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Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ takes a bow in Venice

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:48:50 GMT

LIDO, Venice, Italy – “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper’s long-aborning Leonard Bernstein biographical drama, world-premiered Saturday night at the Venice Film Festival.Cooper also produced and co-wrote the decades-spanning story of the bisexual musical genius, a celebrated classical conductor and Broadway veteran. The focus is clearly on the complexities of Bernstein’s marriage to the Chilean-born Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan).With its ample sampling of Bernstein’s varied musical compositions and an unusually candid celebrity portrait amid a series of glam settings, “Maestro” looms instantly as the rival of “Oppenheimer” as the year’s most ambitious prestige picture.“I wouldn’t call it a biopic,” Jamie Bernstein, the eldest of the couple’s three children and a character in the film, said during a pre-premiere press conference. “The whole project began many years ago, when the idea was a more straightforward biopic. But Bradley came up with a different idea and he changed the concept...

Solomon: Should gun owners be required to carry liability insurance?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:48:50 GMT

While scrolling through the latest American gun tragedies, an email popped up that my car insurance was due for renewal.My car insurance protects me against other people, but there’s also a liability aspect that protects other people against me. So, as our minds tend to work, I was rhetorically asking myself why aren’t gun owners required to have liability insurance.The idea of requiring gun owners to carry liability insurance has been a topic of debate for years.Proponents argue that it could incentivize safe practices and reduce incidents of gun violence. However, opponents claim that such a requirement would destroy the gun industry. So, what exactly are the potential implications of mandatory gun liability insurance and its effect on the gun industry? And can this idea help fix the gun violence problem in the United States?One of the main arguments favoring mandatory liability insurance for gun owners is that it would create financial and legal incentives for responsible gun own...

2023 high school football schedules

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:48:50 GMT

Schedules were obtained from school websites. Times and dates are subject to change throughout the course of the season.DIV. 1 ACTON-BOXBOROSept. 8 – at Lexington, 6Sept. 14 – at Shrewsbury, 6:30Sept. 22 – Wayland, 6:30Sept. 29 – Waltham, 6:30Oct. 6 – at Bedford, 7Oct. 13 – at Lincoln-Sudbury, 7Oct. 20 – Cambridge, 6:30Oct. 27 – at Concord-Carlisle, 7Nov. 23 – Westford Academy, 10 ANDOVERSept. 8 – Shrewsbury, 7Sept. 15 – at Chelmsford, 7Sept. 22 – at Lowell, 7Sept. 29 – at Methuen, 7Oct. 6 – Brockton, 7Oct. 13 – at Haverhill, 7Oct. 20 – at Central Catholic, 7Oct. 27 – Billerica, 7Nov. 23 – North Andover, 10 ATTLEBOROSept. 8 – at Old Rochester, 6:30Sept. 15 – at Bishop Feehan, 6Sept. 21 – New Bedford, 6Sept. 28 – Milford, 6Oct. 6 – at King Philip, 7Oct. 13 – at Stoughton, 6Oct. 20 – Franklin, 6:30Oct. 27 – at Taunton, 7Nov. 23 – North Attleboro, 10 BC HIGHSept. 8 – LaSalle (RI), 7Sept. 15 – Reading, 7Sept. 22 – at Woburn, 7Sept. 29 – at Everett, 7Oct. 6 – Malden C...

Mom and bonus mom need to meet in person

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:48:50 GMT

Q. I’ve been married for a little less than a year to a man who has a son from a previous marriage. The boy is 7 years old and my husband and his ex share custody. We see David every weekend, from Friday after school to Tuesday night after dinner. I take care of him most of the time when he’s at our home and we have a very close relationship.On Sunday we dropped off him off at his mother’s house. I’ve never met her. My husband walked up to the door with his son and they went into the house while I waited in the car. I felt very uncomfortable. Would it have been too aggressive if I got out of the car to meet her? Would it have been more appropriate if my husband introduced me? What’s good ex-etiquette?A. What would have been the best ex-etiquette would have been for your husband to introduce you to his child’s mother when the two of you decided on a future together.That way you could have openly expressed your desire to support both parents in their efforts to make this child’s life ...

BC guard Christian Mahogany the cornerstone of O-Line U

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:48:50 GMT

“We’ve got Christian back!”That’s been more of a rallying cry than a statement of fact for the beleaguered Boston College offensive line as they got ready for the 2023 season that kicked off against Northern Illinois on Sept. 2 at Alumni Stadium.Eagles’ guard Christan Mahogany was the only returning starter from the 2021 offensive line that featured consensus first team All-American and first-round draft pick Zion Johnson and All-ACC performers Alec Lindstrom, Ben Petrula and Tyler Vrabel.Mahogany was named a 2022 preseason All-American before things went sideways. Mahogany suffered a torn right ACL while doing an off-campus workout a month after spring ball and missed the 2022 season. Despite not playing a down last year, the AP named Mahogany a second-team preseason All-American.The Eagles began the doomed campaign fielding a young untested offensive line with its anchor on the sidelines. Adding to this promising misadventure was the loss of offensive line coach Matt Applebaum, wh...

