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KFC has announced the opening of its first ever pub which will be screening the live World Cup matches. Customers can enjoy a beer during the football while also getting some fried chicken delivered straight to their table.

Palmer screenwriter Cheryl Guerriero has adapted the life story of Colonel Sanders into a new project that she will produce along with Eric Paquette and his Meridian Pictures.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorLifetime is trying to turn a commercial break into a holiday tradition.Last year, the A+E Networks-backed cable outlet showcased a 15 minute “mini-movie” that starred actor Mario Lopez as KFC scion Col. Harland Sanders.

chicken “heiress” has her feathers in a bunch. Kaila Methven is clucking about Lifetime’s sexy, new short film, “A Recipe for Seduction,” a collaboration with Kentucky Fried Chicken starring Mario Lopez.

Also on this day: (Universal History Archive/Getty Images) The entertainment trade publication Variety comes out with its first weekly issue.President Harry S.Truman proclaims a national state of emergency in order to fight “world conquest by Communist imperialism.” A United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collide over New York City, killing 134 people.The government halts its swine flu vaccination program following reports of paralysis apparently linked to the vaccine. Harland Sanders, founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain, dies in Shelbyville, Ky., at age 90.

Mario Lopez will star as KFC icon Colonel Sanders in a romantic new Lifetime movie.

Mario Lopez is serving up a big bucket of finger-lickin’ good lovin’ as none other than Kentucky Fried Chicken’s signature spokesman, Colonel Harland Sanders.Deep-fried by forbidden flames, sizzling hot and juicy Lopez — coiffed with the Colonel’s unmistakable silver comb-over and well-groomed goatee — steams up the small screen as a saucy chef with the hots for his evil, albeit well-to-do boss’ daughter in Lifetime’s original mini-movie “A Recipe for Seduction.”Turning up the heat with “mystery, suspense, deception, and ‘fowl’ play,” the 15-minute romance comes as a creative collaboration between KFC and Lifetime in an effort to gift consumers with the “perfect distraction” from all things 2020 this holiday season.And online lovers of

A Recipe for Seduction.You literally can't make this stuff up. A Recipe for Seduction is a 15-minute long soap that will hit Lifetime on December 13 at noon and will also be available on the network's streaming platforms. "As the holidays draw near, a young heiress contends with the affections of a suitor handpicked by her mother," reads the official description, per .

Mario Lopez is taking Colonel Sanders to the next level.

Mario Lopez is the latest celebrity to take on the role of KFC’s Colonel Sanders, but this time it’s for a mini-movie on Lifetime!

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorColonel Harland Sanders has for decades captured the fancy of the American public, usually over the course of dozens of 30-second commercials for KFC that break into TV programs. On Sunday, he won’t have to interrupt any longer.He’s getting his own show.Mario Lopez will star as the nation’s best-known fried-chicken spokesman in a steamy Lifetime “mini-movie” that hinges less on the chain’s “secret recipe” of 11 herbs and spices and more on dysfunctional family dynamics and forbidden love.