Mackie was presented with the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival’s highest honor, the King Vidor Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, presented by Cal Poly theatre professor Thomas Bernard.

A baby owl has been named "Bob the Builder" - after it was hand-reared to avoid noisy building work. The American Barn Owl was born at the Scottish Owl Centre but damage to the sanctuary's ...

On a recent flight from Dublin to Istanbul, I heard the unmistakable soundtrack to the kids' TV show "Bob the Builder" blasting through my noise-canceling earbuds. That's funny, I thought.