(HELLA, Iceland) — Hotel Rangá in Iceland is looking for a photographer to chase the northern lights, also known as aurora borealis.
This dream job consists of three weeks chasing the lights from September to October.
The hotel is located in the Icelandic countryside, where temperatures typically average 40 to 50 degrees during the fall season.
The photographer chosen for the job will be required to provide high-quality photos and videos in order to receive travel to and from Iceland.
The requirements also include giving the hotel “unlimited license to mutually agreed-upon photographs and videos.”
“In exchange for providing content of the northern lights at the hotel, this seasonal employee will receive free room and board along with access to the hotel‘s stargazing observatory and hot tubs, not to mention the opportunity to explore the photogenic land of fire and ice on their days off,” the hotel wrote on its website.
Tenille Townes is sharing an inspirational message to girls and young women everywhere with the music video for her new single, “Girl Who Didn’t Care.”
The clip, which arrived this week, spotlights three women who are at the top of traditionally male-dominated fields. They are space enthusiast and future Mars One ambassador Alyssa Carson, soccer goalie Sarah Fuller and Nashville firefighter Shannon Wells. Also included in the video are three young girls who play the part of the women’s younger selves, dreaming about accomplishing big goals one day.
“Seeing this idea come to life and telling real stories about what it looks like to go get a crazy dream and make it happen was the coolest thing,” Tenille says of the video on social media.
“I wouldn’t be here without the heroes I had to look up to…There’s something so powerful about seeing somebody actually living out their dream,” she continues. “It makes it all seem possible. I hope you see that and believe that about your own dream when you watch this.”
“Girl Who Didn’t Care” is Tenille’s first new song off an upcoming project.
Jack White is collecting all of his non-musical endeavors in one online space.
The project, dubbed Jack White Art & Design, showcases everything from the rocker’s industrial and interior design work to photography and film. There’s even a section on furniture and upholstery, which you may recall was White’s job prior to The White Stripes taking off.
You can check out all Jack White Art & Design has to offer at JackWhiteArtandDesign.com. The site also includes a subsection titled “Exhibitions” that states “No shows currently,” suggesting that White may be displaying some of his work on the road at some point.
White’s most recent music release is the 2019 Raconteurs album, Help Us Stranger.
The Country Music Association’s CMA Summer Jam kicked off the first night of a two-day country music party on Tuesday, with acts like Carly Pearce, Cole Swindell, Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Luke Bryan taking the stage at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater.
But fans got a special treat during Carrie Underwood’s closing set: The singer invited country mainstay Dwight Yoakam to join her onstage. Together, Dwight and Carrie powered through an exciting selection of some of his biggest hits, including a honky-tonkin’ duet version of “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere.”
In her solo set, Carrie certainly wasn’t short on hits, either: CMT reports that her CMA Jam performance included fan favorites like “Before He Cheats,” “Two Black Cadillacs” and “Blown Away.”
If you weren’t in the crowd to catch Dwight and Carrie’s performance, have no fear: The CMA Summer Jam is being filmed as part of a three-hour primetime TV special, which will air later this summer on ABC.
The fun returns on Wednesday night, when acts like Dierks Bentley, Luke Combs, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Miranda Lambert and more take the CMA Summer Jam stage.
Whitney Houston: Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images; Jon Bon Jovi: Debra L Rothenberg/Getty Images
Sure, getting inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is nice, but now New Jersey’s own Jon Bon Jovi and Whitney Houston are getting a real honor: rest stops named after them on the Garden State Parkway.
The neighboring New Jersey Turnpike has rest stops named after historical New Jerseyites, like Thomas Edison, but the Parkway is going for star power, reports NorthJersey.com. The rest stop formerly known as — no joke — Cheesequake will now be known as the Jon Bon Jovi Service Area, while the one formerly known as Vauxhall will be renamed the Whitney Houston Service Area.
Other famed New Jerseyites who are getting the rest stop treatment include Frank Sinatra, Toni Morrison, James Gandolfini, salsa legend Celia Cruz and author Judy Blume. It’s all part of a campaign by the New Jersey Hall of Fame, which is installing displays about each rest stop’s famous namesake.
