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His album Simply Christmas hit shelves last November and now Leslie Odom Jr. has treated fans to a brand new music video to celebrate the release of the deluxe edition of the LP. The 36-year-old unveiled the “Please Come Home For Christmas” official live video on his YouTube channel, with him singing along to the […]...

Leslie Odom, Jr. is getting in the holiday spirit with a new Christmas album, and People has an exclusive first look at his music video for “Please Come Home for Christmas.”

Simply Christmas features jazz renditions of holiday classics, plus four new songs, including “Please Come Home For Christmas,” “Christmas,” “The Christmas Waltz” and “Edelweiss,” featuring Odom’s wife, Nicolette Robinson.

As a special gift to his fans, Odom, 36, has just released a cheerful holiday music video to accompany “Please Come Home for Christmas.”

The Broadway star, who won a Tony Award for his portrayal of Aaron Burr in Hamilton,...

2017-11-30T06:49:56-08:00'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2' Finally Comes to Netflix

It seems like forever since Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 was in theaters. After all, there have been three superhero hits (Wonder Woman, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok) and one flop (Justice League) since then. But for those of you who have been waiting to see the April release on your home screens, December brings good news, as the Guardians and many more new titles come to Netflix.

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December is right around the corner and with it comes holiday greetings, inexplicable fruitcake, and the inevitable visits from family members. So in order to help you get in the mood or to keep those holiday guests entertained, the streaming services are here to help you whether you’ve been naughty or nice.

Netflix is helping to kickstart the Christmas...

We’ve got you covered already on what’s heading to Amazon and Netflix next month, so here’s the list of titles on their way to Hulu to round out your streaming services. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” hits the platform on Dec. 1, along with the Finale Event for “East Los High,” one of Hulu’s originals. The same day, you’ll also be able to watch “Kill Bill” Volumes 1 and 2, along with “Robocop” 1-3 and all the “Rocky” movies. The “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” Season 5 premiere hits Hulu on Dec. 5, “The Great American Baking Show” Season 3 premiere is available.

The holidays have come early for boy-band fans because *Nsync just dropped merchandise that'll have you saying, "I guess it's Christmastime." Just a few days after the group announced a new line of merchandise coming in 2018, they kicked off their collaboration with licensing company Epic Rights by releasing holiday products with some truly incredible names. It's gonna be Sleigh? Incredible. Tearin' up my hat? Perfect. Bye, bye, bye Santa? Sold. Turn up the volume on *Nsync's Home For Christmas, and take a look at all the holiday sweaters, ornaments, and accessories for the girl who has everything. RelatedTotally Justified: 17 Holiday Gifts For the Jt Superfan...

This article originally appeared on EW.com.

“I Want You Back” is what fans have been singing to *Nsync for years, and now, the group is reuniting — kind of.

During an interview with Et at his home, Lance Bass shared some new details regarding the popular boy band.

”We’re doing something. I don’t know if I can announce it yet,” he teased. “We are coming out with a really cool vinyl edition of our Christmas album.”

Unfortunately, fans can say “Bye Bye Bye” to the thought of new music, because the Home for Christmas re-release will only feature old songs.

Last month, soul singer Sharon Jones, the front-woman for the group The Dap-Kings, died at the age of 60 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. The singer sang and toured up until the very end, including releasing a Christmas album last year entitled “It’s a Holiday Soul Party.” Now, the group has posthumously released a Claymation-animated music video for “Please Come Home For Christmas,” produced and directed by Alex Howard and David Hatter. Watch the video below.

Read More: F*ck Cancer: How Sharon Jones’ Song ‘I’m Still Here’ Captures the Late Singer’s Amazing Story

Earlier this year, the documentary “Miss Sharon Jones!”, which chronicled the year after Jones was first diagnosed with cancer, received a theatrical release after its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. Directed by Barbara Kopple (“Harlan County, USA”), the film received mostly positive reviews. IndieWire’s own Kate Erbland...

