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  1. good one podcast
    Paul Feig Says Ghostbusters Becoming a ‘Cause’ Hurt Its ComedyOn this week’s Good One: A Podcast About Jokes, Paul Feig discusses finding his comedic balance on Spy and how Ghostbusters threw it off.
    By Jesse David Fox
  2. summer movie preview 2014
    Why Melissa McCarthy Is Hollywood’s Top StarThere is no other star delivering as consistently, and in such great numbers, and with so little assistance, as McCarthy.
    By Matt Patches and Lane Brown
  3. Paul Feig on Producing the ‘Peanuts’ Movie: ‘It’s My ‘Star Wars’’“This one is really exciting for me. I like to say it’s my Star Wars. To get the opportunity to help guide that along is really a thrill … […]
    By Megh Wright
  4. Paul Feig Is Making a Spinoff of ‘The Heat’ Starring Jamie Denbo and […]Paul Feig is planning a spinoff to last summer’s The Heat that will star Jamie Denbo and Jessica Chaffin, who played members of Melissa […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  5. spinoffs
    Paul Feig Is Developing a Spinoff to The HeatFocusing on Beth and Gina.
    By Jesse David Fox
  6. Paul Feig Talks About Authentic Comedy and Funny Ladies“The problem with comedy in general is that it’s heightened. The thing I’m always on guard for with an audience is when they go, “That’s dumb, […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  7. Paul Feig Explains Comedy’s ‘Angry Villagers Syndrome’“It’s what the editor from Bridesmaids called the ‘angry villagers’ syndrome. People who go to see a comedy are spending their money and want […]
    By Bradford Evans
  8. how to make a movie
    How to Edit an Improv-Heavy Comedy, As Told by The Heat’s Paul FeigYou’ve got hours of hilarious actors improvising gut-busting jokes: How do you decide what to keep and what to kill?
    By Kyle Buchanan
  9. Talking to Nate Corddry About ‘Mom’, ‘The Heat’, And Why Boston […]Nate Corddry is no stranger to the fickle whims of television. He’s starred on three tragically cancelled series, including the much-hyped […]
    By Jeremy Popkin
  10. vulture lists
    13 Peculiar Facts About the World’s Taste in Summer MoviesGermans love The Hangover III, the Japanese love The Lone Ranger, Serbians didn’t care for Iron Man 3, and much more.
    By Jesse David Fox
  11. ah memories
    An A-to-Z Guide to What We Learned at This Summer’s MoviesSummer is dead. Long live summer movies!
    By Gilbert Cruz
  12. your box office explained
    Summer Box Office: Comedies Came to ConquerThe Heat couldn’t be beat, but The Hangover Part III suffered from diminishing returns.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  13. gender issues
    Are Summer Movies Getting Any Better For Women?We’ve got a few new movies coming out starring women, but why have there been so few until now?
    By Jennifer Vineyard and Kyle Buchanan
  14. sequels
    Sandra Bullock ‘Can’t Imagine’ Doing The Heat 2Despite a sequel already being in the works.
    By Jesse David Fox
  15. Sandra Bullock Doesn’t Want to Make a Sequel to ‘The Heat’It looks like a sequel to Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock’s hit buddy cop comedy The Heat may not be happening. Bullock tells EW: I know […]
    By Bradford Evans
  16. Despicable Me 2 Tops Weekend Box Office AgainGood work, kids.
    By Delia Paunescu
  17. counting
    Do They Ever Make Movies About Women? A Mathematical Analysis From 1989–2013(Spoiler: no.)
    By Amanda Dobbins
  18. weekend box office
    Despicable Me 2 Is More Than Respectable at Weekend Box Office The movie brought in $81 million while The Lone Ranger flopped.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  19. career paths
    Will Melissa McCarthy Be the Next Will Ferrell or the Next Jack Black?After the success of The Heat, what McCarthy can learn from the success of Ferrell and faltering of Black.
    By Jesse David Fox and Josh Wolk
  20. ‘The Heat’ Destroyed ‘White House Down’ This WeekendScore one for comedy: this past weekend, The Heat made a whopping $40 million, easily taking down the Channing Tatum/Jamie Foxx/explosions […]
    By Adam Frucci
  21. pick your own odd couple
    Make Your Own Blockbuster With Vulture’s Random Buddy-Action-Movie Generator!___ and ____ team up as ____ who _____!
