Tag: Holiday

You Light Up My Christmas

Release Date:  12/1/19; Lifetime
Genre:   Holiday
Rating:  Unknown
Director:  Rhonda Baraka
Studio(s):   Tim Johnson Productions, Lifetime.
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:   Kim Fields (Emma), Adrian Holmes (Ben), BJ Harrison (Leonna), Andrew Creightney (Grandpa Roy), Mindy Cohn (Rose), Lisa Whelchel, Nancy McKeon.

Details:  The stars of The Facts of Life are coming back together, just in time for Christmas!  Kim Fields, Lisa Whelchel, Mindy Cohn and Nancy McKeon will reunite in the Christmas movie You Light Up My Christmas, premiering Dec.1 on Lifetime as part of the channel’s “It’s a Wonderful Lifetime” programming.  The holiday movie’s executive producer and star Kim Fields — who describes these cast members as her “sisters” — is the one who invited her fellow child actresses to get on board.

Story:   Inspired by true events, Emma (Kim Fields) returns to her hometown built around her family’s pioneer Christmas Light Factory two weeks before Christmas. However upon Emma’s return, she discovers the lights have gone dim in the once festive town, prompting her to reconnect with an old flame to set their hearts and the town ablaze with light again.  Source(s):  Lifetime.com; People.com.

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Winter Song

a/k/a A Christmas Winter Song

Release Date:  12/14/19; Lifetime
Genre:  Holiday
Rating:   Unknown
Director:  Camille Brown
Studio(s):   Almost Never Films Inc., MarVista Entertainment
Running Time:  Unknown
Cast:  Ashanti (Clio), Stan Shaw (Fred), Sashani Nichole (Mia), Nevaeh Ashanti (Young Clio), Runako Marshall (Robert).

Story:   Clio befriends Fred, a homeless former jazz singer down on his luck. They form a special bond over music, and Clio, having just lost her own father, helps Fred reconnect with his daughter, just in time for Christmas.  Source:  Lifetime.com.

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A Family Christmas Gift

Release Date: 12/20/19; Hallmark Channel
Genre:   Holiday
Rating:   Unknown
Director:  TBP
Studio(s):   TBP
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:  Holly Robinson Peete, Dion Johnstone and Patti Labelle

Story:   When Amber spends the holidays with her Aunt Dora and helps plan a fundraising Christmas concert, it brings Amber closer to her aunt and a new love into her life.  Source:  Hallmarkchannel.com.

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Christmas Hotel

Release Date:  12/21/19; Lifetime
Genre:  Holiday/Romance
Rating:  TV-G
Director:  Marla Sokoloff
Studio(s):  Hybrid
Running Time:  Unknown
Cast:  Tatyana Ali (Erin), Sean Patrick Thomas (Connor), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Marnie), Telma Hopkins (Alice), Erika Walter (Bianca Wyndsor).

Story:  Go getter, Erin Roberts (Tatyana Ali), works at the high end Windsor Hotel in New York City hoping to soon be promoted to manager of the luxury chain’s upcoming hotel in Rome. But things take an unexpected turn when her boss instead puts her in charge of opening up a brand new Windsor Hotel in Erin’s hometown of Garland Grove, a small mountain town that loves all things Christmas, all year round. Upon returning to Garland Grove Erin learns she has her work cut out for her as the town isn’t pleased with the new chain hotel and it’s up to her to find a way to get everyone on board and to please the Windsor investors. To make things more complicated, the man spearheading the movement against the new hotel is Connor, Erin’s childhood friend who she had a secret crush on in her youth. When Erin decides to make the new Windsor Hotel a year round “Christmas Hotel” to win over the town’s approval she turns to Connor for his knowledge in all things Christmas and the two work together to make Christmas Hotel a magical wonderland. Soon Erin’s love for both Garland Grove and Christmas is reignited as her connection with Connor grows to new levels making her question everything she thought she wanted.  Source:  Lifetime.com.

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Baking Christmas

Release Date:  11/29/19; OWN
Genre:  Holiday/Comedy
Rating:  Unknown
Director:  Fred Olen Ray
Studio(s):   Harpo Films, Hybrid, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:   Tim Reid (Phillip), Aloma Wright (Patty), Ninja N. Devoe (Brenda), Khalilah Joi (Jennifer), Yohance Myles, Dawan Owens (Will), Arnell Powell (Anthony), Leigh-Ann Rose (Angela), Jakari Fraser (Leroy).

Story:   When Patty, the founder of the town’s most popular and successful bakery, announces her plan to retire at the end of the year, her children step up to take over the family business. Patty and Phillip’s children, Jennifer, Angela and Anthony, are qualified – and eager – to run the enterprise, and each has their own ideas for writing the bakery’s next chapter. There is only one way to ensure the shop ends up in the right hands and that is a Christmas cake bake off. The gloves come off and the frosting flies as the siblings vie for control of the bakery in an unforgettable competition to create the best-ever Christmas confection.  Source:  Deadline.  Photo Source:  Oprahmag.com.

 

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Merry Liddle Christmas

Release Date:   11/30/19; Lifetime
Genre:   Holiday/Romance
Rating:  TV-G
Director:   Bosede Williams
Studio(s):   Kronicle Media
Running Time:  Unknown

Cast:   Kelly Rowland (Jacquie Liddle), Thomas Cadrot (Tyler Brooks), Debbi Morgan (Marchelle), Jaime M. Callica (Julian), Jeff Gonek (Producer), Marcello Guedes (Royce), Latonya Williams (Treena).

Story:   Marking her first foray into producing for television, Kelly Rowland partners with Kronicle Media for Merry Liddle Christmas. Inspired by her own recent Christmas catastrophe, Kelly Rowland plays Jacquie– a successful, super-together single tech entrepreneur whose messy family descends on her gleaming new dream home for the holidays. Christmas traditions collide and family drama ensues as she struggles to keep her house together in time for a glossy video shoot of “the perfect Christmas.” On top of that, the possibility of romance with a new neighbor has Jacquie questioning all her dating rules, so even though this isn’t the Christmas she envisioned, it might just be the most magical one yet.  Source:  Lifetime.com.

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