12 'Once Upon A Time' Characters We Want to See More Of

When Once Upon a Time returns to ABC on March 1, it promises the true introduction to characters that have only previously been briefly shown: The Queens of Darkness.

Fans of the show may be excited to see what troubles Cruella de Vil, Maleficent and Ursula can cause for their favorite characters, but there are always a few favorites whove had limited roles that many are still hoping will reappear during the fairy-tale shows run.

Here are a few of our picks of which Storybrooke or Enchanted Forest characters or potential residents we hope grace the screen this season.

Whatever happened to

Anton: The now-friendly giant seemed extremely helpful during the growing-magic-beans plotline, but then seemed to disappear from the town. His existence has barely been mentioned recently and itd be nice to know if hes living a somewhat normal life or if things have changed for him since the beans were stolen.

King George: While Prince Charmings father was never a character anyone enjoyed seeing, his status is a bit of a question mark after he tried to pull a stunt that would have him ruling Storybrooke instead of his son. From what we saw, he was defeated, not killed. Is he skulking somewhere and plotting his next takeover?

Gaston: Yes, he was turned into a rose. But someone who was a mouse in one world became a human in Storybrooke. Belle is such a prominent character its surprising more members of her original story havent turned up, including her jilted ex-fiance, especially considering the current status of her relationship with Rumplestiltskin.

August: The smooth-talking, typewriter-hauling, motorcycle-driving Pinocchio had a less-than-satisfying turn of events, with a curse reverting him to his childhood. His flirtatious and snarky comments wouldnt quite sound right coming out of a cherub-faced child, and many people have clamored for the return of August rather than his storybook self. (Rumor has it that his adult form will actually appear this month!)

Can we see some more of.

Jefferson: The Mad Hatters storyline wrapped up pretty wonderfully and he had easily one of the best results from the original curse being broken. However, the rarely-seen Jefferson was oddly entertaining and audiences were cheated out of seeing how he and his daughter are handling their post-curse lives. Storybrooke could always use a bit of madness.

Rapunzel: As the star of a familiar fairy tale, she certainly could use a bit more screentime. The princess made one appearance in the fairy tale realm, but it would have been interesting to discover her Storybrooke counterpart. It is hard to believe she hasnt crossed paths with other members of the town before.

Ruby: Requests for seeing the gorgeous waitress/werewolf were answered with a few appearances in season three, but she hasnt been seen much recently. With her closeness to so many other characters, her absence has definitely been noticed.

Mulan: She too had a rather well-defined ending to her story arc, but her take-charge attitude really added something to the group of powerful women on the show. While Aurora may have (unintentionally) broken Mulans heart early on, their friendship was a different kind of partnership that is missing from the show.

Can we puh-leeez see

Flynn Rider: There are enough princes already. Flynn could easily turn out to be a before-unintroduced member of Robin Hoods Merry Men, being such a clever thief as he is. Throw him into the mix of characters, and suddenly Captain Hook has a competitor for being the dreamiest man in all of Storybrooke.

Merlin: There is an unnamed sorcerer in middle of the season four plot so theres a chance this could actually come true. With mentions of Camelot as well as multiple appearances of Lancelot, throwing in the wizard wouldnt be a stretch. It will be interesting to see if the sorcerer angle will follow this trail or go the Disney route, proving to be Yensid.

Pocahontas: The shows set in Maine, so this one isnt too big of a stretch either. She could easily help ground the group a little bit or teach them to paint with all the colors of the wind. A little diversity wouldnt hurt either, as most of the tales being told are of European origin. Plus, if there is a chance of Pocahontas, theres a possibility of John Smith or Grandmother Willow, too.

Tiana: Admittedly, there are already quite a few princesses, but if Ruby isnt coming back, Tiana could be helping Granny out in her diner. A little Creole flavor in the show could add a bit of a change, as well as her no-nonsense attitude. If Elsa is officially staying in Arendale, there is one less princess in Storybrooke

What character do you want to see more of in season 4?

Source: http://parade.com/379871/hthompson/12-once-upon-a-time-characters-we-want-to-see-more-of/

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When Is Daylight Saving Time 2015?

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When is daylight saving time 2015? The clock will spring forward an hour in March for most of the United States, but what day and what time?

