John Payne News

Faith is when you believe in things when common sense tells you not to. You probably recognize this line from one of the famous Christmas movies.

The Tivoli Theatre at 5021 Highland Ave. will hold a Christmas film festival Dec.

You might say Warren Brown survived the attack on Pearl Harbor because he went to the movies.

Yacht at 740 Club YACHT's new album, See Mystery Lights , is the oft-hilariously brilliant brainchild of Jona Bechtolt , formerly half of the Blow.

The perennial Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street starring Maureen O'Hara , John Payne, Edmund Gween , the only actor to win bestA supporting actorA playing Santa Claus, and Natalie Wood has been updatedA for 2009.

Three generations of descendants of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lewis of the Riverside area of Rockbridge County celebrated a family reunion over the July 11 weekend at the Timber Ridge home of Preston and Blair Williams.

CITY sailors took time out of their busy schedule to belt out a chorus of 'Sailing' during a visit by a Rod Stewart look-a-like. The impersonator, Paul Metcalfe, was in Plymouth to promote Rod's only concert in the UK this year - at Home Park on July 2. HMS Sutherland, a Type 23 frigate - which is undergoing Operational Sea Training at Devonport ...

"Explosive action" may be the stuff of soppy pullquotes, but the term takes on fresh life watching the 1950s noirs of Phil Karlson.

The Pacific Film Archive is offering a summer treat for noir buffs: a series of intense urban crime thrillers made by Phil Karlson in the 1950s.