    By Kyle Buchanan
  22. weekend box office
    Monsters University Schools Competition From Top of Weekend Box OfficeBut every movie in the top five broke $20 million.
    By Delia Paunescu
  23. vulture lists
    Every Threat Melissa McCarthy Makes in The Heat“I feel the need for you to stay out of my business so I don’t punch you in the teeth.”
    By Jeanette D. Moses
  24. gender imbalance
    There Are Even Fewer Female Buddy Comedies Than You ThoughtHow rare? One of the few examples is B.A.P.S.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  25. Critics Love Melissa McCarthy, But Are Otherwise Split on ‘The Heat’Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock’s buddy comedy The Heat opens in theaters today, and the reviews are somewhat mixed. Most critics agree […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  26. fashion
    Please Remember Sandra Bullock As a Nineties Fashion IconThe Speed star first came to stardom without a stylist, and the results were awesome and hella nineties, yo.
    By Kyle Buchanan
  27. Talking to Katie Dippold About ‘The Heat’, Female Camaraderie, and Lots of […]A UCB improviser and former Parks and Rec staff writer, Katie Dippold is behind one of this year’s most highly anticipated summer comedy […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  28. Paul Feig Took the Local Commercial/Ronald McDonald Path to Fame Bridesmaids and Freaks and Geeks director Paul Feig dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night to promote his upcoming buddy cop comedy, The […]
    By Elise Czajkowski
  29. movie review
    Movie Review: The HeatThe new comedy from Paul Feig is kind of a mess, but it’s a funny mess.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  30. ‘Freaks and Geeks’ Creator Paul Feig Wants to Go Back to TVPaul Feig, the creator of Freaks and Geeks and an accomplished television director, became one of the most sought-after comedy directors in the […]
    By Bradford Evans
  31. influences
    Paul Feig Explains His Cultural InfluencesIn no particular order, these are the movies, books, cuisines, and teachers that inspired him. 
    By Jennifer Vineyard
  32. Splitsider’s Summer Comedy Preview: MoviesIron Man 3 raked in a ton of cash this weekend and officially kicked off the 2013 summer movie season, which is set to contain an unusually […]
    By Bradford Evans
  33. sequels
    A Sequel to The Heat Is Already in the WorksTwo months before the first one premieres.
  34. There’s Already a Sequel for ‘The Heat’ in the WorksFox is very confident that its upcoming Melissa McCarthy-Sandra Bullock buddy cop comedy The Heat will be a hit – so confident, in fact, that […]
    By Bradford Evans
  35. Melissa McCarthy Talks About ‘SNL’ on ‘Fallon’ Here’s this weekend’s SNL host Melissa McCarthy on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night, talking about how chaotic and rushed it feels […]
    By Bradford Evans
  36. Paul Feig and ‘Parks and Rec’ Writer Katie Dippold Are Making Another […]Paul Feig, the creator of Freaks and Geeks and director of Bridesmaids, has a new movie called The Heat out this summer that was written by […]
    By Bradford Evans
  37. Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock’s ‘The Heat’ Will Now Be a Big-Time […]The Melissa McCarthy-Sandra Bullock police comedy The Heat was supposed to be released April 5th, but the studio has moved the movie’s premiere […]
    By Bradford Evans
  38. The Red-Band Trailer for ‘The Heat’: Now With 500% More Melissa McCarthy […] Here’s the new red-band trailer for The Heat, the Paul Feig-directed action comedy starring Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock as a pair of […]
    By Adam Frucci
  39. Paul Feig: ‘The Funniest People I Know Are Always Women’“All the funniest people I know are always women… I would also feel sick to my stomach when I would see these movies and how bad the female […]
    By Bradford Evans
  40. ‘The Heat’ Trailer: Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock Could Be the Best […] Here’s the brand new trailer for Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy’s new buddy cop movie The Heat, which is directed by Paul Feig (Freaks […]
    By Bradford Evans
  41. trailer mix
    Watch Bullock and McCarthy in The Heat TrailerFun!
    By Jesse David Fox
  42. party chat
    Taran Killam on Robyn, SNL, and Joss Whedon“Picture a 15-year-old Taran Killam being in his grandmother’s television room, watching Buffy have to send Angel back to hell.”
    By Jennifer Vineyard
  43. People Were Cast in Movie and Television Roles- Josh Gad will play an anti-social engineer named Headphones (yes, Headphones), in the middle-aged internship comedy, The Internship, which […]
    By Jesse David Fox