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Perth Now
3 days ago
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Scream 7 writer teases ‘really specific reason' for Neve Campbell's return as Sidney Prescott
'Scream 7' writer Guy Busick has teased there is a "really specific reason" why Neve Campbell's Sidney Prescott has returned. After sitting out 2023's 'Scream VI' due to a row over her salary, the 51-year-old actress has reprised her iconic scream-queen role, and 'Scream 7's writer Guy Busick has revealed there is a "really cool reason" why Sidney is back. In an interview with the scribe said: "I don't want to give anything away about the reason ['Scream 7'] had to be a Sidney movie because there's a really cool reason. "In all these movies, you have to ask, 'Why now? What is the thing 'Scream' is commenting on now?' 'Scream' is always in a conversation with the audience about the state of movies, the state of horror movies and in particular, franchises." Busick added he had first pitched the idea for Sidney's return to director Kevin Williamson, which he had come up with alongside his 'Scream' and 'Scream VI' co-writer James Vanderbilt. He explained: "There is a really specific reason why Sidney is in this movie. I will say there is a reason and we were happy with it when we cracked it. "We went to Neve Campbell and said, 'This is why. This is why Sidney now.' Neve was like, 'Oh, I get that.' I pitched Kevin this first, too. "He got it and then I pitched the studio. I came up with the story with my co-writer on 5 and 6, James Vanderbilt." As well as Campbell, 'Scream 7' will see the return of some other series icons, including Courteney Cox's Gale Weathers, Matthew Lillard's Stu Macher, David Arquette's Dewey Riley and Scott Foley's Roman Bridger. However, Busick admitted the original idea for 'Scream 7' 'was a completely different thing', as it would have focused on the 'Core Four' - the Meeks-Martin twins Chad (Mason Gooding) and Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown), and Carpenter sisters Tara (Jenna Ortega) and Sam (Melissa Barrera). However, after Ortega and Barrera exited the project - with the latter actress being dismissed by Spyglass Media Group following her controversial comments about the war in Gaza - the 'Scream 7' team "had to start from scratch". Busick explained: "We weren't able to use what we had in the previous iteration for this one. [We] just had to start from scratch, which was a bummer. "We were excited about what we had for that movie. We wanted to do one more 'Core Four' movie. We know the fans love those characters. We love those characters. We created those characters. I would love to see, in some universe, the continuation of their characters, in some way. But we weren't able to port over the stuff from the other story. "It was like, 'Okay, here is what the universe dealt us.' We always wanted to do a Sidney movie and so it was like, 'All right, let's get into it and why now and why this one?'"
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Bill named for murdered Oklahoma teens signed into law
From staff reports OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — While a 25-year quest for the remains of two Northeast Oklahoma teenage girls remains unsolved, state Rep. Steve Bashore, R-Miami, on Tuesday thanked Gov. Kevin Stitt for signing into a law a bill name in honor of those two girls. It requires those convicted of being accessories to murder to serve 85% of their prison sentence before being eligible for consideration for parole. House Bill 1001, called 'Lauria and Ashley's Law,' was enacted in reaction to the early release of an inmate convicted as an accessory to murder. The 16-year-old girls, Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman, were presumed kidnapped, tortured, raped and killed on New Year's Eve 1999, and law officers think their bodies may have been dumped in a Picher mine pit. Danny and Kathy Freeman, Ashley's parents, were shot to death, and their bodies were found in their mobile home, which had been set on fire. Ronnie Busick was arrested in 2018 as an accessory to murder in the 1999 deaths of Danny and Kathy Freeman. Busick implicated two other men, Warren 'Phil' Welch and David Pennington, but they died before their possible involvement in the case was known. Girlfriends of Welch and Pennington told investigators the men kidnapped the girls from the Freeman home and took the girls to a house in Picher, where they were tortured and killed. Busick, after his arrest, told investigators that he had seen Welch, who lived in Picher, with lime and concrete in the back of his truck around the time the girls went missing. Welch told him he was filling a root cellar. When Busick did plead guilty, it was to a charge of being an accessory because he knew of Pennington's and Welch's involvement and kept quiet about it for more than 20 years. Busick was sentenced Aug. 31, 2020, as an accessory. At that time, Oklahoma officials said he would serve 10 years in prison followed by five years of probation with the first year supervised. However, he was released after serving about three years. When his release came, prison officials said it was because he was credited with time served in county jail and with time for good behavior, a policy that was based on state law. 'This has been such an incredibly long journey for these family members,' Bashore said in a statement Tuesday. 'I made a promise I would seek to strengthen the law so all perpetrators of such horrible crimes would see stricter punishment and would never get a lessened sentence simply because they've shown some kind of good behavior while behind bars. It's gratifying to know going forward this will be the case.' Bashore worked with Lorene Bible, the mother of Lauria Bible, and her cousin, Lisa Broderick, in drafting the law and seeking its passage over the last several years. 'This has been a lot of hard work by Representative Bashore and those in the Senate who worked on this,' Lorene Bible said in a statement. 'We know it won't help in Lauria and Ashley's case, but for future families in the same position, they'll have something they can use.'
