Scouts for the Touchstone film “The Surrogates” (starring Bruce Willis) have been seen at Lawrence’s Pacific Mills and North Andover’s old Lucent building, now called Osgood Landing, eyeing possible spots to shot the film.
What’s the film about? According to imdb.com:
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a [...]
Check out tomorrow’s paper (Tuesday, Feb. 12) for my story about a Haverhill teen trying to bring rocker/director Rob Zombie back to his alma mater as a graduation speaker.
What do you think? Would Rob Zombie be a good graduation speaker?
Let me know.
“The Biggest Loser” will be in Boston casting its sixth season Saturday, Feb. 16, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., at Felt in Downtown Crossing.
Got this release this afternoon:
NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” is now casting teams of two who want to compete together to lose weight. NBC is looking for outgoing and charismatic TEAMS [...]
A deal is in the works.
What does this mean for television?
Well, writers will be back to work this week, some series could return as early as March, though more likely April.
It’s unlikely scripted shows will run long into the summer, but there could be as many as eight new episodes created and aired before they [...]
Got this review from a reader, Victoria:
With his edgy upbeat lyrics, wide vocal range, and charisma, British pop star Mika is a gem. He isn’t only a great singer but a true performer, who truly connects with the audience.
Mika was incredibly likable. Half way through the concert, he began a song and made a mistake [...]
My editor Tracey said:
What did you think of the Foo Fighters with a full string orchestra? Neat, I think, but not exactly soothing.
Unfortunately, I missed this. I was flipping back and forth — the Grammys couldn’t hold my attention. I did catch Amy Winehouse — loved the music, little weirded out by the performance.
If you saw the episode last night, you found out who the “rescuers” are. Yet their purpose and occupations make little sense.
A “ghostbuster,” a physicist, a pilot and an anthropologist come to the island. But they didn’t come looking for survivors of the plane crash, Oceanic flight 815.
They came looking for the villain, Ben [...]
Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs. That’s the findings of the New York City medical examiner, according to the Associated Press.
The cause of death was “acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine,” spokeswoman Ellen Borakove said in [...]
Maybe I shouldn’t start blogging about Britney. I fear I might never stop, because there seems to be no end to the tragedies that befall this former American idol.
However, I feel compelled to say: Thank goodness her parents have stepped in to take control of the situation. Maybe they aren’t perfect, but having Britney [...]
Here’s a tip from my colleague John Gregory:
The band Push Play is coming to Pentucket Regional High School in West Newbury on April 5 at 7:30 p.m. Push Play is an up-and-coming band out of Long Island, N.Y. A yet-to-be-named Georgetown band will open for them.
The concert is a benefit For Boston Children’s Hospital, sponsored by [...]
Finding out what the Merrimack Valley does for fun has been a mission of Rosemary Ford's since she became a full-time Arts and Entertainment reporter at The Eagle-Tribune in 1998.
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Finding out what the Merrimack Valley does for fun has been a mission of Rosemary Ford's since she became a full-time Arts and Entertainment reporter at The Eagle-Tribune in 1998.
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