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Caitlin Clark’s next WNBA game: How to watch the Phoenix Mercury vs. Indiana Fever game tonight

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are again on the court docket this Friday, going through the Phoenix Mercury. (Michael Hickey/Getty Photos)

After a protracted break for the WNBA — apart from Workforce USA, who was busy bringing dwelling the gold on the 2024 Summer time Olympics — Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever are lastly getting again on the court docket. Tonight, the Fever will host the Phoenix Mercury — who had three of their star gamers — Diana Taurasi, Kahleah Copper and Brittney Griner — on the U.S. Nationwide Workforce taking part in on the Olympics. The Fever, in the meantime, had three of their very own — Caitlin Clark, Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston — taking part in for the WNBA All-Star sport proper earlier than the break. What an ideal sport to get again within the WNBA groove. Here is all the things you should learn about tonight’s Mercury vs. Fever sport.

Date: Friday, Aug. 16

Time: 7:30 p.m. ET

Location: Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN

TV channel: ION

Streaming: WNBA League Move

Caitlin Clark continues her rookie WNBA season tonight with a house sport in opposition to the Phoenix Mercury.

The Indiana Fever vs. Phoenix Mercury sport suggestions off at 7:30 p.m. ET tonight.

The Mercury at Fever sport will air on ION and stream on League Move.

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The Ion channel is at present obtainable to stream completely free on Amazon’s free streaming service, Freevee. This ad-supported, completely free streaming platform additionally affords fashionable titles like Schitt’s Creek, Individual of Curiosity, The Twilight Zone and the Freevee unique Jury Responsibility. 

If you do not have entry to Prime Video already, Amazon can also be beginning to make a few of its Prime Originals obtainable by Freevee, in order that they’re completely free with adverts. You’ll be able to catch The Boys, My Girl Jane, The Summer time I Turned Fairly and extra reveals completely free on the app. You will want a cellular machine, good TV or streaming follow entry the Freevee app.

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With WNBA League Move, you possibly can stream out-of-market WNBA video games (sure nationwide exclusions and native blackouts apply), get entry to full-length and condensed replays of each sport, rewatch a whole bunch of previous traditional video games and use the platform’s stay sport DVR. WNBA League Move is simply $35 for the season, however you may also purchase a move for a single sport for $3 per sport, a fantastic choice when you solely want the service to stream considered one of your favourite crew’s video games this season.

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Seeking to sustain with Caitlin Clark’s rookie season? WNBA video games will air throughout upwards of ten channels and streaming platforms this season. In case you need assistance determining the place you possibly can stream Caitlin Clark’s subsequent sport, or comply with your favourite WNBA crew this season, Yahoo Sports activities has you lined. Listed here are just some of our prime picks for methods to stream the 2024 WNBA season. For extra methods to look at, take a look at our WNBA streaming information.

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Water main break floods Montreal

About 150,000 houses are below a boil-water advisory and a number of roads had been closed after an enormous water predominant break Friday morning in Montreal’s Ville-Marie borough despatched water spewing a number of metres into the air, flooding streets and basements.

Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante informed reporters that it might seemingly take hours to restore the pipe, which she described as “huge” at round a metre vast. 

Town has put a boil-water advisory in place for 3 boroughs: Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Riviere-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles and the Metropolis of Montreal-East. A map of affected residences is out there right here.

The Metropolis of Montreal’s web site says residents ought to boil their water for at the very least a minute earlier than consuming it.

Officers say a drop in water strain inside the distribution community triggered the advisory, which they referred to as “preventative.”

The Metropolis of Montreal issued a precautionary boil-water advisory in a number of boroughs after a significant watermain break within the downtown space on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. (Supply: Metropolis of Montreal)

The water predominant broke round 6 a.m. on René-Lévesque Boulevard at De Lorimier Avenue, inflicting water to spill into the streets. A few half hour later, an enormous geyser about 20 metres excessive had erupted. 

Ankle-deep water unfold by means of a good portion of the neighbourhood as fast-moving floods washed throughout Notre-Dame Avenue to the south, and Ste. Catherine Avenue to the north, Papineau to the west, and thru the neighbourhoods inside.

The pipeline provides water to the town’s east finish. The reason for the water predominant break is at present unknown.

By 10 a.m., the geyser had shrunk to about six ft excessive because the water began to recede. Plante mentioned the scenario was “below management” shortly earlier than midday. 

“Firefighters are going door-to-door, they usually have ordered some to evacuate their houses and workplaces,” mentioned Plante. “The Crimson Cross is right here to assist individuals who must relocate.”

Firefighters say about 100 houses have been affected by the flooding.

Chantal Morrisette, who’s accountable for the town’s water companies, says the pipe was transporting consuming water solely, and that the water on the street doesn’t pose a hazard to residents.

Maxime Carignan Chagnon informed The Canadian Press a “large wall of water” gushed for about two hours. The dashing water was “very, very sturdy,” he mentioned, splashing because it crashed towards lamp posts and bushes. “It was really spectacular.”

He mentioned about two ft of water collected in his basement. “I heard some individuals had a lot, far more,” he mentioned.

A big water spout is seen in Montreal after an enormous water predominant break flooded streets.

Residents had been pressured to vacate their houses to permit firefighters to evaluate any harm and pump out water from their basements. 

