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New Year New Movies on Hallmark Channel [Image by Vilius Kukanauskas from Pixabay]

Hallmark fans can already get excited as the feel-good network shares details of its New Year New Movies 2025. Moreover, while going international, these new, original movies star some of your favorite cast members, including Shanae Grimes-Beech, Stephan Hagan and Moira Kelly, Rhiannon Fish and Markian Tarasiuk, Lacey J. Mailey and David Elsendoorn, and Julie Gonzalo and Juan Pablo Di Pace.

Read on to find out what we know about the movies, set in Ireland, Argentina and Belgium and on a ship heading to Antarctica on Hallmark Channel.

New Year New Movies 2025 on Hallmark Channel Love of the Irish [Image @shenaegrimesbeech on Instagram]

Stars: Shanae Grimes-Beech, Stephan Hagan and Moira Kelly

Premiere date: Saturday, January 4, 2025, at 8 pm Et on Hallmark Channel

Plot: Tired of her bad luck, Fiona takes her mom on a trip to Ireland to turn things around. Moreover, she meets a charming single...

After the festive Hallmark Countdown To Christmas 2024 movies, the network kicks off 2025 with New Year New Movies! This year there are four movies that are all international. Moreover, there are some favorite stars here including the return of some favorites including Shenae Grimes’Beech, Laci J. Mailey, David Elsendoorn, and Markian Tarasiuk. In addition, Julie Gonzalo, Rhiannon Fish, and Juan Pablo Di Pace have returned.

The destinations are Ireland, Argentina, Belgium, and on a ship to Antarctica! Here are all the details.

Photo: Markian Tarasiuk Credit: ©2023 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Albert Camicioli Love Of The Irish Kicks Off Hallmark’s 2025 New Year New Movies!

The first 2025 movie is Love Of The Irish. This stars Shanae Grimes-Beech, Stephen Hagan, and Moira Kelly. The premiere is on Saturday, January 4, at 8 p.m., Eastern, on the Hallmark Channel.

According to the network, “Tired of her bad luck, Fiona takes her mom on a...

Exclusive: Carl Clemons-Hopkins, one of the Emmy-nominated stars of Max’s Emmy-winning comedy Hacks, has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation.

On Hacks, Clemons-Hopkins portrays Marcus Vaughan, the loyal, hardworking and highly organized head of the management team repping famed Las Vegas stand-up Deborah Vance (Jean Smart). For their work opposite Smart and Hannah Einbinder, they earned their first Emmy nomination back in 2021, becoming the first out, gender non-binary actor to be recognized in any category. To date, Clemons-Hopkins has also been nominated for a pair of SAG Awards as part of the ensemble.

Hacks returned for its third season in May and has already been renewed for a fourth.

In film, Clemons-Hopkins recently starred opposite Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Zach Galifianakis in The Beanie Bubble, a dramedy inspired by the Beanie Babies craze of the 1990s, from Apple and Imagine Entertainment. Additional film credits include Nia DaCosta...

Filmmaker Juan Pablo Di Pace discussed the meaning behind his new semi-autobiographical film Duino in his new uInterview.

Duino, which premiered at the LGBTQ Newfest film festival in New York City, follows an Argentinian filmmaker as he struggles to complete a film about his unrequited first love with a schoolmate. When he unexpectedly is offered the opportunity to reconstruct his memories, he revisits the past in the hope of finding a new ending to his story.

Di Pace, known for his roles in Fuller House and Momma Mia, gave some insight into his decision to step behind the camera for this movie to fulfill his childhood dream of directing:

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“I’ve been in the kind of actor-performer seat for 23 years now, I think, but since childhood, I really wanted to direct,” di Pace told uInterview founder Erik Meers.

The world is full of love stories, but when you’re straight, there are lots of different narratives to choose from. For people whose first love is someone of the same sex, especially if they came of age in the 20th Century, it’s a little different. Such a high proportion of those stories are anchored in tragedy of one sort or another that it’s easy to start shaping one’s own story to fit. Unrequited love is a bigger risk for gay and bisexual people, and speaking up also entails a different kind of risk – or certainly did - but how many of us end up using that as an excuse? There’s a temptation to romanticise situations by writing them off as hopeless – and in the process, perhaps, to miss out on something special.

Fortysomething Argentinean filmmaker Matias (played by director Juan Pablo di Pace) has idolised his first love to.

Project Angel Food's annual Angel Awards returned on Saturday, Sept. 28, to honor six-time Emmy Award winner, five-time NAACP Image Award winner, Golden Globe winner, Debbie Allen Dance Academy and Debbie Allen Middle School founder and philanthropist Debbie Allen with the Humanitarian Angel Award, while Emmy-nominated actor Matt Bomer received the 2024 Angel Award.

Additionally, L.A. Care Health Plan and its CEO, John Baackes, was awarded the Sheryl Lee Ralph Legacy Award. The event, held at Milk Studios in Hollywood while construction is underway on Project Angel Food’s Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Campus, featured a performance by multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated singer Deborah Cox. Funds raised from the Angel Awards will support the organization’s operating costs, as Project Angel Food prepares and delivers more than 1.5 million medically tailored meals each year to people living with life-threatening illnesses at zero cost.

Actress and comedian Loni Love kicked off the event and...

