Category Archives: Lead Story

NICE BOY OF THE WEEK: Wilson Bethel

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Stephen Wilson Bethel grew up in a household on the East Coast that was very encouraging of artistic pursuits. When he graduated from high school, he decided not to go to college; instead he got a one-way ticket to Africa, spending a year travelling all over that country. He eventually ended up in Los Angeles with the goal of “making ... Read More »

Getting To Know THE REAL ST. NICK in New Lifetime Movie

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In the new Lifetime holiday movie The Real St. Nick, Torrey DeVitto (best known for her roles in The Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars) stars as Kate, a psychiatrist at St. John’s Hospital, who is about to question her own sanity. After an early morning run through a local park, Kate stops to take a phone call from the ... Read More »

SUITS: Strong Female Characters I’ve Overlooked

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I can’t believe I haven’t been writing about Suits. I mean, I watched the pilot and liked it, but then it kind of fell off my grid – until last week when I marathoned the entire season and a half in a space of about two days. (Insert bug-eyed smiley here.) Now I know what everyone has known since last ... Read More »

NICE BOY OF THE WEEK: Daniel Lissing

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Actor Daniel Lissing is our Nice Boy of the Week. Daniel was born in Sydney, Australia and he got his start on Australian TV in 2006 by guest starring in several episodes of the popular ‘down under’ soap opera Home and Away where he played firefighter Dave Elder. It was two years later that he appeared in three episodes of ... Read More »

Summer Glau Brings HELP FOR THE HOLIDAYS

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It’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and lose sight of one of the real joys of this time of year: connecting with friends and family. In Help for the Holidays, Summer Glau tries to remind a family how important they are to each other, and gets her own Christmas wish in ... Read More »

Review: IT’S ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS EVE on Lifetime

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The latest holiday made-for-TV movie from Lifetime comes in the form of It’s All About Christmas Eve, starring Haylie Duff (7th Heaven) as junior event planner Evelyn “Eve” Wright and Chris Carmack (The O.C.) as Aidan Green, the founder of a Facebook-like company. As the film opens, Eve is overseeing an unusual Bar Mitzvah with a Christmas twist (you can’t ... Read More »

HOLLY’S HOLIDAY Strives for Perfection in a Messy World

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The quest for perfection is sold to us, especially women, on a daily basis. The barrage of ads, TV shows, self-help books, etc. that tell us how to have the perfect body, perfect wardrobe, perfect job, perfect hair, perfect relationship, perfect life…it’s everywhere! Lifetime’s new original movie, Holly’s Holiday, takes a jab at all those expectations without getting preachy about ... Read More »

Andrew McCarthy Tempts Us To COME DANCE WITH ME

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How is it that Andrew McCarthy can make even the cheesiest, most-cliched characters sexy and romantic? He somehow manages to make Straight From the Heart (Hallmark, 2003) a must-watch movie even though I cringe through most of the dialogue and plotting. Fortunately, his latest Hallmark project keeps the romance and loses (most of) the cheese. In Come Dance With Me, ... Read More »

LEVERAGE: Showrunners to Air Series Finale on Christmas

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Dean Devlin, the creator of the TNT series, Leverage, posted a letter to the fans of the show onLeveragefans.com, talking about the uncertainty of the possibility of a sixth season. They’ve not heard the official official on whether or not the show will continue, so they took matters into their own hands. Read what Dean has to say: Dear LEVERAGE ... Read More »