Robert Grant

'Tis the season for making dreams true. If everything goes according to plan for one young boy, he just may be sharing this Christmas with a new dad. Ever since her husband died, Sarah Armstrong (Emmy nominee Gail O'Grady, NYPD Blue) has divided her time between working at a community center and caring for her nine-year-old son, Jesse (Jimmy 'Jax' Pinchak, The Polar Express). When Jesse wins the ?All I Want for Christmas? contest sponsored by a toy company, his wish comes as no surprise?to find a new dad. When Sarah's single-mom status becomes a national news story, she's not the only one who's taken aback. Her longtime friend, Ben Grant (Robert Mailhouse, Days of Our Lives), a newspaper writer and Jesse's best buddy, finds his own feelings for Sarah finally emerging?just as they're being undone by a toy company's publicity stunt. The most frustrated one of all is Jesse. He's been rooting for Ben all along, but the only man making any headway is Roger, (Greg Germann, Ally McBeal) the contest's wealthy, but totally unworthy, dating chaperone. After every one of Sarah's bad dates and potential suitors fall by the wayside, Roger's the one who finally proposes. A stunned Sarah accepts. The public loves a happy ending. Of course, so do Ben and Jesse, who've bonded even more over their mutual dislike for Jesse's potential new father. Now, they have to work hard and fast to make that happy ending come true for them?and ultimately for Sarah, if she's willing to listen to heart. Just in time for the holidays, All I Want for Christmas is a surprise romantic treat for anyone who believes in the magic of love, friendship, and family.

With a grant to sustain him, Robert announces he's leaving corporate life to dedicate himself to the well-being of college-aged women.

With a grant to sustain him, Robert announces he's leaving corporate life to dedicate himself to the well-being of college-aged women.

The Civil War: Season 1: Episode 4 -- Their names are etched forever in history-- Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg-- some of the Civil War's stormiest battlegrounds. While life in the South becomes more desperate, Northern opposition to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation also grows. The combat spearheaded by Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee brings the war to a fever pitch, and both sides strain with the weariness of so many years under siege.

The Civil War: Season 1: Episode 1 -- The stage is set for war as the nation begins to tear apart. Opposition by the North to slavery in the South fuels a bitter debate, and the country wrestles with conflicts between the Union and States' rights. Commanding center stage are twering figures-- Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. From Harper's Ferry to Fort Sumter, the first chapters unfold in a conflict from which there would be no turning back.

Nathaniel Ayers was a a Julliard-trained musician who found himself living on the streets of L.A.'s Skid Row. His story--which brings to light the serious issue of mental illness in the United States--was captured in the book 'The Soloist' by Steve Lopez and in an upcoming movie with Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. Recently, The California Endowment, a health foundation, presented a grant to the founders of the Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Foundation as it launches to fund the arts at mental health agencies and arts organizations that serve the mentally ill.

The town of Port Gibson, Mississippi is in need of your help. Declared 'too beautiful to burn' by Ulysses S. Grant during the notoriously destructive Vicksburg Campaign of 1863, Port Gibson has become one of the most historically significant towns in the South. Now, a highway expansion project and almost twenty years of indecision and infighting threaten to transform Church Street, a lovely, tree-lined avenue, into a major interstate. Meet a few locals determined to save this national treasure. Help unite the community around an Eastern bypass! Sign the petition to save Port Gibson at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-port-gibson-mississippi For more information on other ways you can help the cause, please visit: www.portgibsonheritagetrust.org Credits - A Pete's House Production A film by Grady McGahan Shot by: Robert Northrup Archival Footage: Robert Clark Music: 'The Second Battle of Port Gibson' by Lonesome Mel, Mary Mac, and Larry Special Thanks: Bob Thibodeaux, Terry Merritt, Jane Ellis, Al Hollingsworth, Shirley & Willie Daigle, Georgia's at the Depot, and Port Gibson Heritage Trust If you like the music, be sure to check out www.myspace.com/lonesomemel

At the beginning of April 1865, Grant's relentless pressure finally forced Gen. Robert E. Lee to evacuate Richmond, and after a nine-day retreat, Lee surrendered his army at the Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

Nathan Fillion and Stanya Katic talk about the second season of their detective series.

Timequest movie trailer - starring Bruce Campbell, Victor Slezak, Caprice Benedetti, Vince Grant, Bruce Corbin. Directed by Robert Dyke. Genre: Sci-Fi Rating: R

Hail Caesar movie trailer - starring Robert Downey, Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, Grant Cramer, Leslie Danon, Jaime Cardriche. Directed by Anthony Michael Hall. Genre: Comedy Rating: PG

Biographer Liz Pryor reveals Robert E. Lee's greatest regret about his military career.