Project Angel Food is holding a spot for Jesse Williams, Fellow Travelers creator Ron Nyswaner, Sandra Lee, chef Stuart O’Keeffe and Jeremy Piven at its upcoming Angel Awards gala.

Taking place at Milk Studios in Hollywood on Saturday, Sept. 28, the event will mark the organization’s 35th anniversary while shining a light on Debbie Allen (Humanitarian Award), Matt Bomer (Angel Award) and L.A. Care Health Plan and its CEO John Baackes (Sheryl Lee Ralph Legacy Award).

Williams will be on hand to present to onetime Grey’s Anatomy colleague Allen, while Nyswaner will offer up a tribute to his Emmy-nominated star and executive producer from the critically acclaimed Showtime series. Lee and chef Stuart O’Keeffe will present the Sheryl Lee Ralph Legacy Award to L.A. Care Health Plan and Baackes.

Matt Bomer and Ron Nyswaner during the Peabody Awards on June 9, 2024.

Jeremy Piven, who recently starred in and produced The Performance,...

Exclusive: After making his feature directorial debut with The Mattachine Family, Andy Vallentine has launched Huckleberry Media, an L.A.-based film and television production company with a commitment to creating daring narratives, crafting rich characters, and championing artistic innovation and inclusivity.

Joining him as a founding member is Andrew Richards, formerly of Imperative Entertainment, who will serve as VP of Film and Television Development.

In a statement to Deadline, Vallentine said, “Our mission with Huckleberry Media is to champion compelling, character-driven film and television projects. Following the recent success of The Mattachine Family, we’re excited to hit the ground running with a slate of titles that explore diverse human experiences, foster empathy, and challenge societal norms through entertaining and authentic storytelling.”

Added Richards, “I’m elated to be joining Andy as we build out a diverse slate of film and television projects in collaboration with emerging and established storytellers alike.

The Frameline Film Festival has announced the winners from its 2024 program.

The top honors went to Luke Gilford’s “National Anthem,” which took home the Outstanding First Feature Award, and Chloé Barreau’s “Fragments of a Life Loved,” which won Outstanding Documentary Feature.

Frameline, the world’s largest and longest-running LGBTQ film festival, ran from June 19–29, with 120 screenings, programs and events held in theaters across the Bay Area, including the Herbst Theatre and Palace of Fine Arts Theatre.

Highlights of the festival included the Castro Theatre’s first-ever celebration of Juneteenth — a block party that featured the official re-lighting of the venue’s iconic neon blade sign and marquee, performances from the all-Black drag collective and a special outdoor screening of “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero.”

Other highlights included a special 30th anniversary screening of the 4K restoration of “Go Fish,” attended by Rose Troche and Guinevere Turner, the...

Exclusive: The 48th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival aka Frameline48 wrapped over the weekend and presented it awards after a slate of 120 in-person screenings and programs featuring international LGBTQ+ filmmakers and Bay Area artists.

Frameline48 highlights included a 30th anniversary screening of the 4K restoration of Go Fish; the “queer premiere” of Anthony Schatteman’s Young Hearts; the U.S. premiere of Juan Pablo Di Pace and Andrés P. Estrada’s Duino, world premieres of Deborah Craig’s Sally! (co-directed by Jörg Fockele and Ondine Rarey) and Osama Chami’s Una película barata; and screenings of Harrison Xu, Ivan Leung and Katherine Dudas’ Extremely Unique Dynamic, Marco Berger’s The Astronaut Lovers (Los amantes astronautas) and Luke Willis’ Lady Like, which saw the director and Lady Camden, the film’s subject, in attendance.

The Frameline kickoff celebration featured a live performance by singer, songwriter and producer Linda Perry, followed...

Chicago – Happy Pride Month 2024! One of the most beautiful and spirited LGBTQ+ films on the festival circuit last year was “The Mattachine Family,” written by Danny Vallentine and directed by his husband Andy Vallentine. Andy Vallentine talked to HollywoodChicago.com about his film that was partially autobiographical. “The Mattachine Family is now available to rent on all major streaming platforms.

“The Mattachine Family” features the very-much-in-love married couple Thomas (Nico Tortorella) and Oscar (Juan Pablo Di Pace) in a story about family, both made and found. When their foster child reunites with his birth mother, Thomas and Oscar deal with the loss in very different ways, and realize they have differing ideas on what makes a family. Loosely based on director/writer Andy Vallentine and writer Danny Vallentine’s own lived experiences as husbands and potential fathers, the film is a journey on the universality of love, family, and community.

Photo: Sarah Drew, Cora Bella, Juan Pablo Di Pace Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Fred Hayes

Saturday saw the premiere of the new Sarah Drew (Grey’s Anatomy) movie, Branching Out on Hallmark Channel. The inclusive network shared a heart-warming movie about a young girl, conceived through in vitro fertilization, who wanted to meet the other side of her family.

Before the movie was released, many fans planned to boycott the network over this controversial subject. However, having now watched the movie, fans now want a sequel.

Hallmark fans want sequel to Branching Out Photo: Sarah Drew, Cora Bella, Juan Pablo Di Pace Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Fred Hayes

As Hallmark continues to be an inclusive network, covering everyone’s stories, Sarah Drew’s new movie, Branching Out drew criticism over its IVF story. Fans even threatened to boycott the network over the controversial subject matter.

