S2 E55: Ghost of Girlfriends Past

Pride and Prejudice (2005), we did the 2005 romantic drama film Directed by Joe Wright. Joe also directed Hanna, Peter Pan, Darkest Hour, Atonement. This is based of the 1813 Jane Austen novel of the same name. Pride and Prejudice is the story of Elizabeth Bennet, played by Kiera Knightly. Elizabeth lives with her 4 sisters at a rural English estate. Her sisters consist of, Jane played by Rosamund Pike, Lydia played by Jena Malone, Kitty played by Carey Mulligan, and Mary played by Talulah Riley. Her father is Mr Bennet played by Donald Sutherland and her mother Mrs Bennet is played by Brenda Blethlyn. These girls are all single and all pining for their chance at love. This comes to a head as the eligible bachelor Mr Bingley played by Simon Woods arrives in town at a ball along with his relative and another eligible bachelor Mr Darcy played by Matthew Macfadyen and his sister Caroline Bingley played by Kelly Reilly. This launches a runaway train of love, loss, heartbreak, heartache… and the story of… Pride and Prejudice.

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Love is Blind is BACK! We have received so many messages from YOU regarding this Netflix staple reality dating show. We did a season 5 recap... so by popular demand here's the recap for Season 6. Clay and AD (and Matthew), Chelsea and Jimmy, Jeramy and Laura (and Sarah Ann), Kenneth and Brittany, Johnny and Amy, we dive into it ALL.

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Fresh off the heels of our 'Crossroads' episode, we wanted to give you a peek at another podcast, friends of ours The Relaxing Reads Podcast! 

Hosts Josie, Ryan and (Britney Super-Fan) Simone discuss the book that has everyone talking, Britney Spears 'The Woman in Me'.

Our three hosts go beyond the Justin Timberlake headlines and discuss Britney's often sad, but amazing journey and surviving it all, in her own words.

In June 2021, the whole world was listening as Britney Spears spoke in open court. The impact of sharing her voice—her truth—was undeniable, and it changed the course of her life and the lives of countless others. The Woman in Me reveals for the first time her incredible journey—and the strength at the core of one of the greatest performers in pop music history.

Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears’s groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.

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Cross Roads is a 2002 Teen Road Comedy Drama Romance… it’s a lot of things, directed by Tamra Davis with screenplay by Shona Rhimes. Crossroads is the story of Lucy, played by Britney Spears, Mimi played by Taryn Manning and Kit played by Zoe Saldana. Lucy, Mimi and Kit were childhood best friends but grew apart as they entered highschool. Now as seniors, Mimi pulls the trio back together to recover a wish box from their childhood… they all agree to join Mimi on a trip to Los Angeles. Mimi is traveling to LA for a singing audition, she also happens to be 5 months pregnant, Kit is going to see her boyfriend at UCLA and Lucy is looking for her estranged mother in Arizona along the way. They also get a very helpful ride from a Ben Kimble played by Anson Mount, that is your lead in for Crossroads. 

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Players is a 2024 Romantic Comedy directed by Trish Sie, Trish is best known for directing Step Up: All In and Pitch Perfect 3. This is the story of Mackenzie, Mack, played by Gina Rodriguez. Mack is a New York City sports beat writer, her real calling card is that her and her friends have elaborate, and strange ways they scheme to hook up with people. Co-Worker Adam played by Daman Wayans JR, other co-worker Brannagan played by Augustus Prew and HIS younger brother Little played by Joel Courtney make up the group. This group and Mack are thrown into Flux however when Pulitzer Prize nominated author Nick played by Tom Ellis arrives at their office and Mack is IMMEDIATELY enthralled… and NEEDs to be with him… thus, they come up with another elaborate scheme, a ‘play’ for Mack to nab Nick. 

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Two Weeks Notice is a 2002 Romantic Comedy directed by the Marc Lawrence who is also known for Miss Congeniality, Did You Hear About The Morgans, Noelle . This is the story of Lucy Kelson played by Sandra Bullock. Lucy is a lawyer in New York City who has a strong moral compass regarding environmental law, historic preservation and pro bono causes. George Wade is played by Hugh Grant and he is your billionaire real estate developer, charming womanizing playboy and his business is in an ongoing clash with Lucy over the destruction of the Coney Island Community Center. George Wade however is in need of a Chief Counsel and finds that Lucy, along with being an extremely talented lawyer is fantastic at making decisions for him. George hires Lucy under the pretense that he will fund her charity initiatives AND save the Coney Island Community Center… obviously when two beautiful people are that charming and always around each other… sparks… will… fly…

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The Grammy Awards, Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears feuding again, the first ever Parent Dump, Superbowl prop bets and dramatic Tik Tok readings from Sarah. THIS is the Pop Culture Recap. 

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Just Wright is a 2010 Sports Romantic Comedy directed by Sanaa Hamri. This is the story of Leslie Wright played by Queen Latifah. Leslie is a New Jersey Nets SUPER FAN and she attends a lot of their games with her best friend Morgan played by Paula Patton. Morgan has dreams and aspirations of dating an NBA player, that is her full focus… trying to get into parties with players, meet players, see the players, well it turns out Leslie meets the star player of the Nets Scott McKnight played by Common at a gas station and he invites her to his birthday party. Leslie brings Morgan in tow and that is more or less our lead in for Just Wright.

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Fools Gold is a 2008 Romantic Action Comedy directed by the great Andy Tennant. It actually reunited the trio of Andy Tennant, Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson from How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Fool’s Gold is the story of Finn played by McConaughey. Fin is a very unsuccessful treasure hunter, he is searching for the Spanish galleon the Aurelia which is supposed to have sunk near an island close to Key West. Fin ends up getting into trouble with a creditor Bigg Bunny played by Kevin Hart but Fin ultimately finds help in the form of his ex wife Tess played by Kate Hudson, who was the original person who discovered the general whereabouts of this lost treasure with him. Finn, Tess, Tess’s boss Nigel played by Donald Sutherland, and his daughter Gemma played by Alexis Dziena embark on this grand adventure to find the treasure. 

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Love At First Sight is a 2023 Netflix Romantic Comedy film directed by Vanessa Caswill based on the 2011 novel The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight. This is the story of Hadley Sullivan played by Haley Lu Richardson. Hadley never has a charged phone  and is chronically late, evidenced by the fact that when we meet her, she is in the process of missing her flight to London to attend her father’s wedding. This is also the story of Oliver Jones played by Ben Hardy, Oliver is a British Yale student who is obsessed with statistics, hates surprises and typically keeps a very charged phone… this is how our love interests meet, at an airport, exchanging phone charges on the way to London. 

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