Friday, 16 January 2015

Cardale Jones shows why money and the NFL Draft aren't everything

College football’s most fascinating overnight hit, the Cardale Jones Show, managed to one-up itself yet again Thursday. As if the former third-string quarterback didn’t capture our hearts enough in his improbable three-game stint leading the Buckeyes to a national championship, Jones strode to a podium at his high school and made a matter-of-fact mockery of the entire sports media climate in 2015.

Are Oscar Nominations Moving in the Wrong Direction?

“Could white actors really take home all 20 Oscar nominee slots?” asked Kyle Buchanan at Vulture in September. On Thursday morning, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences delivered its answer: Yes.
Mr. Buchanan had identified Ava DuVernay’s “Selma” as a film with the potential to yield some nominees of color:
“On paper, this is a serious Oscar contender: It’s a movie about Martin Luther King Jr. (played by David Oyelowo), directed by a talented up-and-comer (Ava DuVernay, who helmed the acclaimed indie ‘Middle of Nowhere’), shot by a tremendous cinematographer (Bradford Young), and blessed with a sterling team of producers that includes Brad Pitt and Dede Gardner (who just took home Oscars for producing ‘12 Years a Slave’) as well as Oprah Winfrey, who also plays a supporting role in the film. That’s a whole lot of heft.”
“Selma” was nominated for best picture and best original song, but neither Mr. Oyelowo nor Ms. DuVernay got nominations on their own.

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

'Agent Carter' Star Reveals Wild Hopes for Decades of Stories to Come

Agent Carter is just hours away from its premiere, and while it's just the beginning of a seven-week run for the ABC series, star Hayley Atwell already has hopes for stories spanning the decades.She says her cameo as a 90-something Peggy Carter in last summer's Captain America: The Winter Soldier potentially lays the groundwork for future seasons to explore different decades.

SCHOOLS: List of delays/closings for Tuesday

The following East Central Indiana schools will be on a delay Tuesday because of overnight snow (all are 2-hour delay unless noted):
-- Blackford County Schools, closed.
-- Blue River Valley School Corp.
-- Burris Laboratory School
-- Charles A. Beard Memorial School Corp.
-- Cowan Community Schools, closed

Coachella 2015 full lineup: Big names and bigger surprises

CBS NewsCoachella 2015 full lineup: Big names and bigger surprisesCBS NewsThe Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival released the lineup for its 16th year on Tuesday, and it's definitely not short on talent. The three-day event -- which kicks off the festival season on two consecutive weekends with identical lineups on April 10-12 ...Coachella 2015 lineup: AC/DC, Drake,

Thursday, 27 November 2014

Rams beat up Broncos to notch surprise victory

ST. LOUIS -- Shaun Hill got his job back, finally. Then he got the best of Peyton Manning.
After eight weeks on the bench, the journeyman was ready.

"Obviously, we were facing one of the best teams in the league,
" Hill said after the Rams surprised Denver 22-7 on Sunday.

Sunday, 16 November 2014

Obama Condemns Islamic State’s Killing of Peter Kassig

GAZIANTEP, Turkey — Islamic State militants released a chilling videotape on Sunday showing they had beheaded a fifth Western hostage, an American aid worker the group had threatened to kill in retaliation for airstrikes carried out by the United States in Iraq and Syria.