Despite this, once viewers actually watched the heartwarming movie,...

Hallmark Movies spoilers and updates tease fans are divided over a controversial new movie called “Branching Out”. The plot involves a single mother who conceives via in-vitro fertilization then tracks down the sperm donor, who winds up falling in love with her and she with him.

Hallmark Movie Spoilers – Fans Divided?

Some Hallmark fans are split over the latest movie release, Branching Out, which follows the story of a single mother who uses IVF to conceive a child.

Starring Sarah Drew, the film explores the journey of a mother investigating her ten year old daughter’s paternal family, leading to mixed reactions among viewers.

While some fans are calling for a sequel and applauding the fresh storyline, others are choosing to boycott the movie, deeming it a controversial plot.

In Joie Botkin’s film, Amelia (portrayed by Drew) embarks on a journey to find the father of her daughter, Ruby.

On Saturday, Sarah Drew’s new movie Branching Out premiered. Hallmark took a big leap by telling a heartwarming story about a young girl who was conceived through IVF, and her desire to meet the other side of her family. Many viewers vowed to boycott the network and this movie over this controversial subject. However, despite some controversy over the subject matter the reaction is different.

Now, viewers love this movie so much they want a sequel to this story.

Photo: Sarah Drew, Cora Bella, Juan Pablo Di Pace

Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Fred Hayes Hallmark Fans Want Sequel To Controversial Movie Branching Out

Before Hallmark aired their latest romantic comedy Branching Out, there were many people threatening to boycott this movie. However, now that the network has aired it, viewers are gushing over this movie. What did viewers say on the network’s Facebook page? The network is applauded for being relevant.

Viewers are annoyed at Hallmark’s handling of a controversial subject matter that is at the core of the new Spring Into Love movie Branching Out. Starring in this movie is Grey’s alum Sarah Drew, and Juan Pablo Di Pace. This is the story of a single mother who has a daughter through IVF.

While IVF is currently a controversial subject right now, that is not fully why many fans are talking about boycotting this movie.

What did these fans have to say and why are they boycotting it?

Photo: Sarah Drew, Cora Bella, Juan Pablo Di Pace Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Fred Hayes Hallmark Fans On Social Media Dissecting New Sarah Drew Movie Branching Out

On Thursday, one Hallmark fan went to Reddit to share that she is “annoyed” with the subject matter of Sarah Drew’s new Spring Into Love movie Branching Out. It should be noted...

Photo: Sarah Drew, Cora Bella, Juan Pablo Di Pace Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Fred Hayes

Hallmark Channel has revealed details of an upcoming titled Branching Out. The movie tells the story of a single mother, hoping to build a family tree. She tracks down her daughter’s extended family and hopes to fill in all the missing pieces.

Sarah Drew and Juan Pablo Du Pace star as the leads of the heartwarming story. Read on to find out more about the plot of the movie and its cast, and also enjoy images taken on the film set.

Branching Out on Hallmark Channel Photo: Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Natalie Cass

According to Hallmark’s official synopsis, Amelia Weber (Sarah Drew) had a baby of her own 10 years ago. Now, Amelia’s charming daughter, Ruby (Cora Bella) is her everything. However, when Ruby gets a school assignment exploring heritage and creating family trees,...

Hallmark’s final 2024 Spring Into Love movie is Branching Out. This stars Grey’s alum Sarah Drew and Fuller House alum Juan Pablo Di Pace.

“To help build a family tree a single mother tracks down her daughter’s extended family to fill in the missing pieces.”

Here is more about this upcoming movie.

Photo: Cora Bella, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Sarah Drew Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Natalie Cass What Is Hallmark’s Branching Out About?

In Hallmark’s Branching Out, two strangers learn the meaning of extended family. Ready to learn more? According to the synopsis, Amelia Weber is a single mom. A decade ago, she had a baby on her own, and now Ruby is her one and only child. Things with the two of them seemed perfect.

However, when Ruby gets a school project to fill in her family tree, she starts to ask questions. That is...

Photo: Barbara Niven, Alison Sweeney Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Bettina Strauss

Hallmark is giving us plenty to look forward to this month as they reveal the line-up for their latest programming. Meanwhile, Hearties can also look forward to When Calls the Heart season 11 coming to the screen this month. Read on to find out about the new, original movies and timing for Wcth.

Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Mystery line-up for April One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery

Friday, April 5 at 9 pm Et/Pt on Hallmark Mystery

Photo: Alison Sweeney, Victor Webster Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Bettina Strauss

Starring Alison Sweeney, Victor Webster and Barbara Niven, the movie sees Hannah meeting a new side of law and order while investigating a murder, when she crosses paths with prosecuting attorney Chad Norton, while Delores is hiding a secret.

Blind Date Book Club

Saturday, April 6 at 8 pm Et/Pt on Hallmark Channel

Photo: Erin Krakow,...

Hallmark’s Spring Into Love programming event continues this month with a fresh slate of rom-coms. The network’s April lineup includes movies with Hallmark stars such as Sarah Drew, Erin Krakow, and Natasha Burnett. Plus, When Calls the Heart returns for its 11th season on April 7. Keep reading for our rundown of the Hallmark movie schedule for April 2024.

