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Jupiter Entertainment filming ‘Homicide Hunter’ at Grove Market

Posted at 11:34 pm June 26, 2019
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Jupiter Entertainment was filming for the television show “Homicide Hunter” at Grove Market in Oak Ridge on Wednesday night.

The scene appeared to include police officers and a police car and an ambulance and emergency medical workers, and that prompted some Oak Ridge residents to wonder what was happening. There were also camera and sound crews, lights, and a photographer.

The filming was under way at about 11 p.m. Wednesday, and it wasn’t clear how long it might last.

The episode being filmed Wednesday night could reportedly air in late September or early October.

Jupiter Entertainment has filmed in Oak Ridge before, including at Dean’s Restaurant recently and at the former Oak Ridge Mall several years ago.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

Filed Under: Entertainment, Front Page News, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Television Tagged With: Grove Market, Homicide Hunter, Jupiter Entertainment, television show

‘Jeopardy!’ run ends for Oak Ridge woman

Posted at 10:58 pm October 14, 2017
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Scarlett Sims, right, of Oak Ridge is pictured above with Alex Trebek, host of the television quiz show "Jeopardy!" (Photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions Inc.)

Scarlett Sims, right, of Oak Ridge is pictured above with Alex Trebek, host of the television quiz show “Jeopardy!” (Photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions Inc.)

 

The “Jeopardy!” run of Scarlett Sims of Oak Ridge ended on Friday.

Sims, a stay-at-home mom, ended the 12-game winning streak of New York City bartender Austin Rogers on Thursday, when she won $33,000, according to WBIR-TV of Knoxville, which broadcasts the show.

She missed the Final Jeopardy question Friday, ending the second night with $400, WBIR reported. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: Austin Rogers, Jeopardy, Scarlett Sims, WBIR

Oak Ridge mom emerges as new champion on ‘Jeopardy!’

Posted at 5:41 pm October 13, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Scarlett Sims, right, of Oak Ridge is pictured above with Alex Trebek, host of the television quiz show "Jeopardy!" (Photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions Inc.)

Scarlett Sims, right, of Oak Ridge is pictured above with Alex Trebek, host of the television quiz show “Jeopardy!” (Photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions Inc.)

 

Scarlett Sims, a stay-at-home mom from Oak Ridge, emerged as the new champion on “Jeopardy!” on Thursday, a press release said.

The 12-game winning streak of New York City bartender Austin Rogers came to an end during that episode of the television quiz show. Rogers’ run netted him $411,000 in prize money and attracted legions of fans who made the quirky contestant a viral sensation, the press release said.

Rogers finished his run in fifth place on the all-time regular-season (non-tournament) winnings list, the press release said. He will return for the “Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions,” airing November 6-17.

“Jeopardy!” airs in Knoxville on WBIR-TV in Knoxville. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Front Page News, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: Austin Rogers, Jeopardy, Scarlett Sims, WBIR

Oak Ridge woman to compete on ‘Jeopardy!’ on Thursday

Posted at 9:58 pm October 7, 2017
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Scarlett Sims, right, of Oak Ridge is pictured above with Alex Trebek, host of the television quiz show "Jeopardy!" (Photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions Inc.)

Scarlett Sims, right, of Oak Ridge is pictured above with Alex Trebek, host of the television quiz show “Jeopardy!” (Photo courtesy Jeopardy Productions Inc.)

 

Scarlett Sims, an Oak Ridge woman, will compete on “Jeopardy!” on Thursday, a press release said. You can watch the quiz show on WBIR-TV in Knoxville at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.

The press release describes Sims as a stay-at-home mom from Oak Ridge.

Sims graduated from Mariposa County High School in Mariposa, California, in 2004, and she graduated from Tulane University, where she studied the French language, in 2008, according to her Facebook page. Sims has also studied library science at the University of Alabama, her Facebook page said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: Alex Trebek, Jeopardy, Jeopardy Productions Inc., Scarlett Sims, WBIR-TV

Animal Shelter cat, rat to appear on ‘Unlikely Animal Friends,’ a National Geographic show

Posted at 12:00 pm April 21, 2016
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Batman and Pumpkin

Batman, a Dumbo rat, left, and Pumpkin, a FIV-positive cat, two mascots at the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter, will be featured on National Geographic (Nat Geo) WILD’s “Unlikely Animal Friends” airing 8 p.m. Saturday, May 21. (Photo by City of Oak Ridge)

 

A cat and a rat, both mascots at the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter, will be featured on National Geographic (Nat Geo) WILD’s “Unlikely Animal Friends” airing 8 p.m. Saturday, May 21.

