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“I Feel Pretty” makes a lot of sense on paper. After becoming America’s foremost chronicler of female self-esteem issues through her Emmy- and Peabody-winning Comedy Central sketch series, Amy Schumer finally has the chance to give her tortured public persona a happy ending. An average-looking woman (by Hollywood standards) consumed by the desire to be “undeniably pretty” bonks her head, wakes up believing she’s beautiful and learns that her anxieties about her looks kept her from fully embracing life. Читать дальше...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new report says Mississippi's state-funded preschool program, though small, continues to score well on quality measures. The report, released Wednesday by the National Institute for Early Education Research, says Mississippi's program meets nine of 10 standards set by the institute. Mississippi is spending $4 million this year to finance groups of public and private agencies in 14 communities that provide preschool classes to 4-year-old children. That will increase by $2.5 million in the budget year beginning July 1. Читать дальше...

Josh Brolin plays two iconic characters — Thanos and Cable — in two separate superhero films this summer, but which one does he prefer to play? “Look, I really like doing Cable, and it’s practical,” Brolin told Total Film. “But I think if I was to have a preference, it’d be Thanos, just because my expectation was pretty low, given that I just thought I was a prop. And it was quite the opposite, having seen enough of the movie and realized how cutting edge this technical process is, y’know? I was watching me. Читать дальше...

Fox News employees are divided over the news that Sean Hannity had been named as a client of Donald Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen even as the primetime star downplayed the nature of their professional connection — with one staffer calling the story “a nothing burger” and another suggesting the host may have violated company guidelines. “I’m f—ing livid,” one senior channel staffer told TheWrap Wednesday over Hannity’s failure to disclose the relationship in his on-air discussions about Cohen... Читать дальше...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate's top budgeter is proposing giving public K-12 schools $48 million more next year, which would mean about $50 million less than what House lawmakers approved. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Dan Brown on Wednesday said he wants to take the $50 million in savings and put half toward school busing and transportation. If approved by the committee and full Senate, that would set up a showdown with the House, which voted to put another $98 million toward core K-12 school funding. Читать дальше...

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — Officials say an Ohio inmate who attempted suicide following an assault on a prison guard has died. Ross County Prosecutor Matt Schmidt says inmate Byron Goodrich tried to hang himself in a cell at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville on Sunday after last week's attack on the guard. Schmidt tells The Chillicothe Gazette that Goodrich broke a correctional officer's nose and wrist April 12 at Ross Correctional Institution and was subsequently transferred to Lucasville. Читать дальше...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama legislator, a lobbyist who once led the Alabama Republican Party and a health care executive have pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy charges. Republican state Rep. Jack D. Williams of Vestavia Hills, lobbyist Marty Connors and health executive G. Ford Gilbert of California were arrested earlier this month and charged with conspiracy to commit bribery and mail fraud. The three men pleaded not guilty Wednesday in federal court in Montgomery. A Sept. 4 trial is set, although that could change. Читать дальше...

HOUSTON (AP) — The Latest on former first lady Barbara Bush, who has died at age 92 (all times local): 2:40 p.m. Former President George W. Bush says his mother was joyful and still teasing him the day before she died. Bush spoke warmly of his mother during a leadership forum Wednesday as his presidential library in Dallas. His mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, died a day earlier at her Houston home. She was 92. The 43rd president told the audience that the day before his mother died, he told... Читать дальше...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A new memo in a lawsuit over Kentucky's struggling pension fund says the fund lost public money on more than $1.5 billion in hedge fund investments in recent years, despite advisements that such investments were too risky. The Lexington Herald-Leader reports attorney Ann Oldfather wrote in a memo filed Friday that the defendants made false assurances about the investments to KRS member and taxpayers and didn't publicize losses. Oldfather represents eight public employees who... Читать дальше...

Wheat for May rose 9 cents at 4.7525 a bushel; May corn was up 2.75 cents at 3.83 a bushel; May oats gained 7.25 cents at $2.36 a bushel; while May soybeans was off 4.25 cents at $10.4175 a bushel. Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. April live cattle was up .92 cent at $1.1897 a pound; April feeder cattle rose .03 cent at 1.3875 a pound; while May lean hogs gained 1.95 cents at $.6985 a pound.

Long before we’ve all come to know and love the charming witty multi-hyphenate, Amy Schumer was once an unknown comic longing for her big break. April 16, 2015 Time Magazine names Schumer one of its 100 Most Influential People of 2015. The magazine wrote: “Amy’s got your back. She’s in your corner. She’s an honesty bomb. And she’s coming for you.” December 2, 2016 TheWrap learns that Schumer is in talks to play Barbie in a live-action movie for Sony based on the iconic Mattel line of dolls. Читать дальше...

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Latest on Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial (all times local): 3:35 p.m. A key defense witness says the chief accuser at Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial talked about framing a celebrity before going to police with her allegations in 2005. Marguerite Jackson is testifying Wednesday at Cosby's retrial in suburban Philadelphia. She says Andrea Constand spoke of the plot while they were rooming together on a road trip to Rhode Island with the Temple University women's basketball team. Читать дальше...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Residents sued the tiny Southern California city of Los Alamitos on Wednesday to challenge a vote by elected officials to exempt the community from a state law that limits police collaboration with U.S. immigration authorities. The American Civil Liberties Union and other immigrant rights advocates said the lawsuit was filed in Superior Court in Orange County. It contends the city of 12,000 people cannot choose which state laws to follow and which laws to ignore, and that... Читать дальше...