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Legislator optimistic that Lauria and Ashley's Law will advance through final stages
State Rep. Steve Bashore on Wednesday announced passage of a bill by the Oklahoma Senate that he has been pushing. It now goes back to the House for final consideration. Bashore, R-Miami, has been behind a bill that would add accessory to murder in the first or second degree to the list of crimes that would require an offender to serve 85% of their prison sentence before being eligible for consideration for parole. Those convicted also would not be eligible to earn any type of credits that would reduce that sentence to below 85% of what was imposed. Called Lauria and Ashley's Law, it is named for Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman, of Welch. The 16-year-old girls were presumed kidnapped, tortured, raped and killed on New Year's Eve 1999, and law officers think their bodies may have been dumped in a Picher mine pit. Their remains have never been recovered. Danny and Kathy Freeman, Ashley's parents, were shot to death, and their bodies were found in their mobile home, which had been set on fire. 'I made a promise to the families of these two girls that I would seek better justice on their behalf,' Bashore said in a statement issued Wednesday. 'After working on this legislation nonstop for the past few years, I'm incredibly excited to see it this close to final passage. I'm hopeful the governor will soon be signing it into law.' The bill passed in the Senate 38-5. 'Lauria and Ashley's Law honors the memory of the victims and reinforces Oklahoma's commitment to holding everyone involved in violent crimes accountable,' Sen. Kristen Thompson, R-Edmond, said in a statement. 'As this bill moves forward, it reflects our dedication to justice and keeping our communities safe.' Earlier this year, the bill passed the House 76-11. Bashore previously said his bill 'would not undo the wrong done in Ronnie Busick's case, but it will at least ensure that future victims will get more justice.' Busick, who pleaded guilty to being an accessory to murder in the 1999 slayings of Bible and Freeman, was released from prison after serving five years of a 10-year sentence. He benefited from a state corrections policy granting 90 days' credit for every 30 days served with good behavior. Bashore previously told the Globe such credit is much too easy to obtain while in lockup for being an accessory to murder. The bill has had the support of the state's District Attorneys Council, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the state attorney general's office and the Oklahoma Sheriffs' Association. Other suspects in the case, Warren 'Phil' Welch and David Pennington, died without being charged. According to investigators, Busick still claims he was not with Welch and Pennington the night when Freeman's parents were killed and maintains that his knowledge of the crime came secondhand from Pennington and Welch. As a requirement of his plea agreement, Busick provided information that led to several searches for the girls' remains at sites in and around Picher that were unsuccessful. Lorene Bible, mother of Lauria Bible, said the Bible and Freeman families were never told that when the plea deal was reached in July 2020 that Busick would be permitted to serve anything less than 85% of his sentence on a conviction for accessory to murder. On Wednesday, Bashore recognized Lorene Bible, the mother of Lauria Bible, and her cousin, Lisa Broderick, who were present in the House Gallery. He credited both women with the final draft of the legislation and its passage through both chambers. Lorene Bible said in a statement: 'We're very thankful to Rep. Bashore as well as Sen. Thompson and all those in both the House and Senate who worked with us to pass this bill. For us, this will help guard other families who might be in our same situation. This is so they won't have to watch the people who hurt their family members escape justice.'
