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James Brooks, the Chief of Staff to the President, is hoping for some downtime to rekindle his connection with his wife, Ashley, amidst the challenges of raising their young children. However, his plans quickly go awry when he takes over parenting duties for their mischievous two-year-old daughter, Avery. What starts as a simple task soon spirals into a series of humorous and heartwarming moments that define the chaos of family life during the holiday season.

Als im Naturschutzgebiet Duvenstedter Brook im äußeren Nordosten Hamburgs ein erschlagener Fremder gefunden wird, wittert der abgehalfterte Journalist Lothar Bergmann die große Chance, seinen ruinierten Ruf wiederherzustellen. Bergmann ermittelt auf eigene Faust. Doch als er erkennt, mit welchen mächtigen Menschen er sich anlegt, ist es bereits zu spät: Die Jagd auf Bergmann hat begonnen.

According to an LA Times, May 14, 2014 article, the following entry came from a notebook of a gold-seeking prospector, Samuel Clemens, in 1864. "Coleman with his jumping frog - bet stranger $50... - stranger had no frog & C got him one - in the meantime stranger filled C's frog full of shot and he couldn't jump - the stranger's frog won." Little did Clemens know that this would be the source for his short story that would launch his career as one of America's greatest authors.