Amazon’s adaptation of the hit romance novel about a prince and the US president’s son is well-intentioned yet listless
For many viewers, there’ll be something charmingly synthetic about Amazon’s milquetoast romcom Red, White and Royal Blue, another film aiming to show that gay love stories can be just as basic and sickly sweet as straight ones. Its overwhelming blandness is sort of the point, a sign of true representation, but vaguely admirable intentions only get the film so far – a win that it exists perhaps, but a loss for those hoping for something better than a Hallmark movie.
The painfully slow rise in gay stories that cater to a broader crowd has given us some crowd-pleasing winners, standout films like Love, Simon, Bros and Happiest Season, showing the importance and pleasure of watching same-sex romance on a bigger canvas, bursting out of the arthouse closet. But...
For many viewers, there’ll be something charmingly synthetic about Amazon’s milquetoast romcom Red, White and Royal Blue, another film aiming to show that gay love stories can be just as basic and sickly sweet as straight ones. Its overwhelming blandness is sort of the point, a sign of true representation, but vaguely admirable intentions only get the film so far – a win that it exists perhaps, but a loss for those hoping for something better than a Hallmark movie.
The painfully slow rise in gay stories that cater to a broader crowd has given us some crowd-pleasing winners, standout films like Love, Simon, Bros and Happiest Season, showing the importance and pleasure of watching same-sex romance on a bigger canvas, bursting out of the arthouse closet. But...
- 8/11/2023
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
We have some sad news to share today, as it has been confirmed that actor Pedro Miguel Arce has passed away at the much too young age of 46. Arce had over eighty screen acting credits to his name, but may be best known for playing the roles of Pillsbury in George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead and the character Felix in multiple episodes of the Guillermo del Toro series The Strain. It has been said that Arce passed away after “a brief battle with cancer”.
Here’s the message that was posted to Arce’s Instagram account: “It is with deepest sorrow that we announce the loss of our beloved Pedro Miguel Arce this afternoon, December 9. After a brief battle with cancer, Pedro passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family. Thank you for your visits, cards, and support during this difficult time for Pedro and our family.
Here’s the message that was posted to Arce’s Instagram account: “It is with deepest sorrow that we announce the loss of our beloved Pedro Miguel Arce this afternoon, December 9. After a brief battle with cancer, Pedro passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family. Thank you for your visits, cards, and support during this difficult time for Pedro and our family.
- 12/12/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
We’ve learned the sad news this week that Nicaraguan actor Pedro Miguel Arce, best known to horror fans for George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead, has passed away at the age of 46.
Sean Clark writes on Instagram, “I just read that Pedro Miguel Arce who played Pillsbury in George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead has passed away after a short battle with cancer.”
“Pedro was such a funny larger than life individual,” Clark adds. “He will be missed.”
In addition to Land of the Dead, Pedro Miguel Arce also appeared in “Warehouse 13,” The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, “True Detective,” “Slasher,” and “The Strain.”
Pedro Miguel Arce’s credits also include “Relic Hunter,” True Blue, “CSI: Miami,” “How I Met Your Mother,” Think Like a Man Too, “Taken,” Polar, and The Christmas Setup.
A post on the actor’s Instagram account reads, “Pedro passed...
Sean Clark writes on Instagram, “I just read that Pedro Miguel Arce who played Pillsbury in George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead has passed away after a short battle with cancer.”
“Pedro was such a funny larger than life individual,” Clark adds. “He will be missed.”
In addition to Land of the Dead, Pedro Miguel Arce also appeared in “Warehouse 13,” The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, “True Detective,” “Slasher,” and “The Strain.”
Pedro Miguel Arce’s credits also include “Relic Hunter,” True Blue, “CSI: Miami,” “How I Met Your Mother,” Think Like a Man Too, “Taken,” Polar, and The Christmas Setup.
A post on the actor’s Instagram account reads, “Pedro passed...
- 12/12/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
This review of “On the Count of Three” was first published on Jan. 29, 2021, after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
“On the Count of Three” opens with two friends nervously trying to commit a joint murder-suicide, and it’s the feature directorial debut of comedian Jerrod Carmichael. Thankfully Carmichael, who also stars, never loses sight of the real pain at the story’s center, even as he’s also managing to find the laughs.
