DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar on Wednesday unveiled a 6,000-cabin fan 
village in an isolated lot near its airports, an offering for housing 
toward the lower end of what's available for the upcoming World Cup just
 days away from starting.

As journalists toured the cabins, desert
 winds kicked up sand at the 3.1 square-kilometer (1.1 square-mile) 
site, which housed a metro station, a bus stop, and a planned temporary 
restaurant and convenience store. The area could in theory hold as many 
as 12,000 people if booked at capacity, officials said.

Artificial
 green grass coveredare the walkways outside, with common areas filled 
with large bean-bag style chairs under a gray sky Wednesday. Competing 
nations' flags flapped in the strong desert wind, a large screen also 
present at the site for fans to watch matches. Workers milled about the 
site, checking on its final touches.

The brightly colored cabins, 
each with thin walls, are designed to hold one or two people with twin 
beds, a nightstand, a small table and chair, air conditioning, a toilet 
and a shower inside.

Each will go for around $200 a night — $270 
with board — as the tournament goes on. Some 60% of the cabins are 
already booked for the tournament, said Omar al-Jaber, the head of 
accommodation at Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy for 
the tournament.

There will be other rooms offered at $80 a night 
farther out than this site near Doha International Airport and Hamad 
International Airport, both of which will be seeing flights at all hours
 during the tournament. Planes rumbled overhead during the visit 
Wednesday.

Those staying at the Fan Village can expect a 40-minute commute to stadium sites.

“Most
 of the fan(s) they prefer if it’s not a hotel, they prefer the 
apartment and villa,” al-Jaber said, noting those options are managed by
 French hospitality company Accor. However, those wanting budget 
accommodation will come to this site and the other for cheaper options, 
he said.

In the lead-up to the tournament, concerns about hotel 
room space and high prices for the rooms available have trailed Qatar, 
which lacks hotel capacity for all teams, workers, volunteers and fans 
at the World Cup. So Doha has created <a href="https://apnews.com/article/travel-soccer-sports-international-world-cup-be7873252ed55295ad0d75c83b8fcbd8">camping and cabin sites, hiring cruise ships, and encouraging fans to stay in neighboring countries and fly in for games.</a>

Qatar has estimated it will have 130,000 rooms per day for the tournament.

Already, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-soccer-sports-health-travel-1fadb56a4ffb7b45837f7c26f168a436">nearby Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has planned for an influx of World Cup fans</a> who want to stay there where their money may go further.

“Now,
 the shuttle flights option, it’s one of the options for the people who 
stay already in our neighbor countries and ... they would like to just 
to spend a day for to attend the match,” al-Jaber said. “So this is a 
good option for them in a state of their case.”

He added: “If they
 would like to come and stay, they are more than welcome, of course, and
 there is a many, many options for them."

There are still multiple
 options available for fans in Qatar available to rent, ranging from 
hotels, cruise ship rooms, traditional dhow sailing vessels and tents, 
the fan village, porta cabins and caravans. al-Jaber said.

“We 
have enough accommodation and people still they can come and enjoy the 
tournament and of course they can choose what they are looking for from 
the accommodation," he said.

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar on Wednesday unveiled a 6,000-cabin fan 
village in an isolated lot near its airports, an offering for housing 
toward the lower end of what's available for the upcoming World Cup just
 days away from starting.As journalists toured the cabins, desert
 winds kicked up sand at the 3.1 square-kilometer (1.1 square-mile) 
site, which housed a metro station, a bus stop, and a planned temporary 
restaurant and convenience store. The area could in theory hold as many 
as 12,000 people if booked at capacity, officials said.Artificial
 green grass coveredare the walkways outside, with common areas filled 
with large bean-bag style chairs under a gray sky Wednesday. Competing 
nations' flags flapped in the strong desert wind, a large screen also 
present at the site for fans to watch matches. Workers milled about the 
site, checking on its final touches.The brightly colored cabins, 
each with thin walls, are designed to hold one or two people with twin 
beds, a nightstand, a small table and chair, air conditioning, a toilet 
and a shower inside.Each will go for around $200 a night — $270 
with board — as the tournament goes on. Some 60% of the cabins are 
already booked for the tournament, said Omar al-Jaber, the head of 
accommodation at Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy for 
the tournament.There will be other rooms offered at $80 a night 
farther out than this site near Doha International Airport and Hamad 
International Airport, both of which will be seeing flights at all hours
 during the tournament. Planes rumbled overhead during the visit 
Wednesday.Those staying at the Fan Village can expect a 40-minute commute to stadium sites.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/10/1666968926967.jpeg" alt="AP Photo/Darko Bandic" />
 <figcaption>AP Photo/Darko Bandic</figcaption>
 </figure>“Most
 of the fan(s) they prefer if it’s not a hotel, they prefer the 
apartment and villa,” al-Jaber said, noting those options are managed by
 French hospitality company Accor. However, those wanting budget 
accommodation will come to this site and the other for cheaper options, 
he said.In the lead-up to the tournament, concerns about hotel 
room space and high prices for the rooms available have trailed Qatar, 
which lacks hotel capacity for all teams, workers, volunteers and fans 
at the World Cup. So Doha has created <a href="https://apnews.com/article/travel-soccer-sports-international-world-cup-be7873252ed55295ad0d75c83b8fcbd8">camping and cabin sites, hiring cruise ships, and encouraging fans to stay in neighboring countries and fly in for games.</a>Qatar has estimated it will have 130,000 rooms per day for the tournament.Already, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-soccer-sports-health-travel-1fadb56a4ffb7b45837f7c26f168a436">nearby Dubai in the United Arab Emirates has planned for an influx of World Cup fans</a> who want to stay there where their money may go further.“Now,
 the shuttle flights option, it’s one of the options for the people who 
stay already in our neighbor countries and ... they would like to just 
to spend a day for to attend the match,” al-Jaber said. “So this is a 
good option for them in a state of their case.”He added: “If they
 would like to come and stay, they are more than welcome, of course, and
 there is a many, many options for them."There are still multiple
 options available for fans in Qatar available to rent, ranging from 
hotels, cruise ship rooms, traditional dhow sailing vessels and tents, 
the fan village, porta cabins and caravans. al-Jaber said.“We 
have enough accommodation and people still they can come and enjoy the 
tournament and of course they can choose what they are looking for from 
the accommodation," he said.

Qatar unveils 6,000-cabin World Cup fan village near airport

In a Securities and Exchange Commissioner filing Wednesday, Gannett Co. Inc. said <a href="https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2022/maribel-perez-wadsworth-is-leaving-gannett/">Maribel Perez Wadsworth</a>, president of Gannett Media, has announced her intention to resign from the company.

Gannett is the owner of the USA Today Network. Its predecessor company, Gatehouse, formerly owned the Hays Daily News before selling it and several other properties to Cherryroad Media.

In Kansas, Gannett still operates newspapers in Hutchinson, Salina and Topeka.

Gannett, which still operates more than 200 newspapers across the country, recently announced it had lost $54 million in the second quarter — <a href="https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2022/gannett-announces-new-cuts-including-mandatory-unpaid-leave-and-buyouts/">a result that led to the severe cost-cutting measures, including layoffs, mandatory furloughs and suspension of 401(k) contributions.</a>

Hays PostIn a Securities and Exchange Commissioner filing Wednesday, Gannett Co. Inc. said <a href="https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2022/maribel-perez-wadsworth-is-leaving-gannett/">Maribel Perez Wadsworth</a>, president of Gannett Media, has announced her intention to resign from the company.Gannett is the owner of the USA Today Network. Its predecessor company, Gatehouse, formerly owned the Hays Daily News before selling it and several other properties to Cherryroad Media.In Kansas, Gannett still operates newspapers in Hutchinson, Salina and Topeka.Gannett, which still operates more than 200 newspapers across the country, recently announced it had lost $54 million in the second quarter — <a href="https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2022/gannett-announces-new-cuts-including-mandatory-unpaid-leave-and-buyouts/">a result that led to the severe cost-cutting measures, including layoffs, mandatory furloughs and suspension of 401(k) contributions.</a>

Gannett Media president announces resignation

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By JAKE COYLE Associated Press

Made in the wake of tragedy, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z3QKkl1WyM">“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”</a>
 reverberates with the agony of loss, piercing the usually less 
consequential superhero realm. Like someone going through the stages of 
grief, Ryan Coogler’s movie is at turns mournful and rootless, full of 
rage and blessed with clarity. In the fantastical Marvel Cinematic 
Universe where mortality is almost always a plaything, wrestling with 
the genuine article, in <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sports-race-and-ethnicity-ca-state-wire-entertainment-sc-state-wire-5f4352111fdead278da3651b44d311b8">the death of T’Challa star Chadwick Boseman</a>, makes for an unusually uncertain, soul-searching kind of blockbuster-scale entertainment.

It’s
 a fine line, of course, between paying tribute and trading on it. I did
 cringe a little when the Marvel logo unspooled with images of Boseman 
within the letters: Eulogy as branding. That “Black Panther,” a cultural
 phenomenon and a box-office smash, would get a sequel, at all, was 
momentarily in doubt after Boseman’s unexpected death from colon cancer 
in 2020. Radically reworked by Coogler and co-writer Joe Robert Cole, 
“Wakanda Forever” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-health-movies-covid-6852dcc0e6cc687a42a45907cff1bfac">pushed ahead in hopes of honoring both Boseman and the rich Afrocentric world of the landmark original.</a> In its admirably muddled way, it succeeds in both.

Part of <a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-film-reviews-north-america-ap-top-news-ryan-coogler-90ba27dfd7ed46a98092857ab92dda27">the profound appeal of Coogler’s first “Black Panther”</a>
 resided in its deft channeling of the real world into mythology. It fed
 centuries of colonialism and exploitation into a big-screen spectacle 
of identity and resistance. In an invented African nation, Coogler 
conjured both a fanciful could-have-been history and emotional right-now
 reality.

“Wakanda Forever,” which opens in theaters Thursday, 
expands on that, weaving in a Latin American perspective with a similar 
degree of cultural specificity in the introduction of the Aztec-inspired
 antagonist Namor (Tenoch Huerta), king of the ancient underwater world 
of Talokan. At the same time, Boseman’s death is poignantly filtered 
into the story from the start, beginning with off-screen death throes.

“Time
 is running out,” we hear whispered while the screen is still black. 
Shuri (Letitia Wright), T’Challa’s tech-wiz sister, is frantically 
trying to craft something in her AI lab to save her brother. But in a 
moment, their mother, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), informs her: “Your
 brother is with the ancestors.” He’s laid to rest in a glorious, 
celebratory procession, carried through a multi-tiered channel of 
white-clad, singing-and-dancing Wakandans. It’s as stunning as anything 
Coogler has shot.

After this prologue, “Wakanda Forever” shifts to
 a year later. “Black Panther” took some of the spy-thriller shape of a 
Bond movie, and the sequel carries that on in a new geopolitical 
context. At the United Nations, the United States and France are 
pressuring for access to vibranium, the rare metal that Wakanda has 
built its empire on. Soon after, a U.S. military expedition discovers 
vibranium at the bottom of the ocean. But just as they’re celebrating, a
 mysterious tribe of blue underwater people, led by Namor, a 
pointy-eared monarch in green short-shorts with wings on his ankles, 
ruthlessly wipe out the entire expedition.

