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Love Always, Santa
''Love Always, Santa'' is a 2016 romantic comedy television film first broadcast by Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. It was written by Brian Herzlinger and Jay Black, directed by Brian Herzlinger, and produced by MarVista Entertainment. The film was set in and partially filmed in Northfield, Minnesota. Plot The daughter (Isadora Swann) of a widow (Marguerite Moreau) writes to Santa Claus, asking for her mother to find love again. A struggling writer (Mike Faiola), who has taken a job writing responses in Santa's name, receives the letter, and he finds new inspiration and the beginnings of a romance. Cast * Marguerite Moreau as Celia. * Mike Faiola as Jake. * Brady Smith as Randy. * Isadora Swann as Lilly. * Jay Black as Hank. Reception Philip Weyhe of the Northfield News called it "largely enjoyable, rather funny and a good time." Weyhe criticized the film for being sappy and predictable, but praised Isadora Swann's and Marguerite Moreau's performances. See also * Northfield, Minne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Black (comedian)
Jay Black (born 1976) is an American comedian, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Black grew up in the Marlton, Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. He attended Helen L. Beeler Elementary School along with his future writing and producing partner Brian Herzlinger. Black graduated from Cherokee High School in 1994 and from The College of New Jersey in 1999. He taught English at Seneca High School and Shawnee High School before leaving in 2007 to pursue a career in stand-up comedy.Kolumbic, Dubravka"Once a teacher, now a comedian, Marlton's Jay Black still knows how to work a room" ''The Central Record'', February 7, 2012; accessed September 26, 2017. "Jay Black, a former English teacher at Shawnee High School, will be back at his old employer to support the Shawnee Soccer Booster Club comedy night fundraiser on Feb. 10. (see related story). Black was an English teacher at Shawnee for four years and also taught at Seneca High School." He was the college comic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Herzlinger
Brian Scott Herzlinger (born February 19, 1976, Brooklyn, New York) is an American film director who directed and starred in ''My Date with Drew'', a documentary released in 2005. Herzlinger graduated from Ithaca College (NY) with a film degree in 1997. Early years Herzlinger grew up in Evesham Township, New Jersey, where he attended Cherokee High School (New Jersey), Cherokee High School, graduating in 1994 as the prom king. In 1997, he graduated from Ithaca College with a BS in Cinema & Photography. He had written and directed a short, student film called ''The Film Contest'' shot on 16mm film. After moving to Los Angeles, Herzlinger directed more short films, including ''Malicious Intent''. He worked at DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks and MGM and also as a Production Assistant on several commercials and music videos. Afterwards, he worked for two years as a Producer's P.A. on the CBS medical drama ''Chicago Hope'', and worked his way up to Executive Producer Bill D'Elia's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite Moreau
Marguerite Moreau (born April 25, 1977) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Jesse Reeves in the fantasy horror film ''Queen of the Damned'', Katie in the comedy ''Wet Hot American Summer'', and her role as Connie in ''The Mighty Ducks'' series of films. She has also made appearances on the popular television series ''Smallville'', ''Lost'', ''Cupid'' and ''The O.C.'' Life and career Moreau was born on April 25, 1977 in Riverside, California. Her first break-out role was playing the recurring part of Melanie on ''Blossom'' in 1994 and 1995. She guest starred in several TV series such as ''Boy Meets World'' and ''3rd Rock from the Sun''. As a child actress, she appeared in the ''Mighty Ducks'' films playing Connie Moreau. After graduating from Vassar College with her B.A. in political science in 1999, she landed some of her most prominent roles. In 2001, she starred as Katie in ''Wet Hot American Summer''. She reprised the role in the prequel '' Wet Hot American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Faiola
Mike Faiola is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Eric in ''Quarterlife'' and Kevin Hamilton in ''Awkward Awkward may refer to: * Awkwardness or embarrassment, an emotional state of intense discomfort with people * ''Awkward'' (TV series), an American teen comedy series * ''Awkward'' (album), a 2001 album by Ty * ''Awkward'', a 1999 graphic novel by ...''. Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people American male film actors American male television actors 1978 births {{US-tv-actor-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brady Smith (actor)
Brady Smith (born December 29, 1971) is an American actor and author. Career Smith has appeared on various television series, including '' ER'' (1994), '' JAG'' (1995), '' Charmed'' (1998), '' Judging Amy'' (1999), ''CSI: Miami'' (2002), '' The Comeback'' (2005), ''The Mentalist'' (2009), '' White Collar'' (2011), ''Criminal Minds'' (2014) and Alexa & Katie (2020) as Joe. In 2010, Smith starred in the Hallmark Channel television movie ''Ice Dreams'', and starred as Matt Thompson in the television movie '' The Jensen Project''. In 2013 he was cast in the MTV television series '' Happyland''. Smith played the father of the titular character in the 2016 television movie ''The Perfect Daughter''. Personal life Smith was born in Houston, Texas, and graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1994. On July 9, 2005, he married actress Tiffani Thiessen Tiffani Amber Thiessen (born January 23, 1974) is an American actress who starred as Kelly Kapowski on NBC's ''Saved by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony DeSare
