Chris Mautner

Harrisburg

Social Media Deputy Editor at The Patriot-News

Host at Comic Books Are Burning In Hell

Editor and general bon vivant at @PennLive. Co-editor of @comicsjournal. Does other stuff he can't think of at the moment.

Articles

Legendary ‘Star Wars’ actor says he’s done with the series: ‘They should focus on the future’

2 days ago | pennlive.com | Chris Mautner

EntertainmentPublished: Jun. 04, 2025, 11:59 a.m.FILE - Mark Hamill salutes as he arrives at the world premiere of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" in Los Angeles on Dec. 16, 2019. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)No more Luke Skywalker for Mark Hamill. In an interview with ComicBook.com, the 73-year-old actor said that he has no plans to appear in any upcoming “Star Wars” films as the famed Jedi knight.
Pa. man shot while sleeping in bed next to his wife: police

2 days ago | pennlive.com | Chris Mautner

CrimeUpdated: Jun. 04, 2025, 10:55 a.m.|Published: Jun. 04, 2025, 10:54 a.m.A Philadelphia man is hospitalized in critical condition after police say he accidentally shot while sleeping in his apartment. The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday along the 400 block of North 61st Street. Police said that a 52-year-old man on the second floor of the apartment complex was handling a rifle when it accidentally went off.
‘Real Housewives’ husband gets 7 years for stealing millions from clients

2 days ago | pennlive.com | Chris Mautner

EntertainmentPublished: Jun. 04, 2025, 10:23 a.m.FILE - Attorney Tom Girardi smiles outside the Los Angeles courthouse on Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Girardi was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison for embezzling his former clients. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)APTom Girardi, the estranged husband of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne, was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison on Tuesday for stealing millions of dollars from his clients.
Harrisburg University to close its Philadelphia campus

2 days ago | pennlive.com | Chris Mautner

EducationPublished: Jun. 04, 2025, 9:00 a.m.The UPMC Health Sciences Tower at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. The school announced it will close its Philadelphia campus on Aug. 31. Dan Gleiter | [email protected] Gleiter | [email protected] University of Science and Technology announced on Wednesday it plans to close its campus in Philadelphia. The school said in an email that the campus, located at 1500 Spring Garden St., will cease operations on Aug. 31.
Ohio man tried to strangle his dog rather than pay $500 to put him to sleep: police

2 days ago | pennlive.com | Chris Mautner

CrimePublished: Jun. 04, 2025, 7:47 a.m.An Ohio man is facing animal cruelty charges after authorities said he tried to kill his dog rather than pay a veterinarian $500 to put him to sleep. Richard Orth, 59, of East Price Hill, was indicted Monday on a charge of cruel treatment of companion animals, according to a press release from the office of Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich. Officials said Orth took his elderly dog, Tinkerbell, to the Animal Hospital of Delhi Hills on May 23.
$1 million scratch-off ticket sold in this Pa. county

3 days ago | pennlive.com | Chris Mautner

Quick Look-Current -Mostly SunnyTonightLow -Mostly SunnyTomorrowHigh -Mostly SunnyPa. State LotteryPublished: Jun. 03, 2025, 3:12 p.m.Pennsylvania Lottery. March 6, 2024. Dan Gleiter | [email protected] Gleiter | [email protected] scratch-off ticket worth $1 million was sold recently in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Lottery officials said. C&C Candies and Country Store, located at 1305 Long Run Road, Friedensburg, will get a $5,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
Pa.’s Sen. Fetterman scolds Democrats, Biden on border security

3 days ago | pennlive.com | Chris Mautner

Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., participates in a debate with Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., not shown, at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, Monday, June 2, 2025, in Boston, as livestreamed on Fox Nation. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)APDuring his recent debate with fellow Pennsylvania Senator Dave McCormick, John Fetterman took the opportunity to criticize former President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party in general for their handling of immigration and border security issues.
Clint Eastwood's interview about 'remakes and franchises' is fake, says star

3 days ago | silive.com | Chris Mautner

Clint Eastwood isn’t happy about a recent interview with him that ran in a European newspaper. Mainly because he says it’s fake. The famed actor-director was recently quoted in the Austrian newspaper Kurier complaining that the movie industry these days is obsessed with “remakes and franchises.” “I long for the good old days when screenwriters wrote movies like ‘Casablanca’ in small bungalows on the studio lot. When everyone had a new idea,” Eastwood supposedly said.
Legendary rocker cancels upcoming tour due to health issues:

3 days ago | pennlive.com | Chris Mautner

Peter Murphy of Bauhaus performs at SF Masonic Auditorium on May 22, 2022 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Steve Jennings/WireImage via Getty Images)WireImageIconic goth rocker Peter Murphy was planning to tour this summer in support of his new album, “Summer Shade,” which was released earlier this month. However, those plans have apparently been canceled as Murphy took to social media to say he would be unable to tour.
Planning to get a Nintendo Switch 2? Just be sure you don’t do this one thing

3 days ago | pennlive.com | Chris Mautner

The Nintendo Switch 2 is demonstrated during a media event, in New York, Wednesday, April 2, 2025.AP Photo/Richard DrewIf you pre-ordered the Nintendo Switch 2 you’re no doubt excited for it to arrive on your doorstep later this week. But just be careful you’re not so excited you make this one mistake while unpacking it. Nintendo is warning consumers in its instruction manual not to peel off the pre-installed, thin, protective film that covers the screen.