Daylight saving time is always the second Sunday in March, so for 2015 Daylight Saving Time begins on Sunday March 8 at 2 a.m. When the clock strikes 2 a.m., it is moved forward to to 3 a.m. for a majority of the United States.

States and regions that abstain from daylight saving time include Arizona (except for the Navajo Nation, which does it), Hawaii, and the overseas territories of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. This is done for various reasons and has as much to do with politics as it does with location.

Lastly, while it is officially called daylight saving time, it is colloquially known as daylight savings time. What do you say?

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Bill to keep Daylight Savings Time year-round advances in New Mexico ...

SANTA FE >> A Senate committee has passed a bill to keep New Mexicans from springing forward and falling back every year when it's time to adjust clocks.

The Senate Public Affairs Committee voted 5-1 Thursday to advance Sen. Cliff Pirtle's bill that would keep the state on Daylight Savings Time year-round.

The Republican farmer from Roswell says changing the clock twice a year is an unnecessary inconvenience. He says farmers and ranchers work from sunrise to sundown no matter what the clock says.

Pirtle's bill now moves to the Senate Judiciary Committee. If it becomes law, New Mexico time would remain unchanged after it springs forward on March 8.

The federal government allows states to exempt themselves from time changes. Currently, Arizona and Hawaii do not observe Daylight Savings Time.

Source: http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_27607027/bill-keep-daylight-savings-time-year-round-advances

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Dallas weather forces several flights to and from Portland to be canceled

Winter Weather Texas

Brian Hawkins walks along Quorum Drive, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, in Addison, Texas. A Texas snowstorm has closed schools, snarled traffic and forced a main highway to Oklahoma to shut down after dozens of vehicles slipped off the road. (The Associated Press/The Dallas Morning News/Smiley N. Pool)

An overnight storm that pelted parts of Texas and Oklahoma with freezing rain has forced the cancellation of nearly 1,000 flights at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, includingseveral to and from Portland International Airport.

Transportation officials and the National Weather Service warned people to stay off the roads until temperatures rise and the ice melts. Forecasters issued a winter weather advisory for the Dallas-Fort Worth area until Saturday night.

Flight tracker Flightaware.com reported 974 flights canceled at DFW airport by late Saturday morning.

Airport spokesman David Magana says about 5,000 stranded passengers were forced to spend the night at the airport after another 600 flights were canceled Friday. The airport provided cots, blankets and toiletries to the passengers.

Area temperatures are expected in the upper 40s Sunday.

One Portlander gets a ride home from Alaska Air.But American Airlines is gracious about it.

-- The Associated Press.

Source: http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2015/02/dallas_weather_forces_several.html

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WATCH: Alabama Shakes Performing "Gimme All Your Love" On SNL (VIDEO)

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Alabama Shakes performed Gimme All Your Love on this weeks SNL as their second song. Check out the video below of the performance.

This is the first time the band has ever performed Gimme All Your Love on TV, though it has been performed live at concerts and music festivals since last year. The band first sang Dont Wanna Fight, which is the first single off their upcoming album. Its slated to be released in April.

Following Alabama Shakes SNL appearance, the roots rock group will be touring throughout the U.S. The band is slated to play two more dates in New York, before heading to Illinois, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, and California. Shortly before Sound & Color officially drops, Alabama Shakes is scheduled to play both weekends at Coachella in Indio, California.

As Gossip Cop previously reported, this is second time Alabama Shakes has been on SNL. During its first appearance in 2013, the band, comprising of lead singer Brittany Howard, guitarists Zac Cockrell and Heath Fogg, drummer Steve Johnson, and keyboardist Ben Tanner, performed the hits Always Alright and Hold On off their first full-length album, Boys & Girls.

Check out Alabama Shakes SNL performance of Gimme All Your Love below, and tell us what you think.

Source: http://www.gossipcop.com/alabama-shakes-snl-gimme-all-your-love-video-saturday-night-live-watch-performance-2015/

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Review: 'The Lazarus Effect'

Feb. 28, 2015 | 0 Comments

REVIEW BY BURL BURLINGAME / Special to the Star-Advertiser

All of the actors here are perfectly capable folks, given the right material and direction. Here, they have neither, and if nothing else, The Lazarus Effect makes you acutely aware that actors can be victims too.

