David E. Talbert Made ‘Jingle Jangle’ So His Son Could See a Musical Christmas Movie With Black Characters

One of Hallmark‘s brand new Christmas movies is actually based on one of Blake Shelton‘s iconic songs!

The Story of the First Christmas Snow. You can't go wrong with any of these films, though, so just take your pick and transport yourself back to childhood. If you need help choosing, here are 11 classic Claymation movies that will give you all the holiday feels. It's been a stressful year, but at least you can count on Hollywood to come through with the holiday cheer.

White Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas to newer favorites, including Netflix original films A Christmas Prince, The Christmas Chronicles, and The Princess Switch.

It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol come to mind. And while those shouldn't be discredited, there are a slew of new titles that are quickly becoming canon for families around this time of year.

Home Alone are endlessly entertaining, for example. Or perhaps a love of romantic comedies has made The Best Man Holiday a staple.

Also Read: Alan Rickman's 27 Volumes of 'Utterly Candid' Diaries to Be Published as Single BookThe argument over whether “Die Hard” should be considered a Christmas movie stems from the fact that it takes place on Christmas Eve, despite it being released during the summer blockbuster movie season.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWhen James Brolin was first approached by producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan to play Ronald Reagan in their 2003 miniseries “The Reagans,” he said he wasn’t interested.“Neil and Craig are old friends and I immediately said to them, ‘I guess everybody else turned it down,” Brolin recalls. “But they said, ‘No, we think you’re the guy.’ I wouldn’t even read it.

Australian pop singer-songwriter Sia has made the jump from directing music videos, to directing her first theatrical feature film, “Music.” Almost immediately as the first trailer dropped, controversy arose due to the film’s portrayal of autism. READ MORE: The Safdie Brothers Direct A New Music Video For Their ‘Uncut Gems’ Composer, Oneohtrix Point Never The trailer for “Music” teases a musical-drama film about a young girl on the autism spectrum that sees the world through music.

Sam Smith has released a new Christmas song called ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’ – you can listen to it below.Written and produced by Labrinth, it’s the second time Smith has worked with the ‘Earthquake’ hitmaker, who produced the title track for their new album ‘Love Goes’.“If any year could make me look forward to the sounds of Christmas, it would be 2020 as more than ever before we are yearning to be around our friends and family once again,” Smith said in a statement about the song.“Christmas

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorComposer John Debney has worked on the scores for “Elf” and “The Greatest Showman” and is no stranger to setting a warm holiday mood. When it came to working on Netflix’s “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” he sought a timeless and classic approach, hinting at classic holiday melodies.Debney worked with director David E.

Bonkers plot: The glamorous Dolly Parton plays a crooning homeless woman — dressed in her shabbiest cashmere and clutching a giant cardboard “change” box — who is actually an angel in disguise. Meanwhile, a singing Christine Baranski plays a cold, rich woman named Regina who plans to evict an entire town to build a giant mall.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorIn “Small Axe,” Steve McQueen’s new Amazon anthology series about the Black experience in the U.K., John Boyega stars in the third installment — “Red, White and Blue” — as Leroy Logan, a real-life police officer in 1980s London.“He’s a scientist, a father, a community man and a husband who decides to join the police force in order to motivate change,” Boyega, 28, says on this week’s episode of the Variety and iHeart podcast “The Big

Hallmark Channel released their full 2020 Hallmark Christmas movie schedule, which will feature 40 films as part of their «Countdown to Christmas.»Featuring some network favorite stars likeand, this year's slate will also include a dedicatedHanukkah film, , starring Mia Kirshner, and , a movie that's main storyline will feature a gay couple played by openly gay actors and ET exclusively premiered promos for three of the films, Hallmark Channel's and , as well as Hallmark Movies &

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” from director David E. Talbert and John Legend’s Get Lifted Film Co., is among an increasing number of new Christmas movies that revolve around Black characters.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticLast year, and for more than four decades before that, if you’d said the words “Black Christmas movie,” a lot of people’s minds would have gone straight to Bob Clark’s sorority-house slasher flick “Black Christmas” — that’s how few holiday films Hollywood has made for and featuring African Americans. Writer-director David E.

David Walliams has surprised his fans after talking about his son Alfred during his appearance on Thursday's Lorraine.