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It’s almost time to ring in the new year, which means it’s also nearly time for the annual New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square.

But don’t worry because you can also enjoy the festivities from home via live stream. The free live webcast begins at 6 p.m. Sunday, and features backstage access, behind-the-scenes stories, performances and more.

This year, actor and TV personality Jonathan Bennett and Jeremy Hassell return to host the Nye 2024 webcast.

Bennett, best known for his starring roles in Mean Girls and the Hallmark Holiday film The Holiday Sitter, previously hosted the event in 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Bennett has also hosted Cake Wars, Halloween Wars and Holiday Wars. As for Hassell, he has been part of the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration since 2016. Throughout his career, he has hosted several live events and celebrity interviews.

The event will feature musical performances by Paul Anka,...

Jonathan Bennett is returning to Hallmark Channel this holiday season!

The 42-year-old actor stars in the new movie Christmas on Cherry Lane alongside Catherine Bell, John Brotherton, Erin Cahill, James Denton, and Vincent Rodriguez III.

Jonathan has starred in lots of movies for Hallmark Channel and is a favorite among fans of the network. In December 2022, Jonathan and George Krissa made history in The Holiday Sitter – the first Hallmark movie that centered around a gay couple.

You may also recognize Jonathan from Mean Girls where he played the hunky Aaron Samuels.

So, is Jonathan married?

Keep reading to find out more…

In November 2020, Jonathan confirmed he was engaged to Amazing Race contestant and current Celebrity Page host Jaymes Vaughan, who proposed on the set for The Christmas House with an original song.

The couple married in March 2022 at the Unico Riviera Maya Hotel in Mexico.

Christmas on Cherry Lane premieres on Hallmark Channel on Saturday,...

Hallmark's latest holiday film, airing Friday, November 17 at 8/7 on the Hallmark Channel, reminds us of the importance of Christmas miracles. The lighthouse shines bright, locals care about each other, and the film features small-town charm.

Navigating Christmas features three people -- Melanie, Peter, and Jason, who have been disillusioned and hurt by those they love and find themselves healing by the spirit of the holidays.

Melanie Hobbs, Stephen Huszar, and Everett Andres star in this film, and none of them are strangers to the Hallmark franchise.

But this film was unique because Chelsea Hobbs and Everett Andres had previously portrayed mother and son on The Holiday Sitter in 2022. That helped to build a realistic connection between them.

Everett Andres sold this film. If you ask anyone, it's difficult being a divorced kid, but especially that first Christmas.

You only want your parents to get back together, but you hesitate...

Hallmark Channel star Luke Macfarlane has a new job: dad. The Notes of Autumn actor and his partner, Hig Roberts, recently became proud parents to a baby girl.

Hallmark’s Luke Macfarlane and Hig Roberts are proud parents

Macfarlane, 43, shared his happy news in a June 2023 Instagram update, along with photos and videos of himself and Roberts, 32, bonding with their little one.

Tess Eleanor Macfarlane was born June 4. Her life started with “some hectic days,” but fortunately, she “received world-class care” and the new dads were able to bring their baby home on Father’s Day, according Macfarlane.

“Her Dads can’t wait to introduce her to all the remarkable people and the beautiful world we live in,” the Bros star wrote.

Macfarlane and Roberts, a champion Alpine skier, have mostly kept their relationship out of the public eye. They’ve stayed mum about how they met and when they started dating.

Jodie Sweetin is expressing disappointment that her upcoming film Craft Me a Romance will air on Great American Family, where her former Full House co-star Candace Cameron Bure has a deal.

In a statement shared with The Hollywood Reporter, Sweetin said she was not aware that the rom-com would land at the cable channel, which was the subject of headlines late last year when Cameron Bure said that “traditional marriage” would be the focus of stories featured on Great American Family. This was in contrast to the Hallmark Channel, the previous home for Cameron Bure’s numerous Christmas rom-coms, having recently featured LGBTQ characters in its movies.

