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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Renée Elise Goldsberry "didn't know" what <keyword id="13848481" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wikifeet" source="Orion">WikiFeet</keyword> was before she started working on "<keyword id="13820001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="girls5eva" source="Orion">Girls5eva</keyword>" season two.</li><li>"I thought it was invented for the show," the former "Hamilton" star said. </li></ul><p>"Girls5eva" star Renée Elise Goldsberry told Insider during a joint interview with <a href="https://www.insider.com/sara-bareilles-waitress-revival-has-nod-to-nick-cordero-2021-9">costar Sara Bareilles</a> that she "didn't know there was such a thing as <a href="https://www.wikifeet.com/">WikiFeet," the website database</a> full of pictures of <keyword id="6355064" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="celebrity" source="Orion">celebrity</keyword> <keyword id="11917539" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="feet" source="Orion">feet</keyword>. "I thought it was invented for the show," she explained.</p><p>Her character, Wickie, is definitely aware of the site. In a storyline for the second episode of season two, which premiered Thursday, the singer has a personal crisis when she realizes that a paparazzi photo recently uploaded to the site exposed her "bad" foot that she'd been trying to keep hidden from her adoring fans for years. </p><p>"I'm going to admit that I have to spend some time when I get these scripts, actually trying to understand," Goldsberry said. "It's like, I don't know enough. I don't have enough pop culture references." </p><div type="image" title="Renee Elise Goldsbury and Sara Bareilles." height="666" width="888" msid="91385881" hostid="261"></div><p>Goldsberry does have a WikiFeet page of her own, but said that "almost every encounter I have with a fan has been just a moment of them being uplifting to me," when asked about her most awkward fan encounter in real-life. </p><p>Bareilles, who plays Girls5eva member Dawn on the <keyword id="12292551" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="peacock" source="Orion">Peacock</keyword> comedy, recalled a strange interaction she still feels guilty about.</p><p>"I do therapy weekly and I was on the phone and I was crying, but I was walking. I like to do it while I'm walking," the singer told Insider. "I'm crying on the phone and they're like, 'I'm a big fan. Can I get a picture?' I'm like, 'sir, I'm crying on the telephone right now. No, this is not a good time.'"</p><p>She said she spent the <a href="https://www.insider.com/how-to-find-a-therapist">rest of her therapy session</a> worried she "let this person down." </p><p>"I just wish I would've taken the picture. I felt terrible," she admitted. </p><div type="image" title="Sara Bareilles." height="666" width="888" msid="91385882" hostid="261"></div><p>"Girls5eva" showrunner Meredith Scardino said in a separate interview with Insider that she got the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/richard-branson-elon-musk-barefoot-photo-wikifeet-rating-space-2021-7">idea for the WikiFeet</a> storyline because she has a "bad foot" herself. </p><p>"My son will be like 'Which foot is the one I can touch?'" she said. </p><p>"Wickie's character felt like the kind of person who would pride herself on her perfect WikiFeet rating," Scardino said, adding that she and the writers "ran" with the idea that the image-obsessed singer would be "rattled" if the secret of her bad foot came out. </p><p>"Girls5eva" season two chronicles the band's journey making an album on their own terms now that they're signed to a record label. </p><p>The first three episodes of "Girls5eva" season two are available to stream now on Peacock. New episodes are released weekly on Thursdays.</p>

'Girls5eva' star Renée Elise Goldsberry thought WikiFeet 'was invented for the show'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12020146" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="busy-philipps" source="Orion">Busy Philipps</keyword> told Insider she was "disheartened" when meeting with <keyword id="11898468" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tv" source="Orion">TV</keyword> executives about directing.</li><li>She'd directed on "Cougar Town" and said she was "very good at it for lots of reasons."</li></ul><p>"<keyword id="13820001" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="girls5eva" source="Orion">Girls5eva</keyword>" star Busy Philipps first appeared on the small screen over two decades ago as Kim Kelly in the short-lived NBC cult hit <a href="https://www.insider.com/then-and-now-freaks-and-geeks-cast-photos-2019-10">dramedy "Freaks and Geeks"</a> and has had a robust career as an actor ever since.</p><p>But during a recent interview with Insider to talk about her <a href="https://www.raos.com/">partnership with Rao's Homemade</a>, a company that frequently works with local <a href="https://twitter.com/JerseyCares/status/1503476280972517376">organizations like Jersey Cares,</a> she reflected on how difficult it's been to secure directing opportunities as a woman in Hollywood, describing a conversation with an unnamed network TV executive that "disheartened" her.</p><p>"Several years ago, I had a real moment of reckoning in terms of what I wanted my life to look like in the future and what I was interested in doing and pursuing," Philipps said. </p><p>She had directed an episode of "Cougar Town," the sitcom <a href="https://www.insider.com/courteney-cox-didnt-feel-relevant-after-cougar-town-ended-2022-3">she starred in alongside Courteney Cox,</a> who Philipps described as "incredibly encouraging" of her pursuit. She said she "loved" the experience.