‘Blind Date Book Club’ stars Erin Krakow and Robert Buckley Robert Buckley and Erin Krakow in ‘Blind Date Book Club’ | ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Allister Foster

When Calls the Heart leading lady Erin Krakow teams up with Chesapeake Shores star Robert Buckley in Blind Date Book Club. Krakow plays a woman named Meg who is torn between taking over her late mom’s bookstore and pursuing another career. At the store, she decides to start a “blind date book club,” where people agree to read a book of Meg’s choosing. Graham...

Exclusive: Jake Choi (Single Parents) has been tapped to star in The Late Night Creep, a dark comedy from writer-director Jamal Dedeaux (Laff Mobb’s Laff Tracks).

The film tells the story of an unhappily married man (Choi) who sneaks out of the house to go on a date with his college crush and ends up having the night from hell. Dedeaux is producing the indie alongside Rebecca Haze and Kris Simms.

Best known for starring alongside Taran Killam, Leighton Meester, Brad Garrett and more on the comedy series Single Parents, which ran for two seasons on ABC, Choi most recently starred opposite Nico Tortorella, Juan Pablo Di Pace and Emily Hampshire in the indie drama The Mattachine Family, exec produced by Zach Braff.

Previously, he’s also been seen in films including Justin Chon’s Sundance drama Ms. Purple, Warner Bros and MGM’s YA romance The Sun Is Also a Star,...

Spring Into Love 2024 Photo: Chiara Guzzo, Faith Wright, Erin Krakow Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Allister Foster

This spring, Hallmark Channel offers a lineup of feel-good, romantic movies to start the season off right. The event kicks off on Saturday, at 8 pm Et/Pt with the first new, original movie, Switching Gears.

From there on, new movies premiere every Saturday until April 27, when the movie Branching Out airs on the network. Read on to find out which six movies are lined up for the Spring Into Love programming event, and where you can watch them.

Spring Into Love 2024 releases on Hallmark Channel

The following movies will premiere on Hallmark during its Spring Into Love 2024 programming event with links to read more about each movie. Each movie airs at 8 pm Et/Pt on Hallmark Channel

March 23: Shifting Gears Photo: Tyler Hynes, Katherine Barrell Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Albert Camicioli

Starring: Katherine Barrell and Tyler Hynes.

Chicago – The 41st edition of the Reeling International Lbgtq+ Film Festival kicks off on September 21st, 2023, and runs through October 7th. The Opening Night film is “The Mattachine Family” at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre. For info/tickets click REELING41.

“The Mattachine Family” features the very-much-in-love married couple Thomas (Nico Tortorella) and Oscar (Juan Pablo Di Pace) in a story about family, both made and found. When their foster child reunites with his birth mother, Thomas and Oscar deal with the loss in very different ways, and realize they have differing ideas on what makes a family. Loosely based on director/writer Andy Vallentine and writer Danny Vallentine’s own lived experiences as husbands and potential fathers, the film is a journey on the universality of love, family, and community.

REELING41 Opens with ‘The Mattachine Family,’ Directed by Andy Vallentine

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With 54 programs including narrative features, documentary features,...

Cheryl Burke is sharing her story. The professional dancer, who competed on 25 seasons of “Dancing With the Stars” before retiring earlier this year, just launched a new podcast.

On iHeartRadio’s “Sex, Lies and Spray Tans” podcast, Burke will share behind-the-scenes secrets and stories from her time on the hit ABC series as well as interviews with former and current pros and contestants. The first two episodes are available now.

While promoting her new project, Burke opened up to Variety about the Season 32 cast of “Dancing With the Stars,” shared her thoughts on the show airing during the ongoing strikes and reacted to Sharna Burgess’ recent comments criticizing the show for casting Adrian Peterson, who faced child abuse charges.

Your new podcast is called “Sex, Lies and Spray Tans.” As an avid “Dancing With the Stars” viewer, I get the spray tans part! Can you explain the sex and lies part?...

“Full House Rewind,” PodCo’s upcoming rewatch podcast hosted by Dave Coulier, has set an initial lineup of guests and debuted a trailer. The first episode will premiere on July 21 at 9 a.m. Et.

The podcast will feature Coulier, who starred as Joey Gladstone in “Full House” and the reboot “Fuller House,” as he recounts each episode of the beloved ABC sitcom.

Among the guests confirmed to appear on “Full House Rewind” are John Stamos, who played Jesse Katsopolis in both “Full House” and “Fuller House”; Jeff Franklin, who created both series; Josh Peck, who played Ben in two episodes of “Fuller House”; Marla Sokoloff, who recurred as Gia Mahan in both series; actor, comedian and radio personality Adam Carolla; PodCo partner star of “Even Stevens” and “Kim Possible” Christy Carlson Romano; Mike Binder, who played Steve in an episode of “Full House” and directed “Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute...

Exclusive: Robert Morgan’s Talaria Media has launched development on Arigato Tokyo, a new drama set in the world of women’s professional wrestling, after acquiring a feature pitch by Daytime Emmy winner Mark Blutman. Jamie Anderson is on board to direct the pic, with Morgan to exec produce.

