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with his wife, Viveca, and their son, Axel, 14. The couple have been married since 2000 and also share sons Magnus, 20, and Mattias, 18. The holiday classic follows Buddy, a human who was raised among elves on the North Pole, feeling like a misfit, as he was too tall and large for chairs and showers in Santa’s workshop.

Andrea Bocelli just announced his 2025 tour where he’ll perform at arenas along with conductor Maestro Steven Mercurio all over North America from October through December.Toward the end of the run, the world-famous tenor will celebrate his 25th anniversary of performing at New York City’s Madison Square Garden with two holiday shows on Wednesday, Dec. 17 and Thursday, Dec.

“New Heights” podcast and explained why he dressed like Buddy the Elf — with a cigarette in his mouth and a beer in his hand — at the Los Angeles Kings vs. Philadelphia Flyers game last month.“Buddy the Elf got laid off, I think, from the North Pole,” Ferrell joked on the podcast. “He’s having a pull from his beer, smoking a cig.

Here are the top 10 movies to stream this New Year’s Eve.One of the most beloved romantic comedies of all time, “When Harry Met Sally…” has been dubbed by many as the “perfect” and “definitive” New Year’s Eve movie. The film puts the New Year’s at the story’s center and even climaxes (pun very much intended) on the holiday as Billy Crystal delivers the pivotal monologue that determines whether Harry and Sally (Meg Ryan) get their happily ever after.

first night of Hanukkah on Wednesday, the Goop founder, 52, lit the candles with Noa Tishby in a video posted to YouTube. In the clip, Paltrow revealed that it was a journey for her mother, Blythe Danner, and late father, Bruce Paltrow, to be accepted as a couple by their loved ones.“My mother’s Christian, my father’s Jewish,” the actress explained. “It’s interesting — I grew up in a time in the ’70s where interfaith marriage was still kind of a big deal.

Mariah Carey — these 10 yule tunes never fail to turn up the holiday spirit.If you’re going to anoint a song as the Christmas song, you better be able to bring all the holiday feels. And whether or not you’ve ever roasted a chestnut in your life — really, who has? — this is the definitive version of the definitive Christmas song.When it comes to hanging under the mistletoe, nothing beats the old-school R&B romance of Hathaway’s 1970 classic.

“A Christmas Story” premiered in 1983, screenwriter Jean Shepherd pulled antidotes from his own life to create the Christmas comedy — including the infamous leg lamp.And Quentin Schultze, the author of “You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out! Life Lessons from the Movie “A Christmas Story,” taught storytelling with Shepherd, leading the pair to become fast friends. From their time together, Schultze gained a deeper insight into the holiday classic — and it turns out it was a rocky start for the late screenwriter, who died at 78 in 1999.“Jean Shepherd wrote scripts that he wanted done exactly the way he wrote them,” Schultze exclusively told The Post.

Daily Mail on Thursday.She attended King Charles’ pre-Christmas lunch at Buckingham Palace the same day with both of her wrists in splints, according to the outlet.“So many things that you rely on being able to do, like cleaning your teeth, are impossible,” the royal member explained, per the outlet. “I can type with one finger on a mobile, but I can’t use a laptop.”“I am told that, after an accident like this, if you do one wrong movement on top of the unhealed bones, you are back where you started,” she added.The royal had her arms full with overcoats when the accident happened, according to Daily Mail, and as a result broke multiple small bones when she used her hands to break the fall.

George Michael give up his heart on “Last Christmas,” he knew the beloved yule tune was something special.The magic moment happened when the holiday spirit hit his late bandmate in his childhood bedroom in London.“We were killing time around his mom and dad’s house. It was a Sunday afternoon, and the soccer was on TV,” Ridgeley, 61, told The Post. “And George disappeared upstairs [where] he had a little Fostex four-track recording studio, which used a cassette tape to record four tracks onto.

Christmas swiftly approaching, it’s time to bust out your favorite holiday classics. From “Miracle on 34th Street” to “A Christmas Story,” these films are so beloved that families cozy up by the fire to watch year after year.

multiple outlets.Instead, Beatrice, 36, and Eugenie, 34, will both spend Christmas with their respective in-laws. Beatrice is married to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and is pregnant with their second child.

“Top Gun: Maverick” co-star Glen Powell seemingly appeared to be one of the first to post the latest installment of the pricey present — marking another year he’s received the gift.“The Cruise cake has arrived…” Powell captioned his Instagram post on Dec. 13 with a cake emoji. A large gold and cream bow and a dazzling reindeer ornament make up the box’s decorations along with the same note per Cruise’s traditional greeting.This year’s letter addressed to the “Anyone But You” entertainer read: “To: Glen Powell.

JeffBet.com who analyzed both women’s vacations. The workaholic Amanda spent a whopping $8,432.93 while away for 14 days, including indulging in a last-minute first-class ticket from LAX to Heathrow Airport that cost $8,158.16.According to the breakdown, she dropped $72.38 on getting to and from the airport by limousine and another $58.69 to fill up gas in Iris’ Mini Cooper.

