Actor Dave Chappelle (1973)

200 Cigarettes (1999), an American comedy film directed by Risa Bramon Garcia and written by Shana Larsen, features multiple plot lines that all take place on New Year’s Eve of 1981. While Monica anxiously awaits the start of her big party, only her friend Hillary has arrived. As Monica tries to persuade Hillary to stay, we see other groups making their way to the event. Throughout the film, we follow these characters as they spend New Year’s Eve in New York City and eventually end up at Monica’s celebration. After ...

The romantic comedy-drama film, You’ve Got Mail (1998), was directed by Nora Ephron. Set on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the story follows Kathleen Kelly who manages The Shop Around the Corner, a children’s bookstore passed down from her mother. Currently dating Frank Navasky, a liberal columnist for The New York Observer, Kathleen uses her laptop and AOL email account (screen name ‘Shopgirl’) to communicate with ‘NY152’, someone she first met in a chatroom. Despite their agreement to keep personal details private, she learns only the name of his dog, Brinkley. As it turns out, ...