The film will tell the story of Annie Able, an aging pro wrestler, who despite battles with addiction and mental health, returns to the land of the Rising Sun to reignite her feud with local Japanese legend Hoshi Tokao, whose series of epic and often bloody matches in the late ’90s made them rich and famous. During the build-up of their big match at the landmark Tokyo Dome, Annie falls for the son of Hoshi, a young man half her age, and while the unlikely relationship angers Hoshi, the meaningful bond they form is unbreakable.

Blutman is...

Exclusive: Stars of Money Heist and other cast have boarded Vix+’s Spanish-language series Travesuras de la Niña Mala, which is based on the novel by Nobel prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa and has revealed first look image. Trailer is below.

Fernando Soto, who plays Ángel in Antena/3 Netflix smash Money Heist, and Fernando Cayo, who plays Coronel Tamayo, join previously announced Juan Pablo Di Pace and Macarena Achaga. Others to join include Martijn Kuiper (Los Hombres de Paco), Rowi Prieto (Aj Zombies), Vanessa Saba (Ella y Él), Victor Civeira (La Bella y las Bestias), Nestor Rodulfo (Che: Part: One), Steph Bumelcrownd (Lo Que la Gente Cuenta) and Javier Dulzaldes (Al Fondo hay Sitio).

Money Heist director Alejandro Bazzano is helming the show and has been joined by director Pavel Vázquez, as first look image is revealed.

Filmed in London and Paris, TelevisaUnivision’s flagship series for Vix+ tells...

Exclusive: Juan Pablo Di Pace has joined the cast of Travesuras de la Niña Mala for the TelevisaUnivision streaming service ViX+. He will star opposite previously announced Macarena Achaga in the role of Ricardo Somocurcio.

Production is currently underway in Paris and London. An exclusive photo of Di Pace and Achaga from set can be found above.

“It is a privilege to portray Ricardo Somocurcio, perhaps Mario Vargas Llosa’s most idealistic hero when it comes to love. A translator whose undying love for ‘the bad girl’ will transcend time and space,” Di Pace tells Deadline in an exclusive statement. “It is very exciting to portray him from the age of 25 to 55 – from the 1960s to the 1980s – in Paris, London, Mexico, Madrid and Tokyo and to speak Spanish, English, and French. From one country to the next, she will drive him crazy but he’ll always follow.

Actor Juan Pablo Di Pace is gearing up to make his feature directorial debut with For Another Time, an LGBTQ+ romantic drama inspired by true events in his life, that will be exec produced by 99-year-old icon Norman Lear and his Act III Productions partner Brent Miller.

For Another Time is a coming-of-age story that follows Matías, a queer filmmaker who gets an unexpected invitation to revisit the family that forever influenced his past, forcing him to question the present while potentially changing his future.

Production on the film set in Duino, Italy and Buenos Aires, Argentina will kick off on February 26. Di Pace will play the present-day version of Matías, with another as-yet-undisclosed actor to play a younger version. Casting for additional roles is underway. Andres Pepe Estrada will co-direct the film and serve as its editor.

Di Pace is producing under his Momento Films banner with Kristen Carroll,...

Norman Lear and his producing partner Brent Miller of Act III Productions have partnered with Juan Pablo Di Pace of Momento Films to launch Di Pace’s LGBTQ+ romantic drama, “For Another Time,” which will shoot on location in Duino, Italy, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Lear and Miller previously exec-produced Mexican film “Te Llevo Conmigo” (I Carry You With Me) and documentary “Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided to Go For It.”

Di Pace, who also stars in the film, based “For Another Time” on events in his own life, and he will co-direct with editor, Andres Pepe Estrada. Di Pace has appeared in “Fuller House,” “Mamma Mia! The Movie” and the upcoming “The Mattachine Family.”

In addition to Lear and Miller, executive producers include Massimiliano Milic, CEO of Terroir Films; and Kent Gibbons. Producers are Juan Pablo Di Pace; Kristen Carroll, founder and CEO of SpoPro/Spotlight Productions...

Tributes are flooding in for Bob Saget from those who knew and worked with the actor, following news of his sudden death on Sunday.

Saget was best known for playing Danny Tanner on ABC’s Full House (1987-1995), a role he later reprised on Netflix’s Fuller House (2016-2020). He also famously served as host of America’s Funniest Home Videos (1989-1997), and provided the narration for CBS’ How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014).

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Nico Tortorella, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, and Emily Hampshire cast in The Mattachine Family — Already a highly regarded director of videos and high-profile commercials, Andy Vallentine is directing The Mattachine Family, a script developed from a story co-written with his spouse, Danny Vallentine. He has recruited four talents full of potential and [...]

Continue reading: The Mattachine Family: Nico Tortorella, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, & Emily Hampshire cast in Drama Film...

Exclusive: Nico Tortorella (Younger, The Walking Dead: World Beyond), Juan Pablo Di Pace, Emmy nominee Carl Clemons-Hopkins and Emily Hampshire have signed on to star in The Mattachine Family, a drama executive produced by Zach Braff. The film is currently in production.

The first feature from video and commercial director Andy Vallentine centers on the relationship between Thomas (Tortorella) and Oscar (Di Pace). While the pair are very much in love, they find, after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, that they have different ideas about what it means to make a family.

Vallentine is directing from a script by his husband Danny Vallentine, which is based on a story by the pair.

