AMPAS(LOS ANGELES) — After years of being criticized for a lack of diversity in both its membership and in the films that are nominated for Oscars — captured with the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite — The Academy […]
The president of the Casey’s convenience store chain based in Ankeny says they learned during restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 that customers like to help themselves. Casey’s president, Darren Rebelez, says people like to […]
ABC/Eric McCandless(LOS ANGELES) — While children were eagerly counting down the days until the start of summer vacation this year, so were their parents. With schools closed due to COVID-19, many adults were tasked to juggle their […]
The Iowa-based World Food Prize Foundation has announced its 2020 laureate, a man who has dedicated his career to understanding the critical role of preserving and nurturing the soil. Rattan Lal grew up in India, […]
Overall unemployment claims were down last week despite an increase in first-time claims. The first-time claims were up after dropping by nearly 50 percent the previous week. Iowa Workforce Development deputy director, Ryan West, isn’t […]
ABC/Craig Sjodin(NEW YORK) — Matt James will be the next guy looking for love on The Bachelor — and for the first time in the show’s 18 years, the guy with the roses is an African American. James […]
L-R – Clarke Peters, Delroy Lindo — David Lee/Netflix(NEW YORK) — Delroy Lindo and Jonathan Majors play father and son in the Spike Lee-directed Vietnam vet drama Da 5 Bloods. Lindo, who plays Paul, a vet who suffers from severe PTSD, tells […]
The legislature has voted to move the age for buying tobacco products to 21. This puts Iowa law in line with the recent federal change. “Iowa law enforcement officers, local law enforcement officers cannot enforce […]
Iowa’s colleges and universities are plotting courses for the fall semester in this pandemic era, with shifting schedules and a host of new rules. While programs like Zoom helped deliver classes to remote students this […]
ABC/Fred Lee(NEW YORK) — As people around the world continue to protest, parents are forced to have difficult discussions with their children about what’s happening– including celebrities like Robert De Niro. During an appearance on The Tonight Show […]
© 2019 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Apple TV+ has announced that Greyhound, Tom Hanks’ World War II film based on the C.S. Forester novel, will make its debut on July 10. The movie, […]
Archaeology South-East/UCLBy GUY DAVIES, ABC News (LONDON) — Archaeologists have discovered what they believe to be one of the earliest playhouses in London, which may date back over 450 years ago. A team from University […]
Christopher Polk/Getty Images for People’s Choice Awards, Neilson Barnard/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — As protests against police brutality continue for another week, another call has emerged that challenges white Americans to acknowledge their privilege and denounce racism. […]
The Iowa legislature has unanimously passed a police reform bill — responding to the police misconduct the nation saw when a bystander in Minneapolis videotaped the death of George Floyd. Representative Ras Smith of Waterloo […]
This is Iowa Museum Week and while most of Iowa’s 300 museums and galleries remain closed by the pandemic, we can still visit many of them online until their doors reopen. Cindy Sweet, executive director […]
There’s been a debate about whether to change the names of military bases that were named after former Confederate soldiers because of their link to slavery. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, is an Army veteran on […]
Black Lives Matter protesters are back inside the Iowa Capitol today, seeking a face-to-face meeting with Governor Kim Reynolds. The group periodically has been chanting: “Where is Kim?” outside the door to the governor’s office, […]
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AARP(LOS ANGELES) — Peter Farrelly, who won Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for Green Book, is teaming up with one of the movie’s Oscar-nominated co-stars for another based-on-real-life story. According to Variety, […]
iStock/sdominick(LOS ANGELES) — Remember the Disney/Pixar movie WALL-E, which pictured the humans of the future as stubby, atrophied blobs addicted to their screens? That’s not too far from reality, according to researchers who have created two “models” […]
ABC/Guy D’Alema(NEW YORK) — From comedies like Parks and Recreation to dramas like Big Little Lies, Adam Scott has done it all. But when he was approached to host the new ABC game show, DON’T, he initially didn’t think he was […]
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