"It's a Wonderful Movie" FAMILY MOVIE AWARDS !

This is the very first "It's a Wonderful Movie Blog" Family Movie Awards! We will be honoring our favorites by Nominees & Winners! Be sure to check it out and click on Comments below to share your favorites.

All Nominees and Winners will be from Movies that aired or premiered on TV only in 2010. (We will honor the 2011 movies of this year - next year.) The winners below are highlighted in yellow!

FAVORITE FAMILY MOVIE on TV, 2010:


Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Dad's Home - Hallmark Channel
2. Den Brother  - Disney Channel
3. Emma - Masterpiece Theatre, PBS
4. Growing the Big One  - Hallmark Channel
5. Jack's Family Adventure - Hallmark Channel
6. Meet my Mom (A Soldier Love Story)- Hallmark Channel
7. Return to Cranford - Masterpiece Theatre, PBS
8. 16 Wishes  - Disney Channel
9. The Way Home  - Gospel Music Channel
10. Uncorked - Hallmark Channel



FAVORITE CHRISTMAS MOVIE on TV, 2010:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Battle of the Bulbs - Hallmark Channel
2. Call Me Mrs. Miracle  - Hallmark Channel
3. Christmas with a Capital C - Gospel Music Channel
4. Farewell Mr. Kringle  - Hallmark Channel
5. Gift of the Magi  - Hallmark Channel
6. The Night Before The Night Before Christmas - Hallmark Channel
7. The November Christmas - Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS
8. The Santa Suit - Hallmark Channel
9. On Strike for Christmas - Lifetime
10. The Town that Christmas Forgot - Hallmark Channel




FAVORITE ACTOR,  from a 2010 Family Movie:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Brad Stine - Christmas with a Capital C (Gospel Music Channel)
2. Daniel Stern - Battle of the Bulbs (Hallmark Channel)
3. David James Elliott - Dad's Home (Hallmark Channel)
4. Dean Cain - The Way Home, (Gospel Music Channel)
5. John Corbett - The November Christmas (Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)
6. Jonathon Silverman - Jack's Family Adventure (Hallmark Channel)
7. Jonny Lee Miller - Emma (Masterpiece Theatre, PBS)
8. Rick Roberts - The Town that Christmas Forgot & The Night Before The Night Before Christmas (Hallmark Channel)
9. Sam Elliott - The November Christmas (Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)
10. Ted McGinley - Christmas with a Capital C (Gospel Music Channel)



Ted McGinley - Christmas with a Capital C

FAVORITE ACTRESS,  from a 2010 Family Movie:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Christine Taylor - Farewell Mr Kringle (Hallmark Channel)
2. Doris Roberts - Call Me Mrs. Miracle (Hallmark Channel)
3. Judi Dench - Return to Cranford (Hallmark Channel)
4. Kimberly Williams-Paisley - Amish Grace (Lifetime)
5. Lauren Holly - Call Me Mrs. Miracle & The Town that Christmas Forgot (Hallmark Channel)
6. Lori Loughlin - Meet My Mom  (Hallmark Channel)
7. Nancy Stafford - Christmas with a Capital C (Gospel Music Channel)
8. Romola Garai - Emma (Masterpiece Theatre, PBS)
9. Sarah Paulson - The November Christmas (Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)
10. Wynona Ryder - When Love is Not Enough (Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)




Romola Garai - Emma

 

FAVORITE YOUNG ACTOR,  from a 2010 Family Movie:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Azer Greco - The Town that Christmas Forgot (Hallmark Channel)
2. Cameron Deane Stewart - A Walk in my Shoes (NBC)
3. Charles Henry Wyson - Meet My Mom (Hallmark Channel)
4. Cooper Peltz - Christmas with a Capital C (Gospel Music Channel)
5. Gage Munroe - The Night Before The Night Before Christmas (Hallmark Channel)
6. Hutch Dano - Den Brother (Disney Channel)
7. Quinn Lord - Call Me Mrs. Miracle (Hallmark Channel)
8. Ryan Grantham - Battle of the Bulbs (Hallmark Channel)
9. Sterling Knight - StarStruck (Disney Channel)
10. Will Shadley - Dad's Home (Hallmark Channel)



Charles Henry Wyson - Meet My Mom




FAVORITE YOUNG ACTRESS,  from a 2010 Family Movie:

Nominees (alphabetical order)-

1. Ali Lyons - The Santa Incident (Hallmark Channel)
2. Debby Ryan - 16 Wishes (Disney Channel)
3. Emily Ann Lind - The November Christmas (Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS)
4. Emily Tenant - Battle of the Bulbs (Hallmark Channel)
5. Francesca Derosa  - Christmas with a Capital C (Gospel Music Channel)
6. G. Hannelius - Den Brother (Disney Channel)
7. Jadin Gould - The Wishing Well (Hallmark Channel)
8. Kayla Carlson - Secrets of the Mountain (NBC)
9. Madison Davenport - Amish Grace (Lifetime) & Dad's Hom (Hallmark Channel)
10. Rebecca Williams - The Night Before The Night Before Christmas (Hallmark Channel)



G. Hannelius - Den Brother



Congratulations to all the Nominees & Winners!

Thank you for all these great Family Movies on TV...

Hallmark Channel, Gospel Music Channel, Lifetime, PBS, and Disney!

The Faith & Values Awards on Hallmark Movie Channel - Monday May 16th!

