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Part 1Part 2CAST: Milton Metz (narrator) Wayne Perkey (Ebeneezer Scrooge) Terry Meiners (Bob Cratchit)Fred Wiche (nephew Fred) Rush Limbaugh (solicitor) Van Vance (Jacob Marley's ghost) Jane Norris (Christmas past ghost) Joe Donovan (Christmas present ghost) Joe Elliot (Christmas Yet to Come ghost) Laura Shirley (Mrs. Cratchit) Ken Schulz (Peter) Mary Jeffries (Belle) Beth Merrill (Martha Cratchit) Frederick Speck (Tiny Tim) Brian Rublein (1st man) John Asher (2nd man) Skip Essick (Joe) Tony Cruise (man) Christopher Holcombe (1st boy) Edward Pratt (2nd boy) Sara Greiling (3rd boy) -- Directed by David Holland ---- Produced by Scott Goettel -- special thanks to...

Carl Carlton, Beloved R&B Hit Maker, Has Passed Away The Detroit native sang beloved R&B hits like ‘She’s A Bad Mama Jama’ and ‘Everlasting Love.’Carl Carlton, the singer behind beloved R&B hits like “She’s A Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked)” and “Everlasting Love,” has passed away. His son Carlton Hudgens II announced the passing in a message on Facebook, accompanied by a photo of his father with a microphone. “RIP Dad, Legend Carl Carlton singer of She’s a Bad Mama Jama,” he wrote. “Long hard fight in life and you will be missed.” Carlton suffered a stroke in...

Tim Cook's Apple succession plan is unfolding in plain sight as executives Kate Adams, Lisa Jackson, John Giannandrea, and Alan Dye depart Cupertino—but this isn't corporate chaos, it's choreographed transition. Giannandrea's removal follows Apple Intelligence failures and broken Siri promises, while Alan Dye's surprise departure to Meta left Apple blindsided, with insiders reportedly celebrating his exit and welcoming replacement Stephen LeMay. Meanwhile, Johny Srouji confirmed he's staying despite Mark Gurman's Bloomberg report, and Apple's Silicon chief remains crucial to the company's future under a likely John Ternus CEO succession. Comparing Apple's strategy to GE's Jack Welch disaster, Amazon's smooth Bezos-to-Jassy...

One passion is playing the piano. Another is piloting big jets for United Airlines. He does both at DIA Captain Beau Brant plays a concourse concert before his flight Posted 9:04 PM, Dec 18, 2025 and last updated 10:25 AM, Dec 19, 2025 By: Mike Castellucci Captain Beau Brant is a pilot for United Airlines. He's also an incredible piano player. So they wheeled a grand piano into Concourse B at Denver International Airport for a few special concerts...before his flights. Meet the United Airlines pilot wowing travelers on the piano at DIA beau brant united pilot pianoInspecting his United...

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In a reflection of Hollywood’s ongoing decline, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the Academy Awards will depart from network TV and move to streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029. The ceremony will continue on ABC through 2028, the 100th Anniversary of the Oscars. Ratings for the show have been on a steady downward decline for years for reasons that seem obvious to everyone except people in Hollywood. America stopped paying attention because people don’t want to be lectured about politics from rich liberals who live in a bubble. Ratings for the once ‘must-watch tv’ have continued...

A film by Steven Spielberg. Disclosure Day is in theaters 06.12.26. If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to … Disclosure Day.

Scott tells you what he REALLY thinks about the guy who he thinks is partially responsible for trashing his career. Ouch!

If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people. We are coming close to … Disclosure Day. Universal Pictures is proud to release a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing...

The Rolling Stones have called off plans for a 2026 stadium tour of the United Kingdom and Europe, a source close to the band confirms to Variety, following reports that guitarist Keith Richards was unable to “commit” to it.While never officially announced, the group’s touring pianist Chuck Leavell and a spokesperson recently told press in the U.K. that the band has nearly completed a new album — their second with 35-year-old producer Andrew Watt — and planned on touring the U.K. and Europe. However, Richards, who turns 82 on Thursday, is said to be unable to commit to the rigors...

