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Holiday movie preview: Sweet symphony of Oscar hopefuls, family fare

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:12 GMT

If you write about movies, this is the time of year when you write A LOT about movies, and they’ll continue to snowball into theaters and onto streaming services through the end of the year.There will be time to breathe in January.Now, though, as the fall rush gives way to the early-winter avalanche, we offer this look at much of what’s coming, from Academy Award hopefuls to fanciful films the studios hope will appeal to your whole family around the holidays. (As always, dates are subject to change.)“Leo” — Nov. 21 — Netflix: Adam Sandler’s latest film for the streaming giant is an animated tale set during the last year of elementary school — as seen from the eyes of the class pet. Sandler (“Hotel Transylvania”) voices the titular 74-year-old lizard, who’s been stuck for decades in a Florida classroom with a likewise glassed-in turtle (voiced by Bill Burr). When Leo learns he has but one year to live, he plots his great escape.“G...

Alexander Mattison or Ty Chandler: Will the Vikings make a change at running back?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:12 GMT

It might’ve been the biggest play of the Vikings-Broncos game last weekend.The way the Vikings were moving the ball at that point late in the third quarter, a touchdown almost started to feel inevitable. It seemed as if Minnesota was going to run away with a decisive win for a change. Then running back Alexander Mattison took a handoff on first down and promptly coughed it up.That put the Vikings right back in the meat grinder on their way to a frustrating 21-20 loss to the Denver Broncos.Asked about the fumble in the immediate aftermath, head coach Kevin O’Connell acknowledged it was a pivotal play that had a big impact on the outcome. He has preached the importance of ball security ad nauseam this season, and while the Vikings had managed to rectify the issue for the most part, it reared its ugly head at the worst possible time.“We’ve had some momentum as a football team,” O’Connell said roughly 30 minutes after the loss. “We learned again tonig...

Gophers linebacker Cody Lindenberg returns vs. Wisconsin

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:12 GMT

The Gophers had a key linebacker return against Wisconsin on Saturday, but remained without two running backs.Cody Lindenberg returned from a two-game absence, but tailbacks Darius Taylor and Zach Evans were ruled out pregame.With a “questionable” label, Lindenberg didn’t play the last two games. The all-Big Ten-caliber middle linebacker missed the opening seven games with a leg injury before playing against Michigan State and Illinois and getting hurt again.Taylor missed fifth straight game, while Evans appeared to injure his shoulder in the 37-3 loss to Ohio State last week.Safety Darius Green, who has stared all 11 games this season, was listed as out. He appeared to injure his shoulder against the Buckeyes.Fellow safety Aidan Gousby has missed three straight games; he had his arm in a sling Saturday.Linebacker Maverick Baranowski missed his second straight game. He was injured in the 49-30 loss to Purdue on Nov. 11.Receiver Le’Meke Brockington, who was listed with a season...

Leonard Griggs, former Lambert Airport director, dies at 92

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:12 GMT

ST. LOUIS - Leonard Griggs, a former Air Force colonel and longtime director of the St. Louis Lambert International Airport, died earlier this week at the age of 92. Griggs served as the airport director in nearly two decade-long terms from 1977 to 1987 and 1993 to 2004, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge, current Lambert airport director, tells FOX 2 that Griggs had a significant impact on the operations and federal funding of the airport. "Over the two decades he was there, he fought in Washington for every federal dollar that was there, and it was for the betterment of the airport," said Hamm-Niebruegge. "He really fought to make sure that impact was as best as it could possibly be." Griggs was one of several airport leaders during the time Lambert Airport pushed for growth through a billion-dollar runway known as W1W. Those plans were met with some local opposition, however, leading to nearly 2,000 homes and businesses being forced out of the City o...

Fly found in man's intestines during Missouri colonoscopy

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:12 GMT

MISSOURI - A routine colonoscopy exam in Missouri leads to a bizarre discovery. Doctors recently found an intact fly inside one man's intestines.The American Journal of Gastroenterology shared more about this "mysterious finding" in a new case report published in October. It cites information from the Division of Gastroenterology within the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia. Officials say a 63-year-old patient had no known family history of colon cancer and prepared for the colonoscopy adequately. He was undergoing a normal procedure until doctors reached the transverse colon. Another St. Louis resident loses property via Recorder of Deeds Office At that point, a camera used during the procedure spotted a fully intact fly that appeared to be dead. "The patient was unsure how the fly got into his colon," said the AJG report. The patient reportedly only consumed liquids one day before the colonoscopy and last recalled eating pizza two days before the procedure, ...

