‘Bridesmaids’ Reunion Brings Laughs to Oscars as Stars Read Faux Notes From Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro and Elle Fanning
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Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne and Ellie Kemper shared the stage at the Academy Awards 15 years after their Paul Feig film became a box office hit and landed two noms.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Ever since Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids cracked the box office code and became a hit in 2011, fans have been begging for a sequel. They’re still waiting — but the Oscars 2026 producers delivered the next best thing. Stars Kristen Wiig , Maya Rudolph , Melissa McCarthy , Rose Byrne and Ellie Kemper reunited on the Academy Awards stage inside Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre Sunday night. The showing, greeted by a partial standing ovation, came 15 years after the film’s release, and happened to land on the same night Byrne was nominated in the best actress category for her work in Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You . (Fun coincidences: The A24 film also stars Conan O’Brien, who hosted Sunday’s Oscars ; Rudolph’s longtime partner, Paul Thomas Anderson, was in the room to support his 13 Oscar nominations for One Battle After Another .) Related Stories Movies Barbra Streisand Honors Robert Redford With Moving Performance of "The Way We Were" at the Oscars Movies Oscars: Conan O'Brien, Short Film Winner Call Out Timothée Chalamet's Ballet and Opera Comments The fivesome presented two awards, original score and sound, Oscars that went to Ludwig Goransson and F1 , respectively. But speaking of sound, there was a lot of laughter inside the Dolby as they shared the stage. Wiig kicked things off by noting her state of disbelief that it’s been 15 years since the movie came out. “We are not good with numbers but we figured out backstage that means we shot this movie in 1883,” Wiig joked. At that point, a producer emerged from backstage to hand the stars some handwritten notes allegedly penned by members of the audience that they took turns reading aloud. “Well, mine says, first of all, ‘You ladies look extremely beautiful tonight. You’re all aging well. Si...
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