Monthly Archives: October 2007

Miners and Foo Fighters

An interesting story comes out of the Foo Fighters’ sixth album, “Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace,” which was released in late September. Band leader Dave Grohl — formerly the drummer of grunge band Nirvana — formed the Foo Fighters after … Continue reading

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Making the movie

Remember the fictional film, “Medellin,” from HBO’s “Entourage?” The show’s characters spent months shooting the biopic about Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and debuted it at the Cannes Film Festival. Apparently, more than one Hollywood director is working on a … Continue reading

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Trick-or-treat tradition

It just wouldn’t be Halloween without the Peanuts gang. Watch as Linus waits in a pumpkin patch, Charlie gets invited to a party for once and Snoopy dresses up as a World War I flying ace. “It’s the Great Pumpkin, … Continue reading

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Ain’t no party like a Scranton party

I got used to a solid hour of “The Office” on Thursday nights. I don’t know why NBC decided to make the first four episodes longer, but it was awesome. Unfortunately, it was also a tease. Last night was the … Continue reading

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Clay Aiken joins ‘Spamalot’

All of you Clay-mates out there, this one’s for you: Former “American Idol” contestant Clay Aiken will be be joining the Broadway cast of “Monty Python’s Spamalot.” He’s aptly cast as brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin (The not Not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot), … Continue reading

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redbox

All over Maryland there are red boxes at McDonald’s and other retail locations that advertise $1 DVDs. Upon further investigation, I found out that these are operated by a company called redbox and you really can rent a DVD for … Continue reading

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Head to Charles for indie flicks

If you’re a film lover, York County can be rough. We’re always sure to get the blockbusters, but those smaller, intimate and — in my opinion — flat-out better films don’t make it onto a big screen here very often.* … Continue reading

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The Ellen Pompeo look?

Is it me, or do these four entertainers have an eerily similar look? Not that they’re identical, exactly, but more like they could be interchanged with one another without much notice? You know, like Queen Amidala’s decoys? (“Star Wars Episodes … Continue reading

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Pumpkin coolness

For anyone who follows Kohr Bros. seasonal flavor changes like I do, I have news. The pumpkin and cinnamon are now in stock. I know, it’s crazy, but soft ice cream is my fav and you can only get chocolate, … Continue reading

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Get free music

I woke up this morning to a beautiful fall day and decided to celebrate with my seasonal favorite- a pumpkin spice latte at Starbucks. While waiting for the barista to whip up my beverage, I picked up one of the … Continue reading

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