You can feel “Wakanda 
Forever” searching for a way forward in these early scenes. After such 
an anguished beginning, how much care can we summon for the whereabouts 
of magical ores? And more blue people? “Avatar,” you might think, has 
already laid claim to them. What steadies the film is Bassett. Her 
awesome presence leads “Wakanda Forever” through grief with a staunch 
defense of Wakanda that rebalances the newly king-less kingdom. She 
carries on.

What follows is a globe-trotting plot that draws the 
film away from perhaps its greatest asset in Wakanda but uncovers new 
places of latent power among historically exploited people. Shuri and 
Okoye (Danai Gurira), the Dora Milaje general, travel to Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, to seek the student (Dominique Thorne) who created a 
vibranium detector. In the Washington D.C. area, Wakanda’s friendly CIA 
officer (Martin Freeman) experiences new scrutiny from his boss, played 
by an unannounced comic actress familiar to Beltway politics.

But,
 mostly, a series of exchanges draw Wakanda and Talokan closer. Are they
 friends and foes? They are, at least, a captivating tweak to the 
mythology of Atlantis. Talokan, dark and watery, is no Wakanda, though, 
and there’s less hint this time of a larger society. Still, Huerta 
brings a magnetism to Namor. In many ways, he’s a corollary to Michael 
B. Jordan’s Killmonger, a non-villain whose fury is in many ways 
justified. His anger appeals to the still-grieving Shuri who finds 
herself ready, after T’Challa’s death, to “burn the world.”

As in 
the first “Black Panther,” the question again hangs in the balance of 
whether, in a pain-ridden and prejudiced world, rage is the answer. This
 time, it applies to another powerful civilization, too. "Wakanda 
Forever,” where the role of Black Panther is passed down, is in more 
ways than one about the transfer of power.

Wakanda and Talokan are
 brought together a little haphazardly in conflict, as Namor pressures 
the African nation to join his brewing surface war. “Wakanda Forever” 
proceeds as a murky, middle-act film that may ultimately serve as a 
bridge to future “Black Panther” chapters. But along the way, there are 
countless marvels that Coogler conjures with returning magic-workers 
like production designer Hannah Beachler and costume designer Ruth E. 
Carter. How the Talokan are flung into the air by whales. The fierce 
friendliness of Gurira’s performance. Lupita Nyong’o is unfortunately 
less central here, but every time her Nakia (who has been laying low in 
Haiti) is present, she graces the film.

“Wakanda Forever” is 
overlong, a little unwieldy and somewhat mystifyingly steers toward a 
climax on a barge in the middle of the Atlantic. But Coogler's fluid 
command of mixing intimacy with spectacle remains gripping. He extends 
the rich detail and non-binary complexity that distinguished “Black 
Panther” in sometimes awkward but often thrilling ways. “Wakanda 
Forever," grappling in the aftermath of loss, ultimately seeks something
 rare in the battle-ready superhero landscape: Peace.

"Black 
Panther: Wakanda Forever,” a Walt Disney Co. release, is rated PG-13 by 
the Motion Picture Association of America for sequences of strong 
violence, action and some language. Running time: 161 minutes. Three 
stars out of four.

By JAKE COYLE Associated PressMade in the wake of tragedy, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z3QKkl1WyM">“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”</a>
 reverberates with the agony of loss, piercing the usually less 
consequential superhero realm. Like someone going through the stages of 
grief, Ryan Coogler’s movie is at turns mournful and rootless, full of 
rage and blessed with clarity. In the fantastical Marvel Cinematic 
Universe where mortality is almost always a plaything, wrestling with 
the genuine article, in <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sports-race-and-ethnicity-ca-state-wire-entertainment-sc-state-wire-5f4352111fdead278da3651b44d311b8">the death of T’Challa star Chadwick Boseman</a>, makes for an unusually uncertain, soul-searching kind of blockbuster-scale entertainment.It’s
 a fine line, of course, between paying tribute and trading on it. I did
 cringe a little when the Marvel logo unspooled with images of Boseman 
within the letters: Eulogy as branding. That “Black Panther,” a cultural
 phenomenon and a box-office smash, would get a sequel, at all, was 
momentarily in doubt after Boseman’s unexpected death from colon cancer 
in 2020. Radically reworked by Coogler and co-writer Joe Robert Cole, 
“Wakanda Forever” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-health-movies-covid-6852dcc0e6cc687a42a45907cff1bfac">pushed ahead in hopes of honoring both Boseman and the rich Afrocentric world of the landmark original.</a> In its admirably muddled way, it succeeds in both.Part of <a href="https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-film-reviews-north-america-ap-top-news-ryan-coogler-90ba27dfd7ed46a98092857ab92dda27">the profound appeal of Coogler’s first “Black Panther”</a>
 resided in its deft channeling of the real world into mythology. It fed
 centuries of colonialism and exploitation into a big-screen spectacle 
of identity and resistance. In an invented African nation, Coogler 
conjured both a fanciful could-have-been history and emotional right-now
 reality.“Wakanda Forever,” which opens in theaters Thursday, 
expands on that, weaving in a Latin American perspective with a similar 
degree of cultural specificity in the introduction of the Aztec-inspired
 antagonist Namor (Tenoch Huerta), king of the ancient underwater world 
of Talokan. At the same time, Boseman’s death is poignantly filtered 
into the story from the start, beginning with off-screen death throes.“Time
 is running out,” we hear whispered while the screen is still black. 
Shuri (Letitia Wright), T’Challa’s tech-wiz sister, is frantically 
trying to craft something in her AI lab to save her brother. But in a 
moment, their mother, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), informs her: “Your
 brother is with the ancestors.” He’s laid to rest in a glorious, 
celebratory procession, carried through a multi-tiered channel of 
white-clad, singing-and-dancing Wakandans. It’s as stunning as anything 
Coogler has shot.After this prologue, “Wakanda Forever” shifts to
 a year later. “Black Panther” took some of the spy-thriller shape of a 
Bond movie, and the sequel carries that on in a new geopolitical 
context. At the United Nations, the United States and France are 
pressuring for access to vibranium, the rare metal that Wakanda has 
built its empire on. Soon after, a U.S. military expedition discovers 
vibranium at the bottom of the ocean. But just as they’re celebrating, a
 mysterious tribe of blue underwater people, led by Namor, a 
pointy-eared monarch in green short-shorts with wings on his ankles, 
ruthlessly wipe out the entire expedition.You can feel “Wakanda 
Forever” searching for a way forward in these early scenes. After such 
an anguished beginning, how much care can we summon for the whereabouts 
of magical ores? And more blue people? “Avatar,” you might think, has 
already laid claim to them. What steadies the film is Bassett. Her 
awesome presence leads “Wakanda Forever” through grief with a staunch 
defense of Wakanda that rebalances the newly king-less kingdom. She 
carries on.What follows is a globe-trotting plot that draws the 
film away from perhaps its greatest asset in Wakanda but uncovers new 
places of latent power among historically exploited people. Shuri and 
Okoye (Danai Gurira), the Dora Milaje general, travel to Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, to seek the student (Dominique Thorne) who created a 
vibranium detector. In the Washington D.C. area, Wakanda’s friendly CIA 
officer (Martin Freeman) experiences new scrutiny from his boss, played 
by an unannounced comic actress familiar to Beltway politics.But,
 mostly, a series of exchanges draw Wakanda and Talokan closer. Are they
 friends and foes? They are, at least, a captivating tweak to the 
mythology of Atlantis. Talokan, dark and watery, is no Wakanda, though, 
and there’s less hint this time of a larger society. Still, Huerta 
brings a magnetism to Namor. In many ways, he’s a corollary to Michael 
B. Jordan’s Killmonger, a non-villain whose fury is in many ways 
justified. His anger appeals to the still-grieving Shuri who finds 
herself ready, after T’Challa’s death, to “burn the world.”As in 
the first “Black Panther,” the question again hangs in the balance of 
whether, in a pain-ridden and prejudiced world, rage is the answer. This
 time, it applies to another powerful civilization, too. "Wakanda 
Forever,” where the role of Black Panther is passed down, is in more 
ways than one about the transfer of power.Wakanda and Talokan are
 brought together a little haphazardly in conflict, as Namor pressures 
the African nation to join his brewing surface war. “Wakanda Forever” 
proceeds as a murky, middle-act film that may ultimately serve as a 
bridge to future “Black Panther” chapters. But along the way, there are 
countless marvels that Coogler conjures with returning magic-workers 
like production designer Hannah Beachler and costume designer Ruth E. 
Carter. How the Talokan are flung into the air by whales. The fierce 
friendliness of Gurira’s performance. Lupita Nyong’o is unfortunately 
less central here, but every time her Nakia (who has been laying low in 
Haiti) is present, she graces the film.“Wakanda Forever” is 
overlong, a little unwieldy and somewhat mystifyingly steers toward a 
climax on a barge in the middle of the Atlantic. But Coogler's fluid 
command of mixing intimacy with spectacle remains gripping. He extends 
the rich detail and non-binary complexity that distinguished “Black 
Panther” in sometimes awkward but often thrilling ways. “Wakanda 
Forever," grappling in the aftermath of loss, ultimately seeks something
 rare in the battle-ready superhero landscape: Peace."Black 
Panther: Wakanda Forever,” a Walt Disney Co. release, is rated PG-13 by 
the Motion Picture Association of America for sequences of strong 
violence, action and some language. Running time: 161 minutes. Three 
stars out of four.

Review: In 'Wakanda Forever,' an empire mourns and rebuilds

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Houston Astros' six-game victory over the 
Philadelphia Phillies finished as the second least-watched World Series 
on television.

The six games averaged 11,784,000 on Fox, down 1.3%
 from the 11,940,000 for the Atlanta Braves' six-game win over the 
Astros last year and ahead of only the 9,946,000 for the Los Angeles 
Dodgers' six-game victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020.

Houston’s
 3-1 win in Game 6 on Saturday night was seen by 12,549,000 viewers on 
Fox, down 11% from 14,140,000 Atlanta’s 7-0 victory over the Astros in 
last year’s finale, played on a Tuesday night. Including Fox Deportes 
and streaming, this year's Game 6 was viewed by 12,871,000.

Game 6
 was played opposite several college football games, including 
Alabama-LSU on ESPN, Clemson-Notre Dame on NBC and Florida State-Miami 
on ABC.

The Series finished with a 6.1 Nielsen rating and 17 
share. The rating was the second-lowest behind the 5.2 for 2020, which 
had a 12 share. This year's share marked a 1% increase from last year.

Including Fox Deportes and streaming, this year's Series averaged 12,023,000 viewers.

Viewers peaked at 51,560,000 for Game 7 of the 1975 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds.

Totals declined with the rise of cable television and then of streaming services, giving viewers more choices.

The Series had a 25.0 rating and a 52 share in Philadelphia and a 24.0/55 in Houston.

