Day: February 21, 2017

Shooting gets underway for Han Solo ‘Star Wars’ film

In this undated image provided by Lucasfilm, cast members and co-directors of the Han Solo “Star Wars” spin-off pose for a photo, from bottom left, co-director Christopher Miller, Woody Harrelson, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, co-director Phil Lord and Donald Glover. The Walt Disney Co.

Is NCIS Giving Gibbs A Big Change Soon? Here’s What Emily Wickersham Says

Tonight’s episode of NCIS gave fans some pretty strong closure for the ill-fated and heavily cloaked relationship between Ellie Bishop and translator Qasim Naasir, who was killed in a recent episode, and we found out that he died before she had a chance to accept his marriage proposal. And smack dab in all the emotional beats was a peculiar moment where Congresswoman Jenna Flemming hinted to Gibbs that he may have a future as the NCIS Director as a replacement for Vance, but the matter was promptly dropped.

Charlie Rose is in ‘great spirits’ after heart surgery

Charlie Rose is well on the road to recovery just 11 days after he underwent heart surgery, his CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King reported. The 75-year-old journalist announced his plans to take a month off work in order to undergo surgery to replace an artificial aortic valve that he had installed 15 years ago.

WindSync wants to change the way you think about wind quintets

Radiohead and Billy Joel might not come to mind when you think of a wind quintet performance, but WindSync is on a mission to expand and modernize the repertoire with new arrangements that span genres. Each musician, from the flutist to the bassoon player, helps modify the source music – which might have been originally written for a full orchestra, singers, piano or even a rock band.

Judge orders R&B singer Chris Brown to stay away from ex

A judge has ordered R&B singer Chris Brown to stay away from his ex-girlfriend after she accused him of physically abusing and threatening her. The Grammy winner was ordered to stay 100 yards away from Karrueche Tran and not attempt to contact her after she wrote in court filings that Brown had repeatedly threatened her since December.

Hoda Kotb Adopted An Adorable Little Girl

Hoda Kotb attends AOL BUILD Series: Hoda Kotb Discusses Her New Book ‘Where We Belong: Journey’s That Show Us The Way’ at AOL Studios In New York on January 6, 2016 in New York City. The Today anchor has announced that she recently adopted a baby girl.

Mothers bring off-kilter, enchanting sound to SF

The Georgia band Mothers released one of last year’s most striking, vulnerable albums, “When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired.” Conjuring the off-kilter indie rock sound of bands like the Throwing Muses and Cat Power, the group, led by the enchanting singer Kristine Leschper , above, is quietly catching ears with potent tunes like “Copper Mines” and the brooding “It Hurts Until It Doesn’t.”

Daughter, Two Others Arrested in Vegas Woman’s 2014 Murder

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Diversionary’s ‘Well’ has healthy sense of the experimental

“Integrative medicine” has become a hot concept in the wellness biz over the past few years, but it turns out that decades ago, the playwright Lisa Kron’s mom pioneered a more literal and very specific try at the idea: Better health through racial integration. That’s just one of the topics Kron explores in her 2006 piece “Well,” a surprising, often comical and freewheeling work now getting its San Diego premiere at Diversionary Theatre.

San Diego band Wavves hits snag with anti-Trump billboards

Last year, the San Diego rock band Wavves made headlines by announcing that it was “dis-inviting” supporters of then presidential candidate Donald J. Trump – along with “racists, homophobes, anyone who blames rape victims and anyone who has gone out of way to defend police in America” – from attending shows on its upcoming summer tour. While it remains unclear how many of the above groups are – or were – fans of Wavves, the noise-embracing slacker-punk band now hopes to making headlines anew.

U.S. life expectancy will soon be on par with Mexicoa s and Croatiaa s

Life expectancy at birth will continue to climb substantially for residents of industrialized nations – but not in the United States, where minimal gains will soon put life spans on par with those in Mexico and the Czech Republic, according to an extensive analysis released Tuesday. South Korean women and Hungarian men are projected to make the largest overall gains .

Why Uber is turning to Eric Holder in a moment of crisis

Attorney General Eric Holder with his wife Sharon Malone, left, bids goodbye to Justice Department employees as they leave the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, April 24, 2015, for the last time as attorney general. Silicon Valley tech firms seem to be taking cues from the same legal playbook: When grappling with accusations of discrimination, hire former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder to investigate.

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The governor has asked for a full investigation into Louisiana State Police travel after FOX 8 uncovered the superintendent may have signed off on a trip to the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas on the taxpayer’s dime. “I would assume there will be some significant investigations both in this travel and future travel as well.

Pink Martini’s van stolen from downtown Portland, band says

Pink Martini’s colorful van has been stolen and is on the loose in Portland, the local music icons announced on Tuesday. “Portland friends, our beloved van was stolen from Pink Martini headquarters Sunday afternoon in broad daylight!,” the band wrote on Facebook , a reference to their downtown label offices and loft space.