“It is not solely individuals who dwell in basements. It is individuals in buildings,” mentioned Plante, referring to condo buildings within the space. Electrical energy has additionally been lower to a number of residences however a lot of the outages had been over by the early night hours. 

A large water predominant break despatched water billowing into the streets close to the Jacques Cartier Bridge on Aug. 16, 2024. (Daniel J. Rowe, CTV Information)

Plan journey forward

The STM mentioned Friday it was rerouting bus strains and that service was nonetheless ongoing.

“For the reason that starting of this case, clearly, the bus community on this space was impacted. We’re speaking about strains quantity 10, 15, 34, 45, 150, 410, 430. These strains do flow into within the perimeter of the particular scenario,” mentioned Isabelle A. Tremblay, an STM spokesperson.

“We’ve got the personnel on website. We’ve got operational chiefs, in addition to drivers, the place our bus management middle is coordinating the whole lot. An hour in the past, we stopped doing the shuttle with the 769 to go to La Ronde, and that is for an indeterminate interval.”

An individual stands on cracked asphalt subsequent to a geyser brought on by a damaged watermain on a road in Montreal, Friday, August 16, 2024, inflicting flooding in a number of streets of the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Trembaly urged all commuters to plan their journeys forward of time and to take the metro, which isn’t affected. The close by Papineau metro station remains to be operational.

Drivers heading east by means of the Ville-Marie tunnel on Route 136 should depart on the Saint-Laurent Boulevard exit, and De Lorimier Avenue, Rene-Levesque Boulevard, Notre-Dame Avenue and Papineau Avenue all have closures because of flooding.

Individuals are requested to keep away from the world till the survey is full, which may take “all day,” mentioned Plante.

Some workplaces, together with CTV Information Montreal, have instructed employees to remain dwelling. 

Plante mentioned in a publish on social media that the Crimson Cross has assisted some residents. 

“If in case you have any questions or require sources associated to this morning’s occasion, please don’t hesitate to contact our 311 brokers. They’re there that will help you,” mentioned Plante. 


– With recordsdata from The Canadian Press.

Post Malone’s ‘F-1 Trillion’Songs Ranked

Final November, Submit Malone surprised along with his CMA Awards efficiency, for which he paid tribute to late revered nation artist Joe Diffie alongside HARDY and Morgan Wallen. Later, backstage, he teased one thing many followers had lengthy been hoping for: a rustic album of his personal. 

Now, that venture has lastly arrived. Titled F-1 Trillion, Submit’s nation debut, produced by Charlie Good-looking and Louis Bell, options everybody from legends like Dolly Parton and Hank Williams Jr. to rising superstars Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll – amongst many different stalwarts of the style.

Since first teasing the album, Submit has made a sequence of intentional and well-respected strides into the nation group. He’s carried out at Nashville’s well-known Bluebird Cafe alongside Wilson and delivered a guest-heavy nation covers set at Stagecoach this summer time – rising after his personal efficiency to hitch headliner Morgan Wallen on stage for the stay debut of their Sizzling 100 No. hit “I Had Some Assist,” which served because the lead single for F-1 Trillion. Two extra heavy-hitter collaborations have adopted: “Pour Me A Drink” with Blake Shelton and “Man For That” with Luke Combs. 

This week, Submit celebrated the album’s launch with a monumental present, making his Grand Ole Opry debut on Wednesday (Aug. 14), throughout which he welcomed a number of of the album’s collaborators – together with Wilson, Shelton and Brad Paisley.

Earlier this yr, Submit scored one other No. 1 for his function on Taylor Swift’s “Fortnight.” He additionally appeared on Beyoncé’s country-inspired Cowboy Carter, duetting on “LEVII’S JEANS.”

Submit has charted 80 songs on the Sizzling 100, together with six No. 1s. On the Billboard 200, all 5 of his albums have charted within the prime 5, together with two No. 1s with 2018’s beerbongs & bentleys and 2019’s pop-rock leaning Hollywood’s Bleeding. Up to now, he has launched an album yearly since 2022, starting with Twelve Carat Toothache, adopted by final yr’s Austin and now F-1 Trillion. 

UPDATE: Friday morning (Aug. 16), Submit Malone launched 9 new tracks, below the title F-1 Trillion (Lengthy Mattress). They’re all solo tracks (although some beg for collaborators) and, by and huge, are way more conventional nation than the tracks on F-1 Trillion, giving Submit an opportunity to point out his Texas roots and nation bonafides. It really works properly as a companion, particularly for these on the lookout for slightly honky tonk and western swing within the combine.

Beneath is an early tackle the perfect songs off the long-awaited nation units.

Mark Wahlberg on Netflix’s The Union and being in his embracing era

Mark Wahlberg on his newest Netflix movie, his profession targets and health routine

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The Union. Mark Wahlberg as Mike McKenna in The Union. Photograph by Netflix

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Mark Wahlberg is in his embracing period, sport to strive new issues and new roles. 

He has been within the appearing enterprise for 30 years, having performed roles that vary from boxer, sniper, officer and priest to navy seal and authorities murderer. 

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The Oscar-nominated actor has at all times beloved cinema, one thing he shared together with his dad. However he didn’t suppose appearing was attainable till his first movie.