The
 rating is the percentage of television households tuned in to a 
broadcast. The share is the percentage viewing a telecast among those 
households with TVs on at the time.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1667851581822.jpeg" alt="Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, foreground, a prolific Texas gambler, and the Houston Astros players gather before a victory parade for the Houston Astros' World Series baseball championship Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/David Phillip)" />
 <figcaption>Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, foreground, a prolific Texas gambler, and the Houston Astros players gather before a victory parade for the Houston Astros' World Series baseball championship Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, in Houston. (AP Photo/David Phillip)</figcaption>
 </figure>LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Houston Astros' six-game victory over the 
Philadelphia Phillies finished as the second least-watched World Series 
on television.The six games averaged 11,784,000 on Fox, down 1.3%
 from the 11,940,000 for the Atlanta Braves' six-game win over the 
Astros last year and ahead of only the 9,946,000 for the Los Angeles 
Dodgers' six-game victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in 2020.Houston’s
 3-1 win in Game 6 on Saturday night was seen by 12,549,000 viewers on 
Fox, down 11% from 14,140,000 Atlanta’s 7-0 victory over the Astros in 
last year’s finale, played on a Tuesday night. Including Fox Deportes 
and streaming, this year's Game 6 was viewed by 12,871,000.Game 6
 was played opposite several college football games, including 
Alabama-LSU on ESPN, Clemson-Notre Dame on NBC and Florida State-Miami 
on ABC.The Series finished with a 6.1 Nielsen rating and 17 
share. The rating was the second-lowest behind the 5.2 for 2020, which 
had a 12 share. This year's share marked a 1% increase from last year.Including Fox Deportes and streaming, this year's Series averaged 12,023,000 viewers.Viewers peaked at 51,560,000 for Game 7 of the 1975 World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds.Totals declined with the rise of cable television and then of streaming services, giving viewers more choices.The Series had a 25.0 rating and a 52 share in Philadelphia and a 24.0/55 in Houston.The
 rating is the percentage of television households tuned in to a 
broadcast. The share is the percentage viewing a telecast among those 
households with TVs on at the time.

This year's World Series is 2nd-least watched on TV

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in 
Southern California has won a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot 
after more than three months without anyone hitting the top prize.

The
 winning numbers drawn Tuesday morning at the Florida Lottery draw 
studio in Tallahassee were: white balls 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56, and the 
red Powerball was 10.

The jackpot ticket was sold at Joe’s Service
 Center in Altadena, an unincorporated community in the foothills 
northeast of Los Angeles. A voicemail left for Joe’s Service Center was 
not immediately returned.

The jackpot was by far the largest 
lottery prize ever won, topping the previous record $1.586 billion prize
 won by three Powerball ticketholders in 2016. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/iowa-d074aec16d0f17eba2cc51c814faa99e">Only four previous jackpots</a>
 have topped $1 billion, but none of those are close to the current 
prize, which started at $20 million back on Aug. 6 and over three 
winless months has grown massive. No one has won the jackpot since Aug. 
3.

The jackpot was initially reported as <a href="https://apnews.com/article/powerball-jackpot-drawing-today-what-to-know-75a57b3d83a5c5d1e0264c55261671cf">an estimated $1.9 billion</a> on Monday, but the prize was increased to $2.04 billion Tuesday morning after updated calculations.

The
 Multi-State Lottery Association said Monday night’s scheduled drawing 
was delayed by nearly 10 hours until Tuesday because a participating 
lottery had issues processing sales.

The problems in holding a 
drawing Monday night were blamed on one participating lottery's 
inability to process its sales data. After the lottery, which wasn't 
identified, completed its pre-draw procedures, the drawing was able to 
go ahead.

“Protecting the integrity of the draw is of upmost 
importance, and we were able to do that during this historic drawing 
with the cooperation of all participating lotteries,” said Drew Svitko, 
the chairman of the Powerball Product Group and executive director of 
the Pennsylvania Lottery.

Terry Rich, a former director of the 
Iowa Lottery who also served on the Powerball board, said the delay was 
likely due to a two-part verification system of ticket sales that makes 
use of an outside vendor to ensure all is in order before the game's 
numbers are drawn.

“Each state must verify through a dual process 
that all of the sales and dollars match before the Multi-State Lottery 
Association can do the draw," said Rich, who headed the Iowa Lottery for
 10 years and was president of the North American Lottery Association. 
“This is a state-by-state procedure, which separates the whole process 
and has been very effective."

Rich said state lotteries deal with 
similar problems several times a year but the delays usually don't 
attract much attention because the potential jackpots are far less than 
was up for grabs this week.

The winning numbers and recorded video of the drawing were posted to the Powerball's YouTube channel.

The $2.04 billion prize is for a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/powerball-jackpot-annuity-vs-cash-0e741f164106c0f4dba89707c5763c99">winner who chooses an annuity</a>, paid annually over 29 years. Nearly all winners instead opt for cash, which was valued at $997.6 million.

The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

The game is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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 </figure>DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in 
Southern California has won a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot 
after more than three months without anyone hitting the top prize.The
 winning numbers drawn Tuesday morning at the Florida Lottery draw 
studio in Tallahassee were: white balls 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56, and the 
red Powerball was 10.The jackpot ticket was sold at Joe’s Service
 Center in Altadena, an unincorporated community in the foothills 
northeast of Los Angeles. A voicemail left for Joe’s Service Center was 
not immediately returned.The jackpot was by far the largest 
lottery prize ever won, topping the previous record $1.586 billion prize
 won by three Powerball ticketholders in 2016. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/iowa-d074aec16d0f17eba2cc51c814faa99e">Only four previous jackpots</a>
 have topped $1 billion, but none of those are close to the current 
prize, which started at $20 million back on Aug. 6 and over three 
winless months has grown massive. No one has won the jackpot since Aug. 
3.The jackpot was initially reported as <a href="https://apnews.com/article/powerball-jackpot-drawing-today-what-to-know-75a57b3d83a5c5d1e0264c55261671cf">an estimated $1.9 billion</a> on Monday, but the prize was increased to $2.04 billion Tuesday morning after updated calculations.The
 Multi-State Lottery Association said Monday night’s scheduled drawing 
was delayed by nearly 10 hours until Tuesday because a participating 
lottery had issues processing sales.The problems in holding a 
drawing Monday night were blamed on one participating lottery's 
inability to process its sales data. After the lottery, which wasn't 
identified, completed its pre-draw procedures, the drawing was able to 
go ahead.“Protecting the integrity of the draw is of upmost 
importance, and we were able to do that during this historic drawing 
with the cooperation of all participating lotteries,” said Drew Svitko, 
the chairman of the Powerball Product Group and executive director of 
the Pennsylvania Lottery.Terry Rich, a former director of the 
Iowa Lottery who also served on the Powerball board, said the delay was 
likely due to a two-part verification system of ticket sales that makes 
use of an outside vendor to ensure all is in order before the game's 
numbers are drawn.“Each state must verify through a dual process 
that all of the sales and dollars match before the Multi-State Lottery 
Association can do the draw," said Rich, who headed the Iowa Lottery for
 10 years and was president of the North American Lottery Association. 
“This is a state-by-state procedure, which separates the whole process 
and has been very effective."Rich said state lotteries deal with 
similar problems several times a year but the delays usually don't 
attract much attention because the potential jackpots are far less than 
was up for grabs this week.The winning numbers and recorded video of the drawing were posted to the Powerball's YouTube channel.The $2.04 billion prize is for a <a href="https://apnews.com/article/powerball-jackpot-annuity-vs-cash-0e741f164106c0f4dba89707c5763c99">winner who chooses an annuity</a>, paid annually over 29 years. Nearly all winners instead opt for cash, which was valued at $997.6 million.The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.The game is played in 45 states, as well as Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Powerball ticket sold in California snags record $2.04B win

On this week's Tiger Talk, Voice of the Tigers Gerard Wellbrock speaks with Fort Hays State University Head Football Coach Chris Brown about the latest in FHSU Football.

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 </figure>On this week's Tiger Talk, Voice of the Tigers Gerard Wellbrock speaks with Fort Hays State University Head Football Coach Chris Brown about the latest in FHSU Football.

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By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina Post

A desire to learn a new photography technique has led to a gallery exhibition for Salinan Tanner Colvin.

Weecha, a blend of photography and videography opened today in The Gallery at Kansas Wesleyan University.

The exhibition features Wichita War Dancer, a member of the Tohono O’dham and Ponca nations who has been performing the war dance for several years. Wichita War Dancer has traveled across the world, performing and educating groups about his culture and its history. In 2021, he earned a world championship honor for his war dance performance.

A public exhibition reception is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Dec. 2 and will include a performance by Wichita War Dancer at 6:30 p.m. in Fitzpatrick Auditorium.

Colvin, a 2011 graduate of Kansas Wesleyan, said the exhibition evolved from his desire to learn a new photography technique: shutter drag.

Colvin explained that shutter drag both freezes and blurs motion.

"So he started out and I opened the shutter. A flash went off and then he had 20 to 30 seconds to move around. Once he moved around, that's where you get the kind of blurry motion I call 'watercolor.'"

After finding a YouTube video on how to use shutter drag, Colvin began looking into who he might know who danced, leaning more toward traditional dance, such as ballet. Colvin said he happened to stumble across Wichita War Dancer on a Kansas photography Facebook group and contacted him about being the subject of a photo shoot using shutter drag. The two exchanged several emails and phone calls and Wichita War Dancer agreed to the photo shoot.

The two met at Salina's Stiefel Theatre in early 2020 and Colvin spent approximately six hours making photos while Wichita War Dancer danced.

Colvin said he was quite pleased with how the photographs turned out.

"The name of the show,&nbsp;Weecha, is a Native American term that means 'to be proud of significant accomplishment,'" Colvin said. "This is my first show since college, so this space is a little different to me. Usually my stuff is very 'shoot it and get it done' journalism."

While the two were busy with the photo shoot, they talked about what would happen next with the photos.

"I had wanted to do some smaller prints to show off his regalia, because in these bigger ones, you don't really get to see what he is wearing. A lot of it is homemade," Colvin said.

From there came the idea of also including a video of Wichita War Dancer dancing.

"I figured that if people can't be here on Dec. 2 to see him dance, they might not get the motion and emotion that he has in this dance, so that's where the video came into play," Colvin said.

