The Iowa Democratic Party’s annual fall fundraiser has a new name. The event will be held November 1, 2019. It will attract international attention, as it has in the past, due to all the Democratic presidential candidates who’ll speak. It’s been re-branded as the Liberty and Justice Celebration. For decades, the annual event was named […]Powered by WPeMatico
Community projects in Ames, Hampton, Des Moines and Marion won state grants Wednesday for tourism projects. Iowa Economic Development Authority spokesperson, Jacque) Matsen says a special project is planned for Innis Grove Park in Ames. “It’s really exciting because it’s creating an accessible and inclusive park on the southside of Innis Grove,” Matsen says. The […]Powered by WPeMatico
An organization started 150 years ago by seven young women in southeast Iowa is holding its international convention in Des Moines this week. “We are one of the largest non-profit organizations for women in all of North America,” said Elizabeth Garrels of Mount Pleasant, who has been a PEO member since she was 18 years […]Powered by WPeMatico
Hulu/Craig Blankenhorn(NEW YORK) -- Shameik Moore plays a young Raekwon in the new Hulu series Wu-Tang: An America Saga. The 24-year old actor, singer and rapper tells ABC Radio that the Wu-Tang Clan series shows the authentic side of the group that its members never revealed in the past. “When cameras came, it felt like the FBI to these guys. So there wasn't really showing or saying certain things to the camera," […]
iStock/powerofforever(LOS ANGELES) -- Amanda Bynes has made an official return to Instagram, and proves that she really does know how to make an entrance. The former Nickelodeon star has a brand-new hair color and piercing. Bynes, 33, looks almost unrecognizable -- sporting neon pink hair and an impressive septum piercing. And yes, the Instagram account is 100 percent real: Miss Bynes confirmed it on her verified Twitter. Her new IG handle? AmandaBynesIsReal. […]
Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Netflix(NEW YORK) -- She's only 15, but Millie Bobby Brown is going from one of Netflix's stars to one of its producers. The Stranger Things star and her sister Paige are developing a drama called A Time Lost, based on their original idea. According to the streaming giant, the drama concerns "a long-standing feud between two Long Island families," which "comes to a head when one […]
ABC/Yolanda Perez(NEW YORK) -- CBS All Access' adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand just scored an Oscar winner for its cast. Whoopi Goldberg has joined the the limited series, which also just added When They See Us lead Jovan Adepo, Black Mirror veteran Owen Teague, Orange Is the New Black's Brad William Henke and Rescue Me alum Daniel Sunjata. Like the best-selling 1978 book, The Stand is set in a world […]
Photo credit: David Hindley Courtesy of LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions(TORONTO) -- Starring in the biopic Judy, which is essentially a movie about a comeback, has become a comeback vehicle for Renee Zellweger. In the film, the Jerry Maguire star plays Judy Garland, decades after she stole America's heart as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. The film earned a marathon standing ovation at the Toronto International Film Festival, where […]
ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Actor, host and ABC'S Good Morning America contributor Cameron Mathison revealed on the show Wednesday that doctors have found a 4.2 centimeter mass on his right kidney.In a new interview with GMA, Mathison spoke about how the tumor could have been growing for 10 years or more inside his kidney. He also told fans via Instagram. "The mass is consistent with renal cell carcinoma, or kidney cancer."When […]