Icahn buys Bristol-Myers shares, adding to activist pressure

Billionaire activist-investor Carl Icahn gives an interview on FOX Business Network’s Neil Cavuto show in New York, U.S. on February 11, 2014. ) and sees the drugmaker as a possible takeover target, according to a report published on Tuesday that sent the company’s shares from a loss to more than 2 percent higher.

Pharrell, Solange, & Lil Wayne Headlining Roots Picnic

Solange, Lil Wayne, and Pharrell with The Roots will headline this year’s 10th annual Roots Picnic. The festival is set to take place June 3rd in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Festival Pier, Penn’s Landing. Also performing at the festival will be 21 Savage, Kimbra, Michael Kiwanuka, Thundercat,

Donald Trump gets – Eretz Nehederet’ treatment

TAL FRIEDMAN portrays Donald Trump, while Shani Cohen plays his wife, Melania, in the popular satirical-sketch series ‘Eretz Nehederet.’ . Israel’s premiere satirical sketch comedy program, Eretz Nehederet , started its 14th season with a bang on Monday night, but ultimately strung along viewers by dangling an upcoming Donald Trump sketch in front of them which ended up being a disappointment.

Rip It Up and Start Over

Seattle power-pop trio Dude York’s new album, Sincerely , is loaded with strident riffs and yell-along anthems. But the record’s bold, polished sound didn’t come easy.

Ride – “Charm Assault”

After breaking up in 1996, UK shoegaze gods Ride reunited to tour two years ago. They’ve lately been working on an album , their first in two decade, which they say will be ” equal parts Motorhead And William Basinski .”

Hollywood actor Jamie Foxx target of racial slur in Croatia

In this Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2015 file photo, actor Jamie Foxx watches during a joint NFL football training camp between the Dallas Cowboys and the St. Louis Rams, in Oxnard, Calif. Croatian police have filed charges against two people who allegedly used a racial slur to insult Hollywood actor Foxx in a restaurant.

Did This Pretty Little Liars Twitter Account Just Spoil The Ending Of The Show?

Pretty Little Liars has promised that all of our A-related questions will be answered by the time the show bows out this year. The biggest question, of course, is who is at the top of the A pyramid? There are so many theories as to who Uber A could be , but what if we had the answer the entire time? Twitter account @PLLINSIDER claims that they already know who A is, and they’re feeding fans major plot points that could unravel the entire show.

Alex Trebek Awkwardly Recites Kanye West and Drake Lyrics on ‘Jeopardy!’ But We Love It — Watch

The Jeopardy host was back to the rhymes on a recent episode, reciting bars from big-name artists like Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Desiigner, and Lil Wayne as clues for questions on the show. “They mad they ain’t famous, they mad they still nameless,” the 76-year-old TV host said at one point, nodding, of course, to Kanye’s infamous track , “Famous.”

David Cassidy reveals he has dementia

One-time Partridge Family star and 1970s pop idol David Cassidy has revealed to People that he’s battling dementia. The 66-year-old entertainer, whose grandfather and mother also were stricken with the memory-loss disease, tells the magazine of his diagnosis, “I was in denial, but a part of me always knew this was coming.”

Muguruza retires in Dubai 2nd round with Achilles injury

French Open champion Garbine Muguruza retired with a left Achilles injury in her second-round match against Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday. The seventh-ranked Muguruza drew the trainer on court when trailing 3-0, but they spoke only during the medical timeout and she didn’t receive any treatment.

The Making of ‘La La Land’: Why It’s Important to Modern Cinema

Creating nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake has resulted in success for films in recent years, but this year’s 14 Oscar nominated hit, “La La Land”, took a different, more complex approach, choosing to honor the past while placing it in a contemporary environment. The original musical centers on a jazz pianist Sebastian who falls for aspiring actress Mia while they try to make their dreams come true in Los Angeles.

Lasso Up Some New Wonder Woman Photos

Following yesterday’s subscriber’s cover for Empire magazine, even more photos from the latest issue have been released online which you can check out in the gallery below! Wonder Woman stars Gal Gadot , Chris Pine , Robin Wright , Danny Huston , Ewen Bremner , Said Taghmaoui , Elena Anaya , Connie Nielsen and Lucy Davis . The film is being produced by Charles Roven, Zack Snyder and Deborah Snyder, with Richard Suckle, Stephen Jones, Wesley Coller, Geoff Johns and Rebecca Roven serving as executive producers.

Mended Hearts chapter celebrates 5-year anniversary Updated at

Mended Hearts of Gastonia Chapter 379 celebrated their five-year anniversary on Feb. 17. The chapter is part of Mended Hearts, Inc. which was organized 65 years ago by grateful heart bypass patients in Boston who wanted to share their survival and lives after, what was then, very risky surgery. They visited other heart patients bringing hope and encouragement.