</p><div type="image" title="Busy Philipps wearing orange." height="2304" width="3071" msid="91326256" hostid="261"></div><p>"I was very good at it for lots of reasons. I've been doing this since I was a teenager," the actor, who's also known for her role as Audrey Liddell on the hit <a href="https://www.insider.com/dawsons-creek-20-year-anniversary-2017-12">teen drama "Dawson's Creek,</a>" said. "But I also pay attention." </p><p>After she directed "Cougar Town," an unnamed friend tried to get Philipps to direct an episode of their TV show on a "major network" produced by a "major studio," she said. </p><p>"And I was just told like, 'No, it's just not going to happen. The studio won't approve it, the network won't approve it. It's not going to happen,'" she recalled. "Meanwhile, obviously any <a href="https://www.insider.com/busy-philipps-criticism-chris-pratt-controversial-post-reduced-to-a-headline-2021-11">dude who's spent 10 minutes</a> on a television show manages to parlay their career into directing." </p><p>"Some of that stuff I think post 'Me Too' has hopefully shifted, but I remember having that meeting with the executive and being really disheartened by his response," she said. </p><div type="image" title="Busy Philipps" height="1500" width="2000" msid="91326257" hostid="261"></div><p>Philipps told Insider that there was "no room" for her to make a case for herself in the meeting. She said people have "short memories" and so we forget that the <a href="https://www.insider.com/me-too-allegations-movement-a-list-celebs-streamers-bieber-tiktokers-2020-6">"Me Too" movement only began inspiring change</a> in the entertainment industry a few years ago. </p><p>"People forget that it was just a few years ago that an industry was just operating in a specific way and treating women and people of color in our industry in a way that is unacceptable, and that real changes needed to be made," she said. </p><h2>Philipps is now living out another dream on 'Girls5eva' </h2><div type="image" title="Busy Philipps on &quot;Girls5eva.&quot;" height="666" width="888" msid="91326258" hostid="261"></div><p>Philipps is currently starring alongside Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Paula Pell in the musical dramedy "Girls5eva."</p><p>This season, her character Summer is on a "journey" to find out who she is as she <a href="https://www.insider.com/top-reasons-why-people-file-for-divorce-how-they-destroy-marriage-2021-5">tries to separate from her husband</a> Kev (Andrew Rannells), especially now that she has "real friends in her life that are sort of confronting her with the truth of what's going on" outside of what she projects on social media. </p><p>Philipps, 42, said that Summer is at an age where people tend to "take stock of the relationships that you have around you and the people who support you or don't support you." </p><p>The actor is currently having a blast reviving the fictional girl group Girls5eva on the small screen and is particularly excited for fans to hear a song she sang with Bareilles.  </p><div type="image" title="girls5eva peacock" height="667" width="889" msid="91326259" hostid="261"></div><p>"My dream when I was young was to be like Indigo Girls, or I wanted to be... I never wanted to be a pop star, I wanted to be like Ani DiFranco or something," she said, adding that she doesn't write music. </p><p>After filming the season two scene with Bareilles, Philipps said, "I left and I was like, 'Am I in a <a href="https://www.insider.com/sara-bareilles-waitress-revival-has-nod-to-nick-cordero-2021-9">girl group with Sara Bareilles?</a> I'm really doing this.' The song turned out so good. And it's so funny and weird, and I'm excited for people to watch it and hear it."</p><p>The first three episodes of "Girls5eva" premiere Thursday, May 5 on <keyword id="12292551" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="peacock" source="Orion">Peacock</keyword>.</p>

'Girls5eva' star Busy Philipps recalls being 'disheartened' when a TV executive shot down her directing ambitions

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12020146" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="busy-philipps" source="Orion">Busy Philipps</keyword>' eldest child Birdie will appear in Amazon's upcoming dramedy "With Love."</li><li>Philipps told Insider she doesn't know if her kids will act more because she "can't be a stage mom."</li></ul><p>On December 17, Busy Philipps' eldest child, Birdie, will make their acting debut in Gloria Calderón Kellett's upcoming <a href="https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1418272094773604353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1418283623619325953%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Fparents%2Fbusy-philipps-child-birdie-lands-amazon-acting-role%2F">Amazon Prime dramedy "With Love."</a> But don't expect to see Philipps take on the role of "stage mom" anytime soon.</p><p>While <a href="https://www.insider.com/busy-philipps-criticism-chris-pratt-controversial-post-reduced-to-a-headline-2021-11">promoting "The National Dog Show"</a> presented by <a href="https://www.purina.com/">Purina for NBC</a>, Philipps addressed how Birdie's first on-screen role came about. She told Insider that Calderón Kellett, who she's known since she was 19, asked Philipps if Birdie would want to audition for a non-binary character on the show because "representation's important." (Philipps announced in January that <a href="https://www.insider.com/busy-phillips-birdie-is-gay-uses-they-them-pronouns-2021-1">Birdie had come out</a> as gay at age 10 and had more recently asked to be referred to with they/them pronouns.) </p><p>Philipps explained she felt "safe" with her child in Calderón Kellett's hands. She and Birdie then read two scripts for the series together and "loved them," so Birdie auditioned and landed the part.</p><p>The "Girls5eva" star is not too keen to have children in the <keyword id="11896019" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="entertainment" source="Orion">entertainment</keyword> business, though. "I got to be honest with you, I don't know how much acting Birdie's going to do," Philipps said.</p><p>"They're fantastic," she added of Birdie's acting abilities. "But I can't be a stage mom."</p><p>It doesn't seem as though acting is, as of now, a major priority for either Birdie or their younger sister, Cricket, either. Philipps said her kids have "more important things to worry about" than their next job, like "how am I going to get tickets to the last <keyword id="12068646" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="harry-styles" source="Orion">Harry Styles</keyword> show in Long Island?"</p><p>She may not love being a stage mom, but the "Dawson's Creek" actor will talk to anyone about being a dog mom. Philipps' dog, Gina, appeared with her during the Zoom interview, and Phillips told Insider she gladly uses Gina to fend off overly personal questions that she'd rather not answer — like when she's been asked whether she was going to have more kids.</p><div type="image" title="Busy Philips and dog Gina" height="1032" width="1377" msid="87899469" hostid="261"></div><p>"I always would roll my eyes at the question, because it's so invasive," Philipps said. "But I'm happy for people to ask me if I'm going to have more dogs, because the answer is yes."</p><p>"<keyword id="12594016" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-national-dog-show" source="Orion">The National Dog Show</keyword>" presented by <keyword id="12594015" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="purina" source="Orion">Purina</keyword> airs on Thursday, directly after the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, on <keyword id="11940492" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nbc" source="Orion">NBC</keyword>. "National Dog Show Junior" will stream at 2 p.m ET on Peacock and on-demand.</p>

