THE WEEKND AND DAFT PUNK SUED OVER ‘STARBOY’ – (09/19/2018)
The Weeknd and Daft Punk have been accused of stealing the beat from The Weeknd’s record, “Starboy.” In documents obtained by The Blast, songwriter Yasminah, who is a Somali-American poet and activist, claims that in 2009 she recorded a song called “Jewel of My Life” aka “Hooyo,” which became a big hit in the East African community of Western transplants. Yasminah claims that in 2016, The Weeknd released “Starboy,” which she says is a carbon copy of her song. She said that The Weekend knew about her song because it made its rounds in the East African Community.
Yasminah said that she hired a lawyer to go after The Weeknd before, and allegedly reached a settlement, but claims her label allegedly kept the money, so now she needs to take matters into her own hands.
She is suing The Weeknd, Daft Punk and Republic Records for $5 million for allegedly ripping off her work.
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DURHAM, N.H. – If past banner leaf peeping seasons are an indication of future years’ color, this year could be a favorable year for New England’s fall foliage season, according to a scientist with the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire.
Experiment station researcher Heidi Asbjornsen, associate professor of natural resources and the environment in the UNH College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, explains that in the fall when leaves start to senesce, chlorophyll is degraded. This allows carotenoids, which have yellow, orange, and sometimes red colors, to be expressed. During this time, anthocyanin concentrations, which have darker red to purple colors, also can increase in the leaves.
Historical trends suggest that, in general, good foliage years occur when springs are fairly mild and wet, sufficient rainfall occurs in the summer, and in particular, late summer and early autumn have lots of warm, sunny days and clear, cool nights. Thus far, New Hampshire has continued to experience unseasonably warm days with abundant sunshine, while nighttime temperatures have overall been above average. The forecast for the New England region calls for a continuation of above-normal temperatures associated with the El Nino that NOAA predicts will strengthen this fall and into the winter of 2018-19, since this would keep the polar jet stream further north than usual.
“This year has been relatively wet, with the exception of periods of moderately dry conditions and periods without substantial rainfall between May and July. Certainly, in August we saw frequent rainstorms and overall wet conditions. We also experienced unusually hot and humid conditions this year, but in general, rainfall and sunshine tend to be more important factors determining fall foliage colors than temperature,” Asbjornsen says. “Leaves also have remained relatively healthy this year, due to a lack of widespread pest or pathogen outbreaks, which would tend to support more favorable fall foliage.”
Asbjornsen is also interested in the possible effects that drought may have on NH forests, including potential implications for fall foliage. “There is some evidence from recent studies suggesting that more drought in the autumn can delay peak of redness for some species such as red maple, white oak, while other species may exhibit earlier redness peaks. These include sugar maple, black birch, shagbark hickory, beech, red oak,” Asbjornsen says. “For sugar maple in particular, warmer temperatures during September and October appear to be especially important in producing higher intensity of red leaves. In contrast, more frosts in October tend to reduce red intensities.”
Additionally, certain types of stress, such as droughts, can cause more of these anthocyanins to build up in the leaves, resulting in more intense and vibrant fall foliage colors. Although scientists don’t yet have a good understanding about how the timing and severity of drought may affect anthocyanin production and foliage colors, in general scientists expect that some drought stress during the growing season may lead to enhanced foliage colors.
“Although there hasn’t been much work specifically focused on the effects of moisture stress on fall foliage colors, it’s interesting to note that despite the severe drought that we experienced throughout much of New England in late summer of 2016, the display of foliage colors that year was still quite spectacular,” she says.
Asbjornsen says that the understanding of interactions between all the various environmental factors that affect anthocyanin production and expression is still very poor. “The factors that influence foliage color are complex. For example, there are other pigments in the leaves that interact with anthocyanins and can affect color expression while different species also may show very different responses to the same environmental conditions.”
Going forward, she says the possible effects of climate change – especially increases in the frequency and severity of drought — on foliage color timing and intensity is especially important for ecotourism, and more research is needed in this area.
This material is based upon work supported by the NH Agricultural Experiment Station, through joint funding of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, under award number 1003450, and the state of New Hampshire.
