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Georgia takes a bite out of HollywoodGainesville TimesScenes for the film were shot at the new Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayetteville, and principal photography has also taken place there for Marvel’s “Captain America: Civil War.” There are big dreams about what the lasting impact of these productions … …read more From:: Pinewood Studios Atlanta Related … Read more
Honolulu joins nationwide Let’s Move! Outside youth initiativeKHON2The Department of Interior, the City and County of Honolulu, YMCA of Honolulu and Kupu Hawaii, a local environmental non-profit, are teaming up to encourage youth to volunteer or participate in outdoor activities to deepen their connection to Hawaii’s …Honolulu participates in First Lady’s ‘Let’s Move’ initiativeHawaii News … Read more
Demaryius Thomas, Broncos exchange contract proposals9NEWS.comDENVER, CO – NOVEMBER 23: Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas #88 and wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders #10 of the Denver Broncos celebrate a second quarter Thomas touchdown during a game against the Miami Dolphins at Sports Authority Field at …Demaryius Thomas’ mother to be released from prison earlyThe Denver Post President … Read more
Bears Rank Sixth Nationally in Team AcademicsCal AthleticsBERKELEY, Calif. – The College Gymnastics Association announced today that the California Golden Bears men’s gymnastics program ranks sixth nationally in team grade-point-average (3.203). Additionally, four members of the Bears’ program were … …read more From:: California Golden Bears News By Google News
Which Celebrities, Movies and TV Shows Won Comic-Con on Twitter?Adweek“The idea of Twitter is so unthinkable to me,” the star told the BBC last fall. Still, people using the hashtag #SDCC at this year’s Comic-Con made the star and her newest film, Mockingjay Part 2, the last in the Hunger Games saga, the most-Tweeted …JLaw, … Read more
New York City settles Eric Garner case for $5.9 millionUSA TODAYNearly a year to the day after Staten Island police killed an unarmed father of six who was allegedly selling untaxed cigarettes, the City of New York said it had reached a settlement in the case. The city on Monday agreed to pay the family … Read more
FIFA turns down request for Blatter to attend US Senate panel hearingReutersA U.S. Senate panel invited FIFA President Sepp Blatter to answer questions at a hearing this Wednesday about the corruption scandal that has badly tarnished soccer’s global governing body but FIFA declined on his behalf, a congressional official said.and more …read more From:: FIFA … Read more
Adams discusses NCAA rule changesEl Paso TimesWhen the NCAA announced a relatively large chunk of rules changes for women’s basketball last month, the one that grabbed the headlines was moving from two 20-minute halves to four 10-minute quarters. UTEP coach Keitha Adams’ eye was drawn, … …read more From:: NCAA Basketball News By Google News
AFC Playoff Predictions 2015SportsBlog.com (blog)One of two AFC North teams here, the Ravens nearly beat the Patriots in the divisional round of this years playoffs, but blew a 14 point lead… TWICE. Joe Flacco’s offense has remained intact for the most part since last year, and with rising star … …read more From:: NFL Playoffs … Read more
San Diego Airport After Comic Con #SDCC – Video San Diego Airport After Comic Con #SDCC. This was the most successful Comic Con trip ever! The best of all six years. I also uploaded more videos to YouTube from Comic Con than anyone in history! via IFTTThttp://youtu.be/u1V3B7n6Q2M
Lego Man At San Diego Marriott For Comic Con #SDCC – Video The LEGO Man greeted guests at the San Diego Marriott in the lobby on the last day of Comic Con 2015. Comic Con drew over 130,000 to San Diego via IFTTThttp://youtu.be/u2HJn_tw-8U
Sports Illustrated isn’t huge fans of the Atlanta Falcons offseasonRantSportsIf you ask most Falcons fans what they think of the team’s offseason, I’m sure you’d get a lot of positive responses, and why wouldn’t you? The Mike Smith era is now over, the draft went well and a few key contributors were picked up during … Read more
Cal Junior Carded 2-Under 217 At Rancho Park Golf CourseCal Athleticscarded a 71-73-73=217(-2) to claim the title at the 54-hole tournament that pits competitors from Los Angeles and surrounding Southern California counties. Fellow Golden Bear Natalie Mu (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.) also competed, taking 15th overall … …read more From:: California Golden Bears News By … Read more
Old school hip hop fest coming to New Orleans Labor Day weekendgulflive.comVeteran MCs Slick Rick and Doug E. Fresh are both coming off appearances at the 21st annual Essence Festival in which they, according to nola.com, “turned their separate sets in one of the Superdome’s cozy lounges into one continuous, old-school hip …Salt N Pepa, … Read more
Dow Jones Industrial Average Closes Up 217 Points As ‘Grexit’ Fears EaseInternational Business TimesThe Dow (INDEXDJX:.DJI) leaped 217.27 points, or 1.22 percent, to close at 17,977.68. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index (INDEXSP:.INX) rose 22.98 points, or 1.11 percent, to end at 2,099.60. And the Nasdaq composite (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) gained 73.82 …and more …read more From:: … Read more
How the media’s obsession with mass killings is killing usGuns.comIn recent years, the frequency of mass killings and school shootings has increased dramatically in this country. While gun grabbers quickly blame the accessibility of guns, researchers at Arizona State University and Northeastern University are … …read more From:: Mass Shootings News By Google News
NBC Sets Los Angeles Casting Call For ‘The Wiz Live!’s DorothyDeadlineNBC, which has said it hoped to have its Dorothy cast by summer’s end for its live holiday production of The Wiz, has announced yet another casting call. This time it’s Monday, July 20 at Third Street Dance in Los Angeles. In May, NBC announced … Read more