But wait, you ask — where’s the Bruce Springsteen Service Area?
“Bruce Springsteen respectfully declined to have a service area named after him,” a New Jersey Hall of Fame spokeswoman told NorthJersey.com. “It should be noted, though, that Bruce has been very supportive of the New Jersey Hall of Fame over the years, and is very much a part of the fabric of the Hall.”
The FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit concluded that the shooter who killed eight at a FedEx facility in April carried out the shooting as “an act of suicidal murder.”
“The shooter decided to commit suicide in a way which he believed would demonstrate his masculinity and capability of fulfilling a final desire to experience killing people,” FBI Indianapolis Special Agent in Charge Paul Keenan said at a press conference announcing the results of the investigation Wednesday.
In April, Brandon Scott Hole allegedly opened fire outside the building and in a locker room area of the FedEx facility just outside of Indianapolis.
Hole was “indiscriminate” at who he shot at both inside and outside of the facility, adding that he was outside for a total of three minutes before walking back into the locker room and taking his own life, Craig McCartt, deputy chief of investigations for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, said.
He was stopped from entering the facility by the physical security barriers put in place.
“It certainty could’ve been much worse had he gotten access to the back part of that facility where there was a lot of other employees,” McCartt said.
Acting U.S. Attorney John Childress said Hole was “exacerbated by mental health issues.”
The Behavioral Analysis Unit concluded that shooter “did not appear” to be motivated by the need to address any injustices, nor did the shooter “appear to have been motivated by bias, or desire to advance any ideology.” Four of the victims of the shooting came from the area’s Sikh community.
The FBI said that after examining over 175,000 files on his computer they found 200 files of “mainly German military, German Nazi things.”
“But there was no indication that there was any animosity towards the Sikh community or any other group for that matter,” Keenan said.
The FBI said there wasn’t any evidence to suggest he targeted the FedEx facility other than that is a location he knew well. Also, the FBI said 73% of mass shooters carry out an attack at a place with which they are familiar. Hole had worked at the facility from August to October 2020.
“He also incorrectly believed he had identified a vulnerability which would have given him unobscured access to many potential victims,” Keenan said.
McCartt also said that Hole’s mother reported him to the IMPD in March 2020, saying he might want to carry out suicide by cop after which the department confiscated a shotgun belonging to Hole. A police report from that incident showed that officers also observed white supremacist material on Hole’s computer.
“He never got that gun back in his possession, but then some months later he was able to buy more firearms,” McCartt explained.
The FBI said Hole started acquiring guns that were used in the eventual shooting in July 2020.
The shooter simply just stopped showing up for work and that is why he lost his job, McCartt explained, adding Hole acted alone in his efforts.
“In talking with other employees and FedEx personnel, he had never had any kind of issue there,” McCartt added.
Rapper Lil Baby and gospel artist Kirk Franklin have dropped the music video for their #1 collaboration, “We Win,” from the Space Jam: A New Legacy soundtrack.
The visual opens with Franklin playing a white piano before the spotlight hits Baby on the basketball court.
“Long as I keep puttin’ my faith and trust in God /I know that everything will be fine,” Baby raps on the gospel-laden track from producer Just Blaze. A choir and a group of kids showing off their skills later join Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin on the court.
Weeks after “We Win” topped Billboard’s Hot Gospel Songs chart in June, Lil Baby and Franklin performed their uplifting single at the 2021 BET Awards. It marks Baby’s first entry on the Gospel chart, while Franklin has been a regular since 2005.
The Space Jam: A New Legacy soundtrack also features appearances from Saweetie, Cordae, Salt-N-Pepa, Kash Doll, Joyner Lucas, John Legend, G-Eazy and more, including SZA and SAiNt JHN on “Just for Me.”
More than 80 authentic props from the landmark Discovery Channel science series Mythbusters are hitting the auction block, to benefit the Grant Imahara STEAM Foundation.
