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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Will Harris
When Nick Hornby’s novel High Fidelity hit bookstore shelves in 1995, it captured the attention of music lovers by virtue of being set in a record store. But it also painted a picture of what it’s like to be a guy who’s growing older and questioning his relationships. Given that specific appeal, it’s no wonder Hollywood came calling. The result was Stephen Frears’ High Fidelity (2000), with John Cusack in the starring role.
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3 weeks ago | 
malaysia.news.yahoo.com | Will Harris
When Nick Hornby’s novel High Fidelity hit bookstore shelves in 1995, it captured the attention of music lovers by virtue of being set in a record store. But it also painted a picture of what it’s like to be a guy who’s growing older and questioning his relationships. Given that specific appeal, it’s no wonder Hollywood came calling. The result was Stephen Frears’ High Fidelity (2000), with John Cusack in the starring role.
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1 month ago | 
industrym.com | Will Harris
BY WILL HARRISMany actors get their start in the theater, but not every actor can afford to maintain their love of treading the boards while still paying their mortgage.
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1 month ago | 
industrym.com | Will Harris
BY WILL HARRISAs difficult as it may be for some sports fans in 2025 to believe, not too long ago the Women’s National Basketball Association was seen as little more than a novelty, not unlike the way female baseball leagues were viewed during World War II. (If you’ve watched A League of Their Own, then you know what we’re talking about…and if you haven’t, why, we ask you?
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1 month ago | 
industrym.com | Will Harris
BY WILL HARRISThe word “experiment” isn’t necessarily a label the average consumer might want to see when investing in a premium bottle of booze, but for those who enjoy trying something new – perhaps you can rate all 29 LaCroix flavors from bottom to best? the idea of experimenting with an unconventional beverage can be rather intriguing, especially if it’s backed by one of Kentucky’s leading distillers.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Will Harris
Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They don’t know beforehand what roles we’ll ask them to talk about. The actor: Stephen Lang started his career in the theater, winning acclaim with his work alongside Dustin Hoffman in the 1984 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman, a role which he reprised for a TV-movie adaptation the following year.
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1 month ago | 
citylondonnews.co.uk | Will Harris
What does Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement about abolishing NHS England mean for staff and patients? Earlier on Thursday morning, the Prime Minister said the move will put the NHS “back at the heart of government where it belongs, freeing it to focus on patients, less bureaucracy, with more money for nurses.”A London-based GP has explained to City London News what this actually means.
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1 month ago | 
citylondonnews.co.uk | Will Harris
Trains leaving and arriving at London Liverpool Street station faced substantial delays after a person died following being hit. A spokesperson for the Transport Police confirmed that officers were called to the line near Walthamstow. The incident happened shortly before 7 am on Thursday following reports of a person on the track. Paramedics also attended however the person was pronounced dead at the scene.
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1 month ago | 
citylondonnews.co.uk | Will Harris
In under two months’ time, a sea of ceramic poppies will return to the Tower of London to celebrate 80 years since the end of WW2. Ceramic poppies first went on display at the tower back in 2014 to mark the start of WW1. 888,246 poppies were planted, one for each military life lost during the war. Now, 11 years later a display of nearly 30,000 poppies from the original collection will go on display at the heart of the tower.
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1 month ago | 
whro.org | Will Harris
For more than 50 years, the music of ABBA has spurred audiences to dance, jive and have the time of their lives. Expect a similar reaction when “Mamma Mia!,” the jukebox musical featuring the hits of the Swedish pop group, makes its way to Chrysler Hall March 4-9. But what is it about the musical – and, indeed, the music of ABBA – that makes it endure so many years after its original release? Certainly part of ABBA’s ongoing fame has to do with its back catalog.