Catch the The 19th Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards on Hallmark Movie Channel. The Awards Program has been rescheduled for 7 PM est and will include Highlights from the original Faith & Values Awards Program.

These awards honor family entertainment and entertainment with inspiring, redemptive themes.

The 19th Annual MOVIEGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards originally took place on February 18, 2011. Click here to see the Nominees and Winners.

Congrats to Toy Story 3 - Sheriff Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Barbie, etc... Plus, News on the Next Toy Story Production!

It's amazing to me that a family movie, Toy Story 3, which is rated "G", was actually nominated for several Oscars, and in the Best Picture category, too! Wow! Unfortunately, Toy Story 3 didn't win in that category - it wasn't expected to. Instead, The King's Speech won - and while I like the actor, Colin Firth, forever Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice, 1995), I do not approve of Rated R movies, and in this case, it includes extreme profanity. I wanted to be sure you were all aware of this. I would love to see, in the future, a non-animated family film be nominated, though I 'm sure it will not be likely. If filmgoers chose these awards, instead of filmmakers, then I'm certain the nominess and results would be altogether very different!


TOY STORY 3 WON:


Best Animation

and...

Best Song

~ Randy Newman’s We Belong Together

News on the Next...
Toy Story Production:

The next production will be an "Animation Short" with many of the original Toy Story characters we know and love! 
The short is set to air before the Disney/Pixar movie “Cars 2″ in theaters, when it arrives on June 24, 2011.

The image below was shared by “Toy Story 3″ director, Lee Unkrich, who posted this scene image on his Twitter account, to share with fans, an image preview from the upcoming “Toy Story” short “Hawaiian Vacation.”

To Infinity and Beyond !!!

The 2010 Dove Awards - Christian Music Awards

The 2010 Dove Awards are airing exclusively on the Gospel Music Channel this year. Catch the show on Sunday Night, April 25th, 2010. Premieres at 8 PM and Encore Presentations air at 10 PM and 12 AM.

From the Gospel Music Association:

The 41st annual GMA Dove Awards will be hosted by 2009’s Female Vocalist of the Year, Natalie Grant, and multiple Dove Award-winning group MercyMe’s frontman Bart Millard.

While the awards will be a highlight of the show, music performances will take center stage at this year’s GMA Dove Awards, showcasing some of gospel music’s top-selling and most diverse artists.


Artists scheduled to appear... include Casting Crowns, TobyMac, Natalie Grant, Donald Lawrence, Jason Crabb, MercyMe, and many more to be announced soon.

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I am, personally, so excited that they chose Natalie Grant to host. She is one of my favorite female Christian Artist... I love her songs - Held and Wonderful Life. She is so perky, fun, real, fashionable, kind, and sweet! I love to catch her whenever she's interviewed because she's like a breath of fresh air... so the show must be great!

When asked about hosting, Natalie Grant said... “Hosting the GMA Dove Awards is a real honor. I am, and have always been, a fan of Christian music and to help shine a brighter spotlight on the message of the music that's changing lives by honoring the artists who create it, will be a tremendous privilege. I love that it’s not a night of competition, but an evening of giving honor and celebrating one another. It's really more like a family gathering that I look forward to every year.“

41st Annual GMA Dove Awards Performers



TobyMac with Diverse City


Casting Crowns


BeBe & CeCe Winans


Natalie Grant with Jordin Sparks


MercyMe


Ricky Skaggs


Donald Lawrence with Jason Crabb


Francesca Battistelli


Gordon Kennedy


Kari Jobe with Phillips, Craig & Dean


A Special Tribute to Southern Gospel featuring the Blackwood Brothers, the Booth Brothers, Legacy 5, the Crabb Family, The Perrys and Mosie Lister
 
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God bless all of these wonderful Christian Artists! I hope this show will be a blessing to You and Your Family!

TV Land Awards - air Sunday Night, April 25th

This is the 8th Annual TV Land Awards.

April 25, 2010 :

8th Annual TV Land Awards ... TV Land ... 9 PM *NEW

8th Annual TV Land Awards ... TV Land ... 10:30 PM *ENCORE PRESENTATION

This years host is Tim Allen... everyone's favorite Tool Guy (Home Improvement - Tim Taylor) & Santa Claus (The Santa Clause Trilogy of Movies), plus Buzz Lightyear (from Toy Story)!!!  I am so excited TV Land was able to get Tim Allen to host... he's a great choice - a great comedic, a terrific TV Land actor icon, and a big movie star!

Information from TV Land:
The Eighth Annual TV Land Awards will honor legendary comedians Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner, reunite the cast of Love Boat and Everybody Loves Raymond; and pay tribute to the late Farrah Fawcett with a special appearance from her Charlie's Angels co-stars Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith.

Love Boat will receive the Fan Favorite Award. Expected at the event to accept the award are Gavin Macleod; Fred Grandy; Bernie Kopell; Ted Lange; Lauren Tewes; Jill Whelan; and Charo.

Some of television and film's most iconic names will be presenters at the TV Land Awards, among them Jay Leno, Billy Crystal, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick, Bob Newhart and Betty White.The entire cast of Everybody Loves Raymond will reunite for the first time since the death of fellow cast member Peter Boyle to receive the Impact Award at this year's show. Everybody Loves Raymond joined the TV Land prime-time schedule line-up on March 18.


Find out More Details on the Awards Show 
on TV Land's Web-site:
http://www.tvland.com/awards2010/allaccess/