ABC News(MIAMI) -- For some of Miami's homeless population, hunkering down at a local shelter is welcome protection from the approaching hurricane, even if their stay is only temporary."The only reason I'm in this shelter is because I feel safer here," said Terrace Mathews, 46, who said he has been homeless for four years.As Hurricane Irma -- the most powerful Atlantic storm in a decade -- approaches Florida, ABC News […]
Iowa got the ball last and scored to win an overtime shootout against Iowa State 44-41 Saturday in the annual rivalry game in Ames. Iowa had to overcome a 10-point fourth quarter deficit to even have a chance to score the game-winning touchdown in overtime. Hawkeye coach Kirk Ferentz says it was exactly what he […]Powered by WPeMatico
Organizers of the world’s largest bacon festival, held every winter here in Iowa, are launching the first-ever bacon festival in Japan — in Iowa’s sister state of Yamanashi. Brooks Reynolds, chairman of the Iowa Bacon Board and co-founder of the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival, says they’re donating at least one-thousand pounds of Iowa bacon to […]Powered by WPeMatico
A new pork processing plant going online in northwest Iowa is relying heavily on robotics and automation is becoming more common in all sorts of Iowa businesses. The president of Junior Achievement of Central Iowa,Ryan Osborn, notes how some fast food restaurants now direct patrons to place their orders using touchpads instead of talking to […]Powered by WPeMatico
ABC/Jeff Niera(LOS ANGELES) -- Fresh off her Ivy Park campaign, Orange Is the New Black star Laverne Cox has landed a new gig. According to Variety, ABC has given a pilot order to the new one-hour drama starring Cox, currently titled Spirited. The show will follow Cox as a fake psychic, who realizes she can "really communicate with the dead." When she discovers her talent, the psychic decides to "put her con-woman past behind her" and actually help […]
20th Century Fox(LONDON) -- The surprise 2014 hit spy movie Kingsman has spawned a sequel, due out September 22nd, as well as a line of high-end products and a pop-up shop in London. Housed in the ritzy St. James neighborhood, the Kingsman shop sells the sharp custom suits made by clothier Mr. Porter and worn by Taron Egerton’s Eggsy and Colin Firth's Harry Hart in the films, as well as fancy glassware and pens. There's also […]
Starz(NEW YORK) -- Outlander fans, rejoice! After 14 months of waiting, the so-called Droughtlander is coming to an end this Sunday. The time-traveling Scottish romance, based on Diana Gabaldon’s popular book series, returns to Starz for its ambitious third season. Not only does this season span years and continents, but it also features the long-awaited reunion of its main couple Jamie, a Scottish outlaw from the 1700s played by Sam Heughan, and Claire, a […]
© 2017 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND RATPAC-DUNE ENTERTAINMENT LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED/Brooke Palmer(NEW YORK) -- It, the new film adaptation of Stephen King's 1986 novel about a clown -- or something that appears as a clown -- who terrorizes seven children in a small Maine town by exploiting their deepest fears, opens Friday. The movie is an R-rated horror flick, which means that most of the members of the movie's […]
"Captain America: Civil War" - Marvel StudiosLast month, The Walt Disney Company announced that it would be launching its own streaming service, and moving its Disney and Pixar movies from Netflix to its new platform. But there was no word about the fate of the Marvel and Star Wars movies that Disney owns. Well, now comes word that those will be leaving Netflix and heading exclusively to the still unnamed Disney platform, […]
