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NMU grad involved with new film, ‘Blood Pageant’

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University alumnus Matthew Zyble, who graduated from Harbor Springs High School in 1987, kept busy during the pandemic. “Over the COVID winter, I edited the feature film ‘Blood Pageant’ which debuts in selected theaters on June 18 and distributed on ...

The unanswered ‘Jeopardy!’ question: Who will become the new host?

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES — "Jeopardy!" needed a host, and Lucille Ball had an enthusiastic suggestion for creator Merv Griffin: The smooth-voiced, debonair emcee of the "High Rollers" game show. That was 1984. Decades later, filling the void left by the late Alex ...

Review: You’ll have fun but your heart will break

By MATTHEW GAVIN FRANK Special to Journal In his innovative new spoken word poetry project, “Slow Dancing with Bigfoot” — a hybrid collaborative album/book scored by the ethereal music of the father/son duo Streaking in Tongues — two-time Upper Peninsula poet laureate Marty Achatz ...

COVID-19 spurs shutdown of ‘Mission Impossible’ set

LONDON (AP) — Paramount Pictures on Thursday temporarily shut down production on the British set of Tom Cruise’s seventh “Mission: Impossible” film after someone tested positive for coronavirus. “We have temporarily halted production on ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ until June 14th, ...

Newest chapter of ‘The Conjuring’ franchise creaks

The universe of “The Conjuring” proves it may be reaching its spooky limits when a demon pops up in the latest film from, of all things, a waterbed. That such a well-worn punchline of ‘80s suburban life could be home to Satan’s spawn might be played for camp in any other movie, but ...

Superiorland Nightlife

Thursday 6 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Union Suits at Blackrocks Brewery, Marquette 7 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Live at the Fold: Sara Pajunen at Hiawatha Music Co-op, streamed on Facebook Live. Friday 6 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Chris Valenti at Drifa ...