Nicollette and Oliver will be featured on the January 9 edition of OK! Magazine in the US. Don’t forget to buy your copy.

I have also added the cover of Cosmopolitan back in 1984.

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Here’s another small interview of Nicollette talking about Honeymoon For One. Don’t miss it this Saturday on Hallmark Channel at 9pm!

Here are two clips of Nicollette’s interview on Access Hollywood earlier this week. I already knew those three thingd about her, but it was a nice change from the usual questions.

Would Nicollette Sheridan Return To ‘Desperate Housewives’ For The Final Season?

Three Things You Don’t Know About… Nicollette Sheridan

You can’t mention Nicollette Sheridan without thinking of her most recent alter ego, Edie Britt of “Desperate Housewives.” However, when you watch Nicollette in her new Hallmark Channel movie, “Honeymoon for One” — which premieres Saturday, Aug. 13 at 9/8c — Edie will be the furthest thing from your mind. In “Honeymoon,” Nicollette plays Eve Parker, a woman scorned who decides to travel to Ireland on what would have been her honeymoon. Along the way, she discovers love in the form of the breathtaking countryside, a sweet preteen named Kathleen, and a handsome (and irksome) outdoorsman named Sean.

Celebrity Extra: What brought you to the Hallmark Channel, and to this movie in particular, “Honeymoon for One”?

Nicollette Sheridan: First of all, I really liked the character and I liked the movie. Hallmark is making beautiful movies that everyone can watch. And at times, they are dealing with slightly edgy material, so Hallmark has come a long way. And I do love that their movies are something the whole family can watch.

CE: Tell me about your character, Eve.

NS: Eve is hiding from herself and her intimate relationship by immersing herself in her work. I think a lot of people are guilty of that, and when something traumatic happens, she is forced to look at her life and make huge changes. And as we know, your career doesn’t wrap itself around you at night, and keep you safe and sound. Being present and being aware, and having a life filled with love, friendship and trust does. When you reach outside yourself and you do for others, it enriches many more lives, including your own. And that’s what I really liked about her journey.

CE: What were some of the aspects of her character that you could relate to or that you were really proud of?

NS: Well, she’s a very kind person, and she means well. Then again, she really needs to pull her head out of the sand and see what’s going on around her. And she’s a strong character. I like that she’s not a victim. It’s very difficult to go through a relationship breakup. Especially when somebody cheats on you, and though these things are very painful in her life, the outcome is a much better path.

CE: It’s very exciting and brave of her to go off on her own to a foreign country to clear her head and decide what she wants to do with her life.

NS: And it’s very out of character for her to do something like that, but her friends urge her to go. When she does, it’s very awkward at first, but she transcends all of that.

CE: What was Greg Wise, who played Sean, like to work with?

NS: Greg is a fantastic actor, and he’s very playful. We had a lot of fun shooting this film.

CE: And the location was just gorgeous! Where did you film, and what was the actual filming like?

NS: It was just stunning. We were in the most beautiful places. And I’d never been to Ireland, and coming from England myself, you have that expansive countryside, but it’s a much wilder feel in Ireland. I loved it over there. And of course I’ve been riding since I was a tiny little thing, and so for me to be out there and belting across the countryside on that white horse was heaven for me. It was just breathtaking over there. People are so nice and warm and friendly, and I’m looking forward to going back when I don’t have to work so I can really explore the country.

CE: A movie of yours that I absolutely loved you in was “Noises Off!” Do you hope to do some slapstick comedy like that again? Everyone in that movie was absolutely brilliant and I know you’re good at comedy. You’re good at the romance and the drama, but I just loved you in the slapstick, physical comedy.

NS: Thank you. That was a very special movie. It had an incredible cast, and we would all convene at a roundtable in the morning, and everybody would tell stories and just share in a way that I’d never experienced on a set before. Basically we rehearsed it as a play. And then when we were ready to start shooting, we would shoot eight pages at a time, all in one shot. It was pretty demanding, physically, because as you remember, we were up and down the stairs and all the backstage business. The outtakes from that film were hilarious. I do love physical comedy as well as drama, so hopefully there will be a bit of everything to come.

CE: What are your thoughts on all these remakes that seem to be happening? I know TNT is doing a remake of “Dallas.”

NS: I know! I just saw an ad for it. It looked exciting. There was a nostalgia that came with seeing the ad for the show, and I think the music and those faces that are so familiar to so many people … I think there is something comforting about it. And it looks exciting! You’ve got all those colorful characters, and I’m sure they are all going to do an incredible job with it.

