ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (September 7, 2018) –The final of the three preliminary nights for the 2019 Miss America Competition,took place in Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall. Lydia Tremaine, representing Indiana, was named Talent winner for her vocal performance of That’s Life. Lydia will receive a $2,000 scholarship award. Gabriela Taveras, representing Massachusetts, was named the On-Stage Interview winner, a new category in the competition. Gabriela will receive a $1,000 scholarship award. Read more
The Miss America Organization, a 501c4 and the Miss America Foundation a 501c3, are joining together to announce the totality of scholarships being awarded for the 2019 Miss America Competition. Read more
Mermaid Nichole , finned friends, gamers, a music festival and locally made films are part of the Charcon Bonus Round Sept 14-16 in Sutton , WV at the Day's Inn Conference Center. Read more
A strong heads up goes to scrappy, bad ass diva muscle punching "b" , Jennifer (Electra) Garner, as she mows down an untouchable drug cartel that took the lives of her daughter and husband. Known as Riley, formerly a working class squirrely soccer mom, she survives a drive by carnival slaughter by peons of a drug kingpin. When the infiltrated establishment permits the killers a legal blame it on the victim loophole, she steals $50,000 from her employer and disappears overseas reemerging as a bulky, mixed martial arts, terror trained warrior. Read more
Jennifer Garner grew up in Charleston , and the box office favorite tries something new --- a deadly "Death Wish" diva --- in her newest film, Peppermint. Her character, Riley , awakens from a coma after surviving a brutal attack that killed her husband and daughter. When the system shields the murderers from justice, Riley transforms herself into an urban guerrilla
HUNTINGTON, WV – The wait is over! Individual tickets to all 2018-2019 Marshall Artists Series events will go on sale on Monday, September 10th at noon.Read more
New Line Cinema’s horror thriller “The Nun” explores another dark corner of the “Conjuring” universe, whose record-setting films have terrified audiences around the globe. Read more
An incident last Sunday in Charleston following the Charleston "Girls Night Out" to benefit the prevention of domestic violence recalls that in the infancy of TV many local stations had their own wrestling matches. Read more
Morgantown staged its annual con this weekend and we've obtained permission from Dan Hawkins, photographer, to display some of the images.
The two day con featured vendors, guests, gaming and cosplay. Former Huntington based Bunny Bombshell hosted a question and answer cosplay panel and assisted in judging costumes.
Mixing mediums has become strictly routine. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" intertwined humans and toons, since then variations have blended C.G.I. and other animation methods from breezy family fare to more adult themed endeavors such as "Avenue Q" or "South Park." The diversity analogy "Lars and the Real Girl" suggested making way for androids, robots, and artificial humans. Read more
CHARLESTON, WV — Last night, West Virginia native John Ellison repurposed his world-famous song “Some Kind of Wonderful” for the Manchin campaign. The song, “Some Kind of Senator” was unveiled at the Charleston Moose Lodge on Friday night in front of long-time Manchin friends and supporters. Ellison’s band, the Carpenter Ants, recorded the song for Senator Manchin to use for his 2018 campaign. More than 60 different artists have recorded "Some Kind of Wonderful," making it one of the most recorded songs in the history of music. Ellison’s hit song has sold more than 42 million copies, earning him five Lifetime Achievement awards for writing one of the most played songs in the world. Ellison was inducted into the WV Music Hall of Fame in 2015.Read more
Mermaid Nichole , based near Charleston, WV, will be a guest at the Summersville Lighthouse Festival and Car Show today, Aug. 25!
At the show you can get your photo taken with a mermaid, grab a t-shirt, climb a lighthouse, visit the lake, is there a better way to spend the day?Read more
The WV Pop Con and Comic Convention is Aug 25 and 26 at 500 Park Lane in Morgantown, WV. Saturday the con starts at 10 a.m. and Sunday it begins at 11 a.m.
