Saturday, February 28, 2015
FD: Stove fire displaces family of 8 in Laveen
The American Red Cross is working to find shelter for a family of eight that was displaced by a fire overnight in Laveen.
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Friday, February 27, 2015
'Star Trek' actor Leonard Nimoy dies at 83
Leonard Nimoy, possibly more widely known as Mr. Spock from 'Star Trek', died Friday morning at his Los Angeles-area home.
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PD: Suspect sought after Phoenix burglary
Officials are searching for the suspect responsible for a burglary in southwest Phoenix.
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Man trapped under cement truck after PHX crash
A Phoenix car crash trapped a man under a cement truck Friday morning, leaving him in critical condition according to Phoenix fire officials.
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
Reward for arrest of suspect in 2010 sex assault
Police said Christian Micheal Stasenka left the state when he heard of the potential charges against him.
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Discover Your Talents at Scottsdale Artist’s School
Are you looking to develop and refine your artistic skills? Learn from artists specializing in drawing, sculpture, oil and pastel, and more! The Scottsdale Artist’s School, the only school of its kind in Arizona located in the heart of the Scottsdale Arts District, offers a fun and relaxed environment for enthusiasts seeking professional art training.
The Artist’s School focuses on developing the capabilities of artists and aspiring artists of all ages by teaching the applied fundamentals of fine art. Approximately 3,000 visitors come to the school each year, with repeat visitation from both domestic travelers and foreign students who continuously return for classes and workshops.
The Scottsdale Artist’s School occupies the historic Loloma School, the second grammar school established in Scottsdale, and has six fully equipped studios. A variety of learning opportunities are available, so find one that’s right for you!
- Workshops: From October-May, the School offers more than 100 three- to five-day programs in the areas of painting, drawing and sculpture. All of these workshops are led by professionally working artists who travel to Scottsdale from all across the United States. Class sizes remain small (fewer than 20 students) and allow students to get one-on-one attention, critiques and guidance from the instructor. Workshop range in price from $500 to $800 depending on the length of the workshop and subject matter.
- Weekly Classes: Featuring prominent local instructors, weekly classes range from four to six weeks and are offered morning to evening, all week long. Classes are arranged to fit even the busiest of schedules and are geared towards all types of artists – from beginner to advanced. Weekly classes slightly range in price from $50 to $350 depending on the length of the class.
- Youth & Teen Academy: Youth & Teen Academy provides a stimulating fine art program for youth, ages 6-18. Children are taught to develop critical and conceptual thinking skills while expressing their artistic creativity. The School offers year round weekly classes and action-packed weeklong summer programs, all of which are taught by professional artists. Youth and Teen Academy range in price from $90 to $200 for mid-year classes and $275 to $300 for week-long summer programs.
- Open Studio Sessions: Open Studio provides an opportunity for artists to practice their skills independently, outside of the classroom. The School provides the model and students bring their own supplies to paint, draw or sculpt. Open Studio ranges from $10 to $15 per session and is offered four times per week.
Guests are always welcome, so stop in for a visit and take a tour of the property. Go to http://ift.tt/17Msqo1 for more information.
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Award-Winning Scottsdale Arts Festival Returns for 45th Year
The Scottsdale Arts Festival has been recognized as one of the nation’s top arts festivals, and 2015 marks the acclaimed event’s 45th anniversary. Held annually in the Civic Center Park in Old Town Scottsdale, this gathering of artists and vendors offers fun for the whole family!
The event features 175 jury-selected artists from North America who create art in many forms, from paintings and sculptures to glass, ceramics, jewelry, photography and other media. Artworks are available for purchase directly from the artists during the event and through the Festival’s online art auction.
In addition to works by various artists, Scottsdale Public Art will reveal the newly commissioned interactive piece, Shifting Sand Land by artist Bobby Zokaites. The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA) is also offering free admission all weekend. Check out murals by James Marshall (aka Dalek), James Turrell’s Knight Rise skyspace, and much more!
Guests can enjoy continuous live music and entertainment on two stages, including blues, country/folk, jazz, R&B, rock and much more. Among the musical acts are ’56, Alan Jones Jazz Quintet, Ashley Wineland, Big Nick & the Gila Monsters, The Blue Goats, Blues Review Band, Carmela y Mas, Jan Sandwich Band, Str8 Up Band, Robby Roberson Quartet, Teneia Sanders, Traveler and Whiskey Kiss. Kids can enjoy the family area where they’ll have the opportunity to engage their creativity through free arts activities, storytelling, dancing and more.
Delicious dishes from around the world will be available at gourmet food trucks throughout the weekend. Participating mobile eateries include The Grilled Cheese Truck, The Maine Lobster Lady, Paletas Betty, Short Leash Hotdogs, The Traveling Monk and Whiskey Ranch BBQ.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students, and kids 12 and under get in free. Two-day passes are $15. Tickets are available in advance or at the Festival entrances.
For a full list of artists and a complete schedule of events, visit http://ift.tt/1Bh6xu5.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
8PM: Modern Family shot only with iPads, iPhones
How to keep the "modern" in "Modern Family" in its sixth season? Create an episode that plays out completely on a computer and in the realm of social media.