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Sport
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Danville Christian preparing for its first Sweet 16 appearance
DANVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — The Danville Christian Academy boys' basketball team will make its KHSAA Sweet 16 debut on Wednesday night at Rupp Arena when it takes on South Oldham. 'We work hard. We worked hard ever since we were little. It's been our goal since we were kids. Just make it to Rupp Arena and play in a state championship game,' senior guard Titus Boyd said. 'But it means a lot to us. We're a hardworking group, and we're going to remember this for years to come.' Danville Christian preparing for its first Sweet 16 appearance Cayden Reed nails buzzer-beater to knock off GRC, send Montgomery County to Sweet 16 George Rogers Clark, Frederick Douglass, and Danville Christian are headed to the final four It's been a first season to remember for head coach Shaun Busick. The Indiana native spent three decades coaching in the Hoosier state but made the switch to the Bluegrass in the spring of 2024. So far, Busick has led the Warriors to a 29-3 record and a first-ever 12th Region championship. 'I think the squad's priorities were right. We put God and family first; we put academics second. We put basketball where it belonged in third place,' Busick said. 'I think just that and having great chemistry, a great group of young men.' This time last year, Lyon County had already cut down the nets for its state championship win, but due to Lexington being a host site for the first two rounds of the 2025 NCAA men's tournament, the Sweet 16 was moved back a week. According to Coach Busick, the team has used the time off to their advantage. 'Everybody's feeling pretty good, and we took some time off after we won the region,' Busick said. 'So, I think it's really been helpful for us. We've been really fresh going into this last week, a week and a half of practice.' Read more of the latest sports news Tip-off between the Warriors and Dragons is set for 6:00 pm on Wednesday, March 24th Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
GOP legislator pushes tax hike on Missouri farmland used for renewable energy
The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City, as pictured September 26, 2023 (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). A Republican lawmaker is proposing to raise taxes on Missouri farmers who participate in wind or solar energy projects. As utilities and energy developers increase solar and wind power, people in rural areas across the nation have been offered opportunities to lease their land to house a wind turbine or a field of solar panels. A bill proposed by Rep. Danny Busick, a Newtown Republican, would change the tax rate for agricultural land that is leased for solar or wind energy generation by reassessing it as commercial property. Busick's district covers Kirksville and north central Missouri. His bill would nearly triple the assessment rate for agricultural land that hosts energy infrastructure. 'It is a tax increase,' Busick said, 'but I think it is designed to try to be fair to the players in this game.' According to the legislative research division, agricultural land is currently assessed at 12% of its value. Utility, industrial and commercial land is assessed at 32%. These baseline figures are then multiplied by the local county tax rate to determine a property tax bill. In a hearing this week, Busick said farmers who participate in renewable energy projects shouldn't be charged as if their land is only for agriculture. 'My purpose is not to attack farmers,' he said, 'but when you repurpose your land for another purpose outside of agriculture, I think you should pay your fair share in that sense.' Busick said the bill would exclude land where corn or soybeans is cultivated for biofuel production. Scott Swain represents the Clean Grid Alliance, an advocacy group, and spoke in opposition to the bill. He said large-scale wind and solar power plants are an essential part of the state's future energy generation. 'They're putting a lot of money into communities and so we don't want to necessarily tax them out,' Swain said. 'If we do want to tax them out, then we need to raise the tax and nobody will come to the state, and that will probably settle a lot of concerns. I don't think that's where we want to go.' This story originally appeared in the Columbia Missourian. It can be republished in print or online.
