| The presence of Crystal certainly helps -- what girl wouldn't eventually fall for a guy who sings "Surrey with the Fringe on Top" in The Sharper Image?
<STRONG>7 aspx?m=549987 class="art">Something's Gotta Give" and the "youngish teacher and her lovely colts" movie, "=/movies/movie net/jump/N339 aspx?c=65285 class="art">Shirley MacLaine, =/celebs/celeb aspx?c=277451 class="art">Albert and =/celebs/celeb gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"><img id="ctrlRateNews_143735_RTS2" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_143735" src="http://entimg net/ad/N339 Forget =/celebs/celeb aspx?c=276921 class="art">Richard Gere aspx?c=329170 class="art">Joan Crawford Aiding and/or sabotaging her pride is her circle of friends, =/celebs/celeb gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"><img id="ctrlRateNews_143735_RTS4" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_143735" src="http://entimg Wonderful for its spiky dialogue and reflections on female friendships and marriage, it's simultaneously delicious and intelligently biting And -- again, sorry guys -- there's no stopping them aspx?c=62506 class="art">Bette Midler and the WASP beauty Barbara Hershey It asked the question: Can a man or a woman be friends without "that sex thing getting in the way"? The film charmingly studies friends Harry (=/celebs/celeb "=/movies/movie com/movies/netcal/?netcal=251">Read movie reviews</td></tr><tr><td class="tb5" valign="Top"><a class="vl6" href="http://entertainment aspx?c=308617 class="art">Paulette Goddard, =/celebs/celeb aspx?c=116575 class="art">Sally Field, =/celebs/celeb "=/movies/movie aspx?m=111280 class="art">Sabrina" (1954)</STRONG>
=/celebs/celeb "Beaches" is a 10-hanky flashback fest chronicling the lives of two friends -- the spunky =/celebs/celeb doubleclick msn we promise we won't tell com/i/rt_str-e One dies aspx?c=309033 class="art">William Holden), even attempting suicide from his non-interest jpg" align=left border=0>6 aspx?m=462912 class="art">Fried Green Tomatoes"), chick flicks are not only distinct for annoying men, but also for saying something about the female experience that's either terribly stupid, yet real, or incredibly insightful When she returns home two years later, she's a sophisticated beauty and finally, David goes gaga for her msn Though the film focuses on the idle rich, it gets female behavior perfectly without truly demonizing or talking down to any of these characters gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 3px"><span id="ctrlRateNews_143735_RT2" class="r-cap1"> Terrific for the female make-over moment, and giving that guy you've worshiped his just deserts, "Sabrina" is also powerful for its message of taking another look at the quiet, serious man reading the stock quotes It's also incredibly funny msn msn She unrequitedly pines for Larrabee playboy son David (=/celebs/celeb gif" alt="" height="13" width="71" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td style="padding-top: 3px"><img id="ctrlRateNews_143735_RTS1" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_143735" src="http://entimg msn aspx?c=256966 class="art">Joan Fontaine and the loud-mouth, drama-loving =/celebs/celeb com/i/rt_0 Almost And that's just the beginning aspx?c=24642 class="art">David Maysles gives a humorous, sad, poignant and bizarre glimpse into the intense relationship between mother and daughter msn
<STRONG>=/movies/article aspx?c=297550 class="art">Audrey Hepburn plays Sabrina, the daughter of a chauffeur to the obscenely rich Larrabee family
<STRONG>8 aspx%3fnews%3d143735&subject=MSN Entertainment - News - Top 10 Chick Flicks&title=Email+This+Page&type=page" class="vl">Email This Page</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;padding-top:20px;padding-left:15px;"><tr><td><span id="ctrlRateNews_143735" style="visibility:hidden"><input type="hidden" name="rating" value="-1"/><table class="r-outer" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td><img id="ctrlRateNews_143735_RTI" src="http://entimg msn msn msn What makes this story so unusual is their lineage: Edie is the aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis aspx?m=118155 class="art">You've Got Mail"), this one retained a certain spirit com%2fmovies%2farticle aspx?c=216739 class="art">Humphrey Bogart) has to gum up the works com/i/100/mo/prettywoman_dvd_100x100 aspx?c=23607 class="art">Rob Reiner's romantic comedy, the world (for better of worse) fell in love with her sometimes-annoying mop top-a-tude
<STRONG><IMG alt=Sabrina src="http://entimg And Humphrey Bogart aspx?m=87889 class="art">Beaches"
(1988) /"=/movies/movie And we don't just mean movies about <EM>pretty</EM> women, but all women and their issues -- something many guys don't usually have the patience for in real life Here it is Big and Little Edie Beale, a mother and daughter who live their lives like a Flannery O'Connor story, holed up for decades in their dilapidated East Hampton mansion where cats pee on family heir-looms, raccoons are fed Wonder Bread and Little Edie (who is in her 50s) does interpretive dance aspx?c=276053 class="art">Billy Wilder's "Sabrina" laid the groundwork for the "Pretty Woman" of the future aspx?m=171596 class="art">Sleepless in Seattle" and "=/movies/movie That's what sisters are for, right?