“Performing has afforded me so many issues, however actually it was me discovering my actual ardour[…] After assembly Penny Marshall [for his first film, Renaissance Man], I couldn’t think about doing the rest. I haven’t wished to do the rest since,” says Wahlberg.

Now, at 53, his targets have barely shifted: “I wish to attempt to do one thing that’s difficult and completely different, however it actually relies upon. As I become older my pursuits change. I’m way more snug with the concept of enjoying a dad. I might think about, sooner reasonably than later, I’ll be enjoying a grandfather, however these issues don’t hassle me in any respect. I embrace these issues,” he says.

The actor shares that he’s not holding out to play the subsequent James Bond so he and his producing companion got here up with the concept of a blue-collar James Bond — his newest function within the Netflix movie The Union. 

The Boston-born actor stars as Mike, a easy building employee dwelling a peaceable life in New Jersey – till his long-lost highschool sweetheart, Roxanne (Halle Berry), exhibits up and recruits Mike on a harmful intelligence mission in Europe that thrusts them again collectively right into a world of spies and high-speed automotive chases. The Union, which streams on Netflix right now (August 16), additionally stars Mike Colter, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and J.Okay. Simmons.

Wahlberg additionally produced the movie — as he has with a lot of his movies — which has allowed him inventive management and a possibility to carve his personal path in Hollywood. “I at all times felt like as an alternative of ready round for one thing to return to me and fall on my desk, I used to be pursuing roles or tales that I wished to inform, roles that I believed I’d be good at, attempting to create relationships with filmmakers, simply attempting to get alternatives,” says Wahlberg, “So we actually began producing out of necessity to have the ability to create my very own future.”

Wahlberg is actually proactive — the actor and producer can also be an entrepreneur, creating his personal sports activities utility model Municipal and investing in Flecha Azul Tequila and Aquahydrate. He additionally based burger joint Wahlbergers and co-founded Efficiency Impressed, a diet model. 

We spoke with Wahlberg about his profession methods, enjoying a blue-collar James Bond, his disciplined health routine whereas coaching for the movie and his profession highlights.

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Q&A with Mark Wahlberg

Q: It’s at all times entertaining watching your films – they’ve the fitting steadiness of motion and humour. How strategic are you with the tasks you tackle at this level in your profession, and the way did The Union match the invoice?

A: Nicely, we’re very strategic and really specific in regards to the issues that we decide to, however this was one thing that we had really give you on our personal between myself and my producing companion, we had at all times mentioned, ‘Would we ever be capable to play James Bond?’ Greater than probably, no. So how will we create our personal? We got here up with this blue-collar Bond concept and other people have been very into it. After which, in fact, Halle was the perfect option to play Roxanne, who’s price ready a number of a long time for and he hopes to get one other shot to show that they’re meant to be. 

Q: I really like seeing your comedic aspect, you’ve gotten nice comedian timing – even because it’s baked into an journey like this. What’s your equation with action-comedies?

A: Nicely, I attempt to play all the things as actual as attainable and hopefully discover some humour within the second and you recognize the absurdity of the scenario, however at all times attempting to play all the things realistically. 

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Q: You’ve mentioned that you just attempt to put a bit little bit of your self within the roles you play on display – how a lot of your self will we see in your character Mike?

A: I used to be really simply reminiscing on the primary time I ever left the U.S. I went to London for a promotional tour after I began my music profession, and I used to be utterly a fish out of water. I imply, I had by no means eaten something aside from my mother’s cooking or my neighbourhood sub store, so I solely lasted two days. I left. I used to be speculated to be there for a few weeks. I couldn’t take it. So being there as a first-timer out of his setting. Yeah, I may undoubtedly relate to that.

Q: Is there a attribute of his you would like you had?

A: He’s bought fairly an excellent quantity of endurance, ready 25 years, staying in his mother’s home, hoping that Halle’s character would stroll again by means of that door. I’m not that affected person. That’s for positive.

Q: Your character is shut together with his family and friends, however he’s afraid to step out of his consolation zone. When was the final time you felt such as you stepped out of your consolation zone as an actor?

A: On a regular basis! Having to sing, having to do some absurd issues within the film that I’m capturing now. I needed to sing, dance, all of the issues that I don’t like doing on digicam.

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Q: Had been there any new abilities you discovered as you skilled for The Union?

A: No, it simply reaffirmed my concern of heights. I by no means actually had a concern of heights till I began getting older… It’s probably not a concern, however it undoubtedly makes me uncomfortable. 

The Union. (L to R) Halle Berry as Roxanne Corridor and Mark Wahlberg as Mike McKenna in The Union. Photograph by Netflix Photograph by Netflix

Q: Your character says he has his tuxedo from highschool and it nonetheless matches. Is there something that you just nonetheless personal from highschool or out of your teenage years in Boston?

A: You understand what, I most likely do have some sports activities memorabilia, some Celtic T-shirts, basketball shirts, issues of that nature. My mother stored all the things, so now my sister has possession of all the things.

Q: It’s the thirtieth anniversary of your movie profession. While you look again, what are a few of your favorite films you’ve achieved which have formed you and maybe made you a greater actor right now? 

A: Oh many, many, many., I feel I might say completely different movies at completely different levels of my profession. I feel even having the consolation in doing comedy and being out of my consolation zone. I’m not as self-conscious as I was, that’s for positive. From the very starting, I imply, when you suppose even Renaissance Man was such a fantastic expertise. My first day out with Penny Marshall, my first movie with Danny DeVito. Basketball Diaries, Worry, Boogie Nights, Three Kings, The Yards, The Good Storm. I imply, the listing goes on and on.

