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A Kansas City Chiefs-themed romance is the center of the new Hallmark movie “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.” But don’t expect any references to tight end Travis Kelce and pop star Taylor Swift. King said the players were “all so sweet and very talented,” adding that Donna Kelce was also “a hoot” to work with. “But we’re just forever grateful that all of them agreed to be a part of our movie.”In the movie, Donna Kelce wears a No. On Friday, she will make her acting debut in a different Hallmark movie — this time with nods to her son Jason Kelce, the former Philadelphia Eagles center. For its 15th annual “Countdown to Christmas,” Hallmark said it plans to debut 47 new movies total.

Persons: Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, Andy Reid, Donna Kelce, Kelce, ”, Tyler Hynes, Janel Parrish, Swift, Hynes, Derrick, ” Hynes, we’re, Alana, Hunter King, Trey Smith, Mecole Hardman, Clyde Edwards, George Karlaftis, King, Donna, ” King, Travis Kelce —, Nic’s, Jason Kelce, ” Darren Abbott, Hallmark’s, ” Hallmark Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, Hallmark, NFL, Variety, Chiefs, ”, Kansas City, Philadelphia Eagles, Eagles, “ Sports Locations: Swift, Philadelphia

☆ There’s too much negativity about the stock market. Focus on these 3 positives instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

After all of these years, after all of the rather incredible rallies and gains in the stock market from so many groups, the typical morning still starts with a bevy of negativity. We hear about OpenAI and its brilliant $167 billion valuation , but we don't see any stock available to public-market investors. I have been furious at myself for thinking the Chinese government couldn't do anything about the country's struggling stock market. The Chinese stock market has been rallying nicely since the stimulus announcements. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust's portfolio.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, he's, isn't, Carl Quintanilla, David Tepper, holler, That's, that's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Spencer Platt Organizations: Federal Reserve, Walmart, Fed, SpaceX, Nike, Walgreens, CVS Health, Club, GE Healthcare, Wynn Resorts, Chinese Communist Party, Apple, PDD Holdings, JD.com, Baidu, Diamondback Energy, Exxon Mobil, CNBC, New York Stock Exchange, Getty Locations: U.S, China, —, New York City

☆ JD Souther, singer who co-wrote Eagles classics like 'New Kid in Town,' dies at 78
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Variety-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +16 min

He just missed making the top 10 again when the 1981 single “Her Town Too” — a duet with James Taylor — peaked at No. I had an agent, but I don’t know that I really read for any of those roles. In a 2018 interview with the Chicago Tribune, Souther said that he was still friendly with most of his superstar collaborators. I don’t really want to be stopped when I’m in the grocery store and have somebody pay a bunch of attention to me. Donations in JD’s honor can be made to Best Friends Animal Society, an organization that was very important to him.

Persons: JD Souther, ”, Souther, Karla Bonoff, ” “ James Dean, ” “ Doolin, Don Henley, Souther’s, Roy Orbison, James Taylor —, Linda Ronstadt, George Strait, Bonnie Raitt, ‘, ’ ” Souther, “, Glenn Frey, —, JD didn’t, ” Souther, Steven Spielberg, Ed Zwick, ’, Mike Nichols, Ed, Longbranch, David Geffen’s, John David Souther, Chris Hillman, Richie Furay, Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Clark, Poco, Linda, won’t, Jackson Browne, Glenn, Waddy, Danny Kortchmar, Taylor, Warren Zevon, Don, Jackson, Zevon, Linda —, Sill, doesn’t, Rose, Dawn, Ronstadt, I’m, Browne, “ Don, David Geffen, ’ I’ve, Frey, Henley, … It’s, you’re, Souther —, Nashville —, “ Glenn Frey, “ She’s, Linda Ronstadt’s, Stevie Nicks, Judee Sill, “ Faulkner, I’ve Organizations: Eagles, PR, “, Dixie, Creative Independent, Nashville ”, Songwriters Hall of Fame, David Geffen’s Asylum, British Museum, Souther, Hillman, CSN, Byrds, Dillard, Brothers, Asylum, Hollywood, Chicago Tribune, Jackson, Troubadour, Kia, Facebook, Animal Society Locations: New Mexico, Southern California, Town, ”, L.A, ‘, ’, Orange County, Detroit, Henley’s, Texas, I’m, Linda’s, Arizona, New York, Boston, Mars, Columbia, New England, Japan, Wellington , Texas, Nashville, San Francisco, California, Arizona Republic, Europe

☆ Facing criticism for being too walled off, Harris slowly opens the door to more media interviews
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

The campaign said Harris plans to do more interviews with local media in battleground states and speak more with her traveling press corps in the coming days. Her campaign’s media strategy has largely been a continuation of Biden’s, which is to minimize interactions with the media. Some allies said that Harris should use the momentum from the debate to change her cadence of interviews. “I don’t think you can hide for 56 more days from media interviews,” said one Democratic strategist, requesting anonymity to speak candidly. The Harris campaign also held a call that day, but it was off the record.

