75-497: Bad Teacher is a 2011 American comedy film directed by Jake Kasdan and written by the writing team of Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky . Starring Cameron Diaz , Justin Timberlake , Lucy Punch , John Michael Higgins , and Jason Segel , the film tells the story of a middle school teacher who hates her job, her students, and her co-workers, but returns to teaching after her wealthy fiancé breaks up with her. Bad Teacher
150-513: A BAFTA Award and four Golden Globe Awards . Born in San Diego , California, Diaz was raised in Long Beach . While still in high school, she signed a modeling contract with Elite Model Management . She made her film debut at age 21 opposite Jim Carrey in the comedy The Mask (1994). Following a supporting role in the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), she starred as
225-723: A camp sensibility lay behind the successful Carry On films , while in America subversive independent film-maker John Waters made camp films for college audiences with his drag queen friends that eventually found a mainstream audience. The success of the American television show Saturday Night Live drove decades of cinema with racier content allowed on television drawing on the program's stars and characters, with bigger successes including Wayne's World , Mean Girls , Ghostbusters and Animal House . Parody and joke-based films continue to find audiences. While comedic films are among
300-418: A happy ending , with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre . Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies , which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music
375-582: A home exchange with a British woman (Winslet). The film became one of the biggest commercial successes of the year, grossing more than US$ 205 million worldwide. Diaz's only film of 2007 was Shrek the Third , the third installment in the Shrek franchise, which also featured Timberlake in a supporting role. Although the film was met with mixed reviews from critics, it grossed US$ 798 million worldwide. The same year, Diaz also voiced Princess Fiona in
450-416: A sex symbol . During this period, Diaz dated video producer Carlos de la Torre. Diaz subsequently starred in the independent black comedy The Last Supper (1995), playing one of several liberal graduate students who invite a group of extremist conservatives to a dinner in an attempt to murder them. Roger Ebert deemed the film "a brave effort in a timid time, a Swiftian attempt to slap us all in
525-716: A "ferociously emotional" performance. San Francisco Chronicle similarly stated of the film, "most impressive is Cameron Diaz, whose fatal-attraction stalker is both heartbreaking and terrifying." She earned nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globe Awards, the SAG Awards , the Critics' Choice Awards , and the American Film Institute Awards for her performance in the film. Also in 2001, she voiced Princess Fiona in
600-512: A celebrity dance show and a host to a weight-loss fitness show, who becomes pregnant with her dance partner's baby. Upon release, the ensemble comedy received mostly negative reviews, but became a moderate commercial success with a worldwide gross of US$ 84.4 million. Diaz's other film that year was Gambit , a remake of the 1966 film of the same name directed by Michael Hoffman and scripted by Joel and Ethan Coen . The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews, and performed poorly at
675-470: A classic car restorer who unwittingly gets caught up with the eccentric secret agent Roy Miller, played by Cruise, who is on the run from the Secret Service . Knight and Day received mixed reviews, and while the comedy performed poorly at the box office in its debut, it became a sleeper hit at the box office with a worldwide gross of US$ 262 million. In 2011, Diaz was cast as Lenore Case,
750-502: A commercial for Coca-Cola in Sydney in 1991. At the age of 21, Diaz auditioned for The Mask , playing a jazz singer named Tina Carlyle, based on the recommendation of an agent for Elite, who met the film's producers while they were searching for the lead actress. Having no previous acting experience, she started acting lessons after being cast. The Mask became one of the top ten highest-grossing films of 1994 and launched Diaz as
825-400: A former lawyer and mother of three, one of whom is dying of leukemia . A moderate commercial success, it grossed US$ 95 million worldwide, mostly from its domestic run. Set in 1976, The Box , written and directed by Richard Kelly , stars Diaz and James Marsden as a couple who receive a box from a mysterious man who offers them one million dollars if they press the button sealed within