Working from a screenplay by TV writers Ari Katcher (“The Carmichael Show”) and Ryan Welch (who co-created “Ramy” with Katcher and Ramy Youssef), Carmichael already feels comfortable behind the camera, which should come as no surprise to anyone who’s seen his HBO documentary shorts about his family and childhood neighborhood. With “On the Count of Three,” he takes on a challenging mix of tones, and mostly succeeds as the story segues from the tragic...
“On the Count of Three” opens with two friends nervously trying to commit a joint murder-suicide, and it’s the feature directorial debut of comedian Jerrod Carmichael. Thankfully Carmichael, who also stars, never loses sight of the real pain at the story’s center, even as he’s also managing to find the laughs.
Working from a screenplay by TV writers Ari Katcher (“The Carmichael Show”) and Ryan Welch (who co-created “Ramy” with Katcher and Ramy Youssef), Carmichael already feels comfortable behind the camera, which should come as no surprise to anyone who’s seen his HBO documentary shorts about his family and childhood neighborhood. With “On the Count of Three,” he takes on a challenging mix of tones, and mostly succeeds as the story segues from the tragic...
- 5/14/2022
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Kyle Allen has the power, apparently!
The alum of The Path and American Horror Story has landed the role of He-Man in the live-action Masters of the Universe movie, which is now being developed by Mattel and Netflix.
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The alum of The Path and American Horror Story has landed the role of He-Man in the live-action Masters of the Universe movie, which is now being developed by Mattel and Netflix.
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- 1/28/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: CBS is developing Married With Friends, a multi-camera comedy inspired by and starring real-life married couple Blake Lee and Ben Lewis (Arrow).
Written by Julia Meltzer, with Fam and In the Dark creator Corinne Kingsbury supervising, Married With Friends is an ensemble about a millennial friend group navigating life, friendships, and romantic relationships (or lack thereof) with Arthur and Bo – a gay, married couple, played by Lee and Lewis, – as the glue that holds them all together.
Kingsbury executive produces via her Eighty-Two Cents productions. Lee, Lewis and Meltzer is co-executive producer. CBS Studios produces in association with Eighty-Two Cents.
Lee and Lewis previously starred together in Lifetime’s first LGBTQ+ holiday movie, The Christmas Setup. The film was nominated for a 2021 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie.
The project marks a reunion for Lewis and Kingsbury who worked together on another CBS/CBS multi-camera comedy,...
Written by Julia Meltzer, with Fam and In the Dark creator Corinne Kingsbury supervising, Married With Friends is an ensemble about a millennial friend group navigating life, friendships, and romantic relationships (or lack thereof) with Arthur and Bo – a gay, married couple, played by Lee and Lewis, – as the glue that holds them all together.
Kingsbury executive produces via her Eighty-Two Cents productions. Lee, Lewis and Meltzer is co-executive producer. CBS Studios produces in association with Eighty-Two Cents.
Lee and Lewis previously starred together in Lifetime’s first LGBTQ+ holiday movie, The Christmas Setup. The film was nominated for a 2021 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding TV Movie.
The project marks a reunion for Lewis and Kingsbury who worked together on another CBS/CBS multi-camera comedy,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The streamer’s latest formulaic festive movie is more of the same but with an LGBT twist, competent but lacking chemistry
When 2018’s likable coming-(out)-of-age teen movie Love, Simon was released to an audience of unprecedented scale, a common riposte was that it wasn’t quite queer enough. The high-gloss YA tale of a white bread suburban teen accepting his sexuality was picked apart for its sanitised PG-13 worldview and by-the-books storytelling, playing it a little too straight for some. But it was the film’s sweet vanilla flavour that made it such a radical step, dragging a story usually told in the dark from the arthouse to the bright lights of the multiplex, giving gay teens something just as big and brash as the many, many, many straight-skewed high school films they had grown up on. Because, for some, the fight for basic rights should also include...
When 2018’s likable coming-(out)-of-age teen movie Love, Simon was released to an audience of unprecedented scale, a common riposte was that it wasn’t quite queer enough. The high-gloss YA tale of a white bread suburban teen accepting his sexuality was picked apart for its sanitised PG-13 worldview and by-the-books storytelling, playing it a little too straight for some. But it was the film’s sweet vanilla flavour that made it such a radical step, dragging a story usually told in the dark from the arthouse to the bright lights of the multiplex, giving gay teens something just as big and brash as the many, many, many straight-skewed high school films they had grown up on. Because, for some, the fight for basic rights should also include...
