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Christmas TV specials overflow this year on Hallmark, ABC and more
As a child of the San Fernando Valley, I knew the yuletide as a time of frost-free mornings when I could not see my breath. Turning down my collar against the warm, I would trudge sludgeless streets past yards absent of snowmen, where green and even...
Tags: Religious Festivals, ABC (tv network), Fiction, Entertainment, Florence Henderson
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Monday's TV Highlights: 'Two and a Half Men' on CBS
Show TrackerClick here to download TV listings for the week of Dec. 11 - 17 in PDF format TV listings for the week of Dec. 11 - 17 in PDF format are also available at latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv Weekly TV Listings and more...... -
This weekend: ‘Survivor,’ ‘Homeland’ season finales; Martin Short hosts ‘SNL’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelIn the holiday category, CBS replays "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" at 8 p.m. Friday. "Yes, Virginia" follows at 9. NBC repeats "Blake Shelton's Not-So-Family Christmas" at 8 p.m. Friday. CBS delivers the movie "Elf" at 8 p.m. Saturday. And TCM will... -
TV tonight: Alastair Sim dazzles in ‘A Christmas Carol’; Ted Koppel, Chelsea Clinton debut on ‘Rock Center’
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelTed Koppel and Chelsea Clinton debut as special correspondents on "Rock Center With Brian Williams" at 10 on NBC. Koppel goes to Iraq to explain that although the U.S. military is withdrawing, American influence and spending won't end there. Clinton tells... -
TV tonight: ‘The Middle’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ holiday shows; ‘Deck the Halls’ premieres
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelI think the very best "Christmas Carol" is the 1951 version with Alastair Sim as Scrooge. But a close second is 1984 TV version with George C. Scott as the miser. AMC presents the lavish color film at 8 and 10:30.... -
Mary Poppins in spandex? It's only a matter of time
Ebenezer Scrooge looked up from his bowl of gruel as the bells rang, the chains clanged, and Jacob Marley's ghost came wafting through the door. Scrooge was not especially surprised; not any more, since Marley had been showing up every single holiday...Tags: Robert Downey Jr., Religious Festivals, Entertainment, Jim Carrey, Tim Burton
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Carrey, Zemeckis' 'Christmas Carol' captures 21st century Scrooge through digital technology
AP Movie WriterLOS ANGELES (AP) — Technology finally has caught up with Charles Dickens' imagination. Jim Carrey and Robert Zemeckis' new take on "A Christmas Carol" brings to life the fantasy about miser Ebenezer Scrooge's holiday redemption in a way old...Tags: Religious Festivals, Animation (genre), Entertainment, Gary Oldman, Bob Hoskins
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WatchDog open for business, but whither Alastair Sim?
WatchdogOn Christmas Eve, 1996, Giants GM George Young met in Arizona with prospective head coach Jim Fassel. I learned of this by reading the other New York papers Christmas morning. Normally, I would have been devastated to be beaten on......Tags: Religious Festivals, Holidays, Christmas
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An Awfully Big Adventure
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday July 21, 1995 Movies about a life in the theater, no matter how hollowly that life is portrayed, almost always end up as valentines. And, for people who love backstage backbiting and Master Thespian antics, the genre is irresistible. "...Tags: Cinema Industry, Entertainment, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Mike Newell
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