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Severin has announced their annual summer sale and, as someone who has been collecting Severin titles for quite some time now, I can say that this is one of their best and most eclectic summer offerings. There's a little something for every kind of genre fan, with Uhd upgrades of modern classics, a set of Sharksploitation classics, a Uhd upgrade of Asylum (!!), and a sale on previously released titles. Everything kicks off in less than 24 hours and we have all the details directly from Severin Films:

From the Press Release: Severin Films today presents the full details of their 2025 Severin Summer Sale Event, serving up controversy, kung-fu and carnage like no other label in the industry. In one of physical media’s biggest events of the year, Severin delivers multi-disc Worldwide Uhd Premieres of Baskin directed by Can Evrenol, Douglas Buck’s acclaimed remake of Sisters and Ben Wheatley...

Grease premiered in 1978, and its popularity is still high today, 47 years later. The iconic musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John started a franchise that led to a sequel, a prequel series, and an upcoming film, Summer Lovin', currently in production.

Travolta, who rose to fame thanks to the role of the rebellious, bad boy Danny Zuko, is still hopelessly devoted to the role. In a new post on Instagram, the actor revealed he made a surprise appearance on Friday at a Grease sing-along at the Hollywood Bowl. The actor's appearance wasn't complete without a Danny Zuko-approved leather jacket.

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The actor shared a photo of his hair styled back, and his black t-shirt and black leather jacket. He also attached a video from the moment he surprised the fans at the Grease sing-along, and everyone's reactions. He even recreated...

Landman Episode 8 did not skimp on bringing in exciting guest stars, as Ben Browder, Maxwell Caufield, and Kamen Casey joined the cast of the Paramount+ series. 

With two episodes left in Season 1, Episode 8 has a lot to address ahead as conflict arises between Rebecca and Cooper regarding the settlement money for the bereaved families of the gas explosion that happened in the show's debut season. 

Elsewhere, Ainsley defies her father's orders by following her desire to be with Ryder while Angela continues her "calling" in the retirement home.

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As we slide into the final episodes of the season, this crazy world is getting even crazier.

From heart attacks to the National Guard playing war games on M-Tex land to curb the drug cartels, it’s clear the story is building toward an explosive finale.

Landman Season 1 Episode 8 proves the narrative has no intention of slowing down, and I couldn’t be happier about that.

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From what I can tell, Ainsley isn’t anybody’s favorite character. She’s teetering on the brink of adulthood without the essential tools any successful adult needs to survive.

It still shocks me that she had never seen a retirement home. On Landman Season 1 Episode 7, her childlike reaction to the realization that people congregate together to die was mind-blowing.

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The Netflix rom-com The Merry Gentlemen takes the typical Christmas movie blueprint and throws it out the window. Britt Robertson and Agent Carter alum Chad Michael Murray star in the film, which has a feel-good premise: successful dancer Ashley returns home to save her family's business. But there's an edge to the proceedings, as Ashley's plan -- and her budding relationship with local handyman Luke -- heats up very quickly.

Cbr spoke to Robertson and Murray about what drew each of them to The Merry Gentlemen. Robertson discussed what she loved about Ashley, while Murray detailed diving headfirst into the dance sequences required for the movie's all-male revue that gives the Magic Mike films a run for their money. Plus, what was it like to make a Christmas movie that was so atypical?

Cbr: The Merry Gentlemen is a unique project on many different levels, so what was it about...

Dallas‘ spin-off, Knots Landing, ran for 14 seasons, from 1979 to 1993, and got a two-part sequel movie in 1997. Dynasty’s spin-off, The Colbys, barely squeaked out two years on the air, from 1985 to 1987. Knots Landing may be streaming on Amazon. But The Colbys is perfectly positioned for a weekend binge. The complete run is available on DVD on Amazon. Here’s why it’s worth your while to give it a watch.

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Dallas launched with The Man From Atlantis and Major Nelson from I Dream of Jeannie in the lead. Dynasty had Bachelor Father and John Derek’s ex-wife, then hired the woman who’d starred in Empire of the Ants. The Colbys, on the other hand, burst out of the gate with a cast that included Katherine Ross, who’d co-starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate,...

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There are two sounds that will never get boring: the ringing of Christmas bells and the oh-so-familiar sound of the Netflix intro. Netflix subscribers are now getting into the joy of experiencing both because the streaming platform has officially entered the festive season. With the Ncu in full swing, it truly comes as no surprise that Netflix continues to release some of the most entertaining Christmas movies.

While many are familiar with most of the classic Christmas movies, November has brought two new festive movies that are different from what everyone knows. Intentionally drifting away from the usual soft family drama on Christmas Eve or minor relationship drama,...

Netflix's The Merry Gentlemen and Mother of the Bride have three things in common they premiered in 2024, feature Chad Michael Murray, and weren't well received among critics and audiences alike. While the reception of both films is quite disappointing, the good news is that Murray's next movie (a long-awaited Disney sequel starring Lindsay Lohan) will likely be a hit given its hype and precedent. The actor just has to leave The Merry Gentlemen and Mother of the Bride in the past and look ahead to bigger and brighter things.

