We solely entered 2025 just a few days in the past, however Lifetime is losing no time in turning up the warmth with new film choices which can be a part of the cabler’s “Voices of a Lifetime” programming strand.
The sure-to-be iconic motion pictures will function the “voices and legacies of three of the music trade’s most influential skills.”
The massive names embrace Mary J. Blige, Lisa Velez (Lisa Lisa), and Gloria Gaynor. All three ladies have had decades-long careers within the music trade, in order that they have a novel perspective on the trade that can assist inform these motion pictures.
Mary J. Blige’s Household Affair – Premiering Saturday, January 25, at 8/7c
Mary J. Blige’s Household Affair picks up as Kendra (Ajiona Alexus) and Ben (Da’Vinchi) transfer out of the town in hopes of lastly constructing a life collectively.
With all their household round and inserted of their lives, tensions rise as they wrestle with fertility points, and Kendra tries to seek out her footing with Ben’s son Miles.
Their relationship reaches a boiling level when Ben secretly helps his brother, Kendra, return to the town, and an previous pal comes again into her life. The household should come collectively to assist Kendra and Ben save their relationship and keep true to their actual love.
It appears like an thrilling film, and we’re certain it will likely be much more thrilling as a result of it’s truly impressed by Mary’s iconic hit, “Household Affair.”
The film additionally reunites the couple on the heart of Mary J. Blige’s Actual Love and Mary J. Blige’s Power of a Girl, so we’re certain this film will include a built-in viewers, eagerly anticipating what comes subsequent for the characters.
Can You Really feel The Beat: The Lisa Lisa Story – Premieres Saturday, February 1, at 8/7c
Lisa Lisa is getting the approved biopic therapy on this Lifetime film, with Jearnest Corchado taking up the position of the confirmed hitmaker.
As a 15-year-old Puerto Rican lady from Hell’s Kitchen, Lisa Velez endured sexism and racism and hid her breast most cancers prognosis to turn out to be the primary Latina artist to hit a number of music Billboard charts, together with songs “Can You Really feel The Beat,” “All Cried Out,” and “Misplaced in Emotion.”
Lisa’s fixed companion via her tumultuous experience to the highest was her greatest pal and backup singer, Toni Ménage (Bre-Z). Toni’s unwavering help helped Lisa discover ways to take management of her skilled and private life.
This true-life story of two greatest mates who refused to permit themselves to be destroyed by the leisure enterprise is stuffed with twists and turns and ends triumphantly as the 2 refuse to surrender on their goals.
This appears like one other winner for Lifetime, however we’ll reserve judgment till it premieres subsequent month.
Robin Roberts Presents I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story – Premieres Saturday, February 8 at 8/7c
The movie focuses on Gaynor’s rise to fame, from her humble beginnings to changing into one of the vital iconic voices in music historical past.
Dubbed America’s “Queen of Disco,” the film will function most of the songs that catapulted Gaynor to the highest of the charts, together with her legendary hit “I Will Survive,” which grew to become a cultural phenomenon and a strong anthem of empowerment for tens of millions worldwide.
The biopic may even delve into Gaynor’s deeply private challenges, together with overcoming her lengthy and tumultuous marriage to her husband and supervisor.
As if that wasn’t sufficient Gloria Gaynor, Lifetime may even air the documentary titled Gloria Gaynor: I Will Survive on the identical night time.
Over to you, TV Fanatics. Which of those motion pictures are you most enthusiastic about?