The non-profit was established after the engineer, robotics genius and former cast member after his untimely death in 2020, and “provides mentorships, grants and scholarships to underserved youth in the areas of science, technology, engineering, art and math.”
PropStore is handling the auction, which will let fans get their hands on items like the mechanical shark built by Imahara for 2008’s “Shark Week Special,” as well as Grant’s “Robo-cat” for the “Dog Myths” show, and spent rockets from various episodes, pieces of the poor crash test dummy/mascot Buster, and much more.
Many of the items were autographed by Grant’s friend and fellow Mythbuster Adam Savage, to boot.
The auction begins Friday, August 20 at noon Eastern time, and runs through Wednesday, September 1, 2021. To check out previews and register to bid at Propstore.com.
Imahara died one year ago this month of a previously undiagnosed intracranial aneurysm. He was 49.
Courtesy of Rex Foundation and The Jerry Garcia Family
A second annual edition of Daze Between, a series of events celebrating the life and legacy of Jerry Garcia that’s scheduled on and around the late Grateful Dead frontman’s August 1 birthday, recently kicked off and is slated to run through August 10.
While last year’s inaugural Daze Between was a virtual celebration because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 edition is a hybrid of live and streaming events and activities.
In conjunction with Daze Between, a variety of Garcia tribute concerts by Melvin Seals & JGB, The Garcia Project, Dark Star Orchestra and others will be held at various venues between Thursday, July 29, and Monday, August 9. Among these is a special Daze Between show on August 8 in New Haven, Connecticut, featuring Warren Haynes, Grace Potter and more.
In addition, Major League Baseball will host a series of special “Jerry Day” games featuring special Garcia merch giveaways and taking place July 29 at Boston’s Fenway Park, August 2 at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park, and August 10 at San Francisco’s Oracle Park.
Other events include livestreamed concert, an exhibition of Garcia’s digital art hosted by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, and an online auction featuring a selection of Grateful Dead collectibles.
Daze Between was launched in partnership between Garcia’s family and the Grateful Dead’s Rex Foundation charity. Proceeds raised will benefit the foundation, which supports people involved with creative endeavors in the arts, sciences and education.
(WASHINGTON) — Negotiators say they have a deal on bipartisan infrastructure.
A redo of last week’s failed test vote is expected Wednesday evening. Republican negotiators, all of whom blocked the procedural motion last week, said they’re ready to vote tonight, though a Democratic leadership aide said a time has not yet been set for the vote.
Negotiators also said they expect enough Republicans to support beginning debate.
Democrats called a special lunch to talk about the proposal behind closed doors this afternoon. Many say their support will hinge upon what is discussed during the meeting.
Details about the agreement are still emerging, but an aide close to the talks confirmed to ABC News that the topline value for new spending has decreased from $579 billion to $550 billion.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., the chief Democratic negotiator, told reporters that she expects some of the bill text to be available Wednesday, with further updates released as remaining details are worked out.
A “small tiny thing” related to transit and a “small thing” related to broadband must still be addressed, Sinema said.
Sinema said she spoke with President Joe Biden and said he is “very excited” about and “committed to” the plan.
Sen. Rob Portman, who has been the chief negotiator for Republicans on the bill, announced the agreement flanked by the four other Republicans in the core negotiating group.
“As of late last night and really early this morning we now have an agreement on the major issues we are prepared to move forward,” Portman said. “We look forward to moving ahead and having the opportunity to have a healthy debate here in the chamber regarding an incredibly important project to the American people.”
Democrats who are part of the negotiations confirmed that a deal had been struck.
Sen. Joe Manchin, asked if it was his understanding that a bipartisan deal had been reached, replied “That sure is.”
It’s still not clear if all Democrats are going to support the bipartisan deal. Democratic Whip Dick Durbin Wednesday morning said it was an “unanswered question” whether all Democrats back the deal.
“I don’t believe we certainly don’t have a whip or people signing on the dotted line,” Durbin said. “We need some assurances that we are all in this together.”