Busy Philipps' oldest child Birdie is about to make their acting debut, but the 'Girls5Eva' star is very uninterested in being a 'stage mom'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12048159" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="sara-bareilles" source="Orion">Sara Bareilles</keyword> discussed how her song 'Brave' became an LGBTQ+ anthem on "<keyword id="12063265" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-tonight-show" source="Orion">The Tonight Show</keyword>" Friday.</li><li>She said it's "the dream" as a singer-songwriter to have a song "take on a life of its own."</li></ul><p>Sara Bareilles discussed how her 2013 song "Brave" became an anthem for the LGBTQ+ community in an appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring <keyword id="11984870" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jimmy-fallon" source="Orion">Jimmy Fallon</keyword>" Friday.</p><p>The singer-songwriter, who currently stars in the Peacock musical comedy "Girls5eva," <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6SirTeW7Wg&amp;t=261s">talked with Fallon</a> about the origins of the song.</p><p>"It's like the dream, as a songwriter, to have a song kind of take on a life of its own," she said. "I wrote it as a love letter to a dear friend of mine who was struggling with coming out, and then over the years, the song has kind of taken on a few different lives of its own and been embraced by all kinds of communities, especially the LGBTQ+ community. </p><p>Bareilles shared she has many stories and letters from people who told her "Brave" was part of their coming-out story, adding that the long-term response to the song is "so meaningful."</p><p>Billboard also included "Brave" in its <a href="https://www.billboard.com/lists/lgbtq-anthems-queer-pride-songs/brave-sara-bareilles-2013/">round-up of the best LGBTQ+ anthems</a> of all time, with the tune clocking in at number 51 on the list.</p><p>Bareilles also shared how she got involved with the Peacock comedy "Girls5eva," which follows a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 1990s who attempt to reunite. She noted she had never met Tina Fey, the show's executive producer, before joining the cast — the closest she ever got was standing next to Fey in line for the bathroom at a charity.</p><p>"I didn't have the cojones to say anything at that point," she said. "But I was like, 'Oh my God, I'm next to Tina Fey.'"</p><p>Bareilles told Fallon that Fey later saw her perform in "Waitress," the musical Bareilles wrote and briefly starred in, <a href="https://playbill.com/article/return-engagement-of-sara-bareilles-waitress-closes-on-broadway#:~:text=Waitress%20returned%20to%20Broadway%20in,over%20as%20Jenna%20October%2019.">according to Playbill,</a> and set up a meeting. She said she was not "graceful or cool or sophisticated at all" on her first call with Fey and show creator Meredith Scardino, but gained confidence after her boyfriend told her to trust Fey's vision.</p><p>"I was struggling with insecurities about to sort of meet the challenge of it, and really out of my depth," she said about her lack of television experience. "And he's like, 'If Tina Fey believes that you can do this, why don't you just trust her? Like, if you can't find it in yourself, just trust that one of your heroes is not going to put you in a position to fail.' And that was really good advice."</p><p>"Girls5eva" also stars Renée Elise Goldsberry, Busy Philipps, and Paula Pell. Seasons one and two are <a href="https://affiliate.insider.com?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.peacocktv.com%2Fstream-tv%2Fgirls5eva">now streaming on Peacock</a>. </p>

Sara Bareilles says it's a 'dream' that her song 'Brave' became a Pride anthem almost a decade after its release

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"Emily In Paris" star Ashley Park said she was almost cast as her real second cousin's wife.</li><li>Park and "Umbrella Academy" Justin H. Min discovered they were related in 2019.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/emily-in-paris-ashley-park-super-bowl-videos-fans-wives-2022-12">"Emily in Paris" star Ashley Park</a> said that she was almost cast as her real-life cousin's wife in the <a href="https://www.insider.com/ali-wong-steven-yeun-broke-out-hives-after-filming-beef-2023-3">upcoming Netflix show "Beef."</a></p><p>The new comedy-drama, which premieres on Thursday, follows two people who plot revenge after being consumed by a road-rage incident. Both Park and <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-umbrella-academy-season-3-what-happened-characters-2022-6">her second cousin Justin H. Min</a> appear in the series, along with several notable Asian-American actors such as <a href="https://www.insider.com/steven-yeun-movies-ranked-critics-minari-burning-okja-2021-2">Steven Yeun</a> and <a href="https://www.insider.com/wrongasian-randall-park-photos-used-ali-wong-divorce-news-twitter-2022-4">Ali Wong.</a></p><p>While discussing her role on "The Jennifer Hudson Show" on Friday, Park recalled how her agent had to tell the show's casting directors that Min and Park are related.</p><p>"There's another character in this show played by Justin Min," Park recalled. "The part they were first considering me for... the amazing showrunner, Sunny, he was considering me to play this character's pregnant wife. We have the same agent, Kevin, and Kevin was like: 'Oh wait, they're, like, very related.' They were like, 'Wait, really?'"</p><p>Park continued: "My mom's name is Sarah Min. That's her maiden name — and so we were like, 'No, we're like very much blood-related.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-how-emily-in-paris-cast-dresses-in-real-life-2023-1">Park said</a> that this isn't the first time the second cousins have almost been cast as love interests. </p><p>"We've been asked to play love interests a couple of times so we need everyone to know that me and Justin are blood-related," <a href="https://www.insider.com/girls5eva-busy-philipps-disheartened-tv-executive-shot-down-directing-ambitions-2022-5">the "Girls5Eva" star</a> said. "We should not be playing husband and wife or lovers. That is not great."</p><p>In the end, Park was cast as a different character.</p><p>"I ended up with the part that I really loved that was very different from something I've played, but thanks to us being blood-related. Thanks, Justin," she said.