Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), realizatoarea coloanei „Cum să” din revista Composure, are o misiune foarte ciudată și puțin timp la dispoziție. Trebuie să scrie un articol despre toate greșelile neintenționate pe care o femeie le face în relația cu un bărbat, greșeli ce duc la despărțire. Pentru aceasta are doar 10 zile la dispoziție. Andie trebuie să găsească un bărbat, să-l determine să se îndrăgostească de ea și apoi să comită câteva greșeli clasice astfel ca acesta să-i dea papucii. Din păcate pentru Andie, cel ales este Benjamin Barry (Matthew McConaughey) care tocmai a pariat cu șeful său că poate face o femeie să se îndrăgostească de el în 10 zile. Este posibil ca o relație falsă bazată pe decepții să reziste într-o lume în care toți afirmă că doresc sinceritatea?
In the glamorous world of New York City, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping - a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite fashion magazine, but can't quite get her foot in the door - until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company.
Dan, un bărbat văduv și tată a trei copii, se îndrăgostește de frumoasa prietenă a fratelui său în timpul unei vacanțe petrecute în familie. Convingerile de familist ale lui Dan, pe care acesta și le exprimă într-o rubrică săptămânală din ziarul local, sunt date peste cap de amuzantul triunghi amoros pe care-l formează cu fratele lui mai mic și iubita acestuia.
Aspiring writer Tommaso makes a living by penning the self-help column of a women's magazine. One day he receives a letter from a reader asking for advice on how to break up with her man: it is none other than Zoe, his partner of ten years, unaware of his pseudonymous side job. Tommaso can't believe his eyes and answers her in private to learn more.
Katie, a shy newspaper accountant submits a reply to a "Dear Viola" letter to the editor that she works for, anonymously. She has a real knack for writing to people and getting to the heart of the matter. Soon, she takes over the newspaper's advice column and falls in love with one of her correspondents. The whole town becomes involved in the romantics.
Burdened by a family secret, Adam White lands a job as a newspaper advice columnist. Little does he realize that it's all part of a nasty desire by cynical editor William Shrike to crush the souls of his underlings. Adam feels his readers' pain, and eventually, he takes an assignment to meet with Faye Doyle, who is exasperated by her crippled husband. When Faye tries to seduce Adam, he must choose between his job and his girl.
Amelia's blog empowering women not to tolerate violent relationships has brought her fame, fortune and now someone is out to kill her. Is it the new man in her life, her now paroled ex who inspired the blog, or a deranged fan? Just as she has put the pieces of her life back together, Amelia must figure out who is behind the bizarre string of attacks and stop them before her own life comes to an ironic and violent end.
An anonymous advice columnist finds herself caught in an unlikely romance with the man who has been hired to kill her alter ego.
A failed pilot for a series centering on Maggie Dale, an advice columnist. This was somewhat in the tradition of shows like Fantasy Island. When she receives a letter, the writer's situation is played out for us, then she writes her advice and the writer reads her response and does his/her best to act upon it.
The naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.
In this musical short, a love columnist can't find her own love connection.
Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's publisher, J. B. Grennell, because Joslin refuses to desist in printing stories linking a gangster, Matthew Keever, to a murder. But Joslin, aided by Kit Williams, a newspaper woman with whom he is in love, investigate the murder case on their own time.