“I learned the responsibility of so many different departments. “I’ve never been more nervous about doing anything because it all rides on my shoulders in a lot of ways,” she added. The Secret Lives of College Escorts allowed her to walk away with the confirmation that she “loved directing.” Even though she was “extremely nervous” to pursue this next stage in her career, it only made Jones realize that she made the right move. She continues to act and she’s also directing some of it, something that I hope that I also get to do.” Jones teased another directorial project that’s brewing, but like most projects in the early stages of production, she couldn’t spill the tea just yet. “I love where her career is going, and she’s managed to do both. “I took a page out of her book, and she’s guided me, and she’s been very helpful,” she proudly shared. Calling her close friend “one of the best actresses I’ve ever worked with,” Jones admired the career path Tom carved out for herself as a working actress and a successful director. That challenge didn’t discourage her one bit because she had another familiar face from The Bold and the Beautiful set rooting her on behind the scenes: Heather Tom. “You start to give your input as you get older and you find out more information about making a film and the script, and you start just asking things like, ‘Oh, can I be in a script meeting or you know, a notes meeting?'” It took “a bit of proving” herself off-camera before she got the green light from network, but admitted, “It was probably the hardest thing I’ve done in my life career-wise.” “It came about because it was just a natural progression,” she revealed. The CBS Daytime star is grateful for her “ really long relationship with Lifetime” because it allowed her to make her voice heard. This shot at helming a film didn’t magically happen overnight for Jones either, she revealed to that it was “a few years in the making” before she could flex those directorial muscles. After getting a new job as an event planner to help pay for tuition, Eve discovers that the gig is a dangerous scheme with deadly consequences. The Bold and the Beautiful‘s Ashley Jones isn’t excited for fans to tune into her latest LMN movie, The Secret Lives of College Escorts, just because she has a role in the film - she’s also making her directorial debut! The thriller follows the story of Eve, a college athlete who loses her scholarship after a wild night of partying that resulted in the death of her friend.

Though never wounded, Crawford said his unit saw quite a bit of combat and lost a few men during its time in country.Plus, deets on the “guilty pleasure” you’re about to devour! Crawford received the Bronze Star in the mission for preventing an ambush on his unit, he said. Two prisoners were French soldiers, he said. The unit liberated a concentration camp at Duc Pho, where some of the Vietnamese prisoners had been held for 12 or 15 years. The 12-man group would go on foot patrols in the jungle for days or a week or two at a time, he said. He volunteered to go to Vietnam and was attached to the 101st Airborne Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit. 'After that I talked my brother into going into the Green Berets, Special Forces.' They were the first twins from Connecticut to be in Special Forces, Crawford said. Army and was a Green Beret in Vietnam from October 1966 to late 1967. Crawford and his twin brother, Richard, went through training in the states, including boot camp, advanced infantry training, signal school, airborne and ranger training. In the service: Robert Crawford, 71, of Norwich, served in the U.S.

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