With the commencement of the fall television season every September, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes achievement in television production at the annual Emmy Awards. The 2022 Emmys will be awarded on September 12. This year, series like Succession, The White Lotus, and Ted Lasso are among the primetime drama and comedy series with the most award nominations and poised for big nights at the Emmy ceremony.
The Emmys and their film-oriented awards counterpart, the Oscars, today have more content than ever to assess when identifying excellence in the field. With major investments over the last decade from streaming giants like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and Apple, in addition to more traditional production and distribution companies, TV and film creators have abundant opportunities to showcase their talent. These creators include the actors and actresses who power TV and film productions.
The Emmys and Oscