Day: January 6, 2017

USM’s Price glad to be back on court

It was hard to tell Thursday night who was happier about the return of Khari Price to the basketball court: the senior point guard himself or his University of Southern Mississippi teammates. Price, who had missed the Golden Eagles’ first 13 games of the season while recovering from preseason surgery on his left knee, played 31 minutes and scored a career-high 20 points as the Golden Eagles snapped a nine-game losing streak with a 77-59 Conference USA victory over visiting University of Texas-San Antonio at Green Coliseum.

Lawmaker removes Capitol Hill art with pig in police uniform

In this Jan. 5, 2017, photo, a painting by David Pulphus hangs in a hallway displaying paintings by high school students selected by their member of congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., has removed a painting that showed a pig in a police uniform, one of hundreds of artworks on display at the Capitol and sponsored by a member of Congress.

New Year, New Music

The holidays are gone and your favorite familiar songs that got you through, feel like friends who came to visit and have traveled back home. Do those freshly baked New Year’s Resolutions already feel like they’re getting a bit stale? Why not replace those holiday playlists with playlists that actually support your dreams, visions, passions and your health? Music can act as catalyst to spark the flames of your heart’s desires when the fire seems to be fading.

Arctic blast greets Plymouth Ice Festival crowds

Arctic blast greets Plymouth Ice Festival crowds Ice carvers and festival-goers bundled up and faced bone-chilling weather as Plymouth Ice Festival arrived in town. Check out this story on HometownLife.com: Ellen Elliott, Executive Director of the Friends of the Penn Theater, poses next to the ice logo for the theater.

‘Days of our Lives’ may be numbered, report says

From left, actor Bill Hayes, actress Susan Seaforth Hayes, production manager Greg Meng, actress Deidre Hall, actor Bryan Datillo and actress Nadia Bjorlin at a ‘Days Of Our Lives’ book signing in 2015 celebrating 50 years of the NBC soap opera. Megyn Kelly’s recent move to the network has raised questions about the fate of the series.

Trombone quartet Maniacal 4 to perform at UCM

The Performing Arts Series the Department of Music at the University of Central Missouri will present the trombone quartet Maniacal 4 in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Hart Recital Hall. Maniacal 4 is dedicated to creating musical performances that not only entertain and engage, but also challenge the limits of traditional concert presentation.

Vladimir Putin Ordered Pro-Trump Cyber Attacks on US, Report Claims

For nearly two months now, President-elect Donald Trump has consistently denied that the Russian government had any involvement in the hacking and release of private emails pertaining to the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign . A total of 17 intelligence agencies have stated that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the cyber-attacks originated in Russia and were most likely carried out with the goal of helping Trump win the presidency.

a One Day at a Timea gets a modern makeover on Netflix

With an increasing number of outlets in need of content, original ideas are augmented by reboots and sequels including “The X-Files,” “Fuller House,” “Gilmore Girls” and, debuting on Netflix, “One Day at a Time.” But it may be unfair to put Netflix’s sitcom in that company.

Should SeaWorld be closed down?

… humans are gaining a greater sense of empathy for animals and losing interest in watching them perform for entertainment. Activist groups like PETA call SeaWorld an “abusement park” that enslaves intelligent sea life, isolates the animals in …

Girl, 9, DIES just 4 hours after getting her tonsils removed in routine operation

Pictured: Florida ‘air rage’ gunman, 26, who ‘argued with passengers’ before taking gun from luggage and executing five in baggage hall – as it’s revealed he was treated at mental hospital after telling FBI he was forced to fight for ISIS America’s spy chiefs tell Trump face-to-face that they’re convinced Putin ordered hacking campaign to harm Hillary’s White House run as they release official report into cyber attacks Elderly couple who jumped off Las Vegas parking garage in ‘joint suicide’ had thousands of dollars of credit card debt Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of ‘publicly impugning’ her character in new court documents saying actor is ‘terrified the truth will come out’ Are YOU a non-responder? Why some people find it harder to get fit – and expert advice on how to fix it Final farewell to two Hollywood icons: Carrie Fisher’s ashes arrive in a Prozac-pill urn as she is laid to … (more)

17 movies to look forward to in 2017

There are a lot of reasons to be excited for 2017, but at the top of the list or at least right below “It’s not 2016” is the number of exciting, potential-rich movies coming out in the next 359 days. There’s a new Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day Lewis collaboration about fashion in the 1950s, no less, so it’ll look ever better than usual.

