Thursday, June 9, 2016

Original Ghostbusters join new cast to mark film"s anniversary


Ghostbusters Official Trailer #2 (2016) - Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy Movie HD

The new film has received some flak online for casting women as the Ghostbusters. The trailer postedon March 3 on YouTube has received more than 860,000 "thumbs-down" votes, compared to 248,000 "thumbs-up".

Kimmel asked the cast about those detractors"who have very empty lives," who dismiss an all-female reboot "because only men can fight imaginary ghosts in a make-believe movie".

"What they don"t say when they"re typing is that one minute after they type that, their moms are like, "Get upstairs and take out the garbage! You"re 45 years old!,"" McCarthy responded.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/06/09/original-ghostbusters-join-new-cast-to-mark-films-anniversary/

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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Maria Sharapova banned for two years by ITF


Maria Sharapova Fails Drug Test

The Russian born tennis superstar has been suspended for two years following her use of the drug meldonium at the Australian Open in late January.

The drug also known as mildronate became restricted on January 1st 2016.

Sharapova has already responded saying she would appeal the decision to sport"s highest court.

"While the tribunal concluded correctly that I did not intentionally violaate the anti-doping rules, I cannot accept an unfairly harsh two-year suspension," Sharapova said in a statement.

The five-time Grand Slam champion was provisionally suspended by the ITF in early March, when she announced at a news conference in Los Angeles that she failed a doping test in January. She then said she was unaware that the World Anti-Doping Agency had barred athletes from using meldonium from January 1st 2016.

In addition to testing positive at the Australian Open, the ITF said she also failed a test for meldonium in an out-of-competition control in Moscow on February 2nd.

Sharapova"s ban is due to end on January 25th 2018.

Source: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=us&usg=AFQjCNEA8diet_9ChCSyei5smPNEXwvHaQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52779127794531&ei=tpJYV4CmHceS3gHzroGAAw&url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/sport/tennis/maria-sharapova-banned-two-years-itf

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More Pokmon GO Invites Emailed to U.S. Testers


Pokémon GO - NEW GAME-CHANGING UPDATE LEAKED: New Evolution Method, Candies, Stardust & New Items!

Pokmon GO developer Niantic Labs began distributing a second wave of email invites to eligible field testers in the United States yesterday.

The new batch of invitations didnt come without a small hiccup, however. Yesterday evening, a Nintendo News reader said, I got in, but now Im having issues getting my Google Play app to realize that I should be able to access the beta.

Unfortunately, Niantics email had a small typo in the URL link that prevented users from accessing the Pokmon GO field test app. Specifically, theres an extra letter in the link, as seen here:

  • https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.nianticlabsc.pokemongo/join (incorrect)
  • https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.nianticlabs.pokemongo/join (correct)

Simply deleting the c after nianticlabs will result in a working link. However, a few of Nintendo Newss Twitter followers (thanks, Postman, Jason and Ricky V) told us this morning that Niantic re-sent the email with the corrected URL.

If youve been chosen as one of the lucky field test participants, how are you enjoying Pokmon GO thus far? Feel free to let us know in the comments section below or on our social media channels.

The final version of Pokmon GO is still set to arrive onAndroid and iOS devices in 2016.

Follow Nintendo News on Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus for the latestPokmon GO news coverage.

Source: http://nintendonews.com/news/mobile/pokemon-go-email-invites/

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Is Grace VanderWaal the Next Taylor Swift?


Grace VanderWaal - Howie’s Golden Buzzer | Auditions Week 2 | America"s Got Talent 2016 Full

By Radio.com Staff

Grace VanderWaal has some very big shoes to fill if Simon Cowell has anything to say about it.

The 12-year-old girl from New York City melted the hearts of the studio audience on Americas Got Talent last night.

Related:Watch Taylor Swifts Surprise Wedding Performance

Most of my friends dont know I sing, Grace confessed to the judges while introducing her performance, an original song entitled I Dont Know My Name.

When asked if she thought she could win the competition, she responded, Well, I mean, miracles can happen, so possibly.

Grace then picked up her ukulele, and launched into her song that she has described as a song about finding who you are and where you fit in. on her YouTube page.

The audience and judges immediately responded, giving her a a standing ovation as her family looked on from the side of the stage, Cowell even made the bold prediction that Grace could be the next Taylor Swift.

Check out Graces performance below, and read the full story now on Mix 104.1.

Source: http://radio.com/2016/06/08/grace-vanderwaal-the-next-taylor-swift/

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More Pokmon GO Invites Emailed to U.S. Testers


Actually Playing Pokemon GO In Public!!!

Pokmon GO developer Niantic Labs began distributing a second wave of email invites to eligible field testers in the United States yesterday.

The new batch of invitations didnt come without a small hiccup, however. Yesterday evening, a Nintendo News reader said, I got in, but now Im having issues getting my Google Play app to realize that I should be able to access the beta.

Unfortunately, Niantics email had a small typo in the URL link that prevented users from accessing the Pokmon GO field test app. Specifically, theres an extra letter in the link, as seen here:

  • https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.nianticlabsc.pokemongo/join (incorrect)
  • https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.nianticlabs.pokemongo/join (correct)

Simply deleting the c after nianticlabs will result in a working link. However, a few of Nintendo Newss Twitter followers (thanks, Postman, Jason and Ricky V) told us this morning that Niantic re-sent the email with the corrected URL.