The Merry Gentlemen

Director Peter SullivanRelease Date November 20, 2024Writers marla sokoloffCast Colt Prattes, Marc Anthony Samuel, Beth Broderick, Hector David Jr., Meredith Thomas, Maria Canals-Barrera, Maxwell Caulfield, Chad Michael Murray, Michael Gross, marla sokoloff, Britt RobertsonRating PGRuntime 85 minutesGenres Romance, Comedy

Murray has been a leading man in many iconic romantic comedies since the 2000s, including in the casts of Freaky Friday,...

The Christmas season is the season of nostalgia, there is no doubt about that. Cozy classic movies to get into the Christmas spirit, hot chocolates with tiny marshmallows warmly hugged by whipped cream, fuzzy socks, and ugly Christmas sweaters. It doesnt really get better than this. Or does it?

Netflix seems to have accepted the challenge, as the streaming service showed that maybe it is time to add something new. Something that no one would even think of. Some spice, if you will, and the conversation is not about a gingerbread spice mix. Netflix did just that. The Merry Gentlemen is only one of the new Christmas movies on Netflix which takes on a rather new approach.

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Release Date November 20, 2024Cast Chad Michael Murray, Britt Robertson, marla sokoloff, Maxwell Caulfield, Colt Prattes, Hector David Jr., Marc Anthony Samuel, Beth Broderick, Michael Gross, Maria Canals-Barrera, Meredith ThomasRuntime...

Netflix's new Christmas movie with a Magic Mike twist has become their No. 1 film just days after its release. Since 2017, the streaming service has been producing original Christmas movies, starting with A Christmas Prince. Over the years, the streaming platform has established itself as a top destination for holiday films, including The Princess Switch starring Vanessa Hudgens, and The Christmas Chronicles starring Kurt Russell, both in 2018. Last year, one of Netflix's most popular holiday movies was Best. Christmas. Ever!.

In 2024, several of Netflix's Christmas movies have already topped their Global Top 10 chart for the past three weeks. In the first full week of November, Meet Me Next Christmas ranked first on Netflix's Global Top 10 films with 18.1 million views, followed by Lacey Chabert's Hot Frosty the following week with 16 million views. Now, yet another one of Netflix's Christmas movies has topped their Global Top 10 chart. It isn't even December yet,...

Chad Michael Murray joins the various famous actors starring in Netflix's 2024 Christmas movies with The Merry Gentlemen, which is reminiscent of the actor's former TV show, Gilmore Girls. Murray starred as Tristan DuGray in The WB's successful comedy-drama series about the relationship between a single mother and her teenage daughter. Unfortunately, Murray only appeared in 11 episodes over the course of the first two seasons of Gilmore Girls before he exited the show.

The Merry Gentlemen is just one of many holiday movies coming to Netflix in 2024. Others include Meet Me Next Christmas, Hot Frosty, Our Little Secret (starring Lindsay Lohan), and That Christmas.

Tristan was one of Rory Gilmore's classmates in Gilmore Girls who was also kind of a bully. He would often tease Rory, most notably about her virginity. As the episodes continued, though, romantic tension between Rory and Tristan began to form, making him a...

As the Thanksgiving holiday and the end of the year quickly approach, there's going to be much more down time from school and work. That means it's time catch up on Netflix new releases and have lots of movie marathons and binge-watches. Thankfully, there's lots coming to our watch lists soon.

Going into the weekend before the week of Thanksgiving, the Netflix top 10 most popular TV shows ranking includes recent releases such as Cobra Kai, which dropped the second part of its final season ahead of its series finale next year, and animated series Arcane.

As for the most popular movies on Netflix right, the sexy Netflix original holiday rom-coms The Merry Gentlemen and Hot Frosty are still bringing in viewers, but there's still plenty more movies to discover on the top 10 ranking and in the weekend's new release lineup.

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Peter Sullivan’s “The Merry Gentlemen” (2024) is an entirely bland, uncharacteristic Christmas glossy romance. It’s silly, sporadic and hyper-contrived. The proceedings flatten in a lump of dullness. Charm is amped up between the characters when what exists instead is a complete lack of chemistry. The film is just hollowed out by an absence of specific texture. What could have been a frothy, harmless breezy watch quickly turns tiring, predictable, and terribly uncool. Nothing seems to propel it. It runs on empty. Marla Sokoloff’s screenplay collapses to triteness from the very opening stretch.

You wonder how deeply the makers have invested any thought in strands of the narrative. Conclusion springs easily that none of the considerations in fleshing out a lively, compelling story jump-start. The characters lack a zing in their interactions. Banality crowds the film. A town coming back to life, a dancer replaced in showbiz, and a...

