Holiday happiness! Princess Kate is hosting the second annual Christmas carol concert — with a special tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.
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“Babylon” to a wide release ahead of Christmas Day on Dec. 23.
Damien Chazelle’s period dramedy set during the Golden Age of Hollywood was previously scheduled for a platform Christmas Day release in New York and Los Angeles before expanding wide in early January. Now, this $78 million film will go up against top holiday competition, with studio sources expressing confidence that the film can find its own lane as an alternative to franchise films like 20th Century’s “Avatar: The Way of Water” and Universal/DreamWorks’ “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.” Starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva, “Babylon” is set in the 1920s at the end of the silent film era, following several people within the nascent film industry at various stages of their careers.
“It was pure cinema, just image and music,” Chazelle said at the film’s trailer premiere at TIFF. “One of the tragic ironies of that era is that right when the art form was reaching its apogee, the legs got cut out.”The move also comes a day after Sony moved its own adult dramedy, “A Man Called Otto,” from a mid-December wide release to a NY/LA release on Christmas Day ahead of a Jan.
14 wide release. The film will be directed by Marc Forster and stars Tom Hanks in an adaptation of Fredrik Backman’s Swedish novel “A Man Called Ove,” which was previously adapted into an Oscar-nominated film in 2015.
Holiday happiness! Princess Kate is hosting the second annual Christmas carol concert — with a special tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.
A dream job! Alison Sweeney dished on some of her Hallmark movies costars — and teased which one is her “favorite” after nearly 10 years with the network.
Family-friendly festive fun is making its way to Loch Lomond Shores this December, with the return of the itison Christmas Drive-in Movie spectacular. Running from December 16 until Christmas Eve, tickets are set to go on sale from Wednesday, November 9 at 7.30 am.
It’s a major award! The trailer for A Christmas Story Christmas — HBO Max’s sequel to the beloved 1983 holiday film — has arrived.
HBO Max has dropped the first full-length trailer of Peter Billingsley in his return as Ralphie in the upcoming A Christmas Story Christmas, the sequel to the classic holiday pic A Christmas Story. The film begins streaming on HBO Max on November 17. The poster and photos are below.
Ready to revisit a Christmas classic? Frozen flagpoles and leg lamps beware; Ralphie is coming back to where it all began in “A Christmas Story Christmas.” The sequel from Legendary and Warner Bros. sees the character return to his childhood home just in time for the holiday season.
Christmas is going to be extra Christmassy this year, because the BBC has commissioned Cliff Richard to perform a set of his festive classics and more for the yuletide season.The hour-long show will be filmed at St John At Hackney Church with various guests joining in the fun. As well as that, Sara Cox will interview the musician at Abbey Road Studios.Songs likely to be on the setlist include, of course, ‘Mistletoe & Wine’ and ‘Saviour’s Day’ – both of them Christmas number ones – plus ‘Millennium Prayer’, which is more of a new year song, but whatever.”I remember, as though it was yesterday, the three series – each containing thirteen shows – that I did for the BBC in the 70s”, says Cliff, slightly irrelevantly.
Come all ye faithful, as Manchester's famous Bridgewater Hall gets ready to host the events of the season once again. Raymond Gubbay's fantastic Christmas festival offers an unbeatable line-up that the whole family can enjoy.
The Margot Robbie-Brad Pitt Hollywood yesteryear ensemble is no longer going limited on Christmas, rather wide on Dec. 23 as Sony’s A Man Called Otto switches to a New York-LA engagement on Christmas and a wide break on Jan. 13. Babylon was going to go wide on Jan. 6.
Oh, Fudge!Actor Peter Billingsley has returned to his “A Christmas Story” roots as his character Ralphie — almost 40 years later.Billingsley, 51, portrayed Ralphie Parker in the 1983 Christmas flick and the adult version is back for HBO Max’s sequel.The upcoming “A Christmas Story Christmas” drops on the streamer on Nov. 17, however, a quick 30-second trailer debuted Monday.The brief clip showcases a young Ralphie and then quickly cuts to a flash of the older character as he returns to his hometown for the Christmas season.The new movie will revolve around Ralphie bringing his own kids home for the holidays on Cleveland street in the 1970s.
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HBO Max has dropped the first footage of Peter Billingsley in his return as Ralphie in the upcoming A Christmas Story Christmas, the sequel to the classic holiday pic A Christmas Story.
Broadcaster and journalist Kate Garraway won the award for Best Authored Documentary at last night's National Television Awards for her documentary Caring for Derek, which followed her struggle of caring for her husband after he contracted a serious case of Covid-19.The win came at a rather bittersweet moment for Kate, 55, as she had earlier shared an update on her husband's health, announcing that he has been admitted to hospital again following complications caused by contracting sepsis earlier this year.Taking to the stage to accept her award the Good Morning Britain presenter thanked her husband for his "incredible fighting spirit" and spoke of the “care crisis”, while praising professional and unpaid carers in the UK for the work they do. Following her win Kate opened up to The Sun as she looked forward to the Christmas season, and how Derek's health my impact how the family celebrate this year.
Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell are ready to kick off the holiday season. The duo tap their hearts out in the new trailer for, a modern take on Charles Dickens' classic The Apple TV+ film also stars Octavia Spencer and will hit theaters on Nov. 11 followed by a streaming premiere on Nov. 18. Reynolds stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in the film, with Ferrell playing his Ghost of Christmas Present.
gifted the internet with the first look at Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds in the upcoming musical-comedy “Spirited” on Wednesday. The story is a retelling of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” told from the perspective of the ghosts.“Each Christmas Eve, the Ghost of Christmas Present (Ferrell) selects one dark soul to be reformed by a visit from three spirits,” the official synopsis for the film reads. “But this season, he picked the wrong Scrooge.”“Clint Briggs (Reynolds) turns the tables on his ghostly host until Present finds himself reexamining his own past, present and future,” it adds.Wednesday’s teaser trailer starts with Ferrell and Reynolds’ yellow silhouettes in a tap-dancing battle against a black background.