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Straight Shooter
How Mark Wahlberg Found His Way Out of the Darkness and Into the Light
by Alex S. Morrison
Though roles in films such as Invincible have elevated him onto the A-list of Hollywood’s leading men, it’s unlikely that Mark Wahlberg would have been voted among Tinseltown’s Most Likely To Succeed even as recently as a decade ago. Born the youngest of nine children in the working class district of Boston, he dropped out of high school at the age of 14 (three years after his parents divorced) and turned to a life of petty crime and drugs. At age 16 he was convicted of assault against two Vietnamese men during a robbery attempt, and wound up spending nearly two months behind bars in Deer Island Penitentiary.
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Music:
Asobi Sesku
Emerging from the ashes of the attacks on 9/11 and the revitalized New York music scene that followed, Asobi Seksu didn’t much follow the post-punk script of the Strokes or Interpol. Instead, the band bore its fruit from the guitar-fueled shoegazers of the early 1990s and paired it with the cherubic vocals of singer/keyboardist Yuki Chikudate..
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Sports:
Lost In Translation
A Series of Conversations Between Daisuke Matsuzaka and His Catcher, Jason Varitek, as Interpreted by Expert on All Matters, Curt Schilling and Sir Unique Himself, Manny Ramirez...
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Shopping:
Guide to Newbury Beauty Stores
You don't need to go to a salon on Newbury Street in order to revamp your look. Just stop into one of the beauty-centric shops that have been popping up alongside the cafés, galleries and boutiques..
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