Larry Hagman looked great and Patrick Duffy, and I noticed that Brenda Strong, who was Mary Alice on “Housewives,” is in it. I’m thrilled for her, because she’s a beautiful actress and one of the loveliest human beings that I know.

CE: If they decided to do a “Knots Landing” remake, would you be on board, or would you say, “Good luck, but my time on ‘Knots Landing’ has passed”?

NS: I haven’t heard about anyone speaking of doing that. I think that “Dallas” was a lot flashier than “Knots Landing.” “Knots Landing” was really the down-home, simpler, more-pained version. Just very real people going through real situations, but I haven’t heard if they are interested in remaking that.

CE: I know you’re involved with a lot of charities, especially animal charities. Can you tell me a bit about them?

NS: It’s always wonderful to place animals in homes, because there are so many unwanted furry friends that need a beautiful family to go to. So, that’s something that I like to help with. Also, I got involved with Guide Dogs for the Blind. It is such a wonderful gift to be able to pair up somebody in need with a set of eyes and a companion. That was a very fulfilling thing to be a part of.

Recently, there is this charity called Ride On that is with horses. It’s for the disabled — both physically and mentally, adults and children — and just through the love that you get through working with and riding horses. It’s an incredibly healing experience and gives them a sense of accomplishment to be able to ride and to be able to bond in that fashion. I’m going to have a little bit more free time coming up, so I’m actually going to get to be more hands-on with the people and the horses. Animals are such a gift.

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‘Honeymoon For One’ star has an eco-friendly home and a Hallmark movie with a conservation message.

“I’m always conscious of the types of products I use to clean my home. I use environmentally safe cleaning products to make sure they don’t harm the planet,” says Nicollette Sheridan. “I’m plagued by the fact that people use plastic products and throw them away and don’t recycle. I recycle and also use glass along with other reusable items like a stainless steel canteen.”

On Aug. 13, Sheridan stars in the Hallmark Channel movie “Honeymoon For One,” playing a workaholic ad exec who finds out her fiancée cheated and calls off the wedding but decides to take the honeymoon alone. She meets a man (Greg Wise) who’s trying to protect the beautiful Irish countryside from developers.

Shooting on location in Ireland was a draw for Sheridan, who plays a city girl but in reality has a passionate love of nature. Riding horses since she was three in her native London, she rides every day when she’s not working. “It really is sort of my peace and my serenity when I’m out with the horses and my dog. You know, you have a responsibility when you have animals. They need to be exercised, just like we do, so I get out there as often as I can. I think it’s very important to be able to take in your surroundings and breathe the fresh air and appreciate the beauty of nature,” she continues. “It’s very grounding and very centering.”

The fact that the role is a departure from the character she played on “Desperate Housewives,” the scheming, predatory Edie Britt, was “part of the allure” for Sheridan, as was playing a woman who “struggles with her immersion in the business world and her lack of paying attention to her needs, her sense of self, and her relationship.” In real life, Sheridan has a better handle on that balance. “I really try to take one day at a time and enjoy the moments,” she says. “I have a life outside of work.”

Not all actresses would be thrilled at the prospect of a role that’s mostly shot outdoors in the countryside and requires wearing sturdy boots, riding a horse and falling over — more than once.

But for Nicollette Sheridan, those were the things that attracted her to her latest TV movie (OK, maybe not the falling over part, but the rest of it).

“I just love the romance of the Irish countryside,” Sheridan says. “We were actually in Dublin, and then we’d go out 45 minutes to an hour away from our main hub and shoot at the beautiful castles and the countryside, the forests and the water holes.

“We were on location the entire time.”

In “Honeymoon for One,” premiering Saturday, Aug. 13, on Hallmark Channel, Sheridan plays Eve Parker, a Los Angeles advertising executive who finds her comfortable world upended when her handsome fiance, Greg (Patrick Baladi), turns out to be a cad.

Having already spent the money on a honeymoon, Eve decides to head off on her own to an Irish castle that her now-ex-fiance’s company plans to turn into a golf course. Left without her suitcase of shoes, Eve heads out for a stroll in inappropriate yet stylish footwear and runs into the estate’s manager, rugged outdoorsman Sean (Greg Wise), who has a precocious daughter, Kathleen (Katie Bannon).

