Christmas

Christmas
Sports

Netflix’s Jake Paul-Mike Tyson streaming issues raise Christmas concerns for NFL

When Amazon Prime Video became an exclusive partner with the NFL in 2022 — the first time a streaming service received a full, exclusive package of NFL games — the buzzword in the sports media industry was “proof of concept.” Though Amazon had worked with NFL Network and Fox on “Thursday Night Football” starting in

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World

Shocking moment 70-year Christmas tradition is interrupted as clown-faced protestor leads disgraceful demonstration in front of iconic display in Melbourne – ruining the fun for families

Protesters have gatecrashed the iconic Christmas window unveiling at Myer as families tried to celebrate the 70-year-old festive tradition.  The pro-Palestine supporters gathered at the front of the Myer Christmas windows on Bourke Street, in Melbourne’s CBD, just after 10am on Sunday.   The group had threatened to destroy the unveiling to raise awareness of the

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U.S.

Have YOU already put up your Christmas decorations? Here’s what psychologists say about you

December 25 – one of the most-anticipated days of the year – doesn’t arrive for about another six weeks. But you may be forgiven for thinking the holiday season has already started.  It fact, it’s beginning to feel like Christmas has shifted somewhat in the Gregorian calendar, as more and more people put up their decorations

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Science

Coca-Cola faces huge backlash for replacing humans with AI in its much-loved ‘Holidays are Coming’ Christmas advert: ‘How are we letting this happen?’

For many people around the world, Coca-Cola’s much-loved ‘Holidays are Coming’ advert marks the beginning of Christmas. First aired in 1995, the ad shows the soft drink giant’s red delivery trucks emblazoned with lights making festive deliveries through a snowy landscape.  Ever since, variations of the promo have arrived in the weeks leading up to Christmas

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World

People power reclaims Christmas as pro-Palestine protesters call off plans to hijack 70-year-old Myer tradition

Plans to hijack the grand opening of the iconic Myer Christmas display have been abandoned by pro-Palestine protesters after mass outrage from Aussies. Activist group Disrupt Wars was going to ‘Crash the Christmas Windows’ on Bourke Street in Melbourne’s CBD on Sunday, with banners, flags, placards and props.  However, their plans changed following backlash from

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U.S.

Tragic reason man who grew Rockefeller Center Christmas tree may miss lighting ceremony after planting 74ft Norway spruce with his late wife

The Massachusetts man who grew this year’s stunning Rockefeller Center Christmas tree may not be able to attend the lighting ceremony on December 4. Earl Albert, of West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, suffered a stroke just days after donating the 74-foot Norway spruce he planted with his late wife, Leslie, on November 7 in an event that drew

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U.S.

PETA’s Christmas ad depicts a little girl’s sweet relationship with a cow that takes a sinister turn as charity urges people to go vegan this year

 PETA is urging meat eaters to turn to veganism in their first live action advertisement which takes a dark turn.  The animal charity, based in London , released the clip exclusively to FEMAIL today and it follows a young girl and her friendship with a cow named Kiwi.  The child is filmed walking around the fields

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World

‘Woke’ Christmas pantomime axes bangs, lashes, strobe lights and scary moments – and has ‘chill out room’ for audience if it gets too much

A theatre has been branded ‘woke’ for putting on a Christmas pantomime without any of the usual festive fanfare. This year, Richmond Theatre’s production of Beauty and the Beast, starring Dame Maureen Lipman, is putting on a show with a difference. The production has banned the usual bang, crash and wallops audiences expect from a Christmas pantomime.

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Entertainment

Jeremy Renner is Hollywood Christmas Parade grand marvel, er, marshal

Nov. 13, 2024 8:56 PM PT Jeremy Renner is already super (as in Marvel hero and survivor of a horrific snowplow accident) — now he’s also grand. The actor has been announced as the 92nd Hollywood Christmas Parade grand marshal, organizers said Wednesday. The two-time Oscar nominee, known for his roles as William James in

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Entertainment

‘Red One’ review: Action and Christmas struggle to connect

There’s a moment in the middle of “Red One,” the Christmas-themed action-comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, where you witness the movie just roll over and die. Time of death? A slap contest during Krampusnacht, the alternative St. Nicholas Day, in which a bunch of extras wearing rubber monster masks foraged from the set

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