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I remember reading an interview Vanessa Williams gave after the groundbreaking success of the 2006 hit tv show, Ugly Betty. Did she ever imagine being this successful after the Miss America scandal?”  Inquiring minds wanted to know.  Vanessa’s response?  With a signature shrug of her shoulders, she said: “I always knew that it would be just a…

Happy New Year Readers! Yes, it’s February, but with everyone saying January “doesn’t count” and calling for a do-over start to 2025, here goes. My family has the long-standing (albeit nerdy) tradition of watching the Twilight Zone marathon on SyFy every New Year’s Eve. We would break around 10 PM to attend church service before racing…

The Moments of Hope December 2024 Stories of Hope Inspired by Hallmark’s Miracles of Christmas During the month of December I will highlight some of my favorite Hallmark Christmas movies. These are movies that comforted me at different seasons of my life. I found my way into the Hallmark Christmas Movie fandom in 2017, while…