Plus, Gov. Spencer Cox expected to sign DEI overhaul bill after it passes in concurrence vote Friday.
Good morning! Here are today's temperatures: ⛅ 21 - 40° in Logan | 💧 10% ⛅ 27 - 45° in Salt Lake City | 💧 10% 🌤️ 32 - 56° in St. George Some avid soda drinkers claim Coca-Cola tastes better at McDonald's. This leaves some wondering if the Coke sold at the fast food giant really is different than the Coke sold anywhere else. While the recipe is the same, McDonald's uses tricks to enhance the flavor of their Coke. Learn what they do differently here.
Also on our mind: The conclusion of former President Donald Trump's defamation case, an alarming surge in international measles cases and how faith played a role in BYU women's soccer's 'remarkable' season.
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| After 20 years, ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ returns to the place that gave it a chance |
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| | “Napoleon Dynamite” returned to the Sundance Film Festival with a special screening on Wednesday, 20 years after the film first premiered there. The film was met with cheers during the anniversary screening, demonstrating the film's staying power — and not just with fans. The film's star, Jon Heder, is proud of his role in the film and considers it is definitive role despite starring in “The Benchwarmers” and “Blades of Glory.” “It’s what started everything,” he told the Deseret News ahead of the 20th-anniversary screening. “I love it. It would suck if I didn’t like the movie. But I love the characters, I love the movie.” While the film about an awkward teen in Preston, Idaho, seems more fictional than fact, the film's writers and cast consider it a documentary of their childhoods. “Everything in that movie is true. It is disappointing, you thought we were brilliant, we were not,” co-writer Jerusha Hess said during the Q&A. “We were collecting stories from our childhood and from our families and from our friends and we strung them together into a movie.” |
Read more of what the cast of “Napoleon Dynamite” had to say 20 years later about the film that changed their lives. |
| Gov. Spencer Cox is expected to sign a bill sent by state lawmakers to his desk Friday which will ban DEI practices in Utah. On Friday, the bill passed 60-14 in a concurrence vote held by the Utah House of Representatives to approve amendments from the Senate. The bill passed in the Senate on Thursday almost a week after the House passed it. Rep. Katy Hall, the bill’s sponsor, spoke prior to the House concurrence vote. “The intent of this bill is that we treat everyone as an individual, taking into account all their circumstances, capabilities, opportunities and experiences with the goal of providing equal opportunities for everyone,” she said. Under the bill, public institutions must maintain neutrality on political topics, and if found in violation, state funding could be withheld from those institutions. “It is asking our state entities to provide an environment where everyone, if they work hard enough, and if they want, can succeed,” Hall said. “It will also provide an environment where civil discourse and a marketplace of ideas can flourish again on our university campuses.” Read more about the bill and its impacts. More in Politics Jury orders Donald Trump to pay $83.3 million in defamation case (Deseret News) Utah Legislature gives final approval to transgender bathroom bill after last-minute tweaks (Deseret News) $10 million ‘teacher empowerment’ bill headed to the Utah Senate (Deseret News) Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: How effective was Gov. Cox’s ‘weird’ speech? (Deseret News) | FROM OUR SPONSOR MYLIO PHOTOS Collect and Protect a Lifetime of Memories Are your family's precious memories scattered across different devices? Mylio Photos brings them together, offering peace of mind with a secure, cloud-free, easy-to-use library. Experience the joy of having all your family photos and videos accessible anytime and preserved for future generations. | Entertainment Apple TV+’s ‘Masters of the Air’ follows the 100th Bomb Group in World War II. But is it all true? (Deseret News) Netflix’s paid sharing — and ad subscription option — might have paid off (Deseret News) Health Alarming surge in measles: Europe in crisis and U.S. on alert (Deseret News) Faith A pastor thought God wanted him to sell cryptocurrency. Now, he faces fraud charges (Deseret News) Peloton instructor opens up about her Christian faith after backlash (Deseret News) A look back at a ‘remarkable’ season for BYU women’s soccer and how faith plays a role (Church News) Sports Saturday’s high noon showdown with Texas will reveal whether the Cougars are contenders or pretenders (Deseret News) No. 16 Utah faced Oregon. Did the Utes continue their hot streak? (Deseret News) How Utah gymnastics fared against Arizona State (Deseret News) What Steve Young said about today’s NFL quarterbacks (Deseret News) Utah isn’t the only Pac-12 team struggling on the road. But the Utes need solutions soon (Deseret News) Why Lynne Roberts said Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer’s ‘secret sauce’ is her humility (Deseret News) Business Roadmap to Prosperity dashboard shows steady economic growth for Utah heading into 2024 (Deseret News) 3 Utah Cold Stone Creamery stores fined $42K for violating child labor laws (KSL) Weber and Davis Counties Plane crash on Pineview Reservoir leaves 2 stranded on ice (KSL) Centerville man dies in suspected drowning in Hawaii (KSL) Washington County A FBI agent’s journey to returning an 18th-century stolen painting back to a New Jersey family (Deseret News) The U.S. and World New York City declared social media to be a ‘public health threat.’ Will it matter? (Deseret News) U.S. pauses funding as Israel claims U.N. agency employees were involved in Oct. 7 attacks (Deseret News) King Charles III 'doing well' after scheduled prostate treatment, Queen Camilla says (NPR) |
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