Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone
Bridesmaids actress Melissa McCarthy and actor Ben Falcone attend the 2011 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, on Saturday, November 12. [Photo: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S.] James Earl Jones was a long-distance Honorary Oscar honoree, but makeup artist Dick Smith (The Alligator People, All the Way Home) was present at the ceremony to receive his Honorary Oscar. The Color Purple’s Oprah Winfrey was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Among Melissa McCarthy’s movie credits are Pretty Ugly People, The Back-Up Plan, Life As We Know It, Just Add Water, and the critical and commercial hit Bridesmaids. Ben Falcone had one of the male roles in female-oriented Bridesmaids — a possible Academy Award contender and a surefire Golden Globe nominee in the Best Comedy or Musical category.