The Holiday season is upon us, and so is the season of unoriginal Christmas-themed rom-coms. With an obvious attempt to disassociate myself from The Grinch, I would like to add that I am quite the sucker for films that embrace the Yuletide cheers. Originality is not the first thing I look for when it comes to Christmas Movies, although it does not hurt when something uniquely joyful wanders into our path at this time of the year — like 2019’s “Klaus” for instance. However, I can look past the obvious, the cliched, for the predictable comfort of a half-decent Christmas movie.

Having said that, there is a fine line that separates the familiar cheers from the absolute trites. And Netflix’s “The Merry Gentlemen” is too hackneyed to be taken seriously. Even with the leniency reserved for films that have more than three Christmas songs, and the leniency that the Holiday season demands of us,...

Netflix has added another hit to its ever-growing list of Christmas movies with The Merry Gentlemen. Starring One Tree Hill and Freaky Fridays Chad Michael Murray and Brit Robertson, the film debuted at the top of the global movie chart. For anyone who has been following this years weekly drop of Christmas cheer from Netflix, it should not come as a surprise at all. Sliding in on the heels of Hot Frosty, The Merry Gentlemen is another festive piece of fluffwhich this time comes with the added allure of being about a group of people saving a bar from closure by turning into a strip club. Gather all the kids around the tree for this one.

The Merry Gentlemen finds Robertson playing Ashley, a former dancer who is deemed too old to be a New York City Jingle Belle and therefore makes her way back from the Big Apple to...

With a few key locations, The Merry Gentlemen creates a cozy and familiar setting perfect for lovers of a small-town Christmas. Marking Netflixs third 2024 Christmas rom-com release after Christina Milians Meet Me Next Christmas and Lacey Chaberts Hot Frosty, The Merry Gentlemen stars a nostalgic cast. Led by Tomorrowlands Britt Robertson and One Tree Hills Chad Michael Murray, and with supporting talents that include everyones favorite Aunt Zelda actress Beth Broderick, Wizards of Waverly Place mom Maria Canals-Barrera, and Grease 2s Maxwell Caulfield, the jolly movie benefits from its stars pasts in some of the best pop culture classics.

The Merry Gentlemen is about returning to a simple yet meaningful place whose traditions and community continue to bring purpose to ones life. The 2024 Christmas movie features the signature places of the fictional town of Sycamore Creek, such as the local diner, venue, and main street. In The Merry Gentlemen's ending,...

T’is the season — for male strippers? Yes, actually. Yes indeed.

Netflix’s new Christmas movie “The Merry Gentlemen” is now streaming, telling story of a young dancer who comes home to find that her parents’ business — and thus, her whole childhood, essentially — may be going under. So, to help save it, she organizes a Christmas-themed male revue to pull in ticket sales.

The movie features a lot of familiar faces, but perhaps some new ones for you too. So, we’ve got you covered.

Here are all the major players in “The Merry Gentlemen.”

Netflix Ashley (Britt Robertson)

Ashley is a professional dancer, who is unceremoniously fired for being too old (in her 30s). She’s played by “Tomorrowland” and “The Longest Ride” star Britt Robertson. She also starred in “The Space Between Us” and more recently, “The Rookie: Feds,” as well as a few episodes of “The Rookie.

This steamy holiday rom-com purposely subverts a lot of the genre’s most recognizable tropes.

Depending on where you are in the country, the next few months could get pretty cold. Fortunately, Netflix has the perfect movie to heat up your holiday season as the original Christmas movie “The Merry Gentlemen” is available to stream starting on Wednesday, Nov. 20. The film stars Chad Michael Murray and Britt Robertson and involves a Broadway dancer who stages an all-male, Christmas revue to save her hometown performing arts venue. Anticipation for this one has been high since the movie’s very steamy trailer was released early this fall. Don’t miss a single second of the action with a subscription to Netflix.

How to watch ‘The Merry Gentlemen’ When: Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024 TV: Netflix Stream: Watch with a subscription to Netflix. Sign Up $6.99+ / month netflix.com Everything you need to know about ‘The Merry Gentlemen...

“The Merry Gentlemen” is a Netflix romantic comedy starring Britt Robertson and Chad Michael Murray. It is directed by Peter Sullivan.

Today, Netflix adds another romantic comedy to its lineup, this time making a significant contribution to the field of philosophy (disclaimer: we’re being ironic): it brings us a group of handsome men performing striptease acts.

Don’t expect anything that would offend the most traditional families: “The Merry Gentlemen” is the quintessential romantic comedy for the holiday season, perfect for watching, smiling, and then forgetting about within five minutes.

Plot

After being let go from a show in New York, Ashley returns to her hometown for Christmas. There, she discovers that her parents are struggling financially with the bar they’ve owned for years. To help them out, she decides to put together a dance show featuring attractive, shirtless men, and enlists Luke, a blonde and muscular...

