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Actors bring Colorado Renaissance Festival to life

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:18:54 GMT

LARKSPUR, Colo. (KDVR) — The Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur is up and running right now, drawing thousands every weekend. While the mountain village, turkey legs and shopping may draw you in, it is the people who make it come to life. The actors, singers and musicians.While the performers look like they are having fun, which they are, it is nevertheless their livelihood. They take what they do seriously.Vanessa Web has been performing at Renaissance fairs for 25 years. "I myself am part of a comedy act. We do have what we call a skeleton script, so I have to get from point A to point B," Webb said. Dive Bar Semiformal? Couples ditch traditional wedding dress codes She has a degree in theater and said she just fell into this gig. "Here’s the fun thing. I’m a trained stage actress. That’s what I was trying to do first, and stage is all about — there is a fourth wall, and they are on the other side of it — but what this does is it completely collapses that wall," Webb said...

What's the hottest temperature recorded in Denver?

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:18:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver hit its first 90-degree day of the year on Tuesday. This is the warmest day of the year so far, but it is still far from setting a record.The hottest high temperature on record for Denver is also the hottest temperature ever recorded in Denver.Most recently, Denver hit 105 degrees on June 28, 2018. This ties the original record of the hottest day in Denver, set on Aug. 8, 1878. 105 degrees was recorded again on July 20, 2005, and on both June 25-26, 2012.2012 is still the only year on record to hit 105 degrees more than once. 2012 then became the hottest summer ever recorded in Denver, with an average temperature of 76.3 degrees.

Ford, ‘Dial of Destiny’ co-stars talk about bringing Indiana Jones’ final adventure to the big screen

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:18:54 GMT

Harrison Ford is saying goodbye, not to those good looks — he has plenty to spare — but to his days as the iconic character Indiana Jones! Deco’s resident archaeologist, Alex Miranda, has the buried treasure.“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” could be called “Indy and the Tagalongs,” because in this last, very final installment, he’s got some unexpected company — and enemies — but still, a whip and really cool hat.Harrison Ford is wearing that hat again![Indy cracks the whip.]Harrison Ford (as Indiana Jones): “Get back!”But for the last time.Harrison Ford: “I wanted it to deal with the issue of age, of his advancing age, and what age has taken away from his capacity.”In “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.” (Gotta love how dramatic that title is.)Harrison Ford: “I think Indiana Jones is more about the movies than it is about archaeology. It’s about the fun you can have...

Get ready for the next lunar phase at Sunny Side Village Store’s full moon tarot party

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:18:54 GMT

Finding “har-moon-y” is easy at the Sunny Side Village Store in Fort Lauderdale, especially for the next lunar phase that’s happening on July 3.To celebrate, the store is hosting its first-ever tarot party on the full moon, complete with henna, tarot card readings, and some yoga to really get you ready for the next phase of the year.The full moon might not give you the power to turn into a mermaid, or turn you into a werewolf.But at the Sunny Side Village Store in Fort Lauderdale, they’re using the upcoming full moon as a reason to party.Nicole White: “Sunny Side Village Store is a boutique store that’s located on the beach, and we are hosting our first full moon party.”This lunar phase represents the end of a cycle, and the party has a lot of fun things to help you let loose and get in tune with yourself.Nicole White: “People can expect to get their tarot cards read, they can get henna done, they can get a full moon cocktail, they can...

Home away from home: Amanda Seyfried gives tour of her New York City apartment

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:18:54 GMT

Nothing says home sweet home like adding your own personal touch to a space, and when you’re a celeb, you probably have a little more space to work with than the average Joe.Tonight, we’re getting a look inside of Amanda Seyfried’s New York City pad.Amanda Seyfried: “Hi, [Architectural Digest]. I’m Amanda Seyfried, and this is my New York City apartment, and I’d love to show it to you.”Amanda Seyfried: “What I wanted here was something that felt natural, and I just feel so at peace here in the big city, feeling like we’re slightly home.”Amanda Seyfried: “This kitchen is open, very airy, very, very light. Honestly, I don’t know what this is, but my husband wanted it, never used it.”Amanda Seyfried: “We use this space wisely. We use this space more than any other space because it’s the TV room. I’ll be honest, we never close these. I only closed these for you. This guy is essential for watc...

