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Hello World,

If you’re missing some of your favorite stars from OWN’s “Greenleaf” like I am, we can at least see Jacob very soon!

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will continue its holiday tradition this season with three new original Christmas movies coming to the network Tuesdays at 9 p.m. starting TONIGHT! “A Christmas For Mary,” starring Vivica A. Fox and Jackée Harry, will premiere on December 8; “Cooking Up Christmas,” starring “Greenleaf’s” Lamman Rucker and Meagan Holder, will premiere on December 15; and “Har,” starring Idara Victor and Tonea Stewart, will premiere on December 22.

“Following the overwhelming success of our inaugural holiday movie slate last year, we’re excited to announce all-new movies with heartwarming storylines the whole family can enjoy,” said Tina Perry, president, OWN. “We hope that viewers will continue to make watching our movies together a part of their ongoing holiday traditions.”

About the Holiday Movies:

“A Christmas For Mary” premieres Tuesday, December 8 at 9 p.m. ET/PT Vivica A. Fox stars with Jackée Harry and Morgan Dixon (“Being Mary Jane”) in a holiday tale of rediscovery and renewal when up-and-coming journalist Lena Jones (Dixon) is tasked with delivering a story by Christmas that will wow her boss, magazine editor Vivian Vaye (Fox), who is dangling a promotion to head writer over Lena’s head. Intrigued by a portrait of a mysterious woman painted by her late grandfather, Lena journeys to the small town of Pineville, where with her mother, Deborah’s (Harry) blessing and support, Lena uncovers a long-ago forgotten tale of young love that not only uncovers cherished memories of the past, but also inspires Lena to follow her heart and find her own true love … and her perfect Christmas story. “A Christmas For Mary” is produced for OWN by Hybrid and executive produced by Vivica A. Fox in association with Harpo Films.

“Cooking Up Christmas” premieres Tuesday, December 15 at 9 p.m. ET/PT Meagan Holder (“Pitch”) stars in this family-centric holiday story as Chloe, an Atlanta-based chef at a fine dining restaurant who gets fired just weeks before Christmas and reluctantly takes a job with pro baseball player Donovan Jackson (OWN’s “Greenleaf” star Lamman Rucker), who is a single dad of three needing a live-in-chef to get him through the holidays with the kids. Chloe only takes the job in order to save up enough capital to live out her dream of opening her own restaurant, but soon finds herself caught up in the ups and downs of the Jacksons encounter during her residency.

Throughout the holiday season in the Jackson household the importance of family and Chloe’s good Southern cooking are two constants that remain. As Christmas comes to an end, Chloe discovers that her lifelong dream might finally come true… and that her heart has a mind of its own. “Cooking Up Christmas” also stars Jen Harper and Laparee Young from OWN’s “Greenleaf” and Lindsey Amani Blackwell from OWN’s “David Makes Man.” “Cooking Up Christmas” is produced for OWN by MarVista in association with Harpo Films. Executive produced by Roger M. Bobb, Lamman Rucker, Megan Ellstrom, Larry Grimaldi, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew.

Below is a snippet of an OWN interview in which Lamman Rucker discusses “Cooking Up Christmas” and more:

“First Christmas” premieres Tuesday, December 22 at 9 p.m. ET/PT

Given up for adoption and placed in foster care at a young age, writer Halle Downing (Idara Victor, “Alita: Battle Angel”) receives the blessing of a lifetime when she is invited to spend Christmas in New Orleans with the biological family she never knew she had – The Moores. Halle’s grandmother “Memaw” (Tonea Stewart, “A Time to Kill”) welcomes the young woman with open arms, completely overwhelming Halle with emotion at the significance of finally finding her family. Extremely excited to meet her twin siblings Tiffany (Samantha Smith, “Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins”) and Glenn (Mason Beauchamp, “NCIS: New Orleans”) along with younger brother Drew (Peyton Jackson, “Nobody’s Fool”) for the first time, Halle soon faces the hard reality that finding her place in this close-knit family is going to take longer than she thought, something that becomes particularly evident when she witnesses Tiffany’s apprehension about introducing her new girlfriend Paris (Amanda Tavarez, “Queen Sugar”) to the family for the first time.