</p><div type="image" title="Ali Wong in &quot;Beef.&quot;" height="2000" width="2666" msid="99213348" hostid="261" sizebytes="375304"></div><p>In "Beef," Park plays a "passive-aggressive" stay-at-home mom. </p><p>Park and Min only learned about their blood relation a few years ago after reuniting in 2019. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6ZgzzytZhY">During an interview on Character Media's YouTube platform,</a> Park and Min explained that they found out they were related after Min starred <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-umbrella-academy-season-2-fun-facts-netflix-2020-8">in the Netflix hit show "Umbrella Academy."</a></p><p>Park recalled that she was going to meet up with her Broadway<a href="https://www.insider.com/netflix-the-umbrella-academy-cast-character-breakdown-2019-2"> friend, Emmy Raver-Lampman, who mentioned that she was bringing along her "Umbrella Academy" costar, Min</a>.</p><p>When Park mentioned this to her mother, her mother looked up the show and started to "connect the dots" since she shared a surname with the "After Yang" actor.</p><p>"Then she went through her archives and found photos of her own wedding where my older brother was a ring boy," Min then explained. "So, your mom started texting you photos. You sent those photos to Emmy. Emmy sent those photos to me, and as I was driving to Emmy's house, I'm just getting photos of my childhood and my brother and I'm like, 'How do you have these photos? What is happening?'"</p><p>Park said the revelation was "hilarious" because Asian Americans are often asked if they are related when they have similar last names, but this is the one time when it was actually accurate.</p><p>"Beef" premieres on Netflix on Thursday.</p>

'Emily In Paris' star Ashley Park says she was almost cast as her own cousin's wife in new Netflix show 'Beef'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The trailer for the 2024 "Mean Girls" remake was released in November.</li><li>Some of the cast members from the 2004 film will reprise their roles.</li></ul><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/mean-girls-day-october-3-fullmetal-alchemist-2023-10">October 3</a> has come and gone, but we don't have to wait a whole year for another reason to celebrate "Mean Girls."</p><p>Paramount released the trailer for the upcoming film on Wednesday. Here's everything we know about the return of Cady Heron and the Plastics.</p><h2>When will the new 'Mean Girls' movie be released?</h2><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/mean-girls-cool-details-you-never-got">"Mean Girls"</a> the movie musical will be released in theaters on January 12, 2024. The film was originally slated to be released on Paramount+ before moving to a theatrical release, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://deadline.com/2023/09/mean-girls-theatrical-release-date-1235553986/">Deadline</a>.</p><h2>Who's in the cast of the new 'Mean Girls' film?</h2><div type="image" title="Jaquel Spivey,  Angourie Rice, and Auli'i Cravalho in the &quot;Mean Girls&quot; movie musical." height="1572" width="2096" msid="105107215" hostid="261"></div><p>The main cast of "Mean Girls" was first <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mean-girls-movie-musical-sets-cast-1235278432/">announced</a> in December 2022.</p><p>The role of Cady Heron (originated by Lindsay Lohan in the first movie) will be played by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/mare-of-easttown-director-craig-zobel-flattered-by-snl-spoof-2021-5">"Mare of Eastown" star Angourie Rice</a>. Meanwhile, her frenemy and head of The Plastics clique Regina George will be played by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/the-sex-lives-of-college-girls-real-ages-versus-characters-2022-11">"The Sex Lives of College Girls"</a> star Reneé Rapp. Rapp also played Regina in the stage version of "Mean Girls," while Rachel McAdams originated the role of Regina in the 2004 film.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/aulii-cravalho-red-carpet-statement-missing-indigenous-women-2023-3">Auli'i Cravalho</a>, the voice of the title character in Disney's 2016 film "Moana," will play the role of Janis I'mi'ike. Lizzy Caplan originated the same character, named Janis Ian in the 2004 movie.</p><div type="image" title="Bebe Wood, Renée Rapp, and Avantinka in &quot;Mean Girls.&quot;" height="3016" width="4021" msid="105107216" hostid="261"></div><p>Newcomer Jaquel Spivey will play Cady's friend Damien Hubbard (originally played by Daniel Franzese in the 2004 film) in the movie musical.</p><p>In February 2023, <a target="_blank" href="https://deadline.com/2023/02/mean-girls-the-musical-film-adds-avantika-christopher-briney-bebe-wood-1235253619/"><u>Deadline</u></a> announced additional cast members.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/the-summer-i-turned-pretty-ending-season-two-plot-summary-2023-7">"The Summer I Turned Pretty"</a> star Christopher Briney will play Cady's love interest, Aaron Samuels. Jonathan Bennett originated the role in the 2004 film.</p><p>Avantika, who previously starred in the Netflix film "Senior Year," will play the ditzy member of the Plastics clique, Karen. The role was originated by <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/all-of-amanda-seyfrieds-movies-ranked-from-worst-to-best-2019-12">Amanda Seyfried</a>.</p><div type="image" title="Busy Philipps as Mrs. George in &quot;Mean Girls.&quot;" height="2153" width="2871" msid="105107217" hostid="261"></div><p>The final member of the Plastics clique, Gretchen Wieners, will be played by "Love, Victor" star Bebe Wood. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/lacey-chabert-proud-hallmark-more-diversity-2021-12">Lacey Chabert</a> originated the role.</p><p>"The Office" star Jenna Fischer will play Cady's mom, a role originated by Ana Gasteyer in the original film. "Dawson's Creek" and "Girls5Eva" <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/busy-philipps-criticism-chris-pratt-controversial-post-reduced-to-a-headline-2021-11">star Busy Philipps</a> will play Regina George's mother, Mrs. George, who was played by Amy Poehler previously.</p><h2>Will original cast members appear in the 'Mean Girls' movie?</h2><div type="image" title="Tina Fey in the new &quot;Mean Girls&quot; movie musical." height="2268" width="3292" msid="105107240" hostid="261"></div><p>Tina Fey, who wrote and starred in the original 2004 film, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT7Nbf-Ub9I">announced</a> in February 2023 that both she and Tim Meadows would reprise their roles as math teacher Ms. Norbury and the North Shore High principal, Mr. Duvall, respectively. Press stills released by Paramount show the two as their iconic characters in the new film.