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Lauren Holly Cast in a New Lifetime Movie

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (40)

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This is news hardly worth reporting, but it offers me a nice segue later in the piece. Lauren Holly (remember her? Yeah. Barely.) has signed on to a new Lifetime movie, Too Late to Say Goodbye. Rob Lowe plays the other star. But before I read the plot description and provide it herein, let me guess. It will be about one or more of the following: Domestic abuse, abduction, adultery, sexual assault, stalking, eating disorders, child abuse, multiple personality disorder, or terminal illness.

Let’s see how I did.

The plot, based on an Ann Rule book: The movie “centers on Jenn and Bobby Corbin (Lowe), who seem to have the perfect marriage until Jenn discovers Bobby’s affair with a co-worker and hooks up with a mystery man on the Internet. When she is found dead in an apparent suicide, her sister Heather (Holly) sets out to investigate what she believes was a murder, with Bobby and the online suitor the main suspects.”

Hmmm. Adultery and possibly stalking. That’s disappointing. Lifetime Network, you’re losing your way.

But remember Lauren Holly back in her ridiculous red-headed hotness heyday? Before the atrocious plastic surgery. Here she is now:

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And here she is back in the day:


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You know who looks like a younger Lauren Holly? Christina Hendricks. Which brings me to this, our segue to one of the greatest Internet sites ever created in the history of red-headed mankind (and you’ll have to excuse me, ladies — I provide enough shirtless man abs around here, so it’s only fair to present this).


Here’s a taste (and yes, it is a slow news day):


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Comments

I just watched Dragon the other day for the first time, and I barely remembered who Lauren Holly was. Then I had a brief flashback of Jim Carrey, a sun dress, and a perfect ass, and it all came back to me.

Thanks, Dumb & Dumber!

Posted by: Snath at May 7, 2009 10:37 AM

Where are her boobs? You post a Hendricks picture with no boobs? How is that even remotely equivalent to shirtless men. Shame on you.

Posted by: BWeaves at May 7, 2009 10:38 AM

Damn it man! I have my last final in an hour and I have no idea who Joseph Andrews is and you distract me with THIS!

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at May 7, 2009 10:39 AM

Mmmm... Christina Hendricks.

Oh, and I am NOT reviewing that Lifetime movie. Find someone else to be your sucker, Rowles. One was enough.

Posted by: TK at May 7, 2009 10:39 AM

Red heads are really hot, hopefully, they wont go extinct due to the whole recessive gene thing. Someone with a red hair recessive (Me!) needs to copiously mate with a large number of red headed women to keep the gene going forever. I wonder who it could be (Me!).

Posted by: George at May 7, 2009 10:42 AM

It's all abs and boobs with you people.

Posted by: Jay at May 7, 2009 10:44 AM

look lifetime, you want me to watch? add zombies. lots and lots of zombies.

Posted by: gp at May 7, 2009 10:49 AM

That "today" photo is ghastly. Thanks for ruining my masturb ... um, my fond memories of Max with a hockey stick and a police uniform on "Picket Fences."
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The plot, based on an Ann Rule book:
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That's pretty much all you had to say. Every Ann Rule book is just like every other Ann Rule book. She has the formula down and sells the hell out of it.

Posted by: , (the commenter formerly known as bucdaddy) at May 7, 2009 10:53 AM

Ah, no worries, Rowles! Though I prefer menfolk, I still enjoy looking at Christina Hendricks. I swear, the woman looks like she stepped out of a painting--- One of those dreamy, romantical-like paintings popular on young women's dorm room walls (including mine, back in the day).

Also, my department recently worked on something starring Lauren Holly. Those days were spent joking about what a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad actress she is. Sure it was mean, but sometimes laughter is the only way you can cope with unavoidable pain.

Posted by: ShinyKate at May 7, 2009 11:08 AM

It's all abs and boobs with you people.

Hey, you take that back!

(and edit it to include booty).

Posted by: Rykker at May 7, 2009 11:42 AM

mmmm...Saffron. The biggest tragesty of Firefly's cancellation is you just KNOW Hendricks would have been a full cast member by Season 3 and likely joined Serenity's crew. I may have to watch Mad Men just because she is on it.

