Movie:the Boss

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    'The Jungle Book' Scores Huge $103.6 Million U.S. Debut at the Box Office

    By Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book opened to a massive $103.6 million at the North American box office in another win for Disney’s live-action studio as it spins classic titles into modern-day tentpoles. Overseas, the family friendly movie is also doing enormous business, grossing $136.1 million over the weekend for a foreign total of $187.4 million and early global tally of $291 million (it began rolling out in some territories a week ago). In North Ameri

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    Melissa McCarthy Wins Best Moment at MTV Movie Awards With Her Crowd-Surf to the Stage

    Melissa McCarthy had a very good weekend. Her new comedy The Boss toppled the superhero clash Batman v Superman at the box office, and she also became the first woman to win the Comedic Genius Award at the MTV Movie Awards, which aired Sunday night.

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    Melissa McCarthy's 'The Boss,' Squeezes Ahead of 'Batman v Superman' at the Weekend Box Office

    Melissa McCarthy, squaring off against both Batman and Superman over the weekend, scored a narrow victory, as the raucous comedian’s new feature The Boss claimed the top spot at the North American box office in a virtual photo finish with an estimated $23.48 million, just a few dollars above Batman v Superman’s weekend gross of $23.44 million. The superhero movie fell 54 percent in its third weekend as its total domestic tally rose to $296.7 million. The Boss, released by Universal in 3,480 lo

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    Red Carpet Flashback! 13 Years of 'The Boss' Star Kristen Bell

    The 35 year-old Kristen Bell first hit the big time as teen private investigator on the 2004 series Veronica Mars. She’s since gone on to make over 30 feature films including Forgetting Sarah Marshall and — of course — Frozen. As her new film The Boss, costarring Melissa McCarthy opens this weekend, we take a look back at the star’s red carpet moments.

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    Melissa McCarthy Breaks Down Her Epic 'Boob Fight' With Kristen Bell in 'The Boss'

    Single mom Claire (Kristen Bell) is about to go on her first date in eons, and her-fresh-out-of-jail ex-boss, Michelle (Melissa McCarthy), does not approve of that fact Claire’s wearing a nursing bra underneath her blouse. It’s the funniest scene in the new comedy The Boss, and, according to McCarthy, it was all fueled by bananas courtesy of her co-writer/director/husband Ben Falcone. “It was just before lunch, and he was like, ‘I knew you guys needed your energy.’ So he fed us bananas, like m

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    Melissa McCarthy's 'Boss' Character Not Based on Who You Think She Is

    You don’t even have to sit through The Boss to hypothesize about who Melissa McCarthy’s larger-than-life Mama Warbucks, Michelle Darnell, might be based on. “I actually started Michelle Darnell about 15 years ago, I played her at the Groundlings,” McCarthy explained (watch above) at the film’s recent Los Angeles press day, shouting out the legendary Los Angeles improv collective that also counts Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Jack Black, Paul Reubens, Maya Rudolph, and McCarthy’s husband/Boss co-w

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    'The Boss' Review: Melissa McCarthy Shines, But Can't Redeem Sloppy New Comedy

    Variety says actress is one of the funniest in movies today, which means she can frequently rescue, but still can't redeem, her latest creation with husband Ben Falcone, about a ruthless, self-absorbed ex-CEO