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Adrian Pasdar (“Heroes,” “The Lying Game”) is a corporate fixer who travels to a small town in Ireland and must gain approval from the local pixie expert, Amy Huberman (“The Clinic”) before he can close a deal on a proposed job site believed to be inhabited by leprechauns in “Chasing Leprechauns,” a Hallmark Channel Original Movie World Premiere, Saturday, March 17 (8pm ET/PT, 7C).

Michael Garrett (Pasdar), a New York corporate troubleshooter, is ready for a well-deserved vacation from his stressful job. But his demanding boss has other ideas and sends Michael on an unusual assignment—to travel to a small town in Ireland to close a deal on a smelting plant construction site that is believed to be inhabited by leprechauns. Needing to find a way around the antiquated law considered legend in the town, Michael sets out to get the approval of the town’s resident leprechaun expert, local pub owner Sarah Cavanaugh (Huberman), and soon finds that is easier said than done. Sarah believes the land is inhabited by leprechauns, and won’t sign Michael’s building permit. With a little help from the locals, Michael tries to win over Sarah by acquainting himself with the town’s customs, but when he unexpectedly falls in love, he must get luck on his side and his boss off his back. Can Michael find a way to win Sarah’s heart and still close the deal, or will the local leprechaun legend leave him with nothing?

“Chasing Leprechauns” is a Parallel Films Production for MNG Films in association with Larry Levinson Productions. Larry Levinson, Mary Callery and Alan Moloney are executive producers. Randy Pope is co-executive producer. Ruth Carter and Peter Norris are producers. Kevin Connor directed from a script by Rod Spence.

The ‘Alejandro’ hitmaker used to make herself sit after eating family meals because she wanted to lose her “voluptuous” curves and be a “skinny little ballerina”

Speaking at the ‘It’s Our Turn’ conference in Los Angeles yesterday (“I used to throw up all the time in high school. So I’m not that confident. I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night. I used to come home and say, ‘Dad, why do you always give us this food? I need to be thin.’ And he’d say, ‘Eat your spaghetti.’

“It’s really hard, but you’ve got to talk to somebody about it.”

Gaga admitted the eating disorder damaged her voice, which was why she eventually stopped making herself sick.
She explained: “It made my voice bad, so I had to stop. The acid on your vocal chords – it’s very bad.”

The eccentric singer admitted she still worries about her weight but urged young girls to stop being so body-conscious and obsessed with being thin.

She added: “Weight is still a struggle. Every video I’m in, every magazine cover, they stretch you – they make you perfect. It’s not real life. I’m gonna say this about girls: The dieting wars have got to stop. Everyone just knock it off. Because at the end of the day, it’s affecting kids your age. And it’s making girls sick.”