Netflix releases high-octane first trailer for behind-the-scenes documentary about the USWNT's World

 Posted on July 10, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  633 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

Netflix has dropped the first trailer for the highly-anticipated behind the scenes documentary about the USWNT’s World Cup disaster. The streaming service was given access to the American squad as they attempted to defend their World Cup crown in Australia and New Zealand this summer and win a third title in a row. But what unfolded was nothing short of a disaster and Netflix’s cameras were on  hand to capture everything as they unraveled on the other side of the world. [Read More]

Nina Simone Net Worth

 Posted on July 10, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  298 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

Nina Simone was a multi-talented artist born on February 21, 1933 in Tyron, NC. She was a singer, civil rights activist, pianist, and arranger who worked in many genres, including blues and jazz. She was best known for her cover of "Strange Fruit" and was nominated for fifteen Grammy Awards throughout her career. Nina Simone is a member of Jazz Singer Age, Biography and Wiki 💰 Net worth: $8 Million Nina Simone, the renowned jazz singer hailing from North Carolina, has left an indelible mark on the music industry. [Read More]

Why people love stars going 'off script'

 Posted on July 10, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1035 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

By Nicholas BarberFeatures correspondent Getty ImagesThe star has been promoting superhero film Madame Web with sardonic press appearances slamming the mainstream film industry, among other things – and it's winning her new fans. A new Spider-Man-adjacent superhero blockbuster, Madame Web, is swinging its way to a cinema near you this week, so its star, Dakota Johnson, has been telling journalists everywhere how fantastic it is. Well, sort of. More like this: – Is this the end of the road for superhero films? [Read More]

Analysis: Who is winning in the high-revenue world of college sports?

 Posted on July 9, 2024  |  9 minutes  |  1717 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

The Issue: The U.S. hyper-commercialized system of college sports, which does not exist anywhere else in the world, is in a period of overarching transition and deep financial crisis. A select share of Division I college athletes produce billions of dollars of revenue every year for their schools. Almost all of this revenue comes from football and men’s basketball. And yet, expenditures by college athletics departments are such that, with the exception of a small number of schools, athletic expenses surpass revenues at the overwhelming majority of Division I programs. [Read More]

Fetty Wap daughter dead news Lisa Pembroke aka Turquoise Miami disputes report on Lauren Maxwell

 Posted on July 9, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  139 words  |  Valentine Belue

WHAT DID TURQUOISE MIAMI SAY ABOUT LAUREN MAXWELL’S DEATH? Turquoise Miami, the mother of Fetty Wap’s daughter Lauren Maxwell, went on Instagram to dispute the alleged cause of her 4-year-old daughter’s death. She announced on Instagram that her daughter had died without explanation. Then it was reported on Lauren’s death certificate that she had died due to complications of congenital cardiac anomalies. However, Miami took issue with that reporting. “This is what y’all people do for fun. [Read More]

Michael Jordan on Dean Smith: My mentor, my teacher, second father (updated)

 Posted on July 9, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  92 words  |  Valentine Belue

“Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more than a coach — he was my mentor, my teacher, my second father. Coach was always there for me whenever I needed him and I loved him for it. In teaching me the game of basketball, he taught me about life. My heart goes out to [Smith’s wife] Linnea and their kids. [Read More]

Central Valley | PBS NewsHour

 Posted on July 8, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  18 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

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Ed Sheeran sings 'Thinking Out Loud' during Marvin Gaye copyright trial

 Posted on July 8, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  444 words  |  Valentine Belue

Explore More He was singing out loud. Ed Sheeran performed a snippet of “Thinking Out Loud” in front of a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, singing and strumming a few notes on an acoustic guitar during his Marvin Gaye copyright infringement trial. While testifying on the witness stand, the “Shape of You” singer took a tan Lowden wooden acoustic guitar and played the basic four-chord progression highlighting the 2014 hit single, giving the courtroom an intimate teaser of his gigs. [Read More]

Satellite images show Canadian wildfire smoke over UK

 Posted on July 8, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  362 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

By Rachel RussellBBC News Met OfficeSatellite images picked up the smoke lying across central and south-eastern England and western ScotlandSmoke from wildfires in Canada has been picked up in satellite images of the UK, the Met Office has said. Images taken during Thursday's sunrise showed smoke particles in the air which had travelled across the Atlantic. The smoke has resulted in some vivid sunrises and sunsets, but it is not dangerous, the forecaster added. [Read More]

Some Republicans worry Kevin McCarthys ouster will weaken fundraising ahead of 2024 election

 Posted on July 8, 2024  |  5 minutes  |  1037 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kevin McCarthy spent years raising mountains of Republican campaign cash, flying around the country to recruit top candidates in key districts and painstakingly building political relationships as he worked his way toward becoming speaker of the House. Now that he’s been ousted from the post after less than nine months, some in the GOP are wondering if anyone can take his place as a fundraising dynamo and party builder. [Read More]