Melissa Joan Hart is a grandma! Well, sort of. In a perhaps telling sign of the industry’s idea of roles women of a certain age should be playing, the actress recently portrayed a grandmother in the Lifetime movie Would You Kill for Me: The Mary Bailey Story. Explain that!
Considering Melissa Joan Hart will forever be a teenage witch to many of us, it is a bit jarring to find her being cast in the role. But it’s not just that our memories can’t mathematically fathom Hart, now 47(!), playing a grandmother, it’s that it feels like further proof that the movie and TV business has no idea what to do with women after they’re “over the hill.” Admittedly, The Mary Bailey Story is based on a true story and the figures are indeed young, but it still feels like it plays into the topic as a whole.
Considering Melissa Joan Hart will forever be a teenage witch to many of us, it is a bit jarring to find her being cast in the role. But it’s not just that our memories can’t mathematically fathom Hart, now 47(!), playing a grandmother, it’s that it feels like further proof that the movie and TV business has no idea what to do with women after they’re “over the hill.” Admittedly, The Mary Bailey Story is based on a true story and the figures are indeed young, but it still feels like it plays into the topic as a whole.
- 12/15/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Lifetime's wildly successful Ripped From the Headlines slate continues into the fall with a shocking new movie headlined by Melissa Joan Hart.
TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at the Sabrina the Teenage Witch alum as you've never seen her before.
The highly-anticipated Would You Kill For Me? The Mary Bailey Story is set to premiere on Saturday, October 28, on the cable network.
Hart stars opposite Olivia Scriven and Presley Allard in the movie.
"Told through three different perspectives, Would You Kill for Me? The Mary Bailey Story follows the volatile relationship between three generations of women -- Ella, her daughter Veronica, and her granddaughter Mary, whom she raises for Veronica," the logline shares.
"After Veronica becomes deeply entangled with Willard (Connor McMahon) and later marries him, the lives of all three women take a turn for the worse when Willard becomes increasingly abusive," Lifetime adds.
"Veronica suffers...
TV Fanatic scored an exclusive first look at the Sabrina the Teenage Witch alum as you've never seen her before.
The highly-anticipated Would You Kill For Me? The Mary Bailey Story is set to premiere on Saturday, October 28, on the cable network.
Hart stars opposite Olivia Scriven and Presley Allard in the movie.
"Told through three different perspectives, Would You Kill for Me? The Mary Bailey Story follows the volatile relationship between three generations of women -- Ella, her daughter Veronica, and her granddaughter Mary, whom she raises for Veronica," the logline shares.
"After Veronica becomes deeply entangled with Willard (Connor McMahon) and later marries him, the lives of all three women take a turn for the worse when Willard becomes increasingly abusive," Lifetime adds.
"Veronica suffers...
- 9/6/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
“The Banshees of Inisherin,” starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, led the nominations for the Irish Film and Television Awards (IFTAs) as the full list of nominees was unveiled on Monday night local time, picking up 11 nods in the film category.
“Bad Sisters” – Sharon Horgan’s Apple TV+ mystery series – led the pack in the drama category with 12 noms.
Coming off the back of a stellar year for Irish film and television, the nominations include a number of familiar names and titles, including Paul Mescal, who has been nominated for best lead actor in a film for “Aftersun” and best supporting actor in a film for “God’s Creatures” while Farrell is also competing in both categories, both for his star turn in “Banshees” and his supporting role as Penguin in “The Batman.”
“Conversations with Friends” has also scored noms in multiple categories while Aoife McArdle is up for best drama...
“Bad Sisters” – Sharon Horgan’s Apple TV+ mystery series – led the pack in the drama category with 12 noms.
Coming off the back of a stellar year for Irish film and television, the nominations include a number of familiar names and titles, including Paul Mescal, who has been nominated for best lead actor in a film for “Aftersun” and best supporting actor in a film for “God’s Creatures” while Farrell is also competing in both categories, both for his star turn in “Banshees” and his supporting role as Penguin in “The Batman.”
“Conversations with Friends” has also scored noms in multiple categories while Aoife McArdle is up for best drama...
- 3/7/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Apple’s comedy series Bad Sisters and Martin McDonagh’s latest feature, The Banshees of Inisherin, lead this year’s Irish Film And TV Academy Award nominations (IFTAs). Scroll down for the complete list.
Bad Sisters leads across film and TV with 12 nominations, including Best Drama, Lead Actress (Sharon Horgan), Director (Dearbhla Walsh), and four nods in Supporting Actress for Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Eve Hewson, and Sarah Greene.
The Banshees of Inisherin clocked 11 nominations, including Best Film as well as Best Director and Screenplay for Martin McDonagh. Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Brendan Gleeson, and Kerry Condon also pop up in the acting categories.
