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“It’s A Wonderful Life” Still Wonderful

1 hour ago | Studio Briefing - TV News | See recent Studio Briefing - TV News news »

It seems counterintuitive but the 1946 Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life, starring James Stewart, captured the majority of younger viewers on Christmas Eve while reruns of the CBS dramas CSI: NY, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and The Mentalist captured the majority of older viewers. The movie, a Christmas tradition on NBC, averaged 5.3 million viewers for the night and drew a 1.6 rating among viewers 18-49. The CBS dramas averaged 6.8 million viewers but a 1.3 rating among the key demographic group. The success of the movie endured despite the fact that it has been available for free downloading on the Veoh website for more than a year.

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All-Time Favourite Christmas Film – ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’

26 December 2009 10:52 AM, PST | Gossipvita | See recent Gossipvita news »

The 1946 feel-good family movie – which stars James Stewart as a man who commits suicide on Christmas Eve and meets his guardian angel who shows him what life would have been like if he'd never existed – won 17 per cent of the vote in a poll of over 3,000 people. Despite being nominated for five Oscars, 'It's A Wonderful Life' didn't win any, but the film has since been recognised by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made. Coming a close second with 16 per cent of the vote was 'Home Alone', the movie which catapulted Macaulay Culkin to stardom when he played eight-year-old Kevin, who is accidentally left behind when his family headed to France for Christmas. Kathryn Jacob, chief executive of Pearl and Dean, who commissioned the poll, said: “Christmas is renowned as a time when families come together and enjoy watching films- old and new. »

- Alice

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Shelf Life: It's A Wonderful Life

24 December 2009 2:03 PM, PST | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »

A few weeks ago, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation was the subject of a "Shelf Life" column, and I was not convinced that it held up when I watched it again for the first time in probably 15 years. Suffice it to say that many readers disagreed - I'm still getting negative comments - but it made me both excited and reluctant to dive into It's a Wonderful Life, which is probably the holiday-movie genre's all-time most-beloved and venerated entry. (Personally, A Christmas Story is my favorite holiday film, but Frank Capra's black and white classic has the advantage of almost 40 years to develop a generation-spanning army of fans.)

Interestingly, I watched the film just a few years ago for the first time, and I didn't like it. For a guy who so often forewent his own plans and ambitions to help others, Jimmy Stewart's George Bailey was whiny and »

- Todd Gilchrist

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The Best Christmas Movies of All Time

24 December 2009 4:54 AM, PST | Extra | See recent Extra news »

"Extra's" counting down the best Christmas movies to watch while you anxiously await Santa and his sleigh!

The Best Christmas Movies of All TimeThe Polar Express, 2004

On Christmas Eve, a boy who is hoping to believe in the magic of Christmas boards a train that’s headed to the North Pole. The film, starring Tom Hanks, is an adaptation of the beloved book by Chris Van Allsburg.

The Santa Clause, 1994

Tim Allen stars as Scott Calvin, »

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Festive favourite It's A Wonderful Life

23 December 2009 6:04 AM, PST | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

'It's A Wonderful Life' has been voted the All-Time Favourite Christmas film. The 1946 feel-good family movie - which stars James Stewart as a man who commits suicide on Christmas Eve and meets his guardian angel who shows him what life would have been like if he'd never existed - won 17 per cent of the vote in a poll of over 3,000 people. Despite being nominated for five Oscars, 'It's A Wonderful Life' didn't win any, but the film has since been recognised by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made. Coming a close second with 16 per cent of the vote was 'Home Alone', the movie which catapulted Macaulay Culkin to »

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Festive film favourites revealed

23 December 2009 6:00 AM, PST | Virgin Media - Movies | See recent Virgin Media - Movies news »

'It's A Wonderful Life' has been voted the All-Time Favourite Christmas film. The 1946 feel-good family movie - which stars James Stewart as a man who commits suicide on Christmas Eve and meets his guardian angel who shows him what life would have been like if he'd never existed - won 17 per cent of the vote in a poll of over 3,000 people. Despite being nominated for five Oscars, 'It's A Wonderful Life' didn't win any, but the film has since been recognised by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best American films ever made. Coming a close second .. »

