{"id":2545,"date":"2016-04-09T00:05:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T16:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/09\/fans-are-thrilled-and-finally-at-peace-with-melissa-mccarthy-returning-to-gilmore-girls\/"},"modified":"2016-04-09T00:05:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T16:05:13","slug":"fans-are-thrilled-and-finally-at-peace-with-melissa-mccarthy-returning-to-gilmore-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/09\/fans-are-thrilled-and-finally-at-peace-with-melissa-mccarthy-returning-to-gilmore-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans are thrilled and finally at peace with Melissa McCarthy returning to &#039;Gilmore Girls&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ap_853734129951\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.0.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzA4LzZkL0FQXzg1MzczNDEyLjU0YzUxLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/88bdf6b7\/c0f\/AP_853734129951.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Fans+are+thrilled+and+finally+at+peace+with+Melissa+McCarthy+returning+to+%27Gilmore+Girls%27&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F08%2Fmelissa-mccarthy-return-gilmore-girls%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F08%2Fmelissa-mccarthy-return-gilmore-girls%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The stars of Stars Hollow have finally aligned: Melissa McCarthy <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/08\/melissa-mccarthy-gilmore-girls-netflix\/\">will officially be part of Netflix&#8217;s <i>Gilmore Girls<\/i><\/a><i> <\/i>reboot. McCarthy&#8217;s character Sookie, best friend and colleague of Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), was always a fan favorite, but her return is hugely significant because of her massive movie success over the past several years.<\/p>\n<p>The news of McCarthy&#8217;s return to <i>Gilmore <\/i>universe delighted fans and costars, proving the salience of the show and of Sookie as a character.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/02\/08\/gilmore-girls-cast-reunion\/\">Here&#8217;s everyone who&#8217;s coming back for the &#8216;Gilmore Girls&#8217; revival<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"newCard\" id=\"newCard-1460126497844\"><\/p>\n<p>Graham, who shared the most scenes with McCarthy on <i>Gilmore Girls<\/i>, tweeted her joy and support of McCarthy&#8217;s latest film release:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Emojis were abundant, because how else are we supposed to express our unconditional love and a need to party with confetti?<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And of course, there were GIFs:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As with all revivals, there is the stick territory of raised expectations&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/08\/melissa-mccarthy-return-gilmore-girls\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/netflix\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Netflix<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/gilmore-girls\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Gilmore Girls<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/melissa-mccarthy\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Melissa Mccarthy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/twitter\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/lists\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Lists<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1460131364' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1460131364'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/LYYtWgZkDks\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stars of Stars Hollow have finally aligned: Melissa McCarthy will officially be part of Netflix&#8217;s Gilmore Girls reboot. McCarthy&#8217;s character Sookie, best friend and colleague of Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), was always a fan favorite, but her return is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/09\/fans-are-thrilled-and-finally-at-peace-with-melissa-mccarthy-returning-to-gilmore-girls\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}