Persons: Kamala Harris ’, Harris, Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s, Tim Walz, Rickey Smiley —, “, ”, Chuck Rocha, Rocha, Trump, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, “ Harris, She’s, Democratic Sen, Claire McCaskill, McCaskill, there’s, Matt Gaetz, ” Trump, Jason Miller, —, Biden, Ohio Republican Sen, J.D, Vance, Walz, aren’t, ” Bonnie Fioramanti, ” Fioramanti, Harris —, Rich Thau, it’s, Kamala Harris, ” Harris, ” Sen, Chris Murphy, Conn, Jason Crow, James Carville, Paul Maslin Organizations: National Association of Black Journalists, Democratic, CNN, Minnesota Gov, Univision, Media, Trump, Fox News, ” MSNBC, “, ” Conservatives, New York Times, Board, White House News Photographers Association, NBC News, The New York Times, NBC, Ohio Republican, ABC News, MSNBC, Fox, ”, Veteran Democratic Locations: Philadelphia, Republic, Ohio, Arizona, Siena, America

And they were everywhere, although, naturally, New York City was a magnet, as it has always been for L.G.B.T.Q.+ people looking for a place in which they can be themselves. New York City was where you lost your soul, and we wanted to be closer to the earth. I wore an eight-and-a-half-foot-tall Statue of Liberty costume to the Easter Parade in New York City, and Kirsten came along with me. By the time I turned 30, I’d been telling people I was older for years, because I’m not the type to bemoan the loss of my youth. Going to New York felt like this moment of emerging to a wider audience, and then I started to travel a lot.

