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Staff writer for Boston.com covering A&E, web culture, lifestyle, and trending stories with a Boston focus.

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How two best friends with Down syndrome from Rhode Island made the kickass action movie of their ...

How two best friends with Down syndrome from Rhode Island made the kickass action movie of their ...

The inspiring story of Sam and Mattie and their very own zombie film. A line of hundreds stretched around the…

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The story behind the Boston vs. Philly sketch, according to two 'SNL' writers

The story behind the Boston vs. Philly sketch, according to two 'SNL' writers

'SNL' writers Streeter Seidell and Bryan Tucker discuss conceiving the idea, signing on Rachel Dratch and Tin…

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A 23-year-old local news anchor details her harrowing cancer diagnosis

A 23-year-old local news anchor details her harrowing cancer diagnosis

NBC Boston's Natasha Verma is in remission now, and she's ready to get back on air and give back to those in …

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Dear America, We Invented All the Worst Candy. Sorry. Love, Boston

Dear America, We Invented All the Worst Candy. Sorry. Love, Boston

Earlier this week, my esteemed colleague Alistair Birrell wrote an article detailing the many candies invente…

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All the Hollywood movies filmed in Massachusetts this fall

All the Hollywood movies filmed in Massachusetts this fall

From "Little Women" to "Wonderland," Massachusetts has seemed like one big film set recently. Just call it Hu…

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How 'Sweet Caroline' became Fenway's beloved (and detested) ballpark anthem

How 'Sweet Caroline' became Fenway's beloved (and detested) ballpark anthem

For a younger generation of Red Sox of fans, Fenway Park is synonymous with "Sweet Caroline." Yet the famous …

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5 of the best food movies streaming now

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The Queue Friday marks the limited release of “Tony,” the new Anthony Bourdain biopic filmed on Cape Cod last summer. If you’ve got time to head to the theaters this weekend, it’s definitely worth a watch.
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Review: New Anthony Bourdain movie ‘Tony’ is the rare biopic that works

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(JNS) – Look up the word “tough” in the dictionary (if people do such things anymore), and you might just find a picture of an Israeli. Tougher yet, an Israeli woman. Hardened by circumstances, history, work, wifedom, motherhood, and loss after loss, they have come to symbolize the sabra, a desert cactus prickly to the core. Nobody knows this better than an Israeli man. That, in short, is the theme of a new movie in English and Hebrew, “For the Love of a Woman,” released in mid-July.
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4 of the weirdest, most absurd soccer movies streaming now

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The Queue If you can’t tell from reading our website over the past couple of weeks, we’ve got World Cup fever here at Boston.com. I’ve had the extreme privilege of attending all five games at Gillette Stadium “Boston Stadium” alongside Assistant Sports Editor Hayden Bird, and I’ve loved every minute. A few weeks ago, Hayden made a guest appearance in The Queue to share some of his favorite soccer movies to get readers in the World Cup spirit.
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Who do you wish followed you?

Boston journalists, Internet culture writers, Anna Kendrick,

Why did you become a journalist?

Information junkie who desires to tell stories in a fun, digestible fashion.

What story are you most proud of writing or working on?

Joining Steve Harvey's dating website.