Vanessa Marano News

Audiences can celebrate the holiday season a little early as Food Network and HGTV have set linear premiere dates for five scripted holiday features this December. Following their debut on streaming platform discovery+, A Christmas Open House with Ben and Erin Napier  and Designing Christmas with Hilary Farr will both air on HGTV.

The films were created to appeal to passionate Food Network and HGTV fans who love holiday content. Several of the networks’ biggest fan-favorite personalities -- Ben and Erin Napier, Bobby Flay, Hilary Farr and Duff Goldman -- as well as a slate of popular actors, will bring holiday movie magic to life in each scripted feature.

Food Network and HGTV have wrapped production on four all-new holiday features that include cameos from top network talent including Ben and Erin Napier, Bobby Flay, Duff Goldman, and Hilary Farr. Food Network debuted its first-ever scripted feature, Candy Coated Christmas with Ree Drummond last November.

The Game's Called Murder is a dark and wickedly funny film about the eccentric members of the Wallendorf Family, played by Vanessa Marano, James Lastovic, and Natasha Henstridge. Watch the trailer for the new film now!

In a last-ditch effort to win over the girl of his dreams, a nerdy high school senior (Lorenzo Henrie) and his best friends embark on a road trip to see their favorite band at the biggest music festival of the year, only to discover true love in the most unexpected place. 

The event opened with a Spring/Summer 2021 runway show from Hollywood-favorite fashion brand alice + olivia by Stacey Bendet.  Lance Bass welcomed everyone to the event, and brought Isabella and Mariella Rickel to the stage, who gave a heartfelt introduction to their mother, Nancy Davis.  Nancy thanked everyone for their ongoing commitment to the cause, and expressed her excitement over Earth, Wind & Fire’s upcoming performance. 

Vanessa Marano, who played April Nardini, reflects on her time as one of the “controversial” characters on the show. She shares what it was like to come into the show’s sixth season.

This Is the Year will be the first-ever, interactive, virtual movie premiere on August 28th. Directed by David Henrie, with his longtime friend Selena Gomez signing on as Executive Producer, the one-night-only event brings the two former co-stars of Wizards of Waverly Place back together after the TV series' ending in 2012.

The inimitable Sandra Bernhard is celebrating her tenth year of holiday shows at Joe's Pub in New York City with 'Sandy's Holiday Extravaganza: A Decade of Madness and Mayhem' December 26th - 31st with two shows each night. Bernhard will also perform her new show throughout 2020 around the country and overseas.

The inimitable Sandra Bernhard will perform her all new show a?oeQUICK SANDa?? at The Faena Theater at The Faena Hotel at 3201 Collins Ave. Miami Beach, FL November 21st, 22nd and 23rd at 11pm.

For the fifth installment of its popular A Cinderella Story film franchise, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and Blue Ribbon Content are breaking out the mistletoe and holly as principal photography commences on A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish, now filming in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Deadline reports Elizabeth Alderfer (Disjointed) and David Walton (New Girl) will star as series regulars opposite Parker Young, Vanessa Marano and Laura Marano in The Us Project , a CBS hybrid comedy pilot.

2nd Annual Mammoth Film Festival Sets Josh Duhamel's Directorial Debut THE BUDDY GAMES, STARRING Olivia Munn, Dax Shepard, and More as Closing Night Gala World Premiere

2nd Annual Mammoth Film Festival Sets Josh Duhamel's Directorial Debut THE BUDDY GAMES, STARRING Olivia Munn, Dax Shepard, and More as Closing Night Gala World Premiere

Production has officially wrapped in Alabama on the coming-of-age teen comedy “This is the Year” starring breakout actor Lorenzo Henrie (“Fear the Walking Dead”) and Gregg Sulkin (Marvel's “Runaways,” “Faking It”). David Henrie (“Wizards of Waverly Place,” “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2”) is directing the film and wrote the screenplay with Bug Hall, Pepe Portillo and Sienna Aquilinni.

The inimitable Sandra Bernhard will return for her annual holiday shows at Joe's Pub at 425 Lafayette St. in Manhattan, performing her all new show Sandra Bernhard "QUICK SAND" December 26th through NY's Eve December 31st, with two shows each night.

The inimitable Sandra Bernhard will perform her all new show "SANDEMONIUM" at The Sorting Room at The Wallis at 9390 N. Santa Monica Blvd. in Beverly Hills, CA on Thursday, December 13th at 7pm, Friday, December 14th at 7pm and 9pm and Saturday, December 15th at 7pm and 9pm.

Vanessa Marano ('Switched At Birth') has taken the haters of her 'Gilmore Girls' character April Nardini to task in a just-released episode of the YouTube comedy series 'Bad Boy'.

As part of the July 4th holiday celebration, the inimitable Sandra Bernhard will perform her all new show "SANDEMONIUM" at The Pavilion in the Fire Island Pines today, August 25th at 6pm and 8pm, as she continues taking the show to select cities around the U.S. and overseas.

The team behind Tape is back this summer with their recently announced production of Small Engine Repair at Stonestreet Studios, which opens tonight to a sold out crowd. The production runs August 20th to August 26th, for 9 initial performances. The complete cast includes George Carpenter, Ryan Perez, Julio Saenz, and Andy Ottenweller. It is written by critically acclaimed playwright John Pollono (Stronger) and directed by Bailey Nassetta.