Few stories impact as strongly as Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Color Purple." The bittersweet travails of Celie, Sofia, Nettie and Shug - four very different Southern black women who are, in many ways, equally repressed - tug the heartstrings, regardless of gender, age or race. ...more

November 23, 2009

Representatives for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick say the couple is expecting the birth of twin daughters this summer through a surrogate pregnancy. ...more

April 28, 2009

Paul Simdars of Hudson says Rich Lowry's op-ed page column missed some of the major blunders of the Bush administration. ...more

January 21, 2009

Jennifer Hudson got a big surprise on her 27th birthday: an engagement ring. ...more

September 16, 2008

Even premature babies respond favorably to massage therapy, according to a Frostproof couple. ...more

July 28, 2008

An acclaimed musical comedy now playing promises to tickle the funny bone. "The Full Monty," written by four-time Tony Award winner Terrence McNally with music by Tony Award nominee David Yazbek, is now at the Show Palace Dinner Theatre in Hudson. ...more

January 9, 2008

Hope Lutheran Church celebrated a milestone Nov. 25 when members gathered to honor the congregation's music director of 35 years, Christine Mansell. ...more

December 3, 2007

DVD Releases ...more

November 21, 2007

Mel Brooks is a salesman. Right now, he's warbling over the telephone - direct from Los Angeles - giving a preview of a love song from 'Young Frankenstein,' his new Broadway musical that begins previews Oct. 11 and opens Nov. 8. ...more

September 9, 2007