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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Fireworks will be set off at dusk at Alpharetta’s Independence Day event at Wills Park. The photo shows a view of a previous year’s fireworks from the nearby Walk of Memories at American Legion Post 201. (Courtesy of Alpharetta Convention & Visitors Bureau/Jack Tuszynski)

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People carrying a giant pride flag participate in the annual Pride Parade in Atlanta on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (Miguel Martinez/AJC)

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