Final day of Mississippi fest canceled after fatal shooting

Selome Hailu The CW has canceled “4400” after one season.A reboot of the 2004 USA Network and Sky One series “The 4400,” the science fiction drama was developed by Ariana Jackson.In the series, 4400 overlooked, undervalued or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant. They haven’t aged a day and have no memory of what happened to them.

debuted the first teaser for season 2, Starz has dropped a stunning full-length trailer for the upcoming episodes as anticipation continues to build for the series’ long-awaited return on June 3. According to Starz, “darkness descends upon Chucalissa” as the series created by Katori Hall sees everyone “fight tooth and talon to survive.” As the trailer shows, The Pynk “struggles to remain open during a pandemic” while Autumn (Elarica Johnson) and Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan) battle for the throne and new blood shakes things up on and off stage at the club. Meanwhile, “the casino’s fate hanging in the balance, the local political machine kicks into overdrive” as the ensemble of characters navigates not only “these unprecedented times” but the “death and danger [that] lurk around every corner.”In addition to Annan and Johnson, season 2 stars Brandee Evans as Mercedes, Shannon Thornton as Miss Mississippi, J. Alphonse Nicholson as Lil’ Murda, Parker Sawyers as Andre, Harriett D.

25 years after undergoing chemotherapy, Scott Hamilton is paying it forward.

rock legend Jerry Lee Lewis, had performed as recently as last month but had been in declining health in the past week.He opened Gilley’s, “the world’s largest honky tonk,” in the early 1970s in Pasadena, Texas. Several years later he hit the charts with “Room Full of Roses” and enjoyed follow-up success with a string of hits like “Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time” and “She’s Pulling Me Back Again.”Gilley had 39 Top 10 country hits over the course of his career, including 17 No.

Mickey Gilley, a country singer and actor who was featured in the 1980 John Travolta film “Urban Cowboy,” has died. He was 86.

Mickey Gilley, who ran one of the world’s largest honky tonks in Pasadena, Texas and was credited with helping foster country music’s revival in the late ’70s as a key part of the Urban Cowboy film, has died. He was 86 and his death was announced by the Pasadena, Texas mayor, where the club was located.

from the American Film Institute reveals that “Star Wars” director George Lucas paid actor James Earl Jones only $7,000 to voice Darth Vader in the first-ever “Star Wars” film.Actor David Prowse — who died in 2020 at age 85 — famously wore the Darth Vader suit in “Star Wars: A New Hope” in 1977, but Lucas did not envision his natural voice for the now-iconic character. “George wanted, pardon the expression, a dark voice,” Jones said.

New Release Wall“Encanto” succeeded with the notion of “no villain, except generational trauma,” and Disney keeps that idea going with the delightful “Turning Red” (Walt Disney Home Entertainment), a young woman’s coming-of-age story that’s a metaphor for any number of growing-up issues, including that moment when the “model” child begins to chafe at parental domination. It’s charming and adorable, and the boy-band songs by Billie Eilish and Finneas have already made their way into the latter’s stage act.Also available:“The Batman” (Warner Bros.

An HGTV star is recounting a very, very scary time in her family’s life.

An old interview with James Earl Jones is shedding new light on the “Star Wars” films.

A scary moment. Erin Napier opened up about a strange incident that took place last year when a stranger came to town and set his sights on her then 3-year-old daughter Helen.

Stephen Colbert, who returned to “The Late Show” this week after recovering from COVID, had a bone to pick with the virus during his opening monologue Wednesday night.After tackling the Republican response to the leak of the Supreme Court majority opinion draft set to overturn Roe v. Wade and retract abortion rights across the U.S., Colbert turned to the recent increase in COVID cases across several states.“Over in pandemic land, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising again in the United States.

EXCLUSIVE: Jai Rodriguez (Bosch: Legacy) has wrapped a role in Nicholas Stoller’s groundbreaking LGBTQ+ rom-com Bros for Universal Pictures. He’s set to star alongside previously announced cast members including Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, TS Madison, Miss Lawrence, Symone, Guillermo Diaz, Guy Branum, Monica Raymund, Jim Rash, Harvey Fierstein, Bowen Yang, Amanda Bearse, Dot-Marie Jones and more.

The View” turned their hot topics conversation Tuesday to news that broke the eve before — a leaked opinion from Supreme Court Justice Alito indicating the court would be overturning Roe v. Wade.While moderator Whoopi Goldberg made sure to note that the leaked document, which Chief Justice John Roberts confirmed was authentic Tuesday morning, was a “draft opinion,” it is said to represent the majority of the court, who were ruling on a case out of Mississippi that challenged abortion rights.Longtime “View” panelist Joy Behar said she first heard about the news during a break in her sleep schedule.

Roe was “egregiously wrong from the start.”Supreme Court draft decisions are closely guarded, and legal journalists and experts appeared that the document was leaked. The Supreme Court is set to rule on Dobbs v.

J. Kim Murphy The Supreme Court has privately voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, striking down the case that has guaranteed basic abortion rights in the U.S.

Politico reported late today on what it says is a draft Supreme Court opinion that is poised to overturn Roe v Wade, giving states the power to ban abortion. It is reportedly based on a preliminary vote by the court on a Mississippi case before it.

JACKSON, Miss. -- People enjoying a Mississippi crawfish festival scattered and ran after hearing a barrage of gunfire late Saturday at the state fairgrounds, witnesses said.A law enforcement officer shot and killed one of the people suspected of firing shots during the Mississippi Mudbug Festival, Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said.December Parks was attending the festival and said she heard shots.“Everybody just started running, ‘Ooh, they got guns.