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A New Local Opera Illuminates the Texture of Small Town Life Albany Records; Nov. 1 A few weeks ago, soprano Andrea Edith Moore was walking her dog down an alley in her Durham neighborhood when she came across a bomb squad removing a forgotten World War II mortar. A neighbor had discovered it in a crawlspace, left there by a previous owner of the house. Mesmerized, Moore hurried home. “I was like, ‘I’m the nosy neighbor,’ and I posted to the listserv,” Moore recalls, la...

Throughout his life Edward Bloom (Ewan McGregor) has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, portrayed by five-time Best Actor Oscar nominee Albert Finney (Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Erin Brockovich, 2000), he remains a huge mystery to his son, William (Billy Crudup). Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures in this marvel of a movie. DISC DETAILS ...

Legendary Comics Announces “Monsterously Exciting” GODZILLA VS KONG Companion Series Legendary Comics Announces "Monsterously Exciting" GODZILLA VS KONG Companion Series! By Josh Millican In anticipation of the March release of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures epic kaiju horror  Godzilla vs. Kong, Legendary Comics announced an exciting companion publishing program that will allow fans to dive deeper into stories re...

Legendary has unveiled a huge publishing initiative that ties into the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong.

Daniel Wallace: Half the prisoners on his wing at Durham Prison have had Covid-19, the court heard. Picture: Cumbria Police POLICE seized illicit drugs worth more than £15,000 from the home of a Carlisle man during a series of raids - two of which were triggered by the defendants bad driving, a court heard. But when 32-year-old Daniel Wallace appeared before a judge at the citys crown court he read aloud his letter of abject apology, telling Recorder Philip Grundy: "I am deeply sorry for t...

Carlisle man jailed for four years for drug supply A Carlisle man has been sentenced to four years for drug supply offences. Daniel Wallace, 32, of Pennine Way, was sentenced at Carlisle Crown Court today for six counts of possession with intent to supply class A and B drugs as well as a further charge of producing a class B drug. The breakdown of his sentence is as follows (to run concurrently): Two years custodial sentence for possession with intent to supply class A (1st count) Three y...

3:59 pm UTC Feb. 3, 2021 TAMPA, Fla. — Raymond James Stadium not only is the site of Super Bowl 55, but also a symbol of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 440,000 Americans. More than 1,300 of those people died here in Hillsborough County, which encompasses Tampa among its 1.4 million residents and this week includes fitting juxtaposition.   Colorful Super Bowl signage has brightened the 65,890-seat stadium, where the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will play the Kansas City Chiefs o...

Kenan Visiting Writer Kenan Visiting Writer Applications Open for Kenan Visiting Writer The Creative Writing Program in UNC’s Department of English and Comparative Literature seeks to bring an emerging talent to campus for a one-year teaching appointment as the Kenan Visiting Writer.  For the 2021-2022 academic year, beginning August 2021, the Program requests applicants in FICTION. This one-year appointment carries a salary of $40,000. The selected candidate will teach one undergraduate c...

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and The Shape of Water remain the only fantasy films to win Best Picture at the Oscars (some might even debate the latter as a fantasy film, but well include it here for its fairy tale elements). And before Return of the King in 2003, it was unheard of for any genre film to appear in the major categories at the Academy Awards. Even in 1940, the Wizard of Oz was only nominated for Best Picture—losing to Gone With the Wind. But more recently, genre fi...

Image: Insight Editions/Lucasfilm Star Wars fans are about to get a book all about lightsabers and they have Harry Potter to thank. It’s called Star Wars: The Lightsaber Collection, a slick, wide-format, hardcover book that features exclusive images and information on almost 60 different lightsabers in the Star Wars universe. None of which would’ve happened if not for the boy who lived. Advertisement The Harry Potter Wand Collection and so that is the inspiration for this book,” Lights...