- 12/2/2021
- by Benjamin Lee
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Television movies are starting to get a bit of heat in the digital age. The classic movie of the week genre was a staple of the 1980s but has subsided over the last few years.
Lionsgate and MarVista Entertainment are hoping to kickstart the made-for-television movie trend with a new deal that will see them remake a number of classic small screen features from the Hearst library.
Projects that are set to be remade include The Babysitter’s Seduction, which aired on NBC and starred Keri Russell as babysitter Michelle Winston and Phylicia Rashad, Lifetime’s psychological thriller Sex and Mr. X, which starred Linda Hamilton and Jacqueline Bisset, and thriller Sex, Lies and Obsession, which starred Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna.
MarVista has identified over 100 titles to reimagine including Dolly Parton’s Blue Valley Songbird and holiday movies such as Leslie Neilson’s Santa Who and Shelly Long’s A Different Kind of Christmas.
Lionsgate and MarVista Entertainment are hoping to kickstart the made-for-television movie trend with a new deal that will see them remake a number of classic small screen features from the Hearst library.
Projects that are set to be remade include The Babysitter’s Seduction, which aired on NBC and starred Keri Russell as babysitter Michelle Winston and Phylicia Rashad, Lifetime’s psychological thriller Sex and Mr. X, which starred Linda Hamilton and Jacqueline Bisset, and thriller Sex, Lies and Obsession, which starred Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna.
MarVista has identified over 100 titles to reimagine including Dolly Parton’s Blue Valley Songbird and holiday movies such as Leslie Neilson’s Santa Who and Shelly Long’s A Different Kind of Christmas.
- 7/9/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Moved to tears. That's how Cruel Summer star Blake Lee, who made history alongside husband Ben Lewis by starring in Lifetime's first queer Christmas film, The Christmas Setup, felt watching the gay love story unfold on the Freeform hit. For those unfamiliar with the show, the teen thriller offered up a tender moment in episode three when they had closeted teen couple Vince (Allius Barnes) and Ben (Nathaniel Ashton) share a moment at a secret gay bar. "The producers showed us the clip where they go to the gay bar and they dance together," Blake told E! News. "And they showed it to us when we were shooting in Texas still and all of us were crying. One, I mean, I think it's so important for...
- 6/5/2021
- E! Online
Schitt’s Creek with its last hurrah repeated at Outstanding TV Comedy at this year’s GLAAD Media Awards, which acknowledge the fairness, accuracy, inclusiveness, boldness, originality, impact and overall quality of LGBTQ representations in the media.
Star Trek: Discovery, which in Season 3 introduced its first non-binary and transgender characters (respectively played by Blu del Barrio and Ian Alexander), and I May Destroy You in turn took the prizes for best drama and limited series.
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- 4/9/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
GLAAD has announced the full list of nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. The organization announced 198 nominees in 28 categories, including two new categories: Outstanding Children’s Programming and Outstanding Breakthrough Music Artist.
“During an unprecedented year of crises and isolation, the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards reached LGBTQ people with powerful stories and inspired countless others around the world with bold looks at LGBTQ people and issues,” GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said. “As GLAAD continues to lead the fight for LGBTQ acceptance, this...
“During an unprecedented year of crises and isolation, the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards reached LGBTQ people with powerful stories and inspired countless others around the world with bold looks at LGBTQ people and issues,” GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis said. “As GLAAD continues to lead the fight for LGBTQ acceptance, this...
- 1/28/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix continues to be a force to be reckoned with when it comes to the awards front.
GLAAD unveiled its nominations for 2021, and the streamer came out on top with 26 total nominations.
HBO Max garnered nine nominations, followed by HBO, Amazon and Hulu (which nabbed four each). Among broadcast networks, only ABC and NBC earned nods, with two each.
Harley Quinn, The Umbrella Academy, and Saved by the Bell were among this year’s first-time contenders.