Attention, Hollywood: Kelly Clarkson has had a lifelong love affair with White Christmas – “my favorite Christmas movie!” – and she’s available for a remake.

“You know how they’re doing musicals on TV now?” she said. “I really want to do that with that movie.”

The singer nominated herself (for the Rosemary Clooney part, no doubt) during her holiday musical extravaganza in Nashville on Friday night. And by all means take her seriously, because she’s earned the right to call herself a queen of Christmas music, especially in her adopted hometown.

The city hosts dozens of live holiday shows during the season,...

Norm Lewisbegins his 2nd Holiday Residency at Feinstein's54 Below on December 19th,for Six performances, through Christmas Eve. This year, he's calling itI'll Be Home For Christmas. Like last year, he will be joined by a special guesteach night, and it promises to be the hottest holiday bashin the heart of Manhattan.Norm will be singing holiday favorites,putting his unique spin on material and doing some career favorites that have come to make him one of themost sought-after leading men on Broadway. Come celebrate with Norm and his talented friends.We've got a swingin' band, ledbyJoseph Joubertand the party, once again, is directed byRichard Jay-Alexander.Just like last year there will be plenty of surprises...

Every holiday party needs a good soundtrack, but sometimes finding the perfect blend of timeless and fresh can be tricky. We’d rather you spend your time off eating Christmas cookies and just generally basking in the yuletide cheer, so we pulled together 25 songs for your seasonal playlist needs. Warning: They might just give you all of the feels.

“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” Judy Garland

2. “The Christmas Waltz,” She & Him

3. “Carol of the Bells,” Traditional

4. “One More Sleep,” Leona Lewis

5. “O Holy Night,” Celine Dion

6. “Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays,” ‘Nsync

7. “Silent Night,” Boyz II Men

8. “All I Want for Christmas Is You,...

It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas with a Santa’s sleigh-full of new holiday albums from country music’s biggest stars.

Track for track, the records are brimming with creative arrangements, inspired duets, new songwriting and — what we all long for — a few breathtaking gems that are sure to send holiday spirits soaring. But how to pick the ones that match your taste and mood? People is here to help with this music-shopper’s guide.

Chris Young, It Must Be Christmas

Young’s oft-spoken love for the holidays flows through every track on this album, and his...

Though it’s called Cma Country Christmas, don’t expect much twang in this year’s edition of the popular TV special. That’s no complaint, because the show delivers something dazzling for almost every holiday musical taste.

Jennifer Nettles once again helms the special, the seventh annual, which airs Monday at 8 p.m. Est on ABC. Taped before a live audience on election night at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, the show features a strong array of country artists who deftly expand beyond their genre, as well as other special guests who otherwise circulate outside country’s porous borders.

Cozying up to seasonal music is undoubtedly one of the best things to do during the holidays.

While the tunes themselves are enough to get you into the festive spirit, the videos that accompany some of your favorite Christmas songs are veritable masterpieces. So this year, we’re setting aside plenty of time to relive some of the best pop music/holiday mash-ups to ever be caught on camera.

1. Bon Jovi — “Please Come Home for Christmas”

Something about Jon Bon Jovi and Cindy Crawford making out in front of a fireplace really captures the spirit of Christmas.

2. ‘Nsync — “Merry Christmas,...

Prepare for the tears: Holiday commercials are here.

Every year, advertisers manage to make us experience a year’s worth of emotions in a number of 30-second spots, whether it’s joy, sadness, or just simple Christmas spirit.

Here’s a few commercials that already have us reaching for the tissue box — and it’s not even Thanksgiving yet!

John Lewis’s Buster the Boxer

If you want an advertisement that will make people cry, just add a puppy. This ad shows a number of animals discovering the joy of a trampoline, and Buster the Boxer seems to love it...

Jonathan Roy and Corey Hart have teamed up for a duet of Chris Rea’s 1988 holiday classic, “Driving Home For Christmas.” The two Canadian recording artists appear in a new music video for the song, produced and directed by Ben Knechtel in Bethany, Ontario. Showing off their brotherly bond, the video follows Roy as he hitches […]...

