From Ward’s official website http://officialmickyward.com/biography Leaving “The Fighter” movie reviews for now, take a look as Ron Borges does in today’s Boston Herald at Micky Ward “the fighter” struggling to find himself back in 1991 and who then goes on to new heights in boxing by 2000: On Oct. 15,…
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Prompted by Dick’s post about the Johnny Depp interview in Vanity Fair magazine, I’ll share this account of his visit in 1991. I spent the better part of a day and evening with him and John Sampas. I waited a long time before publishing anything about the experience because I was…
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Tomorrow, December 8, marks 30 years since the death of John Lennon. Yoko Ono remembers the quiet hours in this piece from the NYTimes. In another NYT essay, Ray Davies of Kinks fame recalls the inspiration that John and The Beatles were for him.
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Area veterans, elected officials and students from the Hellenic Academy gathered at the Hall of Flags of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium this morning for a remembrance ceremony on this, the 69th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The following video features the students from the Hellenic Academy singing…
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The January 2011 edition of Vanity Fair is on the news stand. It’s not magazine I normally purchase, but one of our readers sent an email reporting that in the issue’s cover story which is an interview with actor Johnny Depp by rock and roll star Patti Smith, Depp mentions…
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Perhaps it’s the fact that this is the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s election as President of the United States in November of 1960 and it’s the nostaliga factor or maybe not, but John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States – remains – according to a Gallup Poll…
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Tony Sampas photographs the former Saint Jean Baptiste Church, still for sale on Merrimack Street.
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At 11:00 this morning, I’ll walk over to the Hall of Flags at Lowell Memorial Auditorium where the Greater Lowell Veterans Council will conduct its annual Pearl Harbor Day remembrance ceremony. Sixty-nine years ago today, the aircraft of the Japanese Navy attacked the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor. By…
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After a series of late nights and early mornings, I decided to skip last night’s Patriots’ game. But at 8:20 pm, I found myself still at my computer so I flicked on the TV and decided to watch the first half. The Pats looked terrific and were way out ahead,…
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As we approach the “gift giving” season, this advise giving video becomes acutely important, especially for men. Have a good laugh…from bewareofthedoghouse1
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