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How to Be Single Stars Reveal Their Dream Gay Romantic Roles
The cast of How To Be Single talk about the roles they’d most like to play in a gay romantic comedy and more in the latest episode of Advocate Spotlight.   
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          Feb 12, 2016
          
        
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How to Be Single stars Rebel Wilson, Damon Wayans Jr., Alison Brie, Anders Holm, and Jake Lacy discuss women on top in Hollywood, queer icons, and who they'd love to love in a same-sex romantic comedy. It's all in the latest episode of Advocate Spotlight. 

        
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How to Be Single Stars Reveal Their Dream Gay Romantic Roles

The cast of How To Be Single talk about the roles they’d most like to play in a gay romantic comedy and more in the latest episode of Advocate Spotlight.

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“The President has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice," the Afghanistan War veteran and former transportation secretary said.