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The inimitable Ed Gardner stars as Archie, the bartender at Third Avenue’s most magnificent dive bar: Duffy’s Tavern. He’s got big dreams and wild schemes – most of which rely on the participation of prominent celebrities. But that’s okay, because the stars saunter in right on cue! Come hear Jimmy Durante, Esther Williams, Rudy Vallee, Rex Harrison, Dinah Shore, and many more banter with the bartender. Regulars Eddie Green and Charlie Cantor add a little local flavor, along with the three actresses who take on the role of Miss Duffy, Florence Halop, Florence Robinson, and Sandra Gould.

„Louisiana!“, schrie Constance Mercier, als sie aus dem Traum erwachte. Eine verschlafen wirkende Asiatin, die neben ihr auf dem breiten Bett lag, schaute sie verwundert an. Es war Nicky, Constances Bettgespielin für diese Nacht. „Wow, hast du mich erschreckt! Was träumst du für einen Mist?“ Nicky deutete durch das Dachfenster der Loft-Wohnung. Im Hintergrund konnte man Hochhäuser bei Nacht erkennen.

In this heartwarming and captivating epic, we embark on a transformative journey alongside Marly, an emotionally unavailable disabled veteran. Plagued by the weight of unresolved paternal issues, Marly receives a profound revelation from a divine being: his estranged mother is gravely ill in her homeland of Jamaica. Determined to uncover his ancestral roots and confront his own inner demons, Marly sets out on an extraordinary quest that not only has the power to change his own destiny, but perhaps the very fabric of the world itself! One race, one love, one family. . .

Bunny McGarry is back – and he’d really like a nice holiday. Somewhere with hot weather and cold drinks that come with little umbrellas for reasons he never understood. A certain nun has other ideas though and instead, he finds himself dispatched to London to find Sean Malone, a runaway teenager who doesn’t know his mother hasn’t got long left to live. The only leads Bunny has are a last-known address for the deadbeat dad Sean had gone in search of, and some letters the teenager had sent to his mum, one of which included a picture of him with the current heavyweight champion of the world.

A virtuosic, laugh-out-loud collection of stories that explore the fraught and fantastic nature of human connection—featuring women, men, various couples, and one terribly precocious baby enmeshed in tangled romances of all shapes and sizes

Skwerl and Cheese are down on their luck. Skwerl, who is resourceful like a squirrel (Marines win battles not spelling bees), used to work for Ground Branch, the CIA’s elite paramilitary wing. He was fired after a raid went bad in Afghanistan. Big Cheese Aziz, a legendary pilot—his country’s Maverick—is equally hard up. The fall of Kabul has left him grounded, working the nightshift at a gas station. Skwerl recruits Cheese into an anonymous network of so-called sheepdogs, a band of Robin Hoods who operate in the shadowy space between the sheep and the wolves.

Alex Lyons always has his mind made up by the time the curtain comes down at a performance—the show either deserves a five-star rave or a one-star pan. Anything in between is meaningless. On the opening night of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he doesn’t deliberate over the rating for Hayley Sinclair’s show, nor does he hesitate when the opportunity presents itself to have a one-night stand with the struggling actress.

As the only Black women at an antebellum-themed wedding, Kayla and Zorie should’ve known this heist was doomed from the start. They should never have come, but when their financial situation became dire, they agreed to hit one last wedding. Jaded and cynical Kayla has spent the last decade trying to fix her life since an angsty teen prank led to her arrest. Now, with her housekeeping job at a subpar hotel and her disappointing, Cinderella-esque relationship with her dad and obnoxious stepsister, she hates the life she’s built.

Every month at St. Pete’s Tavern in rugged western Montana, a meeting is convened by the Basic Bigfoot Society’s members—both of them. Jute and Vergil are lifelong friends, bound by an affinity for the elusive North American Wood Ape. Their monthly meetings and annual expeditions are a tradition that keep their friendship alive when so much else about their small town has fallen away. But things are about to get exciting for the Basic Bigfoot Society.

Ihr Schützling hatte das Telefonat mit Thomas Bendermann beendet und war nachdem sie über die gesagten Worte nachgedacht hatte, innerlich gestärkt. Sie war aufgewühlt aber sie spürte auch, dass ein Teil in ihr Bendermann wirklich heiraten wollte – trotz Karl Wisemeyer, der in ihrem Herzen war. Stephanie Moody, die Speerspitze der Exekutive, stand unerkannt und unsichtbar im Raum war mit der Entwicklung ihres blonden Schützlings sehr zufrieden.

