A course about Taylor Swift’s music and its cultural impact is being taught at New York University’s Clive Davis Institute. According to Variety, students have been studding about the Grammy-winning singer’s legacy of music, song-writing, race in popular music and her youth and girlhood. The course, taught by Rolling Stone’s Brittany Spanos, was started on January 26 and is expected to continue till March 9. The outlet also reported that the All Too Well singer has also been invited as a speaker; however, response to the request is still pending. As per the official description of the course, students are expected to learn to “deconstruct…
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Global icon Priyanka Chopra has landed a role in her next Hollywood film with Marvel famed actor Anthony Mackie, Deadline reported. The Matrix Resurrections actor has reportedly secured a coveted role in Kevin Sullivan’s action film Ending Things and has taken the internet by storm. The media outlet has also shed light upon the storyline of the movie. The upcoming film is about a hit-woman who struggles with her job and personal relationship. “A hit-woman who wants out of the assassin business tells her ‘business’ partner that she’s ending their personal relationship as well. But she comes to realise she doesn’t want to end that…
AUSTIN — The manager of Texas’ power grid took steps Wednesday to prepare for the onslaught of a frigid cold front that will have many parts of Texas below freezing for more than 48 hours. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the manager of Texas’ power grid, issued its strongest advisory Wednesday as North Texas braced for blustery conditions expected to impact much of the state. ERCOT stopped short of issuing any calls for Texans to reduce their use of electricity, instead appearing to use market and regulatory measures to help encourage increased production. To that end, ERCOT submitted a…
A major winter storm is on the way and Southlake officials are reminding residents to remember the 4 P’s: People, pets, plants and pipes. Meanwhile, Carroll ISD has canceled school on Thursday and Friday. Here’s what Southlake residents should know in order to stay safe in the next 48 hours, as the Winter Storm Warning goes into effect. All city offices, including The Marq Champions Club and Legends Hall, the Senior Activity Center, the Southlake Library, the Bob Jones Nature Center and the Tennis Center, will be closed Feb. 3. Trash and recycling services for Thursday are canceled. The following meetings and events have been canceled:…
Two former Dallas County Sheriff’s officers have surrendered their state peace officer licenses after admitting to stealing more than $2,500 worth of appliances from a tornado-stricken Home Depot in 2019. Joseph Bobadilla, 27, and Rebecca Evans, 43, each pleaded guilty Wednesday to a charge of theft by a public servant, a third-degree felony. They both received deferred adjudication probation, meaning they will avoid convictions if they successfully complete the terms of their probations. Bobadilla must serve 45 days in the county jail as part of his four years of probation. Evans was sentenced to two years of probation. Evans was…
Winter Storm Warning is in effect through 6 p.m. Thursday A major winter storm is on track for North Texas tonight and Thursday. Slick and hazardous road conditions will make for dangerous travel. Rain will change to freezing rain throughout the evening as freezing temperatures move into North Texas. This freezing rain will be in the forecast for several hours and could accumulate between 0.10 – 0.50″ on trees and power lines. Sleet will then develop late tonight and Thursday morning before ending as a period of snow. Total sleet and snow accumulations of one to three inches possible across the DFW metro…
A temporary homeless shelter opened at Dallas’ Fair Park on Wednesday ahead of the winter storm as advocates and volunteers spent the day trying to convince people to get out of the cold and stay there before it’s too late. The South Dallas emergency weather shelter will be open through the weekend at the automobile building at Fair Park. Cots were set up at the facility at 1010 First Ave. to accommodate about 1,000 people. Getting people there would be the first step as temperatures are predicted to drop below freezing and rain is expected to freeze and possibly become snow on Thursday, according to…
The body of a Glenn Heights man who had been missing for months was found in a DeSoto creek Tuesday, police said. Bryan Piper, 33, had disappeared from his home in November, his family told police. His body was found near the 700 block of East Pleasant Run Road, DeSoto police said. The Dallas County medical examiner has yet to determine Piper’s cause of death. Police said they believe Piper had been in DeSoto at least some of the time after his disappearance.
City and county governments and hospitals are issuing notices of closures starting Thursday. Here is a current list of closuers due to the winter storm. Dallas County Dallas County offices and courts Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins tweeted that county offices and courts are closed for in-person operations Thursday and Friday. People with jury summons for Feb. 3 and 4 or are currently on a jury do not need to report. Dallas City of Dallas recreation centers will close at 6 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. They are being used as warming stations when open. Parkland clinics Parkland Health announced the…
North Texans spent their Wednesday bracing as a winter storm that rolled into Dallas-Fort Worth was expected to linger for about 48 hours. For the rest of the week, the region will face below-freezing temperatures — although the weather isn’t forecast to be quite as cold as last February’s record-breaking winter storm. The National Weather Service in Fort Worth issued a winter storm warning that lasts until 6 p.m. Thursday. Rain that began as sprinkles in Dallas-Fort Worth on Wednesday afternoon grew heavier into the evening and was giving way to wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain late Wednesday. Power outages, traffic…
