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John Cusack brings ‘Say Anything’ to Lyric as iconic movie nears 30th anniversary
Note: In deference to Hurricane Florence, the screening of “Say Anything...” hosted by John Cusack has been postponed to Oct. 25. Tickets for the original performance will be honored at that time; those who can’t attend have until Sept. 21 to request a refund. Go to modell-lyric.com for more information.
You can talk about the boombox, or the chemistry with co-star Ione Skye, or the fact that audiences always love it when an underdog comes out on top.
But for John Cusack, much of the appeal of “Say Anything…,” writer-director Cameron Crowe’s 1989 comedy about mismatched teens with more in common — including a...
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John Cusack brings ‘Say Anything’ to Lyric as iconic movie nears 30th anniversary
Note: In deference to Hurricane Florence, the screening of “Say Anything...” hosted by John Cusack has been postponed to Oct. 25. Tickets for the original performance will be honored at that time; those who can’t attend have until Sept. 21 to request a...
Get ready; 'Jukebox' returns to Marriotts Ridge High [Marriottsville/Sykesville/Woodstock]
One of Marriotts Ridge High's most-anticipated events is Jukebox, the school's signature fall music revue. Each year, the common thread is a talking Jukebox that tutors students about different musical eras and genres, but these songs change annually,...
'So You Think You Can Dance' recap, Sweet six becomes final four
(With indefatigable recapper Amy Watts on the road this week, Diane Trap steps up to the plate in her stead.)
Cat Deeley is wearing a shiny mosaic dress, like an elegant '70s shower stall. The six remaining dancers open with a routine set to "Scream"...
'So You Think You Can Dance' recap, Sweet six becomes final four
(With indefatigable recapper Amy Watts on the road this week, Diane Trap steps up to the plate in her stead.) Cat Deeley is wearing a shiny mosaic dress, like an elegant '70s shower stall. The six remaining dancers open with a routine set to "Scream"...
Review: Psychedelic Furs at Rams Head on Stage March 19
Reporter Matthew Hay Brown took a break from covering military affairs and national security to review the Psychedelic Furs' show at Rams Head on Stage Monday night. Is there anyone having more fun at a Psychedelic Furs show than frontman Richard...
Review: Psychedelic Furs at Rams Head on Stage March 19
Reporter Matthew Hay Brown took a break from covering military affairs and national security to review the Psychedelic Furs' show at Rams Head on Stage Monday night. Is there anyone having more fun at a Psychedelic Furs show than frontman Richard...
Popular 'Jukebox' returns to Marriotts Ridge for 7th season
With the first beat of the opening number from "Jukebox," the audience roars its approval, as it does for virtually everything that unfolds onstage when Marriotts Ridge High School puts on its zany music and dance revue every October.At least that's...
Popular 'Jukebox' returns to Marriotts Ridge for 7th season
With the first beat of the opening number from "Jukebox," the audience roars its approval, as it does for virtually everything that unfolds onstage when Marriotts Ridge High School puts on its zany music and dance revue every October.At least that's...
Talk about the devil dancing: Nancy Grace gets ABC's 'Stars' for being bad
I am too tired to go crazy about this. And there really are so many hugely more important things going on the world practically every day.
But ...
I cannot let the addition of HLN host Nancy Grace to the lineup of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" pass...
Talk about the devil dancing: Nancy Grace gets ABC's 'Stars' for being bad
I am too tired to go crazy about this. And there really are so many hugely more important things going on the world practically every day. But ... I cannot let the addition of HLN host Nancy Grace to the lineup of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" pass...
Movie meals: He's always Abe Froman to me
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" turns 25 this week. For those who don't remember the 1986 John Hughes movie, it's about a day in the life of Grace (Edie McClurg), the loyal and life-affirming secretary to the harried principal of a suburban Chicago high...
Movie meals: He's always Abe Froman to me
"Ferris Bueller's Day Off" turns 25 this week. For those who don't remember the 1986 John Hughes movie, it's about a day in the life of Grace (Edie McClurg), the loyal and life-affirming secretary to the harried principal of a suburban Chicago high...
'Home Alone' is the Charles' post-Christmas gift for kids, parents and hipsters
"Home Alone" premiered in 1990 and swiftly became the third-highest-grossing film up to that time. Leaning hard on the sensitive-brat charm of 8-year-old Macaulay Culkin, it convulsed family audiences — and some slapstick and cartoon fans, too — with...
A night to remember
From the satin to the sequins to the dyed-to-match shoes and wrist corsages, prom sticks in our memories like Aqua-Net in an up-do. The hiking up of strapless gowns. The leafing through dress ads in Seventeen magazine. The saving-up for a limo. The...
The Wimpy Kid does Hollywood
Jeff Kinney, author of that best-selling "novel in cartoons," "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," is the rare writer and cartoonist who considers the movie version of his book superior to the source, at least in one crucial way: "What I'm happy about it is the...
'Wimpy' author's work comes to the big screen
Jeff Kinney, author of that best-selling "novel in cartoons," "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," is the rare writer and cartoonist who considers the movie version of his book superior to the source, at least in one crucial way. "What I'm happy about it is the...
WEEKEND GUIDE
FRIDAYPOE IN MOTION: Go gothic when Evergreen Museum and Library, 4545 N. Charles St., screens "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven" outside at 7:30 p.m. The grounds open at 5:30 p.m., so you can arrive early to take a self-guided tour of the museum's...
PEOPLE AND ENTERTAINMENT
TV soap opera 'Guiding Light' shoots final scenesThe cast and crew of "Guiding Light" - U.S. television's longest-running soap opera - have finished shooting their final scenes in a northern New Jersey town. Afterward, they gathered at Peapack Reformed...
FILMMAKER'S LIGHT WAS BRIGHTEST IN '80S
HOLLYWOOD - - Filmmaker John Hughes burned brightest in the 1980s, when he defined teen angst in terms of the caste system of the suburban high school experience, a thread that others would pick up again and again.His films were talky, in a good way. Like...
'Father of soul' on stage, film
The great Ray Charles stars as himself in 1964's Blues for Lovers, spending half his time singing, the other half helping a sightless boy get to Paris for an operation. The movie, being shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday as part of the summer film series at An die...