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The best Christmas films

22 December 2009 7:16 AM, PST | t5m.com | See recent t5m.com news »

What exactly makes a good Christmas flick? That is a question which has caused never ending debates at this time of year. On a day fraught with emotions (both good and bad) there is nothing like spending two hours in front of the television watching a story which, to use an all-too-familiar phrase, tugs at the heart strings. Every December the same films resurface in our local retailer. The faces of Bruce Willis, Will Ferrell, Bing Crosby and Macaulay Culkin stare out from the dvd shelves. Of course everyone has their own opinion but I thought I would give my all-time favourite Christmas film. It’S A Wonderful Life (Iawl) Made just after the Second World War in 1946 Iawl was star James Stewart’s first film upon returning from duty as a bomber pilot. Dismissed as mediocre upon its initial release the film became a household classic in the 1970s »

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Check out Carolyn Sills's festive film-inspired music video

16 December 2009 6:01 AM, PST | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

We’re happy to report that in Boxwish HQ’s sleepy corner of the world (otherwise known as Surrey) it is snowing! Yes, the view outside our window looks like a veritable Christmas card and it happily matches our festive atmos inside the office, where there are Christmas tunes a-playing and post-party hangovers being nursed. And our current fave seasonal delight is the song “George Bailey” by singer/ songwriter, Carolyn Sills and chums. The infectiously catchy tune was inspired by the Frank Capra Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life and its small-town hero, George Bailey (James Stewart) and is now rivaling long-established songs by the likes of Bing Crosby, Slade and Wizard as Boxwish’s festive favourite. Hear the song and watch its music video after the jump. »

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Fashion fix: Emporio Armani black dress from The Ugly Truth

14 December 2009 3:02 AM, PST | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

There are dresses, there are nice dresses and then there are little black dresses. When dressing to impress, nothing beats the Lbd. It’s the ultimate fashion weapon, capable of fusing sophistication with sexiness, mystery with mischief and more besides. Audrey Hepburn wore hers with pearls and opera gloves in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Anita Ekberg frolicked in a fountain in hers in La Dolce Vita and Grace Kelly tempted the wheelchair-bound James Stewart in hers in Rear Window (one of the late princess’s many adored wardrobe items to go on exhibition next year, see Related Content). And now we have a new contender to add to this list of legendary LBDs – the Emporio Armani one as worn by Katherine Heigl’s Abby Ritchter in rom-com, The Ugly Truth. »

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SPhilip French's Screen Legend: Grace Kelly

12 December 2009 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

No 77: Grace Kelly 1929-82

Born in Philadelphia, the beautiful daughter of a model and a self-made Irish-American multi-millionaire who won gold medals as an Olympic oarsman, Kelly was Hollywood's ice queen of the McCarthy era, a cold war figure of upper-middle-class Catholic rectitude. One uncle was the vaudeville star Walter Kelly, another the Pulitzer-winning playwright, George Kelly, and she determined on an acting career while at college. In the late 40s and early 50s she worked as a model and on live New York TV. She entered the movies playing a minor role in Fourteen Hours in 1951, just after the banishment of Ingrid Bergman, the Hitchcock blonde who preceded her, and she retired in 1956, the year Bergman returned in triumph.

She grew up in a world of cafe society where show people, media folk, the nouveau-riches and other conspicuous consumers mingle, and she didn't leave it when, in a carefully engineered marriage, »

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Holiday Movies: What's on Tonight? (12/12/09)

11 December 2009 6:06 PM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

The Little Drummer Boy (O Holy Night)

ABC Family, 7 Am Et

An orphan drummer boy, who hates humanity, finds his life changed when he meets three wise men traveling to Bethlehem.

It's a Wonderful Life (Classic Cheer)

NBC, 8 Pm Et

Ruined by a miser (Lionel Barrymore) on Christmas Eve, a suicidal family man (James Stewart) sees life anew thanks to his guardian angel.

