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Caribbean Film Festival, held this weekend at Savor Cinema, highlights island filmmakers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:31 GMT

The Caribbean is a go-to spot for vacationers around the world. Sun-drenched days, sultry nights, that’s all you need to know. Or is it?There’s more to the area than the advertising campaigns let on. This weekend, island filmmakers will show you all that and much more.Dana Deveaux (as Keisha Saunders): “Who is this child?”Julia Woolley Chatwin (as Rachel Pinder): “Who is this old woman?” Character in “Trapped in Paradise”: “You’re sisters.”Craig Pinder (as Sully Pinder): You’re sisters, so there you have it.”There will be plenty of surprises going down at the Savor Cinema in Fort Lauderdale. The Caribbean Film Festival is in town.Hal Axler: “It’s gonna feature features shorts and documentaries from many of the Caribbean islands, and along with the films, we’re gonna have some great parties.”Get ready to see the Caribbean in a new light.Hal Axler: “People, when they think of th...

Harrison Ford reunites with ‘Indiana Jones’ co-stars at ‘Dial of Destiny’ Hollywood premiere

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:31 GMT

It’s almost the end of an era. Harrison Ford is donning the iconic fedora and whip one last time in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”But before Indy’s final bow, Harrison and the cast had another mission to handle: the Hollywood premiere of their new movie … and hopefully no rolling boulders anywhere in sight.Announcer: “Mr. Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones!”Harrison Ford: “I’m celebrating this film and this installment, but I’m also celebrating all of those people who have kept us making these movies for 42 years.”Harrison Ford (as Indiana Jones): “Those days have come and gone.”John Rhys-Davies (as Sallah): “Perhaps, perhaps not.”Harrison Ford: “Last time we did this particular one was 1985. Dear Lord. I was a young boy then “Phoebe Waller-Bridge (as Helena Shaw): “Dad told me you found something, on the train during the war. A dial that could change the course of history.̶...

New Vietnamese restaurant Tâm Tâm has karaoke with a twist — it’s in their bathroom

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:31 GMT

Good food and a good time go hand in hand at Miami’s new Vietnamese restaurant, Tâm Tâm. Not to mention a lot of karaoke, but not on stage. Oh, no — it’s in the bathroom!You’ll have a boom-booming good time at Tâm Tâm.Tam Pham: “Tâm Tâm is a Vietnamese restaurant located in downtown Miami. We serve Vietnamese drinking food, which means food that facilitates drinking and gets you going.”The place is named after the owner, Tam.Tam Pham: “Tâm means ‘heart,’ and Tâm Tâm means ‘two hearts.’ It represents Harry and I, the two people that came together to open the restaurant. “Aww, so cute!Anyways, the food is meant for sharing, but we’d understand if you would want it all for yourself.Tam Pham: “Vietnamese crudo, you’re going to try the Jungle Steak tartare. The Betel Leaf-Wrapped Lamb Situation, it’s a lettuce wrap dish that comes with lettuce and pickles and a lot of herbs and a really yummy ...

Team West gets the better of Team East, 4-1, in baseball all-star game

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:31 GMT

MALDEN — When Luke Fredette first pulled up to a tucked away Rotondi Field, he didn’t truly know what to expect. The Waltham baseball star was set to take the diamond with some of the best players in the state, and there was pressure to perform.Yet, if there truly were any pregame jitters, you would not have known it given how he proceeded to play. Fredette finished 2-for-2, driving in a pair of runs to lead Team West to a 4-1 victory over Team East in the 2023 Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association’s Junior Select All-Star Game.“I was just looking fastball the whole time,” Fredette said afterward. “Then I just got it. I was looking to put it in play, and it landed in the right spot.”Fredette was named the game’s Most Valuable Player for his efforts, and his squad needed every run he could manufacture. Team East took an early lead in the second inning, as Somerville star Ian Born drove in a run with a fielder’s choice to make it 1-0.Later on in the bottom of the third however, F...

Boston City Council’s cut to veterans’ office sparks outcry

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:31 GMT

The City Council’s decision to cut $900,000 from the veterans’ services budget has prompted an outcry from across the country, council President Ed Flynn said.“I received literally hundreds of calls and texts from residents across Boston, across Massachusetts, and even veterans across the country,” Flynn said. “And they were disappointed in Boston for turning its back on veterans and military families.“As a member of the U.S. Navy for 24 years, I’m embarrassed about that vote. That’s not what the city is about. The city has always supported veterans and military families.”Flynn was among five councilors who voted against the city’s $4.2 billion operating budget on Wednesday.The fallout is still being felt in the cuts to the Boston Police Department, which total nearly $31 million, but outcry to a million-dollar cut that would reduce the veterans department budget by 14% grew equally as fierce on Thursday.“Cutting veterans programs shows the public and our military families tha...