Jake Choi, Annie Funke, Heather Matarazzo and Cloie Wyatt Taylor will round out the cast of the film, which Andy Vallentine is producing with Mike Diaz, Scot Boland, Siddharth Ganji and Cameron Hutchison.

Tortorella is represented by Gersh; Di Pace by Innovative Artists, Hamilton Hodell (UK) and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols; Clemons-Hopkins by Stewart Talent and Authentic Talent and Literary Management; Hampshire by Paradigm, Creative Drive Artists, Atlas Artists, Jazo P.R. and Felker Toczek Suddleson Abramson; Choi by Paradigm and Authentic Talent and Literary Management; Funke by The Kohner Agency, Authentic Talent and Literary Managent, and attorney Michael H. Mahan of Peikoff Mahan; Matarazzo by Margrit Polak Management; Taylor by Ellis Talent Group and Sandy Oroumieh Management.

Andy Vallentine is repped by Atn Entertainment; Braff by CAA, Management 360 and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller. The production is represented by Asa Pitt at Pitt Apc.

Could Lori Loughlin be following in Olivia Jade‘s footsteps? The influencer is currently competing on “Dancing with the Stars” with Val Chmerkovskiy and does not entirely rule out her mother one day doing the show herself.

“Val has been trying to recruit her,” Jade told Page Six.

“I don’t know how many more seasons I’ve got in me, but I’ll stick around,” Chmerkovskiy said.

“But if Lori comes on, then maybe,” Jade quipped before getting serious. “I don’t know. I haven’t really asked her, like, ‘Would you come on and do the show?’ But I think she’s just proud of me.”

Jade and Loughlin have been reentering public life since their family’s involvement in the college admissions scandal in 2019. Loughlin and her husband and Jade’s father, Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded guilty last year for bribing the University of Southern California to accept Jade and her sister,...

Exclusive: Joe Carroll has joined the cast of Apple TV+’s Five Days at Memorial, from John Ridley, Carlton Cuse and ABC Signature. He joins Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones, Adepero Oduye, Julie Ann Emery, Cornelius Smith Jr. and Molly Hager.

Written by Ridley and Cuse based on the acclaimed nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sheri Fink, Five Days at Memorial chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. When the floodwaters rose, the power failed and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions that haunted them for years to come.

Carroll will recur as Michael Arvin, a business development executive tasked with finding life-saving resources for people in distress hundreds of miles from his own location.

Five Days at Memorial is written and executive produced by Ridley and Cuse, and both will serve as directors on the limited series.

Hallmark Channel announced the premiere dates of six all-new movies releasing as part of the network’s “Fall Harvest” programming event, running from Sept. 11 through Oct. 16. The program lineup includes fall romances and holiday specials, alongside a Mystery Movies round of films.

The lineup of new films start on Sept. 11 at 6 p.m. with “Roadhouse Romance,” starring Lauren Alaina and Tyler Hynes. The movie follows country music fan Callie, who is determined to continue her late grandfather’s legacy, and TV director Luke, who encourages her to look forward instead of back. The following week features “Raise A Glass To Love,” on Sept. 18 at 6 p.m., starring Laura Osnes and Juan Pablo Di Pace as Jenna and Argentinian winemaker Marcelo, who fall in love at Jenna’s family vineyard. “Taking The Reins,” which follows a writer who goes back home for an article about horses and discovers what ended her...

Hallmark’s autumn will be full of original titles as the network unveiled the film lineups for its Fall Harvest and Movie & Mysteries events.

In addition to the previously announced Roadhouse Romance, Hallmark’s Fall Harvest event will feature the weekly premieres of Taking The Reins, South Beach Love and more. The annual Fall Harvest programming event will run from Saturday, September 11 through Saturday, October 16.

From Sunday, September 12 through Sunday, October 17, Hallmark will debut thrilling mysteries each week, including One Summer starring Sam Page, Amanda Schull and Grey’s Anatomy alum Sarah Drew. Also part of the line up are Redemption In Cherry Springs, The Vows We Keep and One Summer.

Here’s the full lineup for Hallmark’s fall programming events.

Hallmark’S Fall Harvest Event Schedule:

Roadhouse Romance

Saturday, September 11 (9 p.m. Et/Pt)

Starring: Lauren Alaina, Tyler Hynes

Country music fan Callie (Lauren Alaina) is determined to continue her late grandfather’s legacy.

For those of you who enjoy the seasonal programming on Hallmark Channel, we're still in the throes of summer, but Fall Harvest is right around the bend! Before fall officially begins, you can count on the first Fall Harvest movie to premiere.

Snuggle into your favorite sweater, imagine the heavenly scent of the falling leaves, and sip on your favorite pumpkin spice latte or a steaming apple cider as Hallmark unveils six brand new Fall Harvest movies for 2021.

The fun begins on Saturday, September 11, and we've got a preview of what's ahead.

On Saturday, September 11 at 9/8c, Lauren Alaina and Tyler Hynes kick off Fall Harvest with Roadhouse Romance.

Country music fan Callie (Alaina) is determined to continue her late grandfather’s legacy. While TV director Luke (Hynes) is in town, he teaches her that sometimes it’s best to look forward instead of back.

Saturday, September 18 at 9/8c, Laura Osnes...