To describe “The Merry Gentlemen” as “The Full Monty” meets a Christmas-themed Hallmark movie might be overselling the goods. However, that’s essentially the elevator pitch for this feature, in which a big-city dancer returns to her small town to save her parents’ concert venue by having hunks go shirtless on stage. Yet director Peter Sullivan and writer/co-star Marla Sokoloff’s offering in the Netflix Holiday Cinematic Universe is uninventive, uninspired and presented with noticeably sloppy wrapping. Not only does the story flail trying to find its footing after a well-presented first act, some of the more cost-conscious aspects detract from the picture’s meaningful, understated sentiments.

Single, 30-something Ashley (Britt Robertson) is living the dream, high kicking and tap dancing in The Jingle Belles Christmas Revue and recouping from shows in her picturesque apartment in New York City. Lately, though, she’s feeling a little out of step...

The Merry Gentlemen delivers an undercooked Christmas movie that struggles to make sense of itself and the humor falls flat. While Netflix is known for producing new movies and shows at a break-neck speed, it's fair to say that a lot of them feel well-thought-out and executed. The same can't be said for The Merry Gentlemen, which follows in the footsteps of hollow Hallmark Christmas movies that fail to tell a cohesive or engaging story.

A former big-city dancer returns to her hometown to save her parents' struggling performance venue by organizing an all-male, Christmas-themed revue.

Director Peter SullivanRelease Date November 20, 2024Writers marla sokoloffCast Beth Broderick, Marc Anthony Samuel, Hector David Jr., Maxwell Caulfield, Colt Prattes, Chad Michael Murray, Michael Gross, marla sokoloff, Britt RobertsonRating PG-13Main Genre Holiday

When Ashley (Britt Robertson) gets cut from a big Broadway performance just before Christmas, she returns to her hometown where she...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for The Merry GentlemenThe Merry Gentlemen is a whole new kind of Christmas film for Netflix, taking more inspiration from Magic Mike than Frosty the Snowman. The Merry Gentlemen follows dancer Ashley as she returns home for Christmas to find that her parents' performing arts venue, The Rhythm Room, is close to closing down. In order to save her parents' business, Ashley hatches a plan to host a Christmas-themed performance by some of their town's most eligible bachelors.

With the help of her friends and family, Ashley creates the revue of a lifetime. The Merry Gentlemen is infused with both classic Christmas spirit and entertaining fun, boasting both heartfelt scenes and upbeat dance sequences. All around, The Merry Gentlemen is a fun time and keeps viewers entertained, and much of what makes The Merry Gentlemen work is the skill of its actors, and their performances as dancers.

Netflix has packed their 2024 holidays lineup with new romantic comedies, a holiday-themed thriller with Jason Bateman and Taron Egerton, and a new special from Sabrina Carpenter. Holiday offerings include Meet Me Next Christmas, debuting on November 6th and starring Christina Milian, and Hot Frosty on November 13th with Lacey Chabert and Dustin Milligan.

The Merry Gentlemen, starring Britt Robertson and Chad Michael Murray, debuts on November 20th. Lindsay Lohan headlines Our Little Secret arriving on November 27th. The holiday lineup also includes the animated offerings Spellbound on November 22nd and That Christmas on December 4th.

Netflix’s November and December 2024 Holiday Programming

Dinner Time Live With David Chang: Holiday Edition – Every Tuesday at 4pm Pt/7am Et through December 10th

Chef David Chang says, “99% of all cooking on television and social media is a lie,” and he’s ready to show the world how it’s really done and he’s doing it all live!

The internet has decided that Rex Manning Day from the 1990s coming-of-age comedy Empire Records deserves to be celebrated in real life as much as it does on film. Opening to negative reviews and a poor box office performance, Empire Records could have easily been forgotten as another knock-off of The Breakfast Club, but time has been kind to the Allan Moyle-directed teen comedy-drama. Thanks to some '90s nostalgia, the later success of Empire Record's cast, and a reappraisal of its tight and funny story, the film is now a cult classic.

Empire Records is filled with catchy dialogue and references that might go over the heads of some younger viewers. Characters are noted for their similarities to Warren Beatty and Sinad O'Connor, say things like "Wassup", and engage in ironic anti-establishment banter that's pro-Empire Records, which is itself an establishment. Empire Records did not change the movie game in any way,...

Netflix has taken to the stage to “drop” the trailer for their Christmas male stripper movie ‘The Merry Gentleman.’

To save her parents’ small-town performing venue, a former big-city dancer decides to stage an all-male, Christmas-themed revue.

Directed by Peter Sullivan, the cast includes Chad Michael Murray, Michael Gross, Maxwell Caulfield, Britt Robertson, Beth Broderick, Marc Anthony Samuel, Hector Rivera Jr., Colt Prattes.

Also in trailers – Trailer drops for part 2 of the sixth and final season of ‘Cobra Kai’

The movie hits Netflix on November 20th.

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Netflix is ready to bring the Christmas spirit with a spicy twist in the trailer for The Merry Gentlemen released Thursday.

In the trailer, Britt Robertson’s character, Ashley, a former big-city dancer, is determined to save her parents’ small-town performing venue, The Rhythm Room, from closing down. As a means of bringing in more customers, she stages an all-male, Christmas-themed revue.

