The San Antonio Missions continued their six-game series with the Corpus Christi Hooks on Friday night. Entering Friday on a three-game losing skid, the Missions got ahead early with a five-run second inning. Robby Snelling provided a solid outing on the mound with Ethan Routzahn, Omar Cruz and Jason BlanchardContinue Reading
Swifties might need at least a fortnight to recover from Taylor Swift‘s new YouTube Shorts video. On Friday night (April 19), after the premiere of her “Fortnight” music video from her just-released Tortured Poets Department album, Swift took to the video-sharing platform to encourage fans to share their “fortnight recap”Continue Reading
WARNING! Spoilers ahead for Cobra Commander #4G.I. Joe has its fair share of great villains, but most fans agree there is one in particular who leaves a lot to be desired. Now, the Energon Universe reboot makes this oft-maligned baddie into what is perhaps the most terrifying villain in franchiseContinue Reading
Warning: Spoilers for The Avengers #12!One of the most iconic scenes in The Matrix gets the Marvel treatment courtesy of Scarlet Witch. The Matrix has earned a reputation for being one of the most iconic movies of all time. This is proven by just how many scenes have been parodiedContinue Reading
Here is something that might surprise you: pickleball is a professional sport. Yes, you are reading that right. America’s fastest-growing sport has an elite group of players who get drafted, traded and play for paychecks. Major League Pickleball (MLP) brings together top-ranked men and women to play in innovative team-basedContinue Reading
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Nic Petan broke a 2-2 tie with a five-on-three powerplay blast in the third period on Friday night. The goal stood as the game-winner as the Wolf Pack defeated the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins 3-2 on Fan Appreciation Night at the XL Center in front of over 6,900 fans. Two slashing calls onContinue Reading
Miami Marlins’ catcher Christian Bethancourt will begin an injury rehabilitation assignment for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp in Friday’s 7:05 p.m. contest against the Norfolk Tides from 121 Financial Ballpark. Bethancourt appeared in 11 games in 2024 for Miami before being placed on the 10-day injured list on April 15 (retroactive to AprilContinue Reading
Despite a seventh-inning homer from Griffin Conine, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp couldn’t overcome an early deficit in their 4-1 loss to the Norfolk Tides in front of 6,184 fans Friday night at 121 Financial Ballpark. Norfolk (8-11) took the early lead in the top of the first against Jacksonville (11-8) hurler MattContinue Reading
Jake Thompson had just returned this week from the injured list and three at-bats into Friday’s game, things weren’t going so well. But then he made something special happen. Thompson met a two-strike pitch and delivered a game-tying single in the eighth inning that led to the Blue Wahoos 5-4Continue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Get your pucks ready! Game 1 of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs goes down on SaturdayContinue Reading
Jake Shane, who has nearly 3 million followers on TikTok thanks to his viral comedy videos under the handle @octopusslover8, is reviewing albums for Billboard with exclusive new essays and videos. Find his latest Billboard album review below, for Taylor Swift’s just-released The Tortured Poets Department album. @billboard BILLBOARD FRIDAY MUSIC GUIDE: @Jake Shane reviews @Taylor Swift’s ‘The TorturedContinue Reading
Netflix’s hit series The Circle is back, forcing the viewers to get concerned about which players have the power and who got blocked first. After almost a year and a half since the last season, The Circle season 6 dropped on Netflix on April 18, coming in hot with severalContinue Reading
WARNING: Potential Spoilers for Titans #10 It’s undeniable that Starfire stands out as one of DC’s strongest heroes, with a powerset that surpasses most of her fellow Titans. Her iconic Starbolts are just one example of her many abilities that are distinctly unique to her. However, Kori also possesses aContinue Reading
Zack Snyder reveals that Tom Cruise chased the role of a certain key Watchmen character. The 2009 superhero film was praised as a gritty, visually striking, and faithful adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel it was based on, but the complex narrative proved to be too hard to followContinue Reading
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The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office is now investigating a homicide after they believe they found the body of a woman who was carjacked at gunpoint. Video of a gunman approaching her vehicle last Thursday was taken an hour and 45 minutes before deputies found a body in a burning carContinue Reading
The University of Southern California further shook up its commencement plans Friday, announcing the cancelation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the controversial choice to disallow the student valedictorian from speaking. The private university in Los Angeles on Monday said it was cancelingContinue Reading
So far, the positive rabies case in Southlake marks the first known rabies case found in livestock in Tarrant County in 2024.Continue Reading
