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Kelly Ripa<\/a> and <\/span>Mark Consuelos<\/a>\u00a0make watching TV better, and their spoof of <\/span>Nicole Kidman<\/a>‘s infamous — yet iconic — AMC Theaters commercial from almost three years ago is one reason why.<\/span><\/p>\n The <\/span>Live With Kelly and Mark<\/span><\/em>\u00a0hosts teased their upcoming live show from the site of the <\/span>96th Academy Awards<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and to do that the beloved couple borrowed a page from Kidman’s 2021 AMC commercial. You know, the one where she gets all melodramatic about the movie-watching experience that was parodied and meme’d everywhere.<\/span><\/p>\n For their iteration, Ripa and Consuelos not only spoofed the AMC commercial but they also parodied a number of classics, like <\/span>A Few Good Men<\/span><\/em>, <\/span>Basic Instinct<\/span><\/em> and <\/span>Dirty Dancing<\/span><\/em>. They also parodied at least one instant classic, Greta Gerwig’s <\/span>Barbie<\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Ripa and Consuelos nailed just about every part of Kidman’s role, from the outfits to their slow stroll into the movie theater. Even the raspy, over-the-top delivery’s uncanny.<\/span><\/p>\n In an interview with <\/span>People<\/em><\/a>, Ripa said the concept was all completely new to her because she hadn’t been aware of Kidman’s commercial, in which she attempts to sell movie theaters as the be-all and end-all of cinematic experiences. One of Kidman’s most iconic lines went, “Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like this.”<\/span><\/p>\n “I tend to see movies when they’re available for streaming at home, just because I tend to not like to go to movie theaters in general, so I was totally unfamiliar with this AMC movie preamble by Nicole Kidman,” Ripa told the outlet. ” That was truly me walking blindly into something having never seen it before. And so they kept playing it for me on the computer and I would say, ‘Okay, stop. Play it again.'”<\/span><\/p>\n The spoof has perfect timing.\u00a0AMC rolled out three more commercials with Kidman as the lead. According to <\/span>Variety<\/em><\/a>, the rollout kicked off this month with a new 30-second version of the “We Make Movies Better” ad.<\/span><\/p>\n The\u00a0<\/span>2024 Academy Awards<\/a>, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, airs live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 10, at 4 p.m. PT\/7 p.m. ET on ABC. Follow along at\u00a0<\/span>ETonline.com<\/a>\u00a0for full Oscars coverage, including red carpet arrivals, the complete winners list and more.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n RELATED CONTENT:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n