It's a Wonderful Life

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UK Guy's Love Actually-Style Proposal Wins Christmas

Jacob Molloy staged romantic ask at reopened Woolton Picture House in Liverpool

(Newser) - Christmas at a century-old Liverpool movie house came with a bonus feature not listed on the marquee. When Woolton Picture House, the city's oldest surviving cinema, briefly reopened for a Christmas run after shuttering in 2020, 26-year-old Jacob Molloy decided it was the ideal place to propose to his...

Wonderful Life Edit Has Prime Viewers Perplexed

Streamer airs a version missing a crucial 22-minute stretch, possibly over copyright issues

(Newser) - Holiday purists are incredulous over an Amazon Prime Video version of It's a Wonderful Life, which they say plays like a Christmas movie with its heart surgically removed. The streamer is offering an abridged cut that runs about 22 minutes shorter than the 130-minute original—and it skips the...

Pope Leo Offers Up His Favorite Movies

4 flicks from the 20th century explore hope, family, and resilience

(Newser) - Set to meet with Hollywood elites over the weekend as part of a larger effort to engage with creatives, Pope Leo clearly has movies on his mind. Ahead of the meeting, the pontiff has revealed his four favorite films—or should we say fav-or-ite films. Robert Wise's The Sound ...

Get Ready for It's a Wonderful Life: The Sequel

Planned film to tell story of George Bailey's grandson

(Newser) - We could soon learn what happened after the credits rolled in It's a Wonderful Life—several generations later, that is. In a planned sequel to the 1946 Jimmy Stewart classic, George Bailey's daughter Zuzu is an angel showing Bailey's grandson the world as it could have been...

BofA's 'George Bailey' Axed
 BofA's 'George Bailey' Axed 
Dec 8, 2009 2:09 AM CST

BofA's 'George Bailey' Axed

Bank clerk struggles to find help for customers hit by debt

(Newser) - Just in time for the holidays, a worker in Georgia who tried to get the same kind of help for bank customers that banks got from taxpayers has been fired—by Bank of America. Jackie Ramos, 23, fudged information on behalf of clients to help them qualify for credit repayment...

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