Independent filmmaking thriving in Wichita

If there’s one event that crystallizes just how far filmmaking in Wichita has come in recent years, it’s Down to the Wire. The event, put on by the Tallgrass Film Association and CreativeRush every year since 2012 , is a 24-hour film race, where teams of local filmmakers create short films in that time span, competing to win a grand prize.

Sexy Amy Jackson reads book in swim suit – News

If looks could kill Amy Jackson would be definitely charged guilty. The super-hot actress shared a very sensuous photograph where she is seen reclining on a tree and reading a book titled ‘The Four Agreements’ Interestingly she was wearing a swimsuit and she captioned the image as “iamamyjackson..

Princess Diana documentary will air on ABC

A joint project of ABC and People magazine, the program, to be telecast over two nights, will include what the producers say will be in-depth conversations with those who knew her best as well as archival footage of the Princess of Wales. The program will “remind the world why they fell in love with Diana in the first place,” according to Monday’s announcement.

‘Taken’: TV Review

Clive Standen is forced to live up to Liam Neeson’s standard in an NBC series prequel that takes little from the films while also adding little that’s new. The pointlessness of TV shows mining brand names reaches something of a nadir with NBC’s Taken , which manages simultaneously to deliver nothing relating to the hit Liam Neeson movie franchise, while also becoming a completely different show after its February 27 premiere episode.

Wellmann’s Brands opening restaurant, bar at CAC

Wellmann’s Brands opening restaurant, bar at CAC The Contemporary Arts Center announces an exciting new partnership with Wellmann’s Brands at the CAC this spring. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/2lqTYbU Wellmann’s Brands is moving into the Contemporary Arts Center this spring.

‘Today’ show anchor Hoda Kotb adopts baby girl

In this May 19, 2015, file photo, Hoda Kotb accepts the award for outstanding host, news/non-fiction for the “Today” show at the 40th Anniversary Gracies Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. Kotb announced on Feb. 21, 2017, that she adopted a baby girl.

David Cassidy says he has dementia

The former teenage heartthrob told People magazine that dementia runs in his family, affecting both his grandfather and his mother. “I was in denial, but a part of me always knew this was coming,” he said to People, regarding the disease.

Career opportunities for freshly graduated Masters of Wine

Hong Kong’s Debra Meiburg set up a wine events and communications business but auction houses such as Christie’s and Sotheby’s, supermarkets and classic wine merchants also can offer jobs The path for a newly qualified master of wine is not obvious but a look at those who have gone before can be instructive. The Institute of Masters of Wine was initially developed to certify members of the wine trade, ie people whose primary business is selling wine, not making it, writing or educating people about it.

Sitcoms that influenced us and our parenting

Ask anyone who grew up in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s about their favorite sitcoms and they probably won’t miss a beat, answering quickly and with tremendous passion about shows that influenced them in countless ways. “For every Jewish girl, I think it was ‘Rhoda,’ ” said Gold, who wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed one-woman off-Broadway show “The Judy Show: My Life as a Sitcom.”

Press Pass: Buffalo producing filmmakers

With trips to Los Angeles to visit film executives and the Sundance Film Festival in Utah now behind him, Buffalo Niagara Film Commissioner Tim Clark shares his experiences with WBFO’s Pat Feldballe and talks about the effect the film commission’s out of town success is having on Buffalo’s home grown” film producers.

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Music Voyager “From D.C. to Cajun Country” Music Voyager host Jacob Edgar continues his Road to a GRAMMY journey by meeting up with GRAMMY winner India. Arie in Washington D.C. Dobet Gnahore, a stunning singer from west Africa, who shares a GRAMMY nomination with India.

New ‘King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword’ trailer released

The adventure epic’s cast is led by Charlie Hunnam as King Arthur, Jude Law as Vortigern and Djimon Hounsou as Sir Bedivere. Astrid Berges-Frisbey, Aidan Gillen, Eric Bana and Mikael Persbrandt all appear too, while David Beckham has a small supporting role as a grumpy and apparently grotesque-looking knight.

Original Scores the Oscars Forgot This Year

In a perfect world, the battle for the Best Original Score Oscar at Sunday’s Academy Awards would be between Nicholas Britell’s sweeping orchestrations for Moonlight and the haunting piano strokes of Dustin O’Halloran and Hauschka’s Lion soundtrack.

The Perils of Trump Addiction

Not long after the Lebanese civil war ended more than a quarter of a century ago, I found my landlord in a depressed mood. He had suffered in the fifteen years of war – part of his family had been “cleansed” from their home in east Beirut – but peace had returned to the ruins of the city, the Mediterranean sloshed opposite our apartment block and in front of the little candy store he ran on the Corniche.

