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America's Funniest Home Videos: Motherhood Madness

The latest installment of America’s Funniest Home Videos features moms in their funniest states—trying to manage their kids and everything else they wind up juggling.
Posted: 11/29/2007 02:19 PM EST more »

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Chocolat (2000)

A mother (Juliette Binoche) and young daughter move to a small town in France and are met with skepticism when they open a chocolate shop during Lent that remains open on Sundays.
Posted: 11/29/2007 02:27 PM EST more »

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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

Siddalee Walker (Sandra Bullock) recalls the miserable marriage her mother had, and as her wedding approaches she becomes fearful of the thought of marriage and family—until her mother’s friends, the Ya-Yas, come to the rescue. 
Posted: 11/29/2007 02:22 PM EST more »

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Gilmore Girls-The Complete Series Collection (2000-2007)

A dramatic comedy following the lives of single mother Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and her daughter, Rory, (Alexis Bledel) while exploring the foundations of a family, friendship and social class.
Posted: 11/29/2007 02:18 PM EST more »

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Nine Months (1995)

Just one of many Hugh Grant romantic comedies. Here, when Samuel Faulkner (Grant) learns that his long-term girlfriend is pregnant, he changes his ways and learns about the value of commitment. 
Posted: 11/29/2007 02:32 PM EST more »

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Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Based on the true story of Beverly Donofrio (Drew Barrymore)—a young woman who at 15 fell in love and later wound up pregnant in the midst of her marriage’s collapse.
Posted: 11/29/2007 02:23 PM EST more »

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Stepmom (1998)

New moms can also be stepmoms who have entered a family during an already stressful situation. As in this film, in which Isabel Kelly (Julia Roberts) and Jackie Harrison (Susan Sarandon) learn to work together to provide the best for the Harrison children.
Posted: 11/29/2007 02:28 PM EST more »