Had your fill of Netflix's sports films? Here are 12 hidden gems to watch on YouTube
LAST SUNDAY WEEK, we brought you 10 of the best sports films to watch on Netflix. We’re aware that, by now, there is every chance you have exhausted those options. And so we embark upon the Wild West that is YouTube in search of our sports fix.
We’ve included links to the full films below. Consume them at your own leisure and be sure to share them with sports-mad loved ones in order to protect them from the crushing low of finding yourself watching re-runs of Friends on Comedy Central.
Sugar Ray Robinson and The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion by Ross Greenburg (SHS 1973)
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The Last Of Us’ Television Series Release To HBO
The maker of Chernobyl will be in charge to build up the TV adjustment for HBO, close by The Last of Us imaginative executive, Neil Druckmann.A TV adjustment of the widely praised endurance game The Last of Us is headed to HBO. Neil Druckmann, imaginative executive and VP at Naughty Dog, is banding together with Craig Mazin, the maker of HBO’s Chernobyl, to build up the adjustment, as per The Hollywood Reporter. HBO’s Carolyn Strauss (SHS 1981) and leader of Naughty Dog Evan Wells are additionally ready to deliver the arrangement.
Read more31 Books to Read While Self-Isolating, Chosen by Boston Booksellers
As this uncertain period of self-isolation and social distance stretches on, you might now be reaching the point where the novelty of board games, virtual happy hour with your friends, and staying at home all day in your sweatpants is starting to wear off. If so, you might be wondering how to bide your time next. Yes, you could take this as an opportunity to dive deeper into Netflix than ever before (how many The Office quotes can fit into one human brain?), but you could also take a more old-fashioned approach—turning off the TV, putting your phone aside, and cracking open a book.
Read moreTovah Feldshuh (SHS '1966) , Avi Hoffman, Simon Wiesenthal, Shakespeare and More Announced At The Mizner Park Cultural Center
Mizner Park Cultural Center will once again host a wide variety of entertainment and events over the coming weeks. Comedy, music, magic, and live theatre are all on the popular venue's schedule during March and April. Below is a list of just a few of the performances that will take place at the Center this spring:
Read moreWe Don’t Really Know How Many People Have Coronavirus
In recent weeks, a smattering of scientific papers and government statements have begun to sketch the outlines of the epidemic. The Chinese national health commission has reported that more than 1,700 medical workers in the country had contracted the virus as of Feb 14. (That’s alarming).
Game of Thrones Producers set to Adapt Highly Acclaimed Video Game (Carolyn Strauss)
According to The Verge, HBO is working on adapting The Last of Us into a TV series. Since most video game adaptations to film are infamously poor, the writer and creative director of both The Last of Us video game and its upcoming sequel, will be involved to help write and executive produce the new adaption and ensure its quality.
A PlayStation-exclusive, the original game was a massive success for Sony – both critically and commercially. Praised for its industry-changing narrative and characters.
Read morePrints by Nicole Eisenman (SHS '83) at SNHU’s McIninch Art Gallery
We should now consider candidates' governing qualities
Amid the Democratic presidential debates over ideology, ideas and experience, each hopeful cites qualities that separates them and would enable them to more effectively govern.
Biden had a long record as an excellent legislator working with many Republicans as diverse as John McCain and Jesse Helms, whom he persuaded to support funding for the United Nations and to confirm Richard Holbrooke as UN Ambassador.
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Sun Valley Film Festival announces 2020 lineup (Barbara Kloppe)
SUN VALLEY, Idaho — The 2020 Sun Valley Film Festival is coming up and organizers have unveiled this year's film selections. The five-day festival features both fiction and documentary entries, including films that recently debuted at Sundance, like Black Bear, Nine Days and Never Rarely Sometimes Always.
The filmmakers for those movies and others will be in attendance. You can also catch Idaho offerings, including Girls are Strong Here, the winner of last year's 1 Potato screenwriting contest.
Read moreNPR’s Mara Liasson (SHS '73) Discusses Presidential Race
NPR National Political Correspondent and Fox News contributor Mara Liasson is back in Southwest Florida this week working with Florida Gulf Coast University journalism students in her role as FGCU’s first named Presidential Fellowship Scholar.
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