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Its a Wonderful Life

The Difference Between What's Hot and What Lasts

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.21.2013 | Entertainment
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Marshall Fine

There are a lot of things that are popular and commercial, but aren't very good. Or are just good enough. Consider Justin Bieber: It's not that the kid isn't talented; it's that he's only just talented enough.

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The Potent Power Of Asking 'What If..?'

Laura Kray | Posted 04.03.2013 | TED Weekends
Read More: Why We Deceive Ourselves (Sometimes), Regret, What If, Self-Deception, It's a Wonderful Life, Retrospect, Slumdog Millionaire, Self-Doubt, TED Weekends News
Laura Kray

2013-01-18-TEDplayvideoAre you ready to go down the rabbit hole of possibilities with your own life? Start with a moment from your past in which rapid, intense, and clear change occurred. Now, thoughtfully consider who you would be today if the turning point incident had never occurred.

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12 Winter Break Movies for Kids of All Ages

Common Sense Media | Posted 03.05.2013 | Parents
Read More: Winter Break Movies, Family Movies, Winter Break, Movies, Holiday Movies, Happy Feet, Family Movie Recommendations, Little Women, It's a Wonderful Life, Bridget Jones' Diary, Home for the Holidays, Ice Age, Love Actually, Groundhog Day, Movies for Kids, March of the Penguins, While You Were Sleeping, Home Alone, The Chronicles of Narnia, Parents News
Common Sense Media

When it's cold and dark outside and the kids need something to do, try one of our favorite winter break movies. Rally the whole family for a family movie night. Add a hot beverage and a few blankets to the mix and you'll never want to leave your couch!

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Classic Christmas Movie Lends A Hand To NBC

www.hollywoodreporter.com | Posted 12.25.2012 | TV
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A Wonderful Life? Finding Capra in Today's Christmas

Steven Kurlander | Posted 02.23.2013 | Impact
Read More: Jimmy Stewart, Paolo Gabriele, Christmas Spirit, Christmas Eve, Frank Capra, Its a Wonderful Life, Pope Benedict XVI, Christmas, Pope Christmas Pardon, Impact News
Steven Kurlander

It's Christmas Eve. And for most of us, thank goodness, it's almost over. We've been too preoccupied with a lot of "holiday" crap to enjoy a real joyous sense of a true Christmas.

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17 Favorite Christmas Movies

Posted 12.24.2012 | Entertainment
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Watching Christmas movies with the family is a holiday tradition on par with opening presents and eating a sugary breakfast. Whether you are a trad...

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The Three Best Christmas Movies

John Farr | Posted 04.04.2013 | Entertainment
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John Farr

Christmas movies are a genre unto themselves: between live-action and animated features, there are literally hundreds of titles out there. Inevitably, some are pretty bad, others amusingly cheesy.

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What To Watch This Christmas

Posted 12.21.2012 | TV
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As Christmas Day draws nearer, the networks have begun ramping up their holiday programming, dusting off old classics like "It's A Wonderful Life" and...

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Karolyn Grimes, Zuzu Bailey, Still Thinks It's a Wonderful Life

Steve Karras | Posted 02.17.2013 | Entertainment
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Steve Karras

Nothing completes the holiday experience more than an extra serving of Frank Capra's yule-tide yarn, It's A Wonderful Life. But for Karolyn Grimes, who played little Zuzu Bailey, it has become a wonderful full-time job.

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'Tis the Season

Cheryl Carlesimo | Posted 02.13.2013 | Home
Read More: Paris, Chestnuts, Holiday Season, It's a Wonderful Life, Gingerbread House, Christmas Pageant, Penny Serenade, Holiday Cookies, New York, Cary Grant, Christmas Cookie Recipes, Christmas Cookies, Home News
Cheryl Carlesimo

Everyone has their favorite holiday cookie recipe that probably has been handed down in their family. These are Christmas Wreath Cookies and come from Pennsylvania.

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PHOTOS: Can You Have A Wonderful Life In This Home?

The Huffington Post | Ann Brenoff | Posted 12.13.2012 | Los Angeles
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Pour some egg nog, light the fireplace and watch "It's A Wonderful Life" for the millionth time. Maybe even watch it from the one-time home of the fi...

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Get Donna Reed's Glamorous Look

The Huffington Post | Shana Honig | Posted 10.11.2012 | Style
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Donna Reed showed us that you can take care of your home while still looking fashionable. Best known for wearing full skirted shirtdresses and perfect...