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#1732790494445900-606: A journalist, in the remake of the 1940s film The Green Hornet . Directed by Michel Gondry , Diaz starred alongside Seth Rogen , Jay Chou , and Christoph Waltz in the superhero action comedy film. Released to mixed to negative reviews from critics, who called it an "overblown, interminable and unfunny update", the film ended its theatrical run on April 21, 2011, with a worldwide gross total of US$ 228 million. The same year, she played opposite Timberlake and Jason Segel in Jake Kasdan 's adult comedy Bad Teacher . In
975-531: A living". For her role, Diaz earned Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and SAG Awards, however, she was snubbed for the Oscar, which was met with backlash. Her next film release in 1999 was Oliver Stone 's sports drama Any Given Sunday (1999), in which veteran coach Tony D’Amato ( Al Pacino ) has fallen out of favor with her character Christina Pagniacci, the young woman who owns
1050-565: A lot in common. When the new school year starts, Elizabeth has reformed. She is kinder to her co-workers, and has started a relationship with Russell, and did not get her breasts enlarged because she feels that it is unnecessary. Elizabeth also has a new position as the new guidance counselor. Bad Teacher was directed by Jake Kasdan based on a screenplay by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky . Columbia Pictures purchased Eisenberg and Stupnitsky's spec script in August 2008. In May 2009, Kasdan
1125-421: A moderate commercial success with a worldwide gross of US$ 126 million. The role required Diaz to perform multiple scenes of nudity. On her decision to appear nude, Diaz said: "People have seen my butt. I've shown the top of my butt, the bottom of my butt. I'm not opposed to doing nudity, as long as it's part of the story. I'll do whatever has to get done if it's the right thing." Her final film that year
1200-510: A night in which they won a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter. Critic reviews were negative but the film still grossed US$ 219 million with a budget of US$ 35 million. In 2009, she starred in My Sister's Keeper and The Box . Based on Jodi Picoult 's novel of the same name , My Sister's Keeper was released to mixed reviews in June 2009. In the drama, Diaz plays
1275-420: A promising concept and a charmingly brazen performance from Cameron Diaz, Bad Teacher is never as funny as it should be." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 47 out of 100, based on 38 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert gave the film 2 stars writing "there
1350-419: A return to the profession in 2022. Diaz has also written two health books: The Body Book (2013), a New York Times bestseller , and The Longevity Book (2016). Her personal life has drawn media attention throughout the course of her career, mostly regarding her relationships and fashion choices. In 2015, she married Good Charlotte guitarist Benji Madden ; they had a daughter via surrogate in 2019, and
1425-536: A second child in 2024. Cameron Michelle Diaz was born August 30, 1972, in San Diego , California , to Billie (née Early), an import/export agent, and Emilio Diaz, a foreman of the California oil company Unocal . Diaz has an elder sister, Chimene. Her father's family is Cuban, and Diaz's ancestors had originally moved from Spain to Cuba. Later, they settled in Ybor City , Tampa , Florida, before moving to
1500-496: A separate genre, but rather, provides a better understanding of the film. Cameron Diaz Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American actress. Known for her work in both comedy and drama, her films have grossed over $ 3 billion in the U.S. box-office. Diaz established herself as a sex symbol and one of Hollywood's most bankable stars , and in 2013 she was named the highest-paid actress over 40. She has received various accolades , including nominations for
1575-512: A thirty-minute Christmas special, directed by Gary Trousdale . Diaz earned an estimated US$ 50 million during the period of a year ending June 2008, for her roles in the Shrek sequel and her next film What Happens in Vegas opposite Ashton Kutcher . A romantic comedy by Tom Vaughan , Diaz and Kutcher portrayed two strangers who awaken together to discover they have gotten married following
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#17327904944451650-523: A young woman who commits suicide in Europe in the 1970s, and next in the year, she appeared in Vanilla Sky , as the former lover of a self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate ( Tom Cruise ). A wide critical response and commercial success greeted Vanilla Sky upon its release; Los Angeles Times called her "compelling as the embodiment of crazed sensuality" and The New York Times said she gives
