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Jennifer Love Hewitt on Creating Holiday ‘Magic,’ Learning to Navigate Grief
Jennifer Love Hewitt opens up to Us about navigating grief, making magic and how her new projects are serving as tributes to her late mother
Both Hewitt’s memoir and her upcoming Lifetime movie, The Holiday Junkie — in which her character, Andie, finds a way to keep moving forward through grief — serve as touching tributes to her mom, a loss she’s found difficult to open up about over the years. While some partners may shy away from portraying those darker story lines together — Doug stalks, kidnaps and abuses Maddie until she ultimately kills him in self defense — Hewitt found it to be an asset, telling Us she and Hallisay had the “trust” needed on set. The Holiday Junkie is a true family affair; the married duo also get to act opposite all three of their kids who make cameos — something Hewitt’s eldest daughter, Autumn, was especially excited to do.
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