In September 2015, the Nat Geo WILD team spent a full day at the shelter filming, a press release said. Their focus was to show the unlikely friendship between Pumpkin, a FIV-positive cat, and Batman, a Dumbo rat. Aside from showing the friendship between the two animals, the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter hopes to educate the public on FIV-positive cats and promote adopting from local animal shelters.

The Oak Ridge Animal Shelter is located on the east end of town at 395 Belgrade Road, and it currently holds a no-kill status, the press release said.

For more information about the Oak Ridge Animal Shelter, visit http://animalshelter.oakridgetn.gov/ or call (865) 425-3423.

More information will be added as it becomes available.

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Filed Under: Entertainment, Government, Meetings and Events, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: Batman, Nat Geo, Nat Geo WILD, National Geographic, Oak Ridge Animal Shelter, Pumpkin, Unlikely Animal Friends

History teacher, ORHS grad to appear on Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament

Posted at 10:06 pm January 31, 2015
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Lydia Cuffman

Lydia Cuffman, a 2004 graduate of Oak Ridge High School, will compete in the Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament on Tuesday. The show will air at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on WBIR-TV in Knoxville. (Photos courtesy Jeopardy Productions, Inc.)

 

Lydia Cuffman, a 2004 graduate of Oak Ridge High School, will compete in the Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament on Tuesday. The show will air at 7:30 p.m. on WBIR-TV in Knoxville.

Cuffman is now a history teacher at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California.

Her mother, Kym Cuffman, said 200,000 people sign up to take the Jeopardy test each year. One hundred fifty thousand actually take the test, and 400 make it to the final contestants’ pool, Kym Cuffman said. There were 15 K-12 teachers chosen to be in the Teachers Tournament. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Entertainment, Entertainment, K-12, Meetings and Events, Slider, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: Cathy Farrell, Jeopardy, Jeopardy Teachers Tournament, Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, Kym Cuffman, Lydia Cuffman, Michael Jones, Oak Ridge High School, Redwood City, Sequoia High School, The Raven Report

Conservative talk show ‘Let’s Talk Frank’ returns to airwaves

Posted at 8:48 am November 6, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff 2 Comments

The television show “Let’s Talk Frank” is returning to the local airwaves, host Lee Frank said.

The show will air live every Thursday on Comcast Channel 12 from 7 to 8 p.m., and it will feature state and local guests, commentary, and news. The show will also accept calls from the viewing audience, a press release said.

Founded in 2002, the conservative-oriented local show aired for seven years on BBB Comcast Channel 12 in Anderson and Roane Counties. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Front Page News, Government, Television Tagged With: Anthony Allen, BBB Communications, Comcast, conservative talk show, Lee Frank, Let's Talk Frank, television show

Guest column: Explosive interest in ‘Manhattan’

Posted at 6:09 pm August 29, 2014
By Atomic Heritage Foundation 2 Comments

Cynthia C. Kelly

Cynthia C. Kelly

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The WGN America television show “Manhattan” has galvanized the interest of millions of viewers. Shown on Sunday nights, national audiences are riveted by the dramatic tension between rival groups of scientists and the omnipresent security police in Los Alamos in 1943. “Manhattan” follows the scientists as they confront the challenges of making a workable atomic bomb while dealing with an intrusive military force, intense rivalries, and strained marital relations where couples can no longer confide in each other.

The show is a blend of fact and fiction. The primary characters are entirely fictional including the main scientist, Frank Winter; Chinese-American physicist, Sidney Liao; and wunderkind Charlie Isaacs and his most attractive wife, Abby. But “Manhattan” has preserved at least two real persona, J. Robert Oppenheimer as the director of Los Alamos, and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr who visits the laboratory to offer his advice.

