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Kristoffer Polaha on Hallmark movies; Netflix's Lisa Nishimura
In 2015, actor Kristoffer Polaha booked what he thought would be a one-off gig in a Hallmark TV movie. Now, he’s got 5 Hallmark films under his belt. He tells us how he and the Hallmark Channel fell in love.
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenThree years ago, actor Kristoffer Polaha booked what he thought would be a one-time gig in a Hallmark TV movie. But now, he’s got 5 hallmark films under his belt and is currently shooting his sixth. Are they cheesy? Sure. Does Polaha care? No. He tells us how he and the Hallmark Channel fell in love. Then, KCRW’s Matt Holzman took a trip to Netflix offices in Hollywood to sit down with Lisa Nishimura--the woman you have to thank for the hours you’ve lost to ‘Making a Murderer’ or ‘Wild, Wild Country.’ The head of original documentaries and comedy programming for the streamer tells us how she decides what will become a Netflix original documentary.
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3 storiesHollywood news banter
Hosting the Oscars is a thankless job, but Kevin Hart is in! Wait. Nope, he’s out. How did the Academy not know about his past homophobic tweets?
Read the story10 minActor Kristoffer Polaha on why he loves doing Hallmark movies
Kristoffer Polaha did not see being a regular in Hallmark movies as part of his career plan. He was an actor in network TV series, including ‘North Shore’ on Fox and ‘Life Unexpected’ on The CW.
Read the story6 minLisa Nishimura on how she picks documentaries for Netflix
Documentary series weren’t typically pop culture phenomena until almost exactly 3 years ago, when ‘Making a Murderer’ dropped on Netflix.
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