When the Netflix adaptation of Julie Murphy's YA novel Dumplin' was announced earlier this year, the news was met with excitement for many reasons, not least of which included a soundtrack by Dolly ...

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“The inspiration for all of my books will almost always be me wanting to see characters in fat bodies navigating all kinds of narratives,” Julie Murphy tells EW. “Dear Sweet Pea is no different.” The ...

The most recent YA-novel-turned movie Dumplin', streaming now on Netflix, is a movie with many different takeaways: that beauty standards are completely arbitrary and need to be completely dismantled; ...

Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy is the Hamilton book of the week nominated by Jeanne Mochel, the librarian at Soddy Daisy High School. Ms. Mochel said, “The students love this clever and funny novel that ...

This week, Netflix announced the release date for its upcoming movie DUMPLIN', based on the best-selling novel by Julie Murphy. Fans have been excited ever since it was announced, and they don't have ...

The 23-year-old actor sets the record straight on if he's playing John Ambrose in 'To All the Boys.' Luke Benward captured hearts as nice guy Bo in Dumplin', the Netflix adaptation of the best-selling ...

Dumplin’ debuted on Netflix in 2018. It tells the story of Willowdean, a plus-size teen who protests her town’s beauty pageant. Willowdean goes through many changes through the course of the film, but ...

Netflix's newest comedy Dumplin' is about a teenage girl named Willowdean "Dumplin'" Dixon (played by Danielle Macdonald) who enters a Texas beauty pageant to spite her mother (Jennifer Aniston), ...