The Holiday

2022 - 12 - 23

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Holiday star Jack Black, 53, sports a grey bushy beard and shorts for ... (Daily Mail)

The Kung Fu Panda actor, 53, sported a greying bushy beard for the outing, wrapping up in a green padded Columbia coat.

[The Kung Fu Panda actor](/tvshowbiz/article-10998907/Jack-Black-dons-black-white-suit-LA-premiere-Kung-Fu-Panda-Dragon-Knight.html), 53, sported a greying bushy beard for the outing, wrapping up in a green padded Columbia coat. However, it went on to earn more than £160million at the box office. Festive favoruite: Jack played Hollywood songwriter Miles Dumont in the Christmas classic, who falls in love with Kate Winslet's English rose Iris after she swaps home with an American film producer played by Cameron Diaz Jack played Hollywood songwriter Miles Dumont in the Christmas classic, who falls in love with Kate Winslet's English rose Iris after she swaps home with an American film producer played by Cameron Diaz. Stepping out: The Holiday star Jack Black, 52, cut a casual figure as he enjoyed a stroll in Los Feliz, Los Angeles on Thursday The Holiday star Jack Black cut a casual figure as he enjoyed a stroll in Los Feliz,

Yes, there is a productive way to reframe your holiday political debates (The Hill)

As a psychological anthropologist who has studied how people think and make decisions about social issues, I still haven't figured out why we do this to ...

Evoking shared values early and often can help ground the conversation in a common sense of what the issues truly are and why they’re important to solve. The first step in changing systems is getting people to understand that they matter. And we can do this by changing the conversation. Since 2020, many of our national conversations from the COVID-19 pandemic to police violence have shifted — and so have ways of thinking. You never want to end a conversation on the gravity of problems without offering potential solutions. When we debate such things this way, we don’t change anyone’s mind or motivate people to think differently about the world and what might help improve it — all we do is upset family members for picking a fight again. When someone laments that another family in the neighborhood is being evicted for failing to make rent, we can bring up the bigger questions about why there is such limited availability of [affordable housing](https://www.habitat.org/sites/default/files/documents/National-Fact-Sheet-21.pdf) and why many jobs fail to pay livable wages. Sure, individual choices matter — don’t argue against this, because it’s true — but so do the environments around us that dictate which choices are available. [FrameWorks Institute](https://www.frameworksinstitute.org/). In the 20th century, leaders of the civil rights movement reframed the issue of racial hierarchy and changed the conversation. As a psychological anthropologist who has studied how people think and make decisions about social issues, I still haven’t figured out why we do this to ourselves — but I’m glad we do. Although they may seem fruitless, these dinner conversations are an important part of our larger public discourse and help shape how we think about social issues.

Ten holiday gifts from female filmmakers (Los Angeles Times)

Standout women behind the camera, plus actors and directors roundtables have their spotlight moment.

[years of scandal and upheaval](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2022-12-12/golden-globes-nominations-hollywood-foreign-press-industry-reacts). “For me, even in something like this, where it’s woven hopefully into the texture of what’s a grand entertainment, first and foremost, it’s got to be there.” Because who doesn’t have a touch of [the Christmas blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epfDAmJKc0s) right about now? [“Must Be Santa.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8qE6WQmNus) C'mon ... Now might be the time to mention that I started writing this newsletter two days ago ... Death apparently was not discussed. how many more pairs of shoes are you gonna ... I don’t know what Mark was thinking. (Don’t answer that.) [Become a subscriber.](https://www.latimes.com/subscriptions/digital-only.html?pid_campaigns=7436_MTRDigitalWB2,7437_MTRDigitalWB2&utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter_email&utm_campaign=the_envelope) I don’t think doing the part made me think any — you can’t think more about death than I already do. “Somebody asked me about how many times a day did I think about death,” said Bill Nighy, who plays a man facing a terminal diagnosis in “Living.” “I said, ‘Well, I don’t know — 35 times a day?’ You know, you buy a new pair of shoes, you think, maybe ...

3 Holiday Alternatives For Those Who Enjoy Breaking 'Tradition ... (Louisville Eccentric Observer)

Celebrating the life of musician Frank Zappa, Zappadan runs from Dec. 4 – Dec. 21. The festival starts on the anniversary of Zappa's death, Dec. 4, which is ...

So, for the socialist in your lives, this is the perfect holiday. This holiday is a fabrication of Frank Lutz and Toofer, characters from the television series “30 Rock,” but if you believe in the healing power of root beer and that a man can have up to nine wives if two of them are male, then I guess this holiday is for you. It’s probably the perfect Louisville holiday. The festival starts on the anniversary of Zappa’s death, Dec. There are no specific rituals, but there are many weird ways to observe the holiday with his music, including sharing memes and videos of his oft sardonic yet deeply intellectual wit and absolutely ripping guitar playing. Celebrating the life of musician Frank Zappa, Zappadan runs from Dec.

Are We Finally Getting 'The Holiday 2'? (Parade Magazine)

At the end of 2006, moviegoers flocked to watch The Holiday. The romcom, starring Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, and Jack Black, became an instant ...

[People](https://people.com/movies/the-holiday-director-denies-sequel-in-development-kate-winslet-cameron-diaz-jude-law-jack-black-nancy-meyers/?utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=638f77e53cb3cc00014bec2d) while promoting Avatar: The Way of Water. [The Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/20659899/cameron-diaz-kate-winslet-the-holiday-2/amp/) alleged that production would begin in 2023, filming would once again take place in the U.S. on [December](https://parade.com/living/december-holidays-observances) 8. [November](https://parade.com/living/november-holidays-observances) 29 premiere in New York City before opening in both the U.S. It starts Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz as women living in the United Kingdom and United States, respectively, who elect to swap homes for a change of scenery during the holiday season. At the end of 2006, moviegoers flocked to watch The Holiday.

Holiday foods hold some of our strongest memories | CBC Radio (CBC.ca)

From Christmas pepperpot, to Hanukkah latkes and Chinese New Year dumplings, eating and making holiday foods with loved ones is a way to express love, ...

And I remember going to my grandmother's house — my mom's mom — and she would put them in the oven. "My mom and my father cook together. I'm just kind of keeping them for a rainy day kind of thing." Mincemeat pies are a food she learned to love while spending Christmas with her grandparents in Sarnia, Ont. Du, who came to Toronto in 2021 to study radio and media at Humber College, said dumplings were traditionally enjoyed mainly during the Spring Festival in China, a two-week celebration that culminates in Chinese New Year. "It's beautiful, especially when you wear it on your clothes for the whole day," said Peter. "A bottle of fresh Atlantic salmon could stay for a couple of years. So until I get another supply, this is like a bottle of gold," said Pardy. "Looking within the brain, there's a deep connection between taste, smells, memories and emotions," she said. For Christmas, they rotate, sometimes eating dinner with his side of the family, sometimes with his wife's German family. "Red berry jam was a very big staple in our lives. "My grandmother would sometimes have 25 to 30 people in her house for Christmas dinner.