April, 2015 The Valley Patriot newspaper gave out the first ever Artie T. DeMoulas Scholarship to a Market Basket employee attending or enrolled in college. This scholarship is named the Artie T. DeMoulas Scholarship to honor the man who led the revolt to save our MORE FOR YOUR DOLLAR STORE and to thank the employees […]
MTV’s Brittany Baldi took time out of her busy schedule doing reality television shows and all her other projects to talk with Valley Patriot publisher and Paying Attention Radio! host, Tom Duggan, who broadcasts his show on 980WCAP in Lowell. The Methuen native had already shot her final appearance on MTV’s Battle of the Ex’s […]
By: Bill Cushing – March, 2105 Television spinoffs are risky projects. But when you are creating a spinoff to the greatest drama series of all time, it makes it even riskier. When I first heard of the plans of a Breaking Bad spinoff featuring Bob Odenkirk’s character, Saul Goodman, I was highly skeptical. I was […]
By: Billy Cushing – February, 2105 From time to time, my column will feature questions asked by readers regarding the world of TV. Feel free to email me with any questions you may have about TV at BillsTVTalk@gmail.com, and I’ll do my best to answer you and may feature your question in a future […]
Methuen’s Brittany Baldi has moved to Los Angeles, California to expand her career in the entertainment industry. Baldi says she loves working in Boston and will probably be back someday, but added that she needed a change of pace. As anyone who has followed her TV, radio and movie career, Brittany’s pace is a lot […]
By: Bill Cushing – January, 2015 Now that 2014 has come and gone, it’s time to look back on a great year of TV. It was very hard narrowing it down, but here are my choices for the 10 best shows of 2014. 10. The Blacklist (NBC) – As the only network show on my […]
By: Bill Cushing – December, 2014 With Christmas upon us, I thought I would look back at some great Christmas episodes of our favorite shows over the years. There have been many, to be sure. But I’m going to discuss my personal favorites. Some that are not what you would consider traditional Christmas episodes, […]
By: Bill Cushing – November, 2014 November is election month, and it made me think of TV shows that dealt with the political arena. There have been quite a few. Commander-In-Chief, Scandal, House of Cards, and on the comedy side, we’ve had Spin City, and Veep, among others. But, in my opinion, the conversation begins […]
By: Tom Duggan – October, 2014 Read Part 1 Read Part 2 This is Part III of our interview with movie star and model Brittany Baldi of Methuen. This month we asked Brittany to give us some advice for younger people looking to get into show business and touched a little on her personal life. VP: […]
By: Bill Cushing – October, 2014 CBS’ new action-packed series, Scorpion, about a group of geniuses recruited by US Homeland Security to help them solve various crimes, requires some suspension of disbelief, but is really a lot of fun. The show is loosely based on real life genius Walter O’Brien, played in the show by […]
By: Bill Cushing – Sept. 2014 Fall means the end of summer for most people, but it is the time of year that most TV fans look forward to. It’s the time when most shows come back from their long summer break and return to the airwaves with new episodes. This year is no […]
By: Bill Cushing – August. 2014 From time to time, my column will feature questions asked by readers regarding the world of TV. Feel free to email me with any questions you may have about TV at BillsTVTalk@gmail.com, and I’ll do my best to answer you and may feature your question in a future column. […]
Last month, Methuen’s Brittany Baldi talked about how she started in show business and her time on MTV’s “Are You the One” (AYTO). Shortly after our interview, Baldi was flown to Los Angeles to shoot an update of the show in a “where are they now” type of TV reunion. The show will focus on […]
By: Bill Cushing – July, 2014 The Primetime Emmy nominations will be announced on July 10th and every year I like to review the past year in TV and give my Emmy Wish List. This is my list of performances and shows that I really hope get recognized by the Television academy. The nominations are […]
By: Bill Cushing Not too long ago, the summer season was a vast wasteland for TV lovers. As recently as the 90’s you would be hard pressed to find any new programming at all between June and September. Sure, you had a few new shows that premiered over the years during the summer. Seinfeld is […]