Story Contributed by:
Lori Wright, NH Agricultural Experiment Station
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65-year-old Arnold Nash has been found after escaping from a minimum security prison in Maine on Thursday. ~ Photo courtesy of the Maine Department of Corrections.
PORTLAND, ME (AP) — A convicted murderer who escaped for a third time from prison has been captured, law enforcement authorities said Tuesday.
A sheriff’s deputy found 65-year-old Arnold Nash walking along a road Tuesday morning in Dover-Foxcroft, in Piscataquis County, state police spokesman Steve McCausland said. He was last seen Thursday evening at the minimum-security unit at Mountain View Correctional Facility in Charleston, several miles down the road from where he was found.
Nash was serving a 45-year sentence for killing his former neighbor in 1991. He was due to be released last year and had previously escaped from Maine Correctional Center in Windham in 1973 and from the Maine State Prison in 1981.
Nash was taken to Piscataquis County Jail, McCausland said. The Maine Department of Corrections will attempt to determine where Nash has been since Thursday night, he said.
“The corrections officials can learn where he has been, and whether our search efforts were close. They were extensive over the weekend,” McCausland said, adding that bloodhounds were used to try to find Nash. “Having that information would be helpful as we prepare for future searches and manhunts.”
Nash has been charged with escape, which is a felony, said Piscataquis County Sheriff Robert Young. He has been transferred to the custody of the Department of Corrections, Young said.
It was unclear on Tuesday morning what Nash’s next stop would be or whether he was represented by a lawyer, he said.
Corrections Commissioner Joseph Fitzpatrick floated the theory on Monday that Nash had spent much of his life in prison and that his escape may have been his way of ensuring he would go back to prison.
But Young said on Tuesday that Nash “wasn’t trying to run, but he wasn’t trying to be caught,” and that the apprehension was a case of a deputy “being in the right place at the right time.”
Fitzpatrick had called on the public to offer any tips they had about Nash’s whereabouts, and stressed that “we do consider Mr. Nash dangerous.”
Nash was due to be released in December 2019, thanks to credits for time served in jail and good behavior. He was convicted of killing the neighbor in North Sullivan, a small community about 145 miles northwest of Portland.
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‘GAME OF THRONES’ AND ‘MRS. MAISEL’ WIN BIG AT 2018 EMMYS – (09/18/2018)
HBO’s Game of Thrones and Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel were the big winners at the 70th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards on Monday (September 17th.)
The evening was hosted by Saturday Night Live head writers and “Weekend Update” co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che. The show kicked off with a star-studded skit led by Kenan Thompsonand Kate McKinnon that poked fun at the Academy’s commitment to inclusivity and diversity.
After much (often humorless) soul-searching on the part of Hollywood, especially at awards shows, the skit—which eventually pulled in a veritable roll call of culturally, physically, racially and sexually diverse Hollywood, including John Legend, Rupaul, Ricky Martin, Kristen Bell and Aidy Bryant—set the show off to a rollicking start.
Che and Jost continued the party, coming out to roast Hollywood’s well-meaning, but often ham-fisted attempts at diversity at all costs, but ultimately concluding that television has truly come a long way in the past 70 years.
Going in, HBO’s Game of Thrones led the pack, raking in 22 nominations, after missing the eligibility window last year. Westworld, another HBO drama, landed 21 nods, as did NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale was hot on their heels with 20, and FX’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story nabbing 18 and FX’s Atlanta earning 16.
Ultimately, Game of Thrones landed the coveted Outstanding Drama Series Emmy, while The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel grabbed the equally sought-after Outstanding Comedy Series Award. FX’s The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story nabbed Outstanding Limited Series. Claire Foy clinched Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work in The Crown and Matthew Rhys landed Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his work inThe Americans.
ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
Henry Winkler, 72, gave social media all the feels when he won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in Barry. It was, he noted, his first-ever Emmy, following three previous nominations in the 70s for his role in Happy Days. Winkler closed his brief thank you with a shout-out to his son, Max, and daughter Zoe — yelling triumphantly: “You can go to bed now, daddy won!”