Posted by: TylerDFC at May 7, 2009 11:50 AM

I swear, if it weren't for Hollywood's obsession with ridiculously skinny women, Christina Hendricks would be leading lady material. She's absolutely beautiful and has sex appeal and chemistry to spare. Maybe we should start a letter writing campaign.

And George, red-headed genes don't insure anything. I have loads of red-heads in my family but I got my crimson locks out of a box. Of course, now that I have red hair, people will tell you that I always did ("You were strawberry blonde! It's just darker red now.") but they're wrong.

Posted by: Genny (also Rusty) at May 7, 2009 12:00 PM

Wait, she was on Firefly? Why didn't I know this?

Now I really have no excuse not to finish my DVDs. Not that I did before, but this makes it worse.

Posted by: Snath at May 7, 2009 12:09 PM

Hey, you take that back!

I can't! It is!

(I didn't say me)

Wait, she was on Firefly?

"And that cold thing happens to my stomach".

Posted by: Jay at May 7, 2009 12:14 PM

Hey, I know I suck for not watching it, and I have no excuse since I own the DVDs. I just can't really get the excitement up because I also own and have seen Serenity, and I know how the story ends. Well, unless they make another movie or whatever. Plus I have so many other things to watch, and Battlefield Heroes to play, not to mention a newborn and a two-year-old.

I'm sorry Jay, please forgive me and don't take away my cool kid badge.

Posted by: Snath at May 7, 2009 12:20 PM

That kind of came out like I was a negligent parent. The kids and the wife come first, and what free time I have is spent engaging in things that aren't Firefly. There, that's true better.

Posted by: Snath at May 7, 2009 12:21 PM

Wow - Christina sure looks like a young Joanne Whalley in those pics!

Posted by: SCG at May 7, 2009 12:24 PM

Hear, hear, BWeaves. We put up with man-nipples nearly every goddamn day and finally we get an attractive woman to drool over and we don't even get underboob. A pox upon you, Rowles. A pox, I say.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at May 7, 2009 12:25 PM

I'm sorry Jay, please forgive me and don't take away my cool kid badge.

No no, I'm saying it was her first character I feared and loathed.

Posted by: Jay at May 7, 2009 12:26 PM

Wait, she was on Firefly?

Twice! Girl could take a hold o' my plow any day.

Posted by: James at May 7, 2009 12:26 PM

Christina sure looks like a young Joanne Whalley in those pics!

Remember "Scandal"? Remember the poster? That was nice.

Posted by: Jay at May 7, 2009 12:27 PM

Once again, Genny, you're so right! Christina Hendricks may be the most beautiful woman in Hollywood right now, but we get these skinny minis (most of whom can't act anyway) filling up al l the leading roles.

Also, I have no idea who Lauren Holly is, probably because I'm too young. Sorry.

Posted by: Kayanne at May 7, 2009 12:34 PM

Christina Hendricks is GORGEOUS. Hands down the most beautiful woman on TV right now.

God I can't wait for Mad Men to come back. Is there any word on that?

Posted by: figgy at May 7, 2009 1:28 PM

Christina Hendricks is a natural blonde and according to IMDB has been dying her hair since she was 10 years old. (Nice parental guidance mom!) As a natural blonde I can't imagine why anyone would want to let that go to waste. Yeah, I appreciate the uniqueness of red hair, but I seriously love being blonde. If you're blessed with blonde hair, don't fight nature.

Posted by: Austin asking for trouble at May 7, 2009 2:01 PM

As a natural blonde I can't imagine why anyone would want to let that go to waste.

We like ourselves, don't we.

Posted by: Jay at May 7, 2009 2:09 PM

I'm intrigued as to why you consider blonde hair "a blessing" Austin.

I also think it's ridiculous that her boobs are covered up. What's this?! Objectification is what we do around here, right?

Posted by: Joker at May 7, 2009 2:11 PM

haha! I do like myself quite a bit, don't I? I was raised by a family of dark haired, dark eyed Italians. I love being the blonde freak. (And yes, I've often been accused of being the milk man's daughter.)

Posted by: Austin asking for trouble at May 7, 2009 3:09 PM

My wife is a blonde but dyes her hair black. I wouldn't have it any other way.