“Sometimes, we, as actors, don’t have control over which network buys the projects we are in nor are we a part of the process in which they get sold,” Sweetin said. “So I was very surprised to learn by reading about it...

We might be getting ready to celebrate the Fourth of July, but for many people, that is the perfect excuse to put on a comfy sweater and curl up with a cup of hot cocoa and enjoy some holiday-themed romance, just not the kind you do with cookouts and fireworks. As the calendar turns from June to July, a number of cable and streaming outlets are hauling out the holly and celebrating Christmas in July.

If getting into the second half of the year means that you are already turning your attention to the year-end holidays, we here at The Streamable will run you through some of the best ways to get into the spirit with the familiar, low-stakes feeling of the very specific brand of holiday rom-coms.

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Candace Cameron Bure is giving her thoughts on “cancel culture” months after she received backlash over the reason she made the move to Great American Family from Hallmark.

The Full House alum made an appearance on the Unapologetic with Julia Jeffress Sadler podcast where she cited it was her Christian faith that helped her navigate through difficult times.

“Cancel culture is real and it is difficult,” she said on the Feb. 8 podcast episode. “And It’s hard but listen, I just want to encourage you that you are not the only one and there are lots of us and we are always stronger together. And you have to find your community and know the word of God.”

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It’s wild how many new horror movies have already released here in the early days of 2023, and this week brings a whopping Ten more to the table between now and this coming Friday.

In fact, since we’re getting this article up a day late – my apologies! – four of the movies on this list are already available for you to watch at your leisure from the comfort of home.

Here’s all the new horror releasing January 17-January 20, 2023!

For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.

Blumhouse has joined forces with Epix to “develop and produce eight elevated, standalone horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the network,” and up next from that collaboration is There’s Something Wrong With the Children, directed by Roxanne Benjamin (V/H/S, Southbound). The film was put up for rental on VOD and Digital outlets on Tuesday.

The cast for There’s Something Wrong With the Children...

Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby star in ‘Our Flag Means Death’ (Photograph by Aaron Epstein / HBO Max)

Nominees have been announced for the 34th Annual Glaad Media Awards, recognizing fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues. Netflix topped the list of all outlets by picking up 21 nominations, followed by ABC with 11, HBO Max with 10, and Hulu with nine.

Winners will be announced during the GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies taking place in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on Thursday, March 30, 2023, and in New York City at the Hilton Midtown on Saturday, May 13, 2023.

“With violence, harmful legislation, false rhetoric, and other attacks on the LGBTQ community continuing to escalate, it’s more crucial than ever that our community remains visible and included in the stories that the world sees in film, television, music, journalism, and other forms of media,” said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “This...

Nominations have been revealed for the 34th annual GLAAD Media Awards, the annual honours presented by the LGBTQ media advocacy organization.

As Deadline reported, the nominations were announced by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars Salina EsTitties and Sasha Colby via a ‘GLAAD Drag Story Time’ video that just debuted on GLAAD’s YouTube.

In the video, Colby commented on recent attacks on drag performers. “Performers like us are being threatened with anti-lgbtq bills, nasty protests, and even violence,” Colby declared. “You know what’s scary? People with guns, not queens with books!”

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“With violence, harmful legislation, false rhetoric and other attacks on the LGBTQ community continuing to escalate, it’s more crucial than ever that our community remains visible and included in the stories that the world sees in film, television, music, journalism, and other forms of media,” said GLAAD President & CEO...

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, has today announced the nominations for its 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.

With 2022 being a standout year for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues, this year’s nominees not only include historic projects like “Bros,” “Fire Island,” and “A League of Their Own,” but also films currently in the Oscars conversation like “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “TÁR.” In fact, for the first time ever, the Outstanding Film — Wide Release category includes 10 nominees.

Other changes made include a splitting of the Outstanding Reality Program category, nominating both reality competition series and non-competition series independently. The Outstanding Kids & Family Programming category was also split to nominate animated and live action programs independently.

For the non-competitive Special Recognition Awards given to media projects that do not fit into one of the existing GLAAD Media Awards categories,...