It’s part of the company’s plans, announced in January, to build or convert more than 150 stores nationwide over the next five years.Continue Reading
According to the United States Geological Survey, a 2.4 magnitude earthquake was confirmed on Friday afternoon in Spring Township.Continue Reading
Friends and family gathered at the Public Square in Wilkes-Barre on Friday evening to remember Nicole Cuevas and Debra Fox.Continue Reading
VANCEBORO, N.C. (WNCT) — April is nationally recognized as the Month of the Military Child. It’s 30 days celebrating the children of service members both domestic and abroad and recognizing the unique challenges these kids face. According to the U.S. Defense Department, there are more than 1.6 million children withContinue Reading
A five-run sixth inning catapulted Worcester past Durham 12-5 on Friday night at Polar Park. After scoring twice in the fifth to grab a 3-2 lead, the Bulls’ bullpen faltered as Durham (6-12) dropped its third straight game to the WooSox (8-9). Colby White (L, 0-2) hit the first twoContinue Reading
In case you’ve always wondered what Taylor Swift would look like with Post Malone‘s face tattoos, “Fortnight” is the video for you. On Friday night (April 19), Swift unveiled the video for “Fortnight,” featuring Malone. It’s the first visual from her brand-new 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, andContinue Reading
Live Nation shares fell 10.9% to $89.98 this week after The Wall Street Journal reported the U.S. Department of Justice plans to file a lawsuit against the company in the coming weeks. The DOJ could seek any number of remedies, but, in recent years, there have been calls from bothContinue Reading
Nearly two weeks after he was arrested for allegedly throwing a chair off the roof of a Nashville bar, country superstar Morgan Wallen has posted a statement on his X account addressing the incident. In a two-part response, the country superstar tweeted, “I didn’t feel right publicly checking in untilContinue Reading
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Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Godzilla X Kong: The Hunted! If there’s one thing that’s been made abundantly clear in MonsterVerse canon, it’s that the Titans are truly god-like in terms of how utterly unstoppable they are. That’s why Godzilla is considered an ally to humanity, as he’s the only oneContinue Reading
The U.N. World Food Program has agreed to help deliver aid for the starving civilians of Gaza once the U.S. military completes a pier for transporting the humanitarian assistance by sea, U.S. officials said Friday. The involvement of the U.N. agency could help resolve one of the major obstacles facingContinue Reading
Fort Worth Police reports officers confiscated 115 illegal guns in the West 7th Street area in 2023, thanks to increased technology and security.Continue Reading
The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) baseball team dropped game one of its series against Radford on Friday, 6-4 at the UNCG Baseball Stadium. According to our records, Caleb Cozart recorded his 17th homer of the season, tying the UNCG program record for home runs in a single season. HOW IT HAPPENED After both teamsContinue Reading
The Jacksonville Sharks (0-3) will have their fourth game of the IFL (Indoor Football League) season at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena on Saturday, April 20th, against a previous opponent, the Vegas Knight Hawks (3-0). The Knight Hawks, fresh from their game against the San Antonio Gunslingers last week at theContinue Reading
It’s Friday, April 19th, and there’s been a ton of new singles dropped by some of your favorite artists! Taylor Swift announced “Fortnight,” featuring Post Malone, as her lead single prior to the release of her new double album, ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’ Nicki Minaj released her new single, “FTCUContinue Reading
The set of Furiosa proved to be a resilient one as a single action sequence took 78 days to film. The prequel to George Miller’s acclaimed Mad Max: Fury Road will star Anya Taylor-Joy as the titular character and Chris Hemsworth as Dementus. The film will center around Furiosa, whoContinue Reading
The iconic X-Men hero Magneto is finally in the spotlight again after being brought back to life in Resurrection of Magneto. As Krakoa continues to fall, more news about mutantkind’s new From the Ashes era continues to drop, including a gorgeous new cover for X-Men #1 that highlights Magneto’s statusContinue Reading
Created by the producers of The Traitors, Squid Game: The Challenge, and Undercover Boss, the new reality show from The USA network has picked The Anonymous. The show was inspired by the internet itself, where people regularly form relationships with people they have never met before behind online avatars. TheContinue Reading
This article contains potential spoilers for Under the Bridge.Continue Reading
Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn saga is one of the most beloved modern fantasy series, and the extensive narrative leaves plenty of room for theory-crafting. With seven already written Mistborn books, there’s plenty to dive into, given the story arcs that have been ongoing since The Final Empire in 2006. The seriesContinue Reading