</p><p>Any reports that Lohan or the original cast members who played The Plastics clique — McAdams, Seyfried, and Chabert — would reprise their roles are speculative as of this writing.</p><p>However, the actors clearly aren't opposed to returning to Girl World. Lohan, Chabert, and Seyfried filmed a Walmart+ commercial, released on November 1, that allowed them to reprise their roles as Cady, Gretchen, and Karen respectively.</p><p>In the commercial, Gretchen is a mom, Cady is the school guidance counselor, and Karen is a meteorologist.</p><p>Lohan shared it <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/lindsaylohan/status/1719716657424458159">on social media</a>, writing "Get in, besties. We're going shopping."</p> <p>McAdams didn't return as Regina George, but Franzese reprised his role as Damien and Missy Elliot also made a cameo.</p><p>On a hopeful note, Seyfried told <a target="_blank" href="https://www.etonline.com/amanda-seyfried-shares-her-idea-for-mean-girls-musical-cameo-exclusive-199837"><u>Entertainment Tonight</u></a> in February that she, Lohan, Chabert, and McAdams were "a hundred percent" open to being part of the new "Mean Girls" movie if they were asked.</p><p>At the time, she speculated that she and her former co-stars could play their characters' mothers in fun cameos, but said she hadn't seen the script yet.</p><p>Unless all of the new Plastics have more than one mom, this isn't likely to happen given the announced cast. But at least everyone appears open to a big-screen reunion.</p><h2>Is the plot of 'Mean Girls' staying the same?</h2><div type="image" title="mean girls movie" height="1334" width="1779" msid="105107241" hostid="261"></div><p>Fey, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/mean-girls-writer-calls-out-tina-fey-hypocrisy-supporting-women-2023-3">who wrote the 2004 "Mean Girls" script</a> and the book for the 2017 Broadway show, also wrote the 2024 movie musical. So, the essence of the story is likely to remain the same. This is supported by the fact that both the 2004 and 2024 films have the same log line: "Cady Heron is a hit with the Plastics, an A-list girl clique at her new school when she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George."</p><p>Of course, the musical has a lot more singing and dancing in it than the movie, which only had The Plastics' famous "Jingle Bell Rock" number.</p><div type="image" title="Tim Meadows in the new &quot;Mean Girls&quot; musical movie." height="2798" width="3730" msid="105107243" hostid="261"></div><p>Mark Waters, who directed Lohan in both <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/freaky-friday-stars-where-are-they-now-photos-2021-8">2003's "Freaky Friday" </a>and the original "Mean Girls," will not be directing the movie musical. Married filmmakers Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne are <a target="_blank" href="https://variety.com/2021/film/news/mean-girls-movie-musical-directors-arturo-perez-jr-samantha-jayne-1235070229/">directing</a> the new movie.</p><h2>Some fans seem a little skeptical about the 'Mean Girls' remake — or at least confused about the trailer's lack of musical numbers</h2><p>Although the 2024 "Mean Girls" film is a musical, that's not exactly made clear in the trailer, aside from a few seconds of dancing.</p><p>So, the movie is already receiving criticism from fans on social media, who are confused by the lack of songs.</p><p>"Why conceal that it's a musical? Is there anyone who wants to see a Mean Girls remake but who also hates musicals, is that a demographic? Also didn't we just have sort of a popular movie with a lot of pink and a song in it?" <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/macwrites/status/1722300522747629927"><u>one user wrote</u></a> on X, formally Twitter.</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/theJacko/status/1722278528748794288"><u>Another wrote </u></a>that the musical aspect of the film was hidden because there was "absolutely nothing memorable" about the songs in "Mean Girls: The Musical" on Broadway. The tweet describes the project as "basically a millennial nostalgic cash grab of a movie."</p> <p>But <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/DaricCott/status/1722280866930679988"><u>some people on X</u></a> liked the musical and defended it and the new film. "You can tell that a lot of y'all were completely unaware that the Mean Girls Broadway musical already existed and Reneé Rapp already plays Regina George in it," one user wrote, adding in their thread that people reacted the same way about the trailer for the upcoming film version of the upcoming Tony Award-winning musical "The Color Purple."</p>  <p>One <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/LackingDaisys17/status/1722279240186712427"><u>user was skeptical but hopeful, writing,</u></a> "This could be real bad but hopefully in a campy way?? I know the musical and am not a huge fan of the songs nor staged story structure, but maybe it will surprise me."</p><h2>Watch the 'Mean Girls' trailer here</h2>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Michelle Tokunaga had no idea what an NBC page was before she applied for the job in New York City.</li><li>Tokunaga says the experience was invaluable and shares her best advice for getting into the program.</li></ul><p><em>This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michelle Tokunaga, a former NBC page who now works for Comcast in New York City. It has been edited for length and clarity.</em></p><p>I had no idea what the NBC Page Program was or what a page even did when I applied to the prestigious 12-month fellowship. I had never watched the comedy TV series "30 Rock" and didn't know who Kenneth, the show's cheerful page, was. I only found out because my sister knew I was looking for jobs in TV production and sent me a link to the job listing.</p><div type="image" title="Jack McBrayer as Kenneth Purcell in &quot;30 Rock&quot; 138257026" height="3000" width="1993" msid="96116808" hostid="261" sizebytes="203462"></div><p>Even though I figured there was zero shot I'd get in (the program is well known for being highly competitive and has a lower acceptance rate than Ivy Leagues), I decided to apply anyway.</p><p>Now, I couldn't imagine where I'd be today if I hadn't done the page program — it shaped my career and gave me the experience of a lifetime.</p><h2>Here's what the hiring process and program were like</h2><p>I started as a page in November 2019 and sent in my application three months prior in August. I submitted my resume and cover letter through the NBC careers website. To my surprise, I heard back about a month later that I'd gotten a first round interview.