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Fenton Bailey and Michelle Visage Talk ScreenAge History at Book Soup

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

If there’s anyone who understands what makes pop culture snap and crackle on TV, it’s Fenton Bailey. As one half of the dynamic duo behind World of Wonder (the production company that gave us RuPaul’s Drag Race, DragCon and some wonderfully subversive films and documentaries), he’s helped shape reality television trends in a truly impactful way.(Penguin Books)In his new book, ScreenAge, Bailey shares his journey creating wildly popular programming and working with everyone from RuPaul to Tammy Faye Bakker. It’s a real look under the wigs so to speak, boasting behind-the-scenes tea about his fabulous universe and his work with WOW co-founder Randy Barbato. We’ve covered and worked with the pair numerous times and marveled at their ability to know what audiences want before they even know it. They’ve done so while breaking boundaries, especially for the queer community and drag (an art that is increasingly being threatened by hate and ignorance). The book’s insider account and d...

Santa Clara County: Suspect shoots, wounds deputy during standoff

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

SANTA CLARA COUNTY — A man shot a sheriff’s deputy during a prolonged standoff on Sunday, then left his home while it was on fire and attempted to break into an armored vehicle, where he was shot by a police officer, authorities said.Deputies were called shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday for a welfare check at a home on the 3000 block of Dryden Avenue near Gilroy, according to a news release from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. When they arrived, they attempted to communicate with a 35-year-old man, but he fired several shots from a gun at the deputies and into the neighborhood, according to the sheriff’s department.The deputies retreated and called for help from the department’s crisis negotiators and emergency response team. The man continued to fire shots while authorities tried to contact him, striking a deputy at one point.Other deputies returned fire, but did not strike the man. The wounded deputy was taken to a hospital, where they were reported to...

Some seasick as topless bathing season approaches on Nantucket

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

Some on the island of Nantucket are dreading this summer.It’s not global warming or Kevin Spacey making a return visit that has them fretting, it’s topless bathing. It kicks off, or comes off, in a few short months.“I don’t want the season to begin,” said Nantucket resident Beth Barry, who said she’s not alone in that sentiment. “It’s like having a free strip club. So many people didn’t vote for it.”But the majority did. As the Herald reported last May, Nantucket Town Meeting members passed the topless bylaw 327 to 242. Then-Attorney General Maura Healey backed the legality of the bylaw in December before changing over to the governor’s office.Healey’s AG office stated: “We approve the Town’s vote authorizing any person to go topless on any public or private beach in Nantucket because we discern no conflict” with the constitution.Alas, John Adams did not see this one coming when he penned the Massachusetts Constitution.Barry, who said she’s not a prude but wants the Town Meeting vot...

Celebrities balk at paying Twitter for a blue check mark

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

By Matt O’Brien | Associated PressWilliam Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators — some household names, others little-known journalists — could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform.They could get the marks back by paying up to $11 a month. But some longtime users, including 92-year-old Star Trek legend Shatner, have balked at buying the premium service championed by Twitter’s billionaire owner and chief executive Elon Musk.After months of delay, Musk is gleefully promising that Friday is the deadline for celebrities, journalists and others who’d been verified for free to pony up or lose their legacy status.“It will be glorious,” he tweeted Monday, in response to a Twitter user who noted that Friday is also April Fools’ Day.After buying Twitter for $44 billion in October, Musk has been trying to boost the struggling platform’s revenue by pushing more peop...

NCAA men’s winners and losers: Gonzaga and UCLA hammer each other as lower seeds thrive and UConn emerges

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

The rapidly intensifying Gonzaga-UCLA postseason rivalry has one winner and, it seems, two victims.Twice in the past three years, the Zags eliminated the Bruins from the NCAA Tournament in thrilling fashion, with their epic Final Four game in 2021 and then a riveting Sweet 16 matchup last week.The Zags won the former on Jalen Suggs’ 40-foot buzzer beater and the latter on Julian Strawther’s long 3-pointer with seven seconds remaining.But in each case, the effort required to oust the Bruins appeared to exact a significant physical and emotional toll as Gonzaga struggled to recover adequately for its next assignment.The Zags trailed Baylor by double digits early in the 2021 national championship game and could not keep pace with UConn in the second half of Saturday’s Elite Eight game.So while they hit the Bruins with two gut-punch losses, UCLA made sure to grab a pound of flesh on its way out.Now the teams, which had designs on the Final Four when the tournament bega...

