Author: Tom Deignan
A new biopic and a book about former president Reagan fail to mention his gaffe about "Born in the U.S.A" on a campaign stop in New Jersey.
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Point Pleasant Veteran’s D-Day Efforts Lauded as Crucial to U.S. Military History in New Book
April 28, 2023
In Len Lomell: D-Day Hero, author Steven Gillon explains how Leonard Lomell's battlefield exploits made him a war hero.
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‘Jersey Italian Love Story’ Is a Funny and Salty New Read
February 10, 2023
Terri-Lynne DeFino's romance novel features a colorful cast of Italian Americans—and plenty of Sopranos-esque swagger.
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How New Jersey Shaped Stan Lee Into a Marvel Legend
December 19, 2022
Lee created such pop-culture icons as Spider-Man, Iron Man and Black Panther. Amid his centennial, we look back at his influential Army days at Fort Monmouth.
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How a Jersey Doctor Opened a New Front Against Cancer
November 27, 2020
In her new book, author Jennet Conant tells the story of Dr. Stewart Alexander, a Park Ridge native she refers to as “the father of chemotherapy.”
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‘Irishman’ Film Boasts Deep Jersey Roots
October 30, 2019
The Garden State plays a major role in Martin Scorsese’s latest underworld epic, hitting theaters and Netflix this November.
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Thomas Edison’s Winding Road to New Jersey
October 17, 2019
A family tree of immigrants, loyalists and rebels—and finally, a lab in Menlo Park.
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Actor Jake Weary: ‘I’m a Jersey Boy at Heart’
May 28, 2019
Weary plays Deran Cody on the hit TNT drama Animal Kingdom, whose fourth season premieres May 28 at 9 pm.
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How a Kid from Hoboken Revolted Against Nazism
March 28, 2019
Peter Duffy's new book, "The Agitator," deems Bill Bailey’s 1935 uprising the first of its kind in America.
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Brian Geraghty portrays New York City police commissioner and future president Teddy Roosevelt in the TNT series "The Alienist."
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