Amanda Unsworth Jamie Gray Hyder learned a lot while making the Hallmark Movies Now film Sugar Plum Twist. She found out about la parranda, a Puerto Rican tradition similar to Christmas caroling. She got a quick education in Latin dance and music and she also discovered that ballet can be incredibly painful. “I was sore,” Hyder said
Rock musician Rob Thomas has a weakness for Hallmark movies and Christmas and he’s not afraid to admit it. “I’m a Christmas geek, I’m a Hallmark movie geek,” the musician said during an interview with Us Weekly. The lead singer of Matchbox Twenty was thrilled when Hallmark picked one of his songs to feature in
The stars of Hallmark’s latest Countdown to Christmas movie, A Dickens of a Holiday, know that technically, the film counts as a romantic comedy. It has all the necessary elements, including mistaken identity, unmet expectations, and the reunion of two single people who have had feelings for each other in the past. But both Brooke
It has been more than a year since new leaders took the helm at Crown Media Family Networks, the company responsible for programming at Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, and the streaming platform Hallmark Movies Now. Since then, viewers have seen some changes in programming. The Hallmark Channel included a same-sex romance in Season
Nik Sanchez is only 17 years old (his birthday was on Thanksgiving), but the Orange County native already has some impressive credits to his name. He has played Silas March on the ABC series The Rookie for the past two years. He recently finished shooting Safe Space, a feature film directed by Boris Kodjoe, in
Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel and Miracles of Christmas on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries continue in December with the premiere of 11 new movies. First up is Eight Gifts of Hanukkah, which premieres on Friday, December 3 on Hallmark Channel at 8/7c. In the movie, a newly single optometrist begins receiving gifts from a
Hallmark is ramping up the holiday cheer by starting its original programming early this weekend. Seven new movies will air on the network, starting with The Nine Kittens of Christmas, which premieres on Thanksgiving Day. A sequel to 2014’s The Nine Lives of Christmas, The Nine Kittens of Christmas stars Kimberly Sustad and Brandon Routh
With Countdown to Christmas on Hallmark Channel and Miracles of Christmas on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, Crown Media has long laid claim to holiday TV programming. Now it is expanding its empire, airing a movie produced specifically for its streaming service, Hallmark Movies Now. Every Time a Bell Rings stars Erin Cahill, Brittany Ishibashi, and
The devastating floods that have killed at least one person and displaced thousands of others in British Columbia have reached the set of the Hallmark series When Calls the Heart. A pair of photos posted to the Facebook page of the Jamestown Movie Set showed parts of the farm clogged with mud and water. Filming
It’s been nearly 10 years since James Denton and Teri Hatcher appeared together on the small screen. The actors, who played Mike and Susan Delfino on the ABC series Desperate Housewives, were recently reunited in the Hallmark movie A Kiss Before Christmas. In an interview to promote the movie, Hatcher said it took the pair