James Brolin has the best wife and he knows it.

Brolin told Harry Connick Jr. on his daytime talk show Harry, the 76-year-old actor revealed how he convinced his wife, the legendary Barbra Streisand, to lend her voice to his new film I’ll Be Home For Christmas.

“So I saw the film last night and the first thing I heard was your wife’s one in a billion voice,” Connick Jr. says. “I’m thinking to myself how much money did they pay to get Barbra Streisand to sing in this film, then I realized, ‘Oh it’s your movie.

This week, Charlotte McKinney joined an elite group of supermodels who’ve secured their places in music video history when she appeared in Dnce’s steamy “Body Moves.” In the clip, McKinney gets frisky with lead singer Joe Jonas as she rocks a leather jacket, black bra and fan-blown tresses.

She’s the latest in a long line of runway beauties who have used their “being really good looking” skills to advance the art of the music video, basically since the dawn of the medium.

Below, we look back at some of the most memorable model music video moments:

1. Christie Brinkley...

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In its special episodes, Saved By The Bell wasn't afraid to get real. Or kill ducks. All together now, "I'm so excited! I'm so excited!..."

Saved By The Bell wasn't just Zack and Slater having a dance off. Yes it was. However, the show also tried its hand at a number of 'very special episodes'. These typically featured problems encountered by all teens at some point, like drinking half a can of beer, dead ducks, and getting off your tits on Pro Plus.

I grew up watching Saved By The Bell, and thanks to its teachings I am a well adjusted individual. Not like those weirdos who only ever make one joke about how they're a bit odd, and everything they ever write is a rubbish variation of that joke mixed in with jokes about Bungle.

Let's have a look at how Zack, Josh, Twinkie and Billy...

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It's the final entry in Wesley's top 100 Christmas TV episodes of all time list, numbers 20 to 1. Merry Christmas to all!

Read entries 100 - 81 here, entries 80 - 61 here, entries 60 - 41 here, and entries 40 - 21 here.

Since the medium’s infancy, viewers have enjoyed sharing holidays with their favourite television characters. We grow invested in our friends on screen over the years; spending Christmas with them is a rite of passage, a chance for us to share tradition from our world with the fictional ones we see on screen. Some shows embrace the season wholeheartedly, characters in good spirits and enjoying the trappings of the season; others skew a little darker, bringing the more oppressive, burdensome side of the holidays to life. Either way, Christmas episodes tend to demonstrate the strengths of our favourite series, and it’s long been a festive ritual of mine to wheel out old...

Wesley Mead Dec 21, 2016

Here's day three in our countdown of the top Christmas TV episodes of all time: entries 60 to 41...

This article was first published in December 2015. Read entries 100 - 81 here and entries 80 - 61 here.

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Since the medium’s infancy, viewers have enjoyed sharing holidays with their favourite television characters. We grow invested in our friends on screen over the years; spending Christmas with them is a rite of passage, a chance for us to share tradition from our world with the fictional ones we see on screen. Some shows embrace the season wholeheartedly, characters in good spirits and enjoying the trappings of the season; others skew a little darker,...

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Here's day three in our countdown of the top Christmas TV episodes of all time: entries 60 to 41...

Read entries 100 - 81 here and entries 80 - 61 here.

Since the medium’s infancy, viewers have enjoyed sharing holidays with their favourite television characters. We grow invested in our friends on screen over the years; spending Christmas with them is a rite of passage, a chance for us to share tradition from our world with the fictional ones we see on screen. Some shows embrace the season wholeheartedly, characters in good spirits and enjoying the trappings of the season; others skew a little darker, bringing the more oppressive, burdensome side of the holidays to life. Either way, Christmas episodes tend to demonstrate the strengths of our favourite series, and it’s long been a festive ritual of mine to wheel out old DVD sets and settle back for a few favourites during December.

