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See Kim Fields, Jasmine Guy, Tatyana Ali & More Star in Lifetime’s “Wrapped Up in Christmas” on Saturday, Nov. 27!

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I hope y’all had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends yesterday! However your year has been, I know that we all have something that we can thank God for, right? And now, it’s the most wonderful time of the year: Christmas!!! One of my favorite ways to celebrate this season is watching Christmas movies! And y’all know that pop culture is never far from my mind as evidenced by the tagline of this blog (blogging the cross section of faith, relationships and pop culture)! On Saturday, a Christmas movie with some of my favorite pop culture icons “Wrapped Up in Christmas” is debuting tomorrow night at 8 p.m. on Lifetime!!!

See the description below:

Christmas is one of Heather’s (Tatyana Ali or Ashley Banks from the “Fresh Prince of Bel Air”) favorite times of year but this year, as the manager of the upscale Town Center Mall, she has to be the Christmas Grinch and cancel the leases of under-performing stores. One afternoon, Heather’s niece, Molly asks the mall Santa to help find a boyfriend for her beloved aunt. Unbeknownst to Molly and Heather, “Santa” is actually Ryan (Brendan Fehr, “Guardians of the Galaxy”), who is working at the mall for the holidays and helping his Aunt Patty run her failing toy store. As Heather and Ryan begin to fall for each other, they have no idea of one another’s true identity: Heather who is tasked with closing his aunt’s store and Ryan who is too ashamed to tell Heather that he is the actually the mall Santa. Will Molly’s Christmas wish come true, or will Heather be stuck as the Town Center Grinch? The film also stars Kim Fields (Régine Hunter from “Living Single”), Jasmine Guy (Whitley Gilbert Wayne from “A Different World”), Joseph Marcell (Geoffrey the butler from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”), Dan Lauria, Jackée Harry (Lisa Landry from “Sister, Sister”) and Mindy Sterling. “Wrapped Up In Christmas” premieres Saturday, November 25th at 8/7c on Lifetime and is produced by ARO Entertainment. Jeff Schenck executive produces. Peter Sullivan serves as a director from a script by Jennifer Notas Shapiro.

Check out the trailer below:

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Le’Andria Johnson Partners With Mid-South Ford Dealers on Ford Campaign, Featuring Her Song ‘All I Got’

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GRAMMY® and Stellar Award-winning artist Le’Andria Johnson is celebrating love, music, family and fans in a promotion this holiday season on a Ford Music campaign with Mid-South Ford Dealers.  Running now until December 31st, 2017, the campaign features the beloved vocal powerhouse in a new video sharing her journey in what inspires her to go further, highlighting her hit song “All I Got,” and an amazing sweepstakes promotion for fans in the region.  Empowering others with an uplifting message of love as a source of strength to go further, and highlighting the song’s chorus “Your Love is All I Got,” Le’Andria talks about her family, start in music, and fans, proclaiming love and gratitude to her fans and family for their bond and inspiration.

“All I Got” is Le’Andria’s latest single from her powerful album BIGGER THAN ME, with the song being a particularly special experience for Le’Andria during her recording of the album.  “All I Got” continues to make an impact among fans and on Urban AC radio, where the single is #26 on the latest MediaBase Urban AC chart.  Le’Andria also recently performed at the 2017 Soul Train Awards in Las Vegas.

Check out Le’Andria’s message in this new video featuring “All I Got” below.

Click on THIS LINK to enter a sweepstakes for a chance to win signed merchandise from Le’Andria Johnson!

“All I Got” is Le’Andria’s latest single from her powerful album BIGGER THAN ME, with the song being a particularly special experience for Le’Andria during her recording of the album.  “All I Got” continues to make an impact among fans and on Urban AC radio, where the single is #26 on the latest MediaBase Urban AC chart.  Le’Andria also recently performed at the 2017 Soul Train Awards in Las Vegas.

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DeVon Franklin Signs New Book ‘The Hollywood Commandments’ at Barnes & Noble in Atlanta on Monday, Oct. 23!

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Hollywood producer and Meagan Good’s hubby DeVon Franklin is coming to the A on Monday! He will be signing and talking about his latest book The Hollywood Commandments at Barnes & Noble bookstore, 1217 Caroline Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30307, at 7 p.m. on Oct. 23!

In The Hollywood Commandments, DeVon Franklin, the New York Times bestselling author of The Wait, reveals 10 life-changing commandments for your success learned from working over 20 years in the most secular environment on the planet: Hollywood! With The Hollywood Commandments, DeVon will help you:

  • Identify the unique traits that will propel your career to new heights
  • Overcome fear and build the courage to pursue new opportunities waiting for you
  • Gain the confidence to make important decisions with greater peace and clarity
  • Negotiate the life and career advancement you deserve!

YOU WON’T LEARN THESE 10 COMMANDMENTS IN THE CHURCH.
YET, THEY WILL HELP YOU THRIVE IN YOUR CAREER AND ACHIEVE THE LIFE YOU’VE BEEN PRAYING FOR!

Check out the trailer below…

DeVon Franklin is a bestselling author, spiritual success coach, and the CEO of Franklin Entertainment, a production company in conjunction with 20th Century Fox. He is the producer of the box office hit Miracles from Heaven and the upcoming animated film, The Star, for Sony Pictures Animation. He’s Dr. Oz’s go-to guy for spiritual success coaching on The Dr. Oz Show and he’s the co-host of the TLC event series, This Is Life Live.

Variety named DeVon one of the “10 Producers to Watch” and Beliefnet called him one of the “Most Influential Christians Under 40.” He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Wait (co-written with his wife, award-winning actress Meagan Good) and Produced By Faith. I interviewed DeVon about his first book Produced By Faith. Check out my article on MOVIEGUIDE. 

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