Persons: André De Shields, Lady Bunny, Michael R, Jackson, Juliana Huxtable, Wong, J.D, Samson, Pat Oleszko, it’s, —, John Rechy, ”, Danez Smith, Trump, he’d, “, Jenna Lyons, Avram Finkelstein, Joe Mantello, …, Catherine Opie, you’re, Willie Norris, “ I’d, It’s, you’ve, ” — Mark Harris Read, De Shields, Justin French, Chuck Ashley, Anthony Cotsifas, William F, Robert O’Hara’s, Hermes, — Max Berlinger Jenna Lyons, Antonio Lopez, Jenna Lyons’s, Grace Jones ”, Juan Ramos, Antonio Lopez’s, Grace Jones, Tina Chow, Marisa Berenson, Pam Anderson, That’s, — Jason Chen Jayne County, Jayne County, Gus Stewart, Billy Idol, Wayne County, — M.B, Bill T, Jones, Arnie, Arnie Zane, Zane, Keith Haring, Lois Greenfield, Jack Mitchell, Peggy Jarrell Kaplan, Gertrude Stein, Alice B, we’d, Bill, Arnie ”, I’m, — Juan, Norris, Yael Malka, Tomas Abad, West, Black, I’d, — Colleen Hamilton B.D, New York’s Eugene, . Wong, David Henry Hwang’s, Richie, wasn’t, Wayne Barker, — John Wogan Edmund White, Edmund White, Horatio, Leonard Fink’s “, Barbara Confino, Leonard Fink, Joseph Rodriguez, Bleecker, You’d, Gosh, Michael Snyder Pat Oleszko, Chichi, Kirsten, who’d, she’d, — C.H, Brian Michael Smith, Gay, Smith, Kiki Ball, Josue Infante, Skyler Cruz, Jamison, — J.A.R, Agnes Denes’s “, Don Yowell, Finkelstein, Agnes Denes, Leslie Tonkonow, Don, Agnes Denes’s, JD Samson, Sia, Mark Hunter, Anthony Cotsifas I’d, Johanna Fateman, Tigre, Michael O’Neill, Obama, might’ve, — Kate Guadagnino Kristen Kish, Kish, Suzanne Kreiter, David Moir, Bravo, isn’t, — J.W, Stephen Spinella, Mantello, Joan Marcus, Photofest, Tony Kushner’s, Louis Ironson, Milton Glaser, he’s, David, Marshall Grant, Joe Pitt, Walter, Awards, Stephen, ” —, Freedia, Devon Hurst, Sissy Nobby, Barack Obama’s, Lyle Ashton Harris, Big, Bounce, ” — M.B, Thom Browne, Browne, Los Angeles’s Chateau Marmont, Malcolm Venville, Paul Fortune, Michèle Lamy —, — J.C, Catherine Opie’s “, Opie, Ian, Lehmann Maupin, Eileen Myles, Jenny Shimizu, I’ve, Nicole Acheampong Danez Smith, Juan Cordero, ” Womp, They’d, hookups, Who’s, We’ve, You’re, J.A.R, Linda Simpson, India, Little Louie Vega, who’s, — K.G, Alexander Chee, Alexander Chee’s, Marguerite Duras’s “, Jeongneung, King Jungjong, Eric McNatt, Chris Chee, — M.S, Sam Jay, Jay, Jonah, Kumail ”, hadn’t, K.G, Phillip Lim, Lim, Tourmaline, Sylvia Rivera, Luce Capco Lincoln, York’s, We’d, Marsha P, John Cameron Mitchell, Larry Kramer, Mitchell’s, Mitchell, Martha Swope, Billy Rose, Mark Tusk, ” Kramer’s, Larry, Ned Weeks, Ned, “ Hedwig, J.W, Joerg Lohse, Reena, there’s, Matt Bomer, Bomer, Simon Halls, Neal Caffrey, Tony Kushner, Terrence McNally —, — I’d, Hollywood, Wu Tsang, Neil Rasmus, Wildness, ’, Wildness ”, Roxane Gay, Mueller, Brandon Williams, Donna Gottschalk, Donna Gottschalk’s “, Duchess, Galerie Marcelle Alix, goddamn, Coco Romack Michael R, Aaron Kinney, Nova, “ I’m, Bob Damron’s, Sgt, Shirley, Waldorf, Harold’s, Jean ] Genet, Marcel, Proust Organizations: Pride, Stonewall, West, America’s, ACT UP, San, Playwrights Horizons, Odeon, New York’s TriBeCa, Electric, Getty, Police, Billy, New York Live Arts, Keith Haring Foundation, BAM Hamm, Liberation, Brooklyn Liberation, Brooklyn Museum, Fort, New York’s, New York’s Eugene O’Neill Theatre, Broadway, Equity, LGBT Community Center, Fulbright, Mudd, New, Bisexual, Transgender Community, Center, Transgender Community Center, “, Maxwell, Museum School, Farmers, Seattle, Boston Globe, Travel, New York Times, Rancho Mirage, Gay, Caesar’s, FEMA, Yale, York’s Webster Hall, Masters, Records, Pyramid, Work, ACT, Carpenters, Seymour, Edinburgh, Atlanta —, Ninja, Huntington, New York, Lesbian, Equal, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library, The New York Times, USA, Children’s Hospital of Los, MoMA, Whitney Biennial, University of Nebraska, Alamy, HarperCollins, of Engineering, Google, Division, Astor, Tilden Foundations, Pershing, University of Southern, Pershing Square Locations: New York, Berlin, “, America, San Francisco, Baltimore, New York’s, New York City, California, Atlanta, Europe, Wayne County, Dortmund, Germany, London, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Rockland County, N.Y, ’, I’m, Brooklyn, West Dakota, Fort Greene, New, Leonard Fink’s “ Bars, Street, Rome, —, Aspen, Colo, Copenhagen, Danish, Peru, Los Angeles, Agnes Denes’s “ Wheatfield, Downtown Manhattan, North Moore, TriBeCa, Hoboken, N.J, Lower Manhattan, Manhattan, Boston, Williamsburg , Brooklyn, Vinnie’s, Bedford, Austin , Texas, Copley, Menton, Asian American, York, New Orleans, Houston, Los Angeles’s, L.A, Hong Kong, Seoul, Casa, Koreatown, Minneapolis, Grindr, East, India, Wigstock, Tompkins, Vershire, Chee, Iowa, Huntington Beach, Chelsea, Barneys, Madison, Miami, New York State, Washington, The, LA, Silver Lake, Missouri, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Zurich, Central, American, Westlake, Los Angeles and New York, Lincoln, Alphabet City , New York, Lenox, United States, University of Southern California, Downtown Los Angeles

☆ Following a River Through the Heart of the Berkshires
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Mark Vanhoenacker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For much of my childhood in the Berkshires region of western Massachusetts, I didn’t give a hoot about the Housatonic River. Notions of Edenic riverbanks came from my mom reading “The Wind in the Willows” out loud after dinner — not from encounters with the actual river that flowed 330 yards from our front door. An arched bridge over it, which I crossed on my walk to high school, marked the transition from home to the stresses of my teenage years. I learned, too, that reaches of the river acclaimed by Melville, Ives and Longfellow were laden with PCBs, an industrial pollutant. Tourists, taking their cue from locals, have only rarely ventured down to the Housatonic’s banks.

