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Management is a romantic comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn. Management is about a traveling saleswoman (Jennifer Aniston) tries to shake off a motel manager (Steve Zahn) who chases her across the country after she has an ill-advised fling with him. Management will be released on a limited in the US on May 15, 2009 and a nationwide release in the UK on May 29, 2009.

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Marley & Me is a movie based on the book of the same name by John Grogan. The film was released in the United States and Canada on Christmas 2008 and the rest of the world in year 2009.

SPOILER WARNING: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston in "Marley & Me"

John Grogan (Owen Wilson) and Jenny Grogan (Jennifer Aniston) are a happily married couple whom escape the cold Michigan to southern Florida where both of them are hired as reporters for two different newspapers. While John works as a news reporter covering mundane stories in South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Jenny works as a columnist at The Palm Beach Post.

When Jenny is hinting John that she wants to have a baby, John’s friend and colleague, Sebastien Tunney (Eric Dane) suggests to John to adopt a dog in order to take Jenny’s focus away from thinking to have a baby. John then surprises Jenny by bringing her to buy a yellow Labrador retriever and John names him Marley.

Marley is the world’s worse ever dog as he grows up — he eats furniture, answering machine, floor. When John and Jenny realizes they are able to cope with Marley, they attempt to get a baby. When Jenny becomes pregnant, she loses her baby in her first trimester and John suggests that they both go for a belated honeymoon in Ireland leaving Marley to a caretaker. When they return, Jenny discovers she is pregnant again and this time around, she delivers a healthy baby boy named Patrick. Before long, Jenny has a second child, Connor and she chooses to become a full-time mother while John gets a promotion at work earning double of what he earned previously as a full-time columnist. They also move to a larger house in a safer neighborhood called Boca Raton.

The couple welcomes a daughter, Colleen to their family when Jenny suddenly shows signs of postpartum depression even though she denies it. She even wants Marley and John out of the house. When she realizes how important Marley and John is to the family, she agrees they can stay.

When John turns 40, he realizes how mundane his job has become and accepts a job offer from The Philadephia Inquirer instead and they move into a rural farm house. Marley grows old and starts to slow down until the day John and his family has to live without Marley.

Overall, Marley & Me is a movie about the life of John Grogan and his beloved dog, Marley. Nothing’s too special about the movie except that it shows life can be mundane, dogs can be irritating, and it’s not easy raising a family. However, if we can embrace ourselves and learn to live better without giving ourselves too much expectations, life can be a lot easier.

My ratings: 7 out of 10.

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Jennifer Aniston shows her sexy side by posing nude for GQ magazine. She also jokes about Brad and Angelina. Forget the jokes, Jennifer Aniston is totally hot.

Go get January’s issue of GQ Magazine to view the exclusive photos of Jennifer Aniston or head over to Scandalist.

(Source: Scandalist via VH1.com)

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Marley & Me is a romantic comedy about how a family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog, Marley. Starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston.

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He’s Just Not That Into You is a romantic comedy featuring an all-star line up of Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connelly, Bradley Cooper, Drew Barrymore, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson and Justin Long. The movie opens on February 6, 2009.

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• To curb violence, guns are allowed in school. What are these people thinking?
• The Break Up movie turns real, Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn break up.
• No Malawi adoption for Madonna despite the rumor

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Even in Hollywood — land of breast implants and botox — natural counts for something. So says People magazine, which on Wednesday said Jennifer Aniston topped its list of best-dressed women of 2006 for her natural fashion sense.

The popular magazine’s annual best- and worst-dressed issue hits newsstands this Friday and features numerous Hollywood stars all given a moniker to describe their taste in couture.

Oscar winner Halle Berry, dubbed “The Classic,” is No. 2 behind Aniston, and No. 3 was “The Newcomer” Jessica Alba, 25, star of movies like last summer’s hit “Fantastic Four.”

Elizabeth Sporkin, People’s executive editor, said for the first time the list was picked by online readers and not the magazine’s editors. She said Aniston, “The Natural,” won by 54 percent.

“She has a fashion sense that is very accessible,” said Sporkin. “She wears jeans and T-shirts and blazers. She dresses like a regular person, and her evening wear, if you were going to an event, you would think you could really dress like her.”

Sporkin said Alba follows more trends and Berry is a master at picking outfits that fit well. In each case, she said the list’s stars were highly identifiable to everyday people.

For the men, singer Justin Timberlake was named “Trendiest,” and English soccer star David Beckham looked best in “jacket and jeans.” George Clooney took the honor of “best monochromatic” look.

“He’s the new Cary Grant,” Sporkin said of Clooney. “All these men are men who really pay attention and care about how they look.”

Of course, there were the worst fashions of the year, too. But instead of a top 10 list, the magazine took issue with style. There was public pajama wearing by the likes of Paris Hilton and Teri Hatcher’s penchant for showing off her underwear. People devoted an entire page to Sharon Stone.

“These are well-dressed people who really messed up,” Sporkin said. “They had a bad day.”

Then again, there are “world’s worst” British pinup models Jordan and Jodie Marsh. Jordan, whose real name is Katie Price, is renowned for her breast augmentations and Jodie has worked as a topless model and a “Page Three Girl” Britain’s The Sun.

They are “famous for their tacky style,” said Sporkin.

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Some updates:

Finally, Jennifer Aniston settled suit over topless photos.

Are you a budding musician? Soon, MySpace.com will enable members to sell music directly from MySpace web pages.

Scientists report baldness breakthrough. They have discovered a protein “code” that instructs cells to sprout hair.

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