Amy Sherman Palladino’s trademark fast-paced and eccentric but delightful patter was on display during back-to-back acceptance speeches when she won writing and directing awards for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Merritt Wever gave an awkward but adorable acceptance speech after winning the award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series for Netflix’s Godless. The visibly flustered star appeared to taken completely by surprise by the honor and after struggling to read from the crumpled up note she was clutching, she thanked the Academy profusely and left the stage, saying she’d thank people in private.
Betty White, 96, saying ‘Oh my goodness’ about 1,000 times as she soaked in and reflected nothing but 100% sunbeams of love from the Academy. Over her career, White has been nominated 24 times and won 8 Emmys.
Regina King’s pure, unadulterated shock and delight at winning an Emmy for her role in Seven Seconds.
Che presented the tongue-in-cheek “Reparation Emmys” to black actors, including Tichina Arnold, Marla Gibbs and John Witherspoon, whom he felt got looked over by a racist Academy.
Glenn Weiss stole the show during his acceptance speech for Outstanding Directing For a Variety Special… and turned the thank you into a proposal. He said: “You wonder why I don’t call you my girlfriend? it’s because I want to call you my wife.” Needless to say, she joined him on stage and accepted.
The 2018 In Memoriam tribute was jam-packed with phenomenal talent this year. “Tonight, we celebrate the lives of some people who have been our very good friends,” Tina Fey said as she introduced the segment which honored Anthony Bourdain, Burt Reynolds, Aretha Franklin, John McCain, Hugh Hefner, John McCain and many others.
Claire Foy won Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series and acknowledged “this wasn’t supposed to happen.” Many hoped that Sandra Oh, nominated in the category for her work on Killing Eve, would clinch the award and make her the first woman of Asian descent to win a Best Actress Emmy.
WINNER’S MONTAGE:
WINNER’S LIST:
Outstanding Drama Series: Game of Thrones (HBO)
Outstanding Comedy Series: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Outstanding Limited Series: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Claire Foy, The Crown (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Matthew Rhys, The Americans (FX)
Outstanding Lead Actress in Comedy Series: Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Bill Hader, Barry (HBO)
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie: Regina King, Seven Seconds (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie: Darren Criss, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Thandie Newton, Westworld (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Henry Winkler, Barry (HBO)
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie: Merritt Wever, Godless (Netflix)
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie: Jeff Daniels, Godless (Netflix)
Sandra Oh looked knife-fierce in a low-cut ruby red dress, but all eyes were on her adorable, effusive parents, whom she brought to support her. Who knew parents could be such a chic accessory? Oh made history as the first actress of Asian descent to be nominated for Lead Actress in a drama series.
Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake earned a rare double rave; Jessica for her stunning white strapless gown, and Justin in a sleek, classic tux. Wedding. Vibes.
Issa Rae looked like a post-mod Cinderella in a bedazzled, perfectly tailored, swishy pale blue Vera Wang jumpsuit with a long train.
The Bad:
Gwendoline Christie looked un-a-peeling dressed as a wrinkled, baggy banana.
Alexis Bledel came wearing a beautiful set of yellow and pink curtains, but they came in the form of an ill-fitting sleeveless dress with random pintucked bits, bedazzled pins and … black sandals?
Is that Millie Bobby Brown or your grandma’s teacup?
The Interesting:
Tiffany Haddish came dressed as a sexy rainbow, and somehow, it worked.
Blackish star Jenifer Lewis garnered raves and outrage for donning a Nike sweatshirt in support for Colin Kaepernick. The former NFL player-turned-Nike spokesperson started the movement of kneeling in protest during pre-game national anthems.
Glow director Jess Pertez’s wife, Sarah Sophie Flicker, graced the red carpet with “Stop Kavanaugh” writing on her arm, along with the phone number for the U.S. Senate. It was a response to news that the Supreme Court nominee has been accused of sexual assault.
