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Emily Longeretta It may be the first day of fall, but for Hallmark Channel, that means it’s only one month away from their annual “Countdown to Christmas” and “Miracles of Christmas” events. Variety can exclusively reveal the 40 new movies coming this holiday season — 31 on Hallmark and 9 on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

The fate of Leah Franklin Dupont may remain unsolved after Fox canceled freshman drama Our Kind of People. 

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterYaya DaCosta-led drama “Our Kind of People” has been canceled after just one season at Fox, Variety has confirmed.Based on Lawrence Otis Graham’s book “Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class” and produced by Lee Daniels and Karin Gist, the series takes place in the aspirational world of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, a historical stronghold where the rich and powerful Black elite have come to play for more than 50 years.“Our Kind of People” follows strong-willed, single mom Angela Vaughn (DaCosta) as she sets out to reclaim her family’s name and make an impact with her revolutionary haircare line that highlights the innate, natural beauty of Black women. But she soon discovers a dark secret about her own mother’s past that will turn her world upside-down and shake up this community forever.

EXCLUSIVE: Actress/performer Nadine Ellis (Let’s Stay Together) has landed a lead role opposite Yaya DaCosta, Morris Chestnut, and Joe Morton in the Fox drama series Our Kind of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist and executive producer Lee Daniels.

Bert Belasco, who starred as the contractor Charles Whitmore and love interest of Nadine Ellis' character on the BET sitcom Let's Stay Together, has died. He was 38.

according to TMZ.The actor was in Virginia for a new movie he was set to appear in, his father said. He believes his son died of an aneurysm, however the family is awaiting the autopsy results before announcing his official cause of death.“Let’s Stay Together” ran for four seasons on BET, starting in 2011.