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Q: You put together bodily and mentally for all the things you do. What was your health routine whereas coaching for The Union? Do you continue to do the chilly plunges?

A: I’m and I’ll inform you what, if I get out of that routine, I can actually begin to really feel all of the aches and pains coming again. It’s after I’m staying on the routine and actually disciplined that I really feel higher, I really feel youthful, I really feel more healthy, I really feel extra succesful bodily, however particularly now getting older too. All the pieces actually sort of revolves round longevity, as a result of now, being on this aspect of fifty, it’s a must to be sure to’re ready to, hopefully, final for some time and be capable to be cell and bodily and in order that that’s actually on the prime of the listing in terms of the priorities of coaching. 

Q: You skilled and travelled for this function. What’s one factor that was at all times in your fitness center or journey bag?

A: You understand, I’m a creature of behavior, so I might at all times say the identical issues, however having the ability to stretch, having mobility bands, issues of that nature. I’ve a nasty again. I’ve some knee accidents, shoulder accidents, elbows, just about from head to toe. So I feel having the ability to sort of heat up the fitting approach, simply coaching sensible — being sensible and being disciplined in it — simply in my routine as a complete.

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Q: What are you at the moment watching on Netflix?

A: I’ve principally been watching comedy specials and issues of that nature. It’s uncommon that I get to really watch one thing whereas I’m working as a result of by the point I get residence from work, I’ve had a reasonably full day. I often stand up about 4 hours earlier than I’m speculated to go on set, in order that approach I can have my time for prayer, studying, coaching and consuming after which off to work. After which by the point I do a 10-hour, 12-hour day, I’m prepared for mattress.

Q: Do you continue to carry your prayer journal with you, the one your spouse items you for Christmas yearly?

A: Completely. three hundred and sixty five days of prayer, and I’ve had it now since most likely 2008 or 2009. It’s been a practice. It’s the one factor that I do know (hopefully) goes to be coming as a Christmas reward. I feel I’m onerous to buy. 

The Union streams on Netflix on Friday, Aug 15.

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Dolly Parton, Morgan Wallen, More

Submit Malone has made such a targeted appeal offensive on Nashville that it’s much less a query of who’s on his new, full-on nation album “F-1 Trillion” than who isn’t: legends like Dolly Parton and Hank Williams Jr., vets like Tim McGraw and Blake Shelton, reigning chart champ Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs, virtuosos like Chris Stapleton and Invoice Strings, relative newcomers Jelly Roll and Lainey Wilson, and lots of others throughout the album’s sprawling 18 songs — simply three of them aren’t duets (apart from the 9 solo bonus tracks that he surprise-dropped 12 hours after the album’s launch).

He’s leaned into the imagery of all of it as nicely, with pickup vans, beer and American flags within the video for the album’s chart-topping lead single with Morgan Wallen “I Had Some Assist” and lyrical references about babes, booze, benders, vehicles, weapons, cigarettes, booze, soccer, heartbreaks, rushing tickets, booze, vehicles, booze and extra booze.

Submit is a Texas native who began as a singer earlier than he turned a world-beating rapper, and he’s been leaning on this course and performing acoustically lately. His efforts in Nashville have paid off: His collaborators and lots of Nashville business sorts rave about what a gifted, beautiful and real man he’s.

The majority of this album was produced by his longtime collaborators Louis Bell (Taylor Swift’s “Fortnite,” Camila Cabello’s “Havana,” Halsey, Kanye West and lots of others) and Charlie Good-looking (Kanye West, Drake, Jack Harlow, Ariana Grande, Travis Scott, Mac Miller and extra), with three co-produced by Hoskins (Khalid, Teezo Landing, Don Toliver, Alesso); Bell and Good-looking every have a writing credit score on each track as nicely. Whereas the producers are primarily from the hip-hop and pop worlds and don’t have deep nation bona fides, it’s within the songwriting the place Submit has gone deep.

In actual fact, he’s enlisted a military of the town’s most profitable songwriters to collaborate. The total credit are listed under, however frequent collaborators — lots of whom are additionally profitable artists — embody:

Ashley Gorely: Named Selection’s Hitmakers songwriter of the yr for 2023 due to his a number of credit with Morgan Wallen, he’s additionally labored extensively with Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton, Thomas Rhett, Blake Shelton, Hardy and lots of others.

Ernest: One other huge Wallen collaborator, his credit stretch far past Nashville and embody Jazmine Sullivan, Zayn and Lil Durk in addition to extra anticipated artists like Jelly Roll, Kane Brown and Florida Georgia Line; he’s additionally a profitable artist and is a featured performer on

James McNair: One in all Luke Combs’ main collaborators, his credit additionally embody Wallen, Hardy, Florida Georgia Line, Woman A, Keith City and others.

Chandler Walters: A relative newcomer, Walters is an Ernest protégé and performed guitar in his band earlier than touchdown three cuts on Bailey Zimmerman’s hit debut album “Religiously” and 4 cuts right here.