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(1989)/ "=/movies/movie aspx?c=216526 class="art">Mary Boland, =/celebs/celeb Still, if street cred could translate to chick cred, these films would be, for lack of a better phrase, keeping it real When she learns the news through gossip (in the beauty parlor!), she decides to leave him, but not without going through some psychological tumult aspx?c=326397 class="art">Daryl Hannah, =/celebs/celeb The wealthy family's not hip to David desiring a daughter of "the help" especially when he's set to marry a rich girlfriend so older brother, all-business Linus (=/celebs/celeb
<STRONG><IMG alt="The Women" src="http://entimg aspx?c=207037 class="art">Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts who deal with various female problems, but chiefly (you guessed it) death com/i/100/mo/sabrina_dvd_100x100 gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"><img id="ctrlRateNews_143735_RTS5" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_143735" src="http://entimg com/i/rt_str-e gif" alt="" height="15" width="16" border="0"><img id="ctrlRateNews_143735_RTS3" class="ib" onMouseOver="RMOv(this);" onFocus=RMOv(this); onMouseOut="RMOt(this);" onClick="ROC(this);" onKeyPress="ROC(this)" tabIndex=0 pid="ctrlRateNews_143735" src="http://entimg Nevertheless, they are serious girl movies, ones you couldn't drag your boyfriend to even if he had a curious thing for =/celebs/celeb aspx?c=280747 class="art">George Cukor, "The Women" reveals female bonding and bitchiness in its purest form Watching the film, you'll come to love the Beales and see elements of your own mother-daughter dynamic -- albeit in a highly exaggerated form 8;sz=300x250;ord=21626?" target="_blank"><img SRC="http://ad  We learn quite a lot about these women, like both were raving beauties in their time, filled with promise and entitlement aspx?c=167068 class="art">Julia Roberts
<STRONG><IMG alt="Pretty Woman" src="http://entimg com/B1407693 aspx?m=489655 class="art">The Women" (1939)
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So, we thought it was time to take a look back at the women who paved the way aspx?c=46863 class="art">Liza Minnelli This year we've got the older gal blockbuster hit "=/movies/movie aspx?netcal=1006">Summer Movie Guide</td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td class="bg5_2"> </td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="width:180px;border-collapse:collapse;padding-top:20px;padding-left:15px;"><tr><td>="/email/?url=http%3a%2f%2fentertainment No one dies, but you kinda wish someone would aspx?m=108541 class="art">Stella Dallas") or bad tripe (like "=/movies/movie aspx?c=312142 class="art">Barbara Hershey in "=/movies/movie com/i/rt_str-e In honor of those who have fought, cried and died on film, we present our top 10 list of the greatest chick flicks of all time Last year we saw "The Hours" win awards and "=/movies/movie Top 10 Chick Flicks
<FONT size=3>Ten films that drive women to the theaters and drive men crazy</FONT>
<EM>by Kim Morgan
MSN Entertainment</EM>
Sorry guys, but cinema just wouldn't be the same without movies for and about women And "Pretty Woman" has the best-looking Hollywood street walker (Julia Roberts) hooking up with corporate sleazebag =/celebs/celeb jpg" align=left border=0 Women>9 aspx?news=143736 class="art">Continue--------></STRONG>
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Required viewing for every woman, this 1976 documentary by =/celebs/celeb aspx?m=258 class="art">White Oleander" win critical acceptance aspx?m=150852 class="art">Pretty Woman" (1990)</STRONG>
The holy (or unholy) trinity of chick flicks, these three movies together almost add up to one decent film aspx?c=193078 class="art">Rosalind Russell msn com/i/100/mo/women_dvd_100x100 msn 8;sz=300x250;ord=21626?"></script><noscript>="http://ad Nothing like a tub of popcorn and a box of Kleenex to release female angst in the company of say, =/celebs/celeb "=/movies/movie msn doubleclick com/B1407693 aspx?m=531136 class="art">The Hours" (should I get a nose job?) But in doing so, HE acquires feelings for Sabrina that are much more real than David's In spite of their destitution and lost chances, these women maintain a flair for life that's inspiring, particularly Little Edie, whose fashion sense (turbans made of turtleneck sweaters or wash towels, complete with decorative broach) and love of singing and dancing are incredibly artistic Of course it helps when that guy's rich msn Sabrina's given a second chance in life when her kindly father fulfills the major chick dream of sending her to Paris aspx?m=466152 class="art">When Harry Met Sally" (1989)</STRONG>
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Whether good melodrama (like "=/movies/movie com/B1407693 aspx?c=19328 class="art">Mel Gibson: Cukor really knew what women want Even mean Joan is met with a smidgeon of sympathy by film's end com/i/rt_str-e sisters or <EM>movies</EM> aspx?c=153413 class="art">Norma Shearer plays the devoted wife to a man who's cheating on her with the lower-class gold digger =/celebs/celeb =/celebs/celeb |