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Axios
a day ago
- Business
- Axios
Houston Public Media faces future without federal funding
Houston Public Media says that any loss of federal funding could affect its ability to continue delivering local news and information to Houstonians. Why it matters: HPM reaches more than 2.7 million people each month across its television, radio and digital platforms. Catch up quick: Congress on Friday voted to cut nearly $1.1 billion in federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) through 2026 and 2027, marking a devastating blow for PBS and NPR. Zoom in: For HPM — which operates NPR affiliate KUHF (88.7 FM) and PBS station KUHT (Channel 8) — federal funds make up $2.2 million annually, or nearly 10% of its yearly operating budget, per the organization. In response, the organization has launched the Resiliency Fund, a $4.4 million campaign to offset the losses over the next two years. The fund aims to safeguard the station's services, including local journalism, educational programming and emergency broadcast alerts. What they're saying:"Public media was created to serve communities first, and that hasn't changed," Lynne Cook, HPM's chief development officer, said in the fund announcement. "Whether it's early education content, live storm coverage or reporting on your local school board, the real impact of these cuts will be felt all across our region. We're asking the community to help preserve something they already own." The organization notes it "has always operated leanly," relying on a mix of community donations, underwriting and federal funding. Popular programming — such as "Morning Edition" and "Wait, Wait... Don't Tell Me!" on the radio, and "NOVA" and "Party Politics" on TV — is costly to license and produce, HPM says. Zoom out: For some vulnerable NPR affiliate stations, CPB funding can make up to 50% of their total budget. Without CPB funding, PBS estimates that roughly 15% of its stations will be unable to operate. The intrigue: While Republicans have made some efforts to defund public media in the past, support for NPR and PBS has historically been considered nonpartisan. The big picture: The cuts are part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to strip funding from public broadcasters.
Scotsman
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
No, Sally can't wait as she gets VIP treatment to celebrate the return of Oasis mania
His career may have taken off at supersonic speed - but before that Noel Gallagher worked as a subcontractor for British Gas. Free weekly newsletter Join our weekly YourWorld newsletter for updates, behind-the-scenes insights from our editors and your chance to shape what's next. Free weekly newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The Oasis superstar, currently on a sold-out comeback tour with brother Liam, even composed some of the band's early hits, including Live Forever, in a company storeroom. With fans old and new singing along to Don't Look Back in Anger, the energy giant has delivered a playful tribute to its famous former employee - and to one of the song's most iconic lyrics. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Anyone named Sally won't have to wait as the company is offering same day VIP engineer support throughout Oasis' tour dates as part of a campaign inspired by the line 'So, Sally can wait.' Definitely Maybe... a British Gas engineer who looks suspiciously like Noel Gallagher is spotted giving Sallys the VIP treatment - because this time, Sally really can't wait. They'll also be in with a chance to win tickets to the Oasis gig at Scottish Gas Murrayfield in Edinburgh, where a Noel Gallagher lookalike has been spotted unveiling a special 'Sally Can't Wait Fast Track Gate'. A spokesperson for British Gas said: 'Whether it's a broken boiler or getting to the gig on time, we're here when it matters most. 'This is a fun way to spotlight the fast, reliable service we offer - including same-day support for urgent issues - while giving a little love to the Sallys of the UK. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Definitely Maybe... a British Gas engineer who looks suspiciously like Noel Gallagher is spotted giving Sallys the VIP treatment - because this time, Sally really can't wait. 'And with Noel having once worked as a subcontractor himself, it felt only right to get him - or at least his British Gas engineer lookalike – involved.' If you're not named Sally, you can still get same day service from British Gas for a boiler breakdown if you call before 11am.
