So you think you know someone — like, know them pretty darn well — and then you discover that they, too, hate coleslaw. Then it just reaffirms that, yes, you were totally meant to be friends. Such was the case for Bag Lady and Shopping Siren, who bonded all over again over their mutual slaw […]
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Patrick Dempsey: McDreamy now looking like a nightmare
It was all good just a year ago. In 2014, Patrick Dempsey was still television’s sexiest neurosurgeon, and living in a house designed by star architect Frank Gehry that had been featured in Architectural Digest. Sure, he had a couple of embarrassing romcoms on his resume — think “Enchanted” and “Made of Honor” — but […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Clean and clear (coat)
Shopping Siren’s car is red. Probably. To the best of anyone’s recollection. At the moment it’s mostly grayish-white. You know, like your car. And your neighbor’s car. And the cars of all your friends and co-workers and everyone behind, beside or in front of you in traffic, in perpetuity. Because it’s been that kind of […]
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Bliss Thru Shopping: Generally speaking, two thumbs up
We were curious, like approximately 99.7 percent of the rest of Maine: What is this Dollar General that’s started popping up like the Easter bunny on a sugar high? (That 0.3 percent of the population being non-shoppers/non-inquisitive people. We don’t get them. At all.) Is Dollar General like Dollar Tree, where everything is a dollar? […]
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‘Birdman’ tops Oscars defined by advocacy, originality
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood is smarter than you thought. Whether by design or chance, the 87th Academy Awards elegantly and subtly shifted the tone of the season from a reductive fixation on snubs and fact-checking to a positive celebration of original filmmaking and purposeful advocacy for causes as diverse as immigration, suicide and equal […]
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When dogs meet snow
Phineas favors digging. Ryder rolls. Sammi and Shyla are all about the running. And romping. And running. With more than 75 inches of snow so far, a lot of humans are ready for this winter to end. But not dogs. “When I get home from school he kind of looks at me like, ‘Are we […]
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Track Santa’s Journey in Real-Time
NORTH POLE – Follow along in real-time as the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks Santa’s journey, delivering gifts to all the boys and girls, around the world!
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Sony to stream ‘The Interview’ on YouTube
LOS ANGELES — “The Interview” will be available for rental on a variety of digital platforms including Google Play, YouTube Movies, Microsoft’s Xbox Video and a separate Sony website beginning Wednesday. The movie, set to be released on demand at 1 p.m. EST Wednesday, will cost $5.99 to stream. It also will open in about 200 […]
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Some U.S. theaters to show ‘The Interview’
NEW YORK — Several movie theaters said they will begin showing “The Interview” Thursday, seemingly putting the comedy back in theaters after Sony Pictures Entertainment canceled its release. The Alamo Drafthouse in Texas said on Tuesday that Sony has authorized it to screen the film starting Christmas Day. Atlanta’s Plaza Theater also said it will […]
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Singer Joe Cocker dies at 70
LONDON — British singer Joe Cocker is dead at age 70. His London-based agent, Barrie Marshall, said Cocker died early Monday of lung cancer in Colorado, where he has lived for the past two decades. Cocker was known for a memorable Woodstock performance and cover of the Beatles’ “With a Little Help From My Friends.” […]