“We are going to make this show something truly special. Something this town has never seen before,” Ashley says.

With help from Chad Michael Murray, who portrays romantic lead and contractor Luke, and others who work at The Rhythm Room, Ashley creates a new holiday entertainment spectacle known as the Merry Gentlemen (think a tamer Magic Mike but for the holidays.) Though the new show generates excitement, sparks may also fly between Ashley and Luke.

Marla Sokoloff, Beth Broderick, Michael Gross, Maxwell Caulfield, Hector David Jr., Colt Prattes...

"Ready to get your dance on?" Netflix has revealed the official trailer for The Merry Gentlemen, another holiday romcom streaming release coming up this year. Netflix is really going all out trying to become the new Hallmark Channel with some of the most exceptionally schlocky yet entertaining holiday comedies - we already posted the trailer for Hot Frosty this week. Now there's this, too. "Santa's dancing his way into our hearts a little early this year. And who's that driving his sleigh? Why, it's Britt Robertson and Chad Michael Murray, stars of The Merry Gentlemen, a new rom-com heating things up this holiday season. You’ll be able to unwrap this particular gift on Nov. 20th –– as the trailer reveals, this sizzling Christmas entertainment is worth waiting for." What an intro.

It’s time to make it reindeer.

In the trailer for Netflix’s holiday rom-com “The Merry Gentlemen,” Britt Robertson stars as a former big-city dancer who dreams up creative (and sexy) way to save her parents’ small-town performing venue: an all-male, Christmas-themed revue.

Sparks fly between Robertson and Chad Michael Murray as he strips down in the first teaser. “We are gonna make this show something truly special. Something this town has never seen before,” she says as shirtless dancers perform body rolls on stage.

Beth Broderick, Michael Gross, Maxwell Caulfield, Hector David Jr., Colt Prattes and Marc Anthony Samuel also star in the film from director Peter Sullivan and writer Marla Sokoloff (who also acts in the film).

Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz, Brian Nolan, and Sullivan serve as producers for the steamy flick, which drops on Nov. 20.

“The Merry Gentlemen” is one of four holiday rom-coms hitting the streamer this season.

The trailer for The Merry Gentlemen has arrived. The upcoming Netflix Christmas movie, which stars Chad Michael Murray and Britt Robertson, follows a young woman attempting to save her family's local performance venue The Rhythm Room by staging a Christmas-themed burlesque revue featuring shirtless beefcakes. The movie's ensemble cast also includes Grease 2's Maxwell Caulfield, Sabrina the Teenage Witch's Beth Broderick, General Hospital's Marc Anthony Samuel, Dirty Dancing (2017)'s Colt Prattes, Wizards of Waverly Place's Maria Canals-Barrera, and The Practice's Marla Sokoloff.

Netflix has now unveiled the official trailer for The Merry Gentlemen. It kicks off by introducing Britt Robertson's character and what the stakes are for The Rhythm Room, which needs to earn a great deal of money before Christmas. However, her idea to stage a Magic Mike-esque burlesque show becomes slightly more complicated when she has strong chemistry with Chad Michael Murray's lead dancer.

Chad Michael Murray is getting his freak on for a “Magic Mike”-tinged Netflix holiday rom-com.

The “One Tree Hill,” “A Cinderella Story,” and “Freaky Friday” alum strips down for “The Merry Gentlemen” in a cabaret-style show to save one small town’s beloved theater. Sounds a little like “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” meets Hallmark? Yeah, we thought so too.

Britt Robertson leads the film as a “former big-city dancer” who “decides to stage an all-male, Christmas-themed revue.” Cue Murray’s character, who also realizes that sparks fly with Robertson’s lead even off-stage.

Marla Sokoloff, Beth Broderick, Michael Gross, Maxwell Caulfield, Hector David Jr., Colt Prattes, and Marc Anthony Samuel co-star. Peter Sullivan directs from a script by actress Sokoloff, who also has starred in and directed Lifetime films like “Christmas Hotel” and “Blending Christmas.”

“The Merry Gentlemen” is produced by Jeffrey Schenck, Barry Barnholtz, Brian Nolan, and Peter Sullivan.

Chad Michael Murray is stripping down to save Christmas in the trailer for Netflix’s new holiday movie “The Merry Gentlemen.”

In the trailer for the movie, which debuts Nov. 20 on Netflix, a former big-city dancer (Britt Robertson) decides to stage an all-male, Christmas-themed revue to save her parents’ small-town performing venue, called the Rhythm Room, which she explains used to be a Christmas staple that is town on “life support.”

“We are gonna make this show something truly special — something this town has never seen before. Who’s ready to make some Christmas magic?” she asks her potential dancers, who she struggles to convince to participate.

“There’s gotta be a way to get people excited about this place again,” Robertson’s Ashley laments to Murray’s Luke, who responds, “And you think male strippers are the answer?” before Ashley clarifies that the perform is considered a male dance revue,...