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Get 'Frozen Fever' With This New Trailer (VIDEO)
Good news for every parent or caretaker tired of hearing little voices sing “Let It Go”! From what we can glean from this first look at “Frozen Fever,” there will soon be a new song for young fans to obsess over. The catch is that you have to go see Disney’s "Cinderella" in theaters to see the entire animated short, which will run before each showing of the fairy tale retelling.
“Frozen Fever” chronicles the mishaps of Kristoff, Olaf, and Elsa as they try to organize a birthday party for Anna. The short reunites the entire team behind "Frozen," from Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel to directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck.
Take a peek.
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Viola Davis Confirms Role in 'Suicide Squad'
Finally, the Oscars red carpet was good for more than finding out what everyone’s wearing. One enterprising red carpet reporter for eTalk asked Viola Davis about the rumors she’s joining "Suicide Squad" as Amanda Waller, and the “How to Get Away with Murder” star confirmed it. (For the record, she also looked absolutely stunning in her Oscar frock.)
Davis will be joining Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Jared Leto as the Joker, Will Smith as Deadshot, Cara Delevingne as Enchantress, and Jai Courtney as Boomerang. WB is still looking to cast Rick Flagg after Tom Hardy dropped out of the role in January. WB hasn’t confirmed Davis’s statement, but we trust “The Wall,” don’t you?
“Suicide Squad” is slated for release on August 5, 2016. David Ayer (“Fury,” “End of Watch”) is directing.
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'The Huntsman' Adds Jessica Chastain
Oscar nom Jessica Chastain is the latest high-profile star to join “The Huntsman,” Universal’s spin-off of the 2012 blockbuster “Snow White and the Huntsman.” It’s taken a while for this big budget fantasy flick to get off the ground, but with the recent hire of Emily Blunt and now Chastain, it seems this team is just about ready to go back into the woods.
Chris Hemsworth is returning as the eponymous huntsman, alongside Charlize Theron as Ravenna, the best and meanest screen queen. The project was originally intended as a sequel, but after considerable behind-the-scenes drama, Kristen Stewart’s Snow White and director Rupert Sanders were banished from the land. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan, who was the second unit director on “Snow White and the Huntsman” and “Maleficent,” will be making his feature-length directorial debut, with a script most recently polished by Frank Darabont. Darabont was also attached to direct but left due to “creative differences.”
“The Huntsman” is currently aiming for release on April 22, 2016. Meanwhile, you can catch Chastain in Guillermo del Toro’s creepy “Crimson Peak” next October.
[Via The Hollywood Reporter]
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Watch Our Interview With Baymax, Star of the Oscar-Winning 'Big Hero 6' (EXCLUSIVE)
On Sunday night, Disney’s “Big Hero 6" took home the prize for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards, a deserved triumph and cap to an amazing run that included critical accolades and a global box office of almost $600 million. And what’s more, the movie just came out on home video, so you can watch the exploits of Hiro and his super-heroic friends anytime you want. (The Blu-ray is the way to go, by the way, thanks to a flawless transfer and host of special features, including the Oscar-winning short “Feast.”) A couple of weeks ago, though, I was granted a unique opportunity — to actually interview the robotic star of “Big Hero 6,” Baymax!
I had to travel to San Franskoyo to do the interview, but it was worth it — getting to talk to Baymax about his exploits since the first movie, including whether or not he’s recognized in the street and what kind of good deeds he’s been doing, was definitely a highlight of my journalistic career. (You can tell by the dopey grin I wear for the duration of the interview.) Watch below and see what Baymax had to say about flying, his friendship with Hiro, and what it takes to maintain a secret identity.
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Dog lost, suspect sought after PHX hit and run
Officials are searching for the driver responsible for a deadly hit and run in Phoenix.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
US seeks stay of ruling on immigration action
The U.S. government asked a federal judge Monday to lift his temporary hold on President Barack Obama's action to shield millions of immigrants from deportation.
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Neil Patrick Harris' 7 Best Moments from the 2015 Oscars
Well, this year’s Oscars was certainly full of surprises and one of the biggest was just how uneven Neil Patrick Harris’ gig as emcee went. At first it seemed like the actor, who starred in last year’s Oscar-nominated box office smash “Gone Girl,” would translate his boisterous, Broadway-honed song-and-dance routine into one of the more memorable hosting gigs of recent memory (in a good way). But the high highs also complemented by some incredibly low lows (like the overlong gag about his predictions, which culminated in a reveal that had us asking, Oh he likes magic right?) Still, NPH did more bad than good last night - and here are our seven favorite moments from the show.
1. Acknowledging the Race Discrepancy Right Away
Despite a number of films that tackled racially diverse issues (and just as many ace performances by nonwhite actors), this year’s Oscars was one of the whitest in recent memory (at least as far as the acting categories went). NPH acknowledged this early, saying that the show honored Hollywood’s “Best and whitest - sorry, brightest.” It wasn’t just a great joke but it allowed for some of the tension in the room to be released, establishing his mostly easygoing hosting style.
