Guys build an exit strategy for a chick flick like Bridesmaids. They'd rather chicks see it with each other. Anyone but them. Snap out of it. Kristen Wiig is an indisputable goddess of comedy. And this rowdy fem-friendship movie she stars in and wrote with Annie Mumolo is infused with the Wiig brand of wicked mischief.

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Frankly, the only time Bridesmaids loses its footing is when it acts like The Hangover in drag. Guys and gross make a better fit. Who needs to see bridesmaids puking up lunch and shitting their pants?

Wiig, the SNL MVP, plays Annie, chosen maid of honor at the wedding of her BFF, Lillian (Maya Rudolph, perfecto). She's jealous of Lillian's richer, prettier friend, Helen (Rose Byrne, the Damages star who shows a real flair for fun). The other bridesmaids — Rita (Wendi McLendon-Covey), Becca (Ellie Kemper) and Megan (Melissa McCarthy) — are caught in the crossfire. Guys don't get much screen time. Still, Jon Hamm scores howls as a man-whore, and Chris O'Dowd excels as an Irish cop sweet on Annie.

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Though the laughs are hit-and-miss, Bridesmaids lucks out in director Paul Feig (The Office, Nurse Jackie), who has the gift of letting scenes play out just long enough to be both hilarious and heartfelt. Dudes always fear movies that might shrivel their sexual standing when women prioritize. Man up and see Bridesmaids. You just might learn something.

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As the British Invasion reached its peak in 1964, Brenda Lee went from Nashville to London to record one of her hardest-rocking hits, her perky vocal backed by a stuttering, squalling guitar. That guitar was played by session musician Jimmy Page, yet to skyrocket to fame with first the Yardbirds and then Led Zeppelin. "She said to me, 'I've come here to make a record with the British sound,'" remembered producer Mickie Most. "She felt she wouldn't get the same sound in Nashville because they're only just catching up on the British beat group sound of about six months ago."