Jennifer Aniston plays Rosie Dickson, a beauty queen turned pageant director in "Dumplin,'" filming in Atlanta. The plot, per imdb: "girl with the nickname 'Dumplin'' enters a beauty pageant in order to win over the boy she likes and stick it to the other girls at school."

Anne Fletcher directs the movie, based on the novel by Julie Murphy.

Jen's no stranger to our booming screen scene.

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Students line up after school for school buses at Sequoyah Middle School in Doraville on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. The school’s principal told teachers not to talk to students about ICE, and teachers and activists are pushing back. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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