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[01/11/07 - 01:59 PM]
Lifetime Launches 'Spot Nora Roberts' Contest with Premiere of Four Lifetime Original Movies Based on the Best Selling Author's Novels
The contest involves spotting Roberts in a series of cameo appearances in all four upcoming originals.

[via press release from Lifetime]

Lifetime Launches 'Spot Nora Roberts' Contest With Premiere of Four Lifetime Original Movies Based on the Best Selling Author's Novels

Prizes Awarded to Viewers Who Identify Roberts' Onscreen Cameos During 'Nora Roberts' Angels Fall,' 'Nora Roberts' Montana Sky,' 'Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon' and 'Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke'

Exclusive Excerpts from Roberts' Two New Books Available Only on http://www.lifetimetv.com

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 11 -- In a nod to the grand tradition of Alfred Hitchcock, best-selling author Nora Roberts will make her screen debut in a series of cameo appearances in all four upcoming Lifetime Original Movies based upon her best-selling novels. Fans of the publishing sensation will have the opportunity to win valuable prizes by spotting her featured turns while watching the telefilms. "Nora Roberts' Angels Fall" premieres on Monday, January 29; "Nora Roberts' Montana Sky" premieres on Monday, February 5; "Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke" premieres on Monday, February 12; and "Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon" premieres on Monday, February 19. All movies will air at 9PM (ET/PT).

Viewers have two ways to "spot Nora Roberts."

During the airing of each movie, a "keyword" will be revealed when Roberts makes her initial screen appearance. Viewers who text the keyword using their mobile phones will automatically be entered for a chance to win.

Fans can go to Lifetimetv.com to watch an extended video clip featuring Roberts' cameo appearances. If they successfully click on Roberts in the video, an entry form for the contest will be accessible and the contestant's information can be submitted instantly.

In addition, Lifetime viewers who visit the special Nora Roberts section at Lifetimetv.com will also have the opportunity to read exclusive excerpts from Roberts' next two books, Innocent in Death (due out February 20) and High Noon (due out July 10). The previews will be available only using a keyword to be revealed during movie telecasts.

Other features on the site include a Q&A with Roberts, video interviews with the author and executive producer Peter Guber, cast blogs and interviews, photos, video excerpts, a trivia game, a complete broadcast schedule and a Nora Roberts bookstore.

The four Lifetime Original Movies based on Roberts' books, which will premiere on four consecutive Monday nights beginning January 29, are:

-- Nora Roberts' Angels Fall - Premiering January 29 Heather Locklear and Johnathon Schaech star in the story of a Boston chef looking to make a fresh start. When her car breaks down in Wyoming, Reece (Locklear) lands a job in a local diner. Almost as soon as she begins to think of this new town as home, menacing things start happening that cause Reece to question her own sanity.

-- Nora Roberts' Montana Sky - Premiering February 5 When a multimillionaire cattleman dies, he leaves a will requiring his three daughters -- half sisters and strangers to one another -- to spend 12 months together on his ranch in order to claim their inheritance. But when it turns out their father may have left some enemies behind determined to sabotage them, the women must learn to work together or lose the money. John Corbett, Charlotte Ross, Ashley Williams and Diane Ladd star.

-- Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke - Premiering February 12 Alicia Witt stars as Reena, an arson investigator being stalked by a pyromaniac. When she falls for a carpenter named Bo (Matthew Settle), Reena must turn the tables on her pursuer before her life goes up in flames. Also starring Scott Bakula and Talia Shire.

-- Nora Roberts' Carolina Moon - Premiering February 19 When Tory (Claire Forlani) returns to her hometown to rebuild her life, she begins to have strange visions of the death of a childhood friend. Tory discovers that the murder was just the first in a series. If she doesn't figure out who the killer is, she'll be the next victim. Also starring Oliver Hudson and Jacqueline Bisset.

Since publishing her first novel in 1981, Nora Roberts has been a #1 New York Times best-selling sensation. With more than 295 million copies sold, Roberts' novels have spent a combined 102 weeks at the #1 spot on the coveted New York Times best-seller list.

All four films are produced by Mandalay Television and Stephanie Germain Productions for Lifetime Television. Peter Guber ("Rainman," "Batman," "The Color Purple," "The Jacket"), Stephanie Germain (Lifetime's "Gracie's Choice," "The Day After Tomorrow") and Peter Strauss ("The Jacket") are the executive producers.

Mandalay Television has achieved great success in series, made-for-television movies and miniseries. Mandalay movies and miniseries have produced some of the strongest ratings of all-time, including Dean Koontz's "Intensity," a four-hour miniseries based on the best-seller by Dean Koontz -- the highest rated miniseries ever on Fox; "First Daughter," a two-hour original movie starring Mariel Hemingway for TBS which was the highest rated basic cable movie in history and spawned two sequels: "First Target" and "First Shot"; "Blood Crime," which launched USA's Crime Friday and was the highest rated original program for the network in 2002; and "The Linda McCartney Story." Mandalay is currently in production on "Brotherhood," the critically acclaimed series for Showtime.

Lifetime is the leader in women's television and one of the top-rated basic cable television networks. A diverse, multi-media company, Lifetime is committed to offering the highest quality entertainment and information programming, and advocating a wide range of issues affecting women and their families. Lifetime Television, LMN, Lifetime Real Women, Lifetime Home Entertainment and Lifetime Online (http://www.lifetimetv.com) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, a 50/50 joint venture of The Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.

SOURCE Lifetime Television
http://www.lifetimetv.com





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· BLUE SMOKE
· CAROLINA MOON
· GRACIES CHOICE
· MONTANA SKY





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