Mary Berry makes a fish pie for her family every year on Christmas Eve (24.12.15). The 'Great British Bake Off' host, 80, may spend hours in the run up to the celebratory day whipping up delicious traditional festive treats but she likes to make sure she and her family divulge a simple weightless meal the night before. The talented food critic shared her tradition with Liza Tarbuck on her show 'Mary Berry: At Home For Christmas,' admitting she uses ''smoked and unsmoked haddock, and lots of hard boiled eggs, just the way her husband likes it.'' And that's not the only...

Artist: Delta Deep; Members-Phil Collen-all guitars, lead vocals (Def Leppard, Manraze); Robert DeLeo-bass guitars (Stone Temple Pilots); Forrest Robinson-drums/percussion (TLC, India.Arie, Engelbert Humperdinck, Joe Sample & The Crusaders); Debbi Blackwell-Cook-lead vocals (background singer with Luther Vandross, for Michael Buble and the late Gregory Hines, among others) Single: Take Me Home For Christmas Heedlessly rebelling against the expectations placed upon you by society and your family is an enticing prospect that many young adults happily embrace as they strive to determine what direction they want to take their lives. Phil Collen, who is most well known for garnering success during the 1980s and early 1990s as the lead guitarist of Def [ Read More ]

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Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings brought the holiday blues to Conan Monday with a pining, web-exclusive rendition of "Please Come Home for Christmas."

Jones belted the somber, mid-tempo tune with characteristic aplomb, running vocal circles around a clever arrangement by the Dap-Kings that mixed sultry guitars, gritty horns and seasonally apt orchestral chimes.

"Please Come Home for Christmas" was originally recorded in 1960 by Charles Brown (not that Christmas sad sack) and has since been covered by an array of artists including the Eagles, Bon Jovi and Kelly Clarkson. Jones and...

The International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 43rd Annual Annie Awards and "Inside Out" and "The Good Dinosaur," both Pixar movies, led the pack! "Inside Out" received fourteen nominations while "The Good Dinosaur" got nine.

My pick of the year for best animated feature is "Inside Out" but I love Charlie Kaufman's "Anomalisa" as well which picked five noms.

We'll find out the winners of the Annie Awards on February 6th!

Here is the full list of nominees in all categories of the 43rd Annie Awards:

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa

Paramount Pictures

Inside Out

Pixar Animation Studios

Shaun the Sheep The Movie

Aardman Animations

The Good Dinosaur

Pixar Animation Studios

The Peanuts Movie

Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Best Animated Special Production

Elf: Buddy.s Musical Christmas

Warner Bros. Animation

He Named Me Malala

Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door

I Am A Witness

Moonbot...

It's been five years now since Norwegian helmer Bent Hamer was last on screens with 2010 effort Home For Christmas so fans of his smart and quirky fare have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of latest effort 1001 Grams. Selected as part of the Masters program at the Toronto International Film Festival in September the film is now gearing up for theatrical release around Europe which means the first trailer has arrived and, yep, it's looking like fans of the auteur's work aren't going to be disappointed.When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale.Take a look at the trailer...

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Exclusive: 33 screenings for vampire mockumentary, starring Flight of the Conchords’ Jemaine Clement, on audience-led screening platform.

Vampire mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows has become the most booked film on audience-led screening platform ourscreen.

Metrodome released the film in cinemas on November 21 and accumulated box office of $525,000 (£341,838).

The distributor then booked a further 33 screenings of the film, on a revenue share basis, through platform ourscreen, which allows consumers to programme films at certain cinemas providing enough tickets are sold.

Sites to show the film to date include Hackney Picturehouse, City Screen York, Phoenix Oxford, Little Theatre Bath and Cambridge Picturehouse, with additional screenings likely.

What We Do In The Shadows stars Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords) and Taika Waititi (Boy, Eagle vs Shark). The pair also co-directed the comedy, which is filmed in a documentary-style and centres on a group of vampire housemates in New Zealand whose happy home is disrupted by a new member...

Hello Dolly! Country icon Dolly Parton is setting her sights on the small screen.

Watch: Dolly Parton Makes the Crowd Go Wild!