However, as Christmas approaches, Halle begins to gain perspective on the Moore family dynamic and ultimately comes to embrace and celebrate her first family holiday with a special gift that tells her she is right where she is supposed to be. “First Christmas” is produced for OWN by MarVista in association with Harpo Films. Executive produced by Tia Mowry, Tiegen Kosiak, Todd Y. Murata, Larry Grimaldi, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew.

I’m so excited about these OWN Christmas movies! What about you?

Any thoughts?

Hello World,

Guess what? I’m fresh from celebrating my second wedding anniversary with my hubby in Jamaica and have renewed energy to tackle all things at the cross section of faith, relationships and pop culture i.e. the focus of this blog!

So I watched the third new episode of TV One’s “Born Again Virgin” last night. If you did not read my recap of the first two episodes of this new show, please check out “Born Again Virgin’ Recap: Did You Watch Last Night?” But below is a the succinct premise of the show:

Jenna (Danielle Nicolet), the central character of the sitcom, is a born again virgin meaning she is taking sex off the table so that it won’t cloud her decision in making the right choice of a mate. The writer and blogger, who is in her 30s, decided to become celibate after realizing that her “body count” has surpassed her age. She lives in Atlanta with her roommate Kelly (Meagan Holder), a hard-driving pr exec and her other roommate Tara (Eva Marcille), who is an over-the-top actress.

The official title of this episode is “Back on Top,” and I’m not sure why since this episode is about secrets. Anywho, Jenna continues her dangerous flirtation with her hot neighbor and lawyer Donovan (Durrell “Tank” Babbs) and decides to hang out with him in his apartment. And the reason why this is dangerous is two-fold. First of all, if you are trying to be celibate, in general, one should avoid being behind closed doors with a hot guy for too long. Secondly, although Donovan claims to support Jenna in her decision to be celibate, his actions in the first two episodes demonstrate that he would certainly not mind if Jenna slips up at least once with him…And that is another key to successful celibacy. One must date men who truly support you in your celibate journey…Although Jenna is able to remain celibate behind the closed doors of Donovan’s apartment, she cannot resist searching through his things when he leaves her alone for a bit. I will neither confirm nor deny that I have taken the opportunity to search for “clues” about a man’s character when left alone in his home LOL. Jenna finds a video of porn movie “Chocolate Shake” and her chocolate shake of a temptation Donovan is the star of the movie. Obviously, she is intrigued about this juicy secret and wants to ask him about it but cannot because she is not supposed to know about it!

Meanwhile, Tara is starring in a new film “Peachtree Massacre.” The title alone doesn’t suggest this is a high brow film. The fact that the film is likely not very good aside, Tara is secretly scared that she is also bad in it. She reveals her secret fear to Kelly on the night of the movie premiere. Kelly, on the other hand, has a secret relationship with a struggling Mama’s boy Rick (Jackie Long).

Unable to contain her secret, Jenna blurts out the fact that she found “Chocolate Shake.” Donovan is justifiably upset that his privacy has been compromised and the date is over. As a peace offering, she brings her early diaries to him so that Donovan can find out all of her “dirty little secrets.” He is intrigued but ultimately resists searching through her diaries like she did his apartment. And furthermore, Donovan reveals that he did not star in the movie that she found. It was his doppelganger, and his friends gave him a video of the movie to him as a joke. So let me be honest: I found that hard to believe, and I think this particular plot twist was on an old episode of “Living Single.” If I am remembering correctly, Overton happened to see a stripper who looked just like him and who was the star on porn videos. I don’t know anyone who has a doppelganger who starred in a porn video. Do you know anyone? However, Donovan and Jenna make up and all is well that ends well.

Tara is devastated when Twitter roasts her for her role in the slasher film. One of the hashtags is #dietaradie. But her reputation is redeemed when she ends up showing her bosom to fans at an event. A new hashtag is created to pay homage to her twin peaks so to speak. Okay, confession: this part of the show happened a bit too fast for me to fully grasp what happened hence the following sentence. I’m not sure if Kelly’s secret relationship with Rick is resolved, but I’m guessing a few more episodes will be devoted to them.

Overall, as I said in my previous post, I like the show, but I can tell the show is still finding its way. The characters still seem like they are saying lines to each other ran than naturally interacting, but that is to be expected when a show is new. Also, since Jenna is supposed to be blogging about her experiences being a born again virgin in Atlanta, I hope to see her in more situations worthy of being blogged about.

What do you think?