With “Avengers: Infinity War” a week away, most studios are giving this weekend a wide berth. No studio wants to put out a major release this weekend only to have moviegoers ignore it next week in favor of the most anticipated film of the year. It’s why Warner Bros. moved “Rampage” up to last week after “Avengers” was bumped from May 4 to April 27. Instead, this weekend’s list of wide releases consists of three films that are all expected to open to under $20 million. Analysts who spoke with TheWrap... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Legislature on Wednesday gave final approval to a proposal allowing victims of sexual misconduct to talk to police or testify in a criminal case even if they signed a non-disclosure agreement as part of a civil settlement. The proposal from Republican Rep. Maria Syms of Paradise Valley also bars non-disclosure agreements for public officials who use state cash to settle sexual misconduct complaints. It passed the House on a 59-0 vote Wednesday after earlier unanimous Senate approval and now goes to Gov. Читать дальше...

CHICAGO (AP) — Futures trading on the Chicago Board of Trade Wed.: OpenHighLowSettleChg.WHEAT5,000 bu minimum; cents per bushelMay466¼476465½475¼+9Jul481½490½480½489¼+7¾Sep499½508¼498½507+7¾Dec522¾531¼521¾530½+7¾Mar542¼549542549+8May553558½553558½+8¼Jul552560552560+7½Sep563¼567¾562¼567¾+7¼Dec578¾581¾578¾581¾+7¼Mar587590½586590½+7½May590¼+7½Jul565½573¼565½573¼+7½Est. sales 130,620. Tue.'s sales 142,821Tue.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A western Indiana prosecutor has cleared officers in the fatal shooting of a murder suspect who was involved in a two-day standoff. Vigo County Prosecutor Terry Modesitt said Wednesday the officers were justified in the March 6 killing of 36-year-old Michael R. Reynolds and when an officer shot at him the previous day. The Tribune-Star reports Modesitt says officers knew Reynolds had fatally shot his 40-year-old ex-girlfriend and wounded a man on March 5. Читать дальше...

The J. Paul Getty Museum has hired James A. Ganz as senior curator of photographs. In July, Ganz will leave his current position at San Francisco’s Legion of Honor, where he has served as curator of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts for 10 years. The Getty Museum’s collection of photographs is known across the world for what Ganz, in a phone interview, termed its “tremendous depth and breadth and quality.” Begun in 1984 with the simultaneous acquisition of several of the... Читать дальше...

Leslie Jones and Colin Jost will star in Universal’s “Baby Nurse,” the first film that Lorne Michaels will develop under his new pact with the studio, it was announced Wednesday. “Baby Nurse” will follow a special agent assigned to the most humbling undercover role in the history of the FBI. Written by Austin Winsberg, Michaels will be produce alongside executive producer Jost. On Wednesday, it was announced that Universal Pictures has entered into a first-look production agreement with the Emmy-winning producer and his Broadway Video. Читать дальше...

One woman died and three additional people were injured in a four-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in Oakland, officials said. Few details were released on what led to the crash around 10:30 a.m. near Oakland International Airport, which brought a large law enforcement presence to the area of Doolittle Drive and Langley Street. At least one driver died, according to Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. Oakland police and firefighters also responded to the scene. The other drivers ... Читать дальше...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were: 5-1-0 (five, one, zero)

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers say a Virginia woman who has spent weeks up in trees protesting a natural gas pipeline that would cross her property is being treated inhumanely by authorities, who have cut off her deliveries of food and water. Around a dozen Democratic members of the Virginia House and Senate held a press conference in Richmond to protest authorities' response to the 61-year-old Mountain Valley Pipeline protester. They also raised a host of other concerns about that multistate... Читать дальше...

BERLIN (AP) — Swiss police say 15 people have been injured, one of them seriously, when a bus carrying foreign tourists crashed into a truck on a highway in northern Switzerland. Zurich regional (cantonal) police said the driver of the bus and a travel guide, who was sitting at the front, had to be freed by firefighters. Police said twelve of the tourists were slightly injured while three others were taken to the hospital. Police wouldn't immediately say where the tourists were from. The crash happened Wednesday on a highway near Winterthur... Читать дальше...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After Memphis, Tennessee, removed Confederate statues from city parks last year, the state Senate is moving forward with a $37.5 billion budget that includes no money for the city's upcoming bicentennial celebration. Senators on Wednesday did it without acrimony, unlike the House, where Memphis lawmakers howled in protest when Republican leaders stripped out $250,000 for the celebration of the city's 200th birthday. On Tuesday, the House voted on a last-minute amendment attached... Читать дальше...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska's attorney general is at odds with a legislative attorney over the constitutionality of Gov. Bill Walker's proposal to issue bonds to pay off remaining oil and gas tax credit obligations. Attorney General Jahna Lindemuth says her office carefully reviewed legal issues surrounding the proposal and concluded the plan is lawful. She says there are no constitutional concerns with it. Lindemuth's statement came after Senate Democrats released a memo from a legislative attorney... Читать дальше...