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The Gender Wage Gap and Sexual Harassment: Will it Ever End?

by Riyad Mammadyarov April 25, 2017
written by Riyad Mammadyarov

Variety’s Power of Women event showcased the might and camaraderie of women  

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Lifetime’s ‘The Pop Game’ Premieres at Milk JamRoom Featuring Timbaland

by Nishat Baig February 19, 2017
written by Nishat Baig

Here’s everything you need to know about “The Pop Game” Premiere.

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Lifetime Starts Production of ‘The 10th Date’

by Magdalena Bury September 8, 2016
written by Magdalena Bury

Lifetime started production of its newest romantic comedy ‘The 10th Date’ starring Meagan Good and Kelly Rowland.

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Tori Spelling Talks ‘Mother May I, Sleep With Danger’

by Bryn Gelbart June 9, 2016
written by Bryn Gelbart

Tori Spelling, Melanie Aitkenhead and Leila George expressed their excitement to be working on the project and the underlying belief that love conquers all. 

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Exclusive: Cassandra Freeman, Daniel Bellomy & Wanda Durant Talk Lifetime’s ‘The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story’

by Kadeem Lundy May 7, 2016
written by Kadeem Lundy

Lifetime is celebrating Mother’s Day with a biopic on a special mom Wanda Durant, called The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story. The biopic is produced by Queen Latifah and her Flavor Unit Productions partner and friend Shakim Compere, and the film is directed by Nelson George. The biopic’s title was inspired by a statement Kevin Durant made in a 2014 speech at a press conference proclaiming his mother Wanda “The Real MVP.” Latifah, George, Compere, Wanda Durant and the cast premiered the film in New York and the cast which includes Cassandra Freeman as Wanda, Daniel Bellomy as an adult Kevin Durant and Wanda herself spoke with us exclusively about the message of the film and more.

In speaking about getting cast in the lead role of Wanda and what it meant to her, actress Cassandra Freeman stated:

I think to be cast in anything it’s always like oh wow someone trusts me with their project and then it feels doubly so when it’s about a real person like this and that Wanda helped cast me in this is very humbling.

When speaking about Ms. Durant’s presence on set during filming Cassandra said:

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She actually showed up the last week and she was there and it’s so funny that in between takes she would come to me crying saying you’re so good, because I’m so playful after 20 takes.

About playing the role to Wanda’s satisfaction and when asked did she feel she did the role justice Freeman simply said:

I mean I can’t judge that, but she said that she feels like this was truthful to her. She said there were some scenes where she just cried and cried. She said there were some scenes where she was like it felt like it was her life being replayed all over again. So as long as she’s happy that’s all I can ask for. I hope everyone else watches it and hopefully they take away what we meant which is to uplift and sort of shed a spotlight on how amazing single mothers are the backbone of this country: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton it goes on and on that’s what we hope for this film.

In working on the film Cassandra got the opportunity to work with friend Nelson George telling us:

Nelson George is fantastic I’ve been a friend of his for a few years now but I’ve never really had an intense situation like this. He is an actor’s director, he is a great collaborator and so patient and kind. He’s a great director.

As for what she feels is the overall message of the film:

I think the overall message of this film is that to raise a child, I think this is true even if you have a two parent home, but you need faith, you need some type of faith, you need community, you need family and you need goals and that’s what you really see in this . If you have faith, family, love community and some goals you can be unstoppable and that’s all she did and she was resourceful. You know your biography does not mean that’s your destiny actually it’s about being resourceful and that’s what she did.

Daniel Bellomy who plays the adult Kevin Durant in the film said of his connection to the real Kevin Durant:

I used to play basketball. I was like that tall gentle giant naturally. I mean I just understood that kind of basketball player. He played basketball he was good but he wasn’t like “I play basketball.” He was good, he was kind and gentle and had great character. That resonated for me.

Bellomy spoke about what he feels is the message of the film saying:

I mean it’s a real All American story. A working class parent who finds herself having to raise her family on her own. Going to basketball, going to sports, going to some kind of ritual to conjure greatness in her kids. I think every family is seeking to do that. I think it is a story of victory, a story of overcoming, an American story of family, what we do to survive, what we do to help our kids even when it doesn’t seem like they should or the environment says that’s not how it’s supposed to play out, but know we have to believe in a deeper, bigger kind of idea for them.

In addressing how re-watching her son Kevin’s speech still affects her and having the biopic come to life Ms. Durant stated:

My eyes are so puffy I’ve been crying for almost a week now, just like the week following the press conference for the MVP awards, it’s been really emotional but it’s been really rewarding because it really supports my message now because I’m an inspirational speaker and I speak to pregnant girls and teenage single mothers and it’s just a motivation for them not to quit. But I never knew it would be part of my life. If I would have cut things off in the early years this would have never happened.

In speaking about the lengthy process in bringing her story to the television, Ms. Durant shared:

I guess about two years ago this month after the speech my managers spoke to Flavor Unit productions and they said yes this is a story that we want to tell and they partnered us with Lifetime and we all said yes. Then we went through the process of writing the script and doing the casting and two years later here we are.

We asked Wanda, about her dual role as mother and coach to her son to which she told us:

Well I mean I just assumed that role, I didn’t know if they really appreciate it or not but I just assumed as a mother. But I wanted him to learn to give more than was expected. The coach was a good coach so if he said give 25, that was a good number to give at the time but I wanted it to be ingrained in him to always give more.

As for her overall message for the film Wanda shared:

To just don’t quit. Don’t quit on yourself or your children because you never know what your future holds for you.

The Real MVP: The Wanda Durant Story will premiere on Mother’s day, May 8 at 8 p.m.

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The Fempire: New Programming Coming To Lifetime

by Magdalena Bury April 21, 2016
written by Magdalena Bury

The network is planning on packing its development slate with more content for women from women – welcome to Fempire.

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Variety’s Power of Women: New York Announces 2016 Honorees

by Arianna Pintado March 16, 2016
written by Arianna Pintado

The definitive entertainment industry news source, Variety has proudly announced the honorees for its Power of Women: New York event.

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Lifetime’s ‘Unbreak My Heart’ Ratings Winner

by Staff January 26, 2016
written by Staff

Saturday’s world premiere of the Lifetime Original Movie Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart sang to 3.6 million Total Viewers, according to Nielsen Fast Cable Ratings.

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James Franco Teams Up With Lifetime

by Rian Castille December 25, 2015
written by Rian Castille

The uber talented actor James Franco has penned the story for the remake of a 1996 Tori Spelling movie.

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Lifetime Announces Holiday Movie Line-Up

by Staff October 21, 2015
written by Staff

Lifetime’s very merry christmas kicks off November 28 with world premiere holiday movies every Saturday and Sunday. 

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