Новости за 03.01.2017

(AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards filled vacancies for Louisiana's college management boards over the holidays. Blake David, a Lafayette lawyer; Darren Mire, valuation director for the Orleans Parish tax assessor's office; W. Clinton "Bubba" Rasberry, a Shreveport businessman and previous Regents board member; Jacqueline Vines Wyatt, a former Cox Communications executive from Prairieville; T. Jay Seale III, a Hammond lawyer; and Charles McDonald, a former state lawmaker from Sterlington who worked to create the TOPS tuition program.

Turns out, there is some place like home after all — if everything you think you know about home is suddenly and rather cleverly turned on its head, as it is in NBC’s snazzy new fantasy drama, “Emerald City,” premiering Friday, Jan. 6. [...] the show is very loosely based on L. Frank Baum’s “Wizard of Oz” books, with special emphasis on repurposing many of the memorable elements from the 1939 MGM movie. The series’ 10-episode first season inverts it and twists it in ways that make it feel both familiar and somehow brand-new at the same time. Читать дальше...

‘Arrival,’ ‘Deadpool’ Casting Directors Top Artios Award Nominations The Casting Society of America has a mercenary, a musical and an Afghanistan war comedy on deck for its annual Artios Awards nominations, which honor achievement in casting. “Deadpool,” “La La Land” and Tina Fey’s “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” are among the 2017 nominees in categories like comedy and drama in either big budget or independent brackets. Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Armie Hammer and Michael Shannon made the grade for Tom... Читать дальше...

The suspect in the slaying of a Pennsylvania state trooper sent a text afterward to his son's mother, apologizing to her and acknowledging, "I killed the cop," according to court records released Tuesday. The arrest warrant, issued before suspect Jason Robison was shot and killed by police, said Trooper Landon Weaver came to Robison's home in Hesston on Friday to investigate a report that Robison had defied a protective order by contacting his son's mother. Sherry Robison, Robison's mother, told... Читать дальше...

Suiting up for musical space Wearable technology is all the rage in Silicon Valley, but from New York comes the pianist and composer Eleonor Sandresky with her own musical take on the development. “The Wonder Suit Show: A Space Odyssey,” an evening-long work designed to showcase this invention, gets its West Coast premiere on Friday, Jan. 6.

In 2015, the 49ers reportedly wanted to make Joseph, then with the Bengals, their defensive coordinator and assistant head coach, but were blocked from speaking with him by Cincinnati. Joseph is in his first season as a defensive coordinator after spending the previous 10 years as a defensive backs coach with the Bengals (2014-15), Texans (2011-13) and 49ers. A cornerback who played two seasons for the Jets and Colts, he began his NFL coaching career as an assistant defensive backs coach with the 49ers in 2005.

[...] his options for stopping the reclusive communist country are slim: diplomacy that would reward Pyongyang, sanctions which haven't worked, and military action that no one wants. For more than two decades, Republican and Democratic administrations have tried carrots and sticks to steer North Korea away from nuclear weapons. Pyongyang may already be able to arm short-range and mid-range missiles with atomic warheads, threatening U.S. allies South Korea and Japan, and American forces in each country. Читать дальше...

Disney Becomes First Studio to Top $3 Billion at Domestic Box Office Disney crossed $3 billion at the domestic box office in 2016, the company reported on Tuesday, making it the first Hollywood studio in history to so. The parent to Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Pixar Animation, Walt Disney Animation enjoyed a record-breaking year, having also recently crossed the $7 billion mark at the worldwide box office for the first time ever. The studio’s estimated domestic market share for 2016 is 26.5 percent... Читать дальше...

At Cinnabar, the Last of the Red Hot Mamas is back When Sophie Tucker arrived in New York in 1906 at the age of 20, Jews had only recently been welcomed on mainstream stages, and even then, it was better to downplay your religion and ethnicity. [...] Tucker, a shtetl immigrant raised as an Orthodox Jew, had already overcome arguably more significant obstacles in deciding to enter show business, defying every norm of her family and society. “Red Hot Mama — The Sophie Tucker Songbook”: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Jan. Читать дальше...

(AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are considering a measure that would let school boards appoint replacements for elected school superintendents who resign in the next three years. House Education Committee Chairman John Moore, a Brandon Republican, says it would cost the county $60,000 to elect a school chief to serve only part of a term.

People who don't question why the wildly off-road race known as the Dakar takes place in South America are either true fans of the sport or just bad at geography. Dakar is in Senegal, but this year's Dakar rally is taking place in Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina, in some of the hemisphere's harshest terrain.