Christmas Town (Family Dramedy)

Ion West, 8 Pm Et

A woman (Nicole de Boer) discovers the spirit of Christmas while visiting her estranged father in a town that is decked out for the holidays.

What else is showing this season? See the complete Holiday TV Movie Guide: The 12 Flavors of Christmas.

And if you're wondering what to buy the movie lovers on your shopping list, check out our Holiday Gifts store.

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Lionel Barrymore | Nicole de Boer | James Stewart | The Little Drummer Boy »

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Mariah Carey, Jeff Bridges, Jason Reitman, Jeremy Renner, T Bone Burnett to Receive Awards at 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival

11 December 2009 1:58 AM, PST | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Wow, the list of well-deserved artists receiving awards at the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival just gets longer and longer! The Awards Gala will kick off the 2010 awards season on Tuesday, January 5th at the Palm Springs Convention Center.

I.m so excited! This is a fantastic film festival in my neighborhood! For more info on the Palm Springs International Film Festival, visit their official site right here.

First stop, we have Mariah Carey receiving the Breakthrough Performance Award for her performance in Lionsgate.s .Precious: Based on the Novel .Push. by Sapphire.. I agree! Her performance in that film is great. And I know she thinks she looks like a .monster. in the film sans make up, but honestly? I think she looks a lot better without make up!

Then we have the great Jeff Bridges. He.s set to receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award. Festival chairman Harold Matzner said, »

- Manny

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Review: Up In The Air

10 December 2009 9:57 PM, PST | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

If Tom Hanks is the modern day version of Jimmy Stewart, as he’s so popularly claimed to be, then George Clooney is his icy cool stepbrother. With all the charm and grace of Stewart, he commands a scene, drifting through roles and making them memorable sheerly by a grin. This isn’t a criticism, it’s a compliment: it’s what he’s best at, and his role as Ryan Bingham in Jason Reitman’s new film Up In The Air evokes that side of him wonderfully.

As a character, Bingham embodies what Clooney is best at: a shielding grin, which protects him from the rage and tears of those he terminates as he floats around the country, releasing employees from their jobs when their employers lack the backbone to do so themselves. Bingham is a spartan minimalist, valuing miles on airplanes the way others value love and family. »

- Coop

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Jeff Bridges to Receive Palm Springs Film Festival Award

9 December 2009 10:38 AM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart Jeff Bridges will receive the Desert Palm Achievement Award at the 2010 edition of the Palm Springs International Film Festival (Psiff) to be held January 5-18, 2010. Presented by Cartier, the Awards Gala will take place on Tuesday, January 5, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. The ceremony will be hosted by Entertainment Tonight’s Mary Hart. Past honorees of the Desert Palm Achievement Award include Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Penn, Jake Gyllenhaal, Liam Neeson, Nicolas Cage, John Travolta and James Stewart. Oscar buzz seems to be a requirement for most of the award-giving at Southern California events taking place early in the year. Four-time Oscar nominee Bridges, who has just received a Spirit Award nomination for his broken-down country [...] »

- Anna Robinson

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Steven Spielberg's Not Directing Harvey

7 December 2009 2:27 PM, PST | movies.about.com | See recent movies.about.com news »

Three-time Oscar winning filmmaker Steven Spielberg won't be seeing any large white rabbits in the near future. Spielberg's opted out of directing the remake of Harvey, even as production was gearing up to start early next year. Spielberg hadn't found the right actor to take on the part of Elwood P. Dowd, brilliantly played by James Stewart in the 1950 film, yet according to Variety, Spielberg had already booked soundstages at Fox Studios. Spielberg had pursued Tom Hanks and Robert Downey Jr to play Dowd but neither actor committed to the part.

Spielberg's people didn't release an official statement, but it's speculated he left Harvey over script differences. Since he'd been prepping for this film for nearly six months, whatever it was must have been pretty major to prompt his exit.

Spielberg's currently in post-production on The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. The footage is now being worked »

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Below the Fold: Our Weekend Wrap-Up Has No Harvey for Spielberg, Moneyball Gets Director, New Line Nutcracker!

