Newsweek

Why Bridget Jones Still Resonates After 25 Years

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People

Renée Zellweger Recalls 'Fixation' with Bridget Jones' Appearance When Movie First Came Out: She 'Shifted Our Expectations'

"She liked to have an extra helping and she didn't go to the gym every day and she's gorgeous anyway. She gets the guy anyway," Zellweger said Alex Bailey/Miramax Renée Zellweger says playing Bridget ...
USA Today

Renée Zellweger calls out 'fixation' on her weight in 'Bridget Jones'

NEW YORK – In 2001, Mark Darcy told Bridget Jones that he likes her just as she is. Twenty-five years later, “Bridget Jones’s Diary” remains one of the most enduring romantic comedies this century, ...
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EXCLUSIVE: 'Bridget Jones' Turns 25 — Inside the Making of Beloved Rom-Com as Star Renée Zellweger 'Gets Set for Marriage'

Before the 2001 romantic comedy Bridget Jones's Diary ever rolled cameras, some very weighty matters had to be settled, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The biggest question? Who would play Bridget? The ...
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See the “Bridget Jones” Cast, Including Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant, at All the Premieres from the Past 25 Years

Bridget Jones has provided the laughs and the love for two and a half decades. Though Grant was missing from the third film, Bridget Jones's Baby, he returned for the fourth installment Bridget Jones: ...
USA Today

Renée Zellweger celebrates Bridget Jones statue moving to London at unveiling

LONDON – Bridget Jones has joined the likes of Mary Poppins, Harry Potter and other beloved film characters with her own statue in London's Leicester Square. Oscar winner Renée Zellweger, who played ...
Hartford Courant

New statue of Bridget Jones joins other film icons in London’s Leicester Square

LONDON (AP) — Bridget Jones has joined Harry Potter, Mary Poppins and Paddington as permanent residents of London’s famed Leicester Square. A new bronze statue of the romantic comedy heroine was ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Bridget Jones Statue Unveiling Sees Renée Zellweger and ‘Mad About the Boy’ Cast Reunite

Zellweger first played Helen Fielding's beloved character over 20 years ago in 'Bridget Jones's Diary'. By Lily Ford Renée Zellweger is now a permanent fixture in London’s Leicester Square as a statue ...
Digital Spy

As Bridget Jones 4 gets a new UK streaming home, these are the sequel's 5 most emotional moments

British romantic comedy icon Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) returned for another adventure this year, bounding back onto screens with Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy – the fourth film in the series.
IndieWire

‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ Was Streaming-Only in the U.S., but Theatrical Test Screenings Proved It Could Succeed Everywhere

Four films into the franchise, long-time producer and Working Title Films co-chair Eric Fellner tells IndieWire that he still feels the magic of the marvelous (and now Emmy-nominated) Ms. Jones — and ...
Vanity Fair

Renée Zellweger Embraces a New Era of Bridget Jones—and Hollywood Itself

Zellweger knows a thing or two about range. After “completing” Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire, and belting from murderers’ row as Chicago’s Roxie Hart, Zellweger nabbed two Oscars: a supporting actress ...