Day: January 15, 2017

Burt Reynolds to auction replica ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ Trans-Am

Remember the iconic muscle car driven by Burt Reynolds in the kitchy yet classic 1977 movie Smokey and the Bandit ? Who wouldn’t want to own a Trans-Am just like it? Bidders will get their chance Friday at an auction in Arizona, MSN Autos reports. A listing for the Barrett-Jackson sale in Scottsdale shows a Pro-Touring Firebird owned by Reynolds and built by Restore a Muscle Car and Gene Kennedy.

Trump Team May Move Press Briefing Room Out of White House: Reince Priebus

President-elect Donald Trump’s team is considering moving the press briefing room out of the White House’s West Wing, according to Trump’s incoming chief of staff, Reince Priebus. When asked about an Esquire magazine report that the incoming administration plans to move the press room out of the West Wing to the Old Executive Office Building next door, Priebus told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on This Week , “The one thing that we discussed was whether or not we want to do conferences in the [Executive Office Building].”

Vietnam doc makes Ken Burns, Trent Reznor partners

Ken Burns and Trent Reznor would seem two unlikely collaborators, but both describe their recent work on the upcoming PBS documentary on the Vietnam War as among the most satisfying of their careers. Reznor, the Nine Inch Nails singer and Academy Award-winning film score composer with partner Atticus Ross, made the score for the 10-part series that debuts this fall.

Obama criticizes Israel on adding settlements, urges vigilence as Trump takes office

WASHINGTON The increase of Israeli settlements has “gotten so substantial” that it is inhibiting the possibility for an “effective, contiguous Palestinian state,” President Barack Obama said Sunday, in his final interview as president. Speaking to CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Obama dismissed the idea that there is a “major rupture” in the relationship between the United States and Israel after last month’s decision by the U.S. to abstain from a United Nations vote condemning Israeli settlements.

Katie Holmes’ Jackie Kennedy is romanced by shipping…

Her big fat Greek wedding! Katie Holmes’ Jackie Kennedy is romanced by shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis in After Camelot trailer She had narrowly escaped begin killed while sitting next to her ill-fated husband in the last season of The Kennedys. And Katie Holmes brings Jackie Kennedy’s love story with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis to life in the trailer for follow-up miniseries After Camelot.

Channel Nine deny ‘police were called to Richard Wilkins’ home to…

College student, 19, survives car crash that killed her best friend by clinging onto a tree for TWELVE HOURS in freezing temperatures before swimming across flowing creek at daybreak to get help ‘Not funny, cast is terrible, always a complete hit job’: The Donald slams SNL for ribbing him about Russian golden shower saga – as gleeful Alec Baldwin insists ‘Trump just hands it to us in a basket with a big bow’ The delicate art of apologising by psychologist HARRIET LERNER who’s studied the subject for 20 years Packing up! Anti-Trump protesters plan demonstration outside the New York City home of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner to ‘Help Ivanka Move’ Martin Luther King’s wife was convinced he stayed faithful – despite FBI ‘smear’ tapes of him having sex with other women Eight richest men are worth the same as HALF the rest of the world: Their A 350billion haul is equal to the wealth of … (more)

Trump team considers relocating White House media corps

Routine media access to the White House could be a thing of the past under Donald Trump’s presidency, with top officials of the incoming administration saying Sunday that they’re exploring more spacious options nearby. Vice President-elect Mike Pence cast the idea as a response to increased interest in the new administration, saying they’re “giving some consideration to finding a larger venue on the 18 acres in the White House complex to accommodate the extraordinary interest.”

Former pro wrestler Jimmy a Superflya Snuka dies at 73

Former pro wrestler Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, who earlier this month was found not competent to stand trial in the 1983 death of his girlfriend, has died at his son-in-law’s home in Florida. He was 73. Attorney Robert Kirwan II said Snuka was taken Sunday to the home near Pompano Beach so that he could spend his last moments there.

The Young Pope’: Does the Pope Really Have a Secret Buzzer…

Pope Pius XIII makes use of the buzzer to call an assistant to interrupt an unwanted meeting, but does such a buzzer actually exist? In the first episode of “The Young Pope,” Lenny Belardo , aka the newly elected Pope Pius XIII, gets acquainted with his new digs in Vatican City, with Cardinal Voiello as his guide. When showing the young pope his office and where he’ll hold meetings with other church officials, Voiella draws his attention to an advanced feature of the pope’s desk: a buzzer on its underside that he can use to cut meetings short.

