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If you watch a lot of Hallmark holiday movies, you'll notice faces that reappear over and over again. Hallmark is nothing if not reliant on safe, predictable storytelling, and this tendency extends to the people they hire to act in their made-for-tv films -- once you've proven that you can provide a stable, likable presence in a lead role, they'll keep on booking you. 

But while Hallmark male stars need to personify whatever romantic fantasy Hallmark is selling -- whether that's sensitive, or caring, or supporting, or rugged, or good at fighting fires -- their actresses have an altogether different responsibility. Since a large portion of the Hallmark viewership is made up of women, these actresses need to be aspirational and, above all else, relatable. We need to be able to see ourselves in them, which isn't as easy a task as it sounds. So when they find a performer who can do it well,...

Father of the Bride star Kimberly Williams-Paisley shared details of her successful vocal cord surgery, which restored her voice after two years.

“I’ve been going through a thing,” the actress’ Instagram post caption begins. “Almost two years ago I lost my voice on stage at my Alzheimer’s event in Nashville. It was embarrassing & scary & it never quite came back. It’s been a challenging couple of years, but we finally got to the bottom of it.”

Sharing a picture of herself post-op, Williams-Paisley wrote that experts identified the problem as damage to her laryngeal nerve, which controls the voice box.

“I tried everything I could to heal it (so thank you but please don’t give me any tips!). I was finally able to have surgery this week at @vanderbilthealth with expert surgeons, & it is sounding so much better!! I have a badass scar that’s smiling at me across my neck,...

Hallmark Channel news suggests a royal twist and teases Megan Markle could be a step closer to returning to Hallmark, but is she? Meghan might be far removed from her Hallmark days, but she recently was spotted lunching with another Hallmark star.

Hallmark Channel News – Once A Part Of The Hallmark Family, Always A Part Of The Hallmark Family?

It seems that Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, may have moved on from her Hallmark days, but it looks like she still has strong ties to the Hallmark family.

Recent photos of Markle having lunch with another Hallmark star, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley, suggest that she still has friends within the Hallmark community.

However, it’s unlikely that Markle will be returning to Hallmark anytime soon, although the pair was spotted at Tre Lune, an Italian restaurant in Montecito, California.

Markle gained fame for her role as Rachel Zane in the...

Hallmark’s 2020 “Countdown to Christmas” has already begun, with a total of 40 new holiday movies set to air this season across the Hallmark Channel and sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries — some of which started rolling out well before Halloween.

While there are some fan-favorite Hallmark actors and actresses starring in the lineup, like Candace Cameron Bure, Lacey Chabert, Will Kemp, Holly Robinson Peete and Danica McKellar, there are several newcomers leading films, including Aaron Tveit, Krystal Joy Brown, Victoria Clark, Tom McGowan, Alvina August, Janel Parrish, Jeremy Jordan and Marisol Nichols, among many others.

This year’s slate also includes “The Christmas House,” which stars Jonathan Bennett and features a storyline about a gay couple looking to adopt their first child. Hallmark and its competitor Lifetime have been criticized over the years for not including LGBTQ lead characters and related plots in their Christmas movies. Hallmark said it would commit...