Samuel und Stephanie standen unweit des bestialischen Mordes und beobachteten das grauenvolle Treiben des menschlichen Monsters. Stephanies türkisfarbene Augen blickten ernst und sie sagte: »Mir ist nicht wohl bei dem Gedanken, was der Plan mit dieser Bestie vorhat. Und … sind wir hier wirklich in einer Geschichte, an dessen Ende alles gut werden wird?« Samuel zuckte mit den Schultern. »Das weiß nur Gott. Die Menschen haben größtenteils die Augen vor dem Übernatürlichen verschlossen und das alte Wissen aus jenen Tagen vergessen. Es wird Zeit, dass wir ihnen die Augen wieder öffnen.«

Try as he might, Junius "Little Whit" Whitman can't unsee the busted foundation of his father's holy roller faith. All in one night, he's watched a man die in the middle of a prayer service, a tornado level a neighboring town, and his parents' marriage incinerate above him. Even though he doubles down on his efforts to believe, Whit enters young adulthood searching for a faith he can hold onto.

Anvesha was travelling in a flight for the first time. She had already somehow fastened her seat belt, but suddenly her mobile falls down and she was trying to unlock it to pick it up. At the same time, a big business tycoon, who was sitting on the other seat, starts helping her to unfasten her seat belt but by mistake his hand goes on Anvesha's waist. After this, Anvesha shouts at him....but after realising her mistake, she sits quietly...After the flight lands, Anvesha goes to a hotel where a man named Pandey tells her that her job is confirmed.

When Suhani returns from the trip, she gets the good news that she and Kanishka have got the tender, but the next day when Suhani and Kanishka go to sign the tender, they get a big shock after hearing a condition written in the tender. The condition was that to get this tender, Kanishka and Suhani had to be married, this contract was only for married couples. What will these two do now? Will they let go of such a big tender? Or will they enter into a fake contract with each other to save the tender? And what will be the result of the growing closeness between Suhani and Kavya?

Born on the night of the nation's independence, Gimme Lao is cheated of the honour of being Singapore's firstborn son by a vindictive nurse. This forms the first of three things Gimme never knows about himself, the second being the circumstances surrounding his parents' marriage, and the third being the profound (but often unintentional) impact he has on other people's lives.

Sie möchten jetzt ausrasten. Nichts läuft so, wie Sie es sich vorgestellt haben. Egal was Sie anpacken, es wird heute nix. Vergessen Sie es einfach. Diese Tage im Beruf kennen wir alle. Nur sollten wir dann gleich am großen Ganzen zweifeln und alles hinwerfen? Müssen es immer ein Jobwechsel, eine Dauerkrankschreibung oder eine Schwangerschaft sein, um dem ganzen vermeintlichen Irrsinn zu entfliehen? Wäre es nicht auch möglich, die ganze Misere aus einer anderen, frischeren Perspektive zu betrachten? Ich denke, dass das möglich ist.

When two childhood best friends blow up their respective romantic relationships, they make a time-sensitive pact: serial-cheater Chuck cannot sleep with anyone as she attends a three-month-long recovery group for cheaters, while sex-deprived Sofia vows to hook up with as many people as possible before recommitting to monogamy and tying the knot with her long-time fiancé. To keep things interesting, Chuck and Sofia decide to revive a past tradition from their summer camp days—also known as the dawning of sluthood.

ज़िंदगी, ज़िंदगी भर नहीं है दोस्त! ज़िंदगी कभी वेटिंग टिकट है, कभी तय रिजर्वेशन के बावजूद बग़ल वाले पसेंजर से सीट की अदला-बदली है। कभी सीट के नीचे से झोले की चोरी है तो कभी शौचालय की जंज़ीर से बंधी मग है।.

Weihnachten - das Fest der Liebe, zu dem man in Besinnlichkeit mit Familie und Freunden Zeit verbringt, Geschenke auspackt und im Kerzenschein zusammensitzt. So hatte ich mir die Feiertage zumindest vorgestellt. Doch statt mit den Conollys heißen Punsch zu trinken, führte mich ein neuer Fall in die Einsamkeit der Alpen. In einem Berghotel wurde ich mit einem gefährlichen Racheplan, geisterhaften Mönchen und einem Götzen konfrontiert, wie ich ihn zuvor noch nie erlebt hatte.

Tina wants to feel Indian. Really Indian. Not Indian in the sense of going to yoga in Brooklyn. She wants to know the real India – only whenever she visits, people take her to bars and restaurants and boutiques that could be anywhere in the world. So she jumps at the change to get to know the country when she heads to Delhi for her glamorous cousin Shefali's week-long wedding, with her best friend, her parents and her mother's all-American boyfriend in tow.