Entertainment
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The Guinness Book of World Records Once Named This Local Man the Tallest Actor in the World
Matthew McGrory was once named the world’s tallest actor by the Guinness Book of World Records as he stood at 7 feet, 6 inches. Additionally, he also holds the records for biggest foot and longest toe in the world, writes Norway Martin for Venture Jolt. McGrory was born in West Chester in 1973. Before he…
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Matchmaker from Bryn Mawr Helps Jewish Singles Find Love in New Netflix Show
Bryn Mawr native Aleeza Ben Shalom is helping Jewish singles find their soulmates in a new Netflix show, Jewish Matchmaking, writes Cecilia Levine for the Daily Voice. The show, which is produced by the same team that worked on Indian Matchmaking, debuted on the streaming platform on May 3. Ben Shalom is a dating coach…
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Half-Hour from Montgomery County Is an Entertainment Venue That Is Oldest of Its Kind in the World
A Shankweiler’s Drive-In Theater announcement on Facebook gave notice of its 2023 opening in Orefield, Lehigh County, generating numerous memories of the unique entertainment venue. It’s about a 30-minute drive from Montgomery County via the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Locals making the trip will find the oldest operational entertainment site of its kind worldwide. The first drive-in…
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Record Shop with Two Montgomery County Locations Earns High-Fi Nod for Vinyl
The Rock Shop, in both King of Prussia and Plymouth Meeting, received a statewide recommendation for its extensive inventory from Vinyl World, a music industry publication. An April 2023 article from Interesting Engineering examined the vinyl-record phenomenon. Vinyl records entered the market in 1948, replacing the brittle, shellac-based 78 RPM version. The new technology offered…
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Michael Rubin’s Fanatics to Grow Sports-Betting Operation with $150M Acquisition
Fanatics, the largest sports apparel and collectibles company in the world owned by Bryn Mawr billionaire Michael Rubin, agreed to pay $150 million for the U.S. business of Australian-based PointsBet. Jeff Neiburg went all-in to cover the deal in The Philadelphia Inquirer. “While there are still several steps in the process to complete the acquisition,…
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Think Your Career Has Been a Three-Ring Circus? This Glenside Retiree’s Was the Real Deal
Bill Hall of Glenside is a longtime talent agent who has worked with many circus performers since the late 1960s and produced circus shows. George A. Hamid, Sr., interviewed him for Circus World Digital Collections. Hall — who also authored a regular column for the magazine of the Circus Fans Association of America — saw…
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Gladwyne’s Marisa Magnatta of the Preston & Steve Show Celebrates Two Decades at WMMR
Gladwyne’s Marisa Magnatta, the radio producer and gal-about-town, is celebrating two decades at WMMR, which is half her life. Victor Fiorillo covered the career milestone in the Philadelphia Magazine. Magnatta, of the Preston & Steve Show, grew up in Cherry Hill, then moved to Montgomery County. “Main Line-ish,” she said. “Okay, Gladwyne, but I don’t…
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John DeBella’s Announced Retirement from WMGK-FM in Bala Cynwyd Is a Career Mic-Drop
Morning radio personality John DeBella is retiring after 41 years of on-air time in Bala Cynwyd. Jeff Blumenthal reported the exit of the former Morning Zoo zookeeper in the Philadelphia Business Journal. DeBella’s announcement was part of his May 11 show. “There has been a running joke that started 15 years ago when I was…
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Narberth Songwriter Lizzy McAlpine Went from Seeing Her Song Go Viral on TikTok to Successful First Tour
For Narberth songwriter Lizzy McAlpine, it does not take much to walk away from an unfinished idea for a song, reported Stephen Kallao for WXPN. “If it doesn’t happen in like an hour, then it’s not meant to happen at all,” she said. The Lower Merion High School graduate applied this intuitive approach to her star-making…
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Taylor Swift Rumor Sends Hundreds to Wayne Restaurant
The rumor mill was working overtime Thursday when a story circulated that Taylor Swift was having dinner Thursday evening in Delaware County. According to WMMR’s Preston & Steve, hundreds of Swifties of all ages hung out outside Autograph Brasserie at 503 W. Lancaster Ave. in the Eagle Village Shops hoping to get a glimpse of…
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Conshohocken Taylor Swift Fan Takes Extra Care Not to Be a Victim of Concert Ticket Swindles
The Taylor Swift ticket scramble for her Lincoln Financial Field concerts (May 12–14) has been a boom to scammers. Erin McCarthy, however, found a savvy, local purchaser whose methodology she described in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Commercial site prices have been at least $1,300 a seat, sending FOMO-fearing fans to other sources. After bypassing several sketchy…
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Warminster Sports Club Brings Back Popular Biergarten, Offering Food, Live Music
A club in Bucks County has announced the continuation of a popular series of musical events, which will be held on its property. Vereinigung Erzgebirge, a German-American social and sports club located at 130 Davisville Road in Warminster, is bringing back its biergarten, which will see live entertainment and food returning to the grounds. The events…
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Wall Street Journal: Philadelphia Eagles’ Performance in Super Bowl LVII Watched by Record Number of Viewers
The Super Bowl matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs was watched by 115.1 million households, more than two million over what had previously been reported, writes Isabella Simonetti for The Wall Street Journal. The viewership for the February 12 game was under-reported, owing to errors experienced by Nielsen, according to FOX, the…
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Final Episode of the Jenkintown-centric ‘Goldbergs’ becomes 1980s Cinematic Tribute
The May 3 episode of ABC’s The Goldbergs — the Adam F. Goldberg valentine to his 1980s Jenkintown youth — brought the popular series to an apt conclusion after a decade. Earl Hopkins wrote a finale-episode recap for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The series, which leaned heavily into pop culture of its time, did so again…
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Lansdale Unlocks Site to Welcome New Escape Room Brand
Escapopolis, a new Montgomery County escape-room brand, is set to open May 5 at 325 W. Main St., Lansdale, a former retail location. The Reporter unlocked its details. The site will hold four themed rooms solvable by teams as small as two and as large as 10. According to the designers, the time needed to…
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Chester County Crime Family Inspiration for 1986 Sean Penn and Christopher Walken Movie ‘At Close Range’
At Close Range is a 1986 crime drama based on a true story of a Chester County crime family described as “one of the most cunning and sly groups of criminals” by a former defense attorney for one of its members, writes Raghvendra Singh Rana for The Cinemaholic. Written by Nicholas Kazan, the film focuses…
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Three Generations of Black Women Educators Talk TV Sitcom Abbott Elementary, Philadelphia Schools
For Philadelphians who come from a family of teachers, the hit workplace TV comedy Abbott Elementary hits very close to home, writes MacKenzie River Foy for the Reckon. Phyllis Byrd (grandmother), Karla Foy (mother), and Seneca Foy (daughter) are three generations of Black women educators who found the show enjoyable but also somewhat unrealistic. “I…
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How a Plymouth Whitemarsh High School Singer-Dancer Originally from Mexico Made the Leap to Broadway
Local performer Angel Sigala is about to debut on Broadway, as Linda Finarelli explained in The Times Herald. Sigala and his family moved to New York from Mexico City in 2010, then came to Norristown. There, Sigala wanted to follow in his father’s footsteps as a dancer. Without resources for dance school, however, Sigala relied…
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