As Hollywood still grapples with the tragic murder of famed director Rob Reiner and his wife, more tragic news broke early Monday. According to Deadline, actress Rachael Carpani’s family revealed that she had passed away “unexpectedly” at just 45. Her family confirmed in an Instagram post that Carpani passed away following a battle with a “chronic illness.” “It is with great sadness that Tony and Gael Carpani announce that their beautiful daughter, beloved Australian actress Rachael Carpani, unexpectedly but peacefully passed away after a long battle with chronic illness, in the early hours of Sunday 7th December,” the late Sunday...

When T.L. (Sam Elliott) revealed he didn't know what the ABC talk show was, Tommy (Thornton) gave him a pointed description of it Taylor Sheridan got meta in the latest episode of Landman. During a phone call between estranged father and son, Tommy (Billy Bob Thornton) and T.L. (Sam Elliott), the oil executive did not mince his words as he described The View to his father, who just moved into Tommy's home after years of them not speaking. When T.L. called to tell Tommy he didn't "know what to do," Tommy said his dad should "do whatever you want to...

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The superstar, 36, made history after grossing a record $2billion in ticket sales for her career-spanning, 21-month Eras Tour - which consisted of 149 shows in 21 countries. As a reward to her team, Taylor is said to have handed out more than $197million in bonuses to everyone working on the tour. The Lover singer is notably a benevolent boss, and the moment she gives the mammoth bonuses to the performers and crew, complete with personal notes, is shown in her new Disney+ docuseries, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour/The End of an Era. Those who received a bonus included truck...

Maria and the family fled Villa Trapp in Austria not by foot over the mountains – that would have taken them to Germany, not Switzerland – but by train to Italy (formerly Croatia), where Georg had grown up and earned a military pension

It’s easy to be a Scrooge about Christmas movies, especially these days. Streaming platforms have shamelessly muscled into the Hallmark market, churning out quick, cheap holiday romcoms with C-list casts every year, hoping to land on something so irresistibly cheesy it briefly becomes a seasonal phenomenon. Put that cynicism aside, however, and most of us can admit that we all have at least one movie we return to every December – the one that allows us to embrace nostalgia unapologetically and lets us know that the most wonderful time of the year has arrived. It doesn’t have to be schmaltzy...

December 6 Puccini: LA BOHÈME December 13 Giordano: ANDREA CHÉNIER December 20 at 12:00 p.m. Mozart: THE MAGIC FLUTE – Abridged, English December 27 HANDEL AT THE MET January 10 Bellini: I PURITANI January 17 Bizet: CARMEN March 14 Puccini: MADAMA BUTTERFLY March 28 Verdi: LA TRAVIATA April 11 Mozart: DON GIOVANNI May 2 Tchaikovsky: EUGENE ONEGIN May 9 Donizetti: LA FILLE DU RÉGIMENT May 23 Puccini: TURANDOT

Richard Wayne Van Dyke was born in West Plains, Missouri, on December 13, 1925. He was raised in Danville, Illinois. At one time, he considered being a minister because of his mother’s religious influences, but a high school drama class would ignite in him a love of entertainment. In his senior year, Van Dyke dropped out of Danville High and joined the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He served as a radio operator before being transferred to Special Services to entertain the troops.

The Baz Luhrmann film is coming to cinemas in FebruaryThe first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert film has just dropped – check it out here. The film, which is set for release next year, features long-lost footage of the legendary singer’s Las Vegas residency alongside 16mm footage from the 1972 film Elvis on Tour and 8mm film from the Graceland archive. The trailer begins with Richard Strauss’ ‘Also sprach Zarathustra’ and footage of Presley twirling his ring and tapping his foot before a show, before it reads, “In 1969, Elvis returned to the stage to begin...

Among its countless achievements, the song was named the 20th century’s most-played song on American radio and television by the BMI.Only the most momentous songs in pop history make it into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Top 40 of Rolling Stone’s 2004 list of the 500 greatest songs of all time, and the Top 10 of the RIAA’s Top 365 Songs of the Century. But only one could achieve all that and be named the most-played song on American radio and television during the 20th century by the BMI. Its title? “You’ve...