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The Future of the Los Angeles Lakers’ BackcourtH4TV ENTERTAINMENTThrough the first two games of Las Vegas Summer League Basketball, the Los Angeles Lakers’ Jordan Clarkson has made it abundantly clear why he was voted as a First Team All-Rookie. While the young guard enjoyed a tremendous amount of success …Jordan Clarkson carries scoring load again … Read more
Nonprofit to announce grant to benefit Oakland residentsContra Costa TimesMore details will be announced at a Tuesday morning news conference at the East Oakland Youth Development Center. Mayor Libby Schaaf, Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley and Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Antwan Wilson were …and more …read more From:: East Oakland News By Google News
Amy Morton Has Found Another Restaurant Spot in EvanstonEaterThe restaurant could open in the winter, and would share the building with Evanston’s popular Thai Sookdee at 1016 Church St. Morton and her brother David (a partner in DMK Restaurants), have found Evanston to be hospitable. Their father is Arnie …and more …read more From:: Chicago … Read more
Showtime’s ‘SXSW Comedy with W. Kamau Bell’ Premieres Friday July 24thSplitsiderSXSW, Showtime, and Rooftop Comedy have teamed up for their first TV comedy special, and it just got a premiere date and trailer. Titled SXSW Comedy with W. Kamau Bell, the two-episode special was filmed during the SXSW festival back in March and … …read … Read more
Russel Wilson-Leads Seattle Seahawks To Another NFC West Division Crown? – Ants Rants – Video Russel Wilson-Leads Seattle Seahawks To Another NFC West Division Crown? – Ants Rants In this episode of Ants Rants, I start my segments predicting how I think the 8 divisions in football are going to play out for the upcoming … Read more
Russel Wilson-Leads Seattle Seahawks To Another NFC West Division Crown? – Ants Rants – Video Russel Wilson-Leads Seattle Seahawks To Another NFC West Division Crown? – Ants Rants In this episode of Ants Rants, I start my segments predicting how I think the 8 divisions in football are going to play out for the upcoming … Read more
SDCC: The ‘Suicide Squad’ Comic-Con Trailer Is Finally OnlineMoviefoneSDCC: The ‘Suicide Squad’ Comic-Con Trailer Is Finally Online. Posted July 13th, 2015. by Katie Roberts. suicide squad, the joker, jared leto, suicide squad trailer. There were plenty of descriptions of the new “Suicide Squad” trailer that debuted at …Suicide Squad, Batman v. Superman, Green Lantern reboot … Read more
Fans react to ‘racist’ Atticus FinchUSA TODAYHarper Lee ‘s new book Go Set a Watchman – written in the 1950s but only now being published – is turning out to be a huge talker. In Watchman, we discover that Atticus Finch, the heroic father figure from Lee’s beloved 1960 Southern novel To Kill a …‘Go … Read more
Miss Rhode Island Gets Flustered, Completely Bombs During This Miss USA …E! OnlineA for effort…? Anea Garcia, Miss Rhode Island, was vying for the Miss USA crown last night during the annual beauty pageant when she found herself in a bit of a pickle. Despite presumably years and years of experience onstage, the stunner was … Read more
Albert Pujols, Joc Pederson headline complicated Home Run DerbyLos Angeles TimesAs if the rule changes weren’t enough, now rain may complicate the Home Run Derby even more. Cincinnati has hosted the All-Star Game once, in 1988, since the Home Run Derby began in 1985. That year has the distinction of being the only time over … Read more
The Open 2015: Tiger Woods drawn with 2010 St Andrews champion Louis …Telegraph.co.ukIf Louis Oosthuizen is to reprise his Open heroics here at the Old Course of five years ago then the South African will have to survive the Tiger Woods circus, which many believe cost him dearly at the US Open last month. With … Read more
Sports Illustrated to have 25 separate covers for US women’s soccer team after …New York Daily NewsSports Illustrated’s July 20 issue will make history with 25 different covers of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team that won the World Cup, featuring every player, coach Jill Ellis and a group shot. Subscribers will receive a separate … Read more
Would you buy a Microsoft smartphone? Reasons are getting scarceBGRMicrosoft is not a force in phones and never has been. The software giant’s $7.6 billion write-off of its phone business makes it even less likely now that consumers will opt for its phones. The Windows Phone platform is projected to have about 3 …Microsoft Signals … Read more
Windows 10 to run rings around customersComputerworldMicrosoft’s top operating system executive today confirmed that the two main Windows 10 update and upgrade “branches” will offer customers multiple “rings,” or tempos, that they can select to receive changes quickly or after they’ve been tested by others.Windows 10 PCs will miss the Windows 10 launchPCWorld Microsoft Plans … Read more
Facebook is Trying to be the Next YouTubewhotv.comNEW YORK, New York — Facebook has an aggressive plan to become a major YouTube-alternative. Steadily over the past two years, the social network has dribbled out new features to make it a more appealing place for people to watch videos. Along the …Facebook to Offer Music Videos, … Read more
Autzen Stadium named most crowded stadium in college footballFOXSports.comAccording to Athlon Sports, the University of Oregon’s Autzen Stadium is the most crowded stadium in all of college football. The report by Athlon Sports details home crowds for all 65 Power 5 teams and ranks each stadium by stadium capacity versus …and more …read more From:: … Read more
Medical examiner identifies man shot, killed by Denver police officerThe Denver PostThe Denver Officer of the Medical Examiner said 35-year-old Paul Castaway of Denver died from gunshot wounds to the torso. Police Chief Robert White said at a news conference after the shooting that the man, later identified as Castaway, was armed with …Stabbing suspect … Read more