CBS to Broadcast Christina Aguilera’s Holiday Special, “Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris”

Christina Aguilera is spreading holiday cheer with a little help from CBS.

The network will air Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris, a new holiday special from the the 44-year-old half-Ecuadorian American Grammy-winning pop star.

Christina Aguilera

It marks the 25th anniversary of her holiday album My Kind of Christmas.

The special will air on Monday, December 22 at 9 p.m.

It follows a two-night theatrical run; it debuted in theaters on December 14 with more showings on December 21 and is accompanied by a special live performance album, Christmas in Paris.

Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris was filmed in front of a small audience above the Musée du Quai Branly, with Aguilera performing holiday classics and her other hits against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, fashioned into a Christmas tree. It features special guests Sheila E. and Yseult, with Aguilera also sharing her thoughts on love, motherhood and her career.

The special is produced by Vertigo Live in association with Roc Nation. Sam Wrench directs and exec produces via his Next of Kin banner, which he launched in partnership with EverWonder Studio.

On CBS’ schedule, it will follow the second part of the Everybody Loves Raymond 30th Anniversary reunion, which airs at 8:00 pm that night.

Coixet Reuniting with Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson for “Learning to Drive”

Isabel Coixet must’ve really liked working with Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson…

The 53-year-old Spanish filmmaker is reunting with Kingley and Clarkson on Learning to Drive, which is currently shooting in New York.

Isabel Coixet

Coixet previously worked with the actors previously on the film Elegy.

Learning to Drive is based on a Katha Pollitt essay first published in The New Yorker in 2002.

The film also stars Jake Weber, Grace Gummer and Sarita Choudhury.

Clarkson will portray a Manhattanite who takes driving lessons from a Sikh instructor (Kingsley) who is living in Queens under political asylum.

Coixet’s other directing credits include a segment in Paris, je t’aime, My Life Without Me and The Secret Life of Words.