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‘Olden Era’ breathes life into a veteran strategy franchise

I never expected this. I’ve written before about my love for the Heroes of Might and Magic (HoMM) series — but mostly the second and third installments. For those keeping track at home, HoMM2 came out in 1996, and HoMM3 came out in 1999. Now, HoMM3 in particular has been kept alive ...

The 37th Annual Music Picnic Series at South Hills announced

STATE COLLEGE — South Hills School of Business & Technology has announced the line up for this year’s edition of their live music events. Every Sunday evening from June 7 through Aug. 30, except Arts Fest Sunday, live music will fill the air on Waupelani Drive. Heat up your summer with live music, and family-friendly fun in the beautiful outdoor amphitheater and stage at South Hills School. The concert grounds open at 5 p.m. when guests are invited to find a picnic table or spread out a blanket on the grassy lawn. Music begins at 6 p.m. and ends at 7:30 p.m. Bathroom facilities ...

In a low period for comedy films, these were the best of the last decade

NEW YORK (AP) — The last decade has not been good for big-screen comedies. Hollywood studios nearly stopped making them. Horror became the in vogue genre. Laughs were out. Good comedies have kept being made, of course — it’s just taken a little more effort to find them. This month ...

Met gala guests deliver works of art on the human form

New York (AP) — Whether dressed in a jewel-encrusted skeletal form, sculpted breast plates or anatomy-evoking trompe l’oeil, Met Gala guests physically evoked the theme “fashion is art” Monday evening as they masterfully pulled from a kaleidoscope of references to embody living works of art. “Everyone who attended the Met Gala this year really leaned into fashion is art, using your body as a canvas, and that really came across in some of the best-dressed looks of the night,” said Kevin Huynh, fashion director of InStyle. Fashionable A-listers gave into the theme and had ...

PARIS (AP) — The painting shows a girl in a bonnet and her younger brother staring across the Normandy coast toward an unknown horizon. The artwork itself faced an unknown future in 1942, when it was acquired in Paris for Adolf Hitler, one of countless works swept up in the Nazi plunder ...