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Nothing quite beats a bit of festive TV to get you in the Christmas spirit.

The Royal Family spend the festive period on the Sandringham Estate and enjoy several key traditions. One of these sees the royals follow the customs of their German heritage and open their gifts on Christmas Eve. However, it is clear that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will also be visited by Father Christmas on the main day itself.

The Royal Family have introduced many customs which have gone on to become popular traditions over the years.

Members of the Royal Family will spend Christmas at Sandringham House in Norfolk with their annual trip to church and a host of festive traditions. One of which is opening their presents on Christmas Eve, a tradition they've held for years. King Charles and Queen Camilla will be hosting Christmas this year, joined by their families including Prince William and Kate Middleton along with their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

NBC affiliate KSDK-TV. “I jumped up thinking it was an accident with a vehicle, and then, I saw it, and it was a St.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Wim Wenders describes himself as “a man of habits,” which helps to explain the respect he shows the routine-driven lead character of his latest narrative feature, “Perfect Days.” The gentle drama, which takes place in Japan (it was selected as the country’s official Oscar submission this year), focuses on a Tokyo craftsman who spends his days cleaning the city’s public toilets. Routine is central to Wenders’ life as well, and it’s thanks to one of Wenders’ rituals that he found the subject for a second feature film he premiered at Cannes last May: “Anselm,” a 3D portrait of the controversial German artist Anselm Kiefer more than 30 years in the making. Wenders first met Kiefer back in 1991, as the unconventional sculptor was preparing his biggest exhibition to date at the National Gallery in Berlin.

Meghan Markle suffered a royal roasting on Saturday Night Live in a brutal skit that poked fun at Prince William and Kate Middleton's Christmas card.

Members of the Royal Family are renowned for their unique festive traditions. From allegedly banning the game Monopoly after the competition became too "vicious" to choosing to open presents on Christmas Eve in line with the family's German roots, there's a whole host of quirks. But when it comes to what is served for the Christmas meal, the family couldn’t be more traditional.

Marks this holiday season.Meghan Markle and Prince Harry unveiled their annual holiday card via email Friday, with the couple’s Archewell organization spreading a message of cheer.“On behalf of the office of Prince Harry & Meghan[,] the Duke and Duchess of Sussex[,] Archewell Productions and Archewell Foundation[,] we wish you a very happy holiday season,” the card reads. “Thanks for all the support in 2023!” The forest green missive, which links back to Meghan and Harry’s annual Archewell Foundation impact report, features a one-minute video set to the song “Happy Place” by Saint Phnx, highlighting some of the organization’s charitable work and important causes from the past year.“We believe in the power of community building as a potent and transformative solution for mental wellness, the cornerstone of our collective wellbeing,” says the Archewell Foundation’s mission statement, which accompanies the card.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Discovery-owned Eurosport has acquired streaming rights in 54 countries to Olympic refugee documentary “We Dare to Dream” by Waad Al-Kateab, the Oscar-nominated Syrian director of “For Sama.” “We Dare to Dream” is the story of the refugee Olympic team that competed at the 2020 games in Tokyo, which featured stateless athletes from Iran, Syria, South Sudan and Cameroon who swim, run and fight their way to safety in host nations across the world. It’s told through the personal prism of Al-Kateab while she is coming to terms with the reality that she can never return to Aleppo, where she shot “For Sama.” The doc premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in June and had an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run at New York City’s IFC Center in October.

A2D2, made by using data from DJ Mag’s Top 100, revealed that women may have to work twice as hard as men in order to reach the same recognition as them. A2D2 reported that although only 11 female artists appeared on the list, they account for 40 per cent of the top 10 hardest-working DJs.A2D2’s research read: “Delving further into the data, we identified that on average female DJs gig nearly twice as hard as the men on the list.”It continued: “The average number of gigs for a male DJ was 13 in 2023, whereas the female DJ’s average was 23, quite a considerable difference.

How confident are Paramount Pictures and John Krasinski in their new family-friendly fantasy movie, “IF”? Well, for one, Krasinski was so inspired by the idea—which he wrote and presumably is inspired by his own children— he decided to put his “A Quiet Place” franchise aside for the minute to direct this story about imaginary friends (I.F., get it?). And for two, it has a prime summer release date of May 17, 2024, which means Paramount has huge confidence in it.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor The 36th European Film Awards are underway at the Arena in the German capital of Berlin. The awards have been voted on by the 4,600 members of the European Film Academy.

EastEnders star Danielle Harold has revealed her unlikely link to telly chef Jamie Oliver. On Thursday night's episode of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, Danielle spoke about how she got her role playing Lola Pearce on EastEnders, which won her a British Soap Award following her fatal brain tumour storyline.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events As Fantasia Barrino rides the awards season buzz for her feature film acting debut in “The Color Purple,” the second season “American Idol” winner is thinking of her next moves on the big screen. “I want something very challenging,” Fantasia told Variety Tuesday night at Elle’s Women in Hollywood event in Los Angeles, where she was honored alongside her co-stars Danielle Brooks and Taraji P. Henson.

In the wake of a Donald Trump presidency of 2016, in addition to the rise of anti-Gay legislation which poised a threat to the marriage equality decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, filmmaker Melinda Maerker and producer David Clayton Miller took the time to check in on the LGBTQIA+ community in the Midwest.

21 seasons under his belt — but he nearly quit the show shortly after starting. In his new memoir, “When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice From a Professional Clown,” the comedian, 45, confessed that his “SNL” beginnings were “marred by a ton of rookie mistakes.”When Thompson started on “SNL” in 2003, his confidence “sunk to an all-time low” when he “tanked” a sketch written by T.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle Editor “Unexpected,” a documentary short about Black women living with HIV in the South, will premiere on Hulu on Dec. 1, which is also World AIDS Day. Produced by “Abbott Elementary” Emmy winner Sheryl Lee Ralph and directed by Zeberiah Newman, “Unexpected” follows activists Ciarra Ci Ci Covin and Masonia Traylor as they create an underground network to help and support women with HIV in the rural South.

Taylor Swift will be releasing her Eras Tour movie for at-home streaming starting on her birthday, December 13, and we’ve gathered some details that you should know.

EXCLUSIVE: A fast turnaround doc from filmmaker Duki Dror profiling the survivors of the surprise Hamas-led attack on a music festival in Israel is set to launch in Germany and France.