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Melissa McCarthy is One Step Closer to Becoming a Leading Judd Apatow Muse

Judd Apatow’s next film — his untitled writing/directing venture already starring Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Albert Brooks, and Megan Fox — just added its first dose of Bridesmaids lady magic to the cast in the form of Melissa McCarthy. ( Chris O’D owd was previously mentioned as in negotiations for a role.) Awesome! But: Is McCarthy the bawdy bridesmaid whose success you should be rooting for most?

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Paul Feig Hopes His Just For Laughs Comedy Festival Honor Is Legitimate

A great week for Paul Feig just keeps getting better. On the heels of the record-breaking box office haul for Bridesmaids , it was announced Wednesday that Feig will receive the comedy director of the year award at the upcoming Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. Well, provided the festival organizers didn’t mean to give it to someone else. Here, let Paul explain.

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Paul Feig Hopes His Just For Laughs Comedy Festival Honor Is Legitimate

A great week for Paul Feig just keeps getting better. On the heels of the record-breaking box office haul for Bridesmaids , it was announced Wednesday that Feig will receive the comedy director of the year award at the upcoming Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. Well, provided the festival organizers didn’t mean to give it to someone else. Here, let Paul explain.

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VIDEO: The Greatest Movie Title Sequences, Together at Last

So as we noted , SXSW goes beyond the basic Audience and Jury prizes and also doles out honors in categories like Poster Design and Title Sequence. At the screening honoring finalists in the latter category, juror Ian Albinson put together this nifty video, A Brief History of Title Design . While it’s by no means comprehensive, the montage is breezy and well-edited. Also, it ends with the undisputed champion of all title sequences. That said, I think Jean-Luc Godard’s giant, colorful titles should have gotten props here. What else is missing?

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Zack Snyder’s Superman Reboot May Have a Metallic Title, and 5 Other Stories You’ll Be Talking About Today

Also in this St. Patrick’s Day edition of The Broadsheet: Shia LaBeouf grows Horns … Albert Brooks and Judd Apatow may finally team up… Liam Neeson still a go for Taken 2 … and more ahead.

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Has Ricky Gervais Officially Doomed Us for the Safest Oscars Ever?

Now you’ve done it, celebrities. You’re pretending that Ricky Gervais’s zingers were anything but expected at Sunday’s Golden Globes, and now he’s never coming back. You malnourished spazzes! Would you prefer he can-can in front of a Best Picture montage like Billy Crystal? Wear Pleasantville costumes and flash Oda Mae side-eyes like Whoopi Goldberg? Jesus. Now we’re screwed for the awards show we actually care about: The Oscars.

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VIDEO: Trailer for The Simpsons Porn Parody Features Suprisingly Impressive Impersonations

Will Mr. Skin Return in Knocked Up Sequel?

After Judd Apatow ‘s enormous success with the Mr. Skin-themed romantic comedy Knocked Up a few years back, the director has decided bring back two of the supporting characters played by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann to make a sequel. And Skin Fans want to know if a certain celebrity nudity website will be a major plot point (again). How would he describe MrSkin.com’s role in this movie? Significant? Crucial? Massive? The sine qua non ? But what they really want to know is when Apatow is going to direct a nude scene featuring his real-life wife Leslie Mann, who hasn’t fleshed flesh since her incredibly brief T&A in Last Man Standing way back in 1996. If he’s worried about filming another bro bouncing his bride’s boobage, then Apatow needs to relax and take a page from Sam Mendes ‘ book. Sam directed his wife Kate Winslet with Leo DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road and they’re only separated, not divorced. Make it happen now, Apatow!

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Winter’s Bone Wins at Gotham Awards, Plus a Few Curveballs

Winter’s Bone made a serious bid to hang on to it’s Best Picture nomination in Movieline’s Oscar Index at last night’s Gotham Awards, taking home two awards including Best Feature. On the other hand, Best Documentary winner The Oath probably won’t make much Oscar headway, since it wasn’t even shortlisted . Check out the full list of winners and a rundown of the upsets in what was actually a fairly unpredictable awards show after the jump.

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Starbuck Trailer: The Sperm Donation Comedy Judd Apatow Should Have Made

Every now and then, a high-concept hook comes along that seems so perfect, so in-line with Hollywood’s zeitgeist, that you can only marvel that it took so long to become a movie. Take the pitch for Starbuck : A mid-20s slacker makes ends meet by donating his sperm for money until his life gets turned upside down by news that he is the father of 533 children. Judd Apatow, how did you let Quebec beat you to this? In any case, the teaser has hit the internet, so let’s start the countdown for the sale of the American remake rights.

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