Women’s History Month: American Masters Tribute

Posted on March 10, 2014 at 8:00 am

The PBS series “American Masters” pays tribute to 10 great American women in honor of Women’s History Month.  Here is one of my favorites, about Aretha Franklin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY5u8AzbChw
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Facts of Life Stars Reunite in a New Hallmark Channel Movie

Posted on March 7, 2014 at 3:52 pm

 

Photo by: Gary Null/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank, courtesy of Hallmark Channel

“Facts of Life” co-stars Lisa Whelchel and Kim Fields will reunited in “For Better Or For Worse,” a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World coming this fall. The film, which is an adaptation of the bestselling novel For Better or For Worse by Diann Hunt, has begun production in Vancouver, Canada. Antonio Cupo (“Hats Off To Christmas!”) co-stars alongside Whelchel and Fields in this heartwarming romantic comedy about a woman who learns that perhaps there is such a thing as second chances when facing the pleasures and pains of love.

Wendy (Whelchel) is finally starting to settle into the single life after struggling with the death of her husband.  After a difficult season of grief, she’s taken over the family business of coordinating the town’s most beautiful and memorable weddings with the help of her friend and co-worker Roseanne (Fields). However, when the charming and incredibly irritating Marco (Cupo) opens a legal practice that specializes in divorces right next to her wedding chapel, Wendy is going to make sure that she stops at nothing to promote her business and the sanctity of marriage. Along the way, Wendy learns that self-discovery and moving on are the ways to finding true happiness.

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Ten American Masters for Black History Month

Posted on February 22, 2014 at 3:57 pm

In honor of Black History Month, American Masters looks at just ten of its artists and advocates who shaped America’s culture, changed the course of history, and in particular, took a stand in the Civil Rights Movement to create a lawful and just society for all.  They include musical performers Cab Calloway, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe, actors Sidney Poitier and Paul Robeson, and writers James Baldwin and Alice Walker.

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