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Naturi Naughton<\/a> and Simone Missick<\/a> star in Lifetime\u2019s two-part original movie, Eric Jerome Dickey\u2019s Friends and Lovers<\/em>.<\/p>\n Based on Dickey\u2019s 1997 novel of the same name, the film shows Naughton and Missick<\/a>\u2018s characters, Debra and Shelby, going through the trials of love and friendship while finding themselves\u2013and chosen family\u2013in Los Angeles. Starring alongside Naughton and Missick are RonReaco Lee and Kendrick Sampson.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s more about the film from Lifetime, which is promoting the film as part of its \u201cLove of a Lifetime\u201d romance movie slate:<\/p>\n Eric Jerome Dickey\u2019s Friends and Lovers is a contemporary romantic drama exploring how friendship, passion, and forgiveness collide. The story follows two best friends, Debra (Naturi Naughton), a Type A doctor, and Shelby (Simone Missick), a free-spirited rule breaker, as their lives intertwine with those of Leonard (Kendrick Sampson), a rising but struggling comedian, and Tyrese (RonReaco Lee), his loyal best friend. As Debra and Leonard\u2019s love deepens, and Tyrese finds himself entangled with Shelby\u2019s unpredictable ways, the four navigate the challenges of modern relationships. When tragedy strikes the group, they are forced to rebuild\u2014transforming their bond from friendship into chosen family.<\/em><\/p>\n The new trailer is below. The two-night event for Eric Jerome Dickey\u2019s Friends and Lovers<\/em> kicks off on Nov. 15.<\/p>\n The post \u2018Eric Jerome Dickey\u2019s Friends And Lovers\u2019 Lifetime Trailer: Naturi Naughton, Simone Missick, Kendrick Sampson And RonReaco Lee Star<\/a> appeared first on Blavity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Naturi Naughton and Simone Missick star in Lifetime\u2019s two-part original movie, Eric Jerome Dickey\u2019s Friends and Lovers. Based on Dickey\u2019s 1997 novel of the same name, the film shows Naughton and Missick\u2018s characters, Debra and Shelby, going through the trials of love and friendship while finding themselves\u2013and chosen family\u2013in Los Angeles. Starring alongside Naughton and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2142317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[408905,408904,408906,382174,408903,348617,408907],"class_list":["post-2142316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-eric-jerome-dickey","tag-friends-and-lovers","tag-kendrick-sampson","tag-love-of-a-lifetime","tag-naturi-naughton","tag-ronreaco-lee","tag-simone-missick"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Naturi-Naughton-Simone-Missick-Kendrick-Sampson-And-RonReaco-Lee-Star.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2142316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2142318,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2142316\/revisions\/2142318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2142317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2142316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2142316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2142316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What\u2019s the plot of the film?<\/h2>\n
When does \u2018Eric Jerome Dickey\u2019s Friends And Lovers\u2019 premiere on Lifetime?<\/h2>\n