Scotsman
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
No, Sally can't wait as she gets VIP treatment to celebrate the return of Oasis mania
His career may have taken off at supersonic speed - but before that Noel Gallagher worked as a subcontractor for British Gas. Free weekly newsletter Join our weekly YourWorld newsletter for updates, behind-the-scenes insights from our editors and your chance to shape what's next. Free weekly newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The Oasis superstar, currently on a sold-out comeback tour with brother Liam, even composed some of the band's early hits, including Live Forever, in a company storeroom. With fans old and new singing along to Don't Look Back in Anger, the energy giant has delivered a playful tribute to its famous former employee - and to one of the song's most iconic lyrics. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Anyone named Sally won't have to wait as the company is offering same day VIP engineer support throughout Oasis' tour dates as part of a campaign inspired by the line 'So, Sally can wait.' Definitely Maybe... a British Gas engineer who looks suspiciously like Noel Gallagher is spotted giving Sallys the VIP treatment - because this time, Sally really can't wait. They'll also be in with a chance to win tickets to the Oasis gig at Scottish Gas Murrayfield in Edinburgh, where a Noel Gallagher lookalike has been spotted unveiling a special 'Sally Can't Wait Fast Track Gate'. A spokesperson for British Gas said: 'Whether it's a broken boiler or getting to the gig on time, we're here when it matters most. 'This is a fun way to spotlight the fast, reliable service we offer - including same-day support for urgent issues - while giving a little love to the Sallys of the UK. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Definitely Maybe... a British Gas engineer who looks suspiciously like Noel Gallagher is spotted giving Sallys the VIP treatment - because this time, Sally really can't wait. 'And with Noel having once worked as a subcontractor himself, it felt only right to get him - or at least his British Gas engineer lookalike – involved.'
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
From TikTok star to filmmaker: Reece Feldman on the Cannes debut of his short ‘Wait, Your Car?'
'It was quite uncanny,' says Reece Feldman, without a trace of irony, about the Cannes debut of his short film, "Wait, Your Car?" Normally, the digital creator — known to his millions of followers as @guywithamoviecamera — is capturing the work of others. For the first time this spring, he captured his own. 'I tend to be pragmatic and practical by nature,' he tells Gold Derby. 'So it was genuinely something I couldn't have dreamed of because I just don't allow myself to dream that big.' More from Gold Derby Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley ('Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical') on the 'joy of invention' and being Pulitzer finalists [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW] Lucy Moss ('Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical' director) on the show's 'chaotic comedy' But there he was in May, premiering his own 12-minute short in front of an audience of hundreds on the French Riviera, at an event hosted by TikTok. He calls the experience a 'privilege' — and true to form, he was more excited about the technical specs of the debut than anything else. 'It wasn't just hooked up to some HDMI and a laptop — they had new Dolby Surround sound put into their theater, so it was screened by an actual technician who knows how to work a projector properly,' he says. 'As a tech geek, that was wonderful!' Next up, he says, is the plan to take it to more festivals, particularly those he's attended himself as a theatergoer in the past. 'Fingers crossed,' he says. The idea for the film came to him while he was noodling around on a script on a rare day off work. The 'modern day Christine,' as he calls it is about four friends whose friendship is tested when one of them insists her car is trying to kill her. 'I wanted it to be a story that was more about the people than about the fantastical elements, because my favorite movies are ones that are not really investigating the crazy things that happen, but rather are investigating the people which the crazy things happen to,' he says. 'I was like, 'What is the craziest thing that someone could tell me within the realm of reality that I just wouldn't be able to believe?' And it was, if a car came to life, and my friend tried to convince me that their car was alive and just took over.' From there, the production came together quickly — he wrote the film at the end of January, and four months later, he was premiering the finished product. Connections helped, he admits — 'I hit up a bunch of people that I had known just for my life,' he says. He famously got his start as a PA on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and the crew from the show ended up working on the short with him, 'a full circle moment that's amazing,' he says. 