Calling all Christmas movie fans! If you're looking to add even more titles to your annual lineup that includes the Hallmark Channel and Lifetime, Netflix is rolling out the red and green carpet for some major stars!

This holiday season, Netflix has six brand-new Christmas movies featuring some of the biggest names around, including the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Taron Egerton, Chad Michael Murray, Christina Milian, Sofia Carson, and the Hallmark Christmas movie queen herself Lacey Chabert. On what other channel can you get two Plastics and Lucas Scott this Christmas?!

In addition to six all-new movies ranging from romantic comedies, thrillers, and animated family films, Netflix will also ring in the holiday with Sabrina Carpenter's A Nonsense Christmas special on Dec. 6. The chart-topping singer will perform cuts from her Christmas EP and welcome surprise guests and more fun treats to celebrate her amazingly successful year.

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Chad Michael Murray is showing off his hot bod in these first look stills from his upcoming new movie The Merry Gentlemen!

The 43-year-old actor stars in the upcoming Netflix Christmas movie where he takes part in an all-male Christmas-themed revue.

“We got to change things up a little bit and push the envelope,” Cmm teased to Tudum. “We take a lot of the tropes that have been created for this particular genre and poke fun at them in such a tasteful way.”

Also starring in the film and featured in the first look photos include Britt Robertson, Marla Sokoloff, Hector David Jr, Colt Prattes and Marc Anthony Samuel.

Chad also opened up about going all in for the dancing.

Keep reading to find out more…

His character Luke is a “kind, confident, and slightly sarcastic” contractor who helps out Britt‘s Ashley’s family at the Rhythm Room.

“He...

We mustn’t dwell… no, not today, not on Rex Manning Day. Today marks the 30th anniversary of Rex Manning Day, the fictional day celebrated in the Allan Moyle disaffected teen comedy Empire Records. Rex Manning Day is celebrated to honor the memory and legacy of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who on April 8th was found dead in his Seattle mansion on Lake Washington Boulevard from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after dying on April 5, 1994.

Directed by Allan Moyle, Empire Records takes place over twenty-four hours in the lives of the young employees at Empire Records when they all grow up and become young adults, thanks to each other and the manager. Dripping with attitude, pining, and real-life drama, Empire Records taps into the struggles of a generation by exploring social pressure, the importance of found family, and the power of music as a healing tool. Written by Carol Heikkinen, Empire Records stars Anthony Lapaglia,...

Sequels to beloved movies often struggle to replicate the success of the original due to cast changes, hiring different directors or writers, or losing the unique spark. Grease 2, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, and American Psycho 2 are examples of forgettable sequels that failed to capture the magic of their predecessors. Despite attempts at sequels and prequels, such as Dirty Dancing 2 and Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, the originals like Dirty Dancing and Grease remain the most beloved and enduring films in their respective franchises.

Sometimes a successful movie spawns a whole franchise, and other times, it may lead to a sequel that no one even remembers a few years later. There is no success formula, but critical reception and box office numbers do play a huge role in whether the sequel joins the original movie on the pedestal of eternal fame. While Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John,...

The illustrious Paula Abdul, a name synonymous with music, dance, and philanthropy, will be recognized as the 2023 Humanitarian of the Year at the iconic Hollywood Christmas Parade on November 26, 2023.

This esteemed honor reflects the depth of her generosity and her unwavering commitment to giving back to the community.

Abdul’s spirit of compassion aligns perfectly with the Hollywood Christmas Parade, a cherished tradition that has been spreading holiday cheer and fostering community spirit for an incredible 91 years. Just as Abdul extends her philanthropic hand to organizations like Wigs & Wishes, Children’s Hospital LA, No Kid Hungry, American Humane Association, and Dancers Against Cancer, the Hollywood Christmas Parade proudly supports causes like Marine Toys for Tots, ensuring that underprivileged children experience the joy of the holiday season.

Kickstarting this year’s festivities will be none other than American war hero Colonel Paris D. Davis, a recent recipient of the prestigious Medal of Honor.

There are narrative flourishes and then there are narrative flourishes. And one in the new film from director Amy Glazer (Seducing Charlie Barker, The Surrogate) is a doozy. How much you appreciate this heartwarming drama about a female pilot who discovers that her grandmother may actually be a legendary figure in aviation history will depend on how much you’re willing to go along with its major plot twist, which won’t be revealed here but is relatively easy to figure out. But if you’re willing to suspend some disbelief, 7000 Miles, recently showcased at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, offers myriad pleasures, not the least of which is a terrific performance by Wendie Malick. The veteran sitcom actress (Dream On, Just Shoot Me, Hot in Cleveland) anchors the film with her charismatic turn in a rare leading role that Katharine Hepburn would have killed for.

The central character...

Exclusive: The Daytime Emmy-winning drama series The Bay will release eighteen all new episodes daily this month and in December.

