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Buon giorno! Sono in vacanza in Italia! If my Rosetta Stone serves me correctly, I just said: Hello! I'm on vacation in Italy!
I have wanted to come to Italy for so long, and I knew I might not have the chance if I waited any longer. We will start filming Hot In Cleveland within a matter of weeks, and I cannot wait! Here's some more information about the show from TV Land, plus a clip from the pilot. Also, I have just a little over one month of training and fund-raising to go before I run the Boston Marathon for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
While we're in Rome, Florence and Venice, I will be running and eating and running some more to burn off those calories. My Guys - trainer Christopher Ross Lane and my boyfriend Tom - put together some thoughts on how we stay in shape even when we're on the road. Plus, I have some fun family photos from my recent trip to my hometown, Wilmington, Delaware. I hope you enjoy them - and stay tuned, I know I'll have a ton of pictures and stories to tell from my vacation!
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Written by Wendie Malick
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 I just had the supreme pleasure of working on Hot In Cleveland with Valerie. Not only is she talented, funny and gorgeous, she has a huge heart and very kindly gave me this chance to talk to you.
I'm an animal rights activist. You may have seen the Humane Society PSA I narrated with my rescue dog, Zoe. Here's the deal: America's Wild Horses are in trouble, and they need your voices. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been systematically rounding up wild horses on our public lands at an alarming rate. BLM officials claim this action is to prevent the horses from starvation. The BLM rounds up the wild horses by helicopter, often driving the animals for hours to the point of exhaustion. This terrifying ordeal ends with horses separated from their families - the foals from their mares, the stallions from their herd - and they are trucked to "holding facilities" hours away.
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Story By Dana Finn
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Valerie will run the 114th Boston Marathon® on April 19, 2010, to support cancer research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Valerie and her trainer Christopher Ross Lane will join more than 500 Dana-Farber Marathon Challenge teammates from across the United States and overseas who will run the historic route from Hopkinton to Boston with a goal of raising $4.4 million for the Claudia Adams Barr Program in Innovative Basic Cancer Research at Dana-Farber.
“Losing 40 pounds was a huge accomplishment and as I continue to increase my fitness level, I am looking for more challenges,” said Valerie. “Running the Boston Marathon for Dana-Farber Cancer
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We just wrapped up taping of the pilot for Hot in Cleveland - an original program for TV Land - and I can honestly say, I haven't had this much fun on a set in a long time. From writer / executive producer Suzanne Martin (Frasier) to director Michael Lembeck - whom I worked with on One Day at a Time - this project feels like a family reunion.
The premise is a fun one - I play Melanie, a recent divorcee who has authored a book about 200 things every woman should do before she dies. To cross off one of those things, I've cashed in my airline miles to take a trip to Paris with my two best friends: Wendie Malick, who plays Victoria, a daytime soap star; and Jane Leeves, as Joy, the eyebrow waxer to the stars. Our plane crash-lands in Cleveland, giving us L.A. ladies a crash course in middle America, and introducing us to a heartland heart-throb: My co-star (and love interest) John Schneider.
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