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Yahoo
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
We Were Liars Trailer: Dark Family Secrets Threaten an American Dynasty in Prime Video Adaptation
It's going to be a cruel summer on Prime Video, as you'll see in the official trailer for the streamer's forthcoming adaptation of E. Lockhart's We Were Liars. Based on Lockhart's 2014 mystery thriller, the series 'follows Cadence Sinclair Eastman and her tight-knit inner circle, nicknamed the Liars, during their summer escapades on her grandfather's New England private island,' per Prime Video's official logline. 'The Sinclairs are American royalty — known for their good looks, old money and enviable bond — but after a mysterious accident changes Cadence's life forever, everyone, including her beloved Liars, seems to have something to hide.' More from TVLine Nicole Kidman Is Kay Scarpetta, Jamie Lee Curtis Her Sister in First Look at Patricia Cornwell Thriller Adaptation The Terminal List: Dark Wolf Sets August Premiere on Amazon - See First Photos The Wheel of Time Cancelled After 3 Seasons We Were Liars stars Emily Alyn Lind (Max's Gossip Girl) as Cadence, newcomer Shubham Maheshwari as Gat Patil, Esther McGregor (High School) as Mirren Sinclair Sheffield, Joseph Zada (Invisible Boys) as Johnny Sinclair Dennis, Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex) as Penny Sinclair, Mamie Gummer (The Good Wife) as Carrie Sinclair, Candice King (The Vampire Diaries) as Bess Sinclair, Rahul Kohli (The Haunting of Bly Manor) as Ed Patil and David Morse (Treme) as Harris Sinclair. Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, Legacies) and Carina Adly MacKenzie (Roswell, New Mexico, The Originals) serve as showrunners, executive-producing alongside Lockhart, Emily Cummins (Vampire Academy), Brett Matthews (Legacies) and Pascal Verschooris (The Vampire Diaries). All eight episodes of We Were Liars will be available to stream on Wednesday, June 18. Hit PLAY on the trailer above for an extended first look, then drop a comment with your thoughts. Will you be tuning in? Best of TVLine Summer TV Calendar: Your Guide to 85+ Season and Series Premieres Classic Christmas Movies Guide: Where to Watch It's a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, Elf, Die Hard and Others What's New on Netflix in June
Agriland
4 days ago
- Business
- Agriland
MP: ‘Farmers have been crippled by bureaucracy'
The DUP's agriculture spokesperson, Carla Lockhart has called for the Department of Agriculture, Enterprise and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to engage with industry over the Nutrients Action Plan (NAP). Speaking at the NAP information event at the Greenmount Campus, Co. Antrim this week (May 2025), the MP said the Minister for Agriculture, Enterprise and Rural affairs, Andrew Muir is 'not willing to face farmers or listen to their concerns'. She said: 'These proposals will decimate the very cornerstone of our economy. The gross output from NI agriculture is worth £2.87 billion (€3.4 billion), but the minister is on course to destroy it. 'Potentially, NAP will have a bigger impact on family farms than inheritance tax. The minister risks leaving a trail of destruction as a lasting legacy of his term at the helm of DAERA.' 'The message is clear, the proposals are unacceptable and unachievable. Tensions are running high, farmers are being pushed to the brink, and the meeting is a nail in the coffin for the NAP proposals,' Lockhart added. MP Carla Lockhart The DUP MP said she supports farmers, and that she will continue to speak out against the NAP proposals. 'Farmers work 365 days a year to put fully traceable and nutritious food on our tables, yet they have been crippled by bureaucracy and used as scapegoats for far too long. Enough is enough,' Lockhart said. 'The livelihoods of over 3,500 farm businesses are at stake, especially those in the dairy, pig and poultry sectors,' she claimed. According to the MP, civil servants should go out and visit farms to 'witness' the daily struggles faced by the farming community. She explained: 'Farmers are custodians of the land and vital for thriving rural communities. They are not shying away from their environmental responsibilities. The general consensus is that NAP is disproportionate and severely out of touch with reality 'I stand united with farmers and the wider agri-food supply chain as they call for a stop to the NAP consultation. It's time to refocus and go back to the drawing board.' 'The figures are questionable and we've heard very little in the way of credible answers today. DAERA needs to stop flying solo and learn to engage with stakeholders and farmers who are the experts on the ground,' she added.
