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This week in history: 30th December – 5th January

A large blue magaicians hat at the entrance of Disney's Hollywood Studios.
A large blue magaicians hat at the entrance of Disney's Hollywood Studios.

Taking inspiration from Disney’s ‘Fantasia’ the hat represents the new age of Disney Hollywood Studios

On January 5th, Bradley Cooper and January Jones were born in 1975 and 1978 respectively. For those who are slow on the maths side of things that makes Cooper, star of Silver Linings Playbook and the highly anticipated American Hustle, 39 years old tomorrow. And January Jones, star of the hit show, Mad Men will turn 36.

In 2010, the box office flop Did You Here About The Morgans? starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant hit UK cinemas. Grossing only £50 million worldwide, this movie definitely didn’t kick 2010 cinema off to a good start.

American Psycho starring our beloved Batman, Christian Bale, premiered in 2000 at the annual Sundance Film Festival.

The eighth most-popular theme park in the world changed its name on January 5th 2008 to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. For almost 15 years, the theme park was known as Disney-MGM Studios. The theme park takes inspiration from the heyday of Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s. The name change was done to reflect ‘how the park has gone from representing the golden age of movies to a celebration of the new entertainment that today’s Hollywood has to offer’.

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Festive favourites: three Christmas must see’s

A middle aged man, Will Ferrell, lies across two tiny beds dressed as an elf in a red jumpsuit.
A middle aged man, Will Ferrell, lies across two tiny beds dressed as an elf in a red jumpsuit.

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It’s just over two weeks until Christmas day so it’s about time that you snuggled down with a glass of mulled wine, a mince pie and some of the best festive films. Here are a few of our choices blended with a bit of trivia that you probably didn’t know about these festive favourites.

It wouldn’t be Christmas without at least one showing of Love Actually, especially as it is ten years old this year. Essentially a holiday rom-com, Love Actually is filled with heart-warming tales alongside a star studded cast; from Martin Freeman to Keira Knightley. If you haven’t seen it (it’s on TV every Christmas, there’s no excuse) the film follows the interlinking lives of eight couples and their curious relationships, a month before Christmas in London.

Kris Marshall, (who you may recognise as the father from the BT adverts) plays Collin Frissel, actually refused his pay cheque for the scene in Love actually where three American girls undress him due to the fact that he reportedly had so much fun filming the 21 takes; he was willing to work for free.

Another cheering fact is that the lovely airport compilation of loved ones reuniting is real. A team of camera men filmed for the entirety of a week in Heathrow Airport, asking for permission from people when they captured a perfect moment.

Released in the same year, Elf is a Christmas classic. It’s an uplifting tale of a man raised as one of Santa’s elves, searching for his identity in the real world to hilarious consequence. You’d have to be a scrooge not to enjoy watching six foot three Will Ferrell prancing around in an elf suit. It was certainly distracting to drivers when Ferrell walked through Lincoln tunnel in his costume, so much so that it caused minor traffic accidents.

When Santa shows Michael his nice list, all of the names are people who worked on the movie, from Victoria Down, a key make-up artist, to Jimmy Miller the executive producer.

Finally, a timeless film, The Muppet Christmas Carol, released in 1992. We all know that this ageless picture follows the tale of a Christmas Carol but retold by the lovable Muppets cast. What you probably didn’t know is that there is a shop in the film named ‘Micklewhite’ after Michael Caine, who plays the part of Scrooge, as his real name is Maurice Micklewhite.

The film is also dedicated to the memory of Jim Henson and Richard Hunt. Jim Henson was the creator of the Muppets and the voice of Kermit and Richard Hunt was a puppeteer.

There you have it, three Christmas classics that you should definitely watch before the big day. Even if you’ve seen them many times before, they are guaranteed to get you in the Christmas spirit, and if you haven’t seen them then what are you waiting for? Go get your festive onesie on and get comfy with a spiced hot chocolate.