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The other day I was reminiscing about some of the places I loved spending time as a kid. And one of them was going to the movies. That got me to thinking about some of the old movies I watched in the 1960s that seemed awesome or scary at the time, but watching them now, I have a different opinion of each. One of the first scary movies Ive saw as a kid was The Lost World featuring Michael Rennie, Jill St. John and David Hedison who I remember from the TV series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. T...

55 Romantic Movies to Stream at Home This Valentine’s Day We’ve got rom coms, fairytales, and your favorite Nicholas Sparks movie. By Lauren Hitzhusen 1/27/2021 at 6:00am Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca. Valentine’s Day is almost here! And while you can’t go out like you would’ve in years past to wine and dine your sweetie, 2021 is the perfect year to master a new at-home fancy dinner and pop a bottle of bubbly from Spec’s (or to order takeout), a...

On Keegan-Michael Key’s Podcast, a Provocative Case for Sketch Comedy The 10-part series mixes history, memoir, analysis and performance to show how classic scenes can be revived just as classic theater is. Keegan-Michael Key as a substitute teacher in a sketch from “Key & Peele.”Credit...Comedy Central What if the most impressive post-sketch show career belongs to Key, not Peele? Sure, it’s a hot take, but hear me out. Jordan Peele followed the Comedy Central hit “Key ...

Despite the demise of a previous incarnation of the Sarasota Jewish Theater, director Carole Kleinberg is eager to prove that the community is ready for, and needs, a new, more professional version. She admits the timing could be better – opening a theater in the middle of a pandemic adds to the challenge – but she is moving forward in leading a revival of SJT with a series of online performances that begin Jan. 31. “There are 38,000 Jewish households in the Sarasota-Manatee area – t...

FILE - In this June 29, 1986, file photo, Diego Maradona holds up his teams trophy after Argentinas 3-2 victory over West Germany at the World Cup final soccer match at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. The Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title died from a heart attack on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, at his home in Buenos Aires. He was 60. (AP Photo/Carlo Fumagalli, File) Carlo Fumagalli Victoria Will associated press file photo...

Remembering those who died in 2020, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and B. Smith to Chadwick Boseman and Eddie Van Halen Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the stage after speaking to first-year students at Georgetown Law in Washington. Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP Facebook Share By BERNARD McGHEE, The Associated Press In a year defined by...

Gallery: Recalling lives lost in 2020 Bernard McGhee Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 1of24 English actress Honor Blackman poses for photographers during a break from the filming in London. Blackman, 94, the potent British actress who took James Bond’s breath away as Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger” and who starred as the leather-clad, judo-flipping Cathy Gale in “The Avengers,” died April 5. (AP Photo/Leonard Brown, File) Show MoreShow Less 2of24 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak de...

Year in review: A look at news events in June 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes a knee during an 8 minute and 46 second silence as he takes part in an anti-racism protest on Parliament Hill during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Friday, June 5, 2020. He is joined by Minister of Families, Children and Social Development Ahmed Hussen, left and Liberal MP Greg Fergus, right. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick December 31, 2020 - 11:30 AM A look at news eve...

01 – Federal health officials said nursing homes had reported nearly 26,000 deaths among residents from COVID-19. 01 – U.S. President Donald Trump declared himself “the president of law and order” amid ongoing racial unrest across the country. Trump threatened to deploy the military to American cities if state governors and the National Guard couldn’t quell the violent demonstrations. Even as Trump spoke in the White House Rose Garden, loud tear gas explosions could be heard as milita...

Final goodbyes: Notable people the world lost in 2020 By Bernard McGhee - Associated Press From left, Ruth Bader Ginsburg served 27 years on the U.S. Supreme Court; John Lewis was an icon of the civil rights movement. AP (AP) — In a year defined by a devastating pandemic, the world lost iconic defenders of civil rights, great athletes and entertainers who helped define their genres. Many of their names hold a prominent place in the collective consciousness — RBG, Kobe, Maradona, Eddie Van...