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Jordan Moreau The NBA has postponed the three playoff games which were scheduled to take place Thursday, as players continue to strike in light of protests over the shooting of Jacob Blake, Variety has confirmed.However, the season is not officially over, as multiple outlets are reporting that players have voted to resume the playoffs at a later, as-yet-undecided date.The three Thursday games were between the Denver Nuggets and the Utah Jazz, the Boston Celtics and the Toronto Raptors, and the

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway Critic“Anthony! Anthony!,” the mother shouted from the second floor of a Boston North End tenement apartment building overlooking an urban alley, her voice seeming to carry over numerous city blocks as 12-year-old Anthony runs home for his favorite Prince-brand spaghetti dinner.The image from the long-running television commercial (watch it below) will be familiar to any regular TV watcher of the late 1960 and ’70s, as will the look of happiness on the boy’s

Walker (Mo McRae) takes an immediate dislike to Boston (Trai Byers) when they first meet under Houston’s unforgiving sun: They’re digging a latrine, and Walker can’t abide Boston’s high mannered speech in conjunction with his skin tone, which is lighter than Walker’s by several shades. They tussle.

Have you ever wanted to see Colin Farrell and John Malkovich in a brutal mano a mano? Or Jessica Chastain beat up a French killer in a Boston park after dark, or get into a catfight with fierce nightclub-cum-gambling-den owner Joan Chen? Ava, directed by Tate Taylor (The Help, Ma), gives you all that and more. And yet despite those obvious highlights, it’s hard to recommend Ava as a whole.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe parent who introduced Lori Loughlin and her husband to disgraced admissions consultant Rick Singer has agreed to plead guilty to hiring Singer on his own to cheat on his daughter’s ACT exam.Mark Hauser, 59, is the founder of Hauser Private Equity.

Cheers replica bar in Boston is set to permanently close.After 20 years in business, the establishment will be closing its doors on August 30 due to financial struggles during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The CEO of the bar, Markus Ripperger, confirmed the news to CBS Boston on Tuesday (August 18).Tom Kershaw, founder of Cheers, added in a press release, “I have faced, and pulled through, many kinds of downturns and upticks in the economy within the last 20 years Cheers Replica Bar at

BOSTON — “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her husband face sentencing on Friday after admitting they participated in a vast U.S.

Spree, is pieced together from footage shot on iPhones and dash cams – everyday recording equipment that any aspiring vlogger could get their hands on.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSports journos Michael Smith and Michael Holley are co-hosting Peacock’s first original sports talk show, a three-hour weekday show set to debut next month on NBCUniversal’s recently launched streaming service.“Brother From Another” with Smith, a former ESPN “SportsCenter” anchor, and Holley, host and columnist for NBC Sports Boston, will stream live from 3-6 p.m. ET weekdays on Peacock starting in September.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorNBCUniversal’s rookie streamer Peacock has drafted its first original sports-talk show. Brother From Another with Holley and Smith features co-hosts and EPs Michael Holley and Michael Smith discussing the latest news across sport, culture, entertainment, and politics every weekday afternoon.Holley and Smith met decades ago during their tenure at the Boston Globe, but Brother from Another is their first show together.

Martin Scorsese has given his seal of approval to Kornél Mundruczó's Pieces of a Woman, boarding the finished film, which will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month, as an executive producer.

BOSTON -- Federal prosecutors urged a judge Monday to accept deals that call for “Full House” actor Lori Loughlin to spend two months in prison and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, to serve five months for paying half a million dollars to bribe their daughters’ way into college.

Robert Trump was a businessman best known as the younger brother of President Donald Trump.Trump was the youngest of the five Trump siblings. He graduated from Boston University and worked as an investment banker for years before beginning to work for his brother, the future president, in 1989.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterGenre-driven film fests Boston Underground, Brooklyn Horror, North Bend, Overlook and Popcorn Frights are teaming up for the collective virtual event Nightstream which will run October 8-11.The event is a response to the challenges the film community is facing during the pandemic and the aforementioned banded together for Nightstream.

Rebecca Rubin News Editor, OnlineThe New York Film Festival unveiled the main slate for its 58th edition on Thursday.This year’s selections showcases titles from 19 different countries and spotlights both emerging and veteran talent.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorEXCLUSIVE: Media Guarantors, the Fred Milstein-led completion bond firm that has helped launch dozens of domestic and international productions, is being sold by parent Cast & Crew to Boston-based SpottedRisk, a four year old insurer that specializes in niche entertainment products.SpottedRisk CEO Janet Comenos says the lack of quality pandemic insurance is top of mind at the combined company, which now has an expanded toolkit to tackle it, although products will

RISK TAKERRedstone was born on May 27, 1923, into a Boston family that owned a chain of drive-in movie theatres. He graduated first in his class at Boston Latin High School, went through Harvard in three years and worked with an elite U.S.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorWelcome back, live sports.It’s been a historic day in Washington but also in Canada, where the first game of the NHL’s coronavirus-delayed Stanley Cup Playoffs is headed into a fifth overtime.