If youve been chosen as one of the lucky field test participants, how are you enjoying Pokmon GO thus far? Feel free to let us know in the comments section below or on our social media channels.

The final version of Pokmon GO is still set to arrive onAndroid and iOS devices in 2016.

Follow Nintendo News on Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus for the latestPokmon GO news coverage.

Source: http://nintendonews.com/news/mobile/pokemon-go-email-invites/

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Richard Simmons transitioning into a woman, report says


Dance Workout with Richard Simmons (Sweat and Shout)

A tabloid report made waves on Wednesday with claims Richard Simmons recent self-imposed withdrawal from the public eye is because he has transitioned into a woman, but a rep for the fitness guru told FOX411 thereport is bogus.

Not true and a complete fabrication, Simmons" publicist said of the claims.

The National Enquirers cover featured a photo they claimed showed Simmons wearing womens clothes. The report also claimed he goes by the name Fiona.

Simmons was hospitalized over the weekend for what the fitness guru said was exhaustion. On Tuesday,TMZpublished grainy paparazzi pics of someone they said was Simmons leaving the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles sporting a full beard.

FOX411 reached out to Simmons camp earlier this week after he was hospitalized and his rep said Simmons was just fine and had been released from the hospital on Saturday.

Simmons, 67, has not been seen in public in over two years. After reports surfaced that he was being held in his home against his will earlier this year, Simmons told Entertainment Tonight "I am not kidnapped. I am just in my house right now," adding "no one should be worried about me. The people that surround me are wonderful people who take great care of me."

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/06/08/richard-simmons-transitioning-into-woman-report-says.html

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Pike and muskie on Chicago lakefront: Perspectives


THE SHALLOWS - Official Trailer #2 (HD)

Toothy predators on the Chicago lakefront doubled down for me last week.

Northern pike and muskies.

First Marcus Benesch, who sends fishing reports for the Des Plaines River, had an aside about guys fishing smallmouth bass on the lakefront, A buddy of mine hooked into a uppers 30s [inches] musky at Burnham Harbor, with no way of landing it, it bit off at the wall.

A lot of guys started chit chatting and it turns out there has been a pair of muskies that have been spotted a few times in the shallows at Burnham. Whats going on? Some secret stocking or just rogue urban muskies?

Fair questions. (Plus I like the phrase, rogue urban muskies.)

On Friday, noted smallmouth fisherman, jig-maker and skateboarder Ryan Whitacre, texted, Just counted [seven] decent-sized pike at [a lakefront harbor]. What the h**l!!!?

I am leery of the pike being pounded so I did not list the particular harbor.

Then Whitacre added, Make that [nine] and sent a photo of a thick pike that went 40+ inches in the water. Years ago, I tracked reports of big pike on the lakefront, but stopped when they reached 39 1/2 inches.

When I reached out to Philip Willink, senior research biologist for the Shedd Aquarium, he relayed an interesting story from Burnham.

Are you sure they are muskies?, he wondered. Last week, I saw a bunch of a pike there. It seem to be getting more common. We know there are pike around.

He even saw one that he thought was a muskie. But he had a pair of binoculars along and was able to confirm that it was a northern pike.

He said for some reason the pike in the harbors are marked in such a way as when seen from above people see lines or stripes and think they see a muskie.

All you really see is the back, he said. Some of these pike look a lot like muskie.

Not that he rules out the possibility of muskie on the lakefront.

There could be muskie out there, they had stocked them in Wolf Lake, he noted.

Vic Santucci, Lake Michigan Program head for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, emailed, I havent heard or seen anything about muskie in Burnham recently. We do get periodic reports of muskie in Illinois Lake Michigan waters from time to time, but I have yet to see one.

As to pike in the harbors, he emailed, We have not seen any big changes in terms of northern pike in the harbors.Northern pike are definitely present in the harbors that we sample and we do occasionally catch a good-sized one (>35 inches) during harbor electrofishing surveys. No indication of substantial changes or trends in numbers or sizes from our efforts. Very few pike are reported in the [Illinois Natural History Survey] creel survey reports, as well.

That said, northern pike do appear to be more abundant in recent years compared to past decades. Since IDNR does not stock pike in Lake Michigan, higher abundance these days may be due to increases in water clarity and aquatic vegetation abundance along the shoreline benefiting natural pike reproduction. Nine pike in one harbor sounds like a good sign for anglers that like to catch the toothy predators.

My gut says Santuccis second paragraph goes to the heart of the changes on Lake Michigan and pike, and that eventually data will bear that out.

DOVES:Onlineapplications for residentIllinois hunters opens Friday for Illinois free dove hunting permits at select sites. Click here for more info and to apply.

STRAY CAST: Charlie Potters excuse making for Gov Bruce Rauner and the IDNR is as nonsensical as a poachers b******g about Illinois deer management.

Source: http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/pike-and-muskie-on-chicago-lakefront-perspectives/

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