This Is Us Wondering Why the Hell Sterling K. Brown Wasn’t at the AFI Awards With His Costars

The cast of This Is Us stepped out in style for the AFI Awards luncheon in LA on Friday, but one very important person was missing in action: Sterling K. Brown. The actor – who made headlines this week when it was announced that he’d be joining the cast of the much-anticipated Black Panther movie – was nowhere to be seen, though his onscreen parents Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia , sister Chrissy Metz, and wife Susan Kelechi Watson held down the fort and posed together for photos both on the red carpet and inside the event.

Jimmy Fallon, the host of the 74th annual Golden Globe

Check out this story on Daily-Times.com: http://usat.ly/2i0Zd28 Jimmy Fallon, the host of the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards, makes sure the carpet in front of the Beverly Hilton is ready to go for Sunday. The Golden Globes, aka award season’s booziest night of stars and acceptance speeches, is taking place Sunday.

A Double Dose

On March 11, two of the most prominent, influential and recognizable gay men in the world will be sharing tequila on the stage of The Louisville Palace. Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper are bringing their two-man talk show, “AC2: An Intimate Evening With Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen,” to Louisville, which will be, at least for Cohen, the first visit to Derby City.

Will Hollywood be in the mood to party at Golden Globes?

Jimmy Fallon, host of the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards, strikes a pose after rolling out the red carpet during Golden Globe Awards Preview Day at the Beverly Hilton on Wednesday in Beverly Hills The awards will be held on Sunday. On Sunday, the movie industry will gather for the Golden Globes, which are regularly one of the most freewheeling and frothiest award shows of the year.

NYC parade held in celebration of 3 Kings Day

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Viggo Mortensen to kick off film festival in his NY hometown

Viggo Mortensen will return to his northern New York hometown this month to kick off a film festival with a screening of his 2016 movie “Captain Fantastic.” Organizers of the Snowtown Film Festival say the 58-year-old actor will be in Watertown on Jan. 27 for the screening, which will be preceded by a “flannel-casual” red carpet and followed by a panel session featuring Mortensen.

Ap Fact Check: Alike tales of actors’ car trouble are false

Several stories in recent weeks mention actors including Bill Murray, Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell having broken-down cars and getting aid from good Samaritans in small and medium-sized towns across the country. The nearly identical stories vary in only the name of the celebrity, the town and a local restaurant.

Keith Lemon reveals the late George Michael had wanted to work with …

One dead and nine shot at Florida airport: Panic in Ft Lauderdale as gunman opens fire in baggage claim and passengers run for their lives Liberal heckler who accosted Ivanka Trump on a JetBlue flight hides his face from a reporter at his Brooklyn home as he’s seen for the first time since he hurled abuse at her Scientology lawyer goes on national TV to slam Leah Remini for show that led to death threats against their leader David Miscavige More Hillary Clinton emails surface – and show how anti-gay Sharia law ruler The Sultan of Brunei treated Bill ‘like part of his family’ Russian election-year cyber attacks fall-out is a ‘witch hunt’ orchestrated by Democrats, says Trump as he asks Congress to investigate leak of top-secret hacking intelligence report EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie accuses Brad Pitt of ‘publicly impugning’ her character in new court documents saying actor is ‘terrified the … (more)

Michelle Obama: Life’s ‘greatest honor’ was being first lady

Mrs. Obama sai… The Latest on the beating of a white man in Chicago that was broadcast live on Facebook : The Latest on the beating of a white man in Chicago that was broadcast live on Facebook : With a winter storm bearing down on the South, Stuart Hall’s regular run for groceries looked like something out of the just concluded holiday shopping season. Panicked shoppers emptied shelves of bread and milk, road workers began working 12-hour shifts, and governors in Alabama and Georgia declared states of emergencies ahead of a winter storm stalking the South.

Princess Leia as a Disney princess is just one possibility for the character’s future

On the same day that scores of celebrity mourners were gathering at the neighboring L.A. homes of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher after their deaths last month, fans and filmmakers were weighing the fate of Fisher’s most iconic character, Princess Leia. Cody Christensen, a fan from Cedar City, Utah, has his wish: The father of five daughters has launched a Change.org petition to “Make Leia an official Disney princess.”