Different Nashville vets with two cuts every are Chase McGill (Wallen, Hardy, Luke Combs, Kane Brown, Thomas Rhett) and Josh Thompson (Wallen, Rhett, Jason Aldean).

The total songwriting credit seem under; all songs had been produced by Bell and Good-looking besides as famous.

Jack Russell, Great White vocalist and founding band member, dies at 63

Jack Russell, the uncooked silken co-founding lead vocalist of the glam metallic band, Nice White, died on Thursday on the age of 63. His loss of life was confirmed on the musician’s social media. In July, the singer had shared a press release relating to his struggles with Lewy physique dementia and a number of system atrophy.

“I’m unable to carry out on the stage I need and on the stage you deserve,” Russell wrote on Instagram on July 17. “Phrases can not categorical my gratitude for the various years of recollections, love and assist. Thanks for letting me stay my desires. You have got made my life a marvel.”

Jack Russel on April 20, 2012, in Indianapolis.Stephen J. Cohen / Getty Photographs file

That lifetime of marvel had highs reminiscent of Nice White’s Ian Hunter-penned hit single “As soon as Bitten, Twice Shy” and several other platinum albums all through the hair metallic Eighties. Russell and his band additionally have been on the middle of nice tragedy too when, in 2003, their pyrotechnics-filled present on the small Station nightclub in Rhode Island set fireplace to the venue, killing 100 individuals and injuring 230 others. Among the many victims was Nice White guitarist Ty Longley who perished within the fireplace.

Guitarist and Nice White’s fellow co-founder Mark Kendall despatched condolences on Instagram after information of Russell’s loss of life emerged. Kendall heralded his one-time companion as “considered one of rock’s largest champions” with an “unimaginable voice that can stay on eternally.”

“What do you say about somebody who was there by your aspect on such an incredible journey, the great and the dangerous?” the Instagram put up learn. “We favor to let the music fill within the blanks. All these fantastic years collectively shall be held near our hearts. It was a privilege and pleasure to share the stage with him — many reveals, many miles, and most rock. Within the studio, Jack was superb. He all the time got here able to work. And work laborious, he did, Jack stayed till he acquired the very best efficiency for every music. He introduced the identical excellence to each present. The consistency of his stay performances have been all the time past comparability.”

Russell was born on Dec. 5, 1960 in Montebello, Calif., and lent his clean and salty vocal prowess to many a highschool rock band earlier than assembly guitarist Kendall in 1977. The burgeoning metallic duo went by way of band monickers reminiscent of Freeway and Livewire till Kendall and (then) new band supervisor Alan Niven modified the title of the band to Nice White, as that was the platinum-haired guitarist’s nickname.

Earlier than assembly Niven, Russell and Kendall’s band plans have been thwarted for a time when, in 1979, a troubled Russell was arrested for taking pictures a live-in maid throughout an tried theft. He was sentenced to eight years in jail. Although Kendall labored with different lead vocalists for a time, the guitarist joined forces with Russell once more; the singer was launched from jail after serving 18 months of his sentence.

By 1982, Russell and Kendall attached with drummer Gary Holland and bassist Lorne Black, recording and releasing the “Out of the Night time” on Niven’s unbiased label, Aegean. After Niven coaxed Los Angeles radio station KMET so as to add Nice White to its playlist, different L.A. stations adopted swimsuit. The band turned the toast of the still-growing hair metallic scene, opening for like-minded acts reminiscent of Whitesnake, Dokken and David Lee Roth’s solo band.

Signed to Capitol/EMI, the band picked up pace and gross sales with its “As soon as Bitten” album of 1987 (with singles reminiscent of “Rock Me” and “Save Your Love”) and its studio follow-up, “Twice Shy” (1989), which featured signature Nice White hits reminiscent of “The Angel Tune” and “As soon as Bitten, Twice Shy.”

By the early 1990’s, hair metallic’s glory took a again seat to Nirvana, Pearl Jam and grunge. Nice White left Capitol for labels reminiscent of Zoo. By 2000, Kendall introduced he was taking a break from Nice White. Following Kendall’s break up, a number of different members left the band utterly. After a short signing to Columbia Information in 2001, Russell’s father died and the singer disbanded what was left of Nice White slightly than stick with it.

Although Russell recorded a fleeting few solo albums reminiscent of “Shelter Me” (1996) and “For You” (2002), the singer and guitarist Kendall reformed their band beneath the title, Jack Russell’s Nice White. By 2003, no matter desires they’d of refreshed success got here to a halt.

Performing on the Station nightclub, a fireplace erupted when the band’s pyrotechnic sparks ignited an unapproved foam soundproofing materials affixed to the partitions and ceiling across the stage. After this tragedy, in 2008, Jack Russell Touring Inc. agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims’ kin.

From that point ahead, there have been a number of reunions of Nice White, together with a 2006 to 2009 model that includes Russell, Kendall and a brand new band album, “Rising.” However, in 2010, Russell had to enter surgical procedure for a perforated bowel; he was changed throughout his restoration by a handful of vocalists reminiscent of Warrant’s Jani Lane and XYZ’s Terry Ilous. From there, beginning in 2012, Russell went on to re-form Jack Russell’s Nice White — solely this time, inflicting consternation with Kendall’s Nice White, leading to a 2013 Federal Courtroom settlement the place Russell turned his rights to the “Nice White” title over to Kendall and Co.

Together with persevering with to play stay till his 2024 retirement, recording singles reminiscent of 2014’s “Laborious Behavior” and a Jack Russell’s Nice White debut album “He Noticed It Comin’” in 2017, Russell penned his autobiography, “The True Story of Mista Bone: A Rock + Roll Narrative” with creator Okay.L Doty for summer time 2024 publication.

In line with his Instagram, “Jack Russell handed peacefully within the presence of his spouse Heather Ann Russell, son Matthew Hucko, cousin Naomi Breshears Barbor, and expensive buddies Billy and Cheryl Pawelcik.”

Russell is survived by his spouse, Heather Ann Kramer. The 2 married in 2011. A public memorial is ready to be introduced at a later date.

Netflix’s The Union Cast and Character Guide

Netflix is again with a brand new star-studded motion film — this time led by Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry — with “The Union.” Wahlberg stars as Mike, a Jersey development employee who finds his common life turned the wrong way up when his highschool sweetheart Roxanne (Berry) exhibits up and he will get twisted up in a continent-skipping worldwide intelligence journey.

However Berry and Wahlberg aren’t the one acquainted faces within the Netflix romp. Right here’s a useful information to “The Union” solid and the characters they play.

Halle Berry in “The Union” (Laura Radford/Netflix)

Halle Berry as Roxanne Corridor — Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry stars as The Union operative Roxanne Corridor, an ass-kicking, world-traveling adventurer who by no means misses her shot. Berry is greatest recognized for her superhero roles, taking part in Storm within the “X-Males” movies and Catwoman in “Catwoman,” in addition to her Finest Actress-winning efficiency in “Monster’s Ball.” Her well-known titles additionally embrace “John Wick 3,” “Gothika,” “Die One other Day” and “BAPS.”

Mark Wahlberg in The Union (Netflix)

Mark Wahlberg as Mike McKenna — “Ted” and “Boogie Nights” star Mark Wahlberg stars as everyman Mike McKenna, a development employee who will get caught up in a global journey when Roxanne — his highschool sweetheart — drags him into the motion. A two-time Oscar nominee, Wahlberg is thought for movies together with “The Departed,” “The Fighter,” “Lone Survivor,” “Daddy’s House” and, most just lately, “Arthur, The King.”

J.Okay. Simmons and Halle Berry in “The Union” (Laura Radford/Netflix)

J.Okay. Simmons as Tom Brennan — Oscar-winning “Whiplash” star J.Okay. Simmons performs Tom Brennan, Roxanne’s boss at The Union. Simmons has a wide-ranging résumé with greater than 200 credit, from iconic comedian e book characters like J. Jonah Jameson in “Spider-Man” and Commissioner Gordon in “Justice League” to his many movies with Jason Reitman, together with “Juno,” “Up within the Air,” “Labor Day” and “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.”

Mike Colter in “The Union” (Netflix)

Mike Colter as Nick Faraday — “Luke Cage” and “Jessica Jones” star Mike Colter performs Nick Faraday, a fellow intelligence officer who shares a previous with Roxanne. Along with his Marvel collection, Colter’s credit embrace “Aircraft,” “The Good Spouse,” “Evil,” “Males in Black 3” and “Ladies Journey.”

Adewale-Akinnuoye-Agbaje on the premiere of “The Union (Getty Photographs)

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Frank Pfeiffer — Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje performs, you guessed it, one other member of The Union. His best-known roles embrace Mr. Eko in “Misplaced,” Simon in “Oz,” Killer Croc in “Suicide Squad” and Nykwana Wombosi in “The Bourne Identification.” He’s additionally appeared in “Recreation of Thrones,” “Thor: The Darkish World” and “The Mummy Returns.”

Jessica De Gouw on the premiere of “The Union (Getty Photographs)

Jessica De Gouw as Juliet Quinn — Jessica De Gouw performs the difficult, elusive Juliet Quinn. De Gouw’s earlier credit embrace Helena Bertinelli, aka The Huntress, on The CW’s “Arrow,” Elizabeth in “Underground” and Mina in NBC’s “Dracula” collection.

Alice Lee on the premiere of “The Union (Getty Photographs)

Alice Lee as Athena Kim — Alice Lee performs Union agent Athena Kim. Her earlier credit embrace “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” “Brittany Runs a Marathon,” “My Adventures With Superman,” “All That We Love” and “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser.”

Jackie Earle Haley on the premiere of “The Union (Getty Photographs)

Jackie Earle Haley as Foreman — Oscar-nominated actor Jackie Earle Haley performs the Foreman. Haley bought his breakout function as a baby actor in “The Dangerous Information Bears” and is greatest recognized for taking part in Rorschach in Zack Snyder’s “Watchmen” and Freddy Krueger within the 2010 “Nightmare on Elm Avenue” remake. Earlier credit additionally embrace “Little Youngsters,” “Shutter Island” and AMC’s “Preacher” collection.

Great White singer Jack Russell, who survived nightclub fire that killed 100 people, dead at 63

Nice White singer Jack Russell, whose band’s lengthy climb to business success was overshadowed by a pyrotechnics show at a nightclub efficiency that led to one of many deadliest indoor fires in U.S. historical past, has died. He was 63.