Nominees have been announced for this year’s GLAAD Media Awards, which honor media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.

RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Salina EsTitties and Sasha Colby announced the nominees in a “GLAAD Drag Story Time” video that debuted on GLAAD’s YouTube channel (watch at bottom). The 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies will take place in Los Angeles on March 30, and in New York City on May 13.

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GLAAD has announced the nominees for its 34th annual GLAAD Media Awards, with Variety earning two nods for outstanding print article (Angelique Jackson’s piece on Aunjanue Ellis) and magazine overall coverage.

Other nominees include “A League of Their Own,” “Abbott Elementary,” “Anything’s Possible” and “Bros.” GLAAD is the largest LGBTQ media advocacy group, and its awards recognize media portrayals that are accurate, inclusive and fair. GLAAD also selects nominees for their boldness and originality, impact and overall quality. This year’s media awards are presented by Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Ketel One Family Made Vodka.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars Salina EsTitties and Sasha Colby revealed the nominees of select categories on YouTube Wednesday morning in a video entitled “GLAAD Drag Story Time.”

In the clip, Colby mentioned recent violence against drag performers. “Performers like us are being threatened with anti-lgbtq bills, nasty protests, and even violence. You know what’s scary?...

“Bros,” Fire Island,” “The White Lotus” and “Only Murders in the Building” are among the nominees for GLAAD’s 34th Annual Media Awards, the organization announced Wednesday.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “Tár,” Strange World,” “Fire Island,” “Crush,” “My Policeman,” “Do Revenge,” and “The Fallout,” among others, will be considered for the Outstanding Film categories, while “Abbott Elementary,” “A League of their Own,” “The White Lotus,” “Only Murders in the Building,” “Hacks,” “Gossip Girl” and “What We Do in the Shadows” are a few of the many shows recognized in the TV categories.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” stars Salina EsTitties and Sasha Colby, who are currently competing on the show’s 15th season, announced the nominees in a story time video responding recent attacks on drag performers across the country.

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GLAAD is gearing up to give out some trophies.

The organization has revealed nominations for the 34th annual GLAAD Media Awards, a roster that features high-profile awards season contenders like Tár, A Man Called Otto, Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Inspection; acclaimed series like The White Lotus, Abbott Elementary, Hacks, Harley Quinn, Only Murders in the Building and What We Do in the Shadows; and buzzy music stars Kim Petras, Omar Apollo, Orville Peck, Steve Lacy, Dove Cameron and Anitta.

The awards, created to “honor media for fair, accurate and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues,” will be doled out during a pair of ceremonies, first in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on March 30 and later in New York City at Hilton Midtown on May 13. The awards are presented by Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Ketel One Family Made Vodka.

New this year: the outstanding reality program...

GLAAD, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced the nominees for the 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.

Current RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Salina EsTitties and Sasha Colby announced nominees in select GLAAD Media Awards categories in a ‘GLAAD Drag Story Time’ video that just debuted on GLAAD’s YouTube.

In the video, Sasha Colby commented on recent attacks on drag performers across the country: “Performers like us are being threatened with anti-lgbtq bills, nasty protests, and even violence. You know what’s scary? People with guns, not queens with books!” In 2022, GLAAD found over 140 incidents of anti-lgbtq protests and threats targeting drag events, including events run by the organization Drag Story Hour.

The 34th Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees were published, released, or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2022. The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies, which fund GLAAD’s work to accelerate LGBTQ acceptance, will be...

Hallmark Media has updated its code of conduct rules to target anti-lgbtq+ hate comments, following petition by more than 60 signees.

Updated Dec. 16, the channel now prohibits the posting or transmitting of content or messaging that is homophobic or otherwise discriminatory on the basis of “gender identity and orientation or otherwise objectionable.” Previously, the website rules outlined a ban on comments that were false, vulgar or otherwise inciteful, in addition to speech deemed racist.

