{"id":187488,"date":"2025-12-17T02:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/187488\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T02:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:16:09","slug":"boris-kodjoe-joins-lifetimes-tempted-2-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/187488\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Kodjoe Joins Lifetime&#8217;s &#8216;Tempted 2 Love&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/boris-kodjoe\/\" id=\"auto-tag_boris-kodjoe\" data-tag=\"boris-kodjoe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boris Kodjoe<\/a> (Station 19, Code Black) will star and produce the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/lifetime\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lifetime\" data-tag=\"lifetime\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lifetime<\/a> movie <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/terry-mcmillan-presents-tempted-2-love\/\" id=\"auto-tag_terry-mcmillan-presents-tempted-2-love\" data-tag=\"terry-mcmillan-presents-tempted-2-love\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted 2 Love<\/a> alongside Garcelle Beauvais, who also executive produces. Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/lela-rochon\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lela-rochon\" data-tag=\"lela-rochon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lela Rochon<\/a> (Any Given Sunday) and Vaughn W. Hebron (Reasonable Doubt) will reprise their roles from the original film, Tempted by Love.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTerry McMillan Presents: Tempted 2 Love\u00a0will premiere on\u00a0Saturday, January 31, at 8\/7c\u00a0as part of the network\u2019s winter\u00a0\u201cLove of a Lifetime\u201d\u00a0romance and relationship-centered movie slate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe film follows Ava (Beauvais), a celebrated chef who seems to have moved on from heartbreak after the love she shared with Luke (Vaughn W. Hebron), who was 20 years her junior. Now headlining a prestigious culinary event in scenic\u00a0Portugal, Ava is accompanied by her charming new boyfriend Ellis (Kodjoe)\u2026 until fate stirs the pot. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLuke, now a renowned international culinary school graduate, unexpectedly arrives with a new partner of his own, Lily (Mara Huf). As their paths cross in kitchens and castles, unresolved emotions simmer to the surface. Although both appear to have found partners who seem like perfect matches on paper, their attraction and love for each other will force them to decide once again what is best for their careers and relationship.\u00a0Rochon\u00a0returns as Deena.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Garcelle-Beauvais-and-Terry-McMillan.jpg\" alt=\"Garcelle Beauvais and Terry McMillan\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"577\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGarcelle Beauvais and Terry McMillan<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tErick Robinson\/Matthew Jordan Smith<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tTerry McMillan Presents: Tempted 2 Love is executive produced by D\u2019Angela Proctor for Undaunted Content in association with Motion Entertainment, a WPP Media Company. McMillan, Beauvais and Tamara T. Gregory serve as executive producers. Chet Fenster executive produces for Motion Entertainment, a WPP Media Company. Boris Kodjoe and Vaughn W. Hebron produce. Roger Bobb directs from a script written by Tamara T. Gregory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tKodjoe is repped by Gersh and Fox Rothschild; Hebron is represented\u00a0by Stewart Talent, CGEM Talent and attorney Mark Temple; IAG and Brillstein Entertainment Partners rep Rochon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Boris Kodjoe (Station 19, Code Black) will star and produce the Lifetime movie Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[117894,156,117895,6453,111,139,69,117896,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-187488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-boris-kodjoe","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-lela-rochon","11":"tag-lifetime","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-terry-mcmillan-presents-tempted-2-love","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}