Month: July 2024
Welcome to Rodeo Week
The 53rd Annual Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo Week began Tuesday with the community kickoff at the new Arena at Stampede Park. Committee Chairman Jim Miskimins is thrilled to be at this point…. He also credits [Read More…]
Who is playing Lady Deadpool?! Speculation reaching fever pitch with new ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ teaser
Marvel Studios A new teaser for Deadpool & Wolverine teases a multiverse full of Deadpool variants, including, as reported, the canine variety in Dogpool, but the new snippet also showcases the character’s female counterpart. Fan [Read More…]
“Simply not true”: Joe Manganiello on ex-Sofia Vergara’s claims behind their break-up
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Joe Manganiello is saying his piece in a new Men’s Journal feature regarding the ending of his seven-year marriage to Sofia Vergara. As reported in January of this year, Vergara told El País, [Read More…]
‘Sausage Party: Foodtopia’s’ Seth Rogen and Kristen Wiig on bringing the raunchy comedy to TV
Prime The new Prime Video series Sausage Party: Foodtopia is about as raunchy as an animated series can be. It’s the sequel to the 2016 film, starring the voices of Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig and many [Read More…]
In Brief: Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut gets Toronto Film Fest slot, and more
The world premieres of Ben Stiller‘s Nutcrackers and Rebel Wilson‘s The Deb will bookend the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 5 and Sept. 15, respectively, festival organizers have revealed. Nutcrackers “follows strait-laced and work-obsessed Mike [Read More…]
Will ‘The Bear’ keep cooking? Will ‘Baby Reindeer’ reign? Emmy nominations announced Wednesday morning
Television Academy/ABC The nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards will be announced Wednesday morning by previous winners Tony Hale from Veep and Abbott Elementary‘s Sheryl Lee Ralph. It’s still unknown which stars will get the [Read More…]
Cooler, drier air settles into much of the Heartland; heat, humidity & storms shift south
Across the Corn Belt, a cold front crossing the Ohio Valley is generating showers and thunderstorms. However, mild, dry air has overspread most of the Corn Belt, resulting in nearly ideal conditions for corn and [Read More…]
Cooler days ahead for the Heartland; a wet pattern across the southern, eastern U.S.
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures across much of the central and eastern U.S., while hotter-than-normal weather will cover Florida’s peninsula and a broad area [Read More…]
Be disciplined in grain marketing
Arlan Suderman, the chief commodities economist with StoneX Group, says farmers must be disciplined in their marketing plans, especially if there’s still old crop left in the grain bin to sell. The post Be disciplined [Read More…]
Farmers finding retrofitting viable
Some farmers are finding retrofitting machinery a viable option in the current economy. Central Illinois farmer Chris Stoller says they’ve retrofitted most of their machinery. “There’s not one piece of equipment that’s on our farm [Read More…]
Hearing in Trump’s Georgia election appeal scheduled for December, after election
Jason Marz/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Georgia Court of Appeals, in a ruling involving Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case, has scheduled oral arguments in Trump’s appeal of the Fani Willis disqualification decision for Dec. [Read More…]
Neo-Nazi planned poisoned candy attack on Jewish children in Brooklyn, federal prosecutors say
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Georgian national has been indicted for allegedly planning a mass casualty attack on Jews and racial minorities in New York City, as well as encouraging others to commit [Read More…]
RNC 2024 Day 2 updates: Vance walks RNC floor with Don Jr.
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images The second day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee gets underway Tuesday afternoon after a dramatic appearance Monday night by the party’s new nominee — former President Donald Trump [Read More…]
Donald Trump’s Secret Service protection had been increased prior to assassination attempt due to Iran threat: Sources
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Secret Service in recent weeks had increased Donald Trump’s security detail due to intelligence indicating there was an Iranian threat to assassinate the former president, according to three [Read More…]
What could happen to Menendez’s Senate seat now that he’s been convicted?
Adam Gray/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Sen. Bob Menendez having been found guilty by a jury, calls for him to resign are coming from the highest levels, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. But Menendez, [Read More…]
Amazon Prime Day a ‘major cause’ of injuries: Senate committee report
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Amazon Prime Day in full swing, a report released this week by a Senate committee claims the two-day promotional event is a “major cause of injuries” for [Read More…]
How extreme heat can impact your mental health as high temperatures sweep US
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerously high temperatures have been sweeping across the southern, central and eastern U.S., leaving more than one-third of the country under heat alerts as of Tuesday afternoon. Actual temperatures [Read More…]
In two years since the launch of 988, ten million contacts have been answered
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two years after the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 10 million contacts have been answered, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. “That’s [Read More…]
Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani and more all-in on ‘Poker Face’ season 2
Photo credits: Dylan Coulter-Jan Welters-Brian Bowen Smith ABC Audio has confirmed that Mandalorian Emmy nominee Giancarlo Esposito, Katie Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani and Gaby Hoffmann are all in for the second season of Peacock’s series Poker [Read More…]
‘M3GAN 2.0’ starts shooting; Jemaine Clement, Aristotle Athari and more added to cast
Universal Pictures The sequel to Universal’s Blumhouse blockbuster M3GAN is now underway, Deadline is reporting, with some new faces added to the cast for the follow-up to the killer robot hit. The 2023 film starring [Read More…]