Posted by: Snath at May 7, 2009 3:14 PM

My natural hair color is a tawny, dark-gold blonde that I used to wear down to my waist. I used to get compliments on it all the time, but I've been dyeing it a plummy reddish black for years and I LOVE it. It sounds weird, but I feel more like myself as a brunette. And I still get complimented on my hair, so that's awesome too. Certain shades of blonde seem like a shame to cover up - my cousin has naturally white-blonde hair that's absolutely beautiful - but sometimes you just need something different.

Posted by: Geetch at May 7, 2009 3:32 PM

Damn it. I now have this strange urge to dye my hair red. It would totally work with my pasty pasty skin and green eyes...

But my hair sucks and would look like shit. Maybe I should just invest in a really good wig...

Posted by: rach at May 7, 2009 7:26 PM

Love redheads. Love 'em. And Christina Hendricks is example A-1 of why. She was cute as hell in Firefly and has only gotten hotter in Mad Men (and in Life).

Posted by: Fredo at May 7, 2009 8:08 PM

Snath, I watched Serenity before Firefly, and it didn't quash my ability to enjoy the series in the slightest. Get to it, man!

Posted by: Lauren at May 7, 2009 9:28 PM

Wait, she was on Firefly?

Since we are quoting from Firefly-

"Whoa. Good Bible."

Posted by: dene at May 7, 2009 11:11 PM

Long time lurker first time poster (all the way from Australia).

Mmmm... Christina Hendricks. Learning she is on Mad Men may just get me to give it time. I work with ad people a fair bit and I didn't need more of them in my leisure time (despite Mad Men being an excellent show).

Posted by: trib at May 8, 2009 12:02 AM

Oh, and BTW, Lauren Holly is still tasty. Did none of you see her on NCIS?

And, yes, former bucdaddy, I have *vivid* memories of her as Max on Picket Fences and particularly vivid ones of the ep with the dream sequence to which you refer.

Posted by: trib at May 8, 2009 12:04 AM

Jay, don't hate us because we're told our hair is beautiful and it would be a sin, yes, a sin to dye it! Gawd. Instead of compiling all my guilt towards something traditional, like being a lapsed-catholic, I'm devoting it to my gutlessness in the 'get over your hair' issue. I told my mom I dyed a streak of my hair once and she literally shrieked. Pathos.

You know what I really want? The strawberry of Cate Blanchette's young Elizabeth, and/or the tangerine of Scarlet HoHansson in Girl with a Pearl.

And did anyone ever see Beggars & Choosers (TV) back in 2000/2001? She (Hendricks) was on it then and so cute too! I thought for sure her boobs would backfire on her getting decent work, and I'm so glad I was wrong. She's cool.

Posted by: replica at May 8, 2009 1:40 AM

Well I'm a chick and I'll be bookmarking that site, because I have a huge, nonsexual (ahem, mostly) crush on Christina. Thanks, Rowles.

Posted by: Ginger at May 8, 2009 3:45 PM

Woollllllllllll,,, She is so sexy,and good news,recently,i found a new hot dating se _____ w w w . l a r g e k i s s . c o m _____ where you can meet more friends and chat with them! Maybe she's waitting for you now~~~~~!!!

Posted by: Jimmiy at May 9, 2009 10:45 AM

Posted by: Jimmiy at May 9, 2009 10:46 AM

Am I totally insane, or did Lauren Holly -- or the art director or photographer or makeup artist or SOMEONE -- try very, VERY hard to make her look like Angelina Jolie in this picture?

because when I saw it, I thought it was Angeline Jolie. It was only when I read the caption that I realised it was Lauren Holly and NOT Angelina Jolie. And even then, I thought maybe someone screwed up and posted the wrong picture to go with the story.

Fuckin' weird.

Posted by: Maryscott O'Connor at May 11, 2009 1:18 PM

wow so many negative comments about Lauren Holly..personally i think she is absolutely gorgeous and i have the biggest crush on her...i would love to wake up to her face in the morning...so you all can suck it, she is a gorgeous woman who i would want to marry anyday..
love jenny

Posted by: jenny at June 8, 2009 11:40 AM