Gabrielle Union
Author
Language
English
Description
"We're Going to Need More Wine... plus a few shots-acclaimed activist, actress, and New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Union is back with an even more intimate, revealing, and powerful collection of essays"--
In her previous book, Union revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault and spoke openly of her fertility journey. In this collection of essays, she continues her story: becoming a mom to two amazing girls; an expanded career...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Union launched her career with roles in iconic '90s movies. When she revealed her own trauma as a victim of sexual assault, she urged compassion for victims of sexual violence. In this moving collection of essays Union tells astonishingly personal and true stories about power, color, gender, feminism, and fame. She discusses her experiences with bullying, beauty standards, and competition between women in Hollywood; growing up in white California...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by the eagerly awaited birth of her daughter, Kaavia James Union Wade, ... author and ... actress Gabrielle Union pens a festive and universal love letter from parents to little ones, [meant to welcome] a baby to the party of life"--Publisher marketing.
4) Shady Baby
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"After a long morning of being fabulous, Shady Baby heads to the park for a relaxing play session. But what does she find?! Some not-so-nice kids picking on others. Shady flashes them a look--her famous side eye--and teaches them that it's better to play nice. But when her feelings are hurt, will anyone stand (or crawl) by her side?"--
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer, Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent such as songwriter, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James. Chess makes all of his artists part of his family and takes...
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Strange World" introduces a legendary family of explorers, the Clades, as they attempt to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land alongside a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob, a three-legged dog and a slew of ravenous creatures.
Publisher
Lions Gate Films
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds has always done what's expected of him, whether it's assuming the helm of his father's company, tolerating his brother's misbehavior at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiance, Natalie. But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey, a down-on-her-luck single mother who works as a cleaning person in his office building. Outspoken, impulsive and proud,...
Publisher
Disney Junior
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Kion and the Guard take on the ultimate challenge when a ruthless enemy returns to the Pride Lands and threatens the Circle of Life. With the arrival of the Dry Season, tensions run high, patience wears thin, and thirsty tempers flare. To make matters worse, Janja's hyenas, aided by Ushari the snake, discover a secret that could bring back the vengeful spirit of the legendary villain, Scar!
Publisher
HBO Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas form an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures...
Language
English
Description
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Cameron is the new kid in school who becomes smitten with the beautiful Bianca. But Bianca's overprotective and domineering father forbids Bianca to date unless her older sister Kat, an surly and hostile senior, does. In a bid to get Kat a boyfriend, Cameron sets up a plan to have the school stud, Joey Donnar, bribe Patrick Verona, an outcast senior with a rumor-filled past, to take...
12) Think like a man
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Four women have decided to take the advice in Steve Harvey's book and use the recommendations to get their men on track. When the men discover this, they try to turn the tables on their women
13) Bad boys II
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Narcotics cops Mike Lowrey and Marcus Bennett head up a task force investigating the flow of Ecstasy into Miami. Their search leads to a dangerous kingpin, whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched off an underground war. Meanwhile, things get sexy between Mike and Syd, Marcus' sister
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
After seeing a less-than-conventional psychiatrist for her problems at home who gives her too many prescriptions and bad advice, a mother ends her marriage and sends her young son to live with the doctor and his odd family
15) Meet Dave
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Josh lives in New York City. Through his telescope, he watches a baseball-sized metal ball approaching Earth from the sky. It lands in his room. Months later, a massive fireball crash lands in Liberty City. The human looking craft is controlled by 100 one-inch tall aliens. Officer Dooley is a superstitious cop searching for the space ship. The aliens are seeking a way to save their planet and to do that they need salt. Now they need to recover the...
16) Breaking in
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shaun Russel's life is thrown into turmoil after her father's unexpected death. She takes her two young children out to his mansion in Malibu in order to attempt to settle his estate. The mansion is designed with state-of-the-art security that ends up trapping her kids inside, along with four criminals who plan to capture her late father's wealth as well. Shaun must now attempt to save her children and defeat the villains.
17) The public
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When a brutal blast of cold hits Cincinnati, the public library transforms from a safe haven for the homeless into a potential war zone. Those who have no place of retreat to evade the cold stage a sit-in in the library where they are tended by members of the library's staff. Soon the police arrive and a stand-off threatens to bring tragedy to the homeless individuals and those who care about their well-being. An eye-opening exploration of the basic...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Language
English
Description
A single mother is raising her three children after the divorce from her rapper ex-husband. Her oldest son wants his parents to get back together. The youngest daughter would rather see her mom happy and decides to use Santa Claus to get her wish. The kids practically compete to see who will win the war of love.
19) Half the sky
Publisher
Docurama Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Take an unforgettable journey with six actress/advocates and New York Times journalist [Nicholas] Kristof to meet some of the most courageous individuals of our time, who are doing extraordinary work to empower women and girls everywhere. These are stories of heartbreaking challenge, dramatic transformation and enduring hope
20) The inspection
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In Elegance Bratton's deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense...