Year: 2017

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Renovations underway on grounds of ‘world’s greatest county fair’

A demolition project is underway on the Clay County Fairgrounds in Spencer. Fair Manager Jeremy Parsons says an agriculture building is being torn down to make way for a long-planned outdoor plaza. “The ag building, as we’ve discussed for almost 18 months, is being demolished as we speak,” Parsons said. “It will be replaced with […]Powered by WPeMatico

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Entertainment

Steve Carell once rocked “Despicable Me 3″‘s 80s fashion

Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures(HOLLYWOOD) -- Despicable Me 3 hits theaters this weekend, and thanks to a new villain, there's a strong 80s vibe to the whole animated adventure. Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig return as co-stars, with Carell telling ABC Radio that yes, he rocked some embarassing outfits in the 80s, but one item in particular sticks in his memory. “My brother gave me a Liz Claiborne jacket that was a powder […]

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Grammy & Oscar-winner Annie Lennox told she has “potential” by music coordinator at online radio station

Jeffrey Mayer/WireImageHey, millennials: Here's one reason to learn something about music that came out before you were born.  If you do, it may save you from becoming the subject of online ridicule...like one poor young woman at an online radio station is right now. Annie Lennox, a chart-topping four-time Grammy winner, an Oscar winner and a multi-platinum-selling artist, received a letter from a music coordinator at an online radio station […]

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Entertainment

Legendary actress marks 101st birthday by starting feud with “Feud” producer

Hulton Archive/Getty Images(HOLLYWOOD) -- What better way to celebrate your 101st birthday than by filing a lawsuit? Dame Olivia de Havilland – the legendary actress best known for playing Melanie Wilkes in Gone with the Wind -- turns 101 on Saturday, and she's spending her birthday weekend suing FX and Ryan Murphy’s production company over Murphy's show Feud. Feud, starring Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange,  focused on the drama between […]

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Grammy & Oscar-winner Annie Lennox told she has “potential” by music coordinator at online radio station

Jeffrey Mayer/WireImageHey, millennials: Here's one reason to learn something about music that came out before you were born.  If you do, it may save you from becoming the subject of online ridicule...like one poor young woman at an online radio station is right now. Annie Lennox, a chart-topping four-time Grammy winner, an Oscar winner and a multi-platinum-selling artist, received a letter from a music coordinator at an online radio station […]

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Kendall and Kylie Jenner “very sorry” for selling T-shirts with musicians’ images

JOHN FREDRICKS/AFP/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Apologetic Kendall and Kylie Jenner have stopped selling T-shirts that bear the likenesses of late rappers such as Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur, and living artists including Ozzy Osbourne. The shirts were going for more than $100 each and Voletta Wallace, Biggie’s mother, joined critics who slammed the use of such artists' images apparently without permission. The two Jenner sisters took to Twitter Thursday night […]

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“Big Bang Theory” star Mayim Bialik put on vocal rest for a month

Michael Yarish/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.(LOS ANGELES) -- Big Bang Theory actress Mayim Bialik is set to have a very quiet July. The actress announced on Thursday that she has sprained her vocal chords and as a result, a doctor has put her on vocal rest for 30 days.Bialik, whose father died two years ago of a degenerative disease that also damaged his vocal chords, communicated the news with the help […]

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A Star Is Born This Way: Lady Gaga says new movie is one of the “most creative experiences of my life”

Neal Preston(LOS ANGELES) -- You know all those songs Lady Gaga wrote, the concerts she's staged, the wacky costumes she's designed and the iconic videos she's made?  Well, according to her, they don't hold a candle to her first movie role -- creatively speaking, that is. As previously reported, Gaga, billed under her birth name, Stefani Germanotta, is starring opposite Bradley Cooper in a remake of the classic 1937 film A Star Is Born.  She tells E!, […]

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Entertainment

“Despicable Me 3” and “The House” lead this week’s new releases

Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures - 2017Opening nationwide on Friday: * Despicable Me 3 -- Steve Carell pulls double duty as the voices of Gru and his long-lost brother, Dru, who form an alliance to take down Balthazar Bratt -- a former 1980s child star seeking revenge against the world, voiced by South Park's Trey Parker. Kristen Wiig also stars. Rated PG. * The House -- Saturday Night Live alums Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler star in this comedy about a married couple who open an underground casino, […]

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