Sony Pictures beat out at least two other studios in gaining rights to the story Winter’s Knight, a completely different take on the origins and adventures of Santa Claus. The film is based on the 1902 book The Life And Adventures Of Santa Claus by Frank L. Baum and attaches itself to Viking pagan origins […]
Hollywood movie producer Adam Rosenfelt announced a deal Sunday to film “The Most Wonderful Time,” starring Diane Keaton, Alan Arkin, Ed Helms and others, in and around Jackson, Missippi starting in late spring. We introduced this project starring Robert Redford and Diane Keaton and others last summer. Rosenfelt said “The Most Wonderful Time” is a […]
UPS, the guys in brown, are on everyone’s naughty list, it seems. UPS made news they didn’t want when millions of packages went undelivered for Christmas. I was caught up in the fiasco. My daughter was receiving an iPad Mini for Christmas and I was getting it through a vendor who promised to ship it […]
In a world dominated by phones, tablets and small screens the on-demand of Christmas is by far the fastest growing form of entertainment at Christmas. A recent televised Christmas special variety show by Kelly Clarkson drew about 30 million viewers and that was considered good by many standards. But some of the videos we show […]
They are making merchandise of Christmas and all who celebrate it. All of them. Bill O’Reilly. Sarah Palin. The American Humanist Association. Freedom From Religion Foundation. All of them. Those of us who keep Christmas year round know when Christmas is getting closer because these guys start blowing their horns. Once Christmas is over they […]
Some traditions of a cherished holiday will never change. Despite months of planning and making list after list I found myself out in stores later on the eve of Thanksgiving than I cared to be. I was in the advanced stages of readiness. The turkey, stuffing and cranberries had been purchased long ago but I […]
There is more than love behind those beards. There is money. The Robertsons of Duck Dynasty fame have risen to the top of the country charts with their Christmas album Duck the Halls. They sold 70,000 in their first week. Now, three weeks in, it is the biggest debut country holiday album in the last […]
The resurgence of top 80s artists with Christmas material continues: now Heart is jumping into the fray with TWO new singles, which you can hear below. The first track features Nancy Wilson crooning with fellow 80s pop icon Richard Marx, who released his own Christmas album a year ago. They sing “All Through the Night”, […]
Foghat has been around as long as we can remember and they continue to churn out classic stuff in an era where new artists merely auto-tune what is old. This week they released their first Christmas tune and only their 2nd instrumental. It’s awesome, check it out:
A preview of sorts for the Duck Dynasty Christmas album — the most scoffed of the anticipated Christmas albums to debut in 2013. But hold your water — this might not be too bad. Take a look: Performing on the Christmas record are Missy, Uncle Si, Phil and Sadie, along with well-known musicians like George […]