Outstanding Comedy Series
Big Mouth (Netflix)
Dead to Me (Netflix)
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (Freeform)
Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
Love, Victor (Hulu)
Saved by the Bell (Peacock)
Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
Sex Education (Netflix)
Superstore (NBC)
Twenties (BET)
Outstanding Drama Series
9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
P-Valley (Starz)
Ratched (Netflix)
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
Supergirl (The CW)
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)
Vida (Starz)
The Wilds (Amazon Prime...
GLAAD unveiled its nominations for 2021, and the streamer came out on top with 26 total nominations.
HBO Max garnered nine nominations, followed by HBO, Amazon and Hulu (which nabbed four each). Among broadcast networks, only ABC and NBC earned nods, with two each.
Harley Quinn, The Umbrella Academy, and Saved by the Bell were among this year’s first-time contenders.
Outstanding Comedy Series
Big Mouth (Netflix)
Dead to Me (Netflix)
Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (Freeform)
Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
Love, Victor (Hulu)
Saved by the Bell (Peacock)
Schitt’s Creek (Pop TV)
Sex Education (Netflix)
Superstore (NBC)
Twenties (BET)
Outstanding Drama Series
9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox)
Killing Eve (BBC America)
P-Valley (Starz)
Ratched (Netflix)
Star Trek: Discovery (CBS All Access)
Supergirl (The CW)
The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)
Vida (Starz)
The Wilds (Amazon Prime...
- 1/28/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Nominees have been announced for this year’s GLAAD Media Awards, which acknowledge the fairness, accuracy, inclusiveness, boldness, originality, impact and overall quality of LGBTQ representations in the media.
Josie Totah (of Peacock’s Saved by the Bell), D.J. “Shangela” Pierce (HBO’s We’re Here), and Jonathan Bennett (Hallmark Channel’s The Christmas House) announced the nominees on GLAAD’s TikTok page. This year’s award ceremony will be held (virtually) in April.
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Josie Totah (of Peacock’s Saved by the Bell), D.J. “Shangela” Pierce (HBO’s We’re Here), and Jonathan Bennett (Hallmark Channel’s The Christmas House) announced the nominees on GLAAD’s TikTok page. This year’s award ceremony will be held (virtually) in April.
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- 1/28/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
GLAAD announced the nominations for its annual media awards on Wednesday, with “Schitt’s Creek,” “The Prom” and Lady Gaga among the nominees.
Streaming dominated the nominations for 2021, with films like Netflix’s “The Half of It” and Hulu’s “Happiest Season” among the film nominees and “Love, Victor,” “Dead to Me,” “Saved by the Bell” and “The Umbrella Academy” being recognized in the TV categories.
Netflix led with a total of 26 nominations, followed by HBO Max with nine. Amazon, Hulu and HBO all received four nominations, with Disney+ and PBS each receiving three. In total, streaming services account for 58 of the nominees, with cable receiving 29 and broadcast coming in at 14.
“During an unprecedented year of crises and isolation, the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards reached LGBTQ people with powerful stories and inspired countless others around the world with bold looks at LGBTQ people and issues,” GLAAD President...
Streaming dominated the nominations for 2021, with films like Netflix’s “The Half of It” and Hulu’s “Happiest Season” among the film nominees and “Love, Victor,” “Dead to Me,” “Saved by the Bell” and “The Umbrella Academy” being recognized in the TV categories.
Netflix led with a total of 26 nominations, followed by HBO Max with nine. Amazon, Hulu and HBO all received four nominations, with Disney+ and PBS each receiving three. In total, streaming services account for 58 of the nominees, with cable receiving 29 and broadcast coming in at 14.
“During an unprecedented year of crises and isolation, the nominees for the 32nd Annual GLAAD Media Awards reached LGBTQ people with powerful stories and inspired countless others around the world with bold looks at LGBTQ people and issues,” GLAAD President...
- 1/28/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
The Performer | Kaley Cuoco
The Show | HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant
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The Episode | “Arrivals and Departures” (Dec. 17, 2020)
The Performance | As intense as her performance was during the Episode 6 meltdown, the dramedic thriller’s eighth and final episode gave Cuoco something new and differently engaging to do: play Cassie Bowden as someone just a bit more sober, and thus a bit more able to sincerely engage with those around her.
