Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” has been a Christmas classic for decades. Everyone knows the story by heart, but still, we always want to see the latest version when it comes to the movie theater or television. Since it’s such a beloved tale, here are the top 10 reasons why “A Christmas Carol” is one of the greatest parts of the Christmas season. 1. The many Scrooges: Each version of “A Christmas Carol” has a a great actor to headline the film as Ebenezer Scrooge. Patrick Stewart, Bill Murray (“Scrooged”), James Earl Jones (“Bah, Humbug”), Lionel Barrymore, Basil Rathbone, and more. Even women have played Scrooge in different tellings of…

Even though soap operas “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” are still going to have a life on the internet, AOL TV via the New York Post is reporting that “Children” star Susan Lucci has written a piece against ABC daytime exec Brian Frons in the epilogue of her book, “All My Life: A Memoir.” The claims Lucci puts against Frons include his decisions to hire a new head writer in 2008 who oversaw writing Lucci wrote was “subpar,” to move the show to New York from Los Angeles and pushed the shows creator, Agnes Nixon, out. Lucci also writes that Frons said to her in April that…

Kelly Ripa is upset over the cancellation of “All My Children,” according to People Online. Ripa told the magazine that the cancellation is like a death in the family. “‘All My Children was more than a job,” she said in a statement. “It was my family. It was there that I met my husband. It was there when my first two children were born; it was there where I met many of my life-long friends. It was the greatest training ground ever. I feel heart sick.” Ripa’s character on “Children” was Haley Vaughn; Ripa played the character until 2002, when she left the show to become a co-host on “Live…

Did the well-known household detergent, Ivory Snow, feature a young Marilyn Chambers on their box prior to her rise to fame as an adult film actress? Did Mars Inc. – makers of M&M’s – really turn down product placement in the 1982 hit film “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial,” paving the way for Reese’s Pieces to cash in on E.T.’s success? Was Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones murdered? Is the famous grainy footage of “Bigfoot” a hoax? “Bigfoot Phone Home” airs tonight Wednesday November 19th at 10 pm only on TV Land. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock for the latest “Myths and Legends” news and more.

New York, NY, September 22, 2008 – TV Land takes a closer look at some of the most shocking stories that have become notorious and compelling Hollywood tales in the second season premiere of “Myths and Legends” on Wednesday, October 8 at 10 p.m. (ET/PT). The series will debut during TV Land PRIME, the network’s new primetime programming block designed to appeal to the attitudes, life stage and interests of people in their 40s and 50s. The seven-episode series examines some of pop culture’s most talked about stories revolving around Hollywood’s most famous entertainers such as – Ozzy Osbourne, James Dean, Jennifer Lopez, Marilyn Monroe, William Shatner, Jack Nicholson and…