Magrath, Alta., grandmother planks 4.5 hours to set Guinness World Record A Magrath, Alta., grandmother has broken a Guinness World Record for the longest time in an abdominal plank position (female). 03/28/2024 - 2:15 pm | View Link
Washington Saves retirement act signed, set to launch in 2027 In 2022, the Legislature lifted the state’s prohibition on the unionization of legislative staffers, allowing them to begin organizing in May 2024. Before May, legislators intended to pass a second ... 03/28/2024 - 11:42 am | View Link
Lake Oswego’s Mia Brahe-Pedersen has her sights set on records, and maybe even a spot in the Olympics, in her senior track season Pedersen already has the things many of her Oregon high school peers are seeking. She’s already a 12-time state champion (three each in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash, 4x100-meter relay and ... 03/28/2024 - 5:12 am | View Link
As deaths on our roads continue to rise, a local stay-at-home dad is on an ambitious quest to make Spokane's streets the safest in the U.S. Erik Lowe is trying to cross the street. He's standing on the edge of the curb in Spokane's Hillyard neighborhood, inches from the cars ... 03/27/2024 - 10:05 pm | View Link
Homecoming: Portsmouth Island descendants set to gather The Friends of Portsmouth Island and Cape Lookout National Seashore are expecting hundreds for the event that happens every two years and this year includes a celebration of the 1894 U.S. Life-Saving ... 03/27/2024 - 9:53 pm | View Link
Every Black woman has been called a Jezebel. The term, which originates from the Bible, is one of the oldest examples of misogyny in the world. Instead of being heralded for her reign as Queen, the Phoenician princess (after whom the term was named) was slut-shamed and subjected to whorephobia.
Last year, actress Penélope Cruz set up a joint production venture, Moonlyon, with Madrid-based The Mediapro Studio at the urging of its CEO, Laura Fernández Espeso, a rising star in Spain’s fast-expanding media sector. “It’s been an amazing connection from the first,” Cruz says, about her working relationship with Fernández Espeso, Variety’s International Media Woman […]
Georgia has dropped an effort to cap its billion-dollar film and TV tax credit, after the state House and Senate could not reach agreement on the issue. Lawmakers have been working for nearly a year on proposals to rein in the incentive, which is the largest of any state in the nation.
“They don’t, don’t know how hard I had to fight for this,” sings Beyoncé on “Ameriican Requiem,” the harmony-laden opener on her eighth album “Cowboy Carter.” Anyone keyed into the promotional cycle leading up to its release knows this well. A few weeks back, Beyoncé revealed that she came up with the concept for the […]
Beyoncé called in many artists to feature on her new album “Cowboy Carter,” spanning country icons like Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson to up-and-comers including Tanner Adell and Shaboozey. But she also made it a family affair, enlisting her daughter Rumi Carter to appear on one of the record’s songs.
It looks like Dolly Parton hinted correctly. After the country icon said that she believed that Beyoncé would sample or interpolate her 1973 classic “Jolene” for her new album, Bey has done just that, including a cover of the song with altered lyrics and song structure on her highly anticipated new album “Cowboy Carter.” Parton […]