Entertainment

LOS ANGELES -  Actor-comedian and Oscar^®–nominated writer Kumail Nanjiani and actress–producer–director Tracee Ellis Ross announced the 91st Oscars^® nominations today (January 22), live from the Academy’s headquarters in Beverly Hills. Nanjiani and Ross announced the nominees in 9 categories at 5:20 a.m. PT, and the remaining 15 categories at 5:30 a.m. PT.

Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and Foreign Language Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi-branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees.

FRIANT -  "This is the only place we go!" exclaimed Lucky Carol from Chowchilla about Table Mountain Casino, her favorite place to play and win. Carol is the most recent winner of the random Massive Cash jackpot, found only at Table Mountain Casino. This Massive Cash jackpot paid out $130,207.98!

Carol from Chowchilla was having fun playing her favorite quarter denomination slot machine, when she realized a lucky player had just won Table Mountain's Massive Cash jackpot; an instant later Carol realized she was the lucky player!  What a fun discovery! Carol has been a loyal Table Mountain Player's Club member for well over a decade. She stated, "All the people are very friendly. Everyone at Table Mountain Casino is very courteous and friendly." This shared sentiment has earned Table Mountain Casino the reputation for being the friendliest casino in the Valley.

VISALIA -  Come to the Visalia Convention Center Gigantic Indoor Yard Sale, Saturday, January 5, 2019. We brought the traditional outdoor yard sale inside. There will be a variety of sellers selling gently used items including household items, toys, collectibles, tools, furniture, clothing and much more.  There will be some vendors selling new items as well!  Come and enjoy an indoor sale with climate control, plenty of free parking and great bargains.

This will be our third Indoor Yard Sale.  Our first Indoor Yard Sale was held on January 6 with over 75 vendors and 2,000 people attended. Our second sale was held on Saturday, July 7, 2018.  We look forward to another great event! It’s going to be cold outside, but we have that covered and will keep everyone warm inside. Also, we have one more thing covered. In case you get hungry, the Cinnamon Roll Shack food truck will be at the event serving up delicious hot cinnamon rolls, coffee and hot chocolate and Sequoia Brewing Company will be selling breakfast burritos and grilled wraps!

PASADENA -  Dole Packaged Foods is proud to announce that its 2019 Rose Parade® float, Rhythm of Paradise, took home the Wrigley Legacy award in this year's parade.  Dole has taken home nine float awards since 2011 and holds the record for the most Sweepstakes Trophy wins.

LOS ANGELES -  Comscore today announced the official worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of December 2, 2018, as compiled by the company's theatrical measurement services. As the trusted industry partner for real-time box office reporting, Comscore is the only theater-level movie measurement and analytics company providing insights across the world's largest markets, covering 95 percent of the global industry gross. Using Comscore's suite of movie products, customers are able to analyze admissions and gross results from around the world.

Comscore's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "This weekend a guy named Ralph took the top spot at the global and North American box office as 'Ralph Breaks The Internet' added another $59.5 million worldwide to bring its tally to nearly $207 million.  Notably, Warner Bros.' 'Fantastic Beasts 2' and Fox's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' both crossed the $500 million mark globally."