Don't Waste Your Pretty - TV Movie

 

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Don't Waste Your Pretty - TV Movie  

 

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Don’t Waste Your Pretty

     TV, One presents “Don’t Waste Your Pretty,” which is an adaptation of the book by the same title written by award winning author and media personality Demetria L. Lucas. Songwriter/actress Keri Hilson stars as Mykah, an attractive and successful business executive who is facing a personal love crisis due to an extended non-dating, dry spell. She is dead set against online dating and does not go out to mingle with the social scene. Eventually, she is introduced to high fashion photographer Charlie (L. Warren Young). Is this situation ripe for sparks to fly?

Keri Hilson as Mylah

     She consults with her tight-knit circle of girlfriends for some answers, but they have their own love problems as well. Jeanne, played by Deborah Joy Winans, is still stuck in a quagmire about her not too long ago nasty device and just can’t seem to get past it to move on with her life. Gay married couple Aisha (Kaye Singleton) and Amma (Jasmine Burke) are struggling with trying to adopt a child. Mykah’s twin brother Michael (Redaric Williams) has a checked past as a player with a string of broken hearts left behind. While Mykah’s assistant Lisa (Rainey Branch) tries to have her boss’s back.

Deborah Joy Winans as Jeanne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

        

 

Jasmine Burke (Amma), Kaye Singleton (Aisha)

Redaric Williwms as Michael

     This made for TV movie leans heavily toward the female girl-talk viewers and the men most likely won’t have the interest to sit through the entire thing. Putting that aside, the ladies will enjoy the lessons of love, relationships and drama accompanied with the ups and downs and complications that this film spells out. Will the problems of each cast member get solved? Well, you will just have to tune in to find out.

 

Rainey Branch as Lisa

Demetria L. Lucas Book Author

Tamera Bass Director

    The movie was written by Katrina O’Gilvie and directed by Tamera Bass. Executive producers are Robert A. Boyd II, Susan Henry and Eric Tomosunas. Producers were Keith Neal, Ron Robinson and James Seppelfrick.

 

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Meagan Good - Death Saved My Life - TV/Film

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Meagan Good - Death Saved My Life - TV Film

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Meagan Good - Death Saved My Life

Meagan Good Delivers Her Most Nail Biting Performance Yet In The Suspense Thriller

“ Death Saved My Life.”

Ed (Okonkwo) & Jade (Good)

  

     The Lifetime Network will be airing “Death Saved My Life,” Saturday, February 13, 2021. Consult your listings for airtime in your area. It is part of Lifetimes high rated “Ripped From The Headlines.” Series. The movie is a suspense thriller that centers on two heavy topics with witch the public generally treads very lightly, i.e., mental health and domestic violence. The movie stars veteran Hollywood actress Meagan Good who portrays Jade, a housewife with a successful marketing career, a husband Ed, played by  Chike Okonkwo who is the top heart surgeon at his hospital, and a loving daughter.           

Jade hides from family who thinks she is dead

    There is a term called “pseudocide” where a person fakes their own death. Jade (Good) is in a psychological and physically abusive relationship with her jealous, control freak husband Ed and finds it extremely difficult to seek help because of her mental health background. Ed holds the fact over her head that she had a nervous breakdown (due to the death of a parent) as proof that she is not mentally reliable  to accuse him of any misconduct. As a result, she fakes her death to get away.

Desperate Ed looking for Jade

   This movie will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end and the next move throughout is not predictable. So you will keep guessing if you are one of those types who tries the have the movie figured out before the end.

     On a lighter note, Meagan’s real life sister LaMiya Good plays her on screen sister Leigh in the movie. 

L-R Leigh (LiMiya) and Jade (Meagan)

 

  

  

L-R Meagan & LiMiya The Good Sisters

     Actor Chike Okonkwo is very realistic and extremely convincing in his role as a controlling, abusive all around master dirtball jerk.

Abusive narcissist Ed (Okonkwo)

  He understands why the viewers (especially the female ones) will hate him but he’s OK with that because it means that he did his job exceptionally well as an actor. Okonkwo explains, “For me, I just wanted to lean into the truth of it. I spoke with a clinical psychiatrist beforehand particularly on what it means to be an abusive narcissist and that it can be very controlling and sometimes overtly loving but mostly very, very violent, and dark. It’s a tough space to be in, but as an actor it’s a really big challenge. And then I felt that we were in really good company and it was lovely to lead into to this and be truthful with it. And as soon as cut was called, I would make sure that Meagan was OK because it wasn’t nice having to put her through that time after time.”

Jade (Good) having breakfast faking happiness

  In terms of the movie’s subject matter of domestic violence and mental illness Good stresses, “I think it’s something that we don’t talk enough about and we don’t have enough dialog around especially in the Black Community. I’m hoping that many people who see this that could be in a situation like this, that it empowers them to know this is where you may be right now but there is a whole other life that you haven’t even dreamed of that is waiting for you, that is possible for you if you just step out on faith and trust God to get beyond the situation that you are in.”

     The movie is produced by Jarrett Creative. Executive producers are Julie Insogna Jarrett, Seth Jarrett and Meagan Good. Seth Jarrett directs from a script written by Barbara Kymlicka. The film will air as part of Lifetime’s popular Ripped from the Headlines slate.

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Nasty Cherry - Music

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Nasty Cherry - Music  

 

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 NASTY CHERRY UNVEIL FIRST NEW TRACK OF 2021 “LUCKY”

NEW EP SET FOR SPRING RELEASE 

 

STREAM: https://lnk.to/NC-lucky

L-R Georgia Somary Bass, Chloe Chaidez Guitar, Gabi Bechtel Singer, Debbie Knox Hewson Drums

     Following weeks of teasing across their social accounts, Nasty Cherry return with their first new song of 2021. “Lucky,” released today, is the first offering from their upcoming EP, set for release this spring via Vroom Vroom Recordings.

     Written by the band alongside the track’s producer, Yves Rothman (L Devine, Conan Grey), “Lucky” is built around understated synths, escalating drum beats and rich vocal melodies, highlighting the importance of friendship and unity. The song arrives accompanied by a Kristen Jan Wong-directed video, which sees the band playing the roles of different audience members and winners at an award show, each being celebrated for their own induvial traits.  

     Nasty Cherry explain: “’Lucky’ is a song we wrote for each other during the pandemic where the 6 weeks we got to spend together felt incredibly precious and introspective. It's a reflective, sweet and spiky little song.”

     Proving more than just hype, 2020 saw the release of the band’s sophomore EP, Season 2, and found them joining forces with the likes of Dylan Brady (100 gecs) on self-love anthem “I Am King,” British screenwriter Drew Pearce for the cinematic “Better Run” video and animator Du Blonde for “Shoulda Known Better.” A thoroughly modern band who have let their fans in to their world from the very beginning and allowed them to evolve in real time, Nasty Cherry have established a network of esteemed collaborators well in advance of a debut album to firmly cement themselves as alt-pop front runners.

Check out recently released live performances of “Shoulda Known Better” and “Better Run.”

Shouda Known Better Video

Better Run Video

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