MBCA All-Star Game: Juniors blank the sophomores, 7-0

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:31 GMT

MALDEN — Ever since the Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association started hosting its annual All-Star Games, the organization has been finding ways to honor individuals who have changed the sport locally, coaches and officials alike.This spring, the MBCA decided to honor the players themselves by adding an additional All-Star showcase to the usual two, with junior selects taking on the sophomores in what was described as the ‘Best of the East Battle’ to begin the day’s events.Thanks to a complete team effort, the juniors were able to earn bragging rights in the opener. Bishop Fenwick standout Nick Villano finished with a pair of hits and scored two runs, earning Most Valuable Player honors for his team as the juniors coasted to a 7-0 shutout of the sophomores at Rotondi Field.“There’s a lot of good players here,” Villano said. “It was an honor to be here in the first place, never mind just win MVP. Feels good to personally play well, but it’s also good to play alongside some of the...

Taunton blanks King Philip, will try to win third straight state championship

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:31 GMT

DARTMOUTH — The Taunton Tigers are on the hunt for a three-peat.A dominant pitching performance from Texas Tech commit Samantha Lincoln and timely hitting helped the No. 3 Tigers squeak out a 2-0 victory over Hockomock League rival and No. 2 seed King Philip in a Division 1 softball semifinal.The Tigers split the regular season series 1-1 with the Warriors, and the 1-0 loss on May 22 was the team’s only loss during the regular season. Head coach Michelle Raposo said the setback was needed for her team to stay grounded and energized.“I told the kids earlier in the season that loss was a good loss,” Raposo said. “It humbled us a bit and dialed us in. We weren’t going to let them out-cheer us, and I am so proud of them.”The Tigers earned two baserunners in the top of the first via walks, but King Philip pitcher McCoy Walsh locked in and shut the door. The Warriors got an initial boost off of a leadoff hit from senior Sarah Cullen, but Lincoln settled in after this blemish.“I buckled do...

Manitoba bus crash brings focus on safety of at-grade intersections in Canada

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:31 GMT

The deadly crash in Manitoba between a bus full of seniors and a semi has brought renewed attention on the safety of numerous so-called at-grade intersections on Canadian highways.BC Trucking Association CEO Dave Earle says most drivers in urban areas where highway intersections have overpasses or traffic lights have no idea about the prevalence of at-grade intersections, in which two routes cross at the same elevation, and that they operate without lights even on major arteries such as the Trans-Canada Highway.Earle says while it isn’t always possible, easy or economically viable to build fully grade-separated interchanges, it would be much safer for all drivers. Police say 15 people were killed and 10 others were hurt in the crash west of Winnipeg at the Trans-Canada Highway’s intersection with Highway 5. The Trans-Canada Highway is almost completely a four-lane route in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, but a large number of its intersections outside of cities are a...

Oregon man pleads guilty to hate crimes charges in Idaho

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:31 GMT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges for threatening to use his vehicle to hit an Idaho library worker who defended a transgender co-worker, as well as two women he believed were lesbians, according to court documents and the U.S. Justice Department.Matthew Alan Lehigh, 31, of Oregon, on Thursday entered the plea to two hate crimes charges in federal court in Idaho, the department said. Lehigh had signed a plea agreement in the case last month. He faces sentencing later.An attorney for Lehigh did not immediately return an email seeking comment sent after hours Thursday. Lehigh acknowledged as part of the plea agreement that last October at a Boise public library he threatened and struck with a closed fist a library worker who is transgender. Another library employee tried to protect the co-worker and followed Lehigh as Lehigh fled to the parking lot. There, Lehigh got into his car and after the worker who followed him outside approached, Lehigh accelera...

Vancouver Police Board accepts department’s report on Myles Gray inquest

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:24:31 GMT

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Police Department is committed to adopting the recommendations from a coroner’s inquest into the beating death of Myles Gray, it says in a report submitted to its board, but advocates say key concerns remain unaddressed.In a statement released by Pivot Legal Society, the policy director for the B.C. Civil Liberties Association says the police report “leads the reader to believe that everything is fine at the (department) — short of implementing body-worn cameras.”Meghan McDermott says the department “insists that its approach to crisis de-escalation is fine and dandy,” though she says police are using the same practices they did at the time Gray died in August 2015 after a beating by several officers.The initial 911 call on the day the 33-year-old died was about an agitated man who was behaving erratically and who had sprayed a woman with a garden hose.Gray died after a beating by police that left him with injuries including ru...