Despite last week’s death threat, the founder and director of Eastern Iowa Atheists says he’ll continue his mission. Justin Scott, from the Bremer County town of Denver, says he seeks out city councils that open their meetings with prayer and asks to be allowed to give a secular invocation instead. Scott says all went relatively […]Powered by WPeMatico
A delegation from China is scheduled to sign an agreement in Iowa today to buy another big batch of American-grown soybeans. Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey says China previously bought a billion bushels of beans from the U.S. “So that’s somewhere north of $10 billion worth of soybeans already this year,” Northey says. Northey, Governor Reynolds […]Powered by WPeMatico
Two male co-workers have publicly testified in support of a former female colleague’s claims that she was sexually harassed while working for Republicans in the Iowa Senate. After five years on the job, Kirsten Anderson was fired in 2013 for poor work. Anderson sued, charging she was fired for complaining about the “boys’ club” environment […]Powered by WPeMatico
Netflix(NEW YORK) -- Lucy Liu is stepping behind the camera to lend her talents to Netflix's Marvel superhero series Luke Cage. According to Variety, the actress will direct the Season 2 premiere of the hit series, starring Mike Colter as the bulletproof "Hero for Hire." “What a thrill to collaborate with Marvel and Netflix, two industry titans, who paint our world with inspiring stories and beguiling characters,” Liu said in […]
Getty Images/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) -- New video footage obtained exclusively by People magazine gives a glimpse of the adorable moment when NHL star Brooks Laich sees his bride, Dancing With the Stars judge Julianne Hough, for the first time on their wedding day. "Oh my God, you're so beautiful," Laich, 34, tearfully says in the clip. The couple tied the knot this past Sunday in front of 200 guests -- including actress Nina Dobrev, actor Aaron Paul, and DWTS pro Mark Ballas -- at […]
Entertainment Weekly - 2017 (LOS ANGELES) -- Ahead of San Diego's Comic-Con next week, Entertainment Weekly is offering new details about the upcoming Marvel film, Black Panther. On the cover of EW's "Comic-Con Preview" issue, Chadwick Boseman, who plays T'Challa, aka Black Panther; Lupita Nyong'o, who stars as his ex-lover Nakia and Michael B. Jordan, who plays the villain, Erik Killmonger, are suited up in full Black Panther gear. The film's director, Ryan Coogler, says fans will likely have trouble […]
(L-R) Quentin Tarantino, Tim Roth - ABC Radio/Steve Iervolino(NEW YORK) -- Variety just reported that Oscar-winning Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs writer-director Quentin Tarantino's next movie will be about the infamous 1969 Charles Manson murders. The project will be the ninth movie from Tarantino, who recently vowed to retire after directing 10 films. What will he do after that? Some of his frequent collaborators have some ideas. Tim Roth and Michael Madsen -- who both came to fame in Reservoir Dogs, and who were most […]
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Jaime Lannister on HBO’s Game of Thrones, stopped by ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! Monday night ahead this Sunday’s season premiere and teased Kimmel about a possible Jon Snow reveal, but offered no real spoilers from the new season. Kimmel kicked off the interview with some "unpleasantness," chiding Coster-Waldau for swearing in his last appearance that co-star Kit Harrington's GoT character, Jon Snow was "dead for good." He attempted to […]
Getty Images/Gilbert Carrasquillo(LOS ANGELES) -- A groundbreaking comedian once referred to as "America's Dad" turns 80 today: Bill Cosby. A veteran of the stand-up scene first came to acclaim opposite Robert Culp in the series I Spy -- the first pairing of interracial leads on a television show in which they were portrayed as equals. While his comedy records became best-sellers, inspiring a new generation of comedians, Cosby soon turned to children's TV, with appearances […]