Its basic Frankenstein/Re-Animator/Flatliners/Mad Scientist shtick. A group of rather cute scientific researchers find a formula that can bring the recently dead back to life. They try it on a dead dog. Dog comes back back to life and acts weird. Actually, it acts like a cat. Then one of the scientists becomes recently dead herself and they try it out on a human, who then acts weird, but not in a good way.

The undead dog, behaving like a cat, absolutely disappears when things get weird. Good doggie.

The science stuff in the beginning unfolds rather well, even if the university lab theyre working in is underlit like a bargain-basement haunted house. What, the university cant afford light bulbs? Its when the action gets going with the undead human being that the film goes kerblooie. Theres more to horror films than black screens, flying furniture and boo! moments. They require imagination and verve, as well as a subversive sense of humor.

The undead scientist is played by lovely Olivia Wilde. At least I formerly thought she was lovely. She gets so many extreme close-ups that you feel like her dermatologist. She winds up looking like those outer-space pictures of dead moons. Gives one the creeps, like nothing else in the movie does. Poor Olivia.

The other actors, all of whom are seasoned pros, such as Mark Duplass, Evan Peters, Sarah Bolger and particularly Donald Glover, do science-yak one minute, scream the next minute, and are squished or zapped or burnt alive a minute later. (Interestingly, none are scared to death.) The entire Lazarus is only 83 minutes, and I want 80 of those minutes back.

Even the silliest of scare movies can have a sense of fun and danger, but The Lazarus Effect implodes only a third of the way in, and never recovers. Its better to let dead dogs lie.

Source: http://www.honolulupulse.com/2015/02/review-the-lazarus-effect/

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Patrol: No Motive Yet on Mass Murder in Tyrone, MO

TYRONE, Mo. -- Eight people are dead, including the suspected shooter, in a multiple murder in Texas County, Missouri.A ninth person died of apparently died of natural causes, authorities say.

The Highway Patrol believes the gunman killed at least seven people in the small town of Tyrone before turning the gun on himself.

The Missouri Highway Patrol says a child called the Texas County Sheriff's Department about 10:15 Thursday night, to say she was inside her house in Tyrone and heard gun shots. She fled to a neighbor's house to call for help.

When deputies got there, they found two people dead. Investigators then found five others dead in three more homes. One person was still alive and rushed to a local hospital.

Deputies also found an elderly woman dead at a fifth house, and it is believed she died of natural causes.

Investigators say they believe they found the shooter In neighboring Shannon County, dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. He was only identified as a man, 36, also from Tyrone.

The Houston Herald reports a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper said the woman is the suspect's mother, and they are attempting to determine if it links to the crime spree.

Sgt. Jeff Kinder told reporters the motive for the shootings is not yet determined. The names of those killed were being withheld until their families are notified.

"In our job, we see a lot of bad stuff, and this is bad, Kinder told reporters. "It's not natural to see that type of thing."

The Patrol has set up a command post for the investigation at Highways H and 137 near the shooting scenes.

Another news briefing has been scheduled for 2:00 p.m.

Images for this story courtesy: Houston Herald

Full News Release from Highway Patrol:

On the evening of February 26, 2015, at approximately 10:15 p.m., the Texas County Sheriffs Department requested assistance with a disturbance involving a weapon at a residence in Tyrone, Missouri. Ajuvenile female caller indicated she was in the residence and apparently heard gun shots. She immediately fled to a neighbors house to notify authorities. Responding deputies found two deceased persons at this residence.

Further investigation revealed five additional victims who were deceased and one additional victim who was wounded in three additional residences. All three residences were in Tyrone.

Another residence revealed the body of a deceased elderly female who appeared to have died from natural causes. The apparent suspect, a 36-year-old male from Tyrone, was found dead in a vehicle at a locationin Shannon County from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. There are a total of nine deceased individuals, including the elderly female and the suspect. The injured victim was taken to a nearby hospital.

The investigation is continuing by the Texas County Sheriffs Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrols Division of Drug and Crime Control. Any information the public might have regarding thiscase can be forwarded to the Texas County Sheriffs Department at 417 967-4165 or the Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop G Headquarters at 417 469-3121.

Images for this story courtesy: Houston Herald

Source: http://www.ozarksfirst.com/story/d/story/patrol-releases-information-on-9-dead/12342/q7dx_OGSVkuHkydigpxgKA

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