long-running show “The Pioneer Woman,” is trying her hand at acting: The carb-adoring “wife of a cowboy” is set to star in the first-ever Food Network-produced scripted film, “Candy Coated Christmas,” Variety reported. “It’s been a dream of ours to do this for a long time,” Kathleen Finch, chief lifestyle brands officer for Discovery — which will air the movie on its Discovery+ network — told the publication of venturing into the realm of lighthearted holiday flicks.