Marines killed in Chattanooga attack identified as authorities search for motive
Condolences are streaming in from across the US after the four Marines killed in Thursday’s shooting in Chattanooga were identified. Authorities are still guessing at the motives of the attacker, who...
View ArticleNo ‘unicorn arrangement’: Kerry fires back at Senate critics of Iran deal
Republican lawmakers criticizing the administration’s nuclear deal with Iran are looking for “some sort of unicorn arrangement involving Iran’s complete capitulation,” Secretary of State John Kerry...
View ArticleSandra Bland autopsy: No evidence of homicide
Sandra Bland’s autopsy, conducted after her death in a Texas jail cell, showed that the activist committed suicide, the Waller County District Attorney’s Office said. None of the injuries on her body...
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NORTH COAST REPERTORY THEATRE DOES SONDHEIM PROUD
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic Stephen Sondheim is arguably the most influential American lyricist over the last 50 years; forever changing the face of the American musical genre. Angelina Réaux...
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WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL AT CENTER THEATRE GROUP KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic Gay teenage angst may not be a mainstream issue for a lot of people but times are a changin’ in America. Growing up in America, or anywhere else for that matter,...
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Cincinnati police officer charged with murder of unarmed man
Dubose had a lengthy criminal record, including over 75 traffic and drug charges in Hamilton County, the Guardian reported. However, his family said he was not a violent man, but rather the father of...
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Cecil internet rage forces dentist lion killer to hide & close clinic
The Minnesota dentist accused of killing a beloved Zimbabwean lion has gone into hiding after a social media storm that included death threats. In a statement to the press, he claimed the hunt was...
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MARK TAPER FORUM SCORES WITH A TRIUMPHANT AND POWERFUL REVIVAL OF “BENT”
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic The world learned about the holocaust in 1945, but many thought the millions murdered by Hitler’s Nazi Germany was directed solely at Europe’s Jews. There were,...
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OLD GLOBE PREMIERE’S KEN LUDWIG’S NEWEST HILARIOUS COMEDY
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic Although he winces when people refer to his comedy plays as “farces”, there is no doubt that he is one of America’s finest practitioners of the genre. Most famous...
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2015 MARILYN MONROE DOCUMENTARY REVEALS NEW CLUES TO HER 1962 DEATH
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic Fifty-three years after her death in 1962, Marilyn Monroe continues to make headlines. The world’s most photographed movie star and iconic celebrity once again...
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Koreas ‘on brink of war’: Pyongyang marshals troops after exchange of fire
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has placed the country’s troops on high alert, threatening “indiscriminate strikes” if South Korea doesn’t stop its propaganda broadcasts over the border by Saturday...
View ArticleISIS AIDS-bombs: Plans to send 16 HIV-positive fighters on suicide missions –...
The Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorist group plans to send 16 of its fighters on suicide missions after they were tested positive for AIDS, a Syrian source claimed. The fighters are...
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OLD GLOBE THEATRE PRESENTS A DAZZLING COMEDY GEM
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic Shakespeare’s classic comedy tale of mistaken identity – long a staple arrow in the quiver of Playwrights ranging from Greeks and Romans to no less a savvy...
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HAUNTING JEANINE TESORI MUSICAL AT SAN DIEGO REP THEATRE
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic Forty years ago San Diego REPertory Theatre co-founders Sam Woodhouse and D.W. Jacobs opened the doors of their theatre whose Mission Statement in part read ”…...
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The 2015 Desert Hot Springs Candidates Forum
The Desert Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce has a history of involvement in local political activities that predates the incorporation of the City. In fact, it was through active engagement of the...
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El Foro 2015 Candidatos a Desert Hot Springs
La Cámara de Comercio de Desert Hot Springs tiene un historial de envolverse con las actividades políticas locales que precede a la incorporación de la ciudad. Es en realidad que fue a través del...
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TEEN SUMMER POPCORN MOVIE JUGGLES VIRGINITY WOES
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic Another summer, another movie about 19 year-old males “losing it” before they turn twenty will be available before the end of the year. I’m not sure if it’s going...
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Warning DHS: Water bill scam
Someone is posing as a water district worker and trying to convince people that they are late on their payment. Under threat of turning the water off, he will try to collect cash. The police have been...
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GROVES CABIN THEATRE PRESENTS A WINNING PRODUCTION
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic One of the Coachella Valley’s most honored theatres, The Groves Cabin Theatre of Morongo Valley, launched their 2015/2016 Season with the Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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A BOLD AND DELIGHTFUL COMEDY SCORES AT PASADENA PLAYHOUSE
Jack Lyons Theatre & Film Critic The new buzzword in 21st century arts is “Diversity”. It’s been a long time in coming but it’s finally arrived. The world of entertainment has embraced diversity...
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