1725-402: Is attracted to Amy and only likes Elizabeth as a friend. As Amy and Scott start dating, Elizabeth befriends Russell. To steal the state test answers, Elizabeth impersonates a journalist and seduces Carl Halabi, a state professor in charge of creating and distributing the exams. She convinces Carl to go into his office to have sex, but drugs him and steals the answers. A month later Elizabeth wins
1800-487: Is due to a contract between the film's producers and the fashion company to include the shoes. The film grossed $ 100.3 million in the U.S. and Canada, while its worldwide total stands at $ 216.2 million. The film was released in North America on June 20, 2011, in 3,049 theaters. It took in $ 12,243,987—$ 4,016 per theater—in its opening day, and grossed a total of $ 31,603,106 in its opening weekend, finishing second at
1875-610: Is innocent. Having been indirectly informed that Amy had switched desks with her, Elizabeth states that teachers in the school use drugs. When the police bring a sniffer dog to search the school, they find Elizabeth's mini liquor bottles, marijuana, and OxyContin pills in Amy's classroom, in Elizabeth's desk, leading to Amy getting arrested and transferred to another school by the superintendent. Scott asks Elizabeth to start over, but she rejects him in favor of Russell, having learned they have
1950-473: Is married to Madden's twin brother Joel . In December 2019, the couple welcomed their first child via surrogate pregnancy , a daughter. In March 2024, it was announced that the couple had welcomed their second child, a son. In May 1992, she was photographed and videotaped topless for an S&M leather fashion lingerie editorial by John Rutter, a professional photographer. The photographs and video were never released. Rutter approached Diaz in 2003, ahead of
2025-551: Is more a structural necessity — the linchpin of male jealousy — than a fully imagined person. The limitations of her role point to a more serious lapse, which is the movie's lack of curiosity about what women's lives might have been like in Old New York". Diaz next reprised her roles in the commercially successful sequels Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), and Shrek 2 (2004). Diaz received substantial defamation damages from suing American Media Incorporated , after
2100-493: Is no chemistry, or indeed even much mutual awareness between Diaz and Timberlake." Bad Teacher garnered awards for Choice Movie – Comedy , Choice Movie Actor – Comedy (Timberlake), and Choice Movie Actress – Comedy (Diaz) at the 2011 Teen Choice Awards . Musician Michael Andrews was among the Film Music Awards honorees at the 2012 BMI Film & TV Awards . The film was nominated for Favorite Comedy Movie at
2175-576: Is only after his money, so she resumes her job. Elizabeth tries to win over wealthy substitute teacher Scott Delacorte, rejecting advances from gym teacher Russell Gettis. Her dedicated and enthusiastic colleague Amy Squirrel also pursues Scott. Discovering Scott's ex-girlfriend had large breasts, Elizabeth plans to get breast implants. To afford the $ 9,300 procedure, she participates in the school's 7th-grade car wash wearing provocative clothing, and manipulates parents into giving her money for more school supplies and tutoring. However, she still fails to raise
2250-481: Is taunted by his classmates for getting rejected by a superficial girl, Elizabeth consoles him and helps make him popular, which prompts her to begin reflecting on herself. Back at the school, Amy tricks the janitor into unlocking Elizabeth's desk drawer and finds clues suggesting Elizabeth cheated on the state exam. Amy informs the principal and gets Carl to testify against her. However, Elizabeth took embarrassing photos of Carl and uses them to blackmail him to say she
2325-530: The National Enquirer posted an article and pictures with the headline "Cameron Caught Cheating" on their website in May 2005. The photos claimed to show Diaz cheating on her boyfriend at the time, Justin Timberlake , with the married MTV producer of her show Trippin' , Shane Nickerson. After Diaz complained, the article and pictures were removed from the web and the hard copy did not contain any of
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2400-482: The 38th People's Choice Awards . Bad Teacher received a nomination for Best Comedy at the 2011 Golden Trailer Awards . Diaz was nominated for Favorite Movie Actress – Comedy/Musical at the 12th ALMA Awards . Bad Teacher was released on DVD , Blu-ray , and a combo pack on October 18, 2011. On May 23, 2013, CBS announced a TV series based on the film, with CBS Studios and Sony Pictures Television as production partners. The show premiered on April 24, 2014, in
2475-629: The George W. Bush administration. She wore a T-shirt that read "I won't vote for a son of a Bush!" while making publicity visits for Charlie's Angels . Diaz has been involved with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the first and largest non-profit organization for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan , and has spoken as an advocate for military families. Diaz has received various accolades , including nominations for four Golden Globe Awards , three Screen Actors Guild Awards and
