Cloris Leachman
1) Cloris
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She received two Emmy Awards as the irrepressible Phyllis on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, an Oscar for her role in The Last Picture Show, and delighted audiences as Frau Blucher in Young Frankenstein and Nurse Diesel in High Anxiety. But who, really, is Cloris Leachman? She's one of the most acclaimed and unpredictable actresses of our time. Now, for the first time, the incomparable Cloris reflects on her amazing life and illustrious career. (Bestseller)...
2) Adult World
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An aspiring writer craving inspiration (Emma Roberts) stalks her literary idol (John Cusack) and finds work in a sex toy shop in this very funny and sexy comedy.
4) So B. It
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Based on the New York Times Best-selling novel, a young prodigy named Heidi has a lucky streak that has a way of pointing her in the right direction. When a mysterious word in her mother's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi's thirst for the truth leads her on a cross-country journey in search of the secrets of her past.
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"Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis after a relationship goes bad. She finds work as an associate producer in a small television newsroom where the characters include Lou Grant, her gruff boss, Murray Slaughter the humorous writer, and Ted Baxter the Anchor Man who spends his time mispronouncing country names. Mary continues to hope for romance, but finds that her friends are more dependable."--www.imdb.com.
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Gerrie and Arthur Mason discover that their daughter, Maxie, is a drug-addict. Guessing their son Artie is responsible, they turn him out. Maxie flees, into the arms of her drug addict partner, but her parents find them and forcibly bring her home. A bad trip now leads the young girl to hospital. Her parents hear with amazement that her dealer is an exemplary student, Sandy, their respectable neighbors' son...
11) The comedian
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A look at the life of an aging insult comic named Jack Burke.
12) Daisy Miller
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Continuing his 1970s recreations of classical Hollywood genres and styles, Peter Bogdanovich turned to the literary costume drama with an adaptation of the Henry James novella *Daisy Miller*. At a Swiss spa, upper-class expatriate American Frederick Winterbourne (Barry Brown) meets pretty, nouveau riche flirt Daisy Miller (Cybill Shepherd); her bratty, xenophobic little brother Randolph (James McMurtry); and her tremulous, nattering mother (Cloris...
13) Prancer
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A little girl finds a wounded reindeer in the woods and believes it is Prancer. Her efforts to nurse it back to health so she can return it to Santa bring about wonderful changes in the lives of everyone- her father, their neighbor, a grouchy vet, a department store Santa and the people of the town.
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Share the memories and the laughter with the hilarious, heartwarming final season of this enduring classic. The last year of the series includes milestones for WJM's workers like the birth of Ted and Georgette's baby, Murray's stint as a producer, Mary's date with Lou and the final bittersweet goodbye for the show and the cast.
15) Lez bomb
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From the executive producer of There's Something About Mary comes a holiday comedy about a woman (Writer-Director, Jenna Laurenzo) who comes home with life changing news. As it turns out, there is no good time to drop the LEZ BOMB.
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Doug Harris is a lovable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams, Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan, owner of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides flattering best men for socially challenged guys in need. What ensues is a hilarious wedding charade as they try to pull off the big con, and an unexpected budding bromance between Doug and his fake best...
17) S.O.S. Titanic
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In the early hours of April 15, 1912, a young wireless operator on the R.M.S. Carpathia heard a faint distress signal. Unbelievably, it came from the R.M.S. Titanic, which was then making her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. Based firmly upon facts, this is the tragic story of the end of the ship which had been claimed to be unsinkable. The strong ensemble cast includes Cloris Leachman, David Warner, Helen Mirren and Ian Holm. Nominated...
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All of your favorites from the WJM-TV newsroom are here for season six of the comedy classic. This time love is all around as the ever-independent Mary falls head over heels and rekindles an old flame while level-headed Murray pines away for a secret love of his own. From Lou's unlikely date with Sue Ann to Georgette and Ted finally walking down the aisle to the untimely passing of Chuckles the Clown, it's time to join the laughter and lunacy that...
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In the fifth season, Mary and her eccentric friends weather a few storms, sometimes literally. As if her love life isn't challenging enough, Mary takes a shot at producing the news and even has a brush with the law. Laughs are the lead story when a consultant turns the newsroom upside down. Lou becomes Mary's neighbor and Ted starts a rumor that he and Mary are dating.
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Season four joins Mary and the rest of the crew from the WJM-TV newsroom for another season of the classic sitcom. Mary confronts some of life's biggest challenges head-on. She deals with career advancement, dating, marriage, death and divorce with varying degrees of success but always with a sense of humor and an optimistic outlook.