A press release launched by his household on Russell’s social media accounts on Thursday indicated the singer died with household together with his spouse and son at his facet. Russell posted final month that he was retiring from touring as a result of a prognosis of Lewy physique dementia and a number of system atrophy.

“Jack is beloved and remembered for his sense of humour, distinctive zest for all times, and unshakeable contribution to rock and roll, the place his legacy will without end thrive,” the household assertion stated.

Nice White achieved radio play on rock stations with Rock Me from their third album, 1987’s As soon as Bitten, and scored a High 5 Billboard hit on their followup album, with a canopy of Ian Hunter’s As soon as Bitten, Twice Shy. That efficiency earned the band a Grammy nomination for finest arduous rock efficiency in 1989.

Their business fortunes waned in ensuing years, and so they had been performing as Jack Russell’s Nice White on Feb. 20, 2003, in Warwick, R.I., when a hearth erupted on the Station nightclub venue, which had a capability of 300.

Jack Russell, left, and guitarist Mark Kendall of Nice White carry out a set on April 29, 2003, in West Hollywood, Calif., honouring the reminiscence of their guitarist Ty Longley, who died within the Rhode Island membership fireplace earlier that 12 months. (Jill Connelly/The Related Press)

Along with the followers killed, 31-year-old band guitarist Ty Longley perished within the blaze. The extent of the harm was such that figuring out the useless took weeks, with dental information crucial in lots of circumstances.

Overture to victims’ households was spurned

The aftermath of the hearth was ever current for Russell. He informed a Portland, Ore., radio station in 2015 that he felt a way of survivor’s guilt.

“Why did I get to reside and so many different individuals did not?” he stated. “I really feel responsible for individuals coming to see me play and dropping their lives. It is actually arduous to cope with.”

He was a controversial determine to many relations of victims, who felt he ought to have been criminally charged. Russell’s intention to offer proceeds from a 2013 present to a basis attempting to get set up a memorial for victims was rejected.

WEST WARWICK, RI – FEBRUARY 21: Jack Russell, lead singer of the band Nice White, speaks to reporters after a lethal fireplace at The Station nightclub February 21, 2003 in West Warwick, Rhode Island. Hearth broke out through the efficiency and pyrotechnic show by the ’80s band. Russell stated that the flames from the pyrotechnic show unfold to foam decorations across the stage. Officers have confirmed 65 deaths and a minimum of 170 accidents. (Douglas McFadd/Getty Pictures)

Recriminations and finger pointing ensued instantly after the hearth, with the band and the membership homeowners disagreeing over whether or not there was prior data pyrotechnics could be utilized. A membership proprietor in New Jersey, the place the band had carried out days earlier, stated he had been unaware the band was incorporating pyro into their act earlier than they hit the stage.

The band’s highway supervisor and a co-owner of the Rhode Island nightclub served quick jail sentences after reaching plea offers. The membership homeowners had put in soundproofing insulation — which turned out to be flammable — in violation of the state’s fireplace code.

Civil litigation wound by way of the courts for years. The band agreed to pay $1 million US to some 300 relations affected in 2008. Extra substantial was a $22-million settlement paid by Clear Channel Broadcasting, which owned a neighborhood rock station selling the live performance.

The charred exterior of The Station nightclub in Warwick, R.I., is proven the day after the hearth. (Douglas McFadd/Getty Pictures)

Years of toiling earlier than short-lived heyday

Nice White’s origins stretched again to the late Nineteen Seventies, and their identify advanced from an early nickname given to guitarist Mark Kendall.

“It was a privilege and pleasure to share the stage with [Russell] — many exhibits, many miles and most rock,” Kendall stated in an Instagram publish on Thursday.

Nice White launched their first album in 1984 and opened for the likes of KISS, Judas Priest and Whitesnake, however their first two releases weren’t huge business successes.

They earned a popularity as a partying band. In promotional appearances, Russell hailed 1991’s Hooked, their try to maintain the momentum from their largest hit, however he would supply a distinct perspective years later.

“The Hooked album was a large number as a result of all of us ought to have been in rehab at that time as an alternative of creating that report,” Russell informed Canadian music author Martin Popoff in 2014’s The Massive E book of Hair Steel.

Russell could be up entrance in interviews in later years about longstanding substance abuse points and stints in rehab.

The group continued to carry out and tour by way of the Nineties at the same time as grunge and different musical developments pressured many arduous rock bands like Nice White to downsize their live performance venues.

Bassist Dave Filice and drummer Eric Powers left the group shortly after the lethal fireplace. Russell remained for 2 extra band albums, launched in 2007 and 2009. A sequence of lineup modifications ensued in subsequent years and even Russell left, with varied singers together with Warrant’s Jani Lane — who died in 2011 — filling in.

Some arduous rock musicians paid tribute to Russell on social media on Thursday.

“To my pal Jack Russell, such a tremendous voice. Might you relaxation in peace,” stated Poison frontman Bret Michaels.

Why Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry Never Kiss in ‘The Union’ on Netflix

Netflix’s new romcom spy-thriller “The Union” hinges on the romance of two estranged highschool sweethearts: blue-collar development employee Mike (Mark Wahlberg) and undercover agent Roxanne (Halle Berry).

Nonetheless, all through the movie’s 109-minute runtime, the pair by no means kiss — a choice that director Julian Farino says was “lengthy debated” however finally made to go away followers wanting extra.

