Singer-songwriter Michelle Shocked was among the Occupy LA protesters arrested outside Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday. Her name appeared on a list released Friday as one of 292 who were jailed for “failure to disperse,” a misdemeanor. our editor recommendsOccupy L.A. Raid Read the rest of article…
Ellen Surprises Local Couple With $10K, New Toyota x After a touching letter, Ellen DeGeneres gave a Casselberry family a big gift on her show Wednesday. Tiffany Johnson wrote Ellen a letter explaining her family’s rough patch in the road: Dear Ellen, I have the best family in the world and we are happy, we try [...]
In the end, it was much ado about nothing. Nickelback’s heavily protested halftime performance at the Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving game came and went without incident on Thursday. The Canadian rock group performed its new single, “When We Stand Together,” at the center of Ford Field, flanked by the usual array of backup dancers, “fans” and [...]
BOSTON Christmas comes but once a year. But for Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart, his orchestra’s Christmas OK, the Holiday Pops show comes to Symphony Hall 37 times in December. What: Holiday Pops, featuring Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus Where: Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Ave., Boston When: Dec. 7-24 [...]
If “Tyrannosaur” were a tabloid (and in a way, it is), its headline would be “Reckless Violence in Pointless Film.” This sorry British art-house exploitation picture begins with an angry drunk named Joseph (Peter Mullan) getting kicked out of a pub, and proceeds with him kicking his own dog to death. Lovely fellow. In a [...]
Jon Huntsman, the back-of-the-pack presidential candidate campaigning almost exclusively in New Hampshire, took to NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” for some self-deprecating punch lines this weekend. “Here’s something you never hear at debates: Gov. Huntsman, the first question is for you,” SNL star Seth Meyers said by way of introduction during the “Weekend Update” segment of [...]