"I want to thank everyone who was willing to look stupid and put even just a sliver of themselves on the line to legitimize all these new filmmakers here tonight," Russell said at the awards ceremony ...

Merchant will also direct the new film, which will find him as a workaholic who needs a fake wife for appearances, and ends up hiring Diaz’ stand-up comic.

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