Television
Victoria Smurfit’s interpretation of Cruella De Vil, and by extension the character set up by co-creators Adam Horowitz and Eddie Kitsis, may have been one of the few villains on “Once Upon a Time” who was not sympathetic at all.
April 22, 2015
“Ivanhoe,” Sir Walter Scott’s classic story about the Crusades, is being produced in Great Britain as a six-hour miniseries that will be seen there on the BBC and in the United States on A&E; in 1997.
Aug. 3, 1996
Movies
Peter Yates’ deeply affecting “The Run of the Country” is a poignant coming-of-age story set in a deceptively idyllic-looking village in County Cavan, south of the Northern Irish border.
Sept. 22, 1995
Good odd-couple chemistry and decent fight scenes can’t save the formulaic film from its comic-book origins.
April 16, 2003
Business
Smurfit-Stone Container files for bankruptcy
Jan. 27, 2009
Jefferson Smurfit Group and Morgan Stanley on Friday announced a complicated financial restructuring that would unite two major paper producers under one corporate umbrella and would bring the corporate investors more than $1.5 billion in cash.
Aug. 5, 1989
“Best Fake Friends” is a forgettable dramedy about a newcomer to an upscale neighborhood who’s so eager to fit in with the local ladies’ “fun bunch” she turns into someone she’s not, to the detriment of her family.
Oct. 13, 2016
Travel & Experiences
Riobamba is a tired-looking town on a high plateau dividing the eastern and western ranges of the Andes in central Ecuador.
March 15, 1992
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., the world’s biggest box maker, said it agreed to buy St.
Feb. 24, 2000
Times Mirror said Thursday that it has agreed to sell 80% of its Publishers Paper division to Jefferson Smurfit Corp., an Illinois paperboard and packaging products company, for $150 million.
Dec. 6, 1985