Just about as soon as Eve decides to give her Irish fling a whirl, Greg shows up with plans both business and matrimonial. Eve then must decide whether to return to her old life or risk it all for the possibility of a new one.

“I was attracted to Eve’s struggle with her immersion in the business world,” says Sheridan, “and the blinders she had on to the importance of self and being present and life and relationships. Sometimes it takes something traumatic to change.

“I find that people get stuck in familiarity, be it negative or positive, and there’s so much out there. It’s at your fingertips if you just open your eyes and heart and walk through your fears. That applies to all of us.

“I like that Eve leaves her comfort zone at work, which she hides behind, and ultimately finds deeper meaning to life.”

The story line called for Eve to hop aboard a horse for the first time and wind up galloping out of control across the countryside. For accomplished rider Sheridan, this was a bit of a challenge.

“I have four horses,” she says. “I’ve had horses on and off throughout my life. Of course, the galloping across the wild Irish countryside on a beautiful white steed was magnificent. “I had to pretend that I couldn’t ride. I could do all my own stunts because I could ride very well, if I do say so myself.”

But this sort of derring-do didn’t come without consequences. “I did get a fairly large bruise on my leg that didn’t go away for about three months,” Sheridan says. “(It happened) when I’m riding the horse, and I end up falling off near the waterfall.

“In the middle of the scene, I slipped and got a pointy rock in my thigh. The show must go on, so we kept doing it. It is actually the take that’s in the movie. But the rock was huge. It was bigger than a grapefruit and black.”

Asked if the director and producers were concerned, Sheridan says, “At times, they don’t want you to, because they fear for your life. No, no, I should say, they fear for their production time. If it’s the last scene, and they’ve got it in the can, they would probably say, ‘Go ahead, do your stunt,’ but not in the midst of shooting.

“I did have a lovely stunt double, and I made sure she did some stuff so that she’d get her pay. You’ve always got to look out for the fellows you’re working with.”

Sheridan also became a great admirer of young Katie Bannon.

“Oh, my goodness,” she says, “she is so talented. She’s a singer, she plays musical instruments, she’s an artist. She is something to behold. It was the first thing she’d ever done.

“But she had this natural, free-flowing, unaffected truth that came out of her. We had a lot of fun together. She’s an inquisitive, bright, beautiful little thing. Quite adored her.”

Sheridan also became fond of Victoria Smurfit (“Ballykissangel”), the Irish actress who played her best friend. “She is such a lovely human being,” says Sheridan. “She’s so special and so full of light and love. She’s very humorous. I thought she did a wonderful job. She’s a very talented actress.

“She, since then, has come over here (to Los Angeles), and I think she might stay for a while. … Of course, the summer is romancing the Smurfit family.”

Since basically all articles about the Hallmark Channel panel will say the same, I’ll make a compilation on this entry.

In Hallmark’s upcoming Honeymoon for One, she’ll work as a work-obsessed ad exec who discovers her fiancé is cheating on her and escapes to Ireland to take their planned honeymoon on her own.

Part of the allure, she says, is that she’s playing a kind person who is blindsided by a bad guy, rather than the bad girl doing the blindsiding. And she gets to ride horses, which is one of her great loves.

“It really is my peace and serenity when I’m out with my horses.”

Peace, she says, was also the rule on the set. On Honeymoon, she played her part, she rode her horse, she did her stunts and, she says, “I didn’t cause any havoc. “

Sheridan stars in Honeymoon for One (9 p.m. Aug. 13) as a woman who dumps her philandering fiancé and then embarks on a solo vacation.

The film shot in Ireland and Sheridan plays a more sympathetic character than Edie Britt.

“Obviously you don’t remember my body of work,” Sheridan said when asked if she enjoyed playing a more sympathetic role. “I have played some nice characters.”

In Honeymoon for One, Sheridan plays an ambitious ad exec who has a fiancé with a roving eye. Heartbroken, she calls off the marriage, but goes on her honeymoon to Ireland anyway, where she meets a handsome Irishman who shows her love, and how to ride a unicorn – oh wait, it’s just a beautiful white horse.

“Hallmark has had some pretty good luck with shooting in Ireland, getting some really good backgrounds,” one critic started to ask the actress. “They’ve got ‘The Cabin’ they shot in Ireland, and they shot –“

“Could you speak English, please?” Sheridan interrupted testily. “I’m having a little difficulty.”

Sheridan, we should note, had started off the Q&A speaking with a bad Irish accent. After that, she reverted back to her “British-born” accent.