San Jose police releasing more details on deadly standoff

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) -- San Jose police will release more details about a man who allegedly armed himself with a machete and held two children hostage during a deadly standoff last week. Police fatally shot the man. The San Jose Police Chief is holding a news conference at 11:30 a.m. Monday to talk about what led up to the standoff and shooting.Watch the news conference live in the video player above at 11:30.The standoff began at 8:30 p.m. on March 22 when the man barricaded himself inside a home on Boynton Avenue with hostages, according to police. The police standoff stretched over nearly nine hours before officers opened fire. According to the San Jose Police Department, the man died from gunshot wounds in a hospital shortly after. SJPD said three hostages were safely removed from the home.So far, police have not released the man's name, nor his relationship with the hostages. This news story will be updated. Check back for updates.San Jose standoff scene (KRON4 / Will Tran)

LAGOS explica por qué su colaboración con Reik “No se acaba hasta que se acabe” es tan importante en su carrera

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

(CNN Español) – El dúo venezolano LAGOS presentó en febrero su tema “No se acaba hasta que se acabe”, una balada con la banda mexicana Reik.El título de la canción es un adelanto de la letra de la misma, que está cargada de sinceridad a lo que podría –o no– ser el ocaso de una relación.“No sabemos el final de la historia, pero sí sabemos que hay que perseverar, mínimo luchar hasta el final, ¿no? Hay veces que que vale la pena. Bueno, yo creo que siempre vale la pena porque por lo menos duermes en paz, de que intentaste todo lo que pudiste. Entonces sí, es una canción que habla de no rendirse, de intentarlo. Inclusive cuando la cosa se ve complicada o cuesta arriba”, cuenta a Zona Pop Luis Jiménez, vocalista y una de las mitades de la agrupación.Este tema no pudo contar con otra banda mejor que Reik, conocida en toda América Latina por ser parte del soundtrack de tanto enamoramientos como despechos.LAGOS cuenta a Zona Pop que la agrupación se montó en el tema ...

CNBC: usó su cheque de estímulo para iniciar un negocio de “relleno de efectivo”; generaría $1 millón este año

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

Para enero de 2021, Jasmine Taylor sabía que necesitaba ajustar su mentalidad en torno al dinero. El ahora de 31 años de Amarillo, Texas, apenas había superado la temporada de compras navideñas del mes anterior. “Recuerdo que me preguntaba cómo iba a pasar el próximo mes”, le dice a CNBC Make It. Taylor había perdido recientemente su trabajo de tiempo completo y se las arreglaba con trabajos secundarios, entregando recetas para farmacias y alimentos para DoorDash. Tenía alrededor de $60,000 en deuda estudiantil y otros $9,000 en deudas médicas y de tarjetas de crédito. Entonces, como casi todos los demás que buscan finalmente resolver algo, fue a YouTube, donde descubrió el “relleno de efectivo”, una estrategia de administración de dinero que cambió su vida. “Encontré el presupuesto de efectivo y literalmente me aferré a él”, dice Taylor. “Solo gastaría lo que tenía en efectivo”. CNBC: sigue esta regla para evitar tener ...

Bucks’ Antetokounmpo, Holiday out Monday for Pistons game

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks won’t have All-Stars Giannis Antetokounmpo or Jrue Holiday available for their Monday night game with the Detroit Pistons.The Bucks released an injury report Monday that listed both players as out for the game. Holiday won’t be available for personal reasons and Antetokounmpo has a sore right knee.Antetokounmpo has missed 11 games over the course of the season due to left knee soreness, but this will be the first time he’s been out with a sore right knee. This will be the 16th game overall that the two-time MVP has missed this season.The Bucks are playing two nights after losing 129-106 at Denver in a matchup of the two conference leaders. The Bucks are 1 ½ games ahead of the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Division standings.___AP NBA: https://apnews.com/hub/nba and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports Source

Idaho bill to provide free period products in schools fails

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:49:48 GMT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill that would have provided free menstrual products in girls bathrooms in Idaho public schools failed in the state House, with at least one Republican lawmaker calling the proposal “very liberal.”The measure advanced earlier this month from the House Education Committee with a “do pass” recommendation. It failed on the House floor 35-35 last week. It was expected to cost $435,000 to install product dispensers and about $300,000 each year to stock them to provide menstrual products for female students in grades six through 12, according to the bill’s fiscal note. State budget analysts have forecast a $1.4 billion tax revenue surplus at the end of the fiscal year, the Idaho Statesman reported.“It’s not a lot of money in the state’s budget,” Rep. Rod Furniss, a Republican, told the committee in speaking about the bill. “Today is a step to preserve womanhood, to give it a chance to start right, to not be embarrassed or feel alienated or ashamed, or to feel ...