Showing posts with label Christmas number one. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas number one. Show all posts

Sunday, December 12

Christmas Cupid Review

In this Scrooge-themed tale, a bratty publicist (Christina Milian) shirks Christmas and treats her men (including Chad Michael Murray) like fruitcake. Enter the ghost of her star client (bright spot Ashley Benson), who tries to save her soul. Nice message, unoriginal flick. (ABC Family, 8 P.M.)
After a tabloid says she cheated with a cricket player, Liz Hurley says she and her hubby of 3 years have split

Congrats to Nicole Richie and Joel Madden who got married yesterday! And you'll never guess who a surprise guest was:

Thanks! We've already picked and notified the lucky winner. We'll hopefully do another contest for 400,000 so keep on #FF-ing on!



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Christmas gifts to children of incarcerated parents

Think buying Christmas presents for one child puts the squeeze on your wallet? Imagine six.

But that's what Janice Bishop's been doing for the past eight years since taking in her six grandchildren, whose mother and father are incarcerated. Beyond the holidays, Bishop has been providing for their every need, including clothes, school supplies and basics like food and shelter.

Helping Bishop over the holidays and throughout the rest of the year is His Prison Ministries.

"They call us the Brady bunch," she said. "We love coming here."

The ministry works with local women who are incarcerated and also helps their families, helping provide basic needs and support for the caretakers of children of incarcerated parents. At Christmas, the organization collects gifts for the children on behalf of the mothers.

"It basically lets the kids know that your momma didn't forget you," Christie Wimes, assistant director, said.

This year, nearly 200 children will receive Christmas presents from the program. Wimes said the program is helpful to both the children and their caretakers, who in most cases are grandparents and other family members.

Wimes said creating a sense of normalcy is important for the children, who have endured a major disruption in their lives because of their parents' incarceration. Wimes said these children must deal with the consequences of their parents' actions, and are often bullied at school.

"It's an esteem issue," she said.

Lamarcus Bishop, 12, visits his parents every other weekend or so. He says seeing them in prison makes him sad, but his face lights up when he talks about the Christmas gift program.

"The hard part is waiting until the 25th to open them up," he said.





(source:dothaneagle.com)
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Christmas number one

Christmas number one,
This year's X Factor finalists, all of whom will be taking part in next year's X Factor tour, have each recorded a different winner's song, it has been revealed.

In previous years, a single song has been chosen for the X Factor to release, regardless of who wins the talent show.

However, Simon Cowell has revealed that this time, each of the four finalists has been assigned their own record.

"They've all recorded a song, One Direction have got their own record, each act have got their own record which is completely geared to them. They are not all singing one song," unrealitytv.co.uk quotes him as saying.

In years gone by, the X Factor winner was virtually guaranteed the Christmas number one single.

However, last year saw a successful campaign to get Rage Against the Machine's Killing in the Name to the top spot and similar stunts are being planned for this year.

"I think it's made the race more exciting, I genuinely mean that. We're going to be working harder because I want these guys to have a number one but I welcome the competition," Cowell commented.

The stars of this year's show will be taking part in the X Factor Live tour next year, which begins at the LG Arena in Birmingham on February 19th.



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