HOLIDAZED: Actor Dennis Haysbert gets into the spirit with new Hallmark series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/10/2024
Dennis Haysbert at TCA Summer 2024 Press Tour promoting HOLIDAZED | ©2024 Television Critics Association

HOLIDAZED, created by Claudia Grazioso, is a new limited series on the Hallmark+ streaming channel that follows six families on the same cul-de-sac in suburban Oregon as they all prepare for the December festivities in different ways. New episodes premiere Tuesday nights. Dennis Haysbert stars as Robert Lewin, who is returning after several years’ absence to spend Christmas with his ex-wife Linda (Loretta Devine) and their family. Linda has invited her current boyfriend for the occasion. Haysbert famously played U.S. President David Palmer in the first several seasons of 24. Later, he played God on LUCIFER. In between, Haysbert, a […]Read On »


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HOLIDAZED: Actor John C. McGinley on new Hallmark holiday series – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 11/14/2024
John C. McGinley and Virginia Madsen in HOLIDAZED - Season 1 | ©2024 Hallmark Channel

HOLIDAZED, Hallmark’s new limited series about six different families, each preparing for Christmas on their cul-de-sac in Oak Bay, Oregon, premieres with a double episode on Thursday, November 14. John C. McGinley is part of the star-studded cast as Chuck Manetti-Hanahan. Chuck has always been competitive about his house’s holiday light display, and recent family issues have made him more determined than ever to outshine the neighbors. McGinley has been acting in television, film, and theatre for decades. Oliver Stone saw McGinley in an off-Broadway performance of DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA and cast him in PLATOON. McGinley has […]Read On »


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THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING: Actor Paul Campbell on new rom com mystery movie – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 09/10/2024
Aimee Garcia is Birdie Case and Paul Campbell is Alden in THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING | ©2024 Hallmark

When it’s time to publicize THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING, actor Paul Campbell is committed. How committed? Campbell’s character, amateur sleuth Alden Case, loves disguises and alter egos. When Campbell appears on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries panel at the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour, he is introduced, by name, as “Paul Campbell.” With a flourish, Campbell indicates his fake moustache. “I think you mean Saul Campbell!” But, when asked a question, he cannot lie. ““I have to come clean. It was me the whole time, Paul Campbell.” Fellow panelists feign astonishment. “I had no idea,” […]Read On »


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THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING: Actress Aimee Garcia on new Hallmark mystery movie – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/30/2024
Aimee Garcia is Birdie Case and Paul Campbell is Alden in THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING | ©2024 Hallmark

The Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel found such an enthusiastic audience for 2023’s THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE that they’re back this year with a sequel, THE CASES OF MYSTERY LANE: DEATH IS LISTENING. The new telefilm premieres on the channel on Friday, September 13. In both films, Aimee Garcia plays Birdie Case and Paul Campbell plays her husband Alden. As the title suggests, the couple live on Mystery Lane, and find themselves as amateurs investigating murders. Garcia, originally from Chicago, began her professional career as a dancer at age seven in a production of CINDERELLA. As an actor, she’s […]Read On »


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CHECK INN FOR CHRISTMAS: Actress-producer Rachel Boston on her new Christmas movie: Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 12/03/2019
Wes Brown and Rachel Boston in CHECK INN FOR CHRISTMAS | ©2019 Hallmark Channel

Rachel Boston has a very successful relationship with the Hallmark Channel. As an actress, she’s starred in seven Hallmark telefilms; as a producer, she’s made three for them. Her newest Hallmark film, CHECK INN FOR CHRISTMAS, was shot in August. It airs Friday, December 6, and thereafter throughout the month. Boston, originally from Tennessee, has also starred in two seasons of WITCHES OF EAST END. Her other credits include IN PLAIN SIGHT, THE EX LIST, GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER, and AMERICAN DREAMS. Additionally, Boston is currently producing a documentary. She talks about all of this and […]Read On »


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GOURMET DETECTIVE: Actress Brooke Burns on Hallmark movie – Exclusive Interview

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 05/16/2015
Brooke Burns in GOURMET DETECTIVE | ©2015 Hallmark

In Hallmark Movies & Mysteries Channel’s GOURMET DETECTIVE, the first in a series of nine telefilms with these characters premiering Saturday, May 16 at 9 PM, Brooke Burns plays San Francisco police detective Maggie Price. Maggie is a single mom who accepts help with a food-oriented murder from culinary consultant Henry Ross, played by Dylan Neal. Texas native Burns is also still the host of Game Show Network’s THE CHASE, where Mark Labbett, nicknamed the Beast, does his best to stump contestants with multiple choice questions. Burns was a regular on the 1998-2001 incarnation of BAYWATCH, NORTH SHORE, MISS GUIDED […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Genie Francis on NOTES FROM THE HEART HEALER

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 08/15/2012
Genie Francis in NOTES FROM A HEART HEALER | ©2012 Hallmark Channel

Genie Francis is happy to be returning to a role she’s played before – and no, it’s not Laura Spencer on GENERAL HOSPITAL. Francis, who continues in her regular run on CBS’s THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, is back as Peyton in the third NOTES movie from Hallmark Channel, entitled NOTES FROM THE HEART HEALER, which has just been released on DVD. The actress talks about the series of telefilms at a party thrown by Hallmark in honor of its stars at the Tournament House inPasadena. ASSIGNMENT X: Collectively, what are the NOTES films? GENIE FRANCIS: It’s a franchise of movies. […]Read On »


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Exclusive Interview: Dean Cain deploys for OPERATION CUPCAKE

By ABBIE BERNSTEIN 06/16/2012
Dean Cain in OPERATION CUPCAKE | ©2012 Hallmark Channel

Dean Cain is well-known to a lot of people for a lot of different things. He is still a hero to many for his role as Clark Kent/Superman in the 1993-1997 series LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN. He is also famed for hosting RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT from 2000 and 2003. Cain is also a strong supporter of theU.S. military, working to help both active-duty personnel and veterans through various endeavors. In the telefilm OPERATION CUPCAKE, which premieres Saturday June 16 on the Hallmark Channel, Cain brings his support for soldiers to his role as U.S. […]Read On »


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Holiday Gift Guide 2011: Five Cool Christmas-Themed Gifts

By The Editors of ASSIGNMENT X 12/15/2011
A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS - A SNOWY SURPRISE Hallmark Keepsakes | ©2011Hallmark

With all the Christmas songs on the radio and in the mall, corporate sponsored holiday specials taking over the airwaves and department store commercials encouraging you to BUY, BUY, BUY, it becomes harder and harder each year to find that perfect gift for someone special. That’s where ASSIGNMENT X comes in with our annual Holiday Gift Guide. We dig deep, so you don’t have to and have come up with a whole slew of books, music, games, toys and more that should satisfy the pop culture addict on your gift-giving list. So without further ado, welcome to ASSIGNMENT X’s 2011 […]Read On »


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