Month: August 2017

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State News

Hawkeyes already benefiting from preparation for trip to Europe

The Iowa Hawkeye basketball team is preparing to travel to Europe for a 12-day trip. Coach Fran McCaffery spoke with reporters about the trip and says they were allowed 10 practices to prepare. “It was great to be able to get everybody together because we were able to use the other time available for skill […]Powered by WPeMatico

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State News

Whirlpool looking to hire 500 in Amana

A manufacturing plant in eastern Iowa is planning to add hundreds of employees, but some residents of the small town where the plant is located aren’t too thrilled with the news. Officials with Whirlpool in Amana say they want to hire at least 500 workers over the next three weeks. Monys Hagen told KCRG-TV she […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Entertainment

Mariah Carey jokes to Lionel Richie about possible ‘American Idol’ gig: “Don’t do it”

Fox(NEW YORK) -- Pop diva Mariah Carey hasn’t exactly kept it a secret that she didn't enjoy her time as a judge on American Idol four and a half years ago. So how does she feel that her current tour mate, music legend Lionel Richie, is reportedly being courted for ABC’s American Idol reboot? Asked by Entertainment Tonight whether she had any advice for Lionel, Carey replied, "I would say, […]

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Entertainment

‘Last Jedi’ sends Carrie Fisher off “in an amazing way,” John Boyega says

Lucasfilm/Disney(NEW YORK) -- It's been confirmed that Carrie Fisher's final Star Wars film will be The Last Jedi, in theaters this December. And now, John Boyega, who says his character Finn has a lot of scenes with Fisher's General -- formerly Princess -- Leia, explains that the sendoff for the Star Wars icon will be "amazing." "[Carrie] and I have many scenes in this one," he said while on Popcorn […]

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Entertainment

CBS reveals how they’ll handle ‘Kevin Can Wait’ cast change

"Kevin Can Wait" star Erinn Hayes; David M. Russell/CBS(BEVERLY HILLS) -- In June, CBS announced that Erinn Hayes wouldn't be back for the second season of the Kevin James sitcom Kevin Can Wait, and James’ former TV wife, Leah Remini would join the series in her place.  Now we know how they'll handle the switch. At the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills on Tuesday, CBS executives revealed […]

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Entertainment

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ cast & creators: “We just wanted to do it right”

“Star Trek: Discovery” star Sonequa Martin-Green; Jan Thijs/CBS(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.) -- Star Trek: Discovery will debut next month on CBS All Access after a nine-month production delay. At the Television Critics Association summer press tour, executive producer Alex Kurtzman and star Sonequa Martin-Green, explained why the delay was worth it. “It had to be huge," Kurtzman said. "And I don't mean huge just in terms of scope, I mean huge […]

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Entertainment

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ cast & creators: “We just wanted to do it right”

“Star Trek: Discovery” star Sonequa Martin-Green; Jan Thijs/CBS(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.) -- Star Trek: Discovery will debut next month on CBS All Access after a nine-month production delay. At the Television Critics Association summer press tour, executive producer Alex Kurtzman and star Sonequa Martin-Green, explained why the delay was worth it. “It had to be huge," Kurtzman said. "And I don't mean huge just in terms of scope, I mean huge […]

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Entertainment

Bobby Moynihan says ‘Saturday Night Live’ in the Trump era “was a completely different machine”

L-R: “Me, Myself & I” Exec. Prod. Dan Kopelman, star Bobby Moynihan; Monty Brinton/CBS(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.) -- After eight years on Saturday Night Live, Bobby Moynihan is leaving for what he hopes will be the greener pastures of his own primetime sitcom -- Me, Myself, and I coming this fall on CBS.   But at the annual Television Critics Association summer press tour on Tuesday, Moynihan said he was glad he […]

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Entertainment

All-star guest roster sings in New ‘Carpool Karaoke: The Series’ trailer

Courtesy Apple Music(LOS ANGELES) -- It almost begs the question: who isn’t in the new trailer for Apple Music’s Carpool Karaoke: The Series? The new teaser, which dropped Tuesday ahead of the series debut next week, is jammed with music, movie and TV stars, including Will Smith Jada Pinkett Smith, Metallica, black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross, singers Usher and Ariana Grande, sports celebs LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal, Miley Cyrus, […]

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