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Ripped From the Headlines stories are baked into Lifetime's DNA, but the network's fall movie lineup came with an additional promise: that of "truly unbelievable" drama. Every weekend since mid-September, Lifetime has aired a "Truly Unbelievable Movie" dramatizing the circumstances surrounding shocking murders, harrowing kidnappings, and one high-profile prison break, with big names like Bill Pullman, Melissa Joan Hart, and Luke Macfarlane playing the real people at the center of each case. While a few of these films focus on older crimes, most of them capitalize on recent cases (including Murdaugh Murders: The Movie and Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story) or pop culture moments — Vanderpump Rules star Ariana Madix plays a police officer in Buying Back My Daughter — making them a bit more relevant than the average Lifetime original movie.

While being treated to a gripping Lifetime thriller itself is fairly surprising, it’s especially astonishing when the same production pulls a truly fantastic romance out of nowhere. It isn’t your typical boy meets girl, and luck treats them kindly kind of love story, of course. But what struck me as most impressive is how Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story sees the characters’ inner workings through a splendidly clear lens. Vicky and Casey White’s story isn’t something your sweetest dreams of love are made of. Something ardently sincere, however, can coexist with something very obviously explosive. And without justifying the latter using the former, Bad Romance: The Vicky White Story explores the volatile nuances of a tragic love story between an inmate and a corrections officer.

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Cannes — A group of television industry veterans have teamed up to create new sales company Leading Distribution Partners, which will debut at next week’s Mipcom TV confab on the French Riviera.

Howard Braunstein, Alexandre Coscas, Michael R. Goldstein and Ben C. Silverman are partnering for the new venture that will license both their own and third party content to a full spectrum of global distribution platforms, including TV movies, series and feature films.

Gavin Tyler Reardon has been appointed president of global distribution at Ldp, with Braunstein, Coscas, Goldstein and Ben C. Silverman serving as partners.

Prior to joining Ldp, Reardon was in charge of sales and co-productions for Incendo, the Canadian production and distribution company known for the Netflix series “Versailles.”

In his 40-year career, Reardon has also held president positions at Im Global Television and Grb Entertainment, among others.

“Through the formation of Ldp, the partners have...