September 30th, 2011 at 10:40 am by
Anne

Melissa McCarthy is Hollywood's latest 'it' girl and there is no sign of her slowing down which is damn great news if you ask me. This multi-talented actress, writer, comedian is fresh off of her Emmy win for her fabulous work on Mike and Molly. Then of course there is that little movie you may have heard about 'Bridesmaids' in which everyone is gushing over her performance (I'm renting it this weekend and can not wait).
Add to that her cover of Hollywood Reporter and we are just touching the tip of the iceberg for this dynamo poodles. What does an entrepreneur do? They fill a void, a need and that's exactly what Melissa McCarthy is doing after not being able to find a suitable Emmy dress to cover her size 14 frame:
McCarthy is using her raised profile to launch a line for other plus-size women. "Trying to find stuff that's still fashion-forward in my size is damn near impossible. It's either for like a 98-year-old woman or a 14-year-old hooker, and there is nothing in the middle," she laughs, recalling her recent struggles to find a dress for the Emmys. After combing through "9 million dresses with taffeta or shiny bows," she opted to channel her teenage passion to become a fashion designer and design her own Emmy gown (with couture dressmaker Daniella Pearl.)
And then there is her writing. She's teaming up with Bridesmaids writer Annie Mumolo to write a comedy that sees her hijacking the Stanley Cup to cheer her ill husband up (LOVE it!). Melissa and her husband Ben Falcone have a production company that just sold a television comedy project about a woman having a midlife crisis. She says of the production company:
“To have the opportunity to start developing and being on the creating side of stuff, for me, is one of the most amazing and exciting things that’s happened,” she says. “I’ve been writing for 15 years, and now, suddenly, people are like, ‘Oh, what’s in that drawer?’ It’s like, ‘Well, I’ll show what’s in the drawer.’ ”
When I say that to people I usually get another restraining order. Life is funny like that right? Tomorrow night she will guest host on Saturday Night Live with Lady Antebellum as musical guests. She says of the honour:
"I went into such an embarrassing, weird, inappropriately loud cry,"
I can not wait to see SNL tomorrow night. This woman ROCKS. Do you watch Mike and Molly? She is fabulous on it, they all are. But I love that a woman as talented, nice and funny as Melissa who is not Hollywood's 'norm' of what normal is, is doing so well.
I can not wait to see what Melissa McCarthy does next!

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