Youths And More

  TEXAS (KXAN) — A Texas man could soon be a Guinness World Record holder — all thanks to the Queen of Tejano Music herself. Andrew Longoria will compete in a world record attempt June 29 centered around the largest collection of Selena Quintanilla memorabilia, with approximately 1,300 pieces gathered over the years. It’s a collection years in the making, ever since Longoria and his grandmother first purchased her “Dreaming of You” CD in 1997. KXAN first spoke with Longoria in January 2023 when he was preparing for his initial record attempt. He had to postpone that first attempt, but is back and vying for the world record. He’s spent roughly a decade documenting his burgeoning collection as an ode to his love for Selena’s music. “I was 5 years old when I got the [Dreaming of You] album,” Longoria told KXAN in 2023. “So to know how long I’ve been a fan and been collecting — it’s pretty phenomenal, to be perfectly honest.” Growing up near the Selena Museum in Corpus Christ...

  Youth on Course   – the nonprofit organization providing youth with access to life-changing opportunities through golf – has announced its class of 2024 college scholarship recipients, who will be receiving $285,000 in scholarship funds. The Youth on Course college scholarship program empowers the next generation to realize their dreams beyond the golf course by providing accessible opportunities to pursue higher education. Since 2008, 343 Youth on Course members have received financial support to attend college totaling $3.2 million in scholarships. The graduation rate among Youth on Course scholars is 93.6%, and 37% of recipients have been first-generation college students. “We are proud to support and congratulate these outstanding scholarship recipients and the entire class of 2024,” says Youth on Course CEO Adam Heieck. “At Youth on Course, our mission extends beyond the golf course. Thanks to our generous scholarship donors, we can enhance access to college and play a ...

  An event focusing on Men's Health Month focused on the health of husbands, fathers, brothers, and sons. The event is being hosted by the New Orleans Black Chamber. The Men's Empowerment Meeting is Friday at Jung Hotel at 9 a.m. Organizers tell us there will be at least four panels focusing on different topics that particularly impact men in New Orleans. One focuses on health, another on wealth. There are also panels like 'Solutions Not Problems' and 'Real Talk Panel' to bridge the gap between boys and men.  Councilman Oliver Thomas will host the panel on Solutions Not Problems, which focuses on ways to reduce crime in the community. Meteorologist Damon Singleton with WDSU will also be hosting the event.

  Wormholes, spectacular VFX and Avirex jackets as far as the eye can see. No, this isn’t Marvel. We’re behind-the-scenes on Netflix’s new superhero epic ‘Supacell’. It’s a genre-twisting slice of London life that’s giving us superpowered heroes as we’ve never seen them before. And it’s the handiwork of Peckham’s own Andrew ‘Rapman’ Onwubolu. ‘Supacell’ is a long way from the rapper-writer-and-filmmaker’s guerilla-style  ‘Shiro’s Story ’. That attention-grabbing YouTube short signalled the arrival of a significant new talent back in 2018. If the bullish Londoner has anything to do with it, there’s a lot further to go.  ‘I know the ting’s levels above anything we’ve seen come out of the UK,’ Rapman says of his new superhero series. ‘I’m going big! I’ve put everything into this and I’m expecting to get everything back: the accolades, the numbers, the critical acclaim. I want all of it.’ He’s staying true to his roots, which is why I’m talking to him on a freezing November d...

  Scarlett Johansson   was all in for   Jurassic World , especially after reading the script. “The script is so incredible,” the actress, 36, said in an interview with ComicBook.com published on Monday, June 24. “ David Koepp  wrote it. He returned after, like, 30 years to write the script. He’s so passionate about it, which is so awesome.” Koepp, 61, penned the scripts for both  Jurassic Park  and its sequel  The Lost World . He had previously turned down the opportunity to create the story for the first  Jurassic World film . Johansson confessed that she has been an “enormous” fan of the Jurassic Park franchise since the original premiered in 1993. “It’s one of the first films I remember seeing in the theater,” she gushed. “I remember seeing it so vividly. It was life-changing. It was mind-blowing. I cannot express how excited I am.” Johansson admitted that she has been wanting to get involved in the new installment for a long time and...

  The intrepid actor does, however, consider his role of Axel Foley in the   “Beverly Hills Cop” franchise to be one that stands out among the rest. “Before ‘Beverly Hills Cop,’ there had never been a movie that starred a Black man, a Black person, that was successful all around the world,” Murphy said in a recent  interview with Extra, pegged to the upcoming fourth installment of the movie series titled “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.” Murphy went on to say that “even still to this day, when Black folks, we make movies, most of the time they work in the States and outside of the country, they don’t work.” The Oscar-nominated actor mentioned his previous work in “The Nutty Professor” and “Coming to America” as examples of movies he starred in that were global hits, but said that “’Beverly Hills Cop’ started it and started that.” Capping on that worldwide love for the franchise, Murphy also confirmed that a fifth installment is currently in the works, and that the film’s produ...

  Clare Cunningham performed at Iron and Oak Event Center on Thursday, June 20. Irish-born singer-songwriter Clare Cunningham is an independent, award-winning artist who spans across a multitude of genres. She made her Grand Ole Opry debut in 2023 and recently won The World Entertainment Awards for Best New Artist and Christian Song of the Year in 2023