05/29/12

Trailer Time

Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures The Great Gatsby

Memorial Day: For the pop-culture fanatic, it means more than just parades and barbecues. Memorial Day is the unofficial start of the big summer movie season (though it creeps up earlier and earlier each year, hence The Avengers' early-May release and even John Carter's March debut). And, as the big...

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05/22/12

Harriman's Jermaine Paul Crowned Winner of The Voice

Harriman: To most of us, the town's biggest claim to fame is the Woodbury Commons shopping outlets. No longer—earlier this month, singer Jermaine Paul, a Harriman native, was named winner of NBC's reality singing competition, The Voice, after being coached by country star Blake Shelton.

According to Lohud.com, Paul, a former backup singer, grew up near the Martin Luther King Multi Purpose Center in Spring Valley and was raised at the Fred Hecht housing projects down the block.

Let's take a look at his series-winning performance of R. Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly."

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05/15/12

Finally! A Different Story Set in Sleepy Hollow

When you think of Sleepy Hollow, the first thought that pops into your mind is usually Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Writer and Pelham native Kris D'Agostino, sets out to tell a new tale in the village—one that doesn't involve any headless horsemen. His new novel, The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac, follows Calvin Moretti, a grad-school dropout who moves back home with his family and tries to find his life's purpose amidst his own debt, his family's tenuous grasp on their house, his father's illness, and other family dramas. We caught up with D'Agostino—who now lives in...

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05/08/12

Why Do Movies Always Want to Smash New York?

In a weekend thick with big pop-culture and other attention-grabbing events, The Avengers still managed to dominate, walking away with the title of Best Opening Weekend of All Time. The movie made a little more than $200 million, soundly trouncing the previous record-holder, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, and its $169 million opening-weekend haul.

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05/02/12

Why You Shouldn't See The Avengers in IMAX

Another summer, another slate of movies trying to up-sell you on bells and whistles, like 3D and IMAX. First up on the blockbuster agenda is The Avengers, which, having not even opened on a single theater in the United States, has already grossed nearly $180 million worldwide. Iron Man & Co. doesn't need your 3D IMAX dollars—but should you give it to them anyway?

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