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"She's rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own? Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She's spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies-good ones! That win contests! But she's also been the sole caretaker for her kind-hearted dad, who needs full-time care. Now, when she gets a chance to re-write a script for famous screenwriter Charlie Yates-The Charlie Yates! Her personal writing god!-it's a...
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"From culture writer and GQ contributor Scott Meslow, an in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the 80s and the 90s, its slow decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming, featuring exclusive interviews with the directors, writers, and stars of the iconic films that defined the genre"-- Provided by publisher.
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Di solito non trasformo un appuntamento in un'emergenza medica, ma quando succede, per poco non eviro il mio uomo...
Il primo appuntamento di Shannon e Declan culmina in un viaggio in ambulanza ed un'ulteriore prova per la loro folle relazione. Steve, l'ex-fidanzato di Shannon, insiste con un invito a cena, mentre Declan è via per lavoro. Il suo ritorno inaspettato, però, comporterà una dose generosa di romanticismo, quando Declan decide di...
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Elvis & Madonna is a romantic comedy that deals with an unusual subject in a delicate and realistic way, a love story between young lesbian Elvis and a transvestite Madonna. The story takes place in Copacabana, neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The screenplay comprehends a full array of human types and, by following the journey of both protagonists, illustrates the conflicts generated by the evolution of behavior and custom. It is a modern and agile...
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Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost comically jinxed. By contrast, her sister Ami is an eternal champion ... she even managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a slew of contests. Unfortunately for Olive, the only thing worse than constant bad luck is having to spend the wedding day with the best man (and her nemesis), Ethan Thomas. Olive braces herself for...
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When love drives you crazy . . .
When sexy Joe Malone never calls after their explosive kiss, Kylie shoves him out of her mind. Until she needs a favor, and it's a doozy. Something precious to her has been stolen and there's only one person with unique finder-and-fixer skills that can help-Joe. It means swallowing her pride and somehow trying to avoid the temptation to throttle him-or seduce him.
The best thing to do . . .
No, Joe didn't call after...
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In the 1934 classic “It Happened One Night”, heiress Claudette Colbert races away from the altar and a conventional marriage and throws herself into a wisecracking rough-and-tumble affair with Clark Gable. The new brand of movies following in the wake of Capra's kooky masterpiece-and the women starring in them-are the focus of Kendall's “The Runaway Bride”, a look at the films that mirrored the climate of the Great Depression while at the...
9) Alex and Leo
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Leo, an advertising executive in his mid-30s, falls in love with Alex who's just gotten out of a long-term relationship. While Alex doesn't quite know how to react to Leo's advances, Leo's facing trouble with Alex's oddball clique.
10) The Coffee Shop
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The Cup coffee house, a gay hot spot, its workers, its regulars, and the drama it has to deal with every day. There's the owner of the shop, the fabulous Bea Reasonable and the flamboyant boy-crazy gay waiter, Jamie. There's also the slimy creeper looking for some fun. And then there's Helen, a straight girl with a penchant for drama. The drama unfolds when Helen meets her bisexual boyfriend at The Cup for a date. Hilarity ensues when their date goes...
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Mix together a small town community theatre's shy leading man and the lovely telephone worker who moves into town and you have a perfect recipe for a delightful romantic comedy. Academy Award-winners Susan Sarandon and Christopher Walken star as the couple who discover that affairs of the heart on the stage may be a bit less complicated than continuing the romance off the stage. Director Jonathan Demme, an Academy Award-winner, deftly weaves this...
12) Bollywood Beats
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Raj is a down-on-his-luck dancer who is fighting to hold his life together. After starting up a dance class, he finds new hope with his students but soon must choose between them and a chance of a lifetime.
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Ben, aged 30, is about to marry Juliette ( Anais Demoustier, THE FRENCH MINISTER, ELLES). But his quiet little life will be turned on its head when he runs into the person whom he secretly wanted to see more than anyone, Vanessa (Emmanuelle Chriqui, ENTOURAGE, THE MENTALIST) the high-school sex bomb who never gave him a second glance. She's back in Paris now, and he's the only person she knows..
14) Hold Your Peace
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Hold Your Peace is the story of Aiden, a man asked to be the best man at his ex-boyfriend's commitment ceremony. Rather than risk going alone, he finds the most unlikely of dates in his roommate's more 'stereotypical' friend, Lance. As time goes on, he discovers that things are far more complex than he thought he could handle. A gay romantic comedy with a lot of heart, it explores how we all decide who we're going to spend our lives with, and what...
15) Wedding Daze
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This is a comedy that shows us that love has nothing to do with perfection. After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson (Biggs) is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie (Fisher) and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of love that both have been looking for all along.
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Just six days before the vote on Prop 8, the sweet and geeky Paul decides he wants to get married to the man of his dreams. At the same time, he's assigned to work for a conservative client who's campaigning against gay marriage. In the week that follows, Paul embarks on a strange and exciting personal journey to find the man of his dreams, test his moral limits and reconcile with his estranged parents.
17) The Dare
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Cocky. Jaw-droppingly sexy. A patient in my emergency room. As an ER nurse, I've seen a lot of things, but this might take the cake. Because the charming hottie packing a whole lotta somethin' somethin' beneath his hospital gown? He's all kinds of naughty trouble. And I have time for exactly none of it. I didn't expect to see Cade again - never expected the guy I treated for a monster erection in my ER would turn out to be the sweet, single dad I'm...
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The Wedding Laughbox contains FIVE full-length novels and ONE ALL NEW NOVELLA! - from a variety of New York Times bestselling romantic comedy author Julia Kent's series.
It's wedding season, and what's better than a wedding in rom com style?
Julia Kent's madcap style, that is.
How about a campground double wedding with three grooms and two brides? (What? Yep...) Or a billionaire and his betrothed escaping their own wedding to flee to Vegas?...
19) Guitarded
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Baby boomer, attorney Paul Cooper is passed over for a well-earned promotion to a position he created at County Counsel. The boss even has the gall to tell Paul to get a hobby instead. Yet, ever the company man and eager to prove them all wrong, Paul takes up guitar after getting encouragement from his college-age daughter.
Having heard at the guitar store that "chicks dig licks" Paul believes he's also found the way to finally win the affection...
20) Video Vixen
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Meet Vixen Mallory - the most downloaded, fully clothed woman on the Internet!
Welcome to Sodom's Crossing just south of the equator - well actually downtown Manhattan! From her billboard in Times Square to her rare vertical photos in Playboy - the world was finding it easy to be Vixen-ized!
Shy actress Vicki Kirkland dazzled as cable-televisions most sexy, unscrupulous siren on the world's leading soap opera. When investigative journalist Dan Falkner...
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