The series is an independent multi-camera drama and is produced under a non-struck SAG-AFTRA contract which has allowed the series to continue production and self distribute new content.

The final four new episodes of season 7 will air Popstar! TV starting November 14 at 4 p.m. Et / 1 p.m. Pt with encore presentations at 9 p.m. Et and 9 p.m. Pt. Replays of Season 7 will follow in its entirety every weekday up to the debut of 14 all-new episodes of season 8, beginning Monday, December 11, and will include The Bay’s 100th episode special on, December 14.

Previously on The Bay, several chore characters found their lives hanging in the balance after being kidnapped and brought to a non-disclosed location in Puerto Rico by the nefarious Adam Kenway (Daytime Emmy-winner Kristos Andrews). With help in...

Veteran film executive Paul Davidson has acquired the remake rights to “Electric Dreams,” the 1984 film written and produced by Rusty Lemorande.

Davidson — who previously ran The Orchard and Idw Entertainment — struck the deal with Lemorande, who retained the rights to the film after its release nearly four decades ago. Brian T. Arnold, whose script “In the End” appeared on the 2021 Black List and is being produced by Sister, will pen the new movie.

In a statement, Davidson described the original “Electric Dreams” as “an iconic film that left a deep imprint on me from the first time I saw it.” He adds: “Released in what is clearly one of the best decades for film ever, it remains a classic that feels especially prescient today. Joining forces with Brian and Rusty is immensely exciting.”

Directed by Steve Barron, “Electric Dreams” told the story of Miles (the late Lenny von Dohlen), an...

Gettysburg is considered one of the greatest battles of the Civil War, and its 1993 movie accurately depicts the famous Little Round Top scene. Both Union and Confederate armies faced ammunition shortages during the battle, as portrayed in the film. The Union's successful defense and counterattack on Little Round Top was achieved through a well-executed military maneuver, which the movie effectively illustrates.

The 30-year-old Civil War movie Gettysburg ages well with a near perfect historical depiction of battle scenes. Written and directed by Ronald F. Maxwell, the film tracks the major conflict between Northern and Southern troops in Pennsylvania during 1863. The cast of Gettysburg, portraying real military figures, included Tom Berenger, Jeff Daniels, Martin Sheen, Maxwell Caulfield, C. Thomas Howell, Richard Jordan, and Sam Elliott.

In a recent video from Insider, historian Garry Adelman looked at scenes from Gettysburg and explained how they were accurate. He noted the Little Round Top set,...

Jodie Sweetin is not pleased that her latest movie “Craft Me a Romance” will debut on Great American Family (Gaf), the network her former co-star Candace Cameron Bure works for.

After admitting she was “surprised” by the news, Sweetin added, “I am disappointed, but in keeping with my mission of supporting the LGBTQ+ family, any potential or future money made from this sale will be donated to LGBTQ+ organizations.”

Sweetin acknowledged that it can be difficult for actors to know where their work will or will not premiere, especially since that decision isn’t theirs to make. She added, “Sometimes, we, as actors, don’t have control over which network buys the projects we are in, nor are we a part of the process in which they get sold.”

The movie’s set to premiere on Gaf in September and co-stars Brent Bailey, Maxwell Caulfield and Julie Brown. Sweetin stars...

Jodie Sweetin is not a happy camper. The former Full House star is expressing disappointment that her upcoming film Craft Me a Romance has been sold to Great American Family, the network where her former Full House co-star Candace Cameron Bure serves as chief creative officer

In a statement to People, Sweetin said she was surprised the film had been sold to Gaf without her knowledge.

“Sometimes, we, as actors, don’t have control over which network buys the projects we are in, nor are we a part of the process in which they get sold,” Sweetin said. “So I was very surprised to learn by reading about it in the press yesterday that the independent film I worked on over a year ago was sold to Great American Family.”

She added: “I am disappointed, but in keeping with my mission of supporting the LGBTQ+ family, any potential or future...

Hasbro has unveiled a new figure set featuring Peter Parker and Smythe from 1994's Spider-Man: The Animated Series.

Unveiled during San Diego Comic-Con, Hasbro's Marvel Legends Series Smythe & Peter Parker 2-Pack is now available for pre-order, offering fans the chance to own detailed 6-inch scale figures of Spider-Man and the formidable Alistair Smythe. Per the product description, "In a twist of irony, Alistair Smythe – who created the Spider-Slayer robots for Kingpin – was made into a cyborg himself to face off with Spider-Man."

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Available at a price of $52.99, each figure in the two-pack features more than one point of articulation and comes in a "unique vintage-style VHS-themed packaging." Additionally, the accessories include Peter Parker's camera, as well as five other "comics-inspired accessories." Marvel Legends' Smythe & Peter Parker 2-Pack is now available for pre-order, exclusively at Hasbro Pulse and ShopDisney.

