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Melissa McCarthy, who played lovable chef Sookie St. James on all seven seasons, recently opened up about one big downside to filming the mother-daughter dramedy starring Lauren Graham as Lorelai Gilmore and Alexis Bledel as her daughter, Rory Gilmore.Though the show takes place in the fictional Connecticut town of Stars Hollow, it was actually filmed at the Warner Bros.

Gilmore Girls: , we finally have an answer to who Rory's baby daddy is, at least, according to the costume supervisor: It's Logan.In a TikTok video costume supervisor Valerie Campbell invites viewers to “do the math” on Rory's sexual partners. The series ends in the fall, and Rory hasn't slept with her boyfriend Paul since the previous winter. The guy dressed as a Wookiee? They got together in spring, so would be showing, and as Campbell points out, she was never told to give Alexis Bledel a pregnancy belly.

Stars Hollow’s greatest mystery solved? Gilmore Girls costume supervisor Valerie Campbell claimed to share new insight into the father of Rory Gilmore’s baby after Alexis Bledel’s character’s pregnancy was revealed as a bombshell cliffhanger in the finale of Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.

Valerie Campbell, who worked on Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life as a costumer supervisor, is spilling the biggest tea from the show.

 

Bouncing back. Lauren Graham opened up about her split from Peter Krause for the first time — and revealed that they didn’t see eye to eye on a few important things.

Alexis Bledel has announced she will not be returning for the fifth season of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Alexis Bledel, who has portrayed Emily/Ofglen on The Handmaid’s Tale since the series launch on Hulu in 2017, is exiting ahead of the upcoming fifth season.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterAlexis Bledel will not return for “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 5, Variety has learned exclusively.Bledel, who has played the key character of Emily/Ofglen on the Hulu drama since its first season debuted in 2017, said in a statement Friday: “After much thought, I felt I had to step away from ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ at this time. I am forever grateful to Bruce Miller for writing such truthful and resonant scenes for Emily, and to Hulu, MGM, the cast and crew for their support.”During her four-year run on “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Bledel received four Emmy nominations and one win for her performance in the Bruce Miller-created TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s iconic novel.Aside from “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Bledel is best known for her starring role as Rory Gilmore alongside Lauren Graham’s Lorelai Gilmore on “Gilmore Girls” and the revival “Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life,” as well as her parts in “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” franchise and “Mad Men.” Airing its fourth season from April to June 2021, “The Handmaid’s Tale” follows June (Elisabeth Moss) while she strikes back against Gilead as a fierce rebel leader, but the risks she takes bring unexpected and dangerous new challenges.

Christopher Vourlias “I Am Greta” director Nathan Grossman will be taking two new projects in development to the Copenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival (CPH:DOX), one of which he’s revealed exclusively to Variety.The documentary feature, with the working title “Amazonia,” follows a series of expeditions into the Amazon led by Sydney Possuelo, considered the leading authority on Brazil’s remaining isolated indigenous peoples.

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Lauren Graham is setting things straight and covering her tracks over a gif she posted on her Twitter about Gilmore Girls.

Clearing the air. After Lauren Graham accidentally fueled Gilmore Girls reunion speculation, she is setting the record straight.

They aren’t just regular moms — they’re cool moms! From Gilmore Girls to Schitt’s Creek, fan-favorite TV shows and movies have highlighted unforgettable pairs of moms and daughters through the years.

If you lead, she will follow! Lauren Graham has a Gilmore Girls clause built into her other work contracts in order to be available should there be another series spinoff.

Matt Czuchry, who played Logan Huntzberger on Gilmore Girls, is opening up about one of the big cliffhangers at the end of the 2016 revival series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.

Loose lips sink ships. Matt Czuchry has been holding on to a huge secret about Gilmore Girls, and he intends to keep it that way.

Courteney Cox and Johnny McDaid have finally reunited after spending over half a year apart due to the coronavirus pandemic. 

Gilmore Girls is pretty famous for its really fast and speedy dialogue in the show, and in a new interview with the NY Times, the cast touches on just how speedy it really was.

Courteney Cox reveals she has been separated from her fiancé for over 200 days.