Warning! This article contains spoilers for AHS: Delicate episodes 1 through 8.Continue Reading
The Taylor Swift album release order was somewhat complicated by the introduction of her Taylor’s Versions, but the re-releases represent the powerhouse artist reclaiming her early musical legacy on her terms. Bursting on the pop scene in 2006 with her country-influenced debut album, Taylor Swift quickly positioned herself as oneContinue Reading
Universal’s Abigail filmed the majority of the movie at a real manor that doubled as the mansion where the titular character is held. The vampire ballerina movie follows a group of aspiring criminals who kidnap the 12-year-old daughter of vampire crime lord Kristof Lazar . They must hold the girlContinue Reading
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New Superman & Lois series finale set photos have emerged, giving a proper look at Tyler Hoechlin’s final time playing the DC Comics icon.Continue Reading
Similar to the motion filed by her 2nd husband’s defense team, Shanna Gardner’s lawyers argued that the State Attorney’s Office should be disqualified from her case.Continue Reading
Mandisa, a contemporary Christian singer who appeared on “American Idol” and won a Grammy for her 2013 album ‘Overcomer’, has died. She was 47. A representative for the singer told The Associated Press that the singer was found dead in her home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday. The representative saidContinue Reading
Video cameras stationed outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial caught the gruesome scene Friday of a man who lit himself on fire and the aftermath as authorities tried to rescue him. CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC were all on the air with reportersContinue Reading
“Courtney saved her life,” Dawn Sterling said of her daughter who became an organ donor. “She saved mine,” she said of organ recipient Lisa Barker.Continue Reading
The officials’ exchange came before the commissioners ultimately approved a contract with political consultant Noah Betz.Continue Reading
A group of students are learning environmentalism at the Francis E. Walter Dam in Kidder Township on Friday.Continue Reading
On Thursday, the music world lost an irreplaceable voice. In a statement to Billboard, a representative for Grammy-winning Christian contemporary music artist and American Idol alum Mandisa confirmed that the singer passed at age 47 in her home. “We can confirm that yesterday Mandisa was found in her home deceased,”Continue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. DIRECTV is offering a homerun of a deal for sports and entertainment fans that’ll get youContinue Reading
When it comes to dresses, I’m all about finding comfort and flow. You can never go wrong with a maxi dress whether you’re running errands, lounging in the park, or attending a brunch, it’s perfect for all occasions and requires no effort. What I love about Maxi Dresses is thatContinue Reading
This article contains spoilers for Baby Reindeer (2024) and heavy mention of stalking, harassment, and sexual assault.Continue Reading
The Provisional Licensing Exam arc of My Hero Academia continues a pattern of alternating major villain story arcs with school-based arcs, this time tasking the students of Class 1-A with obtaining their provisional hero licenses by participating in a massive competition with several other schools. The arc offers some fantasticContinue Reading
Survivor 46 is in full swing, and Q Burdette has distinguished himself as one of the most entertaining, interesting, and baffling contestants to ever play the game. This season, Survivor returned to its permanent location on Mamanuca Island in Fiji. At the start of the game, 18 contestants were droppedContinue Reading
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Wonder Woman #8!While Wonder Woman has had some brutal enemies before, she’s finally gotten a metaphorical Joker. The vile king of America, the Sovereign, has been manipulating the world to take the Amazons and Diana down. When the Sovereign finally has Diana in his clutches, heContinue Reading
Wednesday season 2 has cast an actor that Tim Burton has collaborated with before, making it all the more likely that another of the director’s frequent flyers will eventually join the series as well. Burton is known for repeatedly casting the same actors in his movies, building decades-long relationships withContinue Reading
Though 2023 was an incredible literary year for horror, 2024 has an even more exciting slate of horror books scheduled to release throughout the year. 2024 novels such as The Black Girl Survives in This One, edited by Desiree S. Evans and Saraciea J. Fennell, and The House of LastContinue Reading
One of CBS’ longest-running crime franchises has come to an end again as CSI: Vegas has been cancelled along with So Help Me Todd. The former show served as a revival of the iconic police procedural, featuring the return of most original stars, including William Petersen, Jorja Fox and MargContinue Reading
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With the release of the new Fallout TV show there has never been a better time to dive into the post-apocalyptic universe and replay the Fallout games. One often overlooked entry into the series is the free to play idle game Fallout Shelter that puts players in charge of theirContinue Reading
