Mean Girls

Saturday Night Live‘s first episode of the election year opened with James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump bragging that he’s “more cognitive than ever,” and that his campaign has “seen a lot of success with saying things that did not happen.” The Republican frontrunner spoke to the press outside a New York courthouse, where he is facing a defamation lawsuit from a woman who a jury already determined that he sexually abused, and who he can’t stop attacking. After being introduced by his lawyer in the case,…

Mean Girls is a musical teen comedy film directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr from a screenplay by Tina Fey. Samantha and Arturo recently talked about their first encounter with Mean Girls. They also spoke about the team's decision on songs that they would keep and those they would cut. (Also Read | Checking in on the Mean Girls cast: What they're up to now) A still from Mean Girls. Here are seven things you need to know about Mean Girls:1) Samantha spoke about the first encounter with Mean…

You might be familiar with Mean Girls on Broadway, most recently toplined by Sabrina Carpenter and Reneé Rapp, and you’ve almost definitely seen the 2004 movie, packed with more quotable moments than one can count. So, in the new movie musical Mean Girls, directors Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. had big shoes to fill.   To prepare for the Tina Fey-scripted, Lorne Michaels-produced film, the married directing duo headed to a high school in Ottawa, Canada, and learned from the pros: Gen Z theater kids. They…

You might be familiar with Mean Girls on Broadway, most recently toplined by Sabrina Carpenter and Reneé Rapp, and you’ve almost definitely seen the 2004 movie, packed with more quotable moments than one can count. So, in the new movie musical Mean Girls, directors Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. had big shoes to fill.   To prepare for the Tina Fey-scripted, Lorne Michaels-produced film, the married directing duo headed to a high school in Ottawa, Canada, and learned from the pros: Gen Z theater kids. They…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Quick Answer: Movie tickets to the reboot can be purchased via Fandango, and the original can be streamed online via Prime Video and Paramount+. It’s been nearly two decades since Aaron Samuels asked Cady Heron what day it was in the original Mean Girls premier. “It’s October 3,” Lindsay Lohan‘s character famously answered. Written by and starring Tina Fey, the film…

Released back in 2004, Mean Girls achieved blockbuster success, becoming a cultural phenomenon with countless memorable quotes and enduring pop culture moments. Over the years, the film's legacy has expanded, giving rise to a TV movie sequel, a Broadway musical, and a cinematic adaptation of the musical set to premiere on January 12, 2024. The original Mean Girls cast(instagram/meangirls) In a recent collaboration, original cast members Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert, Daniel Franzese, and Rajiv…

Kyle Hanagami, who has worked with the K-pop quartet for years, says you can see the group's influence most in the movie's Christmas dance Kyle Hanagami, who has choreographed Blackpink performances for more than four years, drew inspiration from the group when working on the new musical adaptation of Mean Girls. In a red-carpet interview, he explained that he was thinking about what younger viewers might expect when he was working on the film. When working on the infamous Christmas dance…

The pair played a game called "Friendzee" on The Tonight Show Tina Fey stopped by The Tonight Show to promote the Mean Girls musical movie and host Jimmy Fallon challenged her to a new game called “Friendzee.” The game basically involves trying to guess the name of a mutual pal by asking random and “not helpful” questions from a pile of cards. Funny and a chance to humble brag about the famous people they both know. The first friend was Rachel Dratch, who Fey had to guess with Fallon describing…

The new big-screen adaptation of Mean Girls is just a few days away, and Reneé Rapp is dropping a single from the movie to tide you over.  “World Burn,” sung by Rapp and the cast of Mean Girls: The Musical is out now and available to stream here. The song is one of the musical numbers from the 2018 Broadway show, in which Rapp starred as Regina George. The singer and songwriter now reprises her breakout role in the new film from the producers of the original, Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels.   The full Mean Girls…

Single appears on musical's soundtrack, out today Ahead of next Friday’s release of the big-screen adaptation of the Mean Girls musical, Reneé Rapp and Megan Thee Stallon have dropped the video for “Not My Fault,” their collaboration from the film’s soundtrack, out today. The video features the rapper and actress/singer (in character as Regina George, the film’s antagonist) performing the track interspersed with footage from Mean Girls: The Musical, one of Rolling Stone’s 50 Most Anticipated…