Christmas

Michael Sheen and Eva Longoria are teaming up for family holiday comedy “The 12 Days of Christmas.” The film — from Keal Productions and Fulwell Entertainment — is being directed by BAFTA nominee Ben Gregor (“The Magic Faraway Tree,” “Black Ops”) and written by Ted Safran, based on the bestselling novel “The 12 Topsy-Turvy Very Messy Days of Christmas,” co-written by bestselling author James Patterson and Safran. In “The 12 Days of Christmas,” it’s mid-December and for the fifth year in a row, Christmas is cancelled at the dysfunctional Sullivan...

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Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. The reason a mom hosted Christmas for her 4-year-old's birthday has melted hearts across the internet. Melissa Kossack (@melissalkossack), 32, a stay-at-home mom of three, says her life turned upside down when her 2-year-old daughter, Lenny, was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma in January—a rare and aggressive form of cancer that typically affects young children.

President Donald Trump’s tariffs are threatening to put a crimp in Christmas. The United States imports as much as 75% of the toy products it sells from China, according to the U.S. Commerce Department, making it one of the industries most reliant on that country’s supply chain. Along with sports equipment and games, it is the fourth-largest import category from that nation. As a result, toy industry officials are warning U.S. consumers to expect higher prices and fewer choices this year, including for the holidays, as a result of Trump’s...

A brief but disastrous encounter between two strangers at the Providence Park light-rail station left one man dead on Christmas Eve 2023 and the other sentenced to 20 years in state prison Friday.

With a history of altercations on the MAX system and a recent schizophrenia diagnosis, Edel Aragon-Cruz was waiting for the westbound train about 6:30 p.m. that Dec. 24 when 23-year-old Juan Orellana-Gavarrete approached and asked for a “puff of his vape pen,” according to court documents.

Mariah Carey successfully got a lawsuit accusing her of ripping off the lyrics and melody of another song for her hit holiday track All I Want For Christmas Is You, with a judge finding 'an absence of evidence' to support allegations the songstress copied her tune from another. Carey, 55, was accused of copying Troy Powers and Andy Stone's 1989 song - which is also named All I Want For Christmas Is You - in a 2023 lawsuit, in which they alleged her 1994 holiday track was similar to their...

A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial megahit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” from other songwriters. In 2023, songwriters Andy Stone of Louisiana — who goes by the stage name Vince Vance — and Troy Powers of Tennessee filed the $20 million lawsuit alleging that Carey’s 1994 song, which has since become a holiday standard and annual streaming sensation, infringed the copyright of their country 1989 song with the same title. Fox said it is his experience that judges...

A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial megahit “All I Want for Christmas Is You" from other songwriters. Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani granted Carey's request for summary judgment on Wednesday, giving her and co-writer and co-defendant Walter Afanasieff a victory without going to trial. In 2023, songwriters Andy Stone of Louisiana — who goes by the stage name Vince Vance — and Troy Powers of Tennessee filed the $20 million lawsuit alleging that Carey's 1994 song, which has since become a...

In 2023, two songwriters filed the $20 million lawsuit alleging Carey's 1994 song infringed the copyright of their country 1989 song with the same title. LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial megahit “All I Want for Christmas Is You" from other songwriters. In 2023, songwriters Andy Stone of Louisiana — who goes by the stage name Vince Vance — and Troy Powers of Tennessee filed the $20 million lawsuit alleging that Carey's 1994 song, which has since...