Die Hard Director John McTiernan Explains In Detail Why ‘Die Hard’ Is A Christmas Movie

LOS ANGELES -- Joan Micklin Silver, who forged a path for female directors and independent filmmakers with movies including “Hester Street” and “Crossing Delancey,” has died.

John Travolta recently gave fans a glimpse into his family’s Christmas celebrations after Kelly Preston’s death. The 60-year-old Grease actor took to Instagram on Friday (December 25) to share a video of his kids Ella, 20, and Benjamin, 10, wishing his followers a Merry Christmas.

John Travolta had a low-key holiday with his children. The 66-year-old actor posted a sweet video of his daughter Ella Bleu, 20, and son Benjamin, 10, wishing everyone a Merry Christmas.In the clip, the family is in their living room by a decorated Christmas tree and dressed in pajamas.

Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page has revealed that lockdown nearly drove her marriage to divorce and ruined her sex life.The 43 year old, who also starred in iconic Christmas movie Love Actually, has been married to actor James Thornton, 45, since 2003.The pair have three children together, Eva, seven, Kit, five and four-year-old Noah. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorNexstar TV stations returned to Dish Network’s lineup on Christmas after a 23-day blackout.The sides struck a deal late on Christmas Eve to restore 164 Nexstar stations and WGN America to the satcaster’s lineup. WGN America, which has transformed its primetime lineup into a national newscast, will also launch on Dish’s virtual MVPD, Sling, early next year.Nexstar stations went dark Dec.

John Legend, Chrissy Teigen and their kids are getting into the holiday spirit.

The upcoming movie The United States vs Billie Holiday, which stars Andra Day as the title character, has been sold to Hulu!

Lindsay Blake Whether or not “Die Hard” is a holiday movie is a longtime source of debate among film aficionados. Not up for debate: The 1988 flick’s standing as an action classic.

Die Hard writer Steven E de Souza has made a definitive argument explaining why the film is in fact a Christmas movie.Comparing the action thriller to Bing Crosby’s White Christmas, the screenwriter went through a checklist of “Christmas Movie or Not” characteristics on the Script Apart podcast.“I think we can all agree, even the sceptics on why Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not, that White Christmas, the 1950s movie with Bing Crosbie and Danny Kay, is a Christmas movie,” de Souza began.

Home Alone! There’s no shortage of films to watch over the Christmas season, but there are more movies to add to the queue beyond It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street or A Christmas Story.Die Hard is the quintessential film that wasn’t considered a Christmas classic at first.

Die Hard.The beloved singer, who was 70 years old at the time, was offered the part because the film’s producers were contractually obliged to as Sinatra had starred in The Detective.The film is based on Roderick Thorp’s 1966 novel of the same name.

Die Hard director John McTiernan has confirmed it is in fact a Christmas film.The filmmaker, weighing in on the annual debate about the film’s festive qualities during the holiday season, addressed the “controversy” in a 12-minute video posted by the American Film Institute.“We hadn’t intended it to be a Christmas movie, but the joy that came from it is what turned it into a Christmas movie,” McTiernan says several minutes into the video.He then expands on Die Hard‘s themes in connection to

Curtis Pritchard has sparked rumours of a romance between himself and former Coronation Street star Kimberly Hart-Simpson. Love Island star Curtis, 24, has been filming Celebs Go Dating alongside Kimberly, who played Nicky Wheatley on the ITV soap, in the bid to find love with a non-celebrity.

EXCLUSIVE: Kate Atkinson’s best-selling and award-winning novel Life After Life is to be reimagined as a four-part BBC series, which will be made by Brexit: The Uncivil War producer House Productions.

Find it on: Amazon Prime VideoCharlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and the gang deck the halls and discover the meaning of the season in the 1965 animated special.Find it on: Apple TV+It’s not Christmas without a magical train journey to the North Pole; based on the 1985 children’s book, with help from an animated Tom Hanks. Find it on: Amazon Prime Video The classic 1947 film follows the intrigue around a department store Santa who claims to be the real deal.Find it on: Disney+Join Buddy the Elf

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2019 college admissions scandal.Future holidays for the “Full House” star, 56, won’t be merry and bright, either. The negative publicity — and Loughlin and her designer husband Mossimo Giannulli’s babyish reaction to the charges — got her effectively banned from the network.“We are no longer working with Lori Loughlin and have stopped development of all productions that air on the Crown Media Family Network channels,” Hallmark’s parent company said in a statement.

blocking attempts for schools to shut earlier than planned, ministers have now said schools can have an inset day on Friday, December 18.