</p><p><strong>1. Video interview</strong></p><p>The first stage is a video interview, which to be honest, was terrible and stressful. Essentially, it's a recorded Q&amp;A through their own portal. Once you start the interview, you only have about 30 seconds to read the prompt and another 30 seconds to answer — and there are no redos.</p><p>This part of the interview process is obviously tough, so my best advice is to just relax and try to pretend like you're being interviewed by a human being. After I was accepted into the program, our page managers told us that they know it can be awkward, so they take that into account when evaluating.</p><p><strong>2. Panel interview</strong></p><p>A few weeks after the video interview, they reached out again letting me know I'd made it to the panel interview round, which took place in person at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. It was intense: There were nine other candidates in the room, and the entire process took around three hours. Basically, they started at one end of the table and asked each candidate two or three general career questions — and then we had to give a 2 minute presentation that we'd been told to prepare ahead of time.</p><p>It was nerve-wracking waiting for your turn while simultaneously listening to the other candidates and thinking of how to craft your own response. The prompt was something along the lines of, "What's something that changed your life perspective or made you the person you are today?" I spoke about my experience growing up biracial — my mom is white and my dad is Japanese — and grappling with my identity.</p><p>You had to have precise timing because they'd stop you even if you weren't finished answering – they wanted to see that you had solid public speaking skills (which is a necessary skill to lead studio tours) and could follow directions.</p><p><strong>3. Individual interview with management</strong></p><p>Then, there's the individual interview with members of the management team. Candidates were asked to leave the main room and wait our turn to be called in one by one. This part of the process was pretty standard. The interview lasted around 10 minutes and consisted mostly of questions about my career goals and what I'd been up to previously. Most of us come right from college, but that's not always the case; someone in my cohort was 28 when we started and had formerly been in the marines, so it's open to anyone who wants to apply.</p><p><strong>4. Group projects</strong></p><p>Finally, they grouped us together us up to work on projects. My group had to create a pitch about what strategies NBC should use to market the Olympics. They're not expecting you to nail this portion and know exactly what to say, they just want to see some creativity and how well you collaborate on a team.</p><p>After a few more weeks of waiting, I got an email saying I'd gotten into the page program in October.</p><h2>My best advice for getting through the interviews is to show that you can solve any problem</h2><p>The hiring team really just wants someone who's adaptable and can problem solve in any scenario. They're trusting you to work SNL or The Tonight show — you have to be able to think on your feet under pressure.</p><p>My best advice I could give anyone who's going through the interview process is to talk about how you demonstrated those qualities in previous jobs and life experiences. Driving home the point that you made a quick pivot and took charge of a situation is a must.</p><div type="image" title="Michelle Tokunaga" height="835" width="1114" msid="96116809" hostid="261" sizebytes="46470"></div><p>In total, the hiring process took a little over two months.</p><p>I applied in August and didn't start until the end of November. Some people came from Ohio or Texas, and they had to relocate to New York in just a month. That was one of our bigger gripes as pages; they only gave us about a $600 stipend to move to New York, which isn't much.</p><p>There were around 25 people in my cohort, and we had three weeks of training when we first started. It kind of felt like we were going to school — we took notes, took tests, and learned about the building and the history of NBC.</p><p>After training, we started our three-month ambassadorships, followed by three rotations, which are each three months long, totaling 12 months.</p><h2>The first few months of the program were chaotic but incredibly fun</h2><p>Here's where we had to put all of our knowledge to the test. We gave three to five studio tours a day of The Tonight Show studio, SNL, and The Today Show, which was always extremely hectic because these shows were always either filming or preparing to film.</p><p>You could be notified that your tour route had changed at any moment, even mid-tour: You'd be planning on taking a group to the SNL set, but now they had a rehearsal — you have to be able to think fast and pivot to something else without getting frazzled.</p><p>NBC news anchors like Lester Holt and Hoda Kotb would often pass by and jump in on a tour, giving their own spiel to the tour group. Around Christmas, we had to come in around 4 a.m. for The Today Show, and Hoda left a thank you note for us along with desserts baked by her mother.</p><p>While the news anchors were super friendly and went out of their way to say hi to us in the halls, SNL cast members were usually more standoffish. The SNL studio and the page office were on the same floor so we'd see them around often, but it was a 50-50 shot whether or not they'd acknowledge our existence. I didn't take it personally though — they're at work like everyone else.</p><div type="image" title="Michelle Tokunaga" height="460" width="460" msid="96116810" hostid="261" sizebytes="18946"></div>This phase of the program was hectic, but there were a lot of funny stories exchanged between pages. We were giving tours during the day and working a show at night. I was placed with The Tonight Show and occasionally Late Night with Seth Myers.<p>That early on in the program, they never assign pages to SNL — the dress rehearsal and live show is all in the same night, so it's a crazy-long shift and pure chaos. The late night shows aren't easy either, but at least we'd get to go home before 2 a.m.</p><p>Another main duty pages take on during this time is recruiting audience members for shows and managing the standby ticket lines. NBC gives out tickets to people well in advance of the show, but not every single person will show up.