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Valerie Harper to Star in Hallmark Channel's FIXING PETE, Premiering 1/7

By: Jan. 03, 2012
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Hallmark Channel will present the new original movie FIXING PETE on Saturday January 7th at 8/7c. The movie stars Brooke Burns, and Broadway veteran Valerie Harper.

The movie tells the story of Ashley Boyd (Brooke Burns), a career fashion editor who is on the rise, and her blossoming relationship with her boyfriend. Conquering a handful of televised makeovers for women, Ashley has impressed her boss Nan (Valerie Harper) enough to earn her own column. However, there is a caveat: Ashley must write her first set of articles about making over a guy, something she has never done.

Uncomfortable with the assignment, Ashley is encouraged by her best friend Mandy (Stacy Keibler) to rise to the occasion especially when Ashley learns the intended subject is Pete Camden (Dylan Bruno), a notoriously chauvinistic sports writer whose best accessory is the ketchup stain on his torn sweatshirt. But when Pete won’t commit to the project, afraid it will ruin his ultra-macho image, his boss Clayton (John Ratzenberger) insists that an image makeover will be good for promoting Pete’s new book and he is left no choice but to cooperate.

As Ashley chips away at Pete’s macho exterior she realizes he is actually more than he appears to be and as Pete gets to know Ashley, he begins to see her letting go and having fun, realizing he may have misjudged her. Will this pair realize they're perfect together before it's too late?

Actress Valerie Harper has appeared on Broadway in productions of King Lear, Something Different, Metamorphosis, and the Tony award winning Story Theatre. She was nominated for a Tony award for her role in Looped.

She began her TV career on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," for which she received two Golden Globe nominations and won three Emmy® Awards as Rhoda Morgenstern. She was again nominated for three Golden Globe awards and won an Emmy® Award for her show lead role on "Rhoda." Her feature films include "Chapter Two," "Freebie and the Bean," and "The Last Married Couple in America."

Harper recently guest starred on "Desperate Housewives" and "Drop Dead Diva." She has also guest starred on "’Til Death," "Committed," "That ‘70s Show," "Sex and the City," "Touched by an Angel" and "Melrose Place."



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