Melissa McCarthy in “Identity Thief”

Melissa McCarthy (Sookie on Gilmore Girls), who currently stars in the tv show Mike & Molly, also stars in the newly-released movie, Identity Thief, a movie about a man (Jason Bateman as Sandy Patterson) who has his identity stolen by a woman.

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The movie is being praised by many critics, most of whom praiseMelissa McCarthy for her comedic delivery, calling her a “master” for her “her natural ability to garner both laughs and affectionate sighs from her audience.” The New York Times even called Melissa the “bliss” of the film. 

Melissa Attacked by Reviewer – Low Blow

Despite it’s success at the box office and with reviews, the New York Observer‘s Rex Reed took some low shots at Melissa’s size, using terrible words to describe her. Calling her a “gimmick comedian,” he followed up by calling the beautiful Melissa words such as “hippo” and much worse, which is pains me to even mention. Makes me sick. And that he could even imply that her success was due to her size and not her talent is just as bad.

Thankfully, I’m not the only one sickened by this low blow. Hollywood and fans around the world have been in an uproar about the comments. 

Here is more about the movie – since that’s really our focus anyway:

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Alexis Bledel’s “The Brass Teapot” Trailer

Alexis Bledel is soon to star as Payton in the upcoming indie film, The Brass Teapot, a film that is both comedy and “morality play,” as the summary suggests:

When a couple discovers that a brass teapot makes them money whenever they hurt themselves, they must come to terms with how far they are willing to go.

The film stars Juno Temple in the lead female role with Michael Argarano in the lead male role. Here is the newly released trailer:

Here is a scene with Alexis:

Alexis in Parts Per Billion

Alexis Bledel has signed that she will be involved in the movie Parts Per Billion which will premiere 2014.

Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl), Hill Harper (CSI: NY) and Teresa Palmer (I am number 4) are a few that will also be the parts in the movie.

story: The story of three couples dealing with a reality-shaking event that threatens to tear them apart. 

Melissa McCarthy Gets Oscar Nomination

Melissa McCarthy (Sookie on Gilmore Girls) has received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actress for her role on Bridesmaids. Melissa, who won an Emmy for Lead Actress for Mike & Molly, has been getting a lot of attention this year. Of this nomination, Melissa said:

“I didn’t get up or anything. I just did not expect that. AT ALL! Hopefully I’m not nuts. At some point today, I’m having champagne, dammit!”

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Not everyone thinks Melissa deserved the nomination – but WE DO!!

Arielle Kebbel in “Answer This”

Arielle Kebbel (Lindsay Lister then Forester on Gilmore Girls) stars in the independent film Answer Me, which is currently finishing up some of its first premieres.

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Summary: A brilliant trivia whiz, Paul Tarson (Christopher Gorham) is great at answering life’s little questions, but horrible at answering the big ones – like what’s he going to do after grad school?

Arielle stars in the film as Naomi, a girl that Paul falls for… who is also his student.

Melissa McCarthy Works on “Tammy”

Melissa McCarthy (Sookie on Gilmore Girls) has many projects on the go right now – what a fantastic year for her! Aside from starring in Mike & Molly, and starting her own plus-sized fashion line, she is co-creating a new comedy series for CBS, is tapped for a new Judd Apatow film, and sold her first script to Paramount Pictures.

In addition to all of that awesomeness, Melissa is now in talks with Tate Taylor (director of The Help) for a film called Tammy for New Line Cinema.

According to the news, the comedy project was created by Melissa McCarthy with husband Ben Falcone. The project centres on an “overweight woman who is laid off from her job at Hardee’s, discovers her husband is having an affair, and decides to go on a road trip with her alcoholic, foul-mouthed, diabetic grandmother.”

Bizarre, but fun.

Alexis Bledel at “Violet & Daisy” Premiere

Alexis Bledel (Rory Gilmore on Gilmore Girls) appeared on the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival for the premiere of her movie Violet & Daisy just a couple of days ago.

According to reviews, some people don’t love (but mostly like) the film and some don’t love Bledel’s acting in it, calling her “flat”.

Alexis Bledel just turned 30 (can you believe it?!) and I hope she had a great celebration for it! [Read more...]