The 68-year-old singer-songwriter behind hits such as "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" has signed a deal with NBC to create a series of two-hour television movies appealing to families that are based on her decades worth of songs, stories and inspirational life!

Parton, whose Broadway show 9 to 5: The Musical was produced by NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt, couldn't contain her excitement over the thrilling news, promising that her new projects will be both "fun and inspirational with a family audience in mind."

Watch: Dolly Parton Raps About Twerking

Over the past four decades, Parton has set records artist, with 41 albums hitting the Top 10 on the country charts and more than two dozen certified gold, platinum or multi-platinum. Plus, she has the accolades to show for it as winner of 10 GRAMMYs, 10 CMAs and seven...

In an amazing story sweetly reminiscent of Homeward Bound, a missing pup found nearly 2,400 miles from home has been reunited with her family. Penny, a Viszla from Royal City, Washington, went missing Dec. 19. Her owner, Kendra Brown, believes a truck driver picked the dog up thinking she was a stray, then brought her to Des Moines, Iowa. From the Midwest, Penny found her way to Pennsylvania, where she was rescued by a veterinarian. The Browns were alerted on Christmas Eve. The dog's microchip - and a Bring Penny Home for Christmas Facebook campaign - aided in her return, and Alaska...

Louis Smith has won the all-star Strictly Come Dancing 2014 Christmas Special.

The 2012 champion and his partner Aliona Vilani earned a perfect score of 40 points from the judges for their quickstep to 'Jingle Bells'.

"It's a nice present, I am not going to lie!" said the gymnast. "We've had such a fun time, although the first week of rehearsals was hard.

"But since then we have just been chilling out, laughing and giggling, messing around on the dance floor, it's been really good fun."

Sophie Ellis Bextor, Lisa Riley, Rachel Stevens, Chris Hollins and Russell Grant completed the lineup of celebrity contestants from previous series.

Sir Bruce Forsyth also returned to the Strictly ballroom alongside Tess Daly to host this year's Christmas Special.

After watching all the dances, the studio audience cast their votes for their favourite couple.

The audience's vote was then combined with the judges scores to...

Not every Christmas song can be “All I Want for Christmas Is You” — 20 years later and everyone is still playing it. All of the time. For every Mariah Carey, there are 15 other pop stars whose Christmas songs didn't quite stick. These are those 15 pop stars:

1. Britney Spears - “My Only Wish (This Year)”

This one actually is considered a classic — to a certain subset of die-hard Britney Spears fans. Choice Lyric: “Can't be alone under the mistletoe/ He's all want and a big red bow / Santa, can you hear me?”

2. Backstreet Boys - “It’s Christmas Time Again”

Sixteen years after Bsb released “Christmas Time,” they tried again for a hit with sequel “It’s Christmas Time Again.” Naturally. Choice Lyric: “When the snow is falling down, down, down / You know that Santa's back in town, town, town.”

3. *Nsync - “I Don't Wanna Spend One More Christmas Without You”

*Nsync does have a fairly famous Christmas song — “Merry...

Dolly does Christmas!

Dolly Parton invited Et to a special recording session for her quintessential holiday release, Home For Christmas, back in 1990. The album marked a follow-up to her 1984 holiday album, Once Upon a Christmas with Kenny Rogers. Unlike the duet album, which included a number of original songs, Home For Christmas was full of classic holiday favorites.

"I've always wanted to do a Christmas album of the all old traditional songs that I've always loved the best," Dolly told Et in 1990. "I don't like new Christmas songs-- even if I do write them!"

Watch: Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Turns 20!

The album featured Dolly's take on Christmas classics like "First Noel," "I'll Be Home for Christmas," and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," the track Dolly told Et has been a favorite of hers since she was a child.

"Well, I just always liked all these songs so every particular...

It doesn’t matter, hours into the taping of his upcoming NBC holiday special, that the cameras have stopped rolling while the crew deals with a technical snag: Michael Bublé is standing center stage in front of a live audience at Radio City Music Hall, and that means Michael Bublé is on.

