Into the Wild (2007).
Wild in the Streets (1968); as the vigilante boss of police inspector Clint Eastwood in
Magnum Force (1973); as a NASA exec who engineers a fake Mars landing in
Capricorn One (1977); as a judge who takes matters into his own hands in
The Star Chamber (1983); and as old-school stockbroker Lou Mannheim in
Wall Street (1987).
Holbrook played Twain longer than Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who made Twain his pen name in 1863. He first appeared as the famed author and humorist in the late 1940s in a show for school groups; Holbrook’s first wife, Ruby, would ask questions of famous people in history, including Twain. He turned that into the one-man show,
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Hal Holbrook, the Oscar-nominated actor known for playing Deep Throat in All the President's Men, has died at 95.
Holbrook, who also appeared in Wall Street, Into The Wild and Lincoln, died on 23 January, his assistant told the New York Times.
As Deep Throat, Holbrook leaks vital evidence to the journalists investigating the Watergate scandal.
Holbrook also had a distinguished theatre career, mostly notably in his one-man show portraying Mark Twain.
He had numerous TV credits to his name, including two appearances in US political drama The West Wing as Republican Albie Duncan.
37 great sledding hills in Northeast Ohio
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
Posted Feb 01, 2021
There are plenty of great sledding hills to check out in Northeast Ohio. (Photos from cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer archives)
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Though the winter season in Cleveland can often be full of gray days and slush, it also brings its own kind of fun in the form of sledding.
Every snow day, local kids break out their toboggans, tubes and sleds to speed down locally renowned hills. During the coronavirus pandemic, social distancing is a manageable feat on a sledding hill -- and face masks are a welcome accessory in frigid temperatures.
Man pushing stolen grill in street at 3:40 a.m. has a well-traveled criminal history: Cleveland Heights Police Blotter
Updated Jan 30, 2021;
Posted Jan 29, 2021
Cleveland Heights police are investigating a burglary that took place at a woman's home in which a large-screen TV and mink coat were stolen.
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Warrant arrest: Superior Road
At 3:40 a.m. Jan. 26, an officer on patrol saw a man walking in the street pushing a grill. Ten minutes earlier, the officer had seen the man standing near the entrance to Cain Park, at Lee and Superior roads, without the grill.
The officer asked the man why he was walking in the street with a grill in 30-degree weather at 3:40 a.m. The man replied that he was retrieving the grill from his cousin’s house and that he owned it. He could not provide an address or phone number for his cousin.
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Cain Park Arts Festival is planning an in-person return in 2021. (Google maps)
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — The Cain Park Arts Festival plans to return in July with an in-person event.
The beloved local festival is scheduled for July 9-11, but is subject to any pandemic restrictions. Organizers are now accepting applications for artists looking to exhibit their work during the event.
Arts Festival Director George Kozmon said the plan is to streamline the event in 2021 to ensure attendee safety.
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"Beyond the normal logistics of holding the festival, we are focused on safe interaction between our exhibiting artists and the audience," he told Patch in an email. Applications for interested artists will be accepted until March 5.
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Ryan Humbert's Holiday Extravaganza goes online this year with proceeds benefiting the National Independent Venue Association.
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For more than a decade, Ryan Humbert’s Holiday Extravaganza brought some seasonal cheer to the Akron Civic Theatre and raised money for a worthy cause.
This year, he’s taking the extravaganza to 17 locations — or at least their Facebook pages — and the cause couldn’t be more important to the musicians participating.
“This summer when everyone started realizing concerts weren’t coming back in the traditional sense, my longtime singing partner and co-conspirator Emily Bates and I started talking about what might the Christmas show look like,” Humbert said. “Should we cancel or pivot in another direction?