The video, which Colvin recorded himself, includes a short interview with Wichita War Dancer.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1667913736466.jpeg" alt="A photo of Wichita War Dancer.&nbsp;Photos courtesy Tanner Colvin&nbsp;&nbsp;" />
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 </figure>By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY Salina PostA desire to learn a new photography technique has led to a gallery exhibition for Salinan Tanner Colvin.Weecha, a blend of photography and videography opened today in The Gallery at Kansas Wesleyan University.The exhibition features Wichita War Dancer, a member of the Tohono O’dham and Ponca nations who has been performing the war dance for several years. Wichita War Dancer has traveled across the world, performing and educating groups about his culture and its history. In 2021, he earned a world championship honor for his war dance performance.A public exhibition reception is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Dec. 2 and will include a performance by Wichita War Dancer at 6:30 p.m. in Fitzpatrick Auditorium.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1667843765863.jpeg" alt="" />
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 </figure>Colvin, a 2011 graduate of Kansas Wesleyan, said the exhibition evolved from his desire to learn a new photography technique: shutter drag.Colvin explained that shutter drag both freezes and blurs motion.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1667843794770.jpeg" alt="" />
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 </figure>"So he started out and I opened the shutter. A flash went off and then he had 20 to 30 seconds to move around. Once he moved around, that's where you get the kind of blurry motion I call 'watercolor.'"After finding a YouTube video on how to use shutter drag, Colvin began looking into who he might know who danced, leaning more toward traditional dance, such as ballet. Colvin said he happened to stumble across Wichita War Dancer on a Kansas photography Facebook group and contacted him about being the subject of a photo shoot using shutter drag. The two exchanged several emails and phone calls and Wichita War Dancer agreed to the photo shoot.The two met at Salina's Stiefel Theatre in early 2020 and Colvin spent approximately six hours making photos while Wichita War Dancer danced.Colvin said he was quite pleased with how the photographs turned out."The name of the show,&nbsp;Weecha, is a Native American term that means 'to be proud of significant accomplishment,'" Colvin said. "This is my first show since college, so this space is a little different to me. Usually my stuff is very 'shoot it and get it done' journalism."While the two were busy with the photo shoot, they talked about what would happen next with the photos."I had wanted to do some smaller prints to show off his regalia, because in these bigger ones, you don't really get to see what he is wearing. A lot of it is homemade," Colvin said.From there came the idea of also including a video of Wichita War Dancer dancing."I figured that if people can't be here on Dec. 2 to see him dance, they might not get the motion and emotion that he has in this dance, so that's where the video came into play," Colvin said.The video, which Colvin recorded himself, includes a short interview with Wichita War Dancer.

Colvin exhibition, 'Weecha,' at KWU features Wichita War Dancer

Calling all monster truck lovers! Start your new year off with a bang at Tony’s Pizza Events Center!

The Monster Truck Nitro Tour will be invading Tony’s Pizza Events Center for one night only: Jan. 7, with one monster show at 7:30 p.m.

Don’t miss your chance to see the monster trucks up close, meet the drivers and even take a ride in a real monster truck at the pre-event Pit Party.

VIP tickets in the first four rows are $38.50 and include entrance to the Pit Party. Other reserved seating starts at $18.50 for kids, $23.50 for adults. Groups of 10 or more are eligible for discounts.

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center box office or online at&nbsp;<a href="http://tonyspizzaeventscenter.com/">tonyspizzaeventscenter.com</a>.

Tony's Pizza Events CenterCalling all monster truck lovers! Start your new year off with a bang at Tony’s Pizza Events Center!The Monster Truck Nitro Tour will be invading Tony’s Pizza Events Center for one night only: Jan. 7, with one monster show at 7:30 p.m.Don’t miss your chance to see the monster trucks up close, meet the drivers and even take a ride in a real monster truck at the pre-event Pit Party.VIP tickets in the first four rows are $38.50 and include entrance to the Pit Party. Other reserved seating starts at $18.50 for kids, $23.50 for adults. Groups of 10 or more are eligible for discounts.Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center box office or online at&nbsp;<a href="http://tonyspizzaeventscenter.com/">tonyspizzaeventscenter.com</a>.

Monster trucks coming to Tony's Pizza Events Center in January

By COLE REIF Great Bend Post

Three years ago, Great Bend city staff determined a 10% charge should be assigned to all caterers on their food and alcohol receipts for events at the Great Bend Events Center. The practice was not well enforced, although the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) notified caterers and organizations that the 10% rule would be strictly enforced in 2023. As a way to make the Events Center self-sufficient, Great Bend City Council member Kevyn Soupiset agreed rates needed to go up, but suggested the room rental fees to increase rather than charging a 10% fee to caterers and vendors. "We have to look at this from an operational standpoint and a business," said Soupiset. "We can't lose money on it. I think our fees are way under market value, especially for the ballrooms. Adding this 10-percent fee I think muddies it up and leaves open room for less than straightforward accounting from the vendors." Great Bend charges $1,000 a day to use the big ballroom. The Convention Center in Hays charges $2,500 for wedding-type events and is smaller than the Events Center ballroom. Camp Aldrich, northeast of Great Bend, charges $1,100 per day Friday through Sunday. St. Patrick's Parish gym rents for $1,509.

CVB Director Christina Hayes estimated up to eight non-profit organizations use the Events Center for their annual fundraisers including Sunflower Diversified Services, Family Crisis Center and Central Kansas CASA. Jennifer Gregg, executive director of the local CASA, told the council Monday night an additional fee would put a significant dent in their fundraiser. "For CASA, our annual auction provides 87-percent of our operating budget," said Gregg. "It is the primary source of income that keeps our doors open and allows us to serve our community in need. This 10-percent fee being charged to vendors and caterers is a significant amount of money that will in turn, be passed on to the person hosting the party."

Gregg added last year's catering receipts would have required a 10% fee of approximately $2,200.

The Events Center receives revenue in two ways. One, room rental fees. Two, by the 1% of the transient guest tax, which is generated by overnight stays in hotels. To make it less confusing and to not have to rely on vendors to accurately pay 10% of their receipts, the city council was in favor of setting increased room rental fees plus raising set-up and clean-up day fees.

Great Bend currently allows for a free set-up day, the day before your event. The Events Center rental also provides a free clean-up day, the day after the event. Any additional days of use beyond that costs $100 per day. With a new fee structure for all of the city’s services coming to a vote in December, the city council voted to table the measure and vote on the increased Events Center fees at that time.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

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 </figure>By COLE REIF Great Bend PostThree years ago, Great Bend city staff determined a 10% charge should be assigned to all caterers on their food and alcohol receipts for events at the Great Bend Events Center. The practice was not well enforced, although the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) notified caterers and organizations that the 10% rule would be strictly enforced in 2023. As a way to make the Events Center self-sufficient, Great Bend City Council member Kevyn Soupiset agreed rates needed to go up, but suggested the room rental fees to increase rather than charging a 10% fee to caterers and vendors. "We have to look at this from an operational standpoint and a business," said Soupiset. "We can't lose money on it. I think our fees are way under market value, especially for the ballrooms. Adding this 10-percent fee I think muddies it up and leaves open room for less than straightforward accounting from the vendors." Great Bend charges $1,000 a day to use the big ballroom. The Convention Center in Hays charges $2,500 for wedding-type events and is smaller than the Events Center ballroom. Camp Aldrich, northeast of Great Bend, charges $1,100 per day Friday through Sunday. St. Patrick's Parish gym rents for $1,509.CVB Director Christina Hayes estimated up to eight non-profit organizations use the Events Center for their annual fundraisers including Sunflower Diversified Services, Family Crisis Center and Central Kansas CASA. Jennifer Gregg, executive director of the local CASA, told the council Monday night an additional fee would put a significant dent in their fundraiser. "For CASA, our annual auction provides 87-percent of our operating budget," said Gregg. "It is the primary source of income that keeps our doors open and allows us to serve our community in need. This 10-percent fee being charged to vendors and caterers is a significant amount of money that will in turn, be passed on to the person hosting the party."Gregg added last year's catering receipts would have required a 10% fee of approximately $2,200.The Events Center receives revenue in two ways. One, room rental fees. Two, by the 1% of the transient guest tax, which is generated by overnight stays in hotels. To make it less confusing and to not have to rely on vendors to accurately pay 10% of their receipts, the city council was in favor of setting increased room rental fees plus raising set-up and clean-up day fees.Great Bend currently allows for a free set-up day, the day before your event. The Events Center rental also provides a free clean-up day, the day after the event. Any additional days of use beyond that costs $100 per day. With a new fee structure for all of the city’s services coming to a vote in December, the city council voted to table the measure and vote on the increased Events Center fees at that time.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

To make it profitable, Great Bend in favor of raising Events Center fees

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Evans may have put down Captain America's shield but he's got a new badge of honor: he's been named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.

<a href="https://people.com/movies/chris-evans-people-sexiest-man-alive-2022/">People's selection was announced</a>&nbsp;Monday night on Stephen Colbert's late night show and on the magazine's website. Evans, who for nearly a decade played Captain America in Marvel's sprawling superhero films, takes the baton from another Avenger,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/paul-rudd-people-sexiest-man-alive-7557d2833294f6c14bdb65dcbbd84906">Paul Rudd</a>.

“My mom will be so happy,” he told the magazine for its cover story, which hits newsstands on Friday. “She’s proud of everything I do but this is something she can really brag about.”

He also knows that he's likely to be teased by close friends. “Really this will just be a point of bullying,” he joked in an interview. “It’s ripe for harassment.”

Among those likely to heckle him are co-stars and previous Sexiest Man Alive winners like Rudd, Ryan Reynolds and Chris Hemsworth. (Hemsworth, who plays Thor in the Marvel films, was the first Avenger to win People's annual honor, which was first handed out to Mel Gibson in 1985.)

Other past honorees include John Legend, Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba, Adam Levine, Richard Gere, Channing Tatum and David Beckham.

People interviewed Evans, 41, at a Georgia farmhouse, where the actor talked about finding a better work-life balance. “The most enjoyable aspect of my career right now is feeling secure enough to take my foot off the gas,” he said.

Evans' first film role came in 2000's “The New Comers” and he played superhero Johnny Storm in two “Fantastic Four” films released in 2005 and 2007. But he gained widespread fame in 2011 with the release of “Captain America: The First Avenger."

Since then, he's played the wholesome superhero in 10 Marvel films, laying down his shield after saving the universe in “Avengers: Endgame” in 2019.

Evans has become a highly bankable star, voicing the Buzz Lightyear character in Pixar's “Lightyear” film and playing a sadistic assassin trying to kill Reynolds in Nextflix's “The Gray Man” — both released this year.

The actor told People he's thinking about marriage and having a family, saying, “That’s absolutely something I want.”

He said he didn't expect to talk publicly much about his private life though. “Some things you want just for you, or just for my family and my friends.”

The Boston native also continues his involvement with the civic engagement site A Starting Point, which he&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-democracy-entertainment-politics-elections-e8bebd3de410f34b60dd0c362f1c992f">co-founded in 2020</a>.

As Evans charts the next part of his life and career, he fully expects People's honor will be a milestone.

“It’s something that as I become old and saggy I can look back on and say ‘I remember then…’” Evans said. “I’m lucky to be in the discussion in any capacity.”

Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Evans may have put down Captain America's shield but he's got a new badge of honor: he's been named People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.<a href="https://people.com/movies/chris-evans-people-sexiest-man-alive-2022/">People's selection was announced</a>&nbsp;Monday night on Stephen Colbert's late night show and on the magazine's website. Evans, who for nearly a decade played Captain America in Marvel's sprawling superhero films, takes the baton from another Avenger,&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/paul-rudd-people-sexiest-man-alive-7557d2833294f6c14bdb65dcbbd84906">Paul Rudd</a>.“My mom will be so happy,” he told the magazine for its cover story, which hits newsstands on Friday. “She’s proud of everything I do but this is something she can really brag about.”He also knows that he's likely to be teased by close friends. “Really this will just be a point of bullying,” he joked in an interview. “It’s ripe for harassment.”Among those likely to heckle him are co-stars and previous Sexiest Man Alive winners like Rudd, Ryan Reynolds and Chris Hemsworth. (Hemsworth, who plays Thor in the Marvel films, was the first Avenger to win People's annual honor, which was first handed out to Mel Gibson in 1985.)Other past honorees include John Legend, Dwayne Johnson, Idris Elba, Adam Levine, Richard Gere, Channing Tatum and David Beckham.People interviewed Evans, 41, at a Georgia farmhouse, where the actor talked about finding a better work-life balance. “The most enjoyable aspect of my career right now is feeling secure enough to take my foot off the gas,” he said.Evans' first film role came in 2000's “The New Comers” and he played superhero Johnny Storm in two “Fantastic Four” films released in 2005 and 2007. But he gained widespread fame in 2011 with the release of “Captain America: The First Avenger."Since then, he's played the wholesome superhero in 10 Marvel films, laying down his shield after saving the universe in “Avengers: Endgame” in 2019.Evans has become a highly bankable star, voicing the Buzz Lightyear character in Pixar's “Lightyear” film and playing a sadistic assassin trying to kill Reynolds in Nextflix's “The Gray Man” — both released this year.The actor told People he's thinking about marriage and having a family, saying, “That’s absolutely something I want.”He said he didn't expect to talk publicly much about his private life though. “Some things you want just for you, or just for my family and my friends.”The Boston native also continues his involvement with the civic engagement site A Starting Point, which he&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-democracy-entertainment-politics-elections-e8bebd3de410f34b60dd0c362f1c992f">co-founded in 2020</a>.As Evans charts the next part of his life and career, he fully expects People's honor will be a milestone.“It’s something that as I become old and saggy I can look back on and say ‘I remember then…’” Evans said. “I’m lucky to be in the discussion in any capacity.”

Chris Evans named Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine

<a href="https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search/?query=byline:%22The%20Associated%20Press%22&amp;mediaType=text&amp;st=keyword&amp;sortOrder=newest">By The Associated Press</a>

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.

— Did you follow all the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgmnKsED-jU">“Don’t Worry Darling”</a>&nbsp;fuss and forget to watch the film behind it all? Well, don’t worry, darling, Olivia Wilde’s mid-century styled psychological thriller be streaming on HBO Max starting Monday. For those who’ve managed to stay blissfully unaware of spit-gate and salad dressing and “Miss Flo,” Wilde’s film takes us into a planned community in the desert, where the martinis flow, the women clean and the men go off to work during the day. But Alice (Florence Pugh) starts seeing cracks in her seemingly perfect life with Jack (Harry Styles) and starts asking questions about the mysterious company he works for, run by an enigmatic leader played by Chris Pine. In his review, AP Film Writer Jake Coyle wrote that “’Don’t Worry Darling’ is&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/don%27t-worry-darling-venice-film-festival-reviews-entertainment-movies-festivals-0278c542f8b9d65590c6abe0c23917cb">“ultimately neither worthy of all the off-screen fuss nor quite the on-screen disappointment it’s been made out to be.”</a>

— Film critic and historian Elvis Mitchell looks at the history of Black cinema and “a group of artists who changed the culture forever” with the landmark films of the 1970s in a new Netflix documentary,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElWKkC0h42w">“Is That Black Enough For You?!?”</a>&nbsp;streaming Friday. Using clips from over 100 films and new interviews from the likes of Harry Belafonte, Samuel L. Jackson, Laurence Fishburne, Whoopi Goldberg and Zendaya, Mitchell looks at the impact of Black voices, creators and actors on cinema and makes the case that blaxploitation wasn’t just a niche moment, but as influential and important as what the new generation of white, male filmmakers were making in the '70s. Also arriving on Netflix on Saturday is the adaptation of “Where the Crawdads Sing” and, on Thursday, the Lindsay Lohan rom-com “Falling for Christmas.”

— Disney+ gets one of the best documentaries of the year starting Friday, in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMArx64RBO4">“Fire of Love”</a>&nbsp;about Katia and Maurice Krafft, French, celebrity volcanologists who died on Japan’s Mount Unzen in 1991. Sara Dosa’s experimental documentary about a strange love triangle between man, woman and volcano is compiled from hundreds of hours of the Krafft’s wildly cinematic footage of their explorations. Dosa drew on the aesthetics of French New Wave films to help inform the tone and style of the film, including playful split screens and zooms. They leaned into the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/film-reviews-entertainment-fires-78125ef91c92589d56bf888a0dabb1b0">absurdity and profundity of the story</a>&nbsp;with a “deadpan curious” narration by Miranda July and an original “retro-futuristic” score from Nicolas Godin of the French music duo Air.

—&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/ldbahr?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr</a>

— Bruce Springsteen takes on the Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes, Frankie Wilson, Jimmy Ruffin and other soul legends in an album of cover songs due out Friday. The disc “Only the Strong Survive” is named for the Jimmy Butler song, among the 15 other covers. Among the songs he tackles are&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsTKEQzLkmw">the Commodores’ “Nightshift,”</a>&nbsp;The Walker Brothers’ “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore and the Four Tops’ “When She Was My Girl.” The disc arrives three months before the beginning of his tour with the E Street Band.

— Louis Tomlinson seems to be in an optimistic mood judging from the title of his sophomore album, “’Faith in the Future.” It’s the former One Direction member’s first album since 2020′s “Walls” and the first single&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ece21themfE">“Bigger Than Me”</a>&nbsp;has a massive pop hook. Tomlinson says the goal is “to produce a collection of songs befitting an anthemic live show.” Another single,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LICLY1c7c6o">“Out Of My System,”</a>&nbsp;has a darker, more hard rock vibe with the lyrics “Demons, I’m takin’ all of my demons/ Putting them where I won’t see them/ ’Cause I just wanna feel alive.”

— Morris Day, lead singer of The Time, is calling time. His fifth solo album, “Last Call,” will be his last, he says, and he’s brought some friends along to say goodbye. ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons appears on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5KYlLGmOL4">“Too Much Girl 4 Me,”</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8BugNQWNvM">“Grown Man”</a>&nbsp;features Big Daddy Kane and “Use to Be the Playa” has Snoop Dogg aboard. Other guests include E40, Flo-Rida, Tech N9ne and Trinidad James. Day rose to prominence in the 1980s as the leader of The Time, a band put together by Prince, who released several classic albums and singles, including “Jungle Love, “777-9311” and “The Bird.”

—&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/KennedyTwits">AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy</a>

— Road trip! The proprietors of the World Famous Gold &amp; Silver Pawn Shop are heading out from their “Pawn Stars” Las Vegas home base for The History Channel's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-mFhI-47w">“Pawn Stars Do America.”</a>&nbsp;Father-son shop owners Rick Harrison and Corey Harrison and pal Austin “Chumlee” Russell visit eight states in the eight-part series, debuting Wednesday. Stops include Austin, Texas; Denver; and Savannah, Georgia. Among the finds: a letter from George Washington, shield of French King Henry II and a signed Yousuf Karsh photo of Ernest Hemingway.

— Dan Levy of Emmy-winning “Schitt's Creek” fame is serving up a change of pace with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BqyG3iiqeE">“The Big Brunch,”</a>&nbsp;a cooking competition he created and hosts. The HBO Max series, debuting with the first three of its eight episodes on Thursday, aims to tout “inspiring and undiscovered culinary voices" from across the country. Ten chefs vying for a $300,000 prize will be judged by Levy — who calls brunch “the ultimate connector” — along with chef Sohla El-Waylly and restaurateur Will Guidara.

— In Netflix's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmcsV8_BefI">“The English,”</a>&nbsp;aristocratic foreigner Lady Cornelia Locke and Eli Whipp, a Native American ex-cavalry scout, join forces in a perilous trek across 1890 America to reach a fledgling Wyoming town that's no safe haven — it's beset by murders. Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer star in what's described both as an epic chase Western and a “parable on race, power and love.” The series, with an ensemble cast including Stephen Rea, Valerie Pachner, Toby Jones and Ciarán Hinds, debuts Friday.

— Kratos, the surly, tattooed protagonist of Sony’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/god-of-war-ragnarok/">“God of War: Ragnarok,”</a>&nbsp;is more complicated than your average slab of beefcake. Sure, he’d like nothing more than to plant his axe in the skull of any Norse deity who crosses his path. On the other hand, he wants to protect his teenage boy, Atreus, who’s trying to get a grip on his own supernatural talents. Along with their pal Mimir — the disembodied head of “the smartest man alive” — they set out on an odyssey spanning multiple dimensions. The 2018 “God of War” reboot did a remarkable job blending bone-crushing battles with eye-popping exploration, and “Ragnarok” promises even more of both. It comes out Wednesday for PlayStation 5 and 4.

— It’s been five years since the last video game starring Sonic the Hedgehog, but the spiky blue speed demon has become a movie star in the meantime, headlining two hit features. Sega is hoping that momentum carries over to&nbsp;<a href="https://frontiers.sonicthehedgehog.com/">“Sonic Frontiers.”</a>&nbsp;Producers are pitching it as the first “open-world” adventure in the series, promising Sonic will be able to explore its vast islands in every direction while still maintaining the high-octane thrills fans have enjoyed since 1991. We’ll see if that formula works when Sonic returns Tuesday on PlayStation 5 and 4, Xbox X/S and One, Switch and PC.