9 Life Lessons Learned on ‘One Day at a Time’

One Day at a Time , the groundbreaking Norman Lear sitcom about a divorced mother of two, is being rebooted for Netflix, with season one premiering on Jan. 6. The show, which originally ran for nine seasons between 1975 and 1984 with stars Bonnie Franklin, Mackenzie Phillips, Valerie Bertinelli and Pat Harrington Jr. , is now set in Los Angeles with Justina Machado and Rita Moreno as the matriarchs of a three-generation Cuban-American family. If the original’s bold storylines are any indication, the reboot of One Day at a Time will also give a current voice to countless struggling and striving families around the country and offer laughter through tears and tough times.

Golden Globes 2017: Here’s Who Should Win and Will Win the Night’s Biggest Awards

If the Oscars are the biggest night for movies and the Emmys for TV, then the Golden Globes are like their showy, drunken child, with the biggest stars from the small and big screens gathering this Sunday to toast each other and hand out some awards. Since the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, who puts on the bash, loves a star sighting as much as they do quality film and TV, it’s also one of the more unpredictable awards shows of the season.

TV review: In Fox’s ‘The Mick,’ Kaitlin Olson goes from ‘Sunny’ to something more cloudy

New year, new schedule fillers-and Fox doesn’t waste any time reminding viewers that the promises of mid-season TV can be a mixed bag. “The Mick,” a predictably crude but sometimes funny comedy that premiA red Sunday after football, could also be called “Aunt Buck”: Kaitlin Olson, who knows something about provocative humor thanks to 12 seasons and counting on FX’s fan favorite “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” stars here as Mackenzie , a Rhode Islander of undetermined age who never grew out of her party-girl lifestyle and has no regrets whatsoever about that.

Early Morning Fire Rips Through 3-Story Building In The Bronx

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BBC parodies ‘Real Housewives’ with look at ISIS brides, stirring anger, praise

The wives of Islamic State fighters ponder what to wear at a beheading and assess how sexy they look in suicide vests in a BBC satire which has sparked both anger and praise for tackling the fate of women who travel to Syria to join the militants. In a clip from the BBC’s “Revolting” TV comedy show, entitled “Real Housewives of ISIS” which aired on Tuesday, one “wife” of a militant fighter in Syria says: “It’s only three days to the beheading and I’ve got no idea what to wear.”

Martha Speaks

TV producer Laslo Huckey knows just what people want to watch: puppies. But puppies doing what? He challenges Martha and the gang to come up with the perfect pitch for a puppy show. Vocabulary: (E) gist, brainstorm, concept, situation, introduce.

Sports Illustrated model Hailey Clauson flaunts her ample assets in …

Gwyneth Paltrow, Meryl Streep and Meg Ryan are among the stars to attend Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher’s memorial service Trump now wants the American taxpayer and NOT Mexico to pay for the wall: Republican official say Congress could foot bill for The Donald’s border plans in dramatic pledge reversal Last year really WAS a terrible year to be a celebrity: Number of famous deaths in 2016 is only expected once every 200 years Leave food on your plate, track everything you eat and ONLY drink water: People share their go-to tips for losing weight… so do you agree? ‘His father had been touching him down there’: The Menendez Brothers’ cousin breaks her silence to claim the boys WERE being molested before they murdered their parents Russia withdraws aircraft carriers and some warships from Syria 15 months after its first air strikes in support of President Assad From bringing a chaperone … (more)

Songs of the siren: Rosie Flores

Santa Fe Performance Exchange and Southwest Roots Music present Rosie Flores in concert on Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Kitchen Sink Recording Studio . A ballsy rockabilly and honky-tonk singer and a great guitarist, Flores first played in a band as a teenager in San Diego and worked in the punk bands Rosie and the Screamers and the Screamin’ Sirens in the late 1970s and early ’80s.

Trump takes aim at NBC in latest Twitter tirade

President Obama’s intelligence briefing Thursday on Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee also detailed widespread Russian cyber attacks on The White House, US State Department, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and unnamed American corporations, according to a report. The report, which as broadcast on Thursday’s NBC Nightly News, was quickly blasted by President Elect Donald Trump.

