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To understand the scope of Ms. Mailman’s influence, The Times reviewed emails and other government records surfaced in court cases targeting the Trump administration, mined her interviews on conservative podcasts and other media appearances and interviewed more than a dozen current and former colleagues.

Entertainers had begun distancing themselves from Mr. Wasserman, including the singer Chappell Roan, who announced on Monday that she had left his talent agency.

“He should leave,” Ms. Wambach wrote on Instagram about his talent agency role, “so more people like me don’t have to.”

Bad move.

The often grotesque, highly entertaining flick stars Alison Lohman as Christine Brown, a perfectly nice bank loan officer with a perfectly nice boyfriend (Justin Long).

It’s also multiple romantic comedies in one as the members of this group hash out romantic entanglements both old and new with lingering resentments and passions from their youthful dalliances getting in the way of their current plans.

(If you love it and want to keep the party going consider follow-up “The Best Man Holiday,” but, be warned, that one will have you sobbing.)

Lots of wonderfully gross things happen to Christine thanks to her mistake, but the reason this movie works perfectly as an anti-Valentine’s treat is its incredible ending that turns a classic rom-com trope on its head.

The magnificent ending will have you weeping, while at the same time making you believe that true love is in fact possible.

Part of the pleasure is watching Roberts and Grant at the peak of their powers, his mumbly charm reverberating off her undeniable spark.

And, by goodness, the magic works.

Almost every scene is constructed with the specific intention of making you swoon, from the awkward moment in which he pretends to be a journalist from “Horse & Hound” magazine to her “I’m just a girl standing in front of a boy” confession.

Stanwyck proves herself the sexiest of the classic stars, melting the heart of Cooper, whose nerdy demeanor hides his dashingness.

At the center of this chaos is Taye Diggs as Harper, a successful novelist, whose friendships served as inspiration for his book and who is torn between the one that got away (Nia Long) and a great new girl (Sanaa Lathan).

When people bemoan the state of the 21st Century rom-com, they usually haven’t seen this gem starring Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine as college buddies who decide to be each other’s dates for multiple weddings over the course of one summer.

Sure, the ending is basically predetermined, but the execution is pure joy, with a snappy script and lead performances that make you wish these two actors had made five more movies like this.

The “Four Weddings and a Funeral” inspiration is clear, but through a distinctly millennial edge.

Sciamma infuses each frame with passion as these two women fall in love, finding in each other’s eyes a comfort the rest of the world fails to provide.

Meanwhile, Quaid, the scion of rom-com royalty, has adorable longing down pat.

Erskine is a charming mess as the highly amusing Alice, who has no personal boundaries and is reeling from a recent break up.