Irish filmmaker Frank Berry’s latest pic Aisha trails Bad Sisters and Banshees with ten nominations. The film follows a young Nigerian woman, played by Letitia Wright, who struggles to navigate the asylum system in Ireland.
Paul Mescal also picked up two nominations: The first in...
Bad Sisters leads across film and TV with 12 nominations, including Best Drama, Lead Actress (Sharon Horgan), Director (Dearbhla Walsh), and four nods in Supporting Actress for Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Eve Hewson, and Sarah Greene.
The Banshees of Inisherin clocked 11 nominations, including Best Film as well as Best Director and Screenplay for Martin McDonagh. Colin Farrell, Barry Keoghan, Brendan Gleeson, and Kerry Condon also pop up in the acting categories.
Irish filmmaker Frank Berry’s latest pic Aisha trails Bad Sisters and Banshees with ten nominations. The film follows a young Nigerian woman, played by Letitia Wright, who struggles to navigate the asylum system in Ireland.
Paul Mescal also picked up two nominations: The first in...
- 3/7/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
With just a few days until the 2023 Oscars, hot contender The Banshees of Inisherin has been given a boost on home soil.
Martin McDonagh’s period tragicomedy — which has nine Academy Award nominations (an all-time Irish record) — has now landed the most film nods this year for the Irish Academy Awards.
Announced by the Irish Film & TV Academy (IFTA), Banshees has 11 nominations, including best film and, as with the BAFTAs and Oscars, the film has been nominated in all of the performance categories for its main cast of Colin Farrell (who also got a nod for supporting actor for The Batman), Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon. Banshees‘ 11 nominations is the same number in 2022 amassed by Irish-language drama The Quiet Girl, which is now also in contention for an Oscar in the international category.
Further down the list, Frank Berry’s immigration drama Aisha — starring Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor — landed 10 nominations.
Martin McDonagh’s period tragicomedy — which has nine Academy Award nominations (an all-time Irish record) — has now landed the most film nods this year for the Irish Academy Awards.
Announced by the Irish Film & TV Academy (IFTA), Banshees has 11 nominations, including best film and, as with the BAFTAs and Oscars, the film has been nominated in all of the performance categories for its main cast of Colin Farrell (who also got a nod for supporting actor for The Batman), Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon. Banshees‘ 11 nominations is the same number in 2022 amassed by Irish-language drama The Quiet Girl, which is now also in contention for an Oscar in the international category.
Further down the list, Frank Berry’s immigration drama Aisha — starring Letitia Wright and Josh O’Connor — landed 10 nominations.
- 3/7/2023
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emmy Award-winner Billy Porter directs Fox’s Accused season one episode five, “Robyn’s Story.” Written by Daniel Pearle, episode five will air on Tuesday, February 21, 2023 at 9pm Et/Pt.
“Robyn’s Story” stars J. Harrison Ghee as Kevin Milstead/Robyn, Chris Coy as Jamie Barnes, William Beli as Layla, Eva Reign as Megan, and Kiril Mitev as Trixie. Kristen Connolly plays Natalie Barnes, Nadine Whiteman Roden is Sylvia, Connor Michael McMahon is Mark, and Brandon McGibbon is Matty.
“Robyn’s Story” Plot: As a man, Kevin is shy and mild-mannered; onstage, she’s Robyn Banks, a fierce drag queen who’s all confidence and charisma. But when Kevin falls for a closeted guy secretly living a double life, their whirlwind affair leads to devastating consequences.
Season 1 Episode 1 “Scott’s Story” Preview Season 1 Episode 2 “Ava’s Story” Preview Season 1 Episode 3 “Danny’s Story” Preview Season 1 Episode 4 “Kendall’s Story” Preview J.
“Robyn’s Story” stars J. Harrison Ghee as Kevin Milstead/Robyn, Chris Coy as Jamie Barnes, William Beli as Layla, Eva Reign as Megan, and Kiril Mitev as Trixie. Kristen Connolly plays Natalie Barnes, Nadine Whiteman Roden is Sylvia, Connor Michael McMahon is Mark, and Brandon McGibbon is Matty.
“Robyn’s Story” Plot: As a man, Kevin is shy and mild-mannered; onstage, she’s Robyn Banks, a fierce drag queen who’s all confidence and charisma. But when Kevin falls for a closeted guy secretly living a double life, their whirlwind affair leads to devastating consequences.
Season 1 Episode 1 “Scott’s Story” Preview Season 1 Episode 2 “Ava’s Story” Preview Season 1 Episode 3 “Danny’s Story” Preview Season 1 Episode 4 “Kendall’s Story” Preview J.
- 2/15/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
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