Whoopi Goldberg
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Trying to get back on her feet, wild child Tanya looks to her buttoned-up, by-the-book sister Danica to help her get on track. As these polar opposites collide, with hilarious and sometimes disastrous results, Tanya discovers that Danica's picture-perfect life, including her mysterious boyfriend, may not be what it seems.
3) Furlough
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When an inmate is granted one weekend out of prison to see her dying mother, a rookie correction officer struggles to keep her under control.
4) 9/11
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When five people find themselves trapped in an elevator after a plane hits the World Trade Center, they work together to try to survive.
5) Top five
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A comedian tries to change his tune and become a serious actor. His fiance eventually convinces him to air their wedding on television as a reality-TV show. An encounter with a journalist forces him to confront the comedy career, and the past, that he's left behind.
9) The player
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"I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here."--Griffin Mill. Griffin is a slick, successful film studio vice president whose primary duty is to listen to story pitches from a constant stream of writers. Like all Hollywood producers, he's always looking over his shoulder, and he thinks up-and-comer Larry...
10) Homie spumoni
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Meet Renato: a pasta-loving, Dean Martin-worshipping Italian-American living la dolce vita and working at his papa's Little Italy deli--until his African-American birth parents show up, claiming he's their long-lost son Leroy. Now that he's suddenly black, "Leroy" tries his best to shoot hoops and dig hip-hop, but all he really wants is for everyone to just get along.
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"Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica ends as an exhilarating voyage of self-discovert as Stella learns to open her heart and find love -- even if it's with a man 20 years her junior"--Container.
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Next of kin : When his brother is murdered by a gangster, Chicago policeman Truman Gates is caught between his devotion to the law and his Appalachian family's desire for revenge.
Point Break : FBI agent Johnny Utah goes undercover to infiltrate a group of Southern California surfers suspected of being bank robbers.
Ghost : After being killed in an alley, a dead man tries to protect his fiancee from his killers who are after her next, using a woman...
14) Burglar
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"Ex-con Bernice Rhodenbarr is tough, smart, funny and in one helluva mess. A double-dealing cop is blackmailing her and wants $20,000 to keep quiet. The best way Bernice can raise the cash? Turn burglar for one last heist which regrettably ends in murder"--Container.