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The petition, led by Hillary Kovacs and featuring TheWrap’s film critic Alonso Duralde, outlined that as Hallmark diversifies its programming, through the releases of queer rom-coms like the recent “The Holiday Sitter” with Jonathan Bennett, the network has a greater responsibility to ensure its brand is aligned with and safeguarding these stories and identities.

“We can clearly see that the network is doing...

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Skipping out on all of the parties and ringing in 2023 from home? You can still bid adieu to 2022 and tune into live countdowns in New York’s Times Square, California’s Disneyland and beyond. And whether you’re into pop, country or comedy, there’s a show for everyone. Keep reading for the best 2023 New Year’s Eve specials to watch online, from Miley Cyrus’ second-ever show (co-hosted with godmother Dolly Parton) and the annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve hosted by Ryan Seacrest to CNN’s countdown with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, expected to be booze-free.

How to Watch 2023 New Year’s Eve Specials Online

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Those planning to ring in the new year at home can watch the festivities and annual New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square via live stream.

Actor and TV personality Jonathan Bennett will return to co-host the celebration with Jeremy Hassell. Bennett, who hosted the event in 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021, starred in Mean Girls and the Hallmark Holiday film The Holiday Sitter and hosted Cake Wars, Halloween Wars and Holiday Wars. Hassell, who has hosted many live events and celebrity interviews, has been part of the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration since 2016.

Chelsea Cutler and Jvke will headline the music performances for the live commercial-free webcast and TV pool feed, with Cutler continuing the New Year’s Eve tradition of singing John Lennon’s “Imagine” moments before midnight.

The platinum-certified singer will also perform some of her singles, including “Devil on My Shoulder,...

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December is in full swing, and Hallmark's slate of holiday movies is here to help you enjoy the most wonderful time of the year. With a roster of 40 new titles leading up to the end of December, Hallmark's latest lineup of festive offerings is the perfect way to embrace the holiday spirit all month long - and there are still a few movies left to catch before the holidays actually begin.

This year's titles star everyone from Jeremy Jordan to Hallmark mainstay Lacey Chabert, appearing in her 12th Christmas feature on the channel. Meanwhile, some of the movies focus on Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, while two films - "A Big Fat Family Christmas" and "Christmas at the Golden Dragon" - center around Chinese American stories. Elsewhere, the film "The Holiday Sitter" stars an LGBTQ+ couple, a first for a Hallmark Christmas movie. Plus, popular Hallmark Christmas leading men Paul Campbell,...

This Sunday, you can watch The Holiday Sitter, starring Jonathan Bennett and George Krissa, based on an original story by Bennett.

It's a genuinely funny movie about Sam (Bennett), a confirmed bachelor with no interest in children, who winds up watching his niece and nephew over the Christmas holiday. Everything changes when he meets their neighbor, Jason (Krissa).

We jumped on the phone with Bennett to talk about it.

Hi, Jonathan. How are you?

I'm wonderful. How are you?

I'm good, thank you. You know, you're somewhat of a legend at Hallmark.

Oh my God. Stop it. Tell me more.

Every time I ask somebody who they'd like to work with, you're almost always at the top of their list.

You're lying to me. Now you're just flattering me. And let me tell you, flattery will get you everywhere with me, okay?

Yeah, people just really admire your work. I think that's fantastic.

Maybe your favorite shows have gone off the air until January.

Well, there's still plenty to keep you busy!

Check out what we recommend to watch this week.

Saturday, December 10

8/7c Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas (Lifetime)

Award-winning Gospel artist Kirk Franklin is back with another star-studded and fabulous Christmas film and a fantastic playlist, too.

Naturi Naughton, of Power acclaim, stars as a single mother who gets caught in a blizzard with her estranged daughter at a church filled with parishioners bummed out about the cancelation of their holiday play.

What unfolds is a beautiful tale of love, family, forgiveness, community, and the beauty of the season.

10/9c The Gift of Peace (Hmm)

Traci lost her faith after tragedy but begins to find inspiration, hope, and peace with the help of a new community when she joins a grief support group at Christmas.

