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Check out Vudu's Valentine's Day playlist, and the most popular romantic movies by state

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“Crazy Rich Asians” – Sanja Bucko/Warner Bros. Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Nothing says Valentine’s Day like a romantic movie — and thanks to streaming, they’re all at your fingertips. 

With that in mind, Fandango’s streaming service Vudu has served up a playlist of last V-Day’s most popular films, to give you some ideas for what to watch this year. The streamer, in coordination with research from Fandango, also ranked which movies were most popular in each state.

Based on those metrics, 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians remained the most popular romantic comedy across the U.S. last year.  The only holdouts were Arizona and Maine, which love The Princess Bride; Vermont, where Last Christmas is the favorite; West Virginia, where Pretty Woman is tops; and Utah, Louisiana, South Carolina, where The Proposal is the favorite romantic comedy.

Here are Vudu’s top 20 most-watched rom-coms for last Valentine’s Day. You can find the full list of 155 swoon-worthy titles at Vudu’s website. 

1. Crazy Rich Asians
2. The Proposal
3. Last Christmas
4. Sweet Home Alabama
5. The Princess Bride
6. Pretty Woman
7. Yesterday
8. The Wedding Singer
9. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
10. Crazy, Stupid, Love
11. 10 Things I Hate About You
12. Valentine’s Day
13. Sleepless in Seattle
14. When Harry Met Sally
15. The Best Man Holiday
16. She’s All That
17. Love, Simon
18. The Best Man
19. Long Shot
20. You’ve Got Mail

By Stephen Iervolino
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Miranda Lambert adds two dates to her series of socially-distanced Texas shows

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ABCLess than a week after Miranda Lambert announced three socially-distanced, limited capacity shows in her home state of Texas, tickets for all three dates have sold out.

In response, Miranda announced on social media this week that she’s adding two more shows, which will take place on May 1 and May 2. All five shows will take place at Billy Bob’s, a famous honky tonk in Fort Worth.

“I cannot wait to get home. I cannot wait to get back on that stage. I have missed y’all terribly,” Miranda gushed in a video message to her fans.

Tickets for the newly announced shows go on sale March 5, though Miranda’s fan club members will have access to a special pre-sale beginning March 3.

The string of shows will mark the first time Miranda is getting back onstage for an in-person concert in over a year. When she first announced the concerts, the singer emphasized that that each show will follow “strict” COVID-19 protocols in order to keep fans safe.

Miranda launched her Wildcard Tour in January of 2020, but like many other artists, she had to wipe her show calendar clean when pandemic shutdowns began.

By Carena Liptak
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Blake Shelton set out to capture live show energy for his “Minimum Wage” music video

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Warner Music NashvilleBlake Shelton throws it back to the pre-pandemic days of live music in the just-released video for his new single, “Minimum Wage,” a clip that was filmed at his Ole Red bar and eatery in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.

“‘Minimum Wage’ has such great tempo, and I can’t wait to be able to get back out on the road and play it for fans,” the singer told CMT, who premiered the clip. “So I felt really strongly that the music video needed to be a live performance with the crowd having fun!”

However, filming such a video posed unique challenges and required extensive safety protocols, due to the continuing threat of the virus.

“Of course everyone had to be pre-tested and re-tested and temperature checks and social distancing,” Blake continues. “And every time the camera stopped rolling someone would yell, ‘Masks up!’ There’s a lot of camera magic happening, too, because it looks like the place was packed.”

The video was directed by Todd Stefani, brother of Blake’s fiancée, pop legend Gwen Stefani. Although manipulated camera angles made just a small group of people looked like a packed club, Blake says he hopes that the “Minimum Wage” video reminds fans of what it’s like to be at a live show.

“That sense of fun and community we have out there on the road,”adds Blake. “I’m ready to play shows, I’m ready to go see shows, and I know music fans everywhere are, too.”


By Carena Liptak
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Stars of 'The Map of Tiny Perfect Things' show us how to appreciate the small stuff

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Amazon Prime Video(LOS ANGELES) — Just in time for Valentine’s Day you can snuggle up at home with Amazon’s sweet new romance, The Map of Tiny Perfect Things.

The film stars Kyle Allen as Mark and Kathryn Newton as Margaret, two teens who find themselves stuck in a time loop together where they relive the same day over and over again. Along the way, they commit to finding every perfect little moment they can.

The stars tell ABC Audio the film is a good reminder to everyone to appreciate small moments, especially as we’re all stuck in our own “time loop” of sorts during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I think that it’s really certainly helped me survive the pandemic and quarantine,” Allen says. “…Really committing to the present moment and the people around you and what’s happening right now, what’s happening right in this moment, that you can appreciate.”

Newton adds, “I felt like everyone on the movie started noticing all these perfect things all the time, you know, and I loved that. Everyone was talking about it, they’d be like, ‘I was in line at Starbucks and I saw this cute couple and they were perfect.’”

“And so you just started to pay attention to different things,” she continues. “And maybe that’s just the magic of making a movie, but that feeling never really left me. So I see perfect things all the time and you just have to hang on to them.”

As for a “tiny perfect” way to watch the film with your loved one this Valentine’s Day weekend, Newton recommends: “I think it’s the best movie to watch with somebody and hold their hand the whole time.”  

The Map of Tiny Perfect Things is available on Amazon Prime Video now.

By Andrea Tuccillo
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Happy Valentine's Day, Clarice: 'The Silence of the Lambs' turns 30 Sunday

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Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Here’s a gloomy way to celebrate Valentine’s Day: watch The Silence of the Lambs.

Sunday marks the 30th anniversary of the thriller, which was based on the Thomas Harris novel of the same name and introduced the world to Anthony Hopkins’ take on Hannibal Lecter. Lecter was a brilliant psychiatrist turned cannibalistic serial killer to whom authorities, including Jodie Foster’s FBI trainee Clarice Starling, turned to track down another serial killer named Buffalo Bill.

The Silence of the Lambs won five Academy Awards, including best picture, best actor for Hopkins, best actress for Foster and best director for the late Jonathan Demme.  It also earned $130 million at the domestic box office, on a budget of $19 million, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.

Hopkins went on to reprise the role of Lecter in 2001’s Hannibal and 2002’s Red Dragon. More recently, Lecter was played by Mads Mikkelsen in the NBC series Hannibal.

Foster and Hopkins reminisced about The Silence of the Lambs and reflected on the 30th anniversary in a Variety Actors on Actors virtual chat last month.  Hopkins admitted that when his agent first sent him the script to read, he was thrown off by the title, asking, “Is it a children’s story?”

Timed to the 30th anniversary of the Oscar-winning film, CBS on Thursday launched Clarice, a spin-off centering on the character, starring Pretty Little Liars‘ Rebecca Breeds in the title role.

By Stephen Iervolino
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