Persons: Melville, Ives, Longfellow Locations: Massachusetts, Housatonic

☆ The surprising benefits of embracing your anxiety, according to someone living with it
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Michelle Icard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

I spoke with Weaver about her anxiety and how her new book can give other people with anxiety a starting point for talking about it. Haley Weaver: At its core, anxiety wants to keep us safe — safe from disaster, safe from judgment, safe from rejection — the list goes on! Not to be meta, but my anxiety about sharing my anxiety was present throughout the entire writing process. Additionally, caring for anxiety may look different depending on how the anxiety presents — maybe it’s helping kids pinpoint helpful coping mechanisms. Weaver: I wrote this book for anyone who struggles with anxiety or cares about someone who deals with anxiety in their everyday life.

Persons: CNN — Haley Weaver, wouldn’t, ” Kimberly Person, Weaver, Haley Weaver, It’s, There’s, —, Michelle Icard, ” Organizations: Lifeline, CNN, Haley Weaver CNN

☆ A woman who never worked out until age 66 says a simple exercise routine helped her lose 50 pounds and stabilize her blood sugar
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-24 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Patty Branch started exercising in her late 60s and said it transformed her life and health. Before long, she was logging more and more steps, and even became a regular at community workout classes. At the start, Branch told Business Insider, she was on the cusp of prediabetes, with debilitating nerve pain. Stress worsened her health issues over the yearsBranch said her health journey started in her late 60s. As for her health, her blood sugar is back in the normal range, and her nerve pain has significantly improved.

Persons: Patty Branch, —, It's, didn't, Brand, she'd, Branch, — Branch, Silver Organizations: Research, Service, Branch, Business, — Locations: Ohio

Under cover of darkness a year ago Friday, someone breached a waist-high fence and slipped into the Central Park Zoo. The break-in happened steps from the shared headquarters of the New York City Parks Department and the Central Park Zoo, in the vicinity of at least one surveillance camera. Since the zoo suspended efforts to re-capture Flaco in February 2023, there has been no public information about the crime. In 2021, another beloved Central Park owl, Barry, was fatally struck by a truck after ingesting a lethal dose of rat poison that may have impaired her flying. He’s also lucky.”Flaco spent his initial months of freedom mostly in Central Park, which is loaded with wildlife, but has lately preferred more urban sections of Manhattan.

Persons: Flaco, hadn't, ”, Jacqueline Emery, “, Max Pulsinelli, Nicole Barrantes, Jerry Vlasak, we’re, Barry, Suzanne Shoemaker, “ He’s, He’s, ” Flaco, David Barrett, Barrett, “ It’s, “ We’re Organizations: Central, Zoo, Fifth, New York City Parks Department, Central Park Zoo, Parks Department, North American Animal Liberation Press Office, Wildlife Conservation Society, Manhattan Locations: York, Maryland, Central Park, Manhattan, North America

☆ How the A-12 went from the first US supersonic spy plane to inspiring the name of Elon Musk's child
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Lauren Frias | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Testing in Area 51Entrance to Area 51 TIFOIts development was highly classified, taking place at Area 51 in Nevada and hidden away from Soviet spy satellites. Area 51 workers were provided with rosters of Soviet satellites, detailing when certain ones would fly over the Nevada test site so they could conceal the prototypes. "It was like a bus schedule, and it even told us whether it was an infrared satellite or what type it was," TD Barnes, a former hypersonic flight specialist at Area 51, told National Geographic in 2011. In addition to the sheds, workers also crafted decoy prototypes out of cardboard and other materials to cast shadows and deceive the satellites. At least one of the A-12's numerous test flights didn't go according to plan, crashing in the desert outside Area 51.

Persons: TD Barnes, Jim Freedman Organizations: Soviet, Geographic Locations: Nevada, Soviet

☆ Ivy League professor and former astronaut shares 3 pieces of NASA wisdom for handling mistakes and conflict
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In the face of struggle, Massimino's colleagues shared with him key pieces of NASA wisdom, rules and sayings. Whether up in orbit or down on Earth, Massimino uses these three key pieces of NASA wisdom to make sure that his problem-solving process runs smoothly. Give yourself 30 seconds to feel badIt is normal to feel guilty when you make a mistake at work. When he makes a particularly frustrating mistake, Massimino tells CNBC Make It he employs the 30-second rule, a piece of NASA wisdom that he attributes to pilot Rick "CJ" Sturckow. But when the 30 seconds are up, he stops wallowing and concentrates on what's ahead.