“Gilmore Girls” stars Lauren Graham and Scott Patterson gave fans of the show a holiday treat by reuniting in a Walmart ad released Tuesday.The 30-second video begins with Sean Gunn (reprising his role as Kirk) dropping off a Walmart box at Luke’s Diner in Stars Hollow.Kirk leaves the diner and is briefly greeted by Graham as Lorelai, who walks in and asks Patterson’s Luke for “coffee, coffee, coffee, please.”“Coming right up,” Luke says to Lorelai, as he hands her the Walmart box. Lorelai, who has a famous coffee addiction, opens it and finds a Keurig inside.

shows up as an honored guest at Thanksgiving,” she explained, referring to Consuelos, whom she married 28 years ago, adding that he thinks “the food just materializes.” Ripa went on to share that Consuelos had some complaints despite not cooking the Thanksgiving feast himself.“He complained to me because there was too much butter in the mashed potatoes,” she said during the broadcast. Consuelos didn’t ease up on live television, either.

Actress Keira Knightley revealed that the controversial “Love Actually” cue card scene which sparked debate amongst rom-com fans and her fellow cast and crew was a “creepy and sweet” moment.Knightley, 39, recalled Friday how a group of construction workers approached her recently and they held up cue cards in homage to the iconic scene from the 2003 holiday movie.“I was stuck in traffic for ages recently and a car full of builders next to me started holding up the signs like in the movie,” Knightley said on “The Graham Norton Show.” “It was creepy and sweet at the same time, much like it was in the film.”The controversial scene happened when hopeless romantic Mark, played by “The Walking Dead star Andrew Lincoln, confessed his love to Knightley’s character, Juliet, as her husband and Mark’s best friend Peter, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, sat in the next room. In the two-time Golden Globe-nominated film, Mark showed up at the couple’s door and used cue cards to confess his love to Juliet while playing the song “Silent Night” under the guise of Christmas Carolers.

Diane Keaton’s new holiday single “First Christmas.”Putting the “Black” in “Black Friday,” the yuletide tearjerker is much more mopey than merry, sucking all of the holiday spirit out of you.And with Keaton’s painful performance — it’s the cringe that stole Christmas — the whole thing is just sad in every way.Why this acting legend, at 78, felt that this was the gift that we needed to start the season, we’ll never know.This bummer of a ballad, drearily drenched in strings, is about spending your “First Christmas” without the one you love.“Hearing ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’/It only makes me miss him/When you love someone for so, so long/Yet they’re not coming home,” warbles Keaton, tentatively talk-singing through it.And when it comes time to pour on the melodrama in the chorus, her limp vocals fall flat right along with the tired lyrics: “The snow falls on my window/I wish that I could let go/It’s a silent night/It’s another year/The first Christmas without you here.”“First Christmas” was co-written by Carole Bayer Sager, who has penned songs for everyone from Barbra Streisand and Dionne Warwick to Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.But Keaton isn’t anywhere near that club.At this point in her career, though, the Oscar winner for 1977’s “Annie Hall” can do whatever stuffs her stocking.“I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S FINALLY HERE!” Keaton gushed on Instagram last week. “MY DEBUT HOLIDAY SINGLE, ‘FIRST CHRISTMAS,’ IS COMING OUT FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH.”Alongside the single cover where she is rocking one of her trademark turtlenecks, she added, “SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS SONG WITH YOU ALL.”Indeed, her longtime Christmas wish is finally coming true with this project.

Padma Lakshmi is sharing how she sweetens the holidays.The “Top Chef” alum, 54, revealed the ingredients she uses to create a magical time with her 14-year-old daughter Krishna, over Christmas.“Being in my pajamas and building ginger bread houses,” Lakshmi exclusively told The Post at Vulture Fest. “Decorating the tree and making cider.”The model shares Krishna with ex Adam Dell and has been vocal in the past about motherhood and the close bond she has with her mini-me.“I took her off of social media, and I have controls on her phone,” Lakshmi confessed to Today in May, adding that she’s sure Krishna scrolls online on other people’s phones.“It is hard, as any parent will tell you, to combat all of the influential forces that prey upon a child’s mind, whether you are male or female,” admitted the food connoisseur.

convicted of bank fraud and tax evasion in 2022. He was fired from his job at the prison’s chapel last month, but he isn’t letting his gift of gab go to waste.Chrisley’s attorney, Jay Surgent, told The Post that the ex-reality star continues to counsel his fellow prisoners both mentally and spiritually on his own time, adding, “They come to him for advice.”This is Todd and Julie’s second Thanksgiving behind bars.

be a better show to marathon on Thanksgiving than “Friends?” “Friends” is a classic show to watch on turkey day, since each season had an episode devoted to the holiday. It doesn’t hurt that it’s a crowd-pleasing watch for the whole family, too. Last year, the viewing experience was especially poignant, since Matthew Perry, who played Chandler, died at age 54 on Oct.

98th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is finally here — and it’s time to spread some cheer!Musical performances and more than a half-dozen new floats are preparing to take over New York City and kick the holiday season in high gear! This year’s parade will have 17 featured character balloons, 22 floats, 15 heritage and novelty inflatables, 11 marching bands, more than 700 clowns and 10 musical performance groups.Over 3.5 million people in New York City and more than 50 million viewers at home typically watch the parade, thanks to the thousands of volunteers who help the celebration run smoothly. “Today” show stars Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker are slated to return as hosts.Per tradition, the parade takes place on the national holiday, which falls on Thursday, Nov.