Tony DeSare (born 1976) is an American jazz singer, pianist and songwriter. Early life DeSare was born in Glens Falls, New York in 1976. He began playing the piano as a young child, and had public performances in his late teens. He kept performing locally during his studies at Ithaca College. Later life and career DeSare moved to New York in 1998 and played in a hotel, then performed in an off-Broadway musical. He met guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, who helped his career develop. DeSare's debut album, ''Want You'', was released by Telarc in 2005. The material included standards, covers of lesser-known pieces, and originals. It peaked at No. 43 on the ''Billboard'' jazz albums chart. DeSare's 2007 release ''Last First Kiss'' also included originals and standards, from Prince's "Kiss" and Carole King's "I Feel the Earth Move" to " Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You" and " How Deep Is the Ocean?" It was featured on NPR National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MarVista Entertainment
MarVista Entertainment is an American production company, based in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. The company mainly provides financing and some original content, mainly made-for-TV films and direct-to-SVOD titles, many of which are carried by networks such as Lifetime (such as the Will Ferrell/Kristen Wiig Lifetime Movie trope parody film '' A Deadly Adoption''), along with Netflix, Ion Television, Disney Channel, and Hallmark Channel. History MarVista was founded in 2003 by Fernando Joseph Szew and Michael Jacobs as a commission-based distributor of third party programming. , MarVista had expanded its library of 250 hours of licensed programming to over 2,500 hours of programming to television broadcasters and other global distribution channels in its 125 territories, including video on demand (VOD), subscription video on demand (SVOD), and broadband platforms through MarVista Digital Entertainment (MVDE). MVDE was launched in 2014 to handle distribution and licensing of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (formerly known as Hallmark Movie Channel, and also known as HMM) is an American digital cable and satellite television channel owned by Crown Media Holdings. The channel was spun off from sister network Hallmark Channel, and airs family-oriented feature and television films along with a limited number of murder- and mystery-themed television series. As of February 2015, Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is available to approximately 55,827,000 pay television households (48% of households with television) in the United States. History Hallmark Movie Channel The Hallmark Movie Channel was launched in January 2004 as an outlet for additional movies and series available to the Hallmark Channel (HC) that the station did not have the airtime to run. Two series were initially picked up, with ''Magnum, P.I.'' available at launch and ''Diagnosis Murder'' available in January 2005. Crown Media shifted showing their Mystery Movie film series in 2008 from Hallmark Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference, a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally united. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature. Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres, not a single new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. Description The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie or TV film/movie, is a feature-length film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a television network, in contrast to theatrical films made for initial showing in movie theaters, and direct-to-video films made for initial release on home video formats. In certain cases, such films may also be referred to and shown as a miniseries, which typically indicates a film that has been divided into multiple parts or a series that contains a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Origins and history Precursors of "television movies" include ''Talk Faster, Mister'', which aired on WABD (now WNYW) in New York City on December 18, 1944, and was produced by RKO Pictures, and the 1957 ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', based on the poem by Robert Browning, and starring Van Johnson, one of the first filmed "family musicals" made directly for television. That film was made in Technicolor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northfield, Minnesota
Northfield is a city in Dakota and Rice counties in the State of Minnesota. It is mostly in Rice County, with a small portion in Dakota County. The population was 20,790 at the 2020 census. History Northfield was platted in 1856 by John W. North. Local legend says that the town was named for John North and a Mr. Field. North, realizing that the town straddled the proposed northern border of Rice county, went to the state capital to lobby to move the border one mile north. Northfield was founded by settlers from New England known as "Yankees" as part of New England's colonization of what was then the far west. It was an early agricultural center with many wheat and corn farms. The town also supported lumber and flour mills powered by the Cannon River. As the "wheat frontier" moved west, dairy operations and diversified farms replaced wheat-based agriculture. The region has since moved away from dairy and beef operations. Today it produces substantial crops of corn and soybeans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Claus
Santa Claus, also known as Father Christmas, Saint Nicholas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle, or simply Santa, is a Legend, legendary figure originating in Western Christianity, Western Christian culture who is said to Christmas gift-bringer, bring children gifts during the late evening and overnight hours on Christmas Eve of toys and candy or coal or nothing, depending on whether they are "naughty or nice". In the legend, he accomplishes this with the aid of Christmas elf, Christmas elves, who make the toys in Santa's workshop, his workshop, often said to be at the North Pole, and Santa Claus's reindeer, flying reindeer who pull his sleigh through the air. The modern figure of Santa is based on folklore traditions surrounding Saint Nicholas (European folklore), Saint Nicholas, the English figure of Father Christmas and the Folklore of the Low Countries, Dutch figure of ''Sinterklaas''. Santa is generally depicted as a portly, jolly, white-bearded man, often with spectacles, wearing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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