Eric McCormack is joining Ktla anchor Jessica Holmes to host a Project Angel Food live telethon on July 17.

The station will broadcast the event, called Lead with Love 2021, from 7 Pm to 9 Pm, and it will be streamed live on Hulu, as well as the Ktla and Project Angel Food websites.

The event is presented by City National Bank and will raise money for expanded Project Angel Food service, with a client base of 2,300 per day, compared to 1,500 per day before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. The organization was founded in response to the AIDS pandemic in 1989, and provides food delivery service to Los Angeles clients with critical illnesses including Covid.

Also on the lineup will be co-hosts Loni Love and Alec Mapa. Chefs Cat Cora, Stuart O’Keeffe and Duff Goldman will pay tribute Project Angel Food Chef Randy Nakamura, who died due to Covid complications earlier this year. The...

Project Angel Food’s upcoming telethon, “Lead With Love 2021,” will include appearances by “Batwoman” star Javicia Leslie, Jamie Lee Curtis, Maria Shriver and Matt Bomer. The television event will also include performances by LeAnn Rimes, Andy Grammer, Gloria Estefan, Jewel, Phillip Phillips, Vanessa Williams and “Cruel Summer” star Olivia Holt.

Started in 1989 to help people with HIV and AIDS, Project Angel Food feeds and support people suffering life-threatening illnesses. The client base was about 1,500 deliveries a day but rose to 2,300 during the Covid pandemic.

Hosted by Ktla 5 anchor Jessica Holmes and executive produced by Brad Bessey, “Lead With Love” will broadcast live on Ktla 5 on July 17 from 7-9 p.m. It will also stream live on Ktla 5 and Project Angel Food’s websites and Facebook pages.

The guest line-up also includes Yvette Nicole Brown, Lisa Rinna, Harry Hamlin, Eric McCormack, Oscar De La Hoya, Pauley Perrette, Ross Mathews, Sheryl Lee Ralph,...

Jennifer Coolidge, Laurie Metcalf and Joy Reid are teaming to host the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s virtual cabaret benefit on Dec. 6.

From the hosts of Les Girls and the New York Gala, the event will feature both prerecorded and live song-and-dance performances along with celebrity appearances. The program includes Jason Alexander, Colleen Ballinger, Mary Birdsong, Laura Bell Bundy, Garrett Clayton, Merle Dandridge, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Elise Go, Lindsey Gort, Harvey Guillén, Jon Huertas, Taran Killam, Alice Lee, Andrew Leeds, Lesli Margherita, Eric McCormack, Lindsay Pearce, Melissa Peterman, Lea Salonga, and Steven Weber.

Funds raised during the event will support ...

Jennifer Coolidge, Laurie Metcalf and Joy Reid are teaming to host the National Breast Cancer Coalition’s virtual cabaret benefit on Dec. 6.

From the hosts of Les Girls and the New York Gala, the event will feature both prerecorded and live song-and-dance performances along with celebrity appearances. The program includes Jason Alexander, Colleen Ballinger, Mary Birdsong, Laura Bell Bundy, Garrett Clayton, Merle Dandridge, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Elise Go, Lindsey Gort, Harvey Guillén, Jon Huertas, Taran Killam, Alice Lee, Andrew Leeds, Lesli Margherita, Eric McCormack, Lindsay Pearce, Melissa Peterman, Lea Salonga, and Steven Weber.

Funds raised during the event will support ...

Gold Derby contributors Jeffrey Kare, Cordell Martin and I were somewhat surprised that Nelly was safe at the end of “Icons Night” on “Dancing with the Stars,” which led to the surprising elimination of Aj McLean. But what really got us anxious were the dances announced for next Monday’s penultimate episode of the season, where the six remaining celebs will perform but only four will advance to the finale the following week. Watch our discussion of “Icons Night” and the “Semi-Finals” above.

With the competition coming down to the wire and the contestants so evenly matched this season, every dance counts. So it’s especially significant that three of them will be performing the dance that almost always gets the celebs a big bump in their scores: contemporary. Kaitlyn Bristowe, Justina Machado and Nev Schulman all lucked out with that style. “I’m a little disappointed,” says Martin. “Contemporary...

In today’s TV news roundup, ABC announced that BTS, Michael Bublé, Katy Perry and more will feature in “The Disney Holiday Singalong,” and Netflix announced the premiere date date for Season 4 of “Big Mouth.”

Casting

ABC‘s “The Disney Holiday Singalong” lineup has been announced, with BTS, Michael Bublé, Katy Perry, Julianne Hough, Derek Hough, Chloe x Halle, Adam Lambert, Andrea Bocelli, Pink, Kerry Washington, Hayley Erbert, Ciara and Leslie Odom Jr. taking part. The special takes place on Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. and will be hosted by Ryan Seacrest. Also, cast members from the Broadway performances of “The Lion King” and “Aladdin,” as well as from the touring “Frozen” musical will join to perform “Let It Go.” Other celebrities set to appear on “The Disney Holiday Singalong” will be announced closer to the premiere date.

Netflix announced a slew of new cast members set to join “Ozark” as...

Make your vote count this election — and on “Dancing with the Stars.” The show will have a double elimination on Monday, Nov. 2, aka Election Day eve.