6 December 2009 3:04 PM, PST | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »

Harvey Project Dumped by Spielberg

Steven Spielberg has withdrawn from his remake of the classic film, Harvey. He spent the past half year developing the pic, his first directing vehicle for the reconstituted DreamWorks. The film was going to be a re-adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by Mary Chase and was to be written for the screen by popular novelist Jonathan Tropper.

Spielberg delivered earlier this week to 20th Century Fox, which had agreed to have DreamWorks finance 50% of production through its new funding relationship with Reliance and distribute domestically or internationally through its arrangement with Disney.

Variety reports it “has been a challenge to pull together since Spielberg committed last August. One of the biggest challenges has been setting a star to play Elwood P. Dowd, the character played by James Stewart in the 1950 film.”

Bennett Miller Grabs the Moneyball from Columbia

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- Kevin Coll

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Spielberg Kills the Invisible Rabbit, Dumps ‘Harvey’

5 December 2009 3:51 PM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

After years and years of making great film after great film, Steven Spielberg now seems to yet another director who just can't seem to make up his mind on what he wants to make. In a time when Steven Soderbergh and Woody Allen are releasing two, sometimes three films per year, Spielberg is taking his time. And for the most part, that has led to the on-again, off-again rhythm of developing films. He was developing a Lincoln biopic for Liam Neeson, and has since left that in limbo. He was also working on casting The Trial of the Chicago 7 while in post-production for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. That project has since been handed off to Ben Stiller. And now, according to Variety, Spielberg is leaving Harvey hanging in the wind. The pic was supposed to be an adaptation of Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about a about a man who befriends »

- Neil Miller

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Spielberg Won't Direct 'Harvey' After All

5 December 2009 5:02 AM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

I wonder what all of this means for Steven Spielberg's next couple of years. He was looking for a project after this summer, was rumored for the spy movie Matt Helm, but instead hustled quickly to call dibs on a remake (or a new adaptation of the play) of Harvey. But Variety now says Spielberg is not directing that film, which was scheduled to go into production early next year.

Tom Hanks was linked to the role, but he passed, and then the focus shifted to Robert Downey, Jr. In the end, though, Spielberg couldn't find someone he was happy with as Elwood P. Dowd, and it's tough to embody a role made famous by James Stewart, so I don't find fault with Hanks or Downey not signing up for this.

So Harvey is dead for now; Variety mentions Fox could "re-approach" the director and Downey down the line, »

- Colin Boyd

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Steven Spielberg scraps Harvey after script battles

5 December 2009 2:03 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Steven Spielberg has given up on his planned remake of the James Stewart fantasy classic Harvey after he and star Robert Downey Jr failed to agree on a vision for the film.

Spielberg had spent the past six months developing the idea for 20th Century Fox, which had begun preparations for filming to start early next year.

Tom Hanks had earlier turned down the lead role because he was worried about the inevitable comparisons to the Stewart portrayal.

Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes star Robert Downey Jr was interested but wanted rewrites to Jonathan Tropper's script before agreeing to do the film, and he and Spielberg were never in 'creative sync', reports Variety.

Fox confirmed Spielberg's departure but says it still wants to make the film.

Harvey is based on Mary Chase's Pulitzer Prize-winning play which was adapted into a 1950 film with James Stewart in the lead role of Elwood P. »

- David Bentley

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Spielberg drops Harvey remake

5 December 2009 12:53 AM, PST | Hindustan Times - Cinema | See recent Hindustan Times - Cinema news »

Oscar-winning Us director Steven Spielberg has dropped plans to remake the Hollywood classic Harvey after failing to find the right star to take on the lead role made famous by James Stewart.Initially, Spielberg had wanted Tom Hanks to take on the role of the gentle, mild-mannered Elwood P. Dowd, who just happens to say his best friend is an invisible giant rabbit. But the industry daily Variety said that "Hanks was not that enthusiastic about the prospect of stepping into the legendary Stewart's footsteps."Spielberg then sought to persuade Robert Downey Jr to take the role, and during months of negotiations the »

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