First Look at Melissa McCarthy in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?'

We knew Melissa McCarthy had been shooting in our local watering hole, Julius'. What I didn't know is that she may have accidentally made a decent film:

Celebrity biographer Lee Israel makes her living profiling the likes of Katharine Hepburn, Tallulah Bankhead, Estee Lauder and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen. When Lee is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception, abetted by her loyal friend Jack.

Read Lee Israel's New York Times obituary HERE.

Can I Ever Forgive Julius?

Only in New York do you go to your favorite dive bar only to find out you can't have a drink because Melissa McCarthy is filming a movie inside. 

Would you believe McCarthy replaced Julianne Moore? And Jane Curtin is in the cast! (If "Allie Lowell" was in there and they didn't let me in there will be hell to pay!)

The Shape of Things

For those having a little trouble keeping track at home, here's a little cheat sheet. Kinda like using the n-word and the f-word, making fun of fat people is never OK ... unless an actual fatty is paid $10 million to roll around and humiliate themselves. Then it's hilarious! 

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