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HSN superstar Joy Mangano — the inspiration for David O. Russell’s Joy, starring Jennifer Lawrence — received a special call live on the air on Jan. 3 while relaunching her best-selling Miracle Mop on the shopping network. As has been reported, the director ordered 13 of them. Why? “It’s my lucky number,” Russell said during the call.
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But perhaps more interesting than his HSN haul of velvet hangers, a hair dryer and her Biggest Better Beauty Case is what Russell revealed to Mangano: Gloria Cooper — mother of Joy actor and frequent Russell collaborator Bradley Cooper — served as an “unofficial consultant” on the Fox film because she was a devoted watcher of HSN in the ’90s and a huge fan of the self-wringing mop.
Says Mangano: “I still can’t believe that David called in.”
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