The central tension is the race to develop two different approaches to a plutonium-based bomb. Winter believes an implosion bomb offers the best option but most of the scientists—including Oppenheimer—are more confident in a gun-type plutonium bomb similar to the design used for the uranium-based bomb. While the enmity between the two groups is exaggerated for television, “Manhattan” does a good job showing the challenges the scientists and engineers faced knowing little about the newly discovered and quite bizarre element plutonium.

In a 1965 interview with journalist Stephane Groueff, J. Robert Oppenheimer recalled: “I think the set of problems connected with implosion was the most difficult, and it required very new experimental techniques. It was not a branch of physics anyone was very familiar with. It was, from a theoretical, an observational, and a practical point of view, quite an adventure. Plutonium was a terrible test from beginning to end and never stayed quiet: it gets hot, it is radioactive, you cannot touch it, you have to coat it, and the coating always peels. It is just a terrible substance.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Guest Columns, Opinion, Television, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: atomic bomb, Atomic Heritage Foundation, bomb, Charlie Isaacs, Congress, Frank Winter, Germany, Hanford, implosion bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leona Marshall Libby, Los Alamos, Manhattan, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, National Park Service, Niels Bohr, Nobel Prize, Oak Ridge, oral history, plutonium, plutonium bomb, scientists, security police, Sidney Liao, television show, uranium-based bomb, Voices of the Manhattan Project, WGN America

‘Fishing University’ coming to Norris Feb. 27

Posted at 12:25 pm February 24, 2014
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Information from WYSH Radio

The host of the Outdoor Channel’s “Fishing University” television show will be on Norris Lake next week filming a show for their 2014 season.

You will have the opportunity to meet the hosts of the show, Charlie Ingram and Ray Brazier and their guests, Chief Executive Dean Smith and Brand Manager Kody Bradbury of Legend Boats, on Thursday, Feb. 27, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Museum of Appalachia. This is a free event for the entire family and will give you the opportunity to ask the pros everything you always wanted to know about bass fishing. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Recreation, Sports, Television Tagged With: Anderson County, Anderson County Tourism Council, bass fishing, Charlie Ingram, Dean Smith, Fishing University, Kody Bradbury, Legend Boats, Museum of Appalachia, Norris Lake, Outdoor Channel, Ray Brazier

Janelle Arthur eliminated from American Idol

Posted at 12:59 am April 22, 2013
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Janelle Arthur

Janelle Arthur

Oliver Springs singer Janelle Arthur was eliminated from “American Idol” on Thursday.

Arthur, 23, had been part of the first-ever all-female Top 5 on the popular televised singing competition.

She became the first Top 10 female finalist to be eliminated this season after she performed Vince Gill’s “When I Call Your Name” and Dolly Parton’s “Dumb Blonde.”

Arthur had auditioned for the show three times.

Filed Under: Music, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: American Idol, Janelle Arthur, Oliver Springs, singing competition, Top 10

Janelle Arthur competes on ‘American Idol’ tonight, Roane State scholarship established

Posted at 6:30 pm April 17, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Janelle Arthur

Janelle Arthur

Oliver Springs native Janelle Arthur will perform again tonight on “American Idol” as she competes in the Top 5.

Following tonight’s show, America’s votes will decide who goes home and who gets to return to the stage next week. The popular televised singing competition on Fox is broadcast on WTNZ, Channel 43, and it starts at 8 p.m. tonight and Thursday.

Separately, a scholarship has been established in Arthur’s name to be awarded annually to a Roane State Community College student pursuing a music degree. The scholarship will be administered by the Roane State Community College Scholarship Foundation. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Music, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: American Idol, Janelle Arthur, Janelle Arthur Music Scholarship Fund, Oliver Springs, Roane State Community College, Roane State Community College Scholarship Foundation, scholarship

Janelle Arthur survives another round of ‘American Idol’

Posted at 12:14 pm March 29, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

Singer Janelle Arthur of Oliver Springs survived another round of fan voting on “American Idol” Thursday night, and she will be part of the television show’s final seven competitors.

Arthur will perform again next week and await the results of another round of viewer voting on Thursday night.

A video of her performance this week is available on Hulu.

Filed Under: Music, Television, Top Stories Tagged With: American Idol, Janelle Arthur, Oliver Springs

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