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Starring in a Hallmark Christmas movie today isn’t much different than appearing in Mean Girls 18 years ago, says star Jonathan Bennett: just like he did with Lindsay Lohan in 2004, he “meet cutes” an attractive single in a rom-com type setting in The Holiday Sitter.

This time, however, Bennett is making a little history: the movie debuting Dec. 11 at 8. p.m. marks the first time a Hallmark holiday flick revolves around a same-sex couple. In this case, Bennett plays a confirmed bachelor named Sam who agrees to watch his teen nephew and young niece while their parents are away. He ends up falling for Jason (George Krissa), an easy-on-the-eyes neighbor who’s far more adept at caring for kids.

“We’re doing all the classic things that we love in Hallmark movies,” Bennett tells Deadline. “We’re doing the tropes that we’ve come to love and expect from watching Hallmark movies.

If anyone would have said even five years ago, as their Christmas-movie stock began to escalate, that the Hallmark Channel would make history, folks probably would have run out to a Hallmark store and gotten you a “Get Well Soon” card. Yet here we are, on the eve of The Holiday Sitter, their first-ever Lgbqt+-led rom-com and we are so ready to don our gay apparel and get festive. Starring and executive produced by Jonathan Bennett, the Mean Girls icon who already helped Hallmark earn its rainbow stripes by costarring in the inclusive Christmas House movies, Sitter finds his workaholic bachelor Sam suddenly stuck watching his sister’s kids instead of heading to Hawaii for the holidays. Soon, though, things get merrier and brighter after he literally falls for the handsome and equally unattached neighbor Jason (George Krissa), who helps him not only keep the kids occupied but also...

It’s that time of the year that holiday movies take over Hallmark Channel (with “Countdown to Christmas”) & Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (with “Miracles of Christmas”), and we love it. We’re not the only ones, as TV Insider learned when we recently caught up with the stars of the movies on the red carpet for Hallmark Media’s star-studded kickoff of “Countdown to Christmas.” “I think we all know by now that Hallmark is about Christmas, it’s about connection,” Nadine Ellis (The Holiday Stocking) says in the video above. And, as Ashley Williams (Five More Minutes: Moments Like These) notes, it allowed people to find a connection, to feel “unified” during the pandemic, “a true time of isolation.” And these movies include stories that everyone can enjoy, as The Holiday Sitter‘s Jonathan Bennett and George Krissa share. “We love telling stories at Hallmark Channel, especially LGBTQ+ Christmas stories,...

Changing things up is working for Hallmark Channel, as their “Three Wise Men and a Baby” has become the most-watched cable TV movie of the year.

The movie, which debuted on Saturday, Nov. 19 and stars Hallmark’s beloved actors Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes and Paul Campbell, averaged 3.6 million total viewers. Campbell co-wrote the movie with another network favorite, Kimberley Sustad, who made a cameo.

Hallmark’s most-watched movie of the year was the second most-watched cable program of the week, trailing only behind Paramount Network’s giant hit, “Yellowstone.”

Paul Campbell, Andrew Walker, Tyler Hynes and Margaret Colin in “Three Wise Men and a Baby”

“Three Wise Men and a Baby” shifted format from the usual holiday movie; rather focusing on a romance, the plot followed three brothers as they hilariously struggled when they were forced to care for a mystery baby ahead of Christmas. The movie also featured Margaret Colin,...

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JoJo Siwa is making it clear that she's not looking to reconcile with Candace Cameron Bure. "We have not [talked], and I don't think we ever will again," Siwa said in an interview with People at Disney+'s "Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium" event on Nov. 20. Siwa's comments were in reference to Bure's plans to reportedly create a collection of new LGBTQ+-free movies for the network Great American Family, which Siwa previously criticized in a Nov. 15 Instagram post.

"Honestly, I can't believe after everything that went down just a few months ago, that she would not only create a movie with intention of excluding Lgbtqia+, but then also talk about it in the press," Siwa wrote in the original Instagram post. "This is rude and hurtful to a whole community of people."

Siwa elaborated on her feelings about Bure's comments in the Nov.