January 19

Grey’s Anatomy – WINTER PREMIERE “You Can Look ” Bailey, Arizona and Jo go to a maximum security women’s prison to treat a violent, 16-year-old pregnant girl and her unborn baby. The second half of season 13 premieres January 19 on CTV @ 7pm ET Grey’s Anatomy – WINTER PREMIERE “You Can Look ” Bailey, Arizona and Jo go to a maximum security women’s prison to treat a violent, 16-year-old pregnant girl and her unborn baby.

January 18

Six – SERIES PREMIERE The eight episode season follows members of the elite Navy SEAL Team Six, whose covert mission to eliminate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan goes awry when they uncover a U.S. citizen working with terrorists. Inspired by true events, the series authentically captures the high-stakes world of this Special Operations unit – including their personal lives, … Six – SERIES PREMIERE The eight episode season follows members of the elite Navy SEAL Team Six, whose covert mission to eliminate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan goes awry when they uncover a U.S. citizen working with terrorists.

‘Get Smart’ actor Dick Gautier dead at 85

Actor Dick Gautier, who gained fame playing an Elvis-like singer in the Broadway musical “Bye Bye Birdie” and went on to play Hymie the Robot on TV’s “Get Smart,” has died. He was 85. Gautier died Friday at an assisted living facility in Los Angeles County, his publicist Harlan Boll told The Associated Press.

Woody Austin, Mark Mulder win Diamond Resorts Invitational

Woody Austin completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday in the Diamond Resorts Invitational and former pitcher Mark Mulder took the celebrity title. Austin closed with a 6-under 66 on the Four Seasons Resort’s Tranquilo course, earning 31 points in the modified Stableford scoring system to finish the three-round event at 104 – eight points ahead of second-place Joe Durant.

An Evening with David Cassidy at Granada

A nostalgic rock and roll performance is on the program as the Granada Theatre Concert Series presents An Evening with David Cassidy at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 19, at 1214 State St., Santa Barbara. Cassidy has an ability to reinvent himself, and adapt to numerous genres.

Trump Team May Move West WingBriefings to Expand Capacity

The incoming Trump administration is considering moving White House press briefings out of the West Wing to accommodate more than the “Washington media elite,” President-elect Donald Trump’s press secretary said. “This is about greater accessibility, more people in the process,” Sean Spicer said Sunday on Fox News Channel’s “Media Buzz.”

Richie and Gemma McCaw’s wedding music picks revealed

With a white dress and cute flower girls, several elements of the McCaw wedding were steeped in tradition, but their music choices were anything but. Gemma McCaw chose to forgo popular song choices such as A 1000 Years or Procession of the Bride , commonly referred to as Here Comes the Bride , to walk down the isle to.

‘Get Smart’ Actor Dick Gautier Dead at 85

Actor Dick Gautier, who gained fame playing an Elvis-like singer in the Broadway musical “Bye Bye Birdie” and went on to play Hymie the Robot on TV’s “Get Smart,” has died. He was 85. His daughter Denise tells the Hollywood Reporter that Gautier died Friday at an assisted living facility in Los Angeles County.

Fresh Off the Boat’ Author Eddie Huang Responds to Steve…

“Fresh off the Boat” author and restaurateur Eddie Huang has responded to Steve Harvey ‘s controversial Asian men joke from earlier this month. In an essay for the New York Times , Huang wrote about the certain stereotypes Asian men face – “we count good, we bow well our male anatomy is the size of a thumb drive and we could never in a thousand millenniums be a threat to steal your girl.”

That scene in Mollya s kitchen in the Sherlock finale was almost very different

The Sherlock season four finale contained a moving and unbearably tense scene set in Molly Hooper’s kitchen, in which Sherlock saves the pathologist’s life at the last moment. Sherlock’s psychotic sister Eurus has constructed a scenario in which Benedict Cumberbatch’s character held captive on the island prison of Sherrinford is involved in a phone call with Molly during which he must get her to say the words “I love you” to him.

Benedict Cumberbatch’s parents cameo in Sherlock series 4 finale

Sherlock viewers have met the detective’s parents twice before in the series, once in season three opener The Empty Hearse when they visited his Baker Street flat for tea and again when the Holmes family gathered together for a cosy Christmas in the final episode of the run, His Last Vow. Wanda Ventham, 81, and Timothy Carlton , 77, play Mr and Mrs Holmes, and they made another appearance in Sunday night’s series four finale, The Final Problem.

