Actors
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Lisa Whelchel’s Book and Thoughts on Religion and Friendship
The particular characteristics of a friendship - and the role each friend plays in other friends' lives - are as unique as the friendship itself. When the circumstances surrounding the friendship change, it's…
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The Facts of Sexual Harassment in Hollywood: #NotThisShow
The floodgates have opened and women and children in Hollywood have finally been coming forward and being believed about the abuse they suffered at the hands of powerful grown men. Notably, Facts alumna Molly…
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Hallmark Attacks: A half-assed reunion on Monday
Check this out: That’s from the Hallmark Channel’s Home and Family show. This isn’t Lisa Whelchel and Kim Fields’s first go at a Hallmark Channel thing, and that thing doesn’t give me much…
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Good People: The Clark Brandon Interview (part 3)
Greetings, readers, and welcome to part three of my exclusive interview with Clark Brandon, 80s heartthrob and Facts’ own Eddie Brennan for four episodes. In part one, we learned about Clark’s history and initial…
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Good People: The Clark Brandon Interview (part 2)
Last month, I was able to sit down via Skype with Clark Brandon, the actor who played Eddie, Jo’s boyfriend, in four Facts episodes in seasons two, three, and five. My biggest takeaway is…
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Good people: The Clark Brandon interview (Part 1)
One thing I’ve learned over the years is that if you don’t ask, you don’t get. I still suffer from great fear that I will “look stupid” if I ask for something, but…
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Rest In Peace, Charlie Polniaczek
I am in the process of getting another recap up, I promise. But I have just learned that Alex Rocco, who played Jo’s father, Charlie Polniaczek, died on Saturday. He was 79; he…
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More news and guest star sightings
As most of you know, I’m in the process of graduating from law school. Today was the last day of exams, and I finished my last exam early this afternoon (and then promptly…
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It’s the interview of my dreams! Except EW did it, not me
Many thanks to a Kiwi friend living in Australia, who pointed me to an Entertainment Weekly interview with many important Facts of Life personalities. Everyone from Blair to Mr. Bradley to Assad freaking Kelada…
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News for the New Year
I don’t know how the hell I missed this, but apparently back in September, the Facts of Life cast reunited for a 35th anniversary dish. It seems to have been a Today Show…