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Barbecue's Kingmaker: Meet the man with the final say on BBQ's most important list
In Texas' state-designated BBQ capital, two legendary Lockhart families run the town's most iconic barbecue joints as a rising star joins the scene — and all vie for coveted spots on the Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ list. Explore our project online now and watch the documentary June 5 at 7 p.m. on the KXAN+ smart TV app. KENNEDALE, Texas (KXAN) — A light November rain fell on the tired and hungry crowd gathered in the parking lot. Some brought folding chairs, others ponchos and umbrellas, knowing it's better to be dry and comfortable than wet and sore when waiting hours for the doors to open. At one point, a horse escaped from a nearby ranch and trotted between the dozens of cars in the lot. Those waiting merely looked on, unwilling to risk losing their spot in line attempting to corral it. At 10:37 a.m. on that Friday morning, an employee stepped out of the front door of the small, red wooden building and started shouting out the lay of the land before opening. The crowd learned that meats were priced by the half pound, a Laotian sausage was the special, and banana pudding was the dessert. Equine excitement aside, the morning played out like a typical start to a Friday at Goldee's BBQ, in Kennedale, Texas, a suburb south of Fort Worth. Then Daniel Vaughn showed up. The Texas Monthly's BBQ editor parked and headed toward the front of the line, meeting up with a friend who'd been saving his spot since 5:30 a.m. A typical Friday no more. Speaking from experience, Goldee's owners will tell you that when Vaughn arrives at your restaurant, you'd better pay attention. It may be the most important thing that ever happens to your business. 'It was life-changing,' recalled co-owner Jalen Heard. Vaughn first stopped by the newly-opened restaurant in 2020 during the height of the pandemic, when the BBQ was sliced, wrapped and walked out to his car. 'I thought it was really good, but I didn't know what this was gonna taste like fresh,' he said. Meet the barbecue leaders behind KXAN's 'Family Beef' documentary Vaughn returned when pandemic restrictions relaxed and he could eat inside. That's when he said he experienced a flavor palette unlike anything he'd had before, including mouth-watering ribs covered in an acidic and sweet simple syrup made from vinegar and sugar. 'That's when it really hit me, like, this place is special,' Vaughn said. The following year Vaughn named Goldee's the number one restaurant on the Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ Joints list. A star was born seemingly overnight. 'The line was all the way down the street,' Heard said. 'There was no parking. It was wild, just like, 'Oh my goodness.'' The restaurant went from cooking as few as five briskets a day to 50. In the four years since, it hasn't looked back. The coveted ranking only comes out once every four years, and if Vaughn visits a restaurant in the final few months, it's not because he was simply in the area and craving barbecue. Preparation for the 2025 ranking began in August 2024 when Vaughn assembled a team of 25 Texas Monthly staffers to serve as tasters. Each is assigned a territory in Texas. They're then given a list of barbecue joints to visit, and a list of those not to bother with. Those are the joints where Vaughn's gone five times in a row and had a terrible meal each time. 'I've had a meal so bad I'd be embarrassed if they were on the Top 50 list,' he said. 'I don't want them to get bogged down in wasting their time.' Instead, the focus is on finding new places and trying those tried-and-true places on their list. There are an estimated 2,000 barbecue restaurants in Texas. This go around, Texas Monthly tasters expected to eat at roughly 400 of them. When scores come back and there are new restaurants Vaughn hasn't tried, he will personally visit them. The top 10 on the list receive even more scrutiny. In 2021, Vaughn recalls 26 or 27 places in contention. He will visit each at least three times, making sure their quality is consistent. To get to this point, restaurants had to score highly on their brisket, ribs, turkey, sausage and sides. 'Really, what it comes down to as far as the meat goes: is it juicy, is it tender, and is it well seasoned?' Vaughn said. Nearly all of the top 10 meet this criterion. At that point, Vaughn uses the quality of the sides as a tie-breaker. Daniel Vaughn was not born a meat lover. Originally from Ohio, he went to college in New Orleans before moving to Dallas in 2001. That's when he tried brisket for the first time, and ribs unlike anything he'd ever tasted at now-closed Peggy Sue's Market. '(I) couldn't quite wrap my head around how you get this sort of texture out of a pork rib,' he said. Vaughn was hooked. 