Anyway, after letting that critic know who’s who and what’s what with that snide “so hard to understand your American accent” gag, she conceded that Irish countryside “poetry” and “breathtaking.”

The next critic made a Desperate Housewives reference, asking her, “was it a lure to play someone nice for a change?”

“Hahaha,” she laughed haughtily, like a princess laughing at the scullery maid who’d just slipped on a banana peel.

“Well!” Obviously you’re not that familiar with my body of work,” Sheridan snapped. She was ready to rumble.

“I HAVE actually played some nice characters,” she sniffed.

The critic began to grovel apologetically: “Yeah. No. I’m just saying. But most people remember you more recently from Desperate Housewives.”

“Thank you,” Nicolette responded, patronizingly. “Yes, yes. Absolutely. Part of the allure was definitely what a kind individual Eve was, and her struggle with her immersion in her business world and her lack of paying attention to her needs, her sense of self, and her relationship.”

They did, however, wonder whether, when her Hallmark movie airs, how she would use social media to “talk about little things as you’re watching it yourself.”

“You’re stepping into a territory where I’m going to have to admit my ignorance,” Sheridan said.

“You don’t use Twitter?” the blogger asked, incredulously.

Sheridan: “No.”

“Oh. Okay. That’s okay,” the blogger said, condescendingly – evening the score, we think.

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Please be patient for pictures, I have a couple of really busy days coming up.

Did I start a rumor without wanting to? A few weeks ago I asked on twitter if, with all those 80s-90s shows getting remakes, sequels, etc., they will do one of Knots Landing as well. And, you know, maybe have Nicollette back on our tvs.

Stacy Jenel from Creators was asked in her column if there was any truth to the rumors. Stacy said there isn’t any evidence of that and asked Nicollette who said “I haven’t heard any such thing. I’d be surprised. It would be pretty hard to replicate it. It ran for 14 years, and it had its time in the sun and was a huge success.”She also added she’s not sure a new version of the show would work today. “I don’t know if it could. I think the times are changing and things are getting edgier and more surprising.”

Is there something you’re dying to ask to Nicollette? Now you can!

Huffington Post is giving you the chance to participate in one of their social interviews with the star of the upcoming Hallmark movie Honeymoon For One.

And what do you have to do? Leave your name, city and question in the comments of their article, tweet yor question to @huffingtonpost using the hashtag #socialinterviews; or e-mail it to submissions@huffingtonpost.com with the subject line “Social Interviews.”

Seems Nicollette is not alone, as former writer and executive producer on Desperate Housewives has stepped forward and supports Nicollette’s timeline that led to Edie’s fatal accident.

Emmy-winning TV producer Lori Kirkland Baker, who worked on the show from May 2007 to May 2009, submitted sworn declaration on April 9th saying she didn’t know Sheridan’s character would be eliminated until at least September 2008.

“In fall of 2008, Mr. Cherry began talking with the writing staff, myself included, about killing off the Edie Britt character, I have no recollection of any decision to kill off the Edie Britt character prior to fall of 2008.”

And around the time of the alleged Sheridan slap, says Kirkland Baker, “Mr. Cherry had expressed to the writers, in my presence, increasing frustration with Ms. Sheridan.” That led to a December meeting in which Cherry told the writing staff that he had met with then-ABC president Steve McPherson and had decided to kill off the Sheridan character at the end of Season 5, according to the declaration.

However, after Cherry returned from attending the inauguration party for President Obama in January 2009, “Mr. Cherry advised the writing staff that he’d changed his mind about the timing of Edie Britt’s death,” Kirkland Baker says. “Rather than waiting for the end of the season, he wanted to change course and, instead, have Edie Britt killed off much sooner.” The writer/producer says Cherry then instructed his staff that the character “was going to be killed off in one of the next episodes to be written and filmed.”

ABC lead lawyer Adam Levin declined to comment on the case. But the network’s counter to that argument is that Kirkland Baker simply wasn’t privy to the actual plans for the show until Cherry was prepared to go public. Indeed, in its motion, ABC says the fate of Sheridan’s character “was kept highly confidential to prevent leaks to the media and public.”

Still, Sheridan’s lawyers argue in their court papers that the testimony of such insiders as Kirkland Baker and another writer-producer, Jeffrey Greenstein, “show that Cherry decided to kill off Edie after the September 24, 2008 assault and after she complained to Touchstone.”

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