The Canadian crooner uses the downtime to goof with the crowd, who’ve gathered in late October to watch his Christmas in New York take shape at the iconic Manhattan venue. At one point, apropos of nothing, he belts out, “You know my mama she told me don’t worry about your siiiiiiiize.

Sneak Peek footage from "The Simpsons" episode "I Won't Be Home For Christmas", premiering December 7, 2014 on Fox:

"...after 'Moe' convinces 'Homer' to stay out drinking on 'Christmas Eve', 'Marge' tells Homer not to come home.

"This leads to Homer's sad trek through lonely 'Springfield', where he learns that the only place where one should truly get drunk on Christmas is @ home..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Simpsons: I Won't Be Home For Christmas"....

Digital Spy readers have voted Fleur East as their favourite act of the X Factor semi-final.

The singer, who impressed with renditions of Mark Ronson's 'Uptown Funk' and Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas', won a landslide victory by claiming 51.83% of the vote.

Over 12,500 of you voted in the poll that saw Andrea Faustini come second with 19.67%.

Ben Haenow follows narrowly in third with 19.36%, after his performances of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' and Charles Brown's 'Please Come Home For Christmas'.

Lauren Platt came bottom of the reader poll, receiving 9.14% of the vote.

The X Factor continues tonight (December 7) on ITV at 8pm.

The X Factor semi-finals - gallery:...

Tonight's (December 6) X Factor semi-final had last-minute song changes, mistaken identities and lashings of fake snow.

As the four remaining contestants took to the stage, they each had to sing a Christmas song as well as a track of their choosing.

Digital Spy rounds up the best Twitter reactions to The X Factor's semi-final below:

1. Fleur East sang Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas' and then Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars's 'Uptown Funk'

Sorry, but Simon really does pronounce her name like it's a fabric conditioner: "Flureaze". #xfactor

— Scott (@Scott_Ruminates) December 6, 2014

Danced the whole way through that ! #XFactor #XFactorSemiFinal @TheXFactor

— Taemar (@tae_lancaster) December 6, 2014

Even Mariah Carey can't even sing #AllIWantForChristmas like Mariah Carey any more #XFactor

— Ed Roche (@Edroche) December 6, 2014

Is Cheryl even on this planet nowadays? When else is she gonna sing it, Easter? #Xfactor

— Yinka (@VexintheCity) December 6, 2014

Literally...

The Simpsons will air its annual Christmas episode this Sunday (called "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"), and in it there will of course be references to Disney's Frozen because... well, how can you not have a Frozen reference? Even The Simpsons poke fun at the way this film has infiltrated the holiday season by dedicating a portion of its opening couch gag specifically to Frozen via what the show calls its "obligatory Frozen reference," as seen in the image above. So watch Homer as Olaf and Lisa torture Bart with Elsa's magical ice powers in the clever holiday-themed couch gag below. The full episode hits this Sunday and may or may not include even more Frozen references. Tune in!   &nbsp...

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While it may be over a year late in terms of relevance, The Simpsons still managed to find a way parody the biggest animated film of all time. This weekend’s couch gag is already online and below for your viewing pleasure you can check out what happens when the longest running animated show (or is it longest running anything now?) takes on Frozen. The holiday episode titled "I Won’t Be Home For Christmas" airs on Sunday December 7th. Marge kicks...

It's the X Factor semi-final, and now only two performances stand between the final four and a place in next week's Sse Arena finale in Wembley.

In order to get there, the acts must first perform a Christmas song, before taking on a track of their own choosing. Read on to see what everyone will be performing...

Fleur East

'All I Want For Christmas Is You' by Mariah Carey

'Uptown Funk' by Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars

Andrea Faustini

'O Holy Night' by Mariah Carey

'Wrecking Ball' by Miley Cyrus

Lauren Platt

'Stay Another Day' by East 17

'Story Of My Life' by One Direction

Ben Haenow

'Please Come Home for Christmas' by Charles Brown

'Hallelujah' by Leonard Cohen

The X Factor semi-final airs tomorrow night (December 6) at 8pm on ITV.