Holy Cross set for another run in the FCS playoffs

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:48:50 GMT

WORCESTER – Holy Cross two-time All-American linebacker Jacob Dobbs has unfinished team business to attend to.The Crusaders tore through last season with a campaign unmatched in program history. Holy Cross went undefeated in the regular season, captured its fourth straight Patriot League title and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the FCS playoffs with a school record 12 wins.Dobbs is back for a fifth season at a school that does not have a graduate program because he was more spectator than a participant in last year’s historic run. Holy Cross opened the 2023 season at home against Merrimack on Sept. 2 and has two FBS opponents on its non-league schedule, Boston College and Army.Dobb was the reigning Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year and a safe bet to reclaim that honor headed into week four of the 2022 season.But his run ended at Colgate where he tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, a situation exacerbated by tears in the triceps and forearm. He wou...

Under-employed ex prefers boyfriend over better job

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:48:50 GMT

Q. My soon-to-be-ex wife was a high school math teacher before we had children.  By agreement she stayed home when our twins were born.  She was going to return to teaching when they started school.  Instead, she started volunteering for a non-profit and became employed as their bookkeeper.  Our kids are now seven and we are divorcing.  We agreed to an equal parenting plan so I had to cut back on the overtime I used to work so I can actually parent our boys during my time.My wife continues to do the books for this non-profit for about 30 hours per week for just above minimum wage.  She used to teach in a wealthy town earning triple what she currently earns.  She refuses to return to the classroom.  I recently learned whenever I have our kids, she is in Rhode Island with her new boyfriend working remotely.  I suspect this is why she refuses to discuss going back to teaching.My lawyer says I cannot ask the court to order her to return to teaching.  But, unless she earns more, I will h...

Editorial: No thank you, councilor?

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:48:50 GMT

City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson is wrong in so many troubling ways.Police body camera footage obtained by the Herald through a public records request shows exactly what happened last weekend in the Mass and Cass encampment.The District 7 councilor, who is up for re-election against four challengers for the Roxbury-based seat, turned to a police officer for help after her Apple iPhone 14 was stolen by someone on that misery Mile.“I was just taking pictures,” she tells the officer early on. That is the key!She later denied that first statement saying she was bringing “some food … stuff” to the Mass and Cass inhabitants. So, what is the truth? Her phone was stolen and she had no bag of groceries in her hand, the video shows.She also told the officer “the password is open” on her stolen phone. If you plan on snapping photos with your new iPhone, that’s the most common way to do it.But a denizen of the Methadone Mile drilled down closer t...

‘Poor Things’ an audacious Venice film fest surprise

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:48:50 GMT

LIDO, Venice, Italy – Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things”, which received its world premiere Friday, is easily destined to be the 80th Venice Film Festival’s most audacious, surprising and unabashedly sexual entry.A spectacular stew, a vivid mix of Frankenstein riff, sly sex comedy and feminist revenge tale, “Poor Things” is striking for its frequent, unabashed full-out nudity as it traces the evolution of Emma Stone’s Bella, a science experiment in late 19th century London who leaves home to seek adventure and a sense of self.“Weird isn’t it,” Lanthimos wondered at a pre-screening press conference. “Why is there no sex in movies?” The nudity and graphic sexual situations, he said, “are first of all an intrinsic part of her feelings about everything, including sexuality. It was important to me to make a film that wasn’t prude. We had to be confident like the character and have no shame — and Emma had to have no shame about her body, nudity, doing those scenes. She understood...

Check out – and into – the Top 5 pet-friendly hotel chains in the U.S.

Published Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:48:50 GMT

As a pet parent, I know how distressing it is when heading out on a trip to have to leave your furry, four-legged family members behind. It can cause you to wonder whether you actually want to go on a vacation at all. And, of course, the pain and anxiety of that separation goes both ways, with pets often getting anxious, depressed or developing behavioral issues while their owners are away.Fortunately, hotel chains are steadily embracing the reality that travelers want to have their pets with them on their trips. And, rather than lose business to Airbnb or other vacation rentals that might offer more animal-inclusive offerings, more hotel brands are taking their “pet-friendly” approach from simply allowing pets in guest rooms to really rolling out the red carpet for their four-legged guests.Of course, it’s always important to do your research and double-check the pet policies of the property where you intend to stay, as individual properties may have their own rules, separate from t...