—&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/lkesten">Lou Kesten</a>

<a href="https://newsroom.ap.org/home/search/?query=byline:%22The%20Associated%20Press%22&amp;mediaType=text&amp;st=keyword&amp;sortOrder=newest">By The Associated Press</a>Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.MOVIES— Did you follow all the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgmnKsED-jU">“Don’t Worry Darling”</a>&nbsp;fuss and forget to watch the film behind it all? Well, don’t worry, darling, Olivia Wilde’s mid-century styled psychological thriller be streaming on HBO Max starting Monday. For those who’ve managed to stay blissfully unaware of spit-gate and salad dressing and “Miss Flo,” Wilde’s film takes us into a planned community in the desert, where the martinis flow, the women clean and the men go off to work during the day. But Alice (Florence Pugh) starts seeing cracks in her seemingly perfect life with Jack (Harry Styles) and starts asking questions about the mysterious company he works for, run by an enigmatic leader played by Chris Pine. In his review, AP Film Writer Jake Coyle wrote that “’Don’t Worry Darling’ is&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/don%27t-worry-darling-venice-film-festival-reviews-entertainment-movies-festivals-0278c542f8b9d65590c6abe0c23917cb">“ultimately neither worthy of all the off-screen fuss nor quite the on-screen disappointment it’s been made out to be.”</a>— Film critic and historian Elvis Mitchell looks at the history of Black cinema and “a group of artists who changed the culture forever” with the landmark films of the 1970s in a new Netflix documentary,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElWKkC0h42w">“Is That Black Enough For You?!?”</a>&nbsp;streaming Friday. Using clips from over 100 films and new interviews from the likes of Harry Belafonte, Samuel L. Jackson, Laurence Fishburne, Whoopi Goldberg and Zendaya, Mitchell looks at the impact of Black voices, creators and actors on cinema and makes the case that blaxploitation wasn’t just a niche moment, but as influential and important as what the new generation of white, male filmmakers were making in the '70s. Also arriving on Netflix on Saturday is the adaptation of “Where the Crawdads Sing” and, on Thursday, the Lindsay Lohan rom-com “Falling for Christmas.”— Disney+ gets one of the best documentaries of the year starting Friday, in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMArx64RBO4">“Fire of Love”</a>&nbsp;about Katia and Maurice Krafft, French, celebrity volcanologists who died on Japan’s Mount Unzen in 1991. Sara Dosa’s experimental documentary about a strange love triangle between man, woman and volcano is compiled from hundreds of hours of the Krafft’s wildly cinematic footage of their explorations. Dosa drew on the aesthetics of French New Wave films to help inform the tone and style of the film, including playful split screens and zooms. They leaned into the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/film-reviews-entertainment-fires-78125ef91c92589d56bf888a0dabb1b0">absurdity and profundity of the story</a>&nbsp;with a “deadpan curious” narration by Miranda July and an original “retro-futuristic” score from Nicolas Godin of the French music duo Air.—&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/ldbahr?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr</a>MUSIC— Bruce Springsteen takes on the Four Tops, Temptations, Supremes, Frankie Wilson, Jimmy Ruffin and other soul legends in an album of cover songs due out Friday. The disc “Only the Strong Survive” is named for the Jimmy Butler song, among the 15 other covers. Among the songs he tackles are&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsTKEQzLkmw">the Commodores’ “Nightshift,”</a>&nbsp;The Walker Brothers’ “The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore and the Four Tops’ “When She Was My Girl.” The disc arrives three months before the beginning of his tour with the E Street Band.— Louis Tomlinson seems to be in an optimistic mood judging from the title of his sophomore album, “’Faith in the Future.” It’s the former One Direction member’s first album since 2020′s “Walls” and the first single&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ece21themfE">“Bigger Than Me”</a>&nbsp;has a massive pop hook. Tomlinson says the goal is “to produce a collection of songs befitting an anthemic live show.” Another single,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LICLY1c7c6o">“Out Of My System,”</a>&nbsp;has a darker, more hard rock vibe with the lyrics “Demons, I’m takin’ all of my demons/ Putting them where I won’t see them/ ’Cause I just wanna feel alive.”— Morris Day, lead singer of The Time, is calling time. His fifth solo album, “Last Call,” will be his last, he says, and he’s brought some friends along to say goodbye. ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons appears on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5KYlLGmOL4">“Too Much Girl 4 Me,”</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8BugNQWNvM">“Grown Man”</a>&nbsp;features Big Daddy Kane and “Use to Be the Playa” has Snoop Dogg aboard. Other guests include E40, Flo-Rida, Tech N9ne and Trinidad James. Day rose to prominence in the 1980s as the leader of The Time, a band put together by Prince, who released several classic albums and singles, including “Jungle Love, “777-9311” and “The Bird.”—&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/KennedyTwits">AP Entertainment Writer Mark Kennedy</a>TELEVISION— Road trip! The proprietors of the World Famous Gold &amp; Silver Pawn Shop are heading out from their “Pawn Stars” Las Vegas home base for The History Channel's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC-mFhI-47w">“Pawn Stars Do America.”</a>&nbsp;Father-son shop owners Rick Harrison and Corey Harrison and pal Austin “Chumlee” Russell visit eight states in the eight-part series, debuting Wednesday. Stops include Austin, Texas; Denver; and Savannah, Georgia. Among the finds: a letter from George Washington, shield of French King Henry II and a signed Yousuf Karsh photo of Ernest Hemingway.— Dan Levy of Emmy-winning “Schitt's Creek” fame is serving up a change of pace with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BqyG3iiqeE">“The Big Brunch,”</a>&nbsp;a cooking competition he created and hosts. The HBO Max series, debuting with the first three of its eight episodes on Thursday, aims to tout “inspiring and undiscovered culinary voices" from across the country. Ten chefs vying for a $300,000 prize will be judged by Levy — who calls brunch “the ultimate connector” — along with chef Sohla El-Waylly and restaurateur Will Guidara.— In Netflix's&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmcsV8_BefI">“The English,”</a>&nbsp;aristocratic foreigner Lady Cornelia Locke and Eli Whipp, a Native American ex-cavalry scout, join forces in a perilous trek across 1890 America to reach a fledgling Wyoming town that's no safe haven — it's beset by murders. Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer star in what's described both as an epic chase Western and a “parable on race, power and love.” The series, with an ensemble cast including Stephen Rea, Valerie Pachner, Toby Jones and Ciarán Hinds, debuts Friday.— AP Television Writer Lynn ElberVIDEO GAMES— Kratos, the surly, tattooed protagonist of Sony’s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/god-of-war-ragnarok/">“God of War: Ragnarok,”</a>&nbsp;is more complicated than your average slab of beefcake. Sure, he’d like nothing more than to plant his axe in the skull of any Norse deity who crosses his path. On the other hand, he wants to protect his teenage boy, Atreus, who’s trying to get a grip on his own supernatural talents. Along with their pal Mimir — the disembodied head of “the smartest man alive” — they set out on an odyssey spanning multiple dimensions. The 2018 “God of War” reboot did a remarkable job blending bone-crushing battles with eye-popping exploration, and “Ragnarok” promises even more of both. It comes out Wednesday for PlayStation 5 and 4.— It’s been five years since the last video game starring Sonic the Hedgehog, but the spiky blue speed demon has become a movie star in the meantime, headlining two hit features. Sega is hoping that momentum carries over to&nbsp;<a href="https://frontiers.sonicthehedgehog.com/">“Sonic Frontiers.”</a>&nbsp;Producers are pitching it as the first “open-world” adventure in the series, promising Sonic will be able to explore its vast islands in every direction while still maintaining the high-octane thrills fans have enjoyed since 1991. We’ll see if that formula works when Sonic returns Tuesday on PlayStation 5 and 4, Xbox X/S and One, Switch and PC.—&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/lkesten">Lou Kesten</a>

New this week: Bruce Springsteen, 'The Big Brunch' and Sonic

As the holiday season quickly approaches, the Hays Chamber’s
Young Professionals wants to ensure those living in area assisted living
and skilled nursing facilities receive a holiday message.

Starting at 10 am. Nov. 12, the group will host the Holiday
Cheer Community Card Decorating Event at the Hays Public Library, 1205 Main.

“They actually just started this event last year for the
first time,” said Hays Chamber President and CEO Sarah Wasinger. “They really
wanted to find a way to connect with our elderly community who, at that point in
time, through COVID, were still kind of locked down.”

She said the group was able to share “some
extra joy and cheer to some of those folks in those facilities.”

This year, they are inviting the public, young and old, to gather
Saturday to the family-friendly event.

“Even if you're a young professional and you don't have
children, that's OK, you can still come in, find your kid at heart and help
come decorate some cards,” Wasinger said.

Last year, she said, the group decorated around 350 cards.

“That was actually enough cards to give one to every
individual who was in one of our assisted living facilities in Hays,” Wasinger
said. “But they also were able to do some over in Ellis.

“The goal would be to, of course, make sure that we have a
card for every person this year as well,” she added. 

The event will run until the cards are completed, but she
said attendees are welcome to complete more than one card during the day.

Funding for supplies for the event was provided by the Hays
Kiwanis Club.

“You can … make a couple of cards and really just, go crazy,”
Wasinger said. “We have a lot of different supplies that we purchased last week,
and they'll have all the cards pre-cut. And then really creativity just gets to
kind of take flight, and they can kind of just do whatever they want to do.”

Light snacks and refreshments will be served during the
event.

Along with the card-decorating event, Wasinger said the Hays
Young Professionals frequently work to create family-friendly events for Ellis
County residents.

“They just do a great job,” she said. “For those who may not
be familiar with the Hays Young Professionals, they are a group of 21 to 40
years of age … but so if you have not engaged with them, this would be a great
event to just kind of get your feet wet and figure out what they're all about.”

The YP group also has connection lunches — usually the third
Tuesday of every month excluding November and December.

“They also have different social hours to where you can kind
of engage and connect with folks,” Wasinger said.

“They've got a couple of different committees as well,” she
continued. “There's a Networking and Engagement Committee that focuses
on creating events such as these to give the folks a chance to
come out and meet other young professionals, but also just really be able to
kind of get involved in the business community. And then they also have a Membership
Development committee that focuses on giving opportunities for leadership ... (and) providing professional development.”

Along with the committees, leadership is comprised of
the Advisory Council.

“They meet once a month, and they the ones who
help set the policy for the group and ... approve
different events or anything new that is going on,” Wasinger said. “We
absolutely love them. They are such a champion for our chamber.

“And really, it's a great place to get started. If
you're not familiar with being a part of the chamber, come in as a young
professional ... get your feet wet, and then see what else
there is to take advantage of what the events that the chamber has throughout
the year.”

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 <figcaption></figcaption>
 </figure>By JAMES BELL Hays PostAs the holiday season quickly approaches, the Hays Chamber’s
Young Professionals wants to ensure those living in area assisted living
and skilled nursing facilities receive a holiday message.Starting at 10 am. Nov. 12, the group will host the Holiday
Cheer Community Card Decorating Event at the Hays Public Library, 1205 Main.“They actually just started this event last year for the
first time,” said Hays Chamber President and CEO Sarah Wasinger. “They really
wanted to find a way to connect with our elderly community who, at that point in
time, through COVID, were still kind of locked down.”<div><iframe title="Hays Young Professionals to share holiday cheer with card decorating even" allowtransparency="true" height="300" width="100%" style="border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" scrolling="no" data-name="pb-iframe-player" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?i=is4xt-13095d8-pb&from=pb6admin&square=1&share=1&download=1&rtl=0&fonts=Arial&skin=3267a3&font-color=auto&logo_link=podcast_page&btn-skin=3267a3&size=300" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>She said the group was able to share “some
extra joy and cheer to some of those folks in those facilities.”This year, they are inviting the public, young and old, to gather
Saturday to the family-friendly event.“Even if you're a young professional and you don't have
children, that's OK, you can still come in, find your kid at heart and help
come decorate some cards,” Wasinger said.Last year, she said, the group decorated around 350 cards.“That was actually enough cards to give one to every
individual who was in one of our assisted living facilities in Hays,” Wasinger
said. “But they also were able to do some over in Ellis.“The goal would be to, of course, make sure that we have a
card for every person this year as well,” she added. The event will run until the cards are completed, but she
said attendees are welcome to complete more than one card during the day.Funding for supplies for the event was provided by the Hays
Kiwanis Club.“You can … make a couple of cards and really just, go crazy,”
Wasinger said. “We have a lot of different supplies that we purchased last week,
and they'll have all the cards pre-cut. And then really creativity just gets to
kind of take flight, and they can kind of just do whatever they want to do.”Light snacks and refreshments will be served during the
event.Along with the card-decorating event, Wasinger said the Hays
Young Professionals frequently work to create family-friendly events for Ellis
County residents.“They just do a great job,” she said. “For those who may not
be familiar with the Hays Young Professionals, they are a group of 21 to 40
years of age … but so if you have not engaged with them, this would be a great
event to just kind of get your feet wet and figure out what they're all about.”The YP group also has connection lunches — usually the third
Tuesday of every month excluding November and December.“They also have different social hours to where you can kind
of engage and connect with folks,” Wasinger said.“They've got a couple of different committees as well,” she
continued. “There's a Networking and Engagement Committee that focuses
on creating events such as these to give the folks a chance to
come out and meet other young professionals, but also just really be able to
kind of get involved in the business community. And then they also have a Membership
Development committee that focuses on giving opportunities for leadership ... (and) providing professional development.”Along with the committees, leadership is comprised of
the Advisory Council.“They meet once a month, and they the ones who
help set the policy for the group and ... approve
different events or anything new that is going on,” Wasinger said. “We
absolutely love them. They are such a champion for our chamber.“And really, it's a great place to get started. If
you're not familiar with being a part of the chamber, come in as a young
professional ... get your feet wet, and then see what else
there is to take advantage of what the events that the chamber has throughout
the year.”

