4+ hour, 29+ min ago (26+ words) A bright blue British police box inspired by "Dr. Who" will travel throughout Howard County, adding to the county's network of over 50 Little Free Libraries....

1+ week, 5+ day ago (106+ words) Howard County Executive Calvin Ball was joined by the Ellicott City Partnership, local business owners and community members on Thursday, as they unveiled the newest addition of pop culture and science fiction in Old Ellicott City. The TARDIS from Doctor Who is constructed as a tiny library that will travel around Howard County. Howard County Executive Calvin Ball was joined by the Ellicott City Partnership, local business owners and community members on Thursday, as they unveiled the newest addition of pop culture and science fiction in Old Ellicott City. The TARDIS from Doctor Who is constructed as a tiny library that will travel around Howard County....

2+ week, 6+ day ago (1503+ words) Peter Larsen, The Orange County Register (TNS) ANAHEIM, Calif. " William Shatner is 94 years old now, and apparently all those years zipping around the Star Trek universe at warp speed had an anti-aging effect on the actor best known as Capt. James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise. How else to explain how active Shatner remains in his 10th decade on his home planet? In recent months, Shatner's started work on his 12th nonfiction book, "William Shatner and You!" for which he's interviewing fans about how he's impacted their lives. Shatner and astrophysicist'Neil DeGrasse Tyson'debuted a live show called "The Universe is Absurd" and are now collaborating on an audiobook. Most recently, he's holding a charity auction for his annual Hollywood Charity Horse Show, which raises funds to support children's and veterans' charities. Now Shatner comes to Anaheim on Friday, Nov. 14, for a live…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago (388+ words) Go to a film festival that's out of this world or a spooky one-man show, see the Central Library's collection of Baltimore's master of the macabre, find that hard-to-find collectible or listen to the emotionally rich sound of a pop sensation. Go to a film festival that's out of this world or a spooky one-man show, see the Central Library's collection of Baltimore's master of the macabre, find that hard-to-find collectible or listen to the emotionally rich sound of a pop sensation. Ongoing: The Outer Rim Science Fiction Film Festival Are you searching for original science fiction in cinema? Beam down to these coordinates: the Patterson Theater at the Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave., for The Outer Rim Science Fiction Film Festival. See short films like "The Twilight Zone-inspired "Invasion '53 starring Jeffrey Combs of "Re-Animator (1985) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago (928+ words) By BOB THOMAS and BETH HARRIS Lockhart died Thursday of natural causes at her home in Santa Monica, family spokesman Lyle Gregory, a friend of 40 years, said Saturday. "She was very happy up until the very end, reading the New York Times and LA Times everyday," he said. "It was very important to her to stay focused on the news of the day." The daughter of prolific character actor Gene Lockhart, Lockhart was cast frequently in ingenue roles as a young film actor. Television made her a star. From 1958 to 1964, she portrayed Ruth Martin, who raised the orphaned Timmy (Jon Provost), in the popular CBS series "Lassie." From 1965 to 1968, she traveled aboard the spaceship Jupiter II as mother to the Robinson family in the campy CBS adventure "Lost in Space." Offscreen, Lockhart insisted, she was nothing like the women she…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago (250+ words) Congratulations to Gov. Wes Moore, who has transported the State of Maryland into George Orwell's book "1984," where words are twisted and manipulated ("Gov. Wes Moore: "We've turned a ... Congratulations to Gov. Wes Moore, who has transported the State of Maryland into George Orwell's book "1984," where words are twisted and manipulated ("Gov. Wes Moore: "We've turned a $3 billion inherited deficit into a surplus,'" April 12). From a Maryland state budget surplus of $5 billion, Wes Moore labeled it as "not [a] structural surplus" just weeks ago and has now described it as a "$3 billion inherited deficit." Gov. Moore was elected in 2022. It's 2025, isn't it? If this was an inherited deficit, it took three years for the governor to recognize this problem? Seems it's just that it took three years for the governor to parse the words so he can say, "It's not my…...