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Michigan football seeks to end streak against No. 1 ranked teams with Ducks flocking to Ann Arbor
Read full article: Michigan football seeks to end streak against No. 1 ranked teams with Ducks flocking to Ann ArborItโs Groundhog Day for the Michigan Wolverines, who are hosting a top-ranked team in the nation for the second time this season.
Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoff
Read full article: Late-night shows return after writers strike as actors resume talks that could end their standoffLate-night talk shows are returning after a five-month absence brought on by the Hollywood writers strike.
Why are actors making movies during the strike? What to know about SAG-AFTRA's 'interim agreements'
Read full article: Why are actors making movies during the strike? What to know about SAG-AFTRA's 'interim agreements'The actors and writers strikes have resulted in most Hollywood film and television productions being shut down, from the โGladiatorโ sequel to the live action โLilo & Stitch."
Year after the slap, Chris Rock punches back in new special
Read full article: Year after the slap, Chris Rock punches back in new specialA year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up special, streamed live on Netflix, in which the comedian bragged that he โtook that hit like Pacquiao.โ.
McConaughey, Kunis among People mag's 'People of the Year'
Read full article: McConaughey, Kunis among People mag's 'People of the Year'Matthew McConaughey, Mila Kunis, Jennifer Hudson and โAbbott Elementaryโ creator and star Quinta Brunson have been named People magazineโs 2022 โPeople of the Year.โ.
March for Our Lives returns with a renewed gun control push
Read full article: March for Our Lives returns with a renewed gun control pushAngered by the unrelenting toll from gun violence, tens of thousands of people are expected at rallies this weekend in the nationโs capital and around the United States demanding that Congress pass meaningful changes to gun laws.
Morning 4: Livonia native wanted in murder of cyclist in Austin last seen at airport -- and other news
Read full article: Morning 4: Livonia native wanted in murder of cyclist in Austin last seen at airport -- and other newsMorning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.
School police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meeting
Read full article: School police chief a no-show at Uvalde City Council meetingThe school district police chief criticized for waiting too long before law enforcement confronted and killed the gunman during a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school did not appear at a City Council meeting in Uvalde on Tuesday, despite being newly elected to the panel.
Full video: Matthew McConaughey delivers emotional plea for gun law reform after Uvalde shooting
Read full article: Full video: Matthew McConaughey delivers emotional plea for gun law reform after Uvalde shootingMatthew McConaughey appeared in the White House briefing room on Tuesday afternoon to tell the stories of the kids murdered in Uvalde, his hometown, and to push for common sense gun law reform.
Reese Witherspoon becomes part-owner of Nashville MLS team
Read full article: Reese Witherspoon becomes part-owner of Nashville MLS teamActor Reese Witherspoon and Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry have joined the ownership group of Major League Soccerโs Nashville team ahead of Sunday's opening of Geodis Park, its 30,000-seat stadium.
'Dallas Buyers Club' director Jean-Marc Vallรฉe dead at 58
Read full article: 'Dallas Buyers Club' director Jean-Marc Vallรฉe dead at 58Director and producer Jean-Marc Vallรฉe, who won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO series โBig Little Liesโ and whose 2013 drama โDallas Buyers Clubโ earned six Oscar nominations, has died.
โSpider-Manโ surpasses $1B globally in second weekend
Read full article: โSpider-Manโ surpasses $1B globally in second weekendEven with some mighty competition from new Matrix and Sing movies and rising concerns over the omicron variant, โSpider-Man: No Way Homeโ stayed in the No. 1 spot, with $81.5 million according to studio estimates Sunday.
NASCAR's Elliott still chasing 1st win of season in Texas
Read full article: NASCAR's Elliott still chasing 1st win of season in TexasNASCAR is set to race the Circuit of the Americas for the first time and all eyes are on Chase Elliott and a wet weather forecast that could make the inaugural Texas Grand Prix a wild one.
Poet Amanda Gorman revisits inaugural triumph with Oprah
Read full article: Poet Amanda Gorman revisits inaugural triumph with OprahIn this combination photo, Oprah Winfrey, left, attends the premiere of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" on April 18, 2017, in New York and Amanda Gorman attends Porter's 3rd annual Incredible Women Gala on Oct. 9, 2018, in Los Angeles. Gorman revisits her inaugural poem that wowed observers, among them Oprah Winfrey, in the Apple TV+ series "The Oprah Conversation." (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, left, and Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES โ Amanda Gorman revisits her inauguration day poetry reading that wowed observers, among them Oprah Winfrey, in the Apple TV+ series โThe Oprah Conversation.โThe 23-year-old Gorman โstepped into a moment in history with enormous grace and dignity,โ Winfrey said in a statement. The first National Youth Poet Laureate and the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, Gorman recited โThe Hill We Climbโ for the Jan. 20 swearing-in ceremony for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Others who have been interviewed for โThe Oprah Conversationโ include former President Barack Obama, Matthew McConaughey, Stevie Wonder and author Ibram X. Kendi.
