From Hollywood with love the rise and fall (and rise again) of the romantic comedy
Funny, charming, and reliably crowd-pleasing, rom-coms were the essential backbone of the Hollywood landscape, launching the careers of many of Hollywood's most talented actors and filmmakers, providing many of the yet limited creative opportunities women had in Hollywood. Yet rom-coms have rou...
| Main Author: | Meslow, Scott (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- When Harry Met Sally...
- Meg Ryan : America's sweetheart (until she wasn't)
- Pretty Woman
- Sandra Bullock : Miss Congeniality
- Four Weddings And A Funeral
- Hugh Grant : the hardest-working cad in Hollywood
- Waiting To Exhale
- Bill Pullman, Patrick Dempsey, et al : the other guys
- My Best Friend's Wedding
- Judy Greer : the best best friend
- There's Something About Mary
- Adam Sandler : the unlikely leading man
- Bridget Jones's Diary
- Drew Barrymore : the self-made superstar
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding
- Jennifer Lopez : the triple threat
- How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
- Reese Witherspoon : the prodigy
- Love Actually
- Will Smith : the rom-com hero we barely got
- Something's Gotta Give
- John Cusack : the reluctant romantic
- Knocked Up
- Kathleen Heigl : the apologist
- Friends With Benefits
- Ryan Reynolds and Dane Cook : two roads diverged
- Untitled royal wedding comedy
- Mindy Kaling : the scholar
- Crazy Rich Asians
- Henry Golding : new star in town
- To All The Boys I've Loved Before
- Conclusion.