'I just became enamored with it almost instantly,' he said. He started traveling around North Texas, trying barbecue, and writing about it in his blog titled 'Full Custom Gospel BBQ.' His travels and writing didn't start out with the intention of being a review site, as much as it was his attempt to keep track of his personal favorite spots. In 2012, Vaughn's hobby became more. After more than 500 reviews up and down the state, Texas Monthly reached out and asked Vaughn if he'd like to start writing articles for the publication. He, in turn, asked to be part of the magazine's 2013 Top 50 tasting team. Both said yes. This all happened at the same time Vaughn had just started a book deal with the late great food critic Anthony Bourdain. While writing and researching for the book, Vaughn had another idea, one that eventually allowed him to quit his job in architecture and pursue writing about barbecue full-time. He asked the magazine to name him its BBQ editor. He's been getting paid to write about it ever since. 'There are a lot more bad meals that I eat. My mantra is, 'I eat the bad barbecue, so you don't have to,'' he said. Vaughn said for every restaurant owner happy about being ranked on the list, there are many more who are angry about being left off. Some question whether Vaughn favors new restaurants, emphasizes modern cooking techniques and flavors too much, and if joints that are only open one or two days a week have an unfair advantage. 'They can find a whole range of things to blame, whether it's personal preferences, or politics, or whatever they might call it,' Vaughn said. 'But the one thing they rarely consider is maybe it's their barbecue, and I can guarantee you, it's the barbecue.' What none of them dispute is how influential the list is. In Lockhart, the state-designated 'Barbecue Capital of Texas,' Black's and Terry Black's have both been on the list at one point or another. As have Kreuz (which graced the first cover in 1997) and Smitty's (which made the cover in 2003). 'It brings in a lot of people that are going around on the barbecue tour,' said Smitty's Market Owner Nina Sells. 'We were struggling, and three years after we opened, they put my son on the cover, and so we saw what it does to your business.' Meanwhile, Kreuz most recently made the honorable mention in 2021. 'We were swamped for weeks after that first issue kicked off, owner Keith Schmidt said. 'I stopped worrying about it. I tried to get my dad to stop worrying. I don't care as long as we're still getting written about.' While it was Terry Black's Austin location that made the Top 50 list in 2017 and its Dallas location in 2021, its other restaurants in Waco, Fort Worth and Lockhart also all benefit. 'There are 100 different top barbecue lists out there. Texas Monthly is the one that matters,' said Terry Black's Co-Owner Mike Black. 'That's the one that everyone wants to be in. If you make the Texas Monthly Top 50 List, you'll see an impact the following day.' How did Lockhart become the Barbecue Capital of Texas? Black's BBQ last made the list in 2013, something Owner Kent Black said doesn't bother him. 'We were already a king before Texas Monthly came around,' Black said. 'It's not frustrating. We're successful, been extremely successful, whether we're on the list or not on the list.' Barb's B Q is the newcomer to Lockhart and made the Texas Monthly's 25 Best New and Improved BBQ Joints in Texas list in 2023, after opening earlier that year. Owner Chuck Charnichart is familiar with the experience, though. She worked at Franklin BBQ in Austin when it was named to the top spot in 2017, and at Goldee's in 2021. 'There's nothing like being at the number one barbecue restaurant,' she said. 'It changes the restaurant for that period of time. Yeah, that list carries a lot of weight.' Texas Monthly's new 2025 list comes out May 27. While the pressure has been off for a while, it's returned. Owners dote on Vaughn when he shows up, offering him free food (he refuses and pays himself) and a spot at the front of the line. They gently nudge him to share what he plans to write about them. 'Everybody knows what season it is right now,' Vaughn said. 'The attitude does change a bit. In some people, you can see a nervousness.' Vaughn shared a story from 2017 when he was working on that year's list. He said he showed up at Snow's BBQ in Lexington, only to see Wayne Mueller, the owner of Louis Mueller's in nearby Taylor, also stopping by for lunch. Wayne stood up and told the owner of Snow's he had to go, knowing Vaughn was likely heading to his restaurant next. 'I think there is a greater meaning to being on the Texas Monthly Top 50,' Vaughn said. 'I think Texas has the best barbecue in the country. So if you're the best in Texas, then you're the best barbecue joint in the nation.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. 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Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Meet the barbecue leaders behind KXAN's ‘Family Beef' documentary