ABC is dubbing the episode “Double Elimination Night — Use Your Vote!”, encouraging fans to vote for their faves to avoid the feared double axing and, oh yeah, for the the future of our country. After next week’s episode, there will be nine couples left, so we’ll get down to seven couples by the end of the Nov. 2 episode.

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The episode will presumably be theme-less — unless you count double elimination as a theme — as executive producer and showrunner Andrew Llinares has previously said that “Dancing” will do theme nights every other week. The Oct. 26 episode is Villains Night, which would make Nov. 9 the next theme night. Tyra Banks mentioned Villains Night on Monday’s episode,...

Three wins is a very tough barrier for “Dancing with the Stars” pros to cross — well, unless you’re name is Derek Hough. The new judge is the only pro to have crossed that threshold, having nabbed a record six victories. Six other pros have triumphed twice, three of whom — Cheryl Burke, Val Chmerkovskiy and Peta Murgatroyd — have yet another chance to add a third this season. Who would you like to see lift their third Mirrorball trophy?

Now in her 23rd season, Burke came in to “Dancing” hot: She joined in Season 2 and won that with Drew Lachey and then backed it up with a second straight victory in the third season with Emmitt Smith. She’s since notched two second-place finishes and three third-place finishes.

Since Osbourne, the closest she’s come to Mirrorball glory again was in the 27th season with Juan Pablo Di Pace, who was...

In a sign of what may be seen as an emerging, successful alternative to expensive red carpet charity events, Saturday night’s two-hour Lead With Love: Project Angel Food Emergency Telethon, which aired live on Ktla 5, smashed its fundraising goal. The virtual event exceeded its $500,000 goal by nearly $200,000, totaling more than $700,000 during the all-star event, at very little cost to the Hollywood-based nonprofit Project Angel Food.

A-list names, including Sir Elton John, David Furnish, Jamie Lee Curtis, Matt Bomer and Sharon Stone, contributed brief segments celebrating Project Angel Food’s contributions to Hollywood’s underserved community. Furnish and Curtis both mentioned bringing their families with them to volunteer at the facility, which prepares and delivers tens of thousands of meals each week to people in need.

The list of musical names was fierce, with taped performances from Kelly Clarkson (U2’s “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking...

Project Angel Food has lined up a list of performers including Annie Lennox, Kristin Chenoweth and Kelly Clarkson for a telethon this Saturday, with Eric McCormack, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Jessica Holmes hosting.

Lead With Love: Project Angel Food Emergency Telethon will air from 7 Pm to 9 Pm Pt on Ktla 5 in Los Angeles and stream live on the channel’s website and on the Project Angel Food page.

The goal is to raise $500,000 to support Project Angel Food’s Covid-19 Emergency Relief Fund, set up for increased needs due to the coronavirus. In the past two months, the organization has gone from serving 1,600 people a day, to serving 2,000 people a day.

Also scheduled to perform are CeeLo Green, Deborah Cox and Billy Idol, and the event will include appearances by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Elton John, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sharon Stone and Marie Osmond and others. (See below).

Founded in 1989 during the AIDS crisis,...

Fuller House is officially over. 

The hit Netflix comedy wrapped up with its fifth season last week. 

However, it has now been revealed that there were plans for a sixth season, and Candace Cameron Bure has expressed her "disappointment" over it not being produced. 

Netflix announced last year that the reboot of the hit ABC comedy would be wrapping up after its fifth season, despite rumors stating it was being canceled after Season 4. 

Cameron Bure is opening up about certain storylines that did not get the time they deserved following the decision wrap up the series. 

"The fact that we didn't highlight Dani, Stephanie's baby, very much in season five, to me that was a bit disappointing," she revealed to Insider.

"We understand why they didn't [show Stephanie parenting], but that was something that I would have wanted to see in season six, her truly raising a baby."

She continued: "I would have...

It's almost time to say goodbye to Fuller House.

To reiterate that to fans, Netflix has dropped a brand new trailer for its farewell run, which is set to launch June 2.

As expected, the trailer for the sitcom’s final nine episodes zeroes in on D.J. (Candace Cameron Bure), Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin), and Kimmy (Andrea Barber) as they attempt to plan a triple wedding.

Danny (Bob Saget), Jesse (John Stamos), and Joey (Dave Coulier) are all spotted in the footage, but fans should not hold their breath for the return of Lori Loughlin as Aunt Becky.

There could be some details revealed by some of the other characters about the character, but time will tell.

In Fuller House, life can take you in unexpected directions and also into familiar territory when D.J. Tanner-Fuller finds herself living in her childhood home with younger sister and aspiring musician Stephanie Tanner...

“Fuller House” is getting ready to end its fifth and final season, which means it’s finally time to say goodbye to the Tanner family. And the cast is paying homage to their “Full House” roots in a nostalgia-heavy trailer.

On Tuesday, Netflix released the trailer for the final episodes that will hit the platform on June 2. It’s a walk down memory lane, and viewers can revisit the time when they first met Danny, DJ, Stephanie, Michelle, Uncle Jessy, Joey and Kimmy Gibbler way back in 1987.

The only one missing from the throwback is Lori Loughlin, who played Aunt Becky in the original series and in the first four seasons of the reboot. The actress left the show after she was indicted and pleaded not guilty in the college admissions bribery case.

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In the trailer for the final episodes,...