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Scream is one of the worst slasher movies ever made (No, not that one) Contributed by Shared Share This Page Scream is quite possibly the most amateurish, bloodless, and downright tedious slasher ever to grace the big screen. Saying that about Wes Cravens mid-90s game-changer would cast you as a horror pariah, but Craven’s Scream wasn’t the first slasher to bear that name. There’s a much lesser-known movie that somehow found its way into cinemas during the genres first gold...

This week marks the last episodes of Jeopardy! that will feature Alex Trebek, the legendary game show host we all came to love over his 37 season run on the syndicated program. Sadly, Alex Trebek passed away on November 8. Hed been battling pancreatic cancer for many years. The show will go on, but it certainly will feel different. To watch the last batch of episodes to feature Alex Trebek as host, you can catch Jeopardy! weekdays at 3:00 PM on KWWL (channel 7), and you can play Jeopardy!�...

Cape Coral first responders honor good Samaritan for attempt to save young brothers Published: January 6, 2021 10:44 PM EST Updated: January 7, 2021 12:29 AM EST Recommended Although he was unable to save their lives, first responders in Cape Coral recognized his selfless act. Brothers John Wayne, 10 years old, and Titus, 7 years old, are never returning home to their family. But Tyler Ravert, a complete stranger, did everything he could to save them on a night in November 2020. “The boys, th...

Niskayuna High grad featured on History Channel’s ‘Pawn Stars’ | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS January 5, 2021 From left, Danielle Elizabeth, Austin Lee Russell (aka Chumlee) and Rick Harrison check out a jacket once worn by Billy Gibbons during a recent episode of the reality series “Pawn Stars” on the History Channel. Shares0 Niskayuna High School graduate and Las Vegas showgirl Danielle Flahive got more than she bargained for on the latest episode of “Pawn Stars.” Flahive appeared...

For 10 years the WYO Theater has featured the Classic Western Film Series. Each film will feature a guest host, prize giveaways and free popcorn. The film series was started in 2010 by board chair, Gene Sturlin while he was a board member. Each film is now introduced by Sturlin and a guest host who touches on highlights, lowlights and funny anecdotes from the film.   This year’s lineup includes The Apple Dumpling Gang, Disney’s version of a Western comedy, starring Don Knotts and Tim Conw...

Obituary: Joan Deschler Bamel CUMBERLAND FORESIDE - On the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, surrounded by the people she loved most, Joan Deschler Bamel, ... Share Joan Deschler Bamel CUMBERLAND FORESIDE – On the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, surrounded by the people she loved most, Joan Deschler Bamel, passed peacefully from this world at the age of 86. Known for her boundless generosity, and her devotion to her family, she will be enormously missed. Joan was born in Chevy Chas...

Orange County Reports Slight Drop in COVID-19 Hospitalizations, Increase in Patients in ICUs City News Service © Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images File Image: Photo taken on Dec. 17, 2020 shows a mobile field hospital at the medical center of UC University of California Irvine, Orange County, (Xinhua/Zeng Hui via Getty Images) Orange County reported 4,406 new cases of COVID-19 and 26 additional deaths Saturday, bringing the countys totals to 161,589 cases and 1,901 fatalities. T...

Can You Guess Which Iconic Movie These Scenes Are From? By Brianna Zigler, Stacker News On 1/3/21 at 1:00 AM EST Think youre a real movie buff? You might want to think again. Since the first movie studio opened in Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard in 1911, the long-spanning history of cinema includes hundreds of classic and iconic flicks, ranging widely in genre, medium, year, heroes and villains, sound design, and set pieces—but what exactly makes them stand out? What makes them so utterly un...

The Family Who Sold Tex-Mex to America The Cuellars were leading the rise of the chain restaurant. Anyone who was a kid in the early ’60s remembers the opening of Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington. The 212-acre amusement park, built by local real estate developer Angus G. Wynne Jr. and opened on August 5, 1961, changed the way Dallas played. Families, dates, and packs of kids roamed the streets that wove through six distinctive entertainment sections: Spain, France, The Confederacy, Texas, Un...

Author of the article: Patrick Kennedy Publishing date: Jan 01, 2021  •  January 1, 2021  •  5 minute read Rudi de Haan shortly after she immigrated to Canada, circa 1957. She died at 92 on Dec. 20. Supplied Photo Article content On the day back in 2008 when this reporter arrived at the door of Rudi de Haan’s tidy home in the Calvin Park neighbourhood, she balked at the idea of being profiled in the local newspaper. “My story is not a big deal,” she insisted in her soft Dutch ...