(27 Oct 2024)
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Los Angeles – 19 August 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Lacey Chabert, host – on how she can got to Hallmark and say she wants to do a non-scripted series and they support her:
"That’s been one of my favorite things about being a part of the Hallmark family is they’ve allowed me to wear many different hats as they do a lot of us. And, you know, we’ve gotten — and I’ve gotten to produce, I’ve gotten to co-write a story before and, you know, really develop the projects together. And, you know, by the time we’re on camera, I’ve had that investment in what the story is going to be and nurturing it to life. I mean, it’s a really rewarding experience. And I’ve had the chance to learn so much and I love these movies and I appreciate that people continue to tune in and I want to make each one better than last."
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Los Angeles – 27 April 2009
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2. Mid shot zoom out to wide of Actor Lacey Chabert in green Robert Rodriguez dress posing for photographers at "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" premiere
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Beverly Hills, Calif. – 24 May 2022
3. Wide of host Holly Robinson Peete posing for photographers
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Holly Robinson Peete, host of The Gracies Awards:
"Celebrating women across media is so important. And like you said, it’s not, it’s not probably the most well known, but within the media, we know. We understand what this award means. And so, I’m just proud to be able to host. To rub elbows with some of these great women in the room. I have several girl crushes I’m going to consummate tonight. I’m very excited about being around all of this fabulous female energy. We lift each other and we need each other now more than ever."
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STORYLINE:
Hallmark Media executive vice president of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly instructed a former employee not to cast “old people” for Hallmark roles, saying that “our leading ladies are aging out,” according to a lawsuit filed against the network this month and obtained by The Associated Press.
Penny Perry, a 79-year-old casting director who filed the lawsuit Oct. 9 in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges that she was wrongfully fired from the network known for its feel-good movies because of her age, and despite stellar performance reviews. "Hallmark’s happy endings are stories made for TV only," the complaint says. “In Ms. Perry’s case, there was no happy ending, and no feel-good episode to wrap up her career with Hallmark. Instead, her finale episode was marred by ageist and ableist harassment, and a callous termination which robbed her of her illustrious career, her pride, and her well-being.”
In a statement, Hallmark denied the allegations, adding: “Hallmark continues to consistently cast and maintain positive, productive relationships with talented actors representing a broad spectrum of diversity, including actors who span many age groups and cross generations.”
According to the lawsuit, Hamilton Daly told Perry that they needed to "replace" the “old talent" including 42-year-old actress Lacey Chabert, who has starred in dozens of Hallmark movies, many of them Christmas-themed, and portrayed Gretchen Wieners in Mean Girls (2004), saying Chabert is “getting older and we have to find someone like her to replace her as she gets older.”
The lawsuit adds that Hamilton Daly said of the 60-year-old actress and “Our Christmas Journey” star Holly Robinson Peete: “No one wants her because she’s too expensive and getting too old. She can’t play leading roles anymore.”
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