A look at the commercials of Super Bowl LV
Read full article: A look at the commercials of Super Bowl LVAfter all, more than 100 million people in the United States tune in to watch the Super Bowl every year. According to statista.com, Bud Light is the most popular beer for Super Bowl Sunday, taking up more than 12% of the total beer consumed. Anheuser-Busch will forego promoting Budweiser this year, with the money reserved for its Super Bowl ad donated to coronavirus vaccine awareness efforts. I brought the chips!โThis spot brings together an ensemble of Super Bowl legends. Disney had released a trailer for โBlack Widowโ during the 2020 Super Bowl.
Marshall remembers lives lost in worst US sports disaster
Read full article: Marshall remembers lives lost in worst US sports disasterFILE - In this Nov. 15, 1970, file photo, a fireman looks over the wreckage of a plane in Kenova near Huntington, W.Va. Marshall will mark the 50th anniversary of the plane crash that killed all 75 aboard on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, on the campus in Huntington. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)
Marshall remembers lives lost in worst US sports disaster
Read full article: Marshall remembers lives lost in worst US sports disaster(AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)HUNTINGTON, W.Va. โ Marshall University commemorated the 50th anniversary of the worst sports disaster in U.S. history Saturday, a plane crash that killed most of the entire football team. โThis plaza and this fountain are the heart of Marshall University,โ university President Jerome Gilbert said. The victims included 36 football players and 39 school administrators, coaches, fans, spouses and flight crew. Members of the current team also visited a nearby cemetery, where six players from the 1970 team whose bodies were never identified were buried. And on Saturday, the 16th-ranked football team won, defeating Middle Tennessee 42-14.
Marshall remembers worst US sports disaster 50 years later
Read full article: Marshall remembers worst US sports disaster 50 years laterAmong the victims were 36 Marshall football players. In the first season after the crash, Marshall won just two games. The plane crash redefined comebacks and helped shape the identity of the public university that serves 13,000 students in Huntington. Everyone on board perished: 36 football players, 39 coaches, school administrators, community leaders, boosters and the flight crew. Those not on the Marshall plane have spent the last five decades dealing with heartache, self-doubt and unanswerable questions about why they were spared.
Former athletes, sports shows take lead on social justice
Read full article: Former athletes, sports shows take lead on social justiceFormer athletes have a pipeline to advance into sports media as commentators, and many popular shows feature a Black man or woman as a host. Instead, it turned into a forum for players to express their feelings about racial and social issues after practice was canceled. Brown added that athletes who speak out need to be articulate, informed and mindful that their words have staying power. For Rose, the era of athletes sticking to sports is over in part because President Donald Trump hasnt been shy about criticizing NBA and NFL players who disagree with him. If hes acknowledging NFL players who are kneeling and he says, They deserve to be fired, that now becomes a sports topic.
Spicoli to the rescue with 'Fast Times' virtual benefit
Read full article: Spicoli to the rescue with 'Fast Times' virtual benefitLOS ANGELES Spicoli is making a virtual return to Ridgemont High to raise money for a pair of non-profit groups. Sean Penn, a cast member in 1982's Fast Times at Ridgmont High," will be joined by Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and other stars in a socially distanced reading of the film's script. Penn is handing the role of stoner Jeff Spicoli over to another actor, with details about who's playing what part to be unveiled at next week's event. None of those actors, nor Roberts or Aniston, appeared in the original film. It will be available on Facebook Live and TikTok via COREs Facebook page, www.facebook.com/CoreResponse.
McConaughey writing book based on life-changing adventures
Read full article: McConaughey writing book based on life-changing adventuresNEW YORK Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey didn't want to write an ordinary celebrity book. This is not a traditional memoir, or an advice book, but rather a playbook based on adventures in my life, McConaughey, 50, said in a statement about Greenlights, which comes out Oct. 20. Adventures that have been significant, enlightening, and funny, sometimes because they were meant to be but mostly because they didnt try to be.According to Crown, which announced the book Wednesday, the actor known for films Dallas Buyers Club and Magic Mike will draw upon a diary he has kept for 35 years. He found not only stories, questions, truths, and affirmations, but also a reliable theme, Crown announced. "From growing up as an adventurous kid in a tough-love Texas home of rule breakers, to revelatory journeys to Australia, Peru, and Mali, to his early days in Hollywood and meteoric rise to fame, McConaughey shares how his life experiences have instilled in him the importance of competent values, the power of new experiences, and, as he puts it, either changing your reality or changing how you see it.