Fox has released a new couch gag for the upcoming The Simpsons episode, “I Won’t Be Home For Christmas.” It’s a heavily Christmas-themed opening sequence, and it ends with a fantastic Frozen parody in which Homer is supposed to be Olaf the snowman. Here’s a description of the episode:

Marge tells Homer not to come home when Moe convinces him to stay out all night drinking on Christmas Eve, so Homer takes a sad, lonely journey through Springfield and learns that home is the one place he should be drunk on Christmas.

The episode will air on Fox December 7th, 2014.

What could feel more festive than Justin Timberlake, wrapped in Christmas lights, posing in a white tank top? To celebrate the holiday season, we're taking a look back at some of the hilarious, awkward, and strangely adorable Christmas pinups from teen heartthrobs through the years. Although *Nsync tends to dominate holiday nostalgia thanks to their Home For Christmas album, they aren't the only boy band to get in the holiday spirit. The Backstreet Boys did their own Santa-themed photo shoot, along with New Kids on the Block, One Direction, and Hanson - who also, oddly enough, wrapped themselves in Christmas lights. Is that a thing? In any case, baby, it's cold outside, and these heartthrobs are here to keep you warm. Take a look at some of the best holiday-themed heartthrob photos, then prep for the season with Popsugar's 100 best gifts for 2014 and gorgeous holiday decorations around the world!

Sneak Peek new images from "The Simpsons" episode "I Won't Be Home For Christmas", premiering December 7, 2014 on Fox:

"...after 'Moe' convinces 'Homer' to stay out drinking on 'Christmas Eve', 'Marge' tells Homer not to come home.

"This leads to Homer's sad trek through lonely 'Springfield', where he learns that the only place where one should truly get drunk on Christmas is @ home..."

Click the images to enlarge...

One of the most classic teen shows of all time, "Saved By the Bell," is about to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The series premiered back in August of 1989 and if you were a child of the '90s with a TV, we're willing to be bet this program made some sort of an impact on you.

Sure, "Saved By the Bell" brought us plenty of laughs and outrageous (almost surreal) moments, but it was also filled with life lessons we'll remember forever. These more serious messages came in the form of what could be described as "very special episodes" -- the ones that serve a moral purpose so the youth of America is entertained and better off because of it. It's just that sometimes these episodes were also just as weird and wacky as the non-serious subject ones, but that's what made "Saved By the Bell" so ... very special.

Let's...

The Masters section is always a Croisette and Lido heavy selection and this year is no different. From Cannes we have Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D (which is a top of the charts item according to our Blake Williams) Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan (which our Nicholas Bell thinks is near perfection and calls “cinematic sublimity with this multilayered and operatic exploration of the crushing corruption of an unchecked regime” and Abderrahmane Sissakos’ Timbuktu. On tap directly from Venice we might have the retirement films from Roy Andersson (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence) and Ann Hui (The Golden Era), with some South Korean representation from Hong Sang-soo in Hill of Freedom and Revivre from Im Kwon-taek, but the worthy mentions are the nabbed world premiere status items from the always fascinating, taste dispenser and wide-ranging filmography in Michael Winterbottom & the always wry and humorous latest...

1001 Grams

Director: Bent Hamer

Writer: Bent Hamer

Producer: Bulbul Films’ Bent Hamer

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available

Cast: Ane Dahl Torp, Laurent Stocker, Hildegun Riise, Stein Winge, Per Christian Ellefsen, Didier Flamand, Dinara Droukarova

A multi-character holiday film, Home For Christmas was the last we saw from Norwegian director Bent Hamer. His latest, which he has also written, sounds like a return to his sharply observed character studies a la 2007′s O’Horton.

Gist: When Norwegian scientist Marie attends a seminar in Paris on the actual weight of a kilo, it is her own measurement of disappointment, grief and, not least, love, that ends up on the scale.

Release Date: Affixed with a December 24th release in France, Hamer’s 2007 film, O’Horton, played in Un Certain Regard, and we’re thinking his latest has a possibility of playing there again.