</p><p>So throughout the day, when we weren't giving tours, we'd walk around outside 30 Rock and get people to sign up for a standby line; ideally, we'd sign up 80 to 100 people, or around 150 on days with bad weather when no-shows are more common.</p><p>The standby line was always sort of a mess. We'd have to round up every single person, about 100 of them, in chronological order based on the number on their ticket. People would be upset and complain about their place in line, others didn't speak English, and some would argue with each other about who got there first. It takes major patience and crowd-control skills and almost feels like babysitting.</p><h2>At the end of the ambassadorship, you get to rank your top 5 assignments</h2><p>During the ambassadorship stage, we were working 60 to 80 hour weeks, so it was definitely tiring.</p><p>We had a lot of mini-assignments during this time. We'd work the Today Show in the morning, which meant we had to be there from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m., then jump into three back-to-back tours, recruit for Jimmy Fallon, and at night work the Tonight Show.</p><p>Right as our ambassadorship came to an end in February 2020, and we were about to get our first three-month assignment, COVID hit. I didn't step back into 30 rock until that October, but until then, everything was remote.</p><p>This is also when we ranked our top 5 assignments. Before the pandemic, there was a business assignment, which would focus mostly on HR, a content assignment, where you would get assigned to work on SNL or The Tonight Show, and a consumer assignment, which was usually marketing. During the pandemic, they omitted content assignments since no shows were in production.</p><p>I ended up with all three business assignments, which I was really sad about.</p><h2>I didn't like the politics within the program and that we were only being paid minimum wage</h2><p>The program isn't advertised as being as business-heavy as it actually is — at least to me. All of the assignment teams rank which pages they want, and I felt like we were pigeonholed based on our experience — if you'd had a marketing internship in the past, you'd get placed in a marketing assignment, for example.</p><p>That was one thing I didn't like about the page program — the politics that influenced who got which assignments. I didn't really feel like I'd gotten the hands-on production experience that made me want to apply in the first place.</p><p>My first assignment was at Campus Programs, which is the NBC internship program. They had never run a virtual internship before, so I was on the team that was helping lead the first ever virtual internship for NBC.</p><p>Three months later, I was placed in another HR assignment at the entertainment and lifestyle group, on the diversity and inclusion team. I didn't have a lot to do, and it was virtual, so it was a lot of sitting around waiting for a task.</p><p>Though my assignments weren't ideal, I didn't blame the people who ran the program. They had the difficult task of fitting a hundred pages into very specific roles, and they can't let everyone work on SNL.</p><p>Since you don't have control over which assignments you get, you have to make the most out of what's handed to you. Feel free to wallow for a little bit (I definitely did), but then you should try to learn as much as you can while enjoying the people that you're working with. They'll support you and want to help you grow in that area.</p><p>There were also extremely high expectations placed on pages, but we were only getting paid minimum wage in the beginning, which was $15.50 in New York.</p><p>Many of us complained about how low the pay was, especially because we'd been used to working 70-hour weeks in the beginning of the program and getting paid overtime. Once our assignments started and we were working 40-hour weeks, it was a stark pay difference that wasn't very sustainable. They eventually raised it to about $18 during the pandemic.</p><h2>Set up as many "informationals" as you can</h2><p>As a page, you're able to set up what we call "informationals," which basically means you can meet with anyone at the company and talk to them about their position. I definitely recommend taking advantage of this; I made a point to seek out as many informationals as I could to figure out where I'd best fit at the company and what I would enjoy the most.</p><p>My third and final rotation was at Peacock doing project management and working on advertising on the platform. During that rotation, I also got the chance to do supplemental SNL work on the side, which was really what I wanted to be doing in the first place. I would work my normal five days at Peacock and then head to 30 Rock on Saturdays once they started having in-person shows again in October 2020.</p><p>It was intense because we were still in the thick of the pandemic, but NBC desperately wanted to come back. They only signed us up for the first few shows, as a sort of trial to see how it would go. After the first episode back, which Chris Rock hosted, all of the pages were huddled together after the show, and Keenan Thompson was walking down the hallway. He stopped when he saw us and said, "Thank you guys for everything you do. It wouldn't be possible without you." That was extremely gratifying.</p><p>At the end of the 12-month program, NBC gave us an optional additional three months to work on various extra assignments. It's really just an opportunity to apply to other jobs at the company if you haven't been offered one already. After completing my Peacock assignment, they offered me a full-time role as an assistant coordinator, so I started that position right after my 12 months.</p><h2>If you want to be a page, prepare for it as you would any other job</h2><p>Do all of your homework and research the company and role as much as possible. I think the best place to start is reaching out to former pages, especially recent ones. You can message them on LinkedIn and ask to hop on an informational call just to get a sense of what the program is like. Usually, we're very open to talking about it — we've all been in your shoes, and I'm sure many of us reached out to former pages as well.</p><p>I think part of the reason I ended up getting accepted was because I thought it would never happen for me, so I wasn't in my head during the lengthy and intense hiring process. Don't agonize over it. It's just a job, and you can apply four times a year. And honestly, sometimes the program isn't for you.</p><p>A lot of people have been dreaming of getting into the page program for years, and it's completely normal to have nerves. That said, my advice is to try to not come across as too needy. They can also sense when someone is applying just for the clout or glamor, and that's definitely a turn off. They want people who will be able to keep their cool, for example, if they run ino Colin Jost in the elevator, which happened to me.