Carrie Underwood returned for a fifth season of Sunday Night Football, performing her personalized theme song, “Oh, Sunday Night,” before the Cowboys vs. Giants game on Sept. 10. This year, 10 NFL players participated in the opening video with Carrie, including Antonio Brown, Derek Carr, Dont’a Hightower, Travis Kelce, Julio Jones, Khalil Mack, Von Miller,…… MORE
‘It’ Conquered the Weekend Box Office with $117 Million
It’s” smashed the box officer earning $117.2 million from 4,103 locations, which gave ‘It” the third largest opening weekend of 2017, and is now the champion for the largest September opening passing up the record set by “Hotel Transylvania 2” in 2015 with $48.5 million, and the biggest opening weekend banked by a horror film —…… MORE
Property Brothers Will Be At Tanger Outlet Grand Opening Next Month
Property Brother Fans – you can meet the brothers next month – Jonathan and Drew Scott will be at the Grand Opening of Tanger Outlets in Fort Worth. This huge Shopping Center will have more than 70 Name-Brand Designer Outlet Stores, located at the southwest corner of Interstate 35W and Texas 114, across from the…… MORE
Apple’s New iPhone 8 Secrets Leaked? Watch for iPhone X
Whoa, some details have leaked about the new iPhone 8 which will be released during a big Apple event on Tuesday Sept 12th. Thanks to a leak of the iOS 11 software intended for the device. The premium iPhone model will be called “iPhone X,” according to code discovered by developer Steve Troughton-Smith. Read…… MORE
Target Plans on Slashing Prices on Thousands of Items
Love saving money, and love prices cut . . Target says it will be slashing prices throughout their stores. That news actually caused a drop in their stock when announced on Friday. Retailers have suffered in the last couple of years due to the increase in online shopping. What’s the cure? Target will cut…… MORE
Walt Disney World has Closed for 5th Time in History; All Because of Hurricanes
Walt Disney World is closing all four of its theme parks in Florida due to Hurricane Irma. The closure began Saturday evening and will be closed for two days, Sunday and Monday. Two day closure is a first for Disney World which opened in 1971 and has only closed 4 times in their 46 year…… MORE
Pilot Reported ‘Mechanical Issues’ Before Helicopter Crash that Killed Troy Gentry
More details are coming out the day after the fatal crash that took the lives of the pilot James Robinson and Country music star Troy Gentry who was only 50 years old, husband and father of two. This is the audio of the 911 dispatcher asking for crews to help the pilot who is hovering above…… MORE
Irving Music Factory Renamed Toyota Music Factory
The name change comes as this opening weekend is now unveiling a brand new entertainment venue in DFW. The Pavilion was supposed to open Friday, Sept. 1 with comedian Dave Chappelle taking the stage, but had to be rescheduled because it was not ready. Saturday Night will be the first show with ZZ Top and…… MORE
Can You Be Fired for Missing Work and Evacuate During a Hurricane?
Reported in Miami Herald – the answer is Yes. You might be shocked but there is no law to protect employees from being fired if they leave their job even if it’s during a hurricane and EVEN IF it’s a mandatory evacuation, according to Ladders. It completely depends on the company and their policies,…… MORE
Brad Paisley Paid Respect to His Friend Troy Gentry
During his Weekend Warrior World Tour show Friday night in Charlotte, North Carolina Brad Paisley took a moment to pay his respects to Troy Gentry. He shared via social media two pics — One taking his cowboy hat off to honor the memory to his friend and then the other is a backdrop picture of Troy…… MORE
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Keep Those Texas Babies Reading
Getting our kids to read in the summer can sometimes be challenging but there are lots of teacher approved ideas and incentive programs available to keep them on track! They can earn game tokens from our Friends at Chuck E Cheese who has tons of rewards ideas for being a good student and a good…