Hollywood has always smelled money in teams, am I wrong? Who can blame them? The list of Gold Teams is endless. We remember Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, Hope and Crosby, Judy and Mickey, Roy Rogers and Trigger, and then Jane came along and Tarzan dropped Cheeta, just when we kids loved them. The […]
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Richard Russo’s ‘Straight Man’ is back on campus in new AMC series
The show, called ‘Lucky Hank,’ is based on the 1997 novel and stars Bob Odenkirk as a small college professor in a mid-life crisis. The second episode airs Sunday.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
‘Winnie the Pooh’ slasher film pulled from Hong Kong cinemas
For many, the character is a playful taunt of China’s President Xi Jinping.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World, News
Eight dolphins dead after stranding in New Jersey
The dolphins have been taken to the New Jersey State Lab for necropsies to try to help biologists understand why the mammals stranded on a beach.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Virginia Zeani, renowned and versatile opera diva, dies at 97
Her specialty was the role of Violetta in Verdi’s ‘La Traviata,’ which she sang more than 600 times after her first performance in 1948 in Bologna, most of them at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
What made Beethoven sick? DNA from his hair offers clues
Scientists find a genetic risk for liver disease, plus a liver-damaging hepatitis B infection in the last months of his life.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Tejano musician Fito Olivares dies in Houston at 75
He was known for songs that were wedding and quinceanera mainstays, including the hit ‘Juana La Cubana.’
Posted inLife & Culture, On Music Lucky Clark
Haley Reinhart comes from family of musicians
Singer, songwriter, actor releases first original EP ‘Off the Ground.’
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Maine poet Richard Blanco among arts luminaries honored by Biden
The Maine poet and author receives a National Humanities Medal at a White House ceremony.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, New England
Tom Hanks named Harvard’s 2023 commencement speaker
Recent speakers include the late Rep. John Lewis and filmmaker Steven Spielberg.