Plus, behind the mad scramble to get this BYU runner to the Olympics
Good morning! Here are today’s temperatures: ☀️ 50 – 93° in Logan ☀️ 66 – 98° in Salt Lake ☀️ 74 – 105° in St. George President Joe Biden’s performance in the presidential debate Thursday night not only stirred panic within the Democratic Party but also provoked questions about whether Biden should be replaced on the ballot. Since the debate took place before the Democratic National Convention, scheduled in August, the idea of replacing Biden on the 2024 ticket is still viable, but it would be a challenging path. Read more about how people are responding to the debate, what it would take to replace a candidate on the ballot and whether such a move is likely. Also on our minds: Utah Hockey Club made its first draft pick Friday Rep. Celeste Maloy still leads in the CD2 race, but Colby Jenkins is hoping it’s close enough for a recount The State Department released the 2023 International Religious Freedom Report |
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| ‘You have a lot of heaven in Utah’ — Inside Kevin Costner’s expansive ‘Horizon’ |
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| “There’s a lot of heaven in Utah,” Kevin Costner told Meg Walter during their conversation about “Horizon: An America Saga,” the Academy Award winner’s latest project. “There are these places that are just almost indescribable.” The Western epic saga — which took Costner 30 years to write and $38 million of his own money to produce — chronicles the Civil War-era expansion and settlement of the American West set against the stunning backdrop of red-rock mesas. While the locations in the film span Wyoming, New Mexico and Montana, the first two chapters were filmed in Utah, and Costner plans to keep production in the state for Chapters 3 and 4. Costner told Meg he felt as though he might hurt his neck the first time he drove through Utah, craning to see all the breathtaking landscapes. “I couldn’t look away,” he said. “I knew the story wanted to be set there. I thought that it would be the best possible thing for the movie,” he added. “There are these wide, open spaces that almost defy imagination. That kind of look is fabulous for a western.” Read more about Meg’s conversation with Costner and what he had to say about filming in Utah. |
| When BYU’s James Corrigan rallied to a third-place finish in the 3,000-meter steeplechase Sunday night in the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, it set off a wild celebration among his coaches and teammates, but this quickly gave way to a moment of realization, if not panic: Now what do we do? The top three finishers in each event at the trials earn a spot on the Olympic team, with one caveat: They also must achieve an Olympic qualifying time anytime within the last year, or collect enough world-ranking points to place among the top 36 in the world. Corrigan has neither. There is an urgency to the situation. The window for a qualifying time, which opened July 1, 2023, closes June 30 — Sunday night. Read more about Corrigan’s final shot to qualify for the 2024 Summer Games. More in Sports ‘It’s a huge honor’: Tij Iginla makes history as Utah Hockey Club’s first-ever draft selection (Deseret News) Former BYU track and field standout Courtney Wayment has qualified for the Olympics (Deseret News) Did Danny Ainge put on a ‘masterclass’? How experts graded the Utah Jazz’s overall draft haul (Deseret News) Big 12 cellar dweller? Some BYU coaches, players seething over low expectations; others are not (Deseret News) |
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