Kerry Washington for Deadpool 2?

The 40-year-old actress has been rumoured to be taking on the role of the X-Men mutant in the sequel to the 2016 smash hit movie ‘Deadpool’, and whilst nothing has been confirmed the brunette beauty has said she would love to take on the role, but understands that the production team need to cast the “right person”. Speaking to American television programme ‘Extra’, the star said: “I don’t have anything to say about that! [The Deadpool 2 writers] know more than I do.

Meryl Streep added as Academy Awards presenter

Meryl Streep, whose Golden Globes speech prompted President Donald Trump to call her “overrated,” has been added as a presenter to Sunday’s Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Friday unveiled its final batch of presenters, including Streep.

Gwen Stefani boards private jet with Blake Shelton and son

The Sweet Escape! Gwen Stefani soars to new heights as she boards private jet with Blake Shelton and her son The 47-year-old singer took to her Snapchat on Monday to document she and her boyfriend boarding a private jet after a three-day weekend. Gwen and her 40-year-old beau were not alone as they were also joined by her son Kingston for the trip.

Aussies Naomi Watts and Isla Fisher join their A-list pals

First daughter speaks out in plea for religious understanding and says ‘we must protect our places of worship’ after eleven Jewish centers get bomb threats in a day and FBI opens hate crime probe Milo Yiannopoulos LOSES his $250k book deal amid outrage at pedophilia comments as Breitbart workers threaten to quit if he isn’t sacked ‘Fat-shaming’ newspaper columnist is sacked after 30 years for penning a piece about sitting next to an overweight passenger on a plane Chaos in the sky over Mar-a-Lago: 12 aircraft violate flight restrictions around Trump’s Winter White House within 36 hours with five planes being intercepted by F-15 fighter jets Son was driving home from partying at 4am when he hit his father’s bread delivery truck head-on and killed them both Pictured: Veteran LA cop who was shot dead by heavily-tattooed gangster who had been released early from jail and went on murderous … (more)

Bonnie Sveen packs on PDA with boyfriend Nathan Gooley

First daughter speaks out in plea for religious understanding and says ‘we must protect our places of worship’ after eleven Jewish centers get bomb threats in a day and FBI opens hate crime probe Milo Yiannopoulos LOSES his $250k book deal amid outrage at pedophilia comments as Breitbart workers threaten to quit if he isn’t sacked ‘Fat-shaming’ newspaper columnist is sacked after 30 years for penning a piece about sitting next to an overweight passenger on a plane Chaos in the sky over Mar-a-Lago: 12 aircraft violate flight restrictions around Trump’s Winter White House within 36 hours with five planes being intercepted by F-15 fighter jets Son was driving home from partying at 4am when he hit his father’s bread delivery truck head-on and killed them both Pictured: Veteran LA cop who was shot dead by heavily-tattooed gangster who had been released early from jail and went on murderous … (more)

Coyotes score 3 in 1st period, hold on to beat Ducks

16) drives towards the net in the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Anaheim Ducks, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz. 47) skates with the puck in front of Arizona Coyotes left wing Jordan Martinook in the first period during an NHL hockey game, Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz.

Noted movie critic Richard Schickel dies at 84

Richard Schickel, a noted movie critic for Life and Time magazines who also wrote dozens of books and made documentaries about Hollywood, has died. He was 84. Schickel, who’d had a series of strokes, died on Saturday in Los Angeles from complications of dementia, his daughter, Erika Schickel, told the New York Times.

Place your bets

Not to muddy the waters of your Oscar pool, but the Writers Guild Awards were doled out over the weekend, and a certain Academy Award front-runner fell flat. “La La Land” was elbowed out of the best original screenplay spot, losing to “Moonlight,” written by Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney.

Fox News host Brenda Buttner dies at age 55

Brenda Buttner, host of Fox News Channel’s “Bulls and Bears” has died after a battle with cancer. She was 55. Buttner served as CNBC’s Washington correspondent and hosted the network’s “The Money Club” before joining Fox News in 2000.

Facing cuts under Trump administration, arts community prepares to fight funding battle

The nation’s arts community is girding for a potentially fierce funding battle now that the White House budget office has recommended that Donald Trump’s first spending plan eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts and other perennial conservative targets. Also on the list are the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Legal Services Corp. and AmeriCorps – all of which for years have had conservative bullseyes on their backs.

Learn to enjoy cold weather by practicing the Wim Hof Method

On a recent Sunday, Joshua Goodrum arrived at Peters Lake Park in a top that wicks body heat, shorts and barefoot sandals and was a bit disappointed that temperatures were in the 50s. The Washington, Pa., family physician was visiting the park in Peters with friends of like mind to experience cold weather straight on.