(JACKSON, NJ) — Jesse Walker, host of the online celebrity show “The Jesse Walker Show,” has gathered Broadway veterans and New Jersey’s best to present a special livestream event of the holiday classic A Christmas Carol, The Radio Play, adapted by and with music by Tony Palermo. It will take place on Tuesday, July 21 at 8:00pm on Youtube and Facebook. All donations and ... Read More »
I love Christmas. I sing the carols and the religious songs, even though I do not believe in god nor miracles. However, I do think the world, at least here in North America, gets kinder at Christmas time. I like that. At Christmas time I like to carry a pack of rolled quarters in my pocket so I can donate ... Read More »
TOMS RIVER, NJ — If you still haven’t disposed of your Christmas tree that was freshly cut, the Toms River public works department will be picking them up. Curbside tree collection will take place beginning Tuesday and continue through Jan. 31. After Jan. 31, all trees must be dropped off at the township’s recycling center, 1672 Church Road. The recycling ... Read More »
In a sane world, we’d have gotten word of the first official pre-release tracking for Blumhouse’s The Hunt. That politically topical riff on “The Most Dangerous Game” was (temporarily, I would hope) pulled from its planned September 27 theatrical release in August following two high-profile mass shootings and following its entry into the current madhouse that is modern political theater via implicit condemnation ... Read More »
The first trailer for Last Christmas is out, and people are already excited about how festive the Mother of Dragons looks in a romantic Christmas comedy. Emilia Clarke stars in the movie as Kate, a down-on-her-luck aspiring singer who ends up with a job dressing as an elf at a department store (cue the Elf comparisons). There, she meets Tom (Henry Golding of Crazy Rich Asians and A Simple Favor), a charming ... Read More »
We should all do more to stan the traditionally overlooked small-market players and teams that dazzle throughout the NBA’s regular season. Sure, Nikola Jokic isn’t going to windmill dunk, and Kyle Lowry’s spin cycle won’t take a defender to the floor, but both are wonderful to watch and really good at what they do. So too are the teams they play for — ... Read More »
There’s nothing like an impending heatwave to remind you to stock up on summertime essentials like bottled water, portable fans, and… Christmas tree ornaments? While a $110 figurine of Santa doing yoga might not seem like a seasonally appropriate summer purchase, that didn’t stop British luxury retailer Selfridges from becoming, as it proclaimed on Monday, “the first department store in the world to launch ... Read More »
Topline: Selfridges, the British luxury department store, has launched its Christmas range at its flagship Oxford Street store a record 149 days early, in a bid to cash in on souvenir-hunting visitors and replicate previous commercial success of the early festive launch. The store has released 600 product lines, with the full, 3,500-line range coming on September 2 under a ... Read More »
Christmas in July, what a concept. You wait for a thing all year long, but then—boom—there the thing is five months early, like a blessing. It doesn’t make a ton of sense, but that’s the fun, isn’t it? The dark reds and greens clash against the clear blue skies and yellow sunlight of summer. “Hey, there’s no snow on this ... Read More »
Christmas is one of the happiest times of the year—but it can also be one of the most dangerous. Traditional Christmas trees can actually be a major source of fuel in a house fire, according to the National Fire Protection Association. In the organization’s annual fire department experience survey in 2011-2015, it was shown that Christmas trees were the item first ignited in an estimated ... Read More »
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