</p><h2>I'm now at Comcast thanks to the page program, and I recommend the fellowship to anyone</h2><p>I'm still close with my cohort to this day — you leave the page program with an incredible sense of community and a long-lasting network that helps you both professionally and socially. We're all included on an email chain where all former pages can reach out letting us know about job openings at their companies, at NBC or elsewhere. I get about 5 of these a month, and people even use it to find roommates in different cities.</p><p>I found my current project management job at Comcast, NBC's parent company, directly through one of my connections at Peacock. I also got the opportunity to interview for the head writer assistant position on a Peacock show called Girls5eva. I didn't end up getting it, but I definitely had a foot in the door because of my experience in the page program.</p><p>Right now, I'm not sure if I want to go into production anymore. I'm also interested in going to graduate school for social work, so for now, I'm taking things a day at a time. The page program has its pros and cons, it ended up being a truly invaluable experience for me — and I know it gave me memories and connections I'll have for life.</p><p><em>If you've landed a highly competitive or unusual job and want to share your story, email Dorothy Cucci at <a href="mailto:dcucci@insider.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dcucci@insider.com</a>.</em></p>

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Peacock promises more than 7,500 hours worth of movies and TV with Peacock Free, but you can get access to twice as much content by upgrading to a Peacock Premium plan.</p><p>The Peacock Premium catalog includes new original series, gives subscribers access to exclusive content from NBC shows, like "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon," and lets you watch ongoing shows, like "Saturday Night Live," the day after they air on TV.</p><p>Peacock Premium costs $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year. However, Peacock Premium still has commercials. If you want to watch Peacock Premium without ads, you need to upgrade to the Peacock Premium Plus ad-free plan for $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year.</p><p>Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus plans both come with a free seven-day trial for new subscribers. If you already subscribe to Xfinity internet or cable you get Peacock Premium for free with your current subscription. </p><h2>What shows and movies are on Peacock?</h2><p><a href="http://imp.i305175.net/joL1v" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener sponsored"><div type="image" title="jurassic world: fallen kingdom" height="838" width="1676" msid="75498586" hostid="261"></div></a></p><p><a href="https://corporate.comcast.com/press/releases/peacock-preview-xfinity-x1-and-flex" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peacock features more than 15,000 hours worth of TV and movies,</a> though you'll need a Premium subscription to access the full catalog. NBCUniversal says about half of the catalog, more than 7,500 hours worth, will be be available with Peacock Free.</p><p>You'll be able to stream classic NBC shows, like "Law &amp; Order," "30 Rock," "Parks &amp; Recreation," "Friday Night Lights," and "Saturday Night Live." Peacock Premium users will also be able to access new episodes of ongoing NBC shows the day after they air. One of the most anticipated Peacock shows, "The Office," wont be available until January 2021, due to a prior agreement with Netflix.</p><p>Daily broadcasts from NBC News and MSNBC will stream on Peacock, and subscribers can access past documentaries and "Dateline" investigations.</p><p>Universal film franchises, like "Fast &amp; Furious," "Jurassic Park" and "The Bourne Trilogy," will be available in full on Peacock, along with classic movies like "E.T.," "Reservoir Dogs," "Schindler's List," and "Lost in Translation." The "Harry Potter" series is also scheduled to arrive on Peacock in October. With that said, Peacock's movie selection isn't permanent, so some titles may be removed or added back from time to time. </p><p>Peacock Premium subscribers will be able to watch new <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/peacock-original-shows-and-movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">original shows</a>, including a new Tina Fey-produced series called "Girls5Eva". A new comedy special and an interview series from comedian Kevin Hart are also in the works for Peacock.</p><p>Peacock will include exclusive children's content with new episodes of shows like "Curious George," "Where's Waldo," and "Cleopatra in Space." Universal kids films, like "Shrek", "Despicable Me," and "Trolls World Tour," will be part of the Peacock library as well.</p><p>Peacock also features live sports for free, including matches of the relaunched <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-watch-the-premier-league-soccer-restart" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 Premier League</a> and the PGA Tour's US Open. "The Dan Patrick Show," "The Rich Eisen Show,"and "PFT Live with Mike Florio" will also stream exclusively on Peacock.</p><p>Though the platform's launch was meant to coincide with the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the coronavirus pandemic has led to the postponement of the Summer Games until next year. Instead, Peacock will offer past Olympic highlights and exclusive interviews with Olympic athletes.</p><p>For more streaming coverage, be sure to check out our guides to the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-streaming-service" target="_blank" rel="noopener">best streaming services</a> and the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/best-streaming-box-stick" target="_blank" rel="noopener">best streaming sticks and devices</a>.</p><a data-type="5f187e4c3f73705cf123aa67">Peacock Premium pales in comparison to Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Max, but the huge library of free movies and shows is still worth a look</a><a data-type="5f0e11d5f0f41921c4756d17">NBC's new streaming service Peacock has its own original shows and movies — here's a breakdown of what's exclusive</a><a data-type="59cd25a4351ccf0b158b53aa">The best media streaming sticks and devices</a><a data-type="5c0161a6985cfd18406bbb12">The best streaming services you can sign up for online</a>

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