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GMA Network
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- GMA Network
4 duos to advance to 'Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition' Big Night
Four duos, instead of four individuals, will advance to the highly anticipated Big Night on "Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition!" Now that the final six duos have been established, the countdown begins for July 5, which has been announced as the date of the show's culmination event. Aside from that, on Monday, the final six duos will have a face-to-face nomination. Ahead of the Big Night, four more house guests will enter Bahay ni Kuya. The first of the four guests will be announced tomorrow. To recap, here's the full list of final duos: Ralph De Leon and Will Ashley Shuvee Etrata and Klarisse De Guzman Dustin Yu and Bianca De Vera Mika Salamanca and Brent Manalo AZ Martinez and River Joseph Charlie Fleming and Esnyr "Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition," airs on GMA Network weeknights at 10:05 p.m. and weekends at 6:15 p.m. —Carby Rose Basina/JCB, GMA Integrated News
Telegraph
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Nonnas: Vince Vaughn's half-baked food comedy is no Big Night
Nonnas wants to be heart-warming Italian food porn and buys in all the ingredients you'd think would work. Its surprise garnish? Grannies. To be precise, four old ladies, only two of whom actually have families. This quartet's bickering exploits in a restaurant kitchen are destined to lift Vince Vaughn 's grieving hero out of the dumps. Such is the true story behind Enoteca Maria, now a Staten Island institution which has been serving buzzy soul food ever since a blue-collar worker named Joe Scaravella, who'd just lost his mother and grandma, cooked up the idea in 2007. This unlikely success story might have lent itself either to a sweet documentary or flavourful indie treatment – in keeping with the kitchen's ethos, which is all about family recipes handed down the generations. The approach we want can't be far off the much-loved 1996 comedy Big Night, whose co-director, Campbell Scott, duly gets a cameo as a media bigwig. Instead, this thing has wound up as resolutely unobjectionable, iffy-looking Netflix content. The streamer didn't commission Nonnas, but of course they bought it, probably recognising how perfectly it suits the brand for being vaguely on in the background at home. If Big Night holds up for its detail, characterisation, and the loving care with which it was crafted, Nonnas – on all those scores – feels like penne all'Amatriciana partially reheated in a microwave. The screenwriting never rises above joining dots with a marker pen. The jokes are broad and cringe. Every time someone mentions 'capuzelle' (the traditional sheep's head that's the speciality of Lorraine Bracco 's grumpy Sicilian matriarch), we're meant to chuckle, because it's so gross. Director Stephen Chbosky has shown a knack with schmaltzy formulae before (in The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Wonder), but this is closer to his lumpen, unappetising Dear Evan Hansen. In other circumstances, Vaughn – practically copying the vehicle his old pal Jon Favreau gave himself in Chef (2014) – might have been touchingly understated in this role. It's hard, though, when he has nothing to do but mope, look crestfallen, and glide through a frictionless romantic subplot alongside Linda Cardellini. The nonnas, you'd hope, should be riding to the rescue. There's an underwhelming food fight with tomatoes, and real talk when they get mildly sozzled in Susan Sarandon's hair salon. Pickings, that's to say, are as slim for them as us: we get Bracco (relentless grumbler); Sarandon (vivacious, man-eating baker with implants); Talia Shire (mousy nun, twist: lesbian), and 85-year-old Brenda Vaccaro, who steals the film in the simplest way possible, with an unmistakable air of having a good time. If June Squibb were in any way Italian, they'd definitely have squeezed her in. In fact, they might as well have done. Nonnas is innocuous to a fault, murderously fond of tarantellas on the soundtrack, and doesn't come within hawk-and-spit distance of authentic charm.
Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Yahoo
Amphibians on the march for their Big Night
May 3—On warm, rainy spring nights, hundreds of volunteers stake out roads across Maine keeping watch for any movement. Their goal is to do what they can to usher some of the state's smallest creatures across to the road to ensure the next generation of amphibians will live to take the same trip in years to come. Maine's annual spring migration brings throngs of frogs and salamanders down from the forested uplands to shallow seasonal or vernal pools, where amphibians gather to breed each night. But the migration paths often take them across the state's network of paved roads, putting the frogs and salamanders at risk of death from traffic. Greg LeClair, biologist at Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, sought a solution to the carnage. In 2018 he founded Maine Big Night, a community science project that invites volunteers across Maine to help amphibians safely cross dark roads while collecting data to support long-term species survival. Derek Yorks, wildlife biologist at Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, said it's special to see synchronized migration between the various species. The most common migrating species in Maine are spotted salamanders, red-backed salamanders, blue spotted salamanders, four-toed salamanders, wood frogs and spring peepers, who can be heard nightly. On April 20, a law was passed to designate the spring peeper as Maine's official state amphibian. "They're all a little different, but their habitat is shared and the migration is shared," Yorks said. "So it can be quite the spectacle, definitely worth seeing for yourself if you get a chance." Opportunities to see amphibians aren't exclusive to nighttime. On a recent Saturday, the Sebasticook Regional Land Trust and Maine Master Naturalists held a vernal pool walk at Freedom Forest Reserve in Freedom, and the Kennebec Valley Land Trust hosted a vernal pool field workshop at the Ezra Smith Wildlife Conservation Area in Mount Vernon. They were just two of several vernal pool exploration events scheduled in April. These events increase human understanding of amphibians, said Noah Charney, assistant professor of conservation biology at the University of Maine who helped found the Maine Big Night nonprofit organization. "The understanding that people walk away with of what species are out there and what they need to survive, and understanding vernal pools and amphibians, I think, adds a layer of broader societal understanding and acceptance," Charney said, "and knowledge about what is in our world and what we need to do to protect it." While migration occurs over multiple nights, the Big Night is the night where conditions are optimal: rainy weather, wet roads and a temperature in the upper 40s or 50s. On those nights, amphibians race to be first to the pond so their larva can develop and metamorphosize before the pond dries up, Charney said. "They're trying to get there as soon as they thaw out, as soon as it's warm enough and wet enough for them to get there, and be the first to lay the eggs," Charney said, which are then fertilized. "So it's a race for these vernal pools in the early spring — the first warm, rainy night — although there's often a trickle of salamanders and frogs moving on a variety of different nights. But in general, the first warm, rainy night, they all try to get down to the ponds." This year, rainy nights throughout April brought earlier movement in southern Maine and a large peak night in central and northern Maine on April 15. Volunteers shared updates on species movement on Maine Big Night's Facebook page, noting location and weather conditions. The social media group is also home to hundreds of photos and videos of brightly colored frogs and salamanders, often perched in the hands of volunteers outfitted with headlamps and clad in reflective safety vests. Maine's amphibian species live the majority of their lives underground anywhere from a couple hundred to 1,000 feet from vernal pools. They venture out only to breed, making spring the perfect time to spot reclusive species before they return home. Charney said some amphibians stay in their hiding places for years. "If it's deep into late April, May, and there hasn't been any warm, rainy nights, at some point they're going to try to take whatever they can take to get down to those ponds," Charney said. "Or they'll decide to just skip the year entirely and wait until next year to migrate. Spotted salamanders in particular will do that." Synchronized amphibian migration happens across the Northeast each spring, but Maine Big Night was the first statewide, volunteer-led community science event, according to its website. Data has been recorded on over 20,000 amphibians since 2018. Charney said large-scale community science projects like Big Night reveal the pros and cons of human interaction with wildlife. Most times, he said, the positives win out. "There can definitely be a negative, direct impact felt by amphibians sometimes when there's too much interest in them," Charney said. "But I think that overall, in the bigger picture, I'd rather have more people excited about the amphibians and learning about them and understanding them and the kids playing with them — I think that in the long run, it has more positive impacts than the direct use of that wetland that night." Copy the Story Link
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Why Vermont drivers should slow down for frogs and salamanders
MONTPELIER, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – Vermont's Fish and Wildlife department is reminding drivers to slow down near areas that frogs and salamanders may be crossing through this spring. Many Vermont amphibians will migrate in early spring to breed and lay eggs, typically in wetland or ponds. This annual occurrence coincides with thawing soil, consistent rainfall and warm evening temperatures. This natural event is known as the Big Night. Fish and Wildlife herpetologist Luke Groff encourages Vermonters to report amphibian breeding activity to the Vermont Reptile and Amphibian Atlas, with pictures if it is safe to do so. All information is used by Fish and Wildlife and the Agency of Transportation to track areas that may need wildlife passages and barriers. Additional information can be found on the Vermont Fish and Wildlife website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
02-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh hosts annual Big Night fundraiser
Community members filled the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh on Saturday night for the 19th annual Big Night fundraiser. The event's theme was 'Big Night Olympics,' and offered those in attendance an evening of fun and friendly competition, all while raising money for the work that JCC does every day. Event organizers told KDKA-TV that the official total raised from the event was approximately $910,000. "Every year I think that we've sort of hit our limit, and year after year, we continue to exceed those expectations and look, I take it as a clear indication that the community is in it to win it and we are so fortunate to have everyone here this evening," said Jason Kunzman, president and CEO of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh. "Big Night Olympics is a celebration of everything that makes our community strong and diverse," said Fara Marcus, Chief Development and Marketing Officer. "We are so close to reaching our goal, and every contribution helps us continue making a difference in the lives of so many individuals and families." Specifically, organizers told KDKA-TV that the money raised will go toward the center's financial assistance program for different members of the community.