A Golden Gate Bridge barrier damaged by a passing car has been fixed in time for the Tuesday afternoon commute, officials said. Crews noticed the damage to the movable barrier, which is one of dozens that separate northbound and southbound traffic, at around 1:30 p.m. on Monday, said Priya David Clemens, a spokeswoman for the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District. Following the height of the morning rush, work crews closed extra lanes from 10 to 11 a.m. to repair the damaged barrier... Читать дальше...

Each week, Chivalry Club turns one to two photos of you and your fellow audience members in your mullets, your pin curls, your tube socks and/or your stone-washed jeans into fully fleshed-out scenes of improv comedy. The night’s opener, “Night School,” also creates an improv scene from an unusual source: a five-minute academic lecture. Both shows are followed by “Up Till Midnight Jam,” which should be self-explanatory.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A nonprofit aimed at helping Native American students says a former employee took roughly $21,000 from the organization for college savings accounts before his death. The nonprofit had previously identified "inappropriate" purchases in a separate civil case, including payments into an education savings account for Westerhuis' children.

Graham King and Mark Gao’s Fundamental Films are partnering with Akiva Goldsman on film rights to the comic book series “Extreme Universe” from “Deadpool” creator Rob Liefeld, TheWrap has learned. The “Extreme Universe” banner includes nine comic book titles and nearly 100 characters, including Bloodstrike, Brigade, Lethal, Re-Gex, Cybrid, Bloodwulf, Battlestone, Kaboom, and Nitro-Gen. Best known for creating the “Deadpool,” “X-Force” and “Cable” comic series in the early 1990s, Liefeld has extended... Читать дальше...

Every day, a battle ensues between custom licence plate applicants and the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.

Katherine Helen Fisher of Los Angeles is an artist in residence at SafeHouse for the Performing Arts and, as part of RAW, she is presenting “Characters,” a work in progress that will “explore audience interaction and participation.” Fisher, a co-founder of media company Safety Third Productions, calls “Character” a “mixed media piece that explores the connection between identity and technology and the human need for ritual through dance and visual media.” “Characters”: Resident Artists Workshop.

(AP) — Emboldened with their largest majorities in decades, Republicans began the Wisconsin legislative session Tuesday saying they are focused on finding long-term solutions to problems that have long vexed the state such as a projected $1 billion deficit in spending for roads and bridges. Republicans say they are excited to work with Donald Trump as president, fulfilling promises to repeal President Barack Obama's federal health care law, give more flexibility to the states over how they spend... Читать дальше...

The star of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” has a new network sitcom and it didn’t exactly have a quiet preview premiere on Sunday. “The Mick” delivered a 2.8 rating in the key adults 18-49 demographic, actually matching NBC’s “This Is Us” premiere for highest-rated new series debut in Nielsen’s Live + 7 Day rating. The comedy, which centers on Olson’s Mickey Murphy — a hard-living woman who moves to raise her affluent sister’s kids — also hauled in 8.6 million in total viewers. The nail-biter... Читать дальше...

[...] any changes would cause losses for some school districts and gains for others, unless lawmakers find money to increase total spending. Legislators this session could also consider ways to put millions more dollars into highways and bridges amid pressure from business groups that say unsafe infrastructure is an economic drag. Baria said Democrats are willing to discuss changes to the state's education funding formula if they will result in improvements. [...] he said Republicans should expect... Читать дальше...

Authorities are looking into why the family had the pesticide pellets, called Weevil-cide, which is only supposed to be sold to people with professional licenses or certification and is marketed for use in rodent control in commercial transport of commodities and animal feed. Amarillo police spokesman Officer Jeb Hilton says the department's special crimes unit is investigating because of the child deaths. Authorities later determined that phosphine gas was likely released when the father took... Читать дальше...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Record snowfall in parts of North Dakota is making travel difficult in the region. A winter storm warning remains in effect for northcentral and northeastern Minnesota until 6 p.m. Tuesday.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri's top education officials say the St. Louis city school district should regain full accreditation. Full accreditation will have little concrete impact on the St. Louis public schools, but it would remove the stigma of lacking full accreditation.

DeGeneres' statement Tuesday on Twitter came several days after Burrell refused to apologize for a sermon in which she referred to gays and lesbians as perverted. Pharrell posted on Instagram that "I condemn hate speech of any kind," making no specific reference to Burrell.