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For her latest flick, Jennifer Lawrence is giving something new a try. The Oscar winner stars as a young woman with financial troubles who agrees to date a shy guy after his wealthy parents put up an ad on Craigslist. While the comedy is a bit “cringe”, Lawrence admits the raunchy R-rated romcom is just her cup of tea. “I do like the idea of comedy that makes people uncomfortable,” she told Entertainment Weekly. “I love when people are watching through their hands, through their fingers.”

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Patricia Arquette RIDING HIGH

THE STAR SPILLS ON HER NEW ‘OFF-KILTER’ COMEDY, OSCAR SHOCK AND SPOT-ON SEVERANCE FAN THEORIES

Coming from a prominent acting family, Patricia Arquette, 55, got her big break in 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and has since racked up a resume of critically acclaimed roles on the big and small screen. She only hopes her latest project – the eight-episode comedy noir series High Desert – is as fun to watch as it was to make.

“We were all laughing every day at the script and these incredibly funny scenarios,” the star tells WHO of making the show. “The show has a weird kind of humour which I really love, so now we just have to hope audiences will get it. If they don’t, it will just mean everyone on the show is weird because we couldn’t stop laughing.”

How would you describe High Desert?

A really fun, off-kilter, counterculture comedy set in the middle of the California desert. I play Peggy, who is a former addict, trying to start again after the death of her mother. She is hoping for a fresh

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