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Hallmark’s Countdown To Christmas is always a Christmas movie lover’s dream event. However, this year, the network will be celebrating its 15-year anniversary. Moreover, the network has some big surprises coming.

What should Hallmark Christmas fans expect during the 2024 Countdown To Christmas?

Hallmark Is Celebrating The 15th Anniversary Of Countdown To Christmas This Holiday Season

The upcoming 2024 Countdown to Christmas is going to be a very special one for the Hallmark Channel. According to The Futon Critic, this will be the 15th anniversary of this annual holiday movie event.

That means the network will have loads of surprises for viewers.

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Santa Tell Me Is Wcth Reunion

Firstly, Hallmark happily surprised fans with the news that former beloved When Calls The Heart on-screen couple Erin Krakow and Daniel Lissing were starring in Santa Tell Me. Although they...

President Donald Trump had the vote on his health care legislation pulled at the last minute on Friday after House Republicans failed to gather enough votes.

“We just pulled it,” Trump told The Washington Post in an interview minutes before scheduled vote.

The move comes hours after House Speaker Paul Ryan visited the White House to tell Trump the legislation didn’t have enough votes to pass.

“I don’t blame Paul,” Trump said Friday.

Washington Post reporter Robert Costa tweeted that President Trump called him to tell him the vote was pulled. Costa told MSNBC Trump said the final decision was his own,...

[[tmz:video id="0_hkasnl0y"]] President Trump better change his tone a lot, if he wants DNC Chair Tom Perez to work with him ... at least that's what Perez told us shortly before Trump's address to Congress. We got Perez Tuesday afternoon on the Hill, and asked if he's going to reach across the aisle and attempt to work with the president. His response was very clear ... he needs to see something different from Potus. Question is ... did he see...

As the Republican and Democratic conventions draw near, the Veepstakes race is heating up, too, and on Sunday, four Democratic shortlisters took to the Sunday shows to strut their vice-presidential stuff. For Secretary of Labor Tom Perez, things were going pretty well on Meet the Press until host Chuck Todd asked Perez to weigh in on foreign policy, a topic that's already a steep obstacle for anyone seeking the two highest offices in the land.

Only 37 shopping days left until Hillary Clinton has to have a name for the No. 2 spot on her ticket. The presumptive Democratic nominee hasn't shed much light on who she's sizing up as a possible running mate but with that person expected on stage July 27 to accept the Democrats' vice presidential nomination at their national convention in Philadelphia, the guessing game is in full throttle. People breaks down some of the most buzzed-about candidates: Elizabeth WarrenRumors are rife that Clinton might enlist Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren to be her vice president - especially after the two women had an hour-long sit-down in Washington,...

Fireball Alt' PosterFireball was a fantasy themed film that premiered on the Syfy network early in 2009. Now, a year later the film is available today on DVD through Mti Home Video. The film stars Ian Somerhalder ("The Vampire Diaries") as an investigator curious about a prison fire which leaves several inmates seared. Fireball also stars Aleks Paunovic ("Battlestar Galactica") as a "former footbal star" and convict who, through mutation, is able to wield fire on a whim (Mti). Have a watch as Tyler "The Fuse" Draven goes on a vengeful murder spree against those who have wronged him in this clip below (Mti). Then, purchase the DVD at the link provided.

The synopsis for Fireball here:

"In this red hot action-adventure... former football star turned convict, Tyler "The Fuse" Draven (Paunovic), discovers in jail that he has the ability to create fire by mere thought alone! Now he's going to...

Opening with a hilarious monologue by lusty romantic Vincey (Mitchell Anderson) about the pros and cons of swallowing his lover's semen, "Relax ... It's Just Sex" plays shamelessly to its intended gay and lesbian audience. But the raucous, omnisexual ensemble comedy boasts a few bravo performances, including Jennifer Tilly as a dramatic "fag hag."

On Thursday, writer-director P.J. Castellanta's second feature opened Outfest '98, the 16th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, to a packed house at the Orpheum in downtown Los Angeles. A gala party followed outdoors behind the gorgeous but sweltering 1926 movie palace.

"Relax" is overlong, and much of the screenplay is predictable as Castellanta tries to cover a lot of ground, including the horrors of gay-bashing and the wrenching pain of a mother losing a baby. Gays, lesbians and straights comprise an extended family centered on Tara (Tilly) and her boyfriend Gus Timothy Paul Perez). She wants a kid and he's feeling pressured, and they set the pace for most couples in the film with a loud, spontaneous screw in the kitchen before one of several group gatherings.

Gus' movie-quoting brother Javi (Eddie Garcia) is HIV-positive. He is destined to meet and fall for Buzz (T.C. Carson), a handsome, articulate black artist with radical theories that antagonize others. Particularly up-in-arms are Dwight (Gibbs Toldsdort) and Diego (Chris Cleveland), a perfect gay couple made fun of regularly by the grumpy Vincey.

While Vincey is always unlucky in love, he doesn't deserve the beating he receives in an alley. But when he's rescued by the gang, led as usual by the fiery Tara, he turns into a sexual avenger and nearly melts down in the aftermath.

On a lighter note, the breakup of longtime lesbian couple Megan (Serena Scott Thomas) and Sarina (Cynda Williams) when the former starts dating a man is not a matter of life and death. Voluptuous Sarina connects with very butch Robin (Lori Petty) in a fairly normal romance, but Megan remains part of the group, causing tension.

Seymour Cassel, Paul Winfield and particularly Susan Tyrell have terrific bit parts in a sprawling film interspersed with black-and-white video interviews of the principals.

Much of the humor is calculated to shock, but it's not always the freshest material. The movie is competently directed, but the offbeat soundtrack is often distracting. Thankfully, the performances make one relax and enjoy the film's many good points.

RELAX ... IT'S JUST SEX

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Writer-director: P.J. Castellanta

Producers: Steven J. Wolfe,

Megan O'Neill, Harold Warren

Executive producers: Eli Kabillio,

Cevin D. Soling

Director of photography: Lon Magdich

Production designer: Timm Bergen

Editor: Tom Seid

Costume designer: Sharon Lynch

Music: Lori Eschler Frystak

Casting: Shevonne Durkin

Color/stereo

Cast:

Vincey: Mitchell Anderson

Tara: Jennifer Tilly

Buzz: T.C. Carson

Gus: Timothy Paul Perez

Megan: Serena Scott Thomas

Sarina: Cynda Williams

Robin: Lori Petty

Javi: Eddie Garcia

Dwight: Gibbs Toldsdort

Diego: Chris Cleveland

Running time -- 108 minutes

No MPAA rating...