In Texas' state-designated BBQ capital, two legendary Lockhart families run the town's most iconic barbecue joints as a rising star joins the scene — and all vie for coveted spots on the Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ list. Explore our project online now and watch the documentary June 5 at 7 p.m. on the KXAN+ smart TV app. AUSTIN (KXAN) — While exploring Lockhart's barbecue legacy, culture and future, we talked with a dynamic cast of characters. Here are some of the voices most prominently featured in KXAN's documentary 'Family Beef.' Helmed by twins Mark and Mike, the Terry Black's brand has expanded to five Texas cities so far with more growth planned. They say their Austin location is one of the busiest barbecue restaurants in the world, serving about 20,000 people a week. Mike initially worked at Black's Barbecue in Lockhart under his uncle, Kent, but according to Mike, they didn't get along. This led the brothers and their father, Terry, to break off and launch their own spot in Austin in 2014. Their venture sparked lawsuits from both sides and created a crack in the family. Kent is a third-generation pitmaster who bought the restaurant from his parents in 2015. Black's began as a meat market in 1932 and has remained in the family since then. From selling snow cones outside the shop as a six-year-old to leading the Black's Barbecue dynasty, Kent has seen his family business — and Lockhart — pioneer Texas barbecue over decades. Before committing to Black's full-time, Kent was an attorney and state prosecutor. That legal expertise resurfaced amid multiple business disputes with his brother, Terry Black, and nephews, Mike and Mark Black. Nina operates Smitty's Market out of Lockhart's oldest barbecue building, which was formerly the site of Kreuz Market. Entering the building is like going back in time, with the walls completely smoked over and the original pit on full display. Nina served as the county clerk for 28 years and inherited the building when her father passed in 1990. Her brother, Rick, got the Kreuz brand. A lease disagreement led Rick to move Kreuz to a new location, leaving Nina to start Smitty's. The dispute has cooled off since Rick's passing, but it remains a defining moment in Lockhart barbecue history. Since its inception in the late 1800s, Kreuz Market passed through a few families and now sits with Keith Schmidt, whose grandfather bought the business from the Kreuz family in 1948. The nephew of Nina Sells of Smitty's Market, Keith was caught in the middle of his father, Rick, and his aunt's business disputes and nationally publicized split. Since taking over the business in 2011 and his father's passing in 2019, Keith has worked to mend his family's relationship with Nina and usher what is likely Lockart's oldest barbecue joint into the modern era. Two years after opening her barbecue restaurant, Chuck has garnered widespread acclaim, from catching the eye of the New York Times to receiving a James Beard Award nomination and Michelin Guide nod. She learned from barbecue legends at Franklin Barbecue (Austin) and Goldee's BBQ (Fort Worth area) before establishing her restaurant in Lockhart two years ago. Pulling inspiration from her Mexican heritage and Rio Grande Valley roots, the Barbs B Q menu reflects the cultural flavors Chuck grew up with — and patrons line up around the block for it. Daniel moved to Dallas in 2001, where he said he became 'enamored' with Texas barbecue almost instantly during one of his first meals in the city. More than 20 years later, he's now the barbecue editor at Texas Monthly with the power to craft the industry's most influential list and catapult barbecue restaurants into the spotlight. The Texas Monthly Top 50 Texas BBQ Joints list comes out every four years. Barbecue's Kingmaker: Meet the man with the final say on BBQ's most important list In preparation, Daniel and his team of tasters narrow down a pool of about 400 places to try. The closer a joint ranks near the top, the more scrutiny and visits it gets from Daniel and Texas Monthly. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Family Beef: Explore the project about Texas barbecue
LOCKHART, Texas (KXAN) — In Texas' state-designated BBQ capital, two legendary Lockhart families run the town's most iconic barbecue joints. Decades of interfamily feuds split them apart, with tensions still smoldering, and one conflict burning hotter than ever. Now, these famed establishments face a new challenge: reclaiming their spots on the coveted Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ list, all while contending with a rising star shaking up the scene. This feature-length documentary and accompanying project explores the town's well-seasoned culture, sizzling BBQ ecosystem, and the family rivalries that have marinated in Lockhart lore for generations. EXPLORE THE PROJECT Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