Washington Post reporter defends Donald Trump

In a January 15 tweet, President-elect Donald Trump thanked famed investigative journalist Bob Woodward over a “garbage” intelligence file that was the focus of media attention last week. Woodward, who was one of two reporters who broke the Watergate story in the 1970s, told Fox News Sunday that the president-elect’s perspective is “underreported.”

‘Hidden Figures’ keeps orbit at top; Affleck, Scorsese flop

The crowd-pleasing NASA drama “Hidden Figures” has topped the box office for the second straight week, while a pair of high-priced prestige releases sputtered. Estimates on Sunday say “Hidden Figures,” a tale about African-American mathematicians in the 1960s space race, sold $20.5 million in tickets in North American theaters over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

THIRTEEN’s American Masters Presents Exclusive U.S. Broadcast…

First feature documentary on the author/activist features exclusive interviews with Dr. Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Common, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and othersYear-long #InspiringWomanPBS online campaign… , 1928-May 28, 2014) led a prolific life. As a singer, dancer, activist, poet and writer, she inspired generations with lyrical modern African-American thought that pushed boundaries.

Ariel Winter lets her inner child shine as she enjoys roller coaster ride at Disneyland

Thrilling! On Saturday, Ariel Winter, 18, visited Disneyland in celebration of her niece’s birthday. It is unknown if the child beside her is indeed her niece Parker Sylish and comfortable: For her fun-filled day, Ariel kept comfortable in a white top, layered underneath a camouflage jacket She is the daughter of the star’s sister, Shanelle Workman, who became Ariel’s legal guardian of Ariel in May 2014 following a legal battle with their mother.

Photos: ‘Elle’ celebrates women in TV

‘Big Little Lies’ stars Laura Dern, from left, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley and Zoe Kravitz attend the ‘Elle’ annual Women in Television Celebration at Chateau Marmont Saturday in Los Angeles. Click forward to see more photos from arrivals.

Pence: ‘No decision’ on evicting reporters from the White House

Donald Trump ‘s communications team is mulling plans to move reporters to a different location on the White House grounds in order to grant more media access to the incoming administration, Vice President-elect Mike Pence said Sunday. “What the team told me is that there is such a tremendous amount of interest in this incoming administration that they’re giving some consideration to finding a larger venue on the 18 acres of the White House complex to accommodate the extraordinary interest,” Pence told CBS’ John Dickerson.

Saturday Night Live Returns with Trump Press Conference, Tina Fey Cameo

Saturday Night Live returned after its long winter rest with another Donald Trump -skewering cold open this weekend. As Alec Baldwin pointed out earlier this week , Trump probably deserved a writing credit on this episode, because the cast basically just re-enacted his press conference from last week verbatim, then sprinkled in some shirtless Putin, played by Beck Bennett .

Tom Hardy on the – Fury Road’ Sequel

The incredibly talented actor discusses fatherhood, his drama school classmate Michael Fassbender, and the potential of a Christopher Nolan-directed Bond film. The new FX miniseries series Taboo is very much a full-circle moment for its co-creator/star, Tom Hardy .

Repaired and ready: Venue where a young Dylan played reopens

Bob Dylan would surely still recognize the low-ceilinged room in Caffe Lena where he played a couple of gigs almost 60 years ago. But just about everything else about a venue that bills itself as the nation’s oldest continuously operating coffeehouse has undergone some major upgrades as part of a $2 million renovation project bankrolled in part by folk music performers themselves.

To watch or not to watch?

… movie shows snippets of that, and if you read the comics, you will really know that. I view these movies as entertainment. Seeing the Harley/Joker relationship come to life is interesting to me because I love seeing how the actors make the role …

‘SNL’ Takes On ‘The Bachelor’, Bearded And…

Politics was absent from two of the better Saturday Night Live skits last night, unless we’re including sexual politics. The first, titled “Beard Hunk,” is a take-down of The Bachelor , with one vacuous female hopeful after another flirting for the attention of the equally vacant, no-prize dude of the title .