Persons: Mike Massimino, Nat Geo, Gary Gershoff, George Clooney, Massimino's, Massimino, Rick, CJ, Sturckow, Robert, Hoot, Gibson, You've, you've Organizations: NEW, Nat, NASA, CNBC Locations: New York City, Columbia

☆ Comedy Wildlife Photo Award 2023 winners revealed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The judges of the UK-based Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards have studied more than 1,800 images submitted from 85 countries, assessing whether they are chucklesome, rib-tickling or an out-and-out hoot. And the overall winner for 2023 – drumroll, please, for this is a photo that welcomes musical accompaniment – is a kangaroo striking an air guitar pose. Wildlife conservationThere were an additional 10 entries that were recognized as Highly Commended winners. The awards, founded in 2015 by professional photographers Paul Joynson-Hicks and Tom Sullam, also promote wildlife conservation. The first Comedy Wildlife Guided African Safari will launch in Tanzania in October 2024, guided by the awards’ co-founders Hicks and Sullam and wildlife expert Kate Humble.

Persons: – drumroll, Jason Moore, He’s, Mara, photographerJacek, Otter, joey, ”, Paul Joynson, Hicks, Tom Sullam, Kate Humble Organizations: CNN, Whitley Fund for Nature Locations: Perth, Australia, Tanzania, Sullam

☆ Americans say the economy stinks. But they’re spending like it’s great
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

There’s a conundrum that economists and political strategists have been chewing on for more than a year: The economy is good, but Americans say it’s lousy. Just 2% of voters say the economy is excellent, according to a New York Times-Siena College poll. But there’s a conundrum within the conundrum, which is that, despite what Americans say, they are not behaving like a people particularly worried about the economy. That’s why Americans are pulling money from their 401(k)s at an alarming rate to pay the bills. For young people living paycheck to paycheck, the dream of homeownership (and the financial security that comes with it) feels frustratingly out of reach.

Persons: CNN Business ’, Bidenomics, Taylor Swift, they’re, It’s, Jay Powell, it’s squishy, don’t Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN Business, New York Times, Siena, Starbucks Locations: New York, pollsters

☆ Inside CNN's epic PR fail that made a mockery of CEO Chris Licht
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Nicholas Carlson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The Atlantic published a really tough article about CNN CEO Chris Licht. The disaster I'm referring to is Tim Alberta's devastating profile of CNN chair and CEO Chris Licht published Friday. And maybe, the story suggests, that's because that big idea is not really Licht's plan at all but one foisted on him by his boss, Warner Bros. Through the summer, Alberta and Licht and CNN comms people talked about what the story might look like. A handful of sources tell me Kelly was skeptical of whether this was a good idea, Dornic was happy to do whatever, and Licht really, really wanted to do it.

Persons: Chris Licht, CNN's goof, Tim Alberta's, Licht, Licht hasn't, Warner, David Zaslav, Zucker, Jeff Zucker, I've, I'm, Kris Coratti Kelly, Kelly, Matt Dornic, Dornic, Hugo, Evan Agostini, isn't, Michael Eisner, James B, Stewart, Eisner, Stewart's, Tim Alberta, Nikki Haley, Don Lemon, he'd, it's, that's, It's, wasn't, Zaslav Organizations: CNN, Trump Town Hall, Warner Bros, Discovery, Journalism, Licht, Global Communications, American Museum of, Disney, Alberta, Trump, Atlantic Locations: Alberta, Manhattan

☆ Halftime traders are buying these tech stocks, including one that just sank on earnings
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

There were some buying opportunities in tech on Thursday, according to two "Halftime Report" traders. Ritholtz Wealth Management CEO Josh Brown bought a small position in DocuSign Thursday morning, ahead of its anticipated earnings report in early March. People were calling it a stay-at-home stock," Brown said on " Halftime Report ." If the stock tanks on its earnings report, he expects it's an opportunity to increase his position. Brown had purchased shares last week , anticipating a rally into earnings and potential drop after the report.

☆ Chef Alison Roman loves her induction stove. Twitter has so many questions.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Those questions and comments rolled in for the celebrity chef Alison Roman on Wednesday after she tweeted that she owns an induction stove "by choice." Induction units are five to 10% more energy efficient than conventional electric stoves, and three times more efficient than gas stoves. Copper or aluminum cookware won't work on an induction stove — magnetic metals like cast iron and some stainless steels are best. The majority of US homes already use conventional electric stoves, while about 38% use gas stoves, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The Inflation Reduction Act authorized an $840 rebate for low- and middle-income households that don't already have an electric stove.

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