The Show | HBO Max’s The Flight Attendant
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The Episode | “Arrivals and Departures” (Dec. 17, 2020)
The Performance | As intense as her performance was during the Episode 6 meltdown, the dramedic thriller’s eighth and final episode gave Cuoco something new and differently engaging to do: play Cassie Bowden as someone just a bit more sober, and thus a bit more able to sincerely engage with those around her.
- 12/19/2020
- by Team TVLine
- TVLine.com
We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Flight Attendant, The Stand, Station 19 and Mom!
1 | How badly do you want The Handmaid’s Tale to do a flashback episode in Season 4 or 5, just so The Prom‘s Jo Ellen Pellman can play a young June?
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2 | Blue Bloods is simply inviting everyone over for Sunday night dinner now,...
1 | How badly do you want The Handmaid’s Tale to do a flashback episode in Season 4 or 5, just so The Prom‘s Jo Ellen Pellman can play a young June?
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2 | Blue Bloods is simply inviting everyone over for Sunday night dinner now,...
- 12/18/2020
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Michael Ausiello, Kimberly Roots, Andy Swift, Dave Nemetz, Rebecca Iannucci, Ryan Schwartz, Nick Caruso and Charlie Mason
- TVLine.com
The Christmas Setup is Lifetime’s first LGBTQ+ Christmas movie, but that’s “not necessarily the most accurate way to describe it,” star Ben Lewis tells TVLine.
The Arrow vet stars alongside his real-life husband Blake Lee (Parks and Recreation, Mixology) as former high school classmates in the holiday flick (airing this Saturday, Dec. 12 at 8/7c). When Lewis’ Hugo, a successful big city attorney, returns home to Milwaukee for Christmas, his mom Kate (The Nanny’s Fran Drescher) arranges for Hugo to run into his secret crush Patrick (Lee), who’s back after a successful stint in Silicon Valley.
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The Arrow vet stars alongside his real-life husband Blake Lee (Parks and Recreation, Mixology) as former high school classmates in the holiday flick (airing this Saturday, Dec. 12 at 8/7c). When Lewis’ Hugo, a successful big city attorney, returns home to Milwaukee for Christmas, his mom Kate (The Nanny’s Fran Drescher) arranges for Hugo to run into his secret crush Patrick (Lee), who’s back after a successful stint in Silicon Valley.
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- 12/11/2020
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
As the writer of “The Christmas Setup,” Lifetime’s first-ever holiday movie centered on a gay romance, Michael Murray has felt a sense of responsibility to the LGBTQ+ community since he first began scripting the project back in March.
But it wasn’t until Lifetime announced in August that it had given the movie the green light that Murray had a “freakout” and “major meltdown” over just how big a deal his little movie was going to be.
“It was like, ‘Oh my God, what have I done now? I hope I’ve been responsible in the portrayal of my life, our community, of Christmas movies — the whole thing. That I’ve checked all the boxes,'” Murray, who is gay, told TheWrap. “And of course at that point I thought, ‘It’s probably too late. I hope I have!’ I don’t think I completely panicked until the script was done.
But it wasn’t until Lifetime announced in August that it had given the movie the green light that Murray had a “freakout” and “major meltdown” over just how big a deal his little movie was going to be.
“It was like, ‘Oh my God, what have I done now? I hope I’ve been responsible in the portrayal of my life, our community, of Christmas movies — the whole thing. That I’ve checked all the boxes,'” Murray, who is gay, told TheWrap. “And of course at that point I thought, ‘It’s probably too late. I hope I have!’ I don’t think I completely panicked until the script was done.
- 12/10/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
With the recent uptick in holiday films featuring LGBTQ+ characters, including Lifetime's The Christmas Setup, Hallmark's The Christmas House, and Hulu's Happiest Season, it seems Hollywood is finally shirking the "bury your gays" trope, at least when it comes to the holidays. Previously, a movie like Happiest Season, which sees Abby going home with her girlfriend, Harper, for the holidays only to learn that Harper hasn't come out to her family, likely wouldn't have had a happy ending. Instead, actress Mackenzie Davis, who stars as Harper, was able to be a part of a film that is not only groundbreaking but also a warm and lovely film she could be proud of.
"I felt nervous, especially for the big coming-out scene, to really imbue it with respect and weight."