The Roku Channel premiered its adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles in 2024, but will the young adult fantasy series return for season 2? Based on the titular book series by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, the story concerns the Grace family who move to the mysterious Spiderwick estate and learnContinue Reading
They were bound for Tallahassee from St. Augustine to demonstrate their passion for the state’s Black history museum when fire tore through the bus.Continue Reading
A central Indiana man who won a primary election for a township board position while charged with killing his estranged wife has been found guilty of the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. A Boone County jury convicted Andrew Wilhoite, 41, of Lebanon on Thursday, local news outlets reported. Wilhoite wasContinue Reading
On Wednesday at 4 in the morning, the Brevard Sheriff’s Office says a vehicle pursuit ended when a burglary suspect ran over stop sticks, and then a foot pursuit began. The sheriff’s office said Abraham Garcia, 26, ran from the intersection of Babcock Street and US-192 to Elizabeth Street whereContinue Reading
Federal prosecutors want to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a South Africa man convicted of killing two Alaska Native women for allegedly lying on his naturalization application for saying he had neither killed nor hurt anyone. Brian Steven Smith, 52, was convicted earlier this year in the deaths of theContinue Reading
In this week’s 16 To The Rescue, we meet two cats who have become bonded after everything they’ve been through.Continue Reading
Crews in Scranton were fixing the base of the spirit of the American Doughboy statue that was damaged last year.Continue Reading
Matchday Info: Tampa Bay Rowdies vs El Paso Locomotive FC Saturday, April 20, 7:30 p.m. ET Al Lang Stadium, St. Petersburg, FL 2024 Records: Rowdies: 2W-0L-3D, 9 pts, 4th East (1-0-1 at home) El Paso: 0W-5L-1D, 1 pt, 11th West (0-2-0 on the road) After two weeks away, the TampaContinue Reading
ATEEZ talk about being the first K-pop boy band to perform at Coachella. The boys discussed their preparation and confidence in their performance and how they were inspired by other artists’ sets they watched, including Ice Spice, Tyler, the Creator, Doja Cat and J Balvin. Tetris Kelly: Hey, it’s TetrisContinue Reading
Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” rises to No. 1 on Billboard’s Pop Airplay chart (dated April 27). Boone lands his initial leader on the survey. He previously charted two songs on Pop Airplay: “Ghost Town” (No. 24 peak in March 2022) and “In the Stars” (No. 36, September 2023). Related BensonContinue Reading
Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department class is finally in session, as the superstar dropped the project in the form of a surprise double album on Friday (April 19). “An anthology of new works that reflect events, opinions and sentiments from a fleeting and fatalistic moment in time – oneContinue Reading
The Bachelor has featured leads who have been part of the franchise in the past for years, but this Bachelorette contestant revealed that he’s been asked to become The Bachelor five times, though he hasn’t accepted yet. While The Bachelor and The Bachelorette typically find their lead from the seasonContinue Reading
With multiple iconic figures already part of the adaptations, producer Toby Ascher explains how the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise chooses which video game characters to introduce. The movies based on the beloved SEGA platformer franchise have been a surprise hit since launching with the 2020 installment, which garnered generally positiveContinue Reading
The story of the Sole Survivor in Fallout 4 can end in multiple ways, depending on who you ally with. For most of the game, you can freely help out the major factions of the wasteland, regardless of what they think of the others. However, at a critical point inContinue Reading
Despite missing out on all the live-action movies, Scarlet Johansson’s Transformers One character is clearly a crucial part of Optimus Prime’s story. For Paramount’s 2024 animated Transformers movie, the MCU veteran will lend her voice to Elita-One, a character whose roots in the franchise go all the way back toContinue Reading
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest star Harris Yulin had one problem with playing Cardassian war criminal Aamin Marritza in DS9 season 1, episode 19, “Duet”. Widely regarded as a highlight of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, “Duet” is DS9 season 1’s best episode, acting as an early indicator ofContinue Reading
According to a job description on LinkedIn, there were originally three versions of Starfield planned, with it being intended as a multi-platform release. Ultimately, Microsoft’s acquisition of Zenimax Media, the owners of Bethesda Game Studios, the studio’s massive space RPG was an Xbox console exclusive and launched on Xbox SeriesContinue Reading
Sorry, Jeremy Renner and Paul Rudd, but Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck have stepped into the roles of Hawkeye and Ant-Man in a brilliant recreation of a classic The Avengers comic cover. This delightful mashup of characters is brought to life by Disney’s What If…? variant covers, set to graceContinue Reading
