En millionøse bliver kidnappet netop som hendes mand har besluttet at myrde hende. Følgelig nægter han at betale løsesummen og bliver i det hele taget sur over at kidnapperne ikke gør alvor af deres trussel om at myrde hende. En overgang tror politiet, at manden har myrdet konen og selv fabrikeret kidnapningshistorien. Efter mange forviklinger ender alt godt, manden bliver ligefrem glad for at få sin nu noget slankere kone igen.
In the midst of the Great Depression, manipulative emcee Rocky enlists contestants for a dance marathon offering a $1,500 cash prize. Among them are a failed actress, a middle-aged sailor, a delusional blonde and a pregnant girl.
Jesse Stone bliver fyret fra LAPD og bliver derefter ansat af byrådet som politichef i den lille by, Paradise. Bestyrelsen håber, at hans brogede fortid vil afholde ham fra at grave alt for dybt i byens hemmeligheder. Men da han på sin første tømmermændsplagede dag på jobbet skal undersøge en sag om husspektakler, kommer han på sporet af et effektivt system til hvidvaskning af penge, som ledes af en lokal bankbestyrer.
Journalisten Fletch går ikke af vejen for en god forklædning i jagten på informationer til sine historier. På en sådan mission bliver han tilbudt en stor pose penge af Alan Stanwyk hvis Fletch vil myrde ham. Det synes rapporteren virker en smule underligt, så han begynder at efterforske Stanwyk og hans motiver.
Derrick is a struggling law student who takes a job as an awards show seat filler to make ends meet. One day, he is seated next to the beautiful pop superstar Jhnelle, who mistakes him for a well-known industry executive. With an instant chemistry, the unlikely pair begin to date.
Documentary from France's TV channel Canal+ about the making of the 2007 film 'La Vie en Rose' and Marion Cotillard's road to the Oscar for her performance as French singer Édith Piaf.
A dramatization of the goings on at a drug rehabilitation home. Filmed at the original Synanon House in Santa Monica, California.
It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A., and he wants to spend that night and the next day at the posh Park Plaza Hotel. Meanwhile, Donner, a lad new to the streets, wants John to leave the city with him. John spends the day trying to figure out how to deal with Donner's friendship.
Masashi, who works at a Japanese restaurant in Santa Monica, gets acquainted with an international student named Kanai and they begin living together. An overseas location film that depicts young people from Japan living gay in the United States.
Forced onto the streets in her 50s, Marie found "home" at a Santa Monica laundromat. Taking shelter there for 20 years, Mimi's passion for pink, and living without looking back, has taken her from homelessness to Hollywood's red carpets.