When it came to starring in Happiest Season, it seems timing was on Davis's side. "I had just finished shooting Terminator,...
"I felt nervous, especially for the big coming-out scene, to really imbue it with respect and weight."
When it came to starring in Happiest Season, it seems timing was on Davis's side. "I had just finished shooting Terminator,...
- 11/24/2020
- by Grayson Gilcrease
- Popsugar.com
This year marks the first season in which Lifetime and Hallmark are including LGBTQ characters and storylines in their holiday movies in a prominent way: Hallmark with “The Christmas House,” featuring Jonathan Bennett and Brad Harder as a gay couple looking to adopt, and Lifetime has “The Christmas Setup,” the channel’s first-ever movie starring gay leads, played by married-in-real-life couple Ben Lewis and Blake Lee. While Lifetime’s movie is a bigger stride, as it features a gay couple as the leads rather than part of an ensemble, both projects mark significant turning points for the holiday-tv-movie landscape, which has seen a lack of LGBTQ representation in years past. So why did the cable channels decide 2020 was the year to make a change — even though each is still devoting a large portion of its slate to heterosexual-centric romances? Also Read: 'Princess Switch 2': Did You Spot the 'A Christmas Prince' Cameo?...
- 11/24/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Hallmark’s 2020 “Countdown to Christmas” has already begun, with a total of 40 new holiday movies set to air this season across the Hallmark Channel and sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries — some of which started rolling out well before Halloween.
While there are some fan-favorite Hallmark actors and actresses starring in the lineup, like Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp, Holly Robinson Peete and Danica McKellar, there are several newcomers leading films, including Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Victoria Clark, Tom McGowan, Alvina August, Janel Parrish, Jeremy Jordan and Marisol Nichols, among many others.
This year’s slate also includes “The Christmas House,” which stars Jonathan Bennett and features a storyline about a gay couple looking to adopt their first child. Hallmark and its competitor Lifetime have been criticized over the years for not including LGBTQ lead characters and related plots in their Christmas movies. Hallmark said it would commit...
While there are some fan-favorite Hallmark actors and actresses starring in the lineup, like Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp, Holly Robinson Peete and Danica McKellar, there are several newcomers leading films, including Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Victoria Clark, Tom McGowan, Alvina August, Janel Parrish, Jeremy Jordan and Marisol Nichols, among many others.
This year’s slate also includes “The Christmas House,” which stars Jonathan Bennett and features a storyline about a gay couple looking to adopt their first child. Hallmark and its competitor Lifetime have been criticized over the years for not including LGBTQ lead characters and related plots in their Christmas movies. Hallmark said it would commit...
- 11/9/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Turn on the twinkling holiday lights and cuddle up with a soft blanket because Lifetime's 2020 Christmas movie schedule is here - and the first movie premieres Oct. 23! Hopeless romantics, Christmas enthusiasts, and happy-ending seekers will love the amazing holiday-themed movies playing on Lifetime this season. Expect to see some familiar faces, like Tiffany Haddish, Beverley Mitchell, Mario Lopez, Melissa Joan Hart, Kelly Rowland, Vanessa Lachey, Kyla Pratt, and many others. Read the full schedule and list of stars below and get ready to mark your calendar for some serious holiday viewing!
It's a Wonderful Lifetime 2020 Schedule
Oct. 23, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas on Ice: starring Abigail Klein, Ryan Cooper, Caroline Portu, Will Lyman, and Meara Mahoney Gross
Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas Unwrapped: starring Amber Stevens West, Marco Grazzini, Cheryl Ladd, and executive producer Tiffany Haddish
Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Et – Forever Christmas: starring Chelsea Hobbs, Christopher Russell,...
It's a Wonderful Lifetime 2020 Schedule
Oct. 23, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas on Ice: starring Abigail Klein, Ryan Cooper, Caroline Portu, Will Lyman, and Meara Mahoney Gross
Oct. 24, 8 p.m. Et – Christmas Unwrapped: starring Amber Stevens West, Marco Grazzini, Cheryl Ladd, and executive producer Tiffany Haddish
Oct. 25, 8 p.m. Et – Forever Christmas: starring Chelsea Hobbs, Christopher Russell,...
- 10/21/2020
- by Sydni Ellis
- Popsugar.com
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