Frank Herbert’s epic series of space opera novels began in 1965, with the first book in the series, Dune, an instant success, winning the first-ever Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966. Dune became one of the foundations of modern sci-fi and fantasy. Herbert created a vast and bizarre worldContinue Reading
The Space Mountain movie has received its first positive update in four years. The in-development project is one of several planned onscreen adaptations of Disney theme park attractions to follow hits like the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, including Tower of Terror and Big Thunder Mountain . The movie, whichContinue Reading
Michelle Armogida loves spending time outdoors tending to her farm in Brevard County, but she never imagined she would be spending three weeks outside with a complete stranger. Armogida said it all started when she and her husband were watching their favorite TV show. “Every time we would watch heContinue Reading
WKMG is highlighting South Lake County, specifically the 34756 ZIP code. And we want you to help drive the conversation. Tell us what makes this community so special and what needs to be improved. Is there a local hero, special business, or hidden gem we should know about? Is thereContinue Reading
Phish opened its four-night stay at the Sphere Thursday with a four-hour show that used the advanced technology in the $2.3 billion arena to deliver a show that even the band’s most ardent fans have never experienced before. “We came in really wanting to do a show that was aContinue Reading
Jonathan Tetelman transformed from a nightclub DJ to an international opera star, a music detour that was quite, well, operatic. He stopped singing in 2011 and mixed music for New York’s clubbers at Webster Hall, Pacha, Greenhouse and W.i.P. These days, the 35-year-old’s gigs are at posher places such asContinue Reading
Kansas’ Democratic governor on Friday vetoed proposed tax breaks for anti-abortion counseling centers while allowing restrictions on college diversity initiatives approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature to become law without her signature. Gov. Laura Kelly also vetoed a bill with bipartisan support to increase the penalties for killing a law enforcementContinue Reading
The definition of a honk is completely up to you, hence why we have such a diverse grouping today. I know, I said I’m guilty of taking a small car to the home improvement store, but I’m not this guilty. I’m guilty of transporting goods from the home improvement storeContinue Reading
NASA’s Juno probe continues to give us more insight into Jupiter and the giant planet’s moons, including Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system.Continue Reading
A billion-dollar company is pulling the plug on its plans to build in Central Pennsylvania.Continue Reading
Eight Central Pennsylvania school districts rocked the gymnasium at Lock Haven University on FridayContinue Reading
The four-day event features 90 different films across different genres inside the Mauch Chunk Opera House.Continue Reading
Writer Dana Hudepohl perched atop one of Tank Town USA’s armored personnel carrier I’m less than 10 minutes from North Georgia’s tranquil Lake Blue Ridge, surrounded by forest, open sky, and chirping birds. But these six barren acres are a whole other world of exhaust fumes, mud, and piles ofContinue Reading
by Nicholas Ballasy A man set himself ablaze outside of former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Friday in New York City. Friday marks the fourth day of the trial where alternate jurors were selected. Two jurors were dismissed on Thursday. The man who set himself on fire was reportedly inside theContinue Reading
In early April, country star Maren Morris released her children’s book Addie Ant Goes on an Adventure, in collaboration with former schoolteacher Karina Argow. According to the interview on The Kelly Clarkson Show, they have known each other for about 11 years. This long-lasting friendship evolved into a collaborative partnership.Continue Reading
Calling all tortured poets! This week’s round-up of new music is filled with heavy hitters. Taylor Swift’s long-awaited 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, arrived in the form of a surprise double album on Friday (April 19), which features two major collaborations: Post Malone, whose name is billed on theContinue Reading
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. The Allman Brothers Band have been celebrated for decades, not only for their string of BillboardContinue Reading
Five years after its last concert tour, what Nancy Wilson calls “the actual Heart,” with herself and older sister Ann Wilson, is beating its way toward the road — and looking toward making some new music, Heart’s first since its Beautiful Broken album in 2016. “The thing that we reallyContinue Reading
When you’re finished listening to Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department, why not dive into some new tunes from your favorite queer artists? Billboard Pride is proud to present the latest edition of Queer Jams of the Week, our roundup of some of the best new music releases from LGBTQ artists. From Joy Oladokun’s reflective newContinue Reading
