On the morning program, Today with Kathie Lee & Hoda, Kathie Lee Gifford announced, while celebrating her 65th Birthday, that she will be leaving for two weeks to film a Christmas movie for Hallmark, "A Godwink Christmas".
UPDATE: SQuire Rushnell (Writer of When God Winks) confirms the official title for this movie is "A Godwink Christmas." See his wonderful, thoughtful response in comments below!
This film will be based on the When God Winks book series written by New York Times bestselling author SQuire Rushnell and his wife Louise DuArt. These When God Winks stories have been prominently shown during segments of Kathie Lee's talk show hour for several years now. Kathie Lee shared that she will be portraying the Aunt in the story.
UPDATE: SEE CAST NEWS BELOW!!!
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| Kathie Lee Gifford - Hallmark Summer 2018 TCA / image:celebzz |
This is how Kathie Lee first described the concept of the "When God Winks" movie to mediavillage.com in January, 2017, “I'm producing movies with a gentleman by the name of SQuire Rushnell, who has written nine best-selling books called God Winks,” Gifford explained. “They are about those unbelievable things that happen in life; the most unbelievable coincidences, like what are the odds? We don’t believe they are random or coincidences, we believe they are ‘God winks.’ It’s God divinely aligning with human beings for amazing things to happen.”
And, it's most definitely not coincidence that the
When God Winks book series is newly releasing a new book titled:
When God Winks book series is newly releasing a new book titled:
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| Godwink Christmas Stories: Discover the Most Wondrous Gifts of the Season *CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS* |
CAST NEWS UPDATE:
Also starring in "A Godwink Christmas" are Paul Cambell (Window Wonderland, Surprised by Love) and Kimberley Sustad (The Nine Lives of Christmas, Hearts of Christmas)! Paul shared this fun picture of the two - the first day on set with this caption...
paulcampbellofficial: First day on set with @kimberleysustad filming Hallmark’s “A Godwink Christmas.” Also starring the legendary @kathielgifford Christmas is comin’ early this year! @hallmarkmovie @hallmarkchannel @squirerushnell
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| image via: Paul Campbell IG |
This sounds like such an amazing, inspirational film that will uplift one's spirits during the Holiday season! I pray this book and Hallmark movie will touch many hearts this Christmas!
Joyous Blessings to You All, Net
