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The high-stakes romantic comedy “Oh, Hi!” is a backhanded compliment to lotharios like Rudolph Valentino, James Bond and “The Wolf of Wall Street’s” Jordan Belfort.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

But early on, she reveals the truth that many great lotharios are afraid to admit.

From Salon • May 5, 2025

Old World meets New, heiresses amid the lotharios, innocents abroad.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2014

We can't tell if Piles of $$$, with its Auto-Tuned vocals and 808s and Heartbreak ambience, is a critique of or paean to R&B lotharios, but who cares with that chord sequence.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2011

In that time period R&B went to the nightclub, speeding up its tempos and digitizing its lotharios, from direction-changing veterans like Usher to upstarts like Jason Derulo and Taio Cruz.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2010