New Hollywood Podcast: David E. Talbert Brings Inclusive Holiday Joy With ‘Jingle Jangle’

It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas thanks to Brent Butt and “Corner Gas Animated”.

Steve Carell is getting into character to spread the holiday cheer.

At first, it’s unclear who is playing Santa Claus at the start of Xfinity’s new Christmas commercial. After all, it could be anyone behind that beard. But, the moment he delivers that first “Ho-ho-ho,” it’s clear that it’s Steve Carell. The Anchorman star has been completely transformed into a picture-perfect Santa Claus, prompting the question – is it too soon to reboot The Santa Claus?

David Dinkins, who served as New York City's first and only Black mayor during the 1990s, has died at 93. Dinkins' health aide found him unresponsive in his Lenox Hill apartment Monday night, the New York Post reported. The NYPD confrimed the report.

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.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe holiday season is a full-circle moment for Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas.They began dating after they were guests of Ralph Lauren at the 2017 Met Gala, and the now-married couple star in the holiday campaign for Feed, the lifestyle brand from Lauren Bush Lauren, who is married to Ralph’s son David.Since Lauren launched the company, Feed’s sales have benefited hunger-relief charities.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticEXCLUSIVE: “You thought you knew Scrooge,” an ominous voice intones.

The Legends are enjoying a family night out at the movies!

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorDavid E. Talbert had been developing “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey” as a stage musical for several years, but wasn’t getting anyone to back the project.He shelved it until one day when he was watching “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” with his young son.

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.

Lil Nas X just dropped his music video for his festive new release “Holiday”.

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 Talbert has a thing for spectacle. The playwright counts Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Doctor Dolittle (the originals, not the remakes) among his favorite films.