Exclusive: LA’s Dances With Films celebrates 26 Years of storytelling June 22-July 2 at the Tcl Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

The festival will open with the World Premiere of Good Side of Bad, a powerful drama based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Beverly Olevin. Directed by Alethea Root and starring Jules Bruff (Zodiac), Lexi Simonsen (S.W.A.T.), Alex Quijano (High School Musical: The Series), Myles Grier (Lethal Weapon) and Academy Award Nominee Tess Harper, the film depicts a raw and intimate look into what it means to be a family navigating the waters of mental illness. Closing out the festival is Home Free by first time director Aaron Brown, and writer Lenny Barszap, a social impact Trojan horse disguised as a coming-of-age college comedy with a focus on homelessness.

Festival Founders Leslee Scallon, Michael Trent state “Looking toward our next quarter century,...

Whether you’re more familiar with Juliet Mills from her title role on Nanny and the Professor or from her work as wacky witch Tabitha Lennox on Passions, there’s one fact upon which we can all agree: she’s a delight.

Funny, fearless and capable of turning a reading of the phonebook into an acting masterclass, Mills is now casting her spell on Grey’s Anatomy in the recurring role of Maxine Anderson, the unlikely roommate of Adelaide Kane’s Dr. Jules Millin.

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Michelle Pfeiffer, who starred in Grease 2, passionately defends the sequel after her feelings toward it were misrepresented. Grease 2 is the 1982 musical follow-up to 1978's Grease, which starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. The sequel featured minimal returning cast members, with Pfeiffer taking the lead alongside Maxwell Caulfield. However, Grease 2 failed to impress, with many seeing it as a lackluster retread of ideas from the first film.

Pfeiffer took to Instagram to defend Grease 2 after she saw herself being misquoted about the film. Her story features a screenshot of an article with her name misspelled alongside quotes attributed to the actor disparaging the film. Pfeiffer quickly points out that the quote is inaccurate, instead speaking on how much the movie ultimately meant to her. Check out Pfeiffer's passionate defense of Grease 2 below:

"This project is and has always been so special to me and my history...

Juliet Mills, who starred in the 1970s sitcom “Nanny and the Professor” and played Jane Leeves’ mother on “Hot in Cleveland,” has been cast in a recurring role on “Grey’s Anatomy,” TheWrap can exclusively report. She’ll appear in at least three episodes, beginning Thursday.

Per ABC, the 81-year-old British actress plays Maxine, who “comes into the hospital with a friend, but surprisingly knows Jules from outside the hospital.” Jules, a surgical intern who first appeared in Season 19, is played by Adelaide Kain.

Mills also co-stars in Chris Pine’s upcoming directorial debut “Poolman” with Jennifer Jason Leigh, Danny DeVito and Annette Bening. In 2022, she developed and co-hosted “British Classics With Juliet Mills” on TCM. She recently starred in U.K. stage productions of Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Lady Vanishes” as the enigmatic Miss Froy and “Darker Shores” opposite her husband Maxwell Caulfield.

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Season 7 of The Bay will kick off with new episodes December 19.

The sudser recently completed its milestone 100th episode, which will be released in early 2023. Viewers can watch the daytime drama series weekdays at 3 p.m. Et/12 p.m. Pt on Popstar! TV.

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“Growing up watching American daytime dramas in a Latino household where telenovelas were also a big part of our upbringing, I’ve always wanted to combine these two worlds and feel our creative team really helped accomplish that in these latest episodes,” said Gregori J. Martin, series creator, director, and showrunner.

Exclusive: Fans of The Bay can now find the digital sudser on Peacock.

The multi-camera serial drama is currently in production on 20 all-new episodes that will be released later this year, marking the completion of its 100th episode. Today, the cast and crew will commemorate the milestone while on location in Sun Valley, CA.

Filmed on location in Puerto Rico and Los Angeles, the new episodes star Daytime Emmy winners Kristos Andrews (Survive the Game) and Karrueche Tran as super couple Pete and Vivian Garrett, as well as Daytime Emmy winners Mary Beth Evans (Days of Our Lives) as Sara Garrett, Tristan Rogers (General Hospital) as Commissioner Lex Martin, Eric Nelsen (1883) as Daniel Garrett, and Mike Manning (This is Us) as Caleb McKinnon. Andrews will be doing double duty as Pete Garrett’s diabolical twin brother Adam Kenway, a role that garnered him a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding...

Nichelle Nichols, who broke down barriers with her portrayal of translator and communications officer Lt. Nyota Uhura in the original Star Trek TV series and later in its film franchise, died Saturday night in Silver City, N.M. She was 89 years old.

Nichols’ death was confirmed by Gilbert Bell, her talent manager and business partner of 15 years.

A popular part of the principal players on Star Trek, Nichols shared one of the first interracial kisses in television history with costar William Shatner.

Nichols also played Lt. Uhura by voicing her on “Star Trek: The Animated Series,” and appeared in the first six “Star Trek” films. She became a lieutenant commander in “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” and then a full commander in “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.” Throughout, she was a powerful symbol for African Americans and a fan favorite in the various projects.

NASA later employed Nichols...