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John Carpenter says that there's been talk of a sequel to The Fog.

We must teach about slavery; Cardona article lacking; Ban Styrofoam; Remembering Hal Holbrook

Shamrock shenanigans: Dropkick Murphys, who got their start in Quincy, will stream a free full-lenght concert on St. Patricks Day.

The full-length concert will be free to watch, but the band is asking fans for donations, to “help support us in our efforts to keep paying our employees,” said singer Ken Casey, a Milton native who now lives in Hingham.   In addition to Casey, the bands current lineup is, Al Barr on vocals, Matt Kelly on drums, James Lynch on guitar, Tim Brennan on accordion, mandolin, bouzouki and tin whistle, and Jeff DaRosa on banjo, mandolin, bouzouki and keyboards. Kevin Rheault and Lee Roshner wil...

Horror in Print: My Personal Journey With Horror (Swimming Upstream PART 5) Horror in Print: My Personal Journey With Horror (Swimming Upstream PART 5) by B Harrison Smith By B Harrison Smith *Editor’s Note: B Harrison Smith is well known to horror fans as the writer/director of The Fields, Death House, and Camp Dread. He also directed The Special, released in 2020. My first “chapter book” was Charlotte’s Web which, in som...

By David Carroll, commentary Recently I was honored to deliver the eulogy for my uncle, Owen Norris of Ider, Alabama. He was a child of the Great Depression. He learned how to build and fix things out of necessity, he served our country in a MASH unit in Korea, and he started his own business. He raised a great family, traveled the world, helped his neighbors, was an expert woodworker, a believer, an athlete, and a great storyteller. That’s the short version of an incredible 90-year life. (If...

Whats Happening with Disneys Hercules Remake from the Russo Brothers? Whats Happening with Disneys Hercules Remake from the Russo Brothers? Joe Russo says the Hercules live-action remake is still in development with a screenplay coming in in about a week. Dont worry, its still happening. Disneys live-action Hercules remake has gotten a promising new update from producers Joe and Anthony Russo. Last year, it was announced that the remake was in the works at Walt Disney Pictures with the Russo Br...

CinemaBlend Copy to clipboard For anyone who regularly logs into Twitter on a daily basis, theres always the innate fear of seeing news that a celebrity or otherwise noteworthy person has died. Sometimes the fear is justified, with Hollywood icons such as Christopher Plummer, Hal Holbrook, Cicely Tyson and more having passed away all within a week of each other. Other times, however, death rumors require some deeper research to gauge their legitimacy, as it went regarding the unproven claims th...

The Patriot Ledger Almost all of the claims in a federal lawsuit against Whole Foods for punishing employees who wore Black Lives Matter face masks have been dismissed, including claims made by a Randolph resident. The lawsuit named 14 plaintiffs, including Suverino Frith, of Randolph. Frith worked at the Whole Foods on River Street in Cambridge and said in the lawsuit that he was sent home after showing up to work wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask. Attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan filed ...

Famed for his Mark Twain one-man show, actor Hal Holbrook dies at 95 In 1985, actor Hal Holbrook told an interviewer in Kalamazoo, Michigan, that American humorist-writer Mark Twain “has become integrated into my whole life … no matter what the subject, he’s always a tremendously amusing wise old bird.” By that time, Holbrook had been performing his one-man show, “Mark Twain Tonight” for 31 consecutive years—just about the midpoint of its run. The actor went on, “I think it wou...