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Getting in the spirit! As the most wonderful time of the year nears, celebrities like Taylor Swift and Orlando Bloom are ringing in the holidays with their favorite flicks.

Just like Us, celebrities have a movie they love to watch as the holidays approach. While some love Macaulay Culkin taking down the bad guys in Home Alone, others prefer to watch Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) nearly shoot his eye out in the less-kid friendly A Christmas Story. For everyone who can’t get enough of the modern rom-com Love Actually, there is someone who prefers to press play on the classic It’s a Wonderful Life.

Jack Black, for example, revealed in 2019 his go-to festive movie is one of the more recent additions to the Christmas movie canon. “My favorite holiday film is, you know what, it’s got to be Elf, because once again [director]

Not giving up on love. Shakira shared a message that made it clear that she’s heading into 2023 with a positive outlook.

On New Year’s Day, the “Wherever, Whenever” songstress, 45, penned a note about healing after betrayal. “Although our wounds continue to be open in this new year, time has surgeon’s hands,” she wrote via Instagram in Spanish. “Even if someone has betrayed us, we have to keep trusting.”

The translated message continues, “In the face of contempt, keep valuing yourself. Because there are more good people than bad people. More empathetic people than indolent people. There are fewer who leave and more who stay by our side.”

Shakira concluded, “Our tears are not a waste, they water the soil where the future will be born and make us more human, so in the midst of heartbreak we can continue to love.”

She signed the Sunday, January 1, message

Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name! The critically acclaimed sitcom Cheers aired from 1982 to 1993, following a group of locals who hung out at a Boston bar of the same name.

“Everything I do is because of the popularity of that show,” Ted Danson said of the series during a September 2022 interview with Entertainment Tonight. “It still makes me laugh when I watch sometimes. It’s funny and it’s great to see my friends and they make me laugh.”

Danson played the bar’s owner and head bartender, Sam Malone, a former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher. For the first five seasons, his character had an on-again, off-again relationship with Diane Chambers (Shelley Long). During one of their off periods, Diane dated psychiatrist and bar regular Frasier Cane (Kelsey Grammer). Sam, for his part, pursued savvy businesswoman Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley)

A very royal Christmas! Britain’s beloved royal family has been spreading holiday cheer over the years through their festive season’s greetings cards.

Prince William and Duchess Kate often used the special occasion to document their growing family after their 2011 nuptials. The pair, who share Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, showed how much their children have grown in their festive 2021 photo, writing via Instagram, “Delighted to share a new image of the family, which features on this year’s Christmas card.”

In the sweet snap, William and Kate matched in green while their children kept it casual with their blue and camouflage outfits.

That same month, a source exclusively told Us Weekly that the royal family was expected to reunite with Queen Elizabeth II for the holidays after having to isolate the previous year due to COVID-19.

“The Cambridges are spending Christmas with the Queen at Sandringham. It’s