2550-473: The Los Angeles area, where her father was born. Her mother has predominantly English and German ancestry. Diaz was raised in Long Beach and attended Los Cerritos Elementary School , and then Long Beach Polytechnic High School , where she was a schoolmate of Snoop Dogg . She recalled her upbringing as frugal, stating: "I had amazing parents, they were awesome. We weren't privileged—very much
2625-504: The R-rated comedy grossed US$ 216 million worldwide. Also in 2011, Diaz was listed among CEOWorld Magazine ' s Top Accomplished Women Entertainers. In 2012 Diaz was cast in What to Expect When You're Expecting , directed by Kirk Jones and based on the pregnancy guide of the same name . Diaz, who filmed her scenes in a two-week period, portrays Jules Baxter, a contestant on
2700-546: The 9:30pm time slot. Ari Graynor played the Cameron Diaz role, while Sara Gilbert , Ryan Hansen , David Alan Grier , Kristin Davis and Sara Rodier also appeared. On May 10, 2014, CBS canceled Bad Teacher after airing only three episodes. Comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor . These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have
2775-522: The Biology of Strength, and the Privilege of Time in June 2016. She has since invested in health and biotech startups, including Seed Health and Modern Acupuncture. In May 2019, she was a keynote speaker at The Infatuation 's annual food festival, EEEEEATSCON . In 2020, Diaz launched an organic wine brand, Avaline, with business partner Katherine Power. In 2022, she appeared as a guest judge in
2850-488: The US weekend box office with earnings of US$ 24.7 million across the three days; it eventually made US$ 83.9 million in North America and US$ 196.7 million globally. Her next film release in 2014 was the comedy Sex Tape , in which she starred with Segel again as a married couple waking up to discover that a sex tape they had made went missing, leading to a frantic search for its whereabouts. It ultimately became
2925-518: The action comedy Charlie's Angels (2000) and its 2003 sequel , as well as for voicing Princess Fiona in the Shrek franchise (2001–present). Her subsequent films include the comedies In Her Shoes (2005), The Holiday (2006), What Happens in Vegas (2008), Knight and Day (2010), The Green Hornet (2011), and Bad Teacher (2011). After starring in three successful comedies in 2014— The Other Woman , Sex Tape and Annie —Diaz retired from acting to focus on her family, but made
3000-406: The amount. Amy informs the principal about Elizabeth's embezzlement , but he dismisses the claims when no evidence is provided. Learning the teacher of the class with the highest state test scores will receive a $ 5,700 bonus, Elizabeth forces the class to intensely study To Kill a Mockingbird for the test. However, the students score low on the practice quizzes, frustrating her. Scott admits he
3075-513: The animated film Shrek . In the film, her character is plagued by a curse that transforms her into an ogress each and every sunset. Locked in a dragon-guarded castle for several years, she is rescued by the title character , whom she later comes to love. The film was a major commercial success, grossing US$ 484.4 million worldwide and became the first movie to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature . In 2002, Diaz headlined
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3150-496: The bonus and books her breast enlargement. Learning that Amy and Scott are chaperoning an upcoming field trip, Elizabeth smears an apple with poison ivy and leaves it for Amy, causing her to get blisters on her face. Substituting for Amy on the trip, Elizabeth seduces Scott. They dry hump and Elizabeth leaves Amy a message through Scott's phone, recording all the action. However, Scott's ever-changing ideals disappoint Elizabeth and she loses interest in him. After her student Garrett
3225-425: The box office, behind Cars 2 . In Germany, the film reached No. 1 on the country's Cinema Charts in its opening week after 496,000 people saw the film. This caused Kung Fu Panda 2 , which reached No. 1 the week before, to fall to No. 2. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 45% of 193 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "In spite of
3300-447: The box office, grossing only US$ 10 million internationally. Diaz also voiced Sigmund Freud in A Liar's Autobiography (2012), a British animated comedy film that is a (deliberately) completely inaccurate portrayal of the life of Monty Python alumnus Graham Chapman . Diaz's only film project of 2013 was Ridley Scott 's The Counselor , co-starring Michael Fassbender , Javier Bardem , Penélope Cruz , and Brad Pitt . In
