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‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’: Renee Zellweger is back as the rom-com heroine

A fuzzy blanket of nostalgia pervades “Bridget Jones’s Baby,” an uneven but fitfully funny sequel to the massive 2001 hit “Bridget Jones’s Diary.” The movie opens with its heroine and title character, once again played by Renée Zellweger adopting her plummiest British accent, celebrating her 43rd birthday alone. But instead of lip-syncing “All By Myself” […]

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Bliss Thru Shopping: That’s the spirit

There are a lot of things we miss about our college days. The friendships. The freedom. The classes. The ability to shop for ALL THE THINGS in our college bookstore. Who has the Fighting Raspberry spirit? We do, we do! Um, still. And all through our closets. Those college T-shirts, sweatshirts and baseball caps have […]

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What? Patrick Dempsey is not a doctor?

In the video “TV Doctors of America,” Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy), Alan Alda (M*A*S*H), Lisa Edelstein (House), Donald Faison (Scrubs) and Noah Wyle (ER) confess to not knowing anything about medicine. But they do know we should consult real life physicians. They may not be mistaken for real physicians, but the doctor poses at the […]

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Bliss Thru Shopping: I thee stranger wed

You cheer. You wince. And then you wonder: When is this fellow going to tell his brand new bride that he lives in a bus? Bag Lady and Shopping Siren are completely smitten with A&E’s “Married at First Sight.” Like, SMITTEN. Shopping Siren discovered the show last year and recommended it to BL, who then […]

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Chicken delight: Mainers are going crazy for chickens

They call it “chicken math.” Start with a couple of backyard chickens. Fall in love. Get more. And more. And . . . more. “It always seems to end up that way somehow,” said Ally Burnham, who started with four chickens at her Oxford home four years ago and now has more than 100. As […]