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Anthony Michael Hall Is ‘The Nerd’ No More

Lee Child’s Reacher book series was first adapted as a film franchise in the 2010s as a star vehicle for Tom Cruise. But in that the titular Jack Reacher is canonically 6-foot-5 with “hands like dinner plates” and “biceps like basketballs,” true fans objected philosophically to his having been portrayed by the famously elfin Cruise. Prime Video’s series adaptation, Reacher — starring absolute unit Alan Ritchson — premiered in 2022 and has been much more favorably received.

Each season, Reacher — a former Army MP major turned problem-solving drifter in the style of The Incredible Hulk — finds himself in a new location, with a new kind of corruption to deal with. In Season Three, that location is Maine, where Reacher has a chance meeting with a college student named Richard Beck (Johnny Berchtold) while trying to sell some vinyl at a used record store. As Reacher helps get Richard out of a dangerous situation the way only Reacher can, Richard brings him home to meet his father Zachary (Anthony Michael Hall).

‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ Fans Say ‘Congrats!’ and ‘Rest in Peace’ As Wade Boggs Beats Cancer

It’s official – 66-year-old MLB legend Wade Boggs beat prostate cancer like the Gang beat Boggs.

Late last year, Boggs made a public announcement to his many fans that he was fighting prostate cancer, promising his followers, “With the strength and support of my family and my faith in God, I’m going to ring that damn bell." Alongside the community of baseball fans, Boggs’ many well-wishers included a sizable section of the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fandom who agreed to temporarily suspend one of their favorite inside jokes from Boggs' cameo in the Season 10 masterpiece “The Gang Beats Boggs” until the boss won his cancer battle.

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