Bill O'Reilly Really Likes Ellen DeGeneres
Aaahh, this is heart-warming! Retailer chain JC Penney recently hired Ellen DeGeneres, the nation’s best daytime talk-show host, as a spokeswoman and was immediately attacked by One Million Moms, which is part of American Family Association. Both of these organizations are extreme entities, to put it mildly. I’m sure JC Penney will stay true to their contract with Ellen, especially since conservative talk show host Bill O’Reilly has come out in favor of her…
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Trailers: Moonrise Kingdom, Friends With Kids, Woman in the Fifth, Girl in Progress
Moonrise Kingdom – A new Wes Anderson picture, and by the looks of this trailer every fan should be pleased (and I’m one of them). Bill Murray and Frances McDormand play the parents of two kids who escape a New England island town…
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Blockbusters of 2012
Here’s a look at some of next year’s most anticipated movies. The clip below is a mash-up of some of the hottest tickets in 2012.
JANUARY:
The Grey – Joe Carnahan’s Alaska thriller stars Liam Neeson.
Haywire – Steven Soderbergh’s action thriller stars Ewan McGregor and Michael Fassbender, among others…
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Hollywood Christmas, Day 24:24 – Santa's Workshop
A Yuletide countdown, one clip a day. A look back on scenes, movies and TV shows that make you want to go dashing through the snow.
“We work for Santa and have a lot of fun! With a heigh-heigh-ho and a heigh-heigh-hey! We’d better hurry up, tomorrow’s Christmas Day!”
The final chapter of this Christmas calendar takes us to the North Pole where Santa and his little merry men are busy preparing for the greatest day of the year. This Silly Symphonies short from 1932 has been accused of racism in the past, but that’s hardly a defining characteristic…
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Hollywood Christmas, Day 23:24 – Christmas Vacation
A Yuletide countdown, one clip a day. A look back on scenes, movies and TV shows that make you want to go dashing through the snow.
“Catherine, if this turkey tastes half as good as it looks, I think we’re in for a treat.”
As this Christmas calendar is about to wrap up, we’re headed for Chicago where the Griswolds are having Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, the turkey might be a bit dry. One of many hilarious scenes from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989), the best of the series…
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Hollywood Christmas, Day 22:24 – A Christmas Story
A Yuletide countdown, one clip a day. A look back on scenes, movies and TV shows that make you want to go dashing through the snow.
“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.”
This calendar journeys to Indiana – and a nostalgic look at the 1940s. Every kid wants a special gift for Christmas, desperately. In little Ralphie’s (Peter Billingsley) case, it’s a Red Ryder BB Gun with a compass and a sundial…
Hollywood Christmas, Day 21:24 – The Nightmare Before Christmas
A Yuletide countdown, one clip a day. A look back on scenes, movies and TV shows that make you want to go dashing through the snow.
“What’s this! The monsters are all missing and the nightmares can’t be found. And in their place there seems to be good feeling all around.”
How startling and intriguing it must be for someone who lives in Halloween Town to learn of an enchanting new world where there are no monsters under children’s beds, and people put trees inside their houses and decorate them…
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Hollywood Christmas, Day 20:24 – Saturday Night Live
A Yuletide countdown, one clip a day. A look back on scenes, movies and TV shows that make you want to go dashing through the snow.
“‘This year I’m gonna give you a Christmas present – a human boombox. It’s that thing of when you carry a midget over your shoulder while he sings gangsta rap.”
This Christmas calendar stays in New York City for a visit with the cast of Saturday Night Live where the king of the city’s most decadent nightlife, Stefon (Bill Hader), has a few tips on where to take the family for a bit of Christmas fun…
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Hollywood Christmas, Day 19:24 – Seinfeld
A Yuletide countdown, one clip a day. A look back on scenes, movies and TV shows that make you want to go dashing through the snow.
“‘Out of that, a new holiday was born. A Festivus for the rest of us!”
This Christmas calendar journeys to New York City where Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller) recognizes the need for a new holiday. Christmas is not for everyone, as he apparently realized while “raining blows” on a stranger over a gift. That’s how Festivus was invented and it became an apt moment to air grievances…
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Hollywood Christmas, Day 18:24 – Funny or Die
A Yuletide countdown, one clip a day. A look back on scenes, movies and TV shows that make you want to go dashing through the snow.
“‘Presents… tree… decorations… agents sliding down the chimney. I was just seeing if you we’re paying attention.”
Last year saw Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly tape a parody, for FunnyorDie.com, of the 1977 video of David Bowie and Bing Crosby singing “Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy” together. The original was a Christmas special for TV…
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