August 29, 2014

Bill Murray Took Tickets At A Baseball Game

After 33 seasons at Midway Stadium, the independent St. Paul Saints are moving to a new ballpark downtown. So when the team played their final game Thursday night, guess who was taking tickets right out front? None other than one of the club's owners (and Team Psychologist) Bill Murray. He would later catch the ceremonial first pitch from the mayor (and then throw it into the crowd).
August 28, 2014

The Filtered Excellence: August 28, 2014

Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Here are this weeks editor's picks of the best things to watch, the most interesting things to do, great things to try, the best picks to read, our favorite things to listen to and more
August 7, 2014

The Filtered Excellence: August 7, 2014

Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Here are this weeks picks of the best things to watch, the most interesting things to do, great things to try, the best picks to read, our favorite things to listen to and more.
May 19, 2014

Six Essential Performances by…Oliver Platt

Our newest feature salutes some of the great character actors with a primer on their greatest performances. In our first, we saluted the outstanding performances of recently deceased actor Bob Hoskins with Six Essential Performances. This week, a look at six brilliant, and sometimes overlooked roles of Oliver Platt.
April 10, 2014

Cold Case: Comedy’s Disappearing Girlfriends

Appearing as the girlfriend or wife in a major comedy can be a career-changer for some actresses that propels to bigger and better roles. But for some, it's their career highlight in a sea of one-off roles that leaves the viewer asking whatever even happened to so and so? Here are some unfortunate examples of comedies disappearing girlfriends.