More Top 200 Most Anticipated Films of 2014 Top 200 Most Anticipated Films for 2014: #138. Rio,...

A still from “When Mother Comes Home for Christmas”

What:

Screening of Nilita Vachani’s:

Eyes of Stone (91 mins / 1990 / FilmSixteen Production for Doordarshan India)

When Mother comes Home for Christmas… (109 mins / 16 mm / 1995)

At Fd Zone. The discussion post screenings will be moderated by Nishtha Jain and Pankaj Rishi Kumar.

When:

25th January, Saturday, at 2 pm

Entry:

Free and open to all.

Venue:

Rr Theatre

10th floor

Films Division

24, Pedder Road

Mumbai-400026

About the event:

Eyes of Stone

Multiple award winning documentary film Eyes of Stone is a film about rural women in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and their rituals of possession and exorcism: expressions of faith, rebellion and healing that thrive within the confines of a stringent patriarchal order.

When Mother comes Home for Christmas…

Josephine Perera is a domestic worker from Sri Lanka who takes care of a two year old in Athens, Greece. She’s been away from her own...

As many people come together and spend time with their families, the television landscape becomes a lot more festive. A bunch of networks have put together a slew of TV marathons to celebrate Christmas, but this also 'tis the season for holiday movies to come out in full force.

Chances are after the presents are open, dinner eaten and family time spent, you and yours will want to settle down to watch a nice movie. To make Christmas a little easier, here's a guide to the Christmas movies playing on television over the holiday. All times Eastern

Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve

4 p.m. - "Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Clause," Hallmark Channel

4 p.m. - "A Christmas Story 2," Cmt

4 p.m. - "Holly's Holiday," Lifetime

5 p.m. - "The Santa Clause," ABC Family

5 p.m. - "Beethoven's Christmas Adventure," Disney Xd

5 p.m. - "Christmas Belle," Ion Network

6 p.m.

I normally hate Christmas music. It's awful when I’m forced to listen to it, piped in through Duane Reade speakers or while surfing channels on my shower radio. This is all very unsurprising, because as a Jew, I didn’t grow up listening to any of it, so there’s absolutely no nostalgia attached: To me, it's just a month during which I'm suddenly and without my consent forced to listen to a style of music I do not like. And yet, even though I have always gone out of my way to block these seasonal ditties from my ears, I know all the words to “The First Noel,” “The Christmas Song,” and even “O Holy Night.” And for that I credit and blame 'N Sync’s 1998 album Home for Christmas, the only Christmas music I have ever loved. Home for Christmas was released right after 'N Sync’s debut album,...

Aca-mazing! ‘The Sing-Off’ crowned its fourth winner during an epic Dec. 23 finale that was filled with holiday cheer, glitter, and ’80s icons. Find out who took home the top honors under the jump!

The Sing-Off‘s fourth season has been its best yet, so the final competition between country group Home Free, high schoolers Vocal Rush, and gospel collective Ten was intense. But who took home the $100,000 prize and a recording contract with Sony Music?

‘The Sing-Off’ Season 4 Finale: Home Free Wins Take Our Poll

Country crooners Home Free are definitely having themselves a Merry Little Christmas! The group performed “I Want Crazy” during the first round, then teamed up with judge Jewel for “Have a Merry Little Christmas” during the second.

In second place were Ten, who sang “Joyful Joyful” with Boyz II Men legend Shawn Stockman and then Beyonce‘s “Love On Top.” Vocal Rush came in third place,...

Holiday songs! Pentatonix! Benatar! Glitter Blazers! The Sing-Off finale was everything I needed it to be and, yes, I did need it to be something. I needed it to be something my whole family could watch together while I’m home for the holidays. I needed it to be fun and exciting enough to make me think thoughts worthy of writing down later for fellow a cappella knuckleheads to read (“worthy” might be an overstatement, but where better for hyperbole than The Sing-Off?). And I needed it to be, as I think Nick Lachey once said, some damn fine music.