White Boy Rick Wershe is free man after 32 years behind bars
Read full article: White Boy Rick Wershe is free man after 32 years behind barsRichard White Boy Rick Wershe Jr. is now a free man after 32 years behind bars. Richard Wershe Jr.Read more: How White Boy Rick became an informant, drug dealer in DetroitIn 1987, Wershe was arrested for possessing cocaine in excess of eight kilograms. Burstein even served as a consultant for the White Boy Rick film. Watch the full documentary here to learn the story of White Boy Rick.Related: White Boy Rick Wershe Jr. denied clemency in FloridaWhite Boy Rick the Hollywood filmA film based on his life titled White Boy Rick was released Sept. 14, 2018. Matthew McConaughey starred as Richards father, Richard Wershe Sr.Watch: White Boy Rick weighs in on movieMore: Former Detroit hitman wants White Boy Rick to be released from prison
White Boy Rick Wershe to be freed today: Follow updates here
Read full article: White Boy Rick Wershe to be freed today: Follow updates hereRichard White Boy Rick Wershe Jr. is now set to be released from a Florida halfway house on Monday, July 20. Richard Wershe Jr. mugshot for Florida Department of Corrections (Florida Department of Corrections)The story of White Boy Rick'Wershe was the longest-serving nonviolent juvenile offender in Michigan history. Richard Wershe Jr.Read more: How White Boy Rick became an informant, drug dealer in DetroitIn 1987, Wershe was arrested for possessing cocaine in excess of eight kilograms. Read more: White Boy Rick Wershe Jr. to return to Metro Detroit after releaseRelated: White Boy Rick Wershe Jr. denied clemency in FloridaWhite Boy Rick the Hollywood filmA film based on his life titled White Boy Rick was released Sept. 14, 2018. Matthew McConaughey starred as Richards father, Richard Wershe Sr.Watch: White Boy Rick weighs in on movieMore: Former Detroit hitman wants White Boy Rick to be released from prison
The story of White Boy Rick enters new chapter -- hes out of prison Monday
Read full article: The story of White Boy Rick enters new chapter -- hes out of prison MondayRichard White Boy Rick Wershe Jr. is now set to be released from a Florida halfway house on Monday, July 20. Richard Wershe Jr.Read more: How White Boy Rick became an informant, drug dealer in DetroitIn 1987, Wershe was arrested for possessing cocaine in excess of eight kilograms. He was then transferred to a Florida prison because of a crime he committed while behind bars in Michigan. Related: White Boy Rick Wershe Jr. denied clemency in FloridaWhite Boy Rick the Hollywood filmA film based on his life titled White Boy Rick was released Sept. 14, 2018. Matthew McConaughey starred as Richards father, Richard Wershe Sr.Watch: White Boy Rick weighs in on movieMore: Former Detroit hitman wants White Boy Rick to be released from prison
McConaughey joins the faculty at the University of Texas in Austin
Read full article: McConaughey joins the faculty at the University of Texas in AustinAUSTIN, Texas (CNN) - This fall, award winning actor Matthew McConaughey will take on a new role: professor at the University of Texas at Austin. McConaughey, who graduated from UT in 1993, will be a "professor of practice" at the Moody College of Communication as faculty in the Department of Radio-Television-Film, according to a university news release. "We are proud to welcome Professor McConaughey to officially join our world-class faculty," said Moody College Dean Jay Bernhardt. McConaughey and faculty member and director Scott Rice have been co-teaching the Script to Screen film production class, but now the actor's name is solely on the syllabus. Working in the classroom with these students gives me a chance to prepare them," McConaughey said.
Movie review: McConaughey gives heart to โWhite Boy Rick'
Read full article: Movie review: McConaughey gives heart to โWhite Boy Rick'Two FBI agents (played by Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rory Cochrane) pay Richard Sr. a visit one day, trying to get him to give some info about the people he sells guns to. Aesthetically, โWhite Boy Rickโ is a spiritual sister to โThe Fighterโ). Demange gives a real sense of place and time in โWhite Boy Rick,โ from the homes and the cars to the clubs and the glorious neon โSkate & Rollโ sign outside one of their regular gathering spots. McConaughey is so good and emotionally affecting as Richard Sr., in both vulnerable and tough moments, that it might even catch you off guard. โWhite Boy Rick,โ a Columbia Pictures release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for โlanguage throughout, drug content, violence, some sexual references, and brief nudity.โ Running time: 110 minutes.