Month: April 2024
ABC Entertainment News
Margot Robbie going from ‘Barbie’ to ‘Monopoly’ movie
Disney/Scott Kirkland Margot Robbie may just be becoming a one-woman monopoly on the toys-to-movie pipeline. The Barbie star and Oscar-nominated producer of that blockbuster will be producing a film based on the board game Monopoly. [Read More…]
Ag News
Cover crops flourishing
Cover crops are flourishing in many parts of the Midwest thanks to early season warmth and moisture. Rebecca Vittetoe is an extension agronomist in eastern Iowa for Iowa State University. “Cover crops are looking really [Read More…]
Ag News
OSU research finds variability in what to plant first
Ohio State University researchers are studying planting dates for corn and soybeans in side-by-side trials. Soybean Agronomist Laura Lindsey tells Brownfield three locations across the state tracked crop progress for last year’s ‘Battle for the [Read More…]
Ag News
Drop in Minnesota farm profitability similar to a decade ago
The average income of Minnesota farms fell more than 75 percent last year. University of Minnesota Extension economist Pauline Van Nurden says analysis of 2,300 crop and livestock farms throughout the state showed median earnings [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Blumhouse and Lionsgate to collaborate on new ‘Blair Witch Project’ film
Artisan Entertainment Horror filmmaker and producer Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions are paying it forward to a film he said was influential to his career: 1999’s The Blair Witch Project. Blumhouse and Lionsgate will collaborate on [Read More…]
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Motion Picture Academy and ABC announce date for 2025 Oscars
ABC/AMPAS While the 96th annual Academy Awards were just a month ago on Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ABC are already looking forward to next year. The academy and ABC [Read More…]
Ag News
Documentary digs into farmer mental health issues
A Wisconsin farmer and equipment salesman continues his efforts to address the stigma surrounding mental health through his non-profit TUGS, or Talking, Understanding, Growing, and Supporting. Jeff Ditzenberger from Wisconsin attempted suicide following his military [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle, hog futures sharply lower at midweek
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower ahead of the week’s direct business with additional pressure from the lower boxed beef. Just live cattle closed $2 lower at $172.85 and [Read More…]
Ag News
Early Wisconsin soybean experiment survived winter storm
A Wisconsin farmer known for experimenting with early soybean planting says his test plot looks good, and he’s ready to plant the rest of his soybeans. Ryan Nell planted a small eleven-acre field near Beaver [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 10, 2024
May corn closed at $4.34 and 1/4, up 3 cents May soybeans closed at $11.64 and 3/4, down 9 and 3/4 cents May soybean meal closed at $330.90, down $4.70 May soybean oil closed at [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans down, corn up ahead of WASDE, CONAB
Soybeans were lower on commercial and technical selling. Beans also followed soybean meal, while watching harvest activity in South America. Brazil’s harvest is inching towards completion, while activity in Argentina is starting to build steam [Read More…]
ABC National News
Chad Daybell’s pursuit for ‘sex, money and power’ led to 3 murders, prosecutor claims in opening statement
Behring/Getty Images (FREMONT COUNTY, Idaho.) — Prosecutors claimed that Chad Daybell’s pursuit of “sex, money and power” led to him killing his first wife and his second wife’s two children during opening statements Wednesday in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘I don’t have any files for you,’ man tells Trump’s lawyers after they subpoena wrong person
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There are multiple Jeremy Rosenbergs in New York City, as former President Donald Trump’s attorneys found out Tuesday after they sent a subpoena to the wrong one. Last month, [Read More…]
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Trump again asks appeals court to delay his upcoming hush money trial
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked a New York appellate court for an interim stay to his upcoming criminal hush money trial in New York — a tactic [Read More…]
ABC Business News
‘Ridiculous’: USPS proposes raising the prices of 1st class stamps to 73 cents
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If the U.S. Postal Service gets its way, the price of a first-class stamp will go up for the fourth time in less than two years. The USPS is proposing [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ryan Gosling cowboys up after fanboying over Chris Stapleton in ‘SNL’ promo
2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC If you’ve seen Barbie, you know Ryan Gosling can pull off a cowboy hat. Well, the big screen’s Ken takes that to another level in a new promo for his upcoming [Read More…]
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‘People’ looking back at 50 years with famous people-packed cover
People People is celebrating its 50th birthday, and to commemorate, it has packed the cover of its anniversary issue with a galaxy of stars: Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Viola Davis, Michael J. Fox, Dwayne Johnson, [Read More…]
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5 for 5: Regal Cinemas bringing five Christopher Nolan movies back to the big screen for $5
‘The Dark Knight’ – Warner Bros. Pictures For those just getting to know director Christopher Nolan after his epic Oppenheimer Oscar night — or for fans of the filmmaker looking to revisit his films — Regal [Read More…]
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Kevin Costner says he’d “love to” return to ‘Yellowstone’
Paramount Networks Kevin Costner says if Yellowstone will have him back, he’d “love to” saddle up as John Dutton once again. Entertainment Tonight caught up with the Oscar winner at the Warner Bros. Pictures presentation [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol production, stocks down on week, up on year
U.S. ethanol production and stocks both peeled back last week while holding above year ago levels. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.056 million barrels a day, a decrease of 17,000 on the [Read More…]