Nikki Finke, who (along with many others) predicted the film would stall at the box office: “I am so delighted to confirm that I was right and you were wrong… From now on when you say something which hurts me, I will remember to read your early Bridesmaids opinions and predictions and that will soothe me.” Ouch!

Bridesmaids opened to a solid $26.2 million in its first weekend in May, and in the frames that followed, it displayed remarkable resilience. While most other summer movies were falling by about 40-60 percent per weekend, the bridal comedy posted tiny drops of just 20, 21, 27, 16, 30, and 26 percent over the next seven weekends, signaling terrific word-of-mouth. The honeymoon isn’t over for Bridesmaids, either — the Kristin Wiig laugher is still raking in money, and it should have no trouble breaking the $160M plateau in a few weeks. Congrats, ladies!

It may have made the most money, but is Bridesmaids at the top of your Apatow rankings? How does the comedy stack up against the super-producer’s other hits like Anchorman, Knocked Up, Superbad, and Step Brothers? Vote in the poll below:

Follow Grady on Twitter

More on EW.com:
Bad girls make good: Do ‘Bad Teacher’ and ‘Bridesmaids’ signal a new comedy era?
 ‘Bridesmaids’: Could it be the Judd Apatow factory’s all-time biggest hit?

Jun 28 2011 06:00 PM ET

Bad girls make good: Do 'Bad Teacher' and 'Bridesmaids' signal a new comedy era?

by
Tags: ,
bad_teacher_5

Image Credit: Gemma LaMana

Last weekend, Bad Teacher landed in a surprise second at the box office, raking in $31.6 million dollars — a solid 50 percent over projections for Cameron Diaz ne’er-do-teach comedy. Another unexpected hit came earlier this season in the form of Bridesmaids, which is well on track to surpass Knocked Up and become producer Judd Apatow’s highest grossing film yet. With these lady-led raunchfests blowing expectations out of the water, have we turned the corner on guys’ domination of the bad-behavior market? Audiences seems to think so. But one thing is for sure: Hollywood hasn’t gotten the memo. With only a few “girls gone wild” movies (for want of a better term) scheduled for release by year’s end, who (and what) will feed this growing appetite? READ FULL STORY »

Jun 16 2011 05:35 PM ET

'Bridesmaids' MVPs Melissa McCarthy and Jon Hamm could star in Paul Feig/Judd Apatow project

by
Tags: , ,
bridesmaids

Image Credit: Suzanne Hanover

Melissa McCarthy and Jon Hamm both had so many memorable and hilarious lines/scenes/moments in this year’s smash comedy Bridesmaids, but sadly, none of them were delivered together. (I would have loved to seen the outspoken Megan put major d-bag Ted in his place, wouldn’t you?)

Luckily, that might all change, according to a report from Deadline. The two stars could be teaming up — really, for the first time — for a project with Universal Pictures, Paul Feig, and Judd Apatow about a man (Hamm) who becomes obsessed with a woman (McCarthy) in an “unconventional love story.”

Apatow’s camp tells EW that it’s “too premature” to tell whether the duo will star on screen together, but premature or not, this news has me even more excited than I’d be driving a van full of puppies. READ FULL STORY »

Jun 7 2011 09:00 AM ET

Burning Questions! 'X-Men: First Class': Why is Professor X British? And where have I seen this person before?

by
Tags: , , , , Movies
Rose-Byrne-X-Men

Image Credit: Murray Close

It’s another week of EW’s summer movie burning questions. This week: X-Men: First Class. If you have some, don’t be shy! Ask away!

Professor X is clearly British in the movie, but he grew up in Westchester (where the mansion is located). Explain. – H.B.
Professor X is American in the comic books (born and raised in NYC), but it’s known — as shown in the movie — that he attended Oxford. My first theory? The Professor might have the power of mind control, but perhaps he can’t control his own accent. It happens to me all the time when I’m around British people; I’m bloody influential, old bean. Theory No. 2: Remember that episode of Friends when Ross turned British for his graduate class? Yes, Professor X might, in fact, just be trying to sound smarter and more interesting. It’s working. But honestly, I posed this question to professor of comic books, Darren Franich, who brings us theory No. 3: “I think he’s supposed to have one of those mid-20th century upper-class American accents, like FDR. Fun fact: It’s referred to as ‘Mid-Atlantic’.” That wasn’t a “fun fact” at all, Professor D, but certainly helpful. As I hope this answer was to you, H.B. Bonus mini-poll:  READ FULL STORY »

May 26 2011 02:54 PM ET

Wilson Phillips on their 'Bridesmaids' comeback, their new reality show, and whether they'll sing at your wedding

by
Tags: , , Music
Wilson-Phillips

Image Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Just when you think Bridesmaids can’t get any more delightfully funny, along comes Wilson Phillips at the climactic wedding scene to send it over the edge. Moviegoers who stick around for the end credits get an extra peek at Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph hilariously lip-syncing to the ’90s pop trio’s No. 1 smash “Hold On.” We got group members Carnie and Wendy Wilson on the phone to discuss their unexpected (yet thoroughly welcome) comeback.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did you hear that the Bridesmaids filmmakers wanted you in the movie?
WENDY WILSON: Lizzie Grubman, who’s Chynna [Phillips]‘s manager and our PR girl, she organized it. And we were like, “Yes, absolutely.” It’s the first movie I was ever in. We filmed til four in the morning. It was just a blast.

Were you at all worried that you were going to be the butt of a joke?
WW: We kind of knew that we were going to be a little bit made fun of. But we were okay with that. It was all in fun. And in the end, we looked good. READ FULL STORY »

May 26 2011 11:55 AM ET

'Bridesmaids' alternate takes: More Melissa McCarthy, more Jon Hamm sex

by
Tags: , , , , , Movies

Bridesmaids is the gift that keeps on giving. The beauty of comedy is getting to try out joke after joke after joke. The beauty of great comedy — they all land. Watch alternate takes from the movie below. Warning: The language is very NSFW.  READ FULL STORY »

May 19 2011 02:30 PM ET

Should there be a 'Bridesmaids' sequel?

by
Tags: , ,
bridesmaids

Image Credit: Suzanne Hanover

If this past weekend’s unexpected box office numbers, the critics, and the EW.com readers posting in the comments sections are any indication, people can’t seem to get enough of Bridesmaids. And while many fans are getting their fill by seeing the top-notch comedy more than once in the theaters (and readying a spot for it in their DVD collections), the idea of a possible sequel ought to make them sing Wilson Phillips’ “Hold On” from the rooftops with excitement.

That’s right, a possible sequel: Bridesmaids‘ director Paul Feig, along with the movie’s scene (and puppy) stealer Melissa McCarthy, spoke to Vulture about the prospect of a follow-up to the Spring smash. Said Feig, “Who knows? I mean, it depends how we do in the next couple weeks, but I know there’s definitely … it’s already been brought up. So, um, you know, when you get a group that’s this deep and this good, it’s a crime to not use them again. You just want to make sure that you do it as well as you did the first one and try to make it better, even. So, we’re up for the challenge.” Better yet, McCarthy seemed game for the idea. The actress said, “I will show up wherever these guys tell me to go.” (EW reached out to Feig, who was unavailable for comment. Universal is not commenting on the possibility of a sequel.)

While nothing is set in stone, I can’t help but think: Would we want the chance to revisit hilarious BFFs Annie (Kristen Wiig) and Lillian (Maya Rudolph) and the rest of the “stone cold pack of weirdos”? READ FULL STORY »

Advertisement

TV Recaps

Powered by WordPress.com VIP
Which will you see this weekend?