2. The Opening Number, “Moving Pictures”
Following a couple of spoken word gags, Harris went into the night’s big opening musical number, a jaunty tune penned by the Oscar-winning “Frozen” team of Bobby and Kristen Lopez entitled “Moving Pictures.” And this really was a showstopper, featuring some incredible projection-display technology, cameos from Anna Kendrick and Jack Black (who had us saying “Screens in your jeans” for the rest of the night) and Harris interacting with famous movies in a way that didn’t feel derivative or overly indebted to the similar shtick that Billy Crystal trots out every time he hosts. When the Lopezes involvement was originally announced, it was mentioned that they had written multiple songs. This never came to pass. But the one song we did get certainly brought down the house.
3. The Awkward Joke About How Much Money “American Sniper” Made
Early on there was a poorly worded and equally poorly delivered joke about how successful “American Sniper” was, when Harris equated half of the room to the other nominees and “American Sniper” to Oprah. Even Oprah looked a little dumbfounded as to what the joke meant and it certainly didn’t land the way the writers (or Harris) intended. So at the close of the joke, Harris sold it with an irrepressibly charming button when he addressed a visibly confused Oprah by saying, simply, “It’s because you’re rich.” And like that a potential bomb because a mini-triumph.
4. The Farmers Insurance Joke
It was short, it was simple, it was right after J.K. Simmons took home the award for Best Supporting Actor, it was Harris looking into the camera and saying, to the tune of the Farmers Insurance jingle, “He won an Oscar, bom bom bom bom bom bom bom.” Perfection.
5. Seat Filler Interaction
At one point Harris was set into the crowd, for a bit that was clearly supposed to be built around his casual interaction with some very famous and well-dressed people. But, for whatever reason, when Harris was supposed to mingle was also the moment that those famous people were using the toilet, since instead of giant stars he exclusively found himself confronted by everyday seat fillers. This could have been deathly, but instead it was an opportunity for Harris to expose one of the lesser-known oddities of the Oscars, the fact that nobodies in eveningwear fill in for celebrities if they have to go somewhere, so that when the cameras pan to the crowd, it always looks bursting at the seams. Harris salvaged the bit, too, when he came upon a more-than-game Steve Carell, who said that he was really looking forward to running into Edward Norton. “He’s right over there!” Carell exclaimed with impish glee. End scene.
6. Everything Sounds Better with a British Accent
There were a number of famous Brits at the Oscars last night, including but certainly not limited to the Oscar-nominated likes of Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch and Felicity Jones. But for a bit where Harris had a British person recite the punch line to a really bad joke, the honor of “Brit being singled out by jolly American awards show host” went to David Oyelowo from “Selma.” Wearing a wine-colored three-piece suit (bold but lovable), the actor, who was not nominated but still an audience favorite (leading to one of Harris’ more pointed jokes, as the said, “Oh now you like him”), gamely played along with NPH. Harris started the gag by setting up the joke, saying: “This year, we said goodbye to some beloved movie franchises …” To which Oyelowo, reading from a note card clutched by Harris, uncomfortably finished by saying: “We saw the last ever ‘Hobbit’ movie, the last ever ‘Night at the Museum’ movie and the last ever attempt to remake ‘Annie.’” Even though the joke didn’t totally work, the combined charm of their interaction was pretty fantastic.
7. The Birdman Bit
Of course “Birdman” had to be parodied, even before it came away as the big winner of the night. In one of the evening’s more memorable moments, Harris restaged the famous centerpiece scene from the film (where Michael Keaton gets locked out of the theater in his underwear and has to parade through Times Square nearly nude), with Harris ducking and diving through the auditorium’s backstage area in his skivvies. Not only did it end with a surprisingly fit Harris, onstage, in his tighty whities, but it also had a nifty gag with Miles Teller playing the drums, a tip of the hat to the movie’s unconventional score that was only slightly less funny because they did the same joke a night earlier at the Independent Spirit Awards (which had the added benefit of Bill Hader impersonating Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu). Hey, a good joke is still a good joke, even when it is two days in a row.
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Sunday, February 22, 2015
VIDEO: Behind the scenes of famed red carpet
ABC15's Stephanie Hockridge takes you on a red carpet tour to see what really happens behind the glitz and glamour.
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Kimmel hosting celebrity-packed post-Oscars show
Jimmy Kimmel's Sunday show is set to be jam-packed with big stars following the 2015 Oscars ceremony.
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4:30PM: Watch Oscars, chat with Valley DJs LIVE
Don't just watch the Oscars Sunday, Feb. 22 on ABC15. Instead, join our live Twitter conversation with Valley DJs as we all react to the show together.
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Snowy Northeast to get brief, warm respite
A brief respite from cold temperatures is here for the snowy Northeast, but that doesn't mean an end to its weather woes.
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29 dead in Bangladesh ferry accident
At least 29 people died after a passenger ferry capsized in Bangladesh, police said Sunday.
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Boyfriend didn't 'meet terms' to visit Brown
As Bobbi Kristina Brown fights for her life at an Atlanta hospital, the public spat between her boyfriend and her family goes on.
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