'It felt like the end of Mr. Holland's Opus or Big Fish, where everyone from the movie comes back at the end.' That shorthand also allowed him to execute the film the way he wanted it. 'One of my favorite filmmakers, and this is not a hot take, is Steven Spielberg,' he says. 'I was very much at the school of, I don't want this to be shot in a modern way, I don't want this to have very fast cuts. I want it to have the appearance of E.T. and I want it to feel as though this is lived in, and everyone just got it.' Given the amount of time he's spent on set with filmmakers — recent weeks have found him side by side with the likes of Christopher Nolan, for example — he's learned through osmosis. 'I could see what works and what doesn't work, and see how they go about choosing where to place the camera, but also how to talk to how to talk to actors, and when to move on from a setup, when to change like small things that you really can't be taught that you kind of just have to watch and absorb,' he says. 'I would see like someone like a Nolan, the way he carries himself and the way he talks and the way he uses his time preciously. That is something I want to implement. But then I'll see someone like Francis Lawrence on the set of Hunger Games and watching him in real time make decisions, and being like, if we get this shot, then we might not have time for this shot. That's really helpful.' And rest assured: Only one car was destroyed in the making of the film. Thanks to once again, a great connection and a little bit of luck, he was able to source his dream car — a perfect 2002 Honda Accord, which had a clone that was destroyed. A little movie magic, and the effect was accomplished. 'Now when people ask me what I do, I could say that I'm a filmmaker,' says Feldman. 'I tend to be my hardest critic, and at the end of the day, I'm really proud of what I made. And if that's the only thing I ever make, moving forward, I will be proud that I took a chance and got it made.' But more than that, he hopes it inspires others to try as well. 'I would love for people to watch and be like, Hey, I think I can make something. Maybe I can make something better than this,' he says. 'I think that's really cool, that you don't have to go to film school, that you don't have to have a big last name, as long as you have a plan and some people that are willing to help support you along the way.' And there's one more message: 'If your friend says something absurd happened to them, you should believe them.' Best of Gold Derby Everything to know about 'The Batman 2': Returning cast, script finalized Tom Cruise movies: 17 greatest films ranked worst to best 'It was wonderful to be on that ride': Christian Slater talks his beloved roles, from cult classics ('Heathers,' 'True Romance') to TV hits ('Mr. Robot,' 'Dexter: Original Sin') Click here to read the full article.
Irish Independent
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Rising Laois singer embracing country music revival with release of new single
The emotive single released by the 23-year-old via Youngblood Music is one of many traditional songs Alice intends on releasing this summer. Alice grew up in Stradbally and has always had a love for music with her family's interest in the traditional scene and her own involvement in musical theatre. 'I'd listen to anything and the inspiration comes from all over the place but it helps that I was always surrounded by music. Traditional music has always stuck with me through to my own music. 'With the likes of Amble and Kingfisher I think you can see the interest in trad music creeping its way up. 'Country music is having a bit of a revival. I lean into American folk in my music, but there is those traditional Irish music undertones with a banjo thrown in here and there.' Alice debuted last year with her single Wait and has performed live from pub gigs to Electric Picnic in her home town, as well as making international appearances at the Maryland Irish Festival and An Poitin Stil in the US. She blends her influences from her youth with modern music from the likes of Joni Mitchell and Noah Kahan. Alice's music all originates from personal experiences, which she said was 'uncomfortable' to show people when she first started singing live. 'My songbook is like my diary so it's weird to put it out there or play to a room full of people, it's like reading out your diary. 'Definitely when I started out I'd be feeling all the emotions of the songs all over again, but singing live is probably one of my favourite things to do now,' she said. Alice added that the music industry can be hard, but she has support from family and friends in the traditional music scene, along with Darragh O'Connor from Young Blood, and all her team at work in Curtain Call Stage School, Co. Laois. 'The music industry is hard for independent artists and women especially, but if you have the passion and drive, you can find a niche in it with lovely people. I know the scene that I'm in is full of musicians and people who want to uplift you.' Alice's aim is to continue channelling music of the 'people and music of home', no matter where home is for her listeners.