Among the guests will be Toronto Cosplayer --- Bunny Bombshell --- formerly of Huntington. She has been cosplaying for 10 years and has portrayed characters such as Catwoman, Emma Frost, Sailor Moon, Valkyrie, She-Ra, Andorid 18, Princess Peach, Spider-Gwen, Cammy, Black Canary and Elsa. She has been drawn by multiple comic artists and is a cosplayer as much as she is a model.Read more
America, Britain, Russian and many countries have a "got talent" television contest. However, at a music store in Ireland, an irishsetter decided to test a newly repaired grand piano. Read more
Access Live co-hosts Kit Hoover and Scott Evans and guest co-host Melissa Peterman talk to "America's Got Talent" trapeze pair Duo Transcend about their daring act and their harrowing on-air fall that shocked the judges.Read more
Herd Rally, originally scheduled for this evening from 6 to 10 p.m. has been postponed because of expected weather conditions. Organizers expect to reschedule the event for Thursday, Aug.Read more
School has gone back in session. That means the big screen cinemas will be adjusting their outreach and trimming showtimes (afternoons in some cases) to correspond with the start of school and college. Left unsaid, the interest in school sports (especially high school and university football) impacts multiplex attendance. Read more
School has gone back in session. That means the big screen cinemas will be adjusting their outreach and trimming showtimes (afternoons in some cases) to correspond with the start of school and college. Left unsaid, the interest in school sports (especially high school and university football) impacts multiplex attendance. Read more
Jon M. Chu (“Now You See Me 2”) directed the contemporary romantic comedy “Crazy Rich Asians,” based on the acclaimed worldwide bestseller by Kevin Kwan.
The story follows New Yorker Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) as she accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young (Henry Golding), to his best friend’s wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick’s family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has neglected to mention a few key details about his life. Not only is he the scion of one of the country’s wealthiest families, but also one of its most sought-after bachelors. Read more
LOS ANGELES, Christian Newswire/ -- Richard Rossi, a maverick minister-turned-moviemaker, has been cleared of a 1994 attempted murder charge of the assault of his wife. His vindication came from DNA, witnesses, and confessions of culprits who attacked and framed him. Read more
Cruise out scrambled Christopher (Robin) last week, but can the "Fallout" emerge over another band of four (The Meg; Dog Days; Blacklansman; Slender Man) ? Meanwhile, its a see your hold over while you can.... Crazy Rich Asians opens Wednesday, Aug. 15. Some premieres on August 14. Read more
Charlie, Sam, Gertrude, Mabel, and Brandy all get their time to bark, mug, and wag for the camera, especially Charlie an exuberant labradoodle temporarily wrecking the life of already an already messy musician (played by Adam Pally) living in a no pets allowed apartment. Read more
The Greater Huntington Park and Recreation District, in partnership with iHeartRadio, is hosting a special Party on the Patio/ Eat in the Streets event honoring the late Blues legend Diamond Teeth Mary at Heritage Station on August 17th at 7 p.m.Read more
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. –Marshall University’s Marching Thunder will kick off its 2018 band camp Friday, Aug. 10, to prepare for the upcoming football season.Read more
HUNTINGTON, WV- Since 1936, The Marshall Artists Series has served as the cultural center for Marshall University and the surrounding communities, working to cultivate a greater understanding and appreciation of the performing arts through a wide variety of programs.
Atlantic City, NJ (August 1, 2018) One of the most beloved Atlantic City traditions, theMiss America Show Us Your Shoes Parade will take place on Saturday, September 8 at 5:00 PM EST, on the famed Atlantic City boardwalk. Miss America 2018 Cara Mund will lead the procession starting at New Jersey Avenue and travel down the Boardwalk ending at Albany Avenue. Rain or shine.
The annual spectacle ushers in the Miss America Competition and features the 51 Miss America candidates celebrating the spirit of their home states through costume and one-of-a-kind wearable handmade shoe-art creations. Floats, marching bands, dancers, twirling groups, and a variety of other amazing parade groups will join the fun!Read more
As part of The Department of Justice’s review of nearly 1,300 legacy antitrust judgments, the Antitrust Division today announced that it has opened a review of the Paramount Consent Decrees, which for over seventy years have regulated how certain movie studios distribute films to movie theatres. The purpose of the review is to determine whether or not the decrees should be terminated or modified. Read more
Two yoga pants (sorta) and tennis shoe clad best female buddies (Mila Kunis, Kate McKinnon) celebrate Audrey's (Kunis) birthday just after her boy friend of a year Drew (Justin Theroux) broke up with her via international text message. Morgan (McKinnon) blisters the bar with endless one-liners ending in a suggestion that the BF's stuff be immediately incinerated. Read more
Old guys like me fall in love at least once a week. It is a harmless occupation more akin to admiration than to passion, and the objects of my interest were usually anonymous souls like my golden haired pharmacist or the green-eyed girl at the grocery story. And then there was my neighbor across the street. I didn’t know her name, but I called her Mrs. Dutta because that’s what was written on her mailbox. Read more
The final stop on the Greater Huntington Park & Recreation District’s Junior Naturalist Parks Expedition will be at Ritter Park Shelter #2 on Monday, July 30 at 1:00 p.m. For its Funington Finale, GHPRD will host MadCap Puppets, a nationally recognized professional puppet troupe out of Cincinnati, Ohio.Read more
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