A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Denmark, Maine and an 8-year-old boy were severly injured in a Saturday morning car accident in Fryeburg. ~ Photo courtesy of Fryeburg Police
FRYEBURG , ME – A pregnant woman and an 8-year-old boy are in critical condition after a serious car accident in Fryeburg Saturday morning. According to Fryeburg Police the 29-year-old Denmark resident, later identified as Bridgette McAvoy, was headed west on Route 302 in her Subaru Outback with three children all under 10-years-old in the vehicle at around 9:30 am. a Volvo, driven by a 56-year-old Irene Thurston of Fryeburg, headed Eastbound entered the westbound lane colliding with the Subaru.
A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Denmark, Maine and an 8-year-old boy were severly injured in a Saturday morning car accident in Fryeburg. ~ Photo courtesy of Fryeburg Police
The McAvoy and her 8-year-old son were in critical condition and were Life flighted to Maine Medical center, where they are being treated for potentially life-threatening injuries. Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin said Monday Morning that the victims were stable/fair condition at Maine Medical Center.
A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Denmark, Maine and an 8-year-old boy were severly injured in a Saturday morning car accident in Fryeburg. ~ Photo courtesy of Fryeburg Police
The other two children who were in the Subaru, ages three and five, have been treated and released to their family.
The driver of the Volvo was not injured.
Route 302 was closed for all non-emergency personnel for 3.5 hours while Fryeburg Police and a crash reconstruction team investigated the scene. Fryeburg Police Investigators along with Crash Reconstructionists returned to the crash scene Monday for further investigation.
Police say the exact cause of the accident is under investigation, but they believe distracted driving could be to blame.
Center Conway, Conway and United Ambulance Service all responded to the scene, along with Life Flight of Maine.
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A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Denmark, Maine and an 8-year-old boy were severly injured in a Saturday morning car accident in Fryeburg. ~ Photo courtesy of Fryeburg Police
FRYEBURG , ME – A pregnant woman and an 8-year-old boy are in critical condition after a serious car accident in Fryeburg Saturday morning. According to Fryeburg Police the 29-year-old Denmark resident was headed west on Route 302 in her Subaru Outback with three children all under 10-years-old in the vehicle at around 9:30 am. a Volvo driven by a 56-year-old Fryeburg resident headed Eastbound entered the westbound lane colliding with the Subaru.
A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Denmark, Maine and an 8-year-old boy were severly injured in a Saturday morning car accident in Fryeburg. ~ Photo courtesy of Fryeburg Police
The 29-year-old and the 8-year-old were in critical condition and were Life flighted to Maine Medical center, where they are being treated for potentially life-threatening injuries. Fryeburg Police Chief Joshua Potvin said Sunday morning there was no change in the victims’ conditions.
A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Denmark, Maine and an 8-year-old boy were severly injured in a Saturday morning car accident in Fryeburg. ~ Photo courtesy of Fryeburg Police
The other two children who were in the Subaru, ages three and five, have been treated and released to their family.
The driver of the Volvo was not injured.
Route 302 was closed for all non-emergency personnel for 3.5 hours while Fryeburg Police and a crash reconstruction team investigated the scene.
Police say the exact cause of the accident is under investigation, but they believe distracted driving could be to blame.
Center Conway, Conway and United Ambulance Service all responded to the scene, along with Life Flight of Maine.
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Predator is devouring its rivals at the box office. 20thCentury Fox reports the film earned $24 million to land at the top spot; but its high production costs ($88 million) may not have the studio doing cartwheels.
The Shane Black-helmed film will reportedly be looking to international markets to balance the books. This weekend, Predator nabbed $30.7 million in 72 foreign markets. Domestic audiences were primarily male (62%) and white (45%). The underwhelming C+ CinemaScore reflected the ambivalent critical response.
Second place went to The Nun, which earned $18.2 million in its second weekend out. To date, the Conjuring spinoff has nabbed $85 million.
Lionsgate’s A Simple Favor, starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, closed out the top three with $16.1 million.
65-year-old Arnold Nash has been found after escaping from a minimum security prison in Maine on Thursday. ~ Photo courtesy of the Maine Department of Corrections.
A 29-year-old pregnant woman from Denmark, Maine and an 8-year-old boy were severly injured in a Saturday morning car accident in Fryeburg. ~ Photo courtesy of Fryeburg Police