3375-473: The content. The magazine apologized to Diaz, Timberlake, Nickerson and his wife for the distress caused and said the story was untrue and the picture showed no more than a goodbye hug between friends. In her following film, Diaz played opposite Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine in In Her Shoes (2005), a comedy-drama film based on the novel of the same name by Jennifer Weiner , which focuses on
3450-514: The dome on top of a box, knowing that someone, somewhere, will die from it. Critical response towards the psychological horror film was mixed, and, though having grossed its budget back, was considered a financial disappointment. In 2010, Forbes ranked Diaz as the richest female celebrity, ranking her number 60 among the wealthiest 100. Also that year, Diaz reprised her voice role of Princess Fiona in Shrek Forever After ,
3525-436: The face and get us to admit that our own freedoms depend precisely on those of our neighbors, our opponents and, yes, our enemies." She then had a lead role as an ex-stripper in the dramatic comedy Feeling Minnesota (1996), in which she co-starred opposite Keanu Reeves , Vincent D'Onofrio , and Courtney Love . Emanuel Levy of Variety noted: "Sadly, with the notable exception of the attractive Diaz, who's well cast as
3600-410: The film Mortal Kombat , but had to resign after breaking her hand while training for the role. Besides a starring part in the little-seen A Life Less Ordinary , Diaz returned to mainstream in 1997 with the romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding . In it, she starred opposite Julia Roberts , playing the wealthy fiancée of a sportswriter who is the long-time friend of Roberts' character. The film
3675-515: The film industry due to their popularity. In The Screenwriters Taxonomy (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story, and therefore, the labels "drama" and "comedy" are too broad to be considered a genre. Instead, his taxonomy argues that comedy is a type of film that contains at least a dozen different sub-types. A number of hybrid genres have emerged, such as action comedy and romantic comedy . The first comedy film
3750-419: The film, Diaz plays an immoral, gold-digging Chicago -area middle school teacher at the fictional John Adams Middle School who curses at her students, drinks heavily, and smokes marijuana . Again, it received mostly negative reviews from critics who felt that "in spite of a promising concept and a charmingly brazen performance from Diaz, Bad Teacher is never as funny as it should be." A commercial hit however,
3825-443: The fourth installment in the Shrek series. Although the film opened to mixed reviews from critics, it grossed a worldwide total of over US$ 752 million and became the fifth top-grossing film released that year. The same year, she also voiced Princess Fiona in a thirty-minute Halloween special. Also in 2010, Diaz reunited with her Vanilla Sky co-star Tom Cruise in the action comedy film Knight and Day . In it, Diaz plays
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#17327904944453900-533: The fourth-highest-grossing film of the year; it made US$ 176 million in the United States and US$ 369 million worldwide. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Actress – Musical or Comedy. Diaz also starred in the critically panned comedy Very Bad Things (1998). She starred in Spike Jonze 's directorial debut Being John Malkovich (1999), portraying
3975-754: The most popular with audiences at the box office, there is an 'historical bias against a close and serious consideration of comedy' when it comes to critical reception and conferring of awards, such as at the Academy Awards . Film writer Cailian Savage observes "Comedies have won Oscars, although they’ve usually been comedy-dramas, involved very depressing scenes, or appealed to stone-hearted drama lovers in some other way, such as Shakespeare in Love ." According to Williams' taxonomy , all film descriptions should contain their type (comedy or drama) combined with one (or more) sub-genres. This combination does not create
4050-644: The opposite. My family would collect [soda] cans to turn in for extra money, because $ 20 meant something to us. But we were very happy." While still attending high school, Diaz signed a modeling contract with Elite Model Management at age 16 and appeared in advertisements for Calvin Klein and Levi's . The following year, at age 17, she was featured on the cover of the July 1990 issue of Seventeen magazine. Diaz also modeled for 2 to 3 months in Australia and shot
