Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:53:51 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Two More Stars Leave Hallmark For Great American Media References: <2127735297.735063760.253539.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <949446835.735071686.195443.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:01:35 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 28 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-LyIRJiRNC7rBgT9Pp2eZBThZIvub5nXbc7Vsnw1v0OSLAa1LG9xEPwExg3nt726aWLXLYruJPF1Q0t6!IjmALg2kXRom73DhJFDEXPuddF9SUanr2m/M0VJnzv2ZISLjHelp4LfMSnnFffoi8RciO6SW80yJ!9rE= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2386 In article <949446835.735071686.195443.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>, anim8rfsk wrote: > Ian J. Ball wrote: > > Hallmark seems to be in the process of being "hollowed out" in much the > > same way Lifetime is being. > > > > Lifetime used to have a mixed stable of very prominent to semi-prominent > > (think Gina Holden) "go-to" actress to headline their movies. But lately > > I have noticed that Lifetime has almost entirely gone to basically > > "nobodies" to headline their flicks. I mean, in some cases, it will be > > somebody you will recognize from another recent Lifetime flick. But > > other times, the headliner will be no one you have ever seen before (and > > will likely never see again, either!). > > > > The days of Gina Holden headlining a bunch of their films seem to be > > over. > > I think the days of Gina, Holden herself may be over. She's got one credit > in the last two years and nothing coming up. And come next St. Patrick's > Day she'll be 50. And while cute in the face, she was always a poster child for the concept of "there's someone who needs to eat a cheeseburger or two". She's definitely firmly in the "lollipop girl" category.