Von der Leyen picks Ivanova as new Bulgarian commissioner

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:18:54 GMT

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has picked Iliana Ivanova as the new Bulgarian commissioner, in charge of innovation, research, culture, education and youth, the same portfolio that was handled by Mariya Gabriel before she returned to Bulgarian politics.Ivanova, a former MEP and member of the European Court of Auditors, was chosen over Daniel Lorer, a member of the Bulgarian parliament. Ivanova will have to implement the bloc’s R&D program and “enhance the performance of the EU’s research spending and achieve a better impact on the ground,” von der Leyen said.

New CBA details Adam Silver’s ambitious new tournament

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:18:54 GMT

Adam Silver’s ambitious addition to the NBA schedule now has an official set of rules. And it looks just like the international soccer model.The In-Season Tournament was introduced in the new Collective Bargaining Agreement, which was officially signed Wednesday and released to the masses.The tournament, or ‘The IST’ as it’s nicknamed in the CBA, will feature all 30 teams and take place on two designated days per week during the first two months of the regular season. It begins with a group stage with eight teams advancing to the knockout rounds. The semifinal and final games are at neutral sites. Las Vegas is a leading candidate to host.What’s the incentive?Players on the championship squad receive $500,000 each. Runner-ups get $200,000 apiece. Semifinalists earn $100,000 and quarterfinalists get $50,000.An important detail is that each game, with the exception of the final, also counts as one of the 82 regular-season contests. That addresses the issue...

South defeats the North, 24-7, at the Agganis All-Star Football Classic

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:18:54 GMT

LYNN — Peabody’s Alan Paulino barely got any reps at running back during practice for the Agganis All-Star Football Classic on Wednesday at Manning Field.But when one of his South teammates was ejected early in the third quarter, Paulino got the call to step in and do so he did.The Curry-bound Paulino scored a pair of second-half touchdowns to garner MVP honors and pace the South to a 24-7 win over the North in the 61st edition of the summer classic.“Adrenaline kind of took over there when I had to go in,” Paulino said.It was a hard-hitting affair from the beginning but it was only 10-7 South at the beginning of the third quarter when Peabody’s Jayce Dooley swung the momentum with a huge interception of a Max Ciaramitaro pass. He returned the pick to the North 35.Moments later came a trio of ejections as tempers flared. After things settled down, Shea Lynch hit Peabody teammates Dooley and Colin Ridley to move the ball inside the 10. Paulino got the call on the next play and scored ...

Carman death not suspicious, autopsy

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:18:54 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. — An autopsy has determined that the death of a man awaiting trial on charges of killing his mother off the coast of New England in a scheme to inherit millions of dollars was not suspicious, the New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Wednesday.Nathan Carman, 29, of Vernon, Vermont, was found dead in his cell in a county jail in New Hampshire on June 15. The attorney general’s office does not release the cause and manner in deaths that are not suspicious, according to spokesperson Michael Garrity. The U.S. Marshals Service in Vermont said it will not be releasing the cause of Carman’s death at the request of family.The attorney general’s office confirmed that authorities consider a death to be not suspicious when they’ve determined no one else was involved, or if no crime was committed.Carman pleaded not guilty last year to fraud and first-degree murder in the 2016 death of his mother, Linda Carman, and was scheduled to go on trial i...

NBA, NBAPA complete and sign new CBA that will run through 2029-30 season

Published Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:18:54 GMT

Signed. Sealed. Delivered.The NBA and the NBAPA have completed and signed a new Collective Bargaining Agreement, the two sides announced Wednesday.The 676-page agreement has been shared with all 30 teams. It goes into effect on Saturday and will run through the 2029-30 season.“The National Basketball Association and the National Basketball Players Association announced today that the final long-form version of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement has been completed and signed,” the NBA said in a statement. “The terms of the new CBA had previously been reflected in a shorter-form memorandum of agreement.”The agreement comes less than 48 hours from the start of free agency. The league and players’ association had agreed in principle on a new deal in the early hours of April 1, according to the Associated Press.The two parties then voted separately to approve on a new deal and later worked weeks to complete the writing of the actual agreement.Developing...