🎙 Hays Young Professionals will share holiday cheer at card decorating event

HOUSTON — Fans were celebrating the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/houston-astros-world-series-champions-phillies-af94071eece8c17cb91322a0bd398cd9">Houston Astros' World Series</a> win with a downtown parade on Monday.

Houston
 Mayor Sylvester Turner said he encouraged fans coming to the victory 
parade to “arrive early, wear Astros' colors, be loud and celebrate 
safely.” The parade started at noon.

Yordan Alvarez hit a towering
 three-run homer and the Astros clinched their second World Series title
 in six seasons on Saturday, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in 
Game 6.

The city said in a news release that the downtown <a href="https://apnews.com/article/parades-ap-top-news-baseball-houston-george-springer-2685ff95965d4e178480bceafea3166f">parade after the Astros' 2017 win</a> brought in about 1 million people, and organizers expected about that many people to attend Monday's parade.

Saturday's win gave the Astros' <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dusty-baker-world-series-most-games-bb60066be88e056332df1bb637b77d7f">73-year-old manager Dusty Baker</a> his first title in 25 seasons as a manager, the last three in Houston.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1667851581822.jpeg" alt="Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, foreground, a prolific Texas gambler, and the Houston Astros players gather before a victory parade for the Houston Astros' World Series baseball championship Monday in Houston. (AP Photo/David Phillip)" />
 <figcaption>Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale, foreground, a prolific Texas gambler, and the Houston Astros players gather before a victory parade for the Houston Astros' World Series baseball championship Monday in Houston. (AP Photo/David Phillip)</figcaption>
 </figure>Associated PressHOUSTON — Fans were celebrating the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/houston-astros-world-series-champions-phillies-af94071eece8c17cb91322a0bd398cd9">Houston Astros' World Series</a> win with a downtown parade on Monday.Houston
 Mayor Sylvester Turner said he encouraged fans coming to the victory 
parade to “arrive early, wear Astros' colors, be loud and celebrate 
safely.” The parade started at noon.Yordan Alvarez hit a towering
 three-run homer and the Astros clinched their second World Series title
 in six seasons on Saturday, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 in 
Game 6.The city said in a news release that the downtown <a href="https://apnews.com/article/parades-ap-top-news-baseball-houston-george-springer-2685ff95965d4e178480bceafea3166f">parade after the Astros' 2017 win</a> brought in about 1 million people, and organizers expected about that many people to attend Monday's parade.Saturday's win gave the Astros' <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dusty-baker-world-series-most-games-bb60066be88e056332df1bb637b77d7f">73-year-old manager Dusty Baker</a> his first title in 25 seasons as a manager, the last three in Houston.

Fans celebrate Houston Astros' World Series win with parade

&nbsp;By LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press

Jimmy Kimmel is ready to host the Oscars again, completing a trilogy 
that started with him presiding over the chaotic “envelope-gate" 
ceremony.

The late-night talk show host will preside over the ceremony in March, the show’s producers said Monday.

“We’re
 super thrilled to have Jimmy score his hat trick on this global stage,”
 executive producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner said
 in a joint statement. “We know he will be funny and ready for 
anything!”

Kimmel has hosted the show twice before, in 2017, when he managed the chaotic final moments in which the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/62158a8bf146420784f738fefd9505fe">wrong best picture winner was called</a>, and then the next year, which came just months into the #MeToo reckoning.

“Being
 invited to host the Oscars for a third time is either a great honor or a
 trap,” Kimmel said. “Either way, I am grateful to the academy for 
asking me so quickly after everyone good said no.”

After the 90th 
Oscars in 2018, which Kimmel hosted to generally positive reviews, the 
Academy Awards went without a host until the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-oscars-show-9a69424884de11649b68a12a284353a1">94th ceremony earlier this year</a> when Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes shared the stage.

“Jimmy
 is the perfect host to help us recognize the incredible artists and 
films of our 95th Oscars,” added academy CEO Bill Kramer and academy 
President Janet Yang. “His love of movies, live TV expertise, and 
ability to connect with our global audiences will create an 
unforgettable experience for our millions of viewers worldwide.”

Molly
 McNearney, who is the co-head writer and executive producer of “Jimmy 
Kimmel Live!” and is married to Kimmel, will also serve as an executive 
producer <a href="https://oscars.org/">on the Oscars broadcast.</a> Ratings have been a bit a of a rollercoaster for the esteemed Hollywood awards show. The 94th Oscars was an <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-oscars-ratings-ed962eb7824c0d994e8a86b15d69abbd">improvement with 15.36 million viewers</a>, but that was also in comparison to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-arts-and-entertainment-entertainment-academy-awards-television-d17308440bfa7388a2d21ca8c2d7fee8">previous year’s record low</a>, which befell many COVID-modified awards shows. As always ratings will be paramount for broadcaster ABC.

“Having
 Jimmy Kimmel return to host the Oscars is a dream come true. As we see 
every night on his own show, Jimmy can handle anything with both heart 
and humor, and we know that he will deliver the laughs and celebratory 
moments that define the Oscars,” said Craig Erwich, president of ABC 
Entertainment, Hulu &amp; Disney Branded Television Streaming Originals.
 “We love being the home of Hollywood’s biggest night and can’t wait to 
toast the success of this year’s cinema and storytelling.”

This 
next event is a landmark anniversary year for the show, and the first to
 follow The Slap, in which Will Smith struck presenter Chris Rock on 
stage. Smith, who went on to win best actor that night, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/will-smith-oscars-ban-664346ac2d2441939764f35be2d8026b">was banned from the Oscars for 10 years as a result</a>. The organization's leadership has said that they'd like to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/chris-rock-entertainment-movies-will-smith-7eb32aa3cb65a1deecdbfcabebc4d8b8">move on from the slap</a> and focus on a ceremony that celebrates cinema.

The
 95th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 12 at the Dolby Theatre in 
Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on ABC in more than 200 
territories worldwide.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1667851376804.jpeg" alt="Associated Press graphic" />
 <figcaption>Associated Press graphic</figcaption>
 </figure>&nbsp;By LINDSEY BAHR Associated PressJimmy Kimmel is ready to host the Oscars again, completing a trilogy 
that started with him presiding over the chaotic “envelope-gate" 
ceremony.The late-night talk show host will preside over the ceremony in March, the show’s producers said Monday.“We’re
 super thrilled to have Jimmy score his hat trick on this global stage,”
 executive producers and showrunners Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner said
 in a joint statement. “We know he will be funny and ready for 
anything!”Kimmel has hosted the show twice before, in 2017, when he managed the chaotic final moments in which the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/62158a8bf146420784f738fefd9505fe">wrong best picture winner was called</a>, and then the next year, which came just months into the #MeToo reckoning.“Being
 invited to host the Oscars for a third time is either a great honor or a
 trap,” Kimmel said. “Either way, I am grateful to the academy for 
asking me so quickly after everyone good said no.”After the 90th 
Oscars in 2018, which Kimmel hosted to generally positive reviews, the 
Academy Awards went without a host until the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-oscars-show-9a69424884de11649b68a12a284353a1">94th ceremony earlier this year</a> when Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes shared the stage.“Jimmy
 is the perfect host to help us recognize the incredible artists and 
films of our 95th Oscars,” added academy CEO Bill Kramer and academy 
President Janet Yang. “His love of movies, live TV expertise, and 
ability to connect with our global audiences will create an 
unforgettable experience for our millions of viewers worldwide.”Molly
 McNearney, who is the co-head writer and executive producer of “Jimmy 
Kimmel Live!” and is married to Kimmel, will also serve as an executive 
producer <a href="https://oscars.org/">on the Oscars broadcast.</a> Ratings have been a bit a of a rollercoaster for the esteemed Hollywood awards show. The 94th Oscars was an <a href="https://apnews.com/article/2022-oscars-ratings-ed962eb7824c0d994e8a86b15d69abbd">improvement with 15.36 million viewers</a>, but that was also in comparison to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/health-arts-and-entertainment-entertainment-academy-awards-television-d17308440bfa7388a2d21ca8c2d7fee8">previous year’s record low</a>, which befell many COVID-modified awards shows. As always ratings will be paramount for broadcaster ABC.“Having
 Jimmy Kimmel return to host the Oscars is a dream come true. As we see 
every night on his own show, Jimmy can handle anything with both heart 
and humor, and we know that he will deliver the laughs and celebratory 
moments that define the Oscars,” said Craig Erwich, president of ABC 
Entertainment, Hulu &amp; Disney Branded Television Streaming Originals.
 “We love being the home of Hollywood’s biggest night and can’t wait to 
toast the success of this year’s cinema and storytelling.”This 
next event is a landmark anniversary year for the show, and the first to
 follow The Slap, in which Will Smith struck presenter Chris Rock on 
stage. Smith, who went on to win best actor that night, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/will-smith-oscars-ban-664346ac2d2441939764f35be2d8026b">was banned from the Oscars for 10 years as a result</a>. The organization's leadership has said that they'd like to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/chris-rock-entertainment-movies-will-smith-7eb32aa3cb65a1deecdbfcabebc4d8b8">move on from the slap</a> and focus on a ceremony that celebrates cinema.The
 95th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 12 at the Dolby Theatre in 
Los Angeles and will be broadcast live on ABC in more than 200 
territories worldwide.

Jimmy Kimmel to host Oscars again: 'Great honor or a trap'

By JOSH WOODS <a href="https://theconversation.com/pickleballs-uphill-climb-to-mainstream-success-193052">The Conversation</a>

Most newer sports are hybrids of older ones, and pickleball is no 
exception. The progeny of tennis, badminton and pingpong, pickleball is 
played by singles or doubles teams who hit a ball back and forth over a 
3-foot-high net until one opponent commits a fault.

