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While some Bostonians dismiss the Herald as a tabloid rag, we read the paper everyday. There's often more energy and swagger on the cover of the Herald than in whole sections of the Globe.

Console yourselves, people. Go out tonight.

--Facts of Life plus puns doesn't seem like it would be that funny. Oh, but it is! [Derspatchel]

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--Ooh. Somebody heard Whitey Bulger's voice. Please tell us--who has set the time limit for how long the press can go without a Whitey Bulger story? [Boston Herald]

There's nothing like a loud, baseless Herald story to get the morning started right. Today's tabloid trumps Heath Ledger's death with, "BUSTED! Deval Casino Plan's Just Like Michigan's... And They Lost $10M Last year." This Bostonist happens to be wearing a Detroit Tigers cap and sweatshirt as we type this, but we don't need Michigander bias to be dismayed by the lack of evidence in their piece.

This year attendance numbers were drastically down in movie theaters. That was the mantra being blasted at anyone who'd listen. When asked what was causing this, industry experts presented cases such as movie piracy, home movie theaters gaining in popularity, and if pressed enough, the waning quality of movies in general. If you looked hard enough or sampled enough of the releases, however, you would have seen a good number of entertaining and challenging films....

According to places such as Star and Gawker, it’s feasible that Jen From Dawson’s Creek, AKA the lovely actress (see: Me Without You, The Station Agent) Michelle Williams is pregnant with Heath Ledger’s baby. Funny enough, tonight Williams’ ex-boyfriend, Andy Herod, is in town with his band The Comas. Last year The Comas released Conductor, a fantastic album that was loosely centered around Herod’s breakup with Williams. It’s most clear in one of the standout...