‘Hidden Figures’: The female frontier

Starring: Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle MonA e, Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons, Kirsten Dunst, Mahershala Ali, Glen Powell and Aldis Hodge A film that moves its audience to cheers and applause, as the screen fades to black, is an exhilarating experience for the patrons involved. Director Theodore Melfi’s “Hidden Figures” isn’t merely a crowd-pleasing slice of actual history; it’s also a sly social statement, and a rich showcase for its three starring actresses.

Basic Outfitters Will Appear on Shark Tank

Online-based clothing retailer Basic Outfitters is excited to announce that their revolutionary business model changing the way men shop for basics has been selected to appear on the upcoming episode of the American reality television series Shark Tank. Out of 50,000 companies that apply each year, the husband and wife co-founders of Basic Outfitters, Laura and Michael Dweck, were chosen to be one of just eighty contestants to be featured on this season of Shark Tank.

Extra credit: Hits get added writers as lawsuits loom

In this June 30, 2013 file photo, Pharrell Williams, left, and Robin Thicke perform onstage at the BET Awards at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. More and more, contemporary artists are giving credit to past songs in the wake of the infamous “Blurred Lines” case, where Thicke and Williams were ordered to pay $5.3 million to Marvin Gaye’s children in a copyright dispute.

Home Movies

A detailed, intelligent, and precise courtroom drama, supported by a powerful cast delivering nuanced performances, concerns renowned British historian Deborah E. Lipstadt . Armed with courage, knowledge and determination, she charges into a legal battle to prove the Holocaust actually occurred, which becomes the center of a courtroom battle when David Irving a well-known denier of its existence, sues her for libel.

AsSeenOnTV.pro Launches DRTV Campaign with Stadium Bags

Out of a desire to make a difference, Safety Bags expanded the line to introduce Stadium Bags for the dedicated sports fan. Kevin Harrington, one of the original Sharks from hit reality series Shark Tank, and the Product Managers of AsSeenOnTV.pro are pleased to announce the launch of a new DRTV campaign with Stadium Bags.

Cheap Trick – Grand Event Center

Cheap Trick.jpg Rock and Roll Hall of Fame act Cheap Trick will perform at the Grand Event Center inside the Golden Nugget in Lake Charles on Friday, Jan. 13, at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $40-$70 and can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com or at the venue.

Who decides who wins the Golden Globes?

One of the most glamorous evenings of the year is taking place on Sunday – the 74th Golden Globes ! The ceremony honours excellence in film and television, but who gets to decide who wins those coveted trophies? The Hollywood Foreign Press Association founded the Golden Globe Awards, and its members vote for the winners. The association was originally established in 1943 and is a small group of around 90 writers – in comparison, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which is the voting body for the Oscars, has over 7,000 members.

All the star presenters hitting the stage at the 2017 Golden Globes

The 74th annual Golden Globes are rapidly approaching and the focus is not only on the nominees, but also the famous faces who will be gracing the stage to present some of the night’s biggest awards. A long list of A-listers including Priyanka Chopra , Amy Schumer , Anna Kendrick , Diego Luna , Sienna Miller , Chris Pine , Zoe Saldana , Jeffrey Dean Morgan , Justin Theroux , Sofia Vergara , Timothy Olyphant and This is Us heartthrob Milo Ventimiglia have been drafted to present at this year’s ceremony.

Kohli voices his anger over Bengaluru mass molestation

‘I think as a society, the fact that these things are in certain people’s heads, acceptable to a certain degree, it’s disturbing and it’s shocking and I’m ashamed to be a part of that society. I think we need to change our thinking, we need to treat men and women in the same way, be respectful and treat women with some compassion’ IMAGE: Being silent when women are being molested is cowardly, Virat Kohli said on his Twitter page on Friday.

Telly With Melly: Canadian TV ratings for Dec. 19-25

You might think there’s nothing particularly festive about The Big Bang Theory or news broadcasts, but leading up to Christmas, that’s what many Canadians were watching. Big Bang sat pretty in three of the Top 20 spots, while the news in its various forms took up five spots.

Popular Indian character actor Om Puri dead at 66

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of leading movie stars tweeted condolence messages shortly after Puri’s death Friday morning. In a career spanning more than three decades, Puri had won a slew of national awards and international fame for his work in several critically acclaimed films.