“We take the connection to a sure place, after which I believe you’ve obtained to go away a whole lot of area to go,” Farino informed Selection on the movie’s L.A. premiere on Monday night time. “Netflix at all times stated to us originally, ‘You need to consider this as a doable three-movie thought.’ So if an viewers comes out wanting a kiss, then we’ve in all probability completed alright, for my part.”

Farino joined Berry, Wahlberg and the remainder of “The Union” forged on the purple carpet exterior Hollywood’s Egyptian Theater to debate how they introduced the Netflix motion journey to life. The movie follows a secret service division referred to as the “The Union,” which makes a speciality of changing blue-collar joes into lethal spies. After an abroad mission is compromised, Roxanne returns to her residence state of New Jersey to recruit her highschool beau Mike, whose anonymity and development expertise make him the right addition to the workforce.

Berry and Wahlberg echoed Farino’s logic about skipping the kiss. “As soon as they kiss, then it’s over. We’re hoping if we get to do a second one, we’ll let that chase proceed,” Berry defined. “You wish to see the journey — to see these two highschool sweethearts discover one another.”

Wahlberg concurred: “If we get to go on and do one thing else, I might think about there’ll be much more than a kiss. However, , we’ll have to attend and see what occurs.”

Together with the romance, “The Union” serves up loads of sensible motion. The movie’s taking pictures schedule was break up between New Jersey, New York, London and Solvenia, casting a large scope of manufacturing unusual in an more and more prudent business. Berry was thrilled to be a part of a manufacturing that shot on location moderately than sticking to sound phases.

“We might be on a stage someplace, simply making all of it up and pretending that we’re in Italy, that we’re in London or Croatia. However we actually obtained to go to those locations, and I believe that provides to the authenticity of the filmmaking,” she stated. “It helps us as actors get in the best headspace. After which we get to have enjoyable within the off time.”

“The Union” is now streaming on Netflix.

Jana Duggar marries Stephen Wissmann in big Arkansas wedding

TLC star Jana Duggar of “Counting On” and “19 Children and Counting” is married!

The eldest daughter of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, 34, married Stephen Wissmann, 31, in Prairie Grove, Arkansas, on Thursday, based on Folks’s unique report on the 500-guest wedding ceremony.

USA TODAY has reached out to the Duggar household for remark.

The ceremony occurred two months after they had been engaged. Jana’s bridal celebration included sisters Jessa Duggar Seewald, who was her maid of honor; Pleasure-Anna Forsyth; Johannah Duggar; Jinger Duggar Vuolo and Jordyn Duggar in addition to sister-in-law Abbie Duggar. Dad Jim Bob Duggar walked her down the aisle.

Jana Duggar referred to as the marriage “a dream come true” in a interview with Folks earlier than the nuptials.

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“Coming from two larger households, we love to have the ability to get collectively and have a good time moments like these,” she stated. “And so to have all of them there, it simply means rather a lot.”

The ceremony occurred about half an hour from the place she grew up along with her siblings in Tontitown.

Who’s Stephen Wissmann?

In keeping with Folks, Wissman is one among 13 siblings and lives in Nebraska along with his giant household. He installs irrigation programs for work and in addition does sandblasting and portray.

Duggar will go away Arkansas to hitch Wissman in Nebraska, the place “he has just a little home we purchased that we have been fixing up,” she stated.

How Jana Duggar, Stephen Wissmann met

Wissmann and Duggar met by way of their households greater than a decade in the past.

“I bear in mind them coming to our residence, most likely 13 or so years in the past and so they ended up getting snowed-in right here, which rarely occurs in Arkansas,” Duggar advised Folks.

“I bear in mind simply taking part in video games late into the evening, doing puzzles collectively till the snow melted off, and so they had been in a position to journey again residence. I do not actually bear in mind Stephen that properly as a result of I am older than him and so he was by no means on my radar.”

They reconnected years in the past and tried relationship, however in the end referred to as issues off. They saved in contact, and her brother Jeremiah Duggar married Wissman’s sister Hannah in 2022. They rekindled their romance earlier this yr and realized “We nonetheless get pleasure from one another. We nonetheless actually recognize one another,” Duggar stated.

Jana Duggar’s household’s controversies

“Counting On” aired 11 seasons between 2015 and 2020. TLC canceled the present in 2021 following Josh Duggar’s indictment on little one pornography costs. The oldest little one of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in jail.

The collection was a by-product of “19 Children and Counting,” which aired 2008-2015, with TLC pulling the plug on the present after Josh Duggar was discovered to have sexually molested 5 younger women, together with his sisters, when he was a teen.

‘Derogatory and sensationalized’:Duggar dad and mom criticize ‘Shiny Joyful Folks’ doc

Final yr, the four-part restricted docuseries “Shiny Joyful Folks: Duggar Household Secrets and techniques” was launched and featured accusations, together with from fourth Duggar little one Jill Duggar Dillard, in opposition to the once-beloved actuality TV stars recognized for his or her sprawling household and conservative values. The collection claimed the Duggar dad and mom had joined a cult led by an accused sexual predator as a younger couple.

Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar pushed again in opposition to the portrayal of their household within the Amazon Prime collection, saying it “paints a lot and so many in a derogatory and sensationalized method as a result of sadly that’s the route of leisure lately.”

Contributing: Pleasure Ashford