In 1965, the <a href="https://usapickleball.org/what-is-pickleball/history-of-the-game/">inventors of pickleball</a> played with what they had – a repurposed badminton setup, pingpong paddles and a perforated plastic ball.

Today’s <a href="https://usapickleball.org/about-us/organizational-docs/pickleball-fact-sheet/">4.8 million</a> American pickleballers have much more to play with: In the U.S. there are <a href="https://usapickleball.org/about-us/organizational-docs/pickleball-fact-sheet/">38,140</a> courts, <a href="https://www.si.com/sports-illustrated/2022/05/24/pickleball-fastest-growing-sport-daily-cover">300</a> manufacturers of pickleball equipment and
<a href="https://usapickleball.org/get-involved/pickleball-clubs/">hundreds</a> of grassroots clubs.

There’s been a good amount of speculation about the explosion of 
pickleball’s popularity. But now the sport seems poised to burst into 
the mainstream, with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/sports/major-league-pickleball.html">Lebron James</a> and other luminaries of the NBA and NFL recently announcing large investments in the professional circuit.

Still, the young sport is not immune to growing pains. As I argue in my book “<a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-76457-9">Emerging Sports as Social Movements</a>,”
 the popularity of some fledgling sports may seem self-evident in 
splashy headlines. But their less visible social undercurrents 
ultimately shape whether they’ll continue to attract new players and 
fans.

For an organized sport to grow, it needs structure – a common set of 
rules, rankings, equipment standards, scheduled events and a sense of 
identity that can unite players and fans.

At present, pickleball’s social fabric is spread thin and woven 
together by a network of competing interests. For every headline about 
pickleball’s miraculous growth you can also find stories about conflicts
 and infighting among various leagues and governing bodies, as well as 
between pickleballers and tennis players.

The sport has three professional leagues battling for control of the 
pickleball kingdom. It has two international governing bodies: the 
International Federation of Pickleball and the World Pickleball 
Federation. The lesser lords of pickleball also <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/25/can-pickleball-save-america">feud with tennis players</a> over dual-use courts and plans for expansion in public parks, with reports of “<a href="https://jezebel.com/pickleball-turf-wars-are-the-niche-drama-ravaging-the-c-1849678697">turf wars</a>” and “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/09/20/pickleball-growth-tennis/">a tug-of-war</a>” between the two racket sports.

“<a href="https://www.si.com/sports-illustrated/2022/05/24/pickleball-fastest-growing-sport-daily-cover">Picklebalkanization</a>,” anyone?

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2022/11/1667837607677.jpg" alt="For every headline about pickleball’s miraculous growth, you can also find stories about conflicts and infighting. Image courtesy of Pixabay" />
 <figcaption>For every headline about pickleball’s miraculous growth, you can also find stories about conflicts and infighting. Image courtesy of Pixabay</figcaption>
 </figure>By JOSH WOODS <a href="https://theconversation.com/pickleballs-uphill-climb-to-mainstream-success-193052">The Conversation</a>Most newer sports are hybrids of older ones, and pickleball is no 
exception. The progeny of tennis, badminton and pingpong, pickleball is 
played by singles or doubles teams who hit a ball back and forth over a 
3-foot-high net until one opponent commits a fault.In 1965, the <a href="https://usapickleball.org/what-is-pickleball/history-of-the-game/">inventors of pickleball</a> played with what they had – a repurposed badminton setup, pingpong paddles and a perforated plastic ball. Today’s <a href="https://usapickleball.org/about-us/organizational-docs/pickleball-fact-sheet/">4.8 million</a> American pickleballers have much more to play with: In the U.S. there are <a href="https://usapickleball.org/about-us/organizational-docs/pickleball-fact-sheet/">38,140</a> courts, <a href="https://www.si.com/sports-illustrated/2022/05/24/pickleball-fastest-growing-sport-daily-cover">300</a> manufacturers of pickleball equipment and
<a href="https://usapickleball.org/get-involved/pickleball-clubs/">hundreds</a> of grassroots clubs.There’s been a good amount of speculation about the explosion of 
pickleball’s popularity. But now the sport seems poised to burst into 
the mainstream, with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/03/sports/major-league-pickleball.html">Lebron James</a> and other luminaries of the NBA and NFL recently announcing large investments in the professional circuit.Still, the young sport is not immune to growing pains. As I argue in my book “<a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-76457-9">Emerging Sports as Social Movements</a>,”
 the popularity of some fledgling sports may seem self-evident in 
splashy headlines. But their less visible social undercurrents 
ultimately shape whether they’ll continue to attract new players and 
fans. <h2>Pickleball’s feudal period</h2>For an organized sport to grow, it needs structure – a common set of 
rules, rankings, equipment standards, scheduled events and a sense of 
identity that can unite players and fans.At present, pickleball’s social fabric is spread thin and woven 
together by a network of competing interests. For every headline about 
pickleball’s miraculous growth you can also find stories about conflicts
 and infighting among various leagues and governing bodies, as well as 
between pickleballers and tennis players.The sport has three professional leagues battling for control of the 
pickleball kingdom. It has two international governing bodies: the 
International Federation of Pickleball and the World Pickleball 
Federation. The lesser lords of pickleball also <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/25/can-pickleball-save-america">feud with tennis players</a> over dual-use courts and plans for expansion in public parks, with reports of “<a href="https://jezebel.com/pickleball-turf-wars-are-the-niche-drama-ravaging-the-c-1849678697">turf wars</a>” and “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/09/20/pickleball-growth-tennis/">a tug-of-war</a>” between the two racket sports.“<a href="https://www.si.com/sports-illustrated/2022/05/24/pickleball-fastest-growing-sport-daily-cover">Picklebalkanization</a>,” anyone?Internal squabbles are common in emerging sports movements. Cornhole, disc golf and esports, for instance, have faced <a href="https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-76457-9">similar challenges</a>.
 In some cases, conflict can be a good thing. It may spur innovation. 
But it can also leave some would-be fans, sponsors and players wondering
 whom they should watch, invest in or play for.Compared with traditional racket sports, pickleball is less 
expensive, requires less space and may be more compatible with the aches
 and pains that come with age. And unlike other emerging sports, 
pickleball’s future seems bright. But for now it has more in common with
 <a href="https://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-03781-3.html">French feudalism</a>
 of the ninth century – when territorial disputes were commonplace – 
than a modern unified sport movement headed for the Olympics.<h2>Birds of a feather dink together</h2>If two strangers meet in a bar and happen to share an interest in 
pickleball, they won’t be strangers for long. Shared passion is the glue
 and fuel of emerging sports communities. But the human tendency to bond
 with those who are like us also poses a problem for sports seeking to 
achieve widespread popularity.<a href="https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.soc.27.1.415">Sociological studies</a>
 show that our love of sameness partly explains why our groups and 
social networks tend to be homogeneous, such as male-dominated 
occupations, predominantly white community groups, and friendship 
circles united by a single religion. For grassroots sports, which spread
 through social networks, the sameness problem can limit growth by 
narrowing the flock to those with similar feathers.Pickleball insiders like to talk about the sport’s relatively balanced <a href="https://usapickleball.org/about-us/organizational-docs/pickleball-fact-sheet/">gender ratio</a>,
 which stands at roughly 60% to 70% men and 30% to 40% women. The newest
 professional league, Major League Pickleball, is promoting the sport 
through <a href="https://www.majorleaguepickleball.net/mlp-descriptions">mixed-gender competitions</a>, with teams comprising two men and two women – a unique format in the male-dominated world of pro sports.But grassroots sports sprout from the ground up, and long-term growth
 depends partly on the demographic diversity of core players. Pickleball
 may be trending younger, but one-third of its avid players are of <a href="https://usapickleball.org/about-us/organizational-docs/pickleball-fact-sheet/">retirement age</a>.
 Roughly half the population of pickleball players probably saw the 
Apollo 11 moon landing. Calculating accurate statistics on niche 
communities is difficult, but based on my review of multiple academic 
and <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/02/19/1081257674/americas-fastest-growing-sport-pickleball">journalistic sources</a>,
 pickleballers are predominantly older, white, affluent and suburban. 
For instance, two survey-based studies with large samples estimated the 
proportion of white players at <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31629346/">93.5%</a> and <a href="https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/japa/27/1/article-p28.xml">94.1%</a>.Demographic homogeneity is a tough trend to buck. Of course, some sports, like golf and NASCAR, have expanded their reach <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/02/which-sports-have-the-whitest-richest-oldest-fans/283626/">without solving the sameness problem</a>.
 But given the nation’s reckoning around race and gender, a successful 
push for greater diversity could be the one thing that separates 
pickleball from the crowd of dreamer upstarts.<h2>Will the revolution even need to be televised?</h2>That sports grow when mainstream media pay attention to them seems 
obvious. Increased media coverage from ESPN or CBS attracts more 
participants and consumers, enticing sponsors and fostering stronger 
sport institutions.Yet, as a growth strategy, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/07/24/744775904/cornhole-and-other-less-traditional-sports-gather-more-attention">buying airtime</a>
 on ESPN – which sports like cornhole and ax throwing are doing – may 
provide little more than airy hope. As pickleball strives to expand its 
audience, it faces stiff competition from traditional sports brands like
 the NFL and NBA, as well as emerging brands like esports, mixed martial
 arts, disc golf, cornhole, drone racing, round net, darts and ax 
throwing.With so many options, some sports just won’t make it big. The history
 of emerging sports is filled with booms and busts. Interest in gambling
 sports like jai alai and horse racing has <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/longform/2013/2/28/4036934/jai-alai-sport-in-america-miami">declined tremendously</a> since the late 20th century. ESPN’s X Games popularized alternative sports like <a href="https://www.goskate.com/top/47-facts-about-x-games-skateboarding/">skateboarding</a> in the late 1990s, but some disciplines, like <a href="https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/x-games">street luge</a>, were left behind. Drop “poker” in a <a href="https://trends.google.com/trends">Google Trends</a> search box and you’ll see that the Texas hold ‘em boom lasted for about three years, from 2004 to 2006.The next big thing in sports may not boom at all. Given that younger consumers are <a href="https://www.theringer.com/sports/2021/4/15/22385705/live-sports-streaming-wars-future-industry">migrating to streaming services</a>, the revolution may not be televised to a mass audience but instead will be streamed to die-hard fans. Niche sports like pickleball may have an advantage as sports 
spectatorship fragments. For small sports, a modest audience with slow 
but steady growth could be a recipe for sustainable success. There are 
numerous options for watching pickleball matches, such as YouTube 
channels, livestreams via Facebook, fuboTV, and some coverage on 
broadcast and cable channels, but demand for live coverage <a href="https://www.thedinkpickleball.com/zane-explains-3/">remains modest</a>.Ultimately, with so many shiny new sports to choose from, the winners
 will be determined not by flashy media exposure or top-down commercial 
forces but rather by bottom-up community development. No matter how hot 
the publicity gets around pickleball, the consumer base for watching the
 sport will draw heavily on people who already love playing it. The love
 of any sport has roots in culture – not commerce.If pickleball lives up to the hype, it will do so on the backs of 
volunteers and grassroots organizers who can transform a loose network 
of casual players into an international community of pickleball 
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