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Leslie Odom Jr., known for his Tony Award-winning role as Aaron Burr in the Broadway musical “Hamilton”, made a very special announcement on his Instagram today… he’s releasing a new Christmas album next month!

Appropriately and simply titled The Christmas Album, you can expect to hear it in its entirety when it releases on November 6th.  Not only will this album include many classic and modern hits, like Leslie’s rendition of Wham!‘s iconic “Last Christmas”, but he also collaborated with fellow Tony-winner, Cynthia Erivo, on a new version of “Winter Song”. Leslie previously recorded a version of the Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson-penned track for his 2016 holiday record, Simply Christmas.

Leslie has also promised collaborations with his wife Nicolette Robinson (Broadway’s “Waitress”), the Mzansi Youth Choir, and The Walls Group & Michea Walls.

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Jen Lilley is hosting her first Hallmark Christmas special alongside her “USS Christmas” co-star Trevor Donovan! The two will give viewers a sneak preview of all-new movies coming to Hallmark Movies & Mysteries this holiday season with the 2020 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special!

The special airs this weekend and some of the promotional photos have been released, so we get a great view of the festive fashion the two actors will be donning. They were both styled by Erin Noël and looked seasonally sensational; Trevor wore a burgundy dinner jacket and black slacks off-set by a white shirt and polished off with patent and velvet shoes (see below).

Jen wore a gorgeous peacock green A.L.C. ‘Isabella’ Mockneck Silk Dress with billowing sleeves and ruching at the hip. This dress is still available at ALCltd.com for $750.

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Jen Lilley and Trevor Donovan are leading the highly-anticipated movie, “USS Christmas”, for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries this November, and they reunited to usher in all of the original holiday movies premiering by hosting the 2020 Miracles of Christmas Preview Special!

The special, which airs on Sunday, October 18th at 11pm/10c, will give viewers a sneak peek of the all-new, original movie premieres offering inspiring stories of family, love and second chances that celebrate the heart and hope of the season.

Watch the promo ad below and tune in this Sunday night on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries!

Stay merry!

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Candace Cameron Bure will return as a host the annual Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas Preview Special this weekend, and her holiday spirit was evident in the festive fashion she’s wearing to perform hosting duties!

The network fan-favorite, who’s starring in this year’s “If I Only Had Christmas” alongside Warren Christie, wore a beautiful red Alexia María ‘Estelle’ Mini Dress featuring an oversized half bow with pleated sash that was reminiscent of a holiday gift package!  Candace’s exact dress is available in many colors (including red!) for $795 at AlexiaMaria.com.

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We’re getting closer to the kick off of Christmas programming on the Hallmark Channel because we’ll finally get to see Candace Cameron Bure host the 2020 Countdown to Christmas Preview Special!

This one-hour special will offer viewers a sneak peek at original holiday movies that are part of the network’s Countdown to Christmas slate this year!  The promo for the special included little clips of the upcoming movies “One Royal Holiday”, “A Christmas Tree Grows in Colorado”, “The Christmas House”, and “Jingle Bell Bride”, so maybe those are a few of the movies we’ll get a closer look at!

Watch the promo advertisement below and tune in this Saturday, October 17th at 11pm/10c on Hallmark Channel to get into the holiday spirit with Candace!

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Wishing a Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Canadian festive friends! I know it’s been a very difficult year, but I hope you still have a wonderful and blessed holiday! 🇨🇦🍁🦃

Stay merry!

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Christmas is coming!! It’s one thing to get the lineup of original holiday movies slated for the season, but once the daily schedules start releasing…you know we’re even closer to the most wonderful time of the year! Today we got the announcement of Freeform’s 2020 Kickoff to Christmas programming slate, which officially kicks off on November 1st.

This event features a nice collection of family fun movies and network originals mixed in with some very festive ones like the “Home Alone” and “The Santa Clause” franchises as well as “Christmas with the Kranks”, “Miracle on 34th Street” (1994), “Deck the Halls”, “Black Nativity”, “It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie”, “The Preacher’s Wife”, “Love Actually” and more!

It’s the perfect way to ease into Freeform’s 25 Days of Christmas, which starts in December.

Check out the day-by-night 2020 Kickoff to Christmas schedule below!

Sunday, Nov. 1
7:30 a.m. – “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”
10:05 a.m. – “Jingle All the Way 2”
12:05 p.m. – “Deck the Halls” (2006)
2:10 p.m. – “The Game Plan”
4:50 p.m. – “Matilda”
6:55 p.m. – “Frozen” (Disney Animated)
9:25 p.m. – “Coco” (Disney-Pixar)
11:55 p.m. – “Christmas with the Kranks”

Monday, Nov. 2
12:00 p.m. – “Christmas with the Kranks”
2:05 p.m. – “Matilda”
4:10 p.m. – “The Hunger Games”
7:25 p.m. – “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”

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Tori Kelly is ready to take us to church this Christmas with her upcoming soulful holiday album, A Tori Kelly Christmas, which is also the award-winning singers first Christmas album ever.

“This is something I’ve been wanting to do for so long and now I get to finally share these songs with you (some classic, and maybe a few originals,” she wrote on her official Instagram.

Kelly collaborated with 11-time Grammy winner Babyface, who serves as executive producer, with a duet of the classic “Let It Snow,” which was the first song released prior to the October 30th release date of the album. “I’m so grateful to Babyface for helping me create an album that I am so proud of. I still can’t believe that I got to work with such a legend on my first-ever Christmas album,” Kelly said in a press release. “He really brought my vision to life and made every song so special.”

Pre-save A Tori Kelly Christmas at Spotify and Amazon Music today!

Stay merry!

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‘Tis the season to ‘Netflix and Cheer’, because the holiday 2020 lineup for the streaming service is here! First up for the Here for the Holidays event, which kicks off this month, is “Holidate” starring Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey, followed by “Operation Christmas Drop” with Kat Graham and Alexander Ludwig; the musical events with all-star casts “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square” and “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey”, and the highly anticipated sequels: “The Christmas Chronicles 2” (Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn return as Mr. and Mrs. Claus!) and “The Princess Switch: Switched Again” starring Vanessa Hudgens.

Not only is Netflix delivering original Christmas movies this year, but you can also look forward to series, episodes, specials and documentaries in the festive mix. The second season of “Sugar Rush Christmas” arrives in November and season three of “The Great British Baking Show: Holidays” will debut in December. There will also be a lot of fun for the youngsters in your family, such as: “Alien Xmas”, “A Go! Go! Cory Carson Christmas”, and “Angela’s Christmas Wish”.

From Executive Producer, Shonda Rimes, the “Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker” documentary will debut in November, and coming in December, Netflix will take an in-depth look at two iconic Christmas movies with the special “The Holiday Movies That Made Us”.

The streaming giant will also add a few acquired films to its yuletide arrivals, including: “A New York Christmas Wedding”, “Christmas Break-In”, “Midnight at the Magnolia”, “A Christmas Catch”, “Hometown Holiday” and “A Very Country Christmas”.

Check out the full lineup below!

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We’re just weeks away from the kickoff of Hallmark’s highly-anticipated holiday programming, which is set to premiere 40 all-new original Christmas movies for Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas events. So far, sneak peek previews have been airing on the networks during fall movie premieres, production stills are emerging, and the gorgeous digital keyart posters are beginning to release online.