Investigation Discovery to Present World Premiere Docu-Series Killing Richard Glossip, 3/5

For almost twenty years, two men convicted of murder one on death row, and the other sentenced to life without parole maintain two very different accounts of what led to the slaying of Barry Van Treese on January 7, 1997, at the Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City. Richard Glossip, a man with no prior felony convictions, has consistently maintained his innocence, insisting that he had no knowledge that anyone planned to kill Van Treese.

Amc Orders New Documentary Series James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction

AMC announced today from the Television Critics Association Press Tour that it has greenlit a new documentary series, JAMES CAMERON’S STORY OF Science FICTION , from James Cameron, the acclaimed filmmaker behind legendary sci-fi films The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, and Avatar. The series, which explores the evolution of sci-fi from its origins as a small genre with a cult following to the blockbuster pop-cultural phenomenon we know today, will consist of six one-hour episodes and will debut on AMC in 2018.

A trip to remember! Kim Kardashian has the time of her life in Dubai

On Saturday she not only got dressed up in a skintight white mini to shop with pals Stephanie Sheppard, Carla DiBello and Simon Huck, b ut the TV star also slipped into a black top and maroon slacks to meet a falcon then ride a dune buggy in the desert. The ex of Kris Humphries was seen outside a home with sand and desert tress as well as a brick walkway.

Arkansan in Henley gig in LR

HE’S WITH THE BAND: When Don Henley takes the stage at the Robinson Center in Little Rock on Friday, he’ll be joined by an Arkansan. Little Rock native Milo Deering is touring with him as a part of the band.

The Love Boat: Season 3: Vol. 1

This smash-hit television series blends comedy and romance on the high seas, as Capt. Stubing, cruise director Julie, and other crew members aboard the ship Pacific Princess help their passengers find love that’s exciting and new.

12 Monkeys: Season 2

A reboot of the 1995 sci-fi classic, this mind-bending series describes the super-temporal mission of James Cole, whose time-traveling abilities allow him to voyage back from 2043 to 2015 to prevent a deadly plague from decimating civilization. With an apocalyptic future still looming, the time-traveling mission to save humankind continues.

Rizzoli & Isles: Season 7

Best friends with polar-opposite personalities, detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles work together investigating serial killers, mysterious deaths and more. Season 1 finds Rizzoli’s nemesis stirring up trouble from behind bars.

Something Wild

A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma, Something Wild stars Carroll Baker , in a layered performance, as a college student who attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic played by Ralph Meeker – whose kindness, however, soon takes an unsettling turn. Startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological realism, the film represents one of the purest on-screen expressions of the sensibility of the intimate community of artists around New York’s Actors Studio, which transformed American cinema in the mid-twentieth century.

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Roger Corman’s Death Race 2050

Roger Corman is back with his most outrageous film yet in this sensational, action-packed and darkly humorous reboot of the original Death Race 2000! It’s the year 2050 and America is controlled by an all-powerful corporate government ruled by The Chairman . The masses have been brainwashed with violent virtual-reality entertainment.

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In this episode, written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, long-buried secrets catch up with the Baker Street duo. Someone has been playing a long game indeed and Sherlock and Watson face their greatest ever challenge. Is the game finally over?

Around the remote: Chuck Barney’s TV picks for Jan. 15-21

DON’T MISS: “Homeland” – The popular spy thriller takes on a timely feel as it returns for its turbo-charged sixth season. A new president has just been elected and former CIA agent Carrie Mathison is now working for a Brooklyn-based foundation that provides aid to Muslims living in the U.S. The season, we’re told, will deal with a transitional time where a “very fragile and complex transfer of power” takes place between the outgoing president and the incoming leader.

Best-sellers

2.”The Undoing Project,” by Michael Lewis A history of the birth of behavioral economics from psychologists Daniel Kahneman and the late Amos Tversky. 3.”Hillbilly Elegy,” by J.D. Vance The investment banker’s account of growing up poor in Appalachia.

Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Sunday 15 Jan 2017

Theresa May will signal this week that she is prepared to take Britain out of the single market and customs union, according to several reports this morning. The Prime Minister is expected to reveal the most detailed insight yet into her approach to Brexit negotiations, in a speech on Tuesday.

Drake shares thank you note and photo from Obama meeting

The handwritten message features on a photo of the Canadian rapper’s visit to the White House, which sees him pose with Obama and daughter Malia. The message from Obama reads: “To Drake – Thanks for the great visit”, while Drake’s own Instagram caption reads: “Got off stage and saw this in my email.