4125-536: The pet-obsessed wife of an unemployed puppeteer who, through a portal, finds himself in the mind of actor John Malkovich . The film received widespread acclaim and was an arthouse success. Janet Maslin of The New York Times concluded that Diaz "does a hilarious turn" in her "frumpy wife" role, and Roger Ebert felt that the actress, "one of the best-looking women in movies, [...] here looks so dowdy we hardly recognize her [...] Diaz has fun with her talent by taking it incognito to strange places and making it work for
4200-627: The relationship between two sisters and their grandmother. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, and Diaz garnered acclaim for her performance of a dyslectic wild child engaged in a love-hate struggle with her plain, sensible sister (Collette), with USA Today calling it "her best work" at the time. She followed In Her Shoes with a role in Nancy Meyers ' romantic comedy The Holiday (2006), also starring Kate Winslet , Jude Law , and Jack Black . In it she played Amanda, an American movie trailer producer who arranges
4275-427: The release of Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle , offering to sell the pictures and video to her for US$ 3.5 million (equivalent to $ 5.8 million in 2023) before attempting to sell them to prospective buyers. He stated that he was offering her first right of refusal to them; she saw it as attempted blackmail and sued him. In July 2004, the 30-minute video of the photo shoot, entitled She's No Angel ,
4350-461: The role of a pickpocket-grifter and the love interest of Leonardo DiCaprio 's character. The film received positive reviews by critics and was a box office success, grossing a total of US$ 193 million worldwide. A. O. Scott of The New York Times , agreeing with other top critics on co-star Daniel Day-Lewis 's presence overshadowing Diaz and DiCaprio, felt that the actress "ends up with no outlet for her spitfire energies, since her character
4425-562: The role to the point of hysteria". Diaz decided to take a break from acting following the release of Annie , stating in July 2017 that she became tired of traveling for filming, and confirmed her retirement the following March. In late 2013, she published a health book, The Body Book: Feed, Move, Understand and Love Your Amazing Body , co-written with Sandra Bark. It was no. 2 on The New York Times Best Seller list in March 2014. She then released The Longevity Book: The Science of Aging,
4500-564: The romantic comedy The Sweetest Thing , playing a single woman educating herself on wooing the opposite sex when she finally meets the man of her dreams. The film was a moderate commercial success with a global gross of US$ 68.6 million. After completing Shrek , Diaz starred in Martin Scorsese 's epic period drama Gangs of New York , set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City; she took on
4575-1009: The season opener episode of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 7 , and stated she was a huge fan of the show. In June 2022, it was announced that Diaz would return to acting by starring alongside Foxx in the Netflix action-comedy Back in Action . In March 2024, Diaz was announced to be in talks to star in the Apple Original Film Outcome alongside Keanu Reeves . Filming started for the project later that month. She will reprise her voice role as Princess Fiona in Shrek 5 , scheduled for release in 2026. From 1990 to 1994, Diaz cohabited with video producer Carlos de la Torre, whom she met in Japan while filming an LA Gear ad. From January 1996 to September 1998, Diaz dated her There's Something About Mary co-star Matt Dillon . She
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#17327904944454650-577: The sexual aggressor and romantic manipulator, there are no exciting performances in the film." The same year, she was cast opposite Jennifer Aniston in the Edward Burns -directed comedy She's the One (1996), followed by a starring role in Head Above Water (1996), a crime-comedy in which she played an unfaithful wife implicated in her ex-lover's murder. She was scheduled to perform in
4725-552: The team. While critical response was mixed, the film made US$ 100 million globally. In the film adaptation Charlie's Angels (2000), Diaz, Drew Barrymore , and Lucy Liu played the trio of investigators in Los Angeles. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of the year, grossing US$ 264.1 million. In 2001, Diaz starred in the Sundance-premiered independent drama The Invisible Circus , as
4800-617: The thriller about greed, death, the primal instincts of humans and their consequences, Diaz plays a pathological liar and a sociopath , an immigrant who is now living the high-life after escaping a sordid past as an exotic dancer . While the film's reception was negative, her performance was praised as one of her best in recent years. Diaz's first film of 2014 was the romantic revenge comedy The Other Woman opposite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau , Leslie Mann , and Kate Upton . While The Other Woman received mostly negative reviews from critics, who felt that it settled for cheap laughs, it opened atop
