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when it came time for the girl to go to college, Aunt Edna once again proved to be a reliable fairy godmother
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In the course of one eventful year, with the help of a fairy godmother/movie star best friend, the journalist weathers public humiliation, finds true love and learns to accept herself, and her life, in all of its messy, imperfect glory.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
Or even Donkey Skin, the Jacques Demy movie where the fairy godmother has a helicopter.
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
But nothing gives this adaptation — which otherwise might have easily been forgotten as a quirky '90s made-for-TV one-off — so much fairy dust as a glimmering Whitney Houston playing the best-ever fairy godmother.
—EW.com, 4 Mar. 2024
And that’s when a fairy godmother in a headscarf appears.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
This is the no-nonsense fairy godmother behind the careers of your favorite stand-up comics.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Babyface donates musical instruments to Indianapolis school Tyrese Haliburton is not a fairy godmother.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2024
Grossman breathes enchanting new life into the well-trod tale, with clever twists on Cinderella's penchant for animal friends and a fairy godmother.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2023
Sadly, like Cinderella with her fairy godmother, my Bunny returned her fuzzy ears and mink-trimmed, jet-black column dress to Halston the morning after the ball.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2024
Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2024
Or even Donkey Skin, the Jacques Demy movie where the fairy godmother has a helicopter.
—Hazlitt, 3 Apr. 2024
But nothing gives this adaptation — which otherwise might have easily been forgotten as a quirky '90s made-for-TV one-off — so much fairy dust as a glimmering Whitney Houston playing the best-ever fairy godmother.
—EW.com, 4 Mar. 2024
And that’s when a fairy godmother in a headscarf appears.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
This is the no-nonsense fairy godmother behind the careers of your favorite stand-up comics.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Babyface donates musical instruments to Indianapolis school Tyrese Haliburton is not a fairy godmother.
—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2024
Grossman breathes enchanting new life into the well-trod tale, with clever twists on Cinderella's penchant for animal friends and a fairy godmother.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 21 Aug. 2023
Sadly, like Cinderella with her fairy godmother, my Bunny returned her fuzzy ears and mink-trimmed, jet-black column dress to Halston the morning after the ball.
—Chloe Malle, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Fairy godmother.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fairy%20godmother. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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