Kickin’ It with Kiz: Has Russell Wilson won the right to be Broncos’ QB in 2024 and beyond?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:12 GMT

Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson looks like a winner again. The statistics don’t count, just winning. It was a bad situation for everyone last year, and now Wilson is showing us how good he is.Gerard, driving the bandwagonKiz: We’ve all seen it. DangeRuss can be a robot. By stubbornly shielding the human emotions in his heart, Wilson can make it difficult for teammates or fans to embrace him. But know what? His cold, calculating nature has also helped Wilson and the Broncos recover from an awful 1-5 start to this season. A quarterback who burns too hot might well have let his ego get in the way of the efficient game management in which Wilson sacrifices big passing numbers for the good of Denver’s no-nonsense approach to winning.Wilson has been better than I expected. But I still don’t want him on the team next season, and not much short of a trip to the Super Bowl can change my mind.G.B., watching from CaliKiz: There are no guarantees in life or the NFL. B...

Chatsworth family has $200K worth of valuables stolen while Black Friday shopping 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:12 GMT

A Chatsworth family shopping on Black Friday came home to find $200,000 worth of items stolen from their property. The goods were stolen around 6 p.m. Friday evening from a residence in the 10300 block of Hillview Avenue, according to the homeowner, Alex Perez. During the theft, thieves bear sprayed Perez’s two Pomeranians, he told KTLA. The property stolen from his residence included several luxury watches, 30 to 45 designer handbags, and jewelry. “It’s probably a quarter million dollars worth of items all put together,” Perez said.  Protest outside Israel lobbyist’s Brentwood home being investigated as possible hate crime Video captured by the home’s security cameras shows the suspect’s vehicle parking across the street moments before the break-in occurred. “Someone broke into there,” Perez said, motioning towards his home’s back door. “Then we went outside and saw someone had broken into the garage, and then we came inside and noticed a lot of our...

2 women attempt to rob Sunglass Hut, damage products when plan is foiled 

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:12 GMT

An attempted robbery of a sunglasses store in Corona did not turn out as expected for two suspects. Two women entered the Sunglass Hut on Cabot Drive in Corona on Nov. 15 with large empty bags and immediately began placing items in their bags without paying for them, according to an Instagram post from the Corona Police Department. Sunglass Hut employees confronted the two thieves as they attempted to steal merchandise and eventually locked them inside the store.  Chatsworth family has $200,000 worth of valuables stolen while Black Friday shopping Upon realizing they were locked in the store, the two suspects, identified as 25-year-old Tajonae Mondy of San Diego and 27-year-old Chavellia McMullen, began dumping the glasses on the ground, damaging most of them. It was later discovered that the two had attempted to steal over $18,000 worth of products, the Corona Police Department said.Responding officers arrested Mondy and McMullen on charges of retail theft, grand theft...

Mother arrested at shopping mall after 9-year-old’s death

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:12 GMT

Police are investigating after a 9-year-old girl was found dead in Westminster on Friday.Officers responded to calls for a welfare check at a home on the 14100 Block of Goldenwest Street around 12:04 p.m.A concerned family member had contacted officers to conduct the welfare check, according to the Westminster Police Department.Officers eventually forced their way into the home where they discovered the young girl with “obvious signs of trauma,” police said.There was no one else inside the residence at the time. Investigators later identified the girl's mother, Khadiyjah Pendergraph, as a person of interest in her murder. 6 juveniles detained after shooting at Northridge mall Pendergraph was located at a shopping center in Aliso Viejo where she was taken into custody. She was booked at the Orange County Jail on murder charges.Authorities said there are no more suspects at this time and the case “appears to be an isolated incident.”“While police officers are exposed to tragedi...

Oregon State loses Jonathan Smith: Our candidate list for the Beavers as their search begins and uncertainty swirls

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:46:12 GMT

The prodigal son is gone. Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith accepted Michigan State’s contract offer on Saturday, one day after his alma mater suffered a season-ending loss to Oregon that felt funereal on multiple levels:— Their last regular-season game in the Pac-12.— Their last scheduled rivalry game against the Ducks.— Their last game with Smith on the sideline.This is not a gut punch, folks. It’s a right cross to an exposed jaw as the Beavers scramble to secure their future following the implosion of the Pac-12. Is Oregon State rebuilding the conference? Will it eventually join the Mountain West? How deep are the resources? How thin is the roster?It’s brutal timing in every regard. Candidates for the position will have a slew of questions the school simply cannot answer.That said, we view this as the wrong move for Smith — not because he’s leaving OSU, which is understandable given the uncertainty, but because Michigan State is the...