4875-412: The title. In films such as My Best Friend's Wedding and A Life Less Ordinary , Diaz has shown herself to be a good comic sport who is game for just about anything. Here, it's no stretch to understand why, at the end of the movie, some half-dozen suitors have converged in her living room to throw themselves at her feet." The sleeper hit was the highest-grossing comedy of 1998 in North America as well as
4950-707: The titular character in the Farrelly brothers ' comedy There's Something About Mary (1998), which brought her increased fame and her first Golden Globe nomination. Her following two projects—the sports drama Any Given Sunday and Spike Jonze 's fantasy film Being John Malkovich (both 1999)—lent Diaz a reputation as a dramatic actress. Diaz received praise for her supporting roles in Cameron Crowe 's Vanilla Sky (2001) and Martin Scorsese 's Gangs of New York (2002) and had greater commercial success in
5025-512: The use of comedy film to make social statements by building their narratives around sensitive cultural, political or social issues. Such films include Dr Strangelove, or How I Learned to Love the Bomb , Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and The Graduate . In America, the sexual revolution drove an appetite for comedies that celebrated and parodied changing social morals, including Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Fanny Hill . In Britain,
5100-414: Was L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895), directed and produced by film pioneer Louis Lumière . Less than a minute long, it shows a boy playing a prank on a gardener. The most notable comedy actors of the silent film era (1895–1927) were Charlie Chaplin , Harold Lloyd , and Buster Keaton , though they were able to make the transition into “ talkies ” after the 1920s. Film-makers in the 1960s skillfully employed
5175-626: Was a global box-office hit and is considered one of the best romantic comedy films of all time. In 1998, Diaz starred in There's Something About Mary , as the titular role of a woman living in Miami having several men vying for her affections. It was remarked in The Austin Chronicle : "As the Mary at the center of it all, Diaz certainly exudes that irresistible 'something' expressed in
5250-438: Was hired to direct Bad Teacher . The following December, Cameron Diaz was cast in the film's lead role. Justin Timberlake was cast opposite Diaz in March 2010, and filming began later in the month. The film was shot in Los Angeles, California . John Burroughs Middle School was used as location for the scenes at "John Adams Middle School" in the film. In the film, Cameron Diaz wears mostly Christian Louboutin shoes. This
5325-417: Was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue . Comedy, compared with other film genres , places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to
5400-493: Was released in the United States on June 24, 2011, by Columbia Pictures . It grossed $ 216 million. Elizabeth Halsey is a lazy and immoral teacher at John Adams Middle School in Chicago . She curses at her students, drinks heavily, smokes marijuana and lets her students watch movies so she can sleep through class. She plans to quit teaching and marry her wealthy fiancé Mark, but he dumps her when his mother shows him that Elizabeth
5475-474: Was released on a Russian website. Rutter denied releasing it. On September 16, 2005, Rutter was sentenced to more than three years in prison for attempted grand theft, forgery, and perjury. Known for her environmental activism , she was an early adopter of the Toyota Prius hybrid and worked to promote Al Gore 's Live Earth campaign, raising awareness of climate change . Diaz was also critical of
5550-522: Was the film adaptation Annie , co-starring Quvenzhané Wallis , Jamie Foxx , and Rose Byrne . She took on the role of Miss Colleen Hannigan, the cruel control freak of the foster home where the titular character resides. Upon its December premiere, Annie made US$ 133 million worldwide, with Diaz's performance garnering polarized reviews; critics praising her effort, but ultimately calling it too "vampy", as well as "strident and obnoxious". Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says that she "overacts
5625-524: Was unofficially engaged to actor/singer Jared Leto between 1999 and 2003. From April 2003 to December 2006, she dated singer Justin Timberlake . From May 2010 to September 2011, Diaz dated former New York Yankees player Alex Rodriguez . Diaz married musician Benji Madden at her home in Beverly Hills, California , on January 5, 2015, in a Jewish ceremony. The couple had been introduced ten months earlier by her close friend Nicole Richie who
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