Peete echoes this sentiment—”Hallmark Channel is very family oriented, so they have respect for us hard-working mamas”—as does Loughlin. “Bill Abbott, the head of the network, and Michelle Vicary [EVP of programming and publicity at Hallmark] are parents,” she says. “They have children. They really understand if you say, ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t make…
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She did. And so do the Marches, who can never decide if their passions and desires are sacred or sacrilegious. They each have flaws, or at least challenges: Meg is vain, Jo is tactless, Amy is selfish, and Beth is timid. And they each have ambition: Meg wants to run a beautiful home, Jo wants…
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Back to Beth: Without her own sister by her side—“filming made me miss her a lot,” she says, though they FaceTimed constantly—while shooting in Boston, Scanlen fully immersed herself in the March sisterdom. She lived in the same apartment complex as Saoirse Ronan (Jo) and Florence Pugh (Amy), and Emma Watson (Meg) lived around the…
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In January 2010, Avatar was leading the box office. Kesha’s “Tik Tok” was dominating the airwaves. And Tiger Wood’s multiple affairs, which came to light two months before, was the scandal of the moment. A lot has changed in the decade following, much of it for the better. Frozen II, an animated movie about two…
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It hasn’t been all happy selfies and late-night talks over bottles of wine. We have different parenting styles and didn’t always agree on how much to tell the kids, or what language to use (brother and sister? donor sibling? special friend?), especially given the varied ages of our brood (two to nine, at our first…
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Bachelor Nation: The time has almost come to start a new cycle of what will hopefully be the “most dramatic season ever” of The Bachelor as we watch former Bachelorette contestant Peter Weber—a.k.a. Pilot Pete—attempt to find true love. This week, ABC released images and quick bios on the 30 women who will attempting to…
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