Amy Sedaris
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English
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The inspiration for the TV show At Home with Amy Sedaris, here is a hilarious, helpful, and informative guide on how to entertain.
Are you lacking direction in how to whip up a swanky soiree for lumberjacks? A dinner party for white-collar workers? A festive gathering for the grieving? Don't despair!
Take a cue from entertaining expert Amy Sedaris and host an unforgettable fete that will have your guests raving. No matter the style or size of the...
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English
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Sedaris shows how to make popular crafts, such as crab-claw roach clips, tinfoil balls, and crepe-paper moccasins; how to remember which kind of glue to use with which material; how to create your own craft room and avoid the most common crafting accidents; and, how to cook your own edible crafts, from a Crafty Candle Salad to Sugar Skulls, and many more recipes.
Pub. Date
2006.
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English
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Chicken Little causes widespread panic about the sky falling but townspeople think it was just an acorn hitting him on the head. When a real piece of the sky lands on his head, Chicken Little and his band of misfit friends, Abby Mallard (aka Ugly Duckling), Runt of the Litter and Fish Out of Water, attempt to save the world without sending the town into a whole new panic.
7) Chef
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English
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A chef who loses his restaurant job starts up a food truck in an effort to reclaim his creative promise, while piecing back together his estranged family.
11) Shrek the Third
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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When Shrek married Fiona the last thing he had in mind was becoming the next King of Far Far Away. But when Shrek's father-in-law, King Harold, suddenly croaks, that is exactly what he faces. Recruiting Donkey and Puss in Boots for a new quest, Shrek sets out to bring back the rightful heir to the throne. Meanwhile back in the kingdom, Fiona's jilted Prince Charming storms the city with an army of fairy tale villains to seize the throne. Fiona and...
12) Jennifer's body
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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Needy is a reserved bookworm. Her best friend is Jennifer, a conceited cheerleader. The two share little in common. They share even less in common when Jennifer mysteriously gains an appetite for human blood after a disastrous fire at a local bar. Soon, Needy's male classmates are steadily killed off in gruesome attacks and she must uncover the truth behind her friend's transformation and find a way to stop the bloodthirsty rampage before it reaches...
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Series
Hot in Cleveland volume 10
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English
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As Victoria interviews the governor's candidly opportunistic wife, Elka goes on trial and attempts to sway the verdict by flirting with an elderly juror.
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Hot in Cleveland volume 11
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English
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After Elka flees to escape her sentencing, the women find her in Amish country, where they meet Yoder, and Victoria embraces the simple life.
16) Beware the Gonzo
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English
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When the rebel-minded Gonzo (Ezra Miller) is ousted from his school paper by very-popular editor Gavin (Jesse McCartney), he teams with the mysterious Evie (Zoe Kravitz) to start his own paper and turn the social hierarchy on its head.
17) Full Grown Men
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English
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A man stuck in the reveries of his youth tracks down the boyhood friend he once tormented, only to find that simpler times were more complicated than he thought.
18) Ping Pong Summer
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English
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A fun, coming-of-age, summer vacation story starring Susan Sarandon and Lea Thompson. The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy 13-year-old kid who's obsessed with two things: ping pong and hip hop. During his family's annual vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast next-door neighbor.
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Maid in Manhattan is the story of Marisa Ventura (Jennifer Lopez), a single mother born and bred in the boroughs of New York City who works as a maid in a first-class Manhattan hotel. By a twist of fate and mistaken identity, Marisa meets Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes), a handsome heir to a political dynasty who believes that she is a guest at the hotel. Destiny throws the unlikely pair together for one night, but when Marisa's true identity...
20) Tanner Hall
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English
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Rooney Mara stars in this coming-of-age drama about love, friendship, and heartbreak, set in an elite New England private school. Fernanda's (Rooney Mara of SIDE EFFECTS, THE SOCIAL NETWORK, THE WINNING SEASON, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO) senior year of high school threatens to be awful when new girl queen bee Victoria (Georgia King of TV's THE NEW NORMAL) shakes up the social order with her conniving schemes. Usually the voice of reason, Fernanda...