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Ryan McPartlin and Mackenzie Cardwell star in this 2024 lifetime crime drama directed by Robin Hays. Set in an Amish community, McPartlin plays Aaron, a community leader who takes in Cardwell’s character Hannah after she’s cast out from her own village.

Hannah agrees to help care for Aaron’s ailing wife Sarah, played by Dana Stoutenburg. But it doesn’t take long for an illicit romance to blossom between Aaron and Hannah, inspiration drawn from the real-life case of Amish man Eli Weaver, who murdered his wife to be with his mistress.

From the start, their relationship is complicated by Aaron’s lies about his wife’s secret condition and his relentless pursuit of Hannah despite her refusals. Just as she starts to build a life in her new home, Sarah suddenly passes away under suspicious circumstances.

Hannah then finds herself the prime suspect in Sarah’s death as rumor and gossip spread.

Ryan McPartlin smolders in Lifetime’s “Ripped from the Headlines” movie Amish Affair. The heartthrob plays Aaron, who on the surface is this pillar in the Amish community. He brings in Hannah (Mackenzie Cardwell) to care for his ailing wife and help with family chores around the house. Wholesome sounding enough until you’re reminded this is a Lifetime movie. Things get intimate between employer and employee until Hannah decides to end the affair amid mounting guilt. Aaron does not take it well, especially when she develops eyes for another. When his wife dies, investigators find foul play is at work and Hannah sees herself framed for murder. “Expect the unexpected,” teased McPartlin of the movie. “We tried really hard to take the audience on a journey to root for something they wouldn’t normally root for. Like am I rooting for them to get together? Am I rooting for an affair to actually happen?...

Lifetime announces two new true-crime movies coming in July [Image on Wikimedia Commons]

Lifetime has announced two new, true-crime movies for its Ripped From the Headlines summer fare. Amish Affair is the first, premiering on July 6, followed a week later by Sister Wife Murder.

The two new movies follow the June premieres of The Girl Locked Upstairs: The Tanya Kach Story; Gaslit by My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story; Yoga Teacher Killer: The Kaitlin Armstrong Story; Danger in the Dorm; Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story and The Killer Inside, The Ruth Finley Story, making for exciting viewing for the summer.

Amish Affair on Lifetime

Stars: Mackenzie Cardwell and Ryan McPartlin

Premiere date: July 6, 2024, on Lifetime

Plot: Starring Cardwell (Upload) as Hannah, Amish Affair tells the story of a young woman brought into the home of Aaron.

She is there to help care for his ailing wife. However, she feels a...

Ryan McPartlin and Mackenzie Cardwell are starring in the upcoming Lifetime Ripped From The Headlines movie Amish Affair. In addition, there is a very fun When Calls The Heart shoutout and connection. This is “the story of an Amish woman who sets out to prove her innocence after she is framed for murder.”

This is a true-crime movie, based on a real-life story. Here are all the details.

Photo: Ryan McPartlin Credit: ©2021 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Brendan Meadows What Is Lifetime’s Amish Affair About?

Last year, Lifetime aired the thriller Amish Stud, starring Luke Macfarlane. Now, Ryan McPartlin stars in Amish Affair. There appears to be a great demand for Amish thrillers, especially true-crime movies like this. Therefore, what is this Ripped From The Headlines movie about?

According to The Futon Critic, “Hannah moves in with a charismatic Amish leader, Aaron, to help with his ailing wife.

Lifetime is bolstering its roster of “Ripped From the Headlines” movies for the summer.

The cable network will air a pair of true-crime movies in July: Amish Affair is set to premiere on July 6, and Sister Wife Murder will follow a week later. They join a “Ripped From the Headlines” summer lineup that also includes June premieres for The Girl Locked Upstairs: The Tanya Kach Story; Gaslit by My Husband: The Morgan Metzer Story; Yoga Teacher Killer: The Kaitlin Armstrong Story; Danger in the Dorm; Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story; and The Killer Inside: The Ruth Finley Story.

Amish Affair stars Mackenzie Cardwell (Upload) as Hannah, a young woman who is brought into the home of Aaron (Ryan McPartlin, Chuck and Lifetime’s The Holiday Fix Up), a charismatic Amish leader, to help care for his ailing wife. She has a spark with Aaron but knows their secret...

The season three finale of Amazon Prime Video’s “Upload” is upon us, and it’s time for the Lakeview crew to go a bit rogue. But before they’re willing to help Nora’s Horizen angel pal Aleesha out, they have some demands.

In TheWrap’s exclusive sneak peek of the episode, Aleesha (Zainab Johnson) recruits Luke (Kevin Bigley), Tinsley (Mackenzie Cardwell) and of course, the ever helpful AI Guy (Owen Daniels) to assist with a “risky” plan — one “that could possibly get you in trouble.” It’s unclear what that plan is, but given Aleesha’s efforts to help Nora (Andy Allo) during her brief imprisonment, hopefully she’s helping once more.

You can watch TheWrap’s exclusive sneak peek of the episode in the video above.

That said, both Tinsley and the AI bellhop have some demands. First and foremost, AI Guy wants some jeans.

“I want blue jeans,...

Warning: Spoilers ahead for season 2 of “Upload”

“Upload” has returned on Prime Video, and this season, series stars Andy Allo and Allegra Edwards share more than just a love interest. Both women got to briefly take on brand new characters as well, and it was harder than expected.

Since Nora (Allo) went off the grid for a bit following the events of the season one finale, her chair at Horizen sat empty — as did her Lakeview avatar. So, when Andy Allo and Robbie Amell reunited on screen, it wasn’t actually Nathan and Nora. It was Nathan and Tinsley (Mackenzie Cardwell), an angel in training who was using Nora’s avatar until she got her own.

“Honestly I’m tired of people using my avatar,” Allo joked with TheWrap. “Like, we need to talk about this, Ok? I need to put a ban on my avatar.”

Jokes aside, Allo noted...

Mercedes de la Cruz (Lonestar Christmas) is set as a lead opposite Janel Parrish and Marco Grazzini in Right In Front Of Me, Hallmark Channel’s upcoming rom-com. Written by Julie Sherman Wolfe and directed by Linda-Lisa Hayter, Right In Front Of Me revolves around Carly (Parrish), the owner of a bridal styling business, gets a second chance at romance with her college crush but isn’t sure how to impress him until her new friend Nick starts giving her advice. Soon she learns who the right man for her really is. The movie, part of Hallmark Channel’s “Spring Fling” programming event this spring, premieres Saturday, April 17. De La Cruz plays Carly’s assistant and friend Jennifer, an efficient woman with a keen sense of humor who is well aware of Carly’s previous romantic disasters. De La Cruz most recently co-starred in Lonestar Christmas for Lifetime. She also appeared in Supernatural,...