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Kathy Griffin, Richard Jutras, Brian McNamara, Vanessa L. Williams, John Taylor (IV) ... see more see more... , Christiane Paul , Igor Chillik , Brian McKnight , Amy Sloan , Henry Pardo , Stéphanie Biddle , Linda Goodwin , Michelle Lipper , Helena-Alexis Seymour , Vanessa Morgan , Joshua Archambault , Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas

"Christmas Can Be Such a Bitch" was the tasteful advertising tag line for this updated and revised TV-movie adaptation of Dickens' oft-filmed fable A Christmas Carol. This time around, Victorian penny... read more read more...-pincher Ebenezer Scrooge as been transformed into a beautiful, imperious, foul-mouthed pop singer named Ebony (Vanessa L. Williams). Lording it over her staff in general and her long-suffering manager and former boyfriend Bob Cratchett (Brian McNamara) in particular, Ebony intends to callously exploit the Yuletide season by staging a charity Christmas concert "on behalf of the homeless," an act of "generosity" designed mainly to up her popularity and increase her own bank account. Inevitably, on the eve of the concert, the contentious Ebony is visited by a number of spirits who persuade her to change her ways before it's too late. Chilli of TLC is seen as the ghost of Ebony's former singing partner Marli Jacob while Duran Duran's John Taylor shows up as the Spirit of Christmas Present. No better or worse than any other "improved" version of the Dickens original, A Diva's Christmas Carol was filmed in Montréal and telecast over VH1 on December 13, 2000. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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PG, 1 hr. 28 min.

Directed by: Richard Schenkman

Release Date: December 13, 2000

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DVD Release Date: November 19, 2002

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  • August 25, 2008
    before she changed herself and ways, ebony scrooge was a real piece of work....i liked this version...

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