PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota had a record number of visitors in 2021, making it the first state to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels, according the tourism officials. The state Department of Tourism says [Read More…]
Senate passes funding boost for private school scholarships
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate on Thursday passed a $1.5 million funding boost for a private school scholarship program that is funded through tax credits. The bill’s proponents argued the program allows [Read More…]
Felony for brokering unlicensed grain buyers clears Senate
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a proposal to make it a felony for anyone who brokers a grain purchase with an unlicensed buyer. The state requires grain buyers [Read More…]
Meat Loaf passes away at age 74
Jo Hale/Redferns Meat Loaf has passed away at age 74. The news was confirmed in a statement on the rocker and actor’s Facebook page. “Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by his side,” the statement reads. “Daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends …
Apple TV+ launching a live-action Godzilla “Monsterverse” series
Apple TV+ Apple TV+ has announced that it’s launching a live-action TV series based on Godzilla and his other giant monster friends and frenemies, the Titans. The untitled series will be backed by Star Trek: Enterprise‘s Chris Black and Matt Fraction, whose Marvel Comics’ Hawkeye run is a fan favorite — and was a major inspiration for the just-wrapped Disney+ series of …
Jeannie Mai reveals the name of her baby with husband Jeezy
Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images Jeannie Mai revealed the name of her first baby with husband Jeezy on Thursday In a video posted on her Hello Hunnay YouTube channel, The Real co-host announced that the baby’s name is Monaco. “I thought Baby J’s name should be a J name because obviously Jeannie and Jeezy, makes sense, but that wasn’t the name that came to us,” …
A long night in Gotham: ‘The Batman’ to be the third-longest superhero film ever
Warner Bros. The run time for The Batman, director Matt Reeves‘ forthcoming take on the Caped Crusader, has been revealed. The movie will run two hours and 47 minutes without credits, according to The Hollywood Reporter, making it one of the longest superhero movies ever released. The film, starring Robert Pattinson, Paul Dano, Zoe Kravitz, Colin Farrell and Jeffrey Wright, will be five minutes short of three …
Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance produce ‘One Thousand Years of Slavery’, Anthony Mackie to make his directorial debut and more
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Angela Bassett and husband Courtney B. Vance are serving as executive producers of the docuseries One Thousand Years of Slavery, which will premiere on the Smithsonian Channel during Black History Month on Monday, February 7 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Debbie Allen, Lorraine Toussaint, Soledad O’Brien, CCH Pounder, and Dulé Hill are among the personalities featured in the four-part series, …
Judge rules family of late actor Bill Paxton can sue over alleged cause of death “cover-up”
Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Critics’ Choice Television Awards Bill Paxton‘s untimely death in 2017 was at the center of a Los Angeles’ judge’s decision on Wednesday. Deadline reports Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven J. Kleifield is allowing the actor’s widow, Louise Paxton, and the couple’s children, James and Lydia Paxton, to sue Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for punitive damages in connection with actor’s death. The …
In space, everyone can hear you stream: Company launching the first movie studio in space in 2024
S.E.E. It has just been revealed where Tom Cruise‘s movie in outer space will be shot. U.K.-based Space Entertainment Enterprise (SEE) has announced that it’s co-producing the hush-hush film project for Cruise’s Day After Tomorrow director Doug Liman in SEE-1, the first dedicated movie studio in space. Scheduled for completion in 2024, Axiom Space’s SEE-1 will be a fully functioning TV, film and streaming-content studio, …