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Astoria Characters: The Banker Everybody Loves

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 04.22.2012 | New York
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Nancy Ruhling

For Michael Serao, banking isn't all about money. It's about helping people enrich their lives.

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'NCIS' 200: Gibbs' Trip Down Memory Lane

Posted 04.08.2012 | TV
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For its 200th episode, "NCIS" (Tue., 8 p.m. EST on CBS) took a more unconventional approach to its usual procedural format. While there was still a ca...

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New Hire Mr. Potter Brings Blue Shield Into The New Year

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 03.03.2012 | Business
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Lorraine Devon Wilke

Is it just me or is there something inordinately mean about sending out medical insurance rate hike packages in time for the very last day of the year?

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Is Our Destiny Pottersville or Bedford Falls?

Tom Gerdy | Posted 02.27.2012 | Business
Read More: Small Businesses, Blue Collar Workers, Bankruptcy, Lending Crisis, Building Trades, Small Business America, Wealth Inequality, Unemployment, It's a Wonderful Life, u.s. Wealth Inequality, Wealth Gap, Inequality, Business News
Tom Gerdy

Small businesses have always been the backbone of the economy in America. The current leaders seem to have forgotten this piece of our economic puzzle.

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Bizarre Christmas Movie Trivia: Jim Henson's Ghost, Jimmy Stewart's Censored Kiss & More

Huffington Post | Jordan Zakarin | Posted 02.23.2012 | Entertainment
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This Christmas, gather your family around the fire... and then bring your TV and place it right next to the burning yule log. You've got a lot of movi...

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'It's A Wonderful Life' Honored On 65th Anniversary

AP | By JOHN ROGERS | Posted 02.23.2012 | Los Angeles
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LOS ANGELES -- George Bailey can rest easy. He really did make a difference in the lives of people, including all 3.8 million in Los Angeles. Bailey,...

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Why It's a Wonderful Life Is Such an Important Film for Parents and Kids

Mark Redmond | Posted 02.20.2012 | Parents
Read More: Parenting, Children, Movies, It's a Wonderful Life, Movies-for-Kids, Holiday Movies, Parents News
Mark Redmond

Even if you've seen It's a Wonderful Life once or many times before, see it again, with your children. You won't regret it; nor will they.

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Birthing New Life in the Midst of Despair

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 02.20.2012 | Healthy Living
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Dr. Cara Barker

Our redemption comes from another direction. The first step is to look within, to recognize our own interior "Grinch thoughts" that act as a thief in the night. These self-critical, self-doubting beliefs end up robbing us of our birthright to live freely as we are.

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Nursing Angels and an Update to 'Its a Wonderful Life'

Don McNay | Posted 02.20.2012 | Healthy Living
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Don McNay

I've spent my life chasing fame and glory, trying to achieve great things. I've never been one to stop and smell the roses. This forced me to. I've been stunned by the outpouring of love, prayers and support.

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Holiday Movies The Whole Family Will Love

Posted 12.19.2011 | Fifty
Read More: Christmas Movies, Holiday Season, Holidays Canada, It's a Wonderful Life, Movies, A Christmas Story, Holiday Movies, Christmas, Fifty News

Everyone knows the holidays are about spending time with the people we love. That's why we endure chaotic travel days, intrusive airport body scanners...

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Have a Very Merry Celluloid Christmas

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.15.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Carol, Home Alone, The Bishop's Wife, It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, Christmas, Entertainment News
John W. Whitehead

When I was a child in the 1950s, Christmas glowed. My parents didn't have much money to spend at Christmastime, but being poor didn't really matter al...

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It's A Wonderful -- Newt?

Paul Stoller | Posted 02.15.2012 | Politics
Read More: Political News, Myth, Newt Gingrich 2012, Presidential Politics, Poverty, 2012 Election, It's a Wonderful Life, Elections 2012, Jimmy Stewart, Newt Gingrich, Social Darwinism, Classic American Films, Lionel Barrymore, Politics News
Paul Stoller

If the glut of corporate money continues to poison our political system, it is possible that we could elect Newt "Mr. Potter" Gingrich to the presidency. How would someone who seems to know and care so little about poor people govern our country?

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'Raising Hope' Does 'It's A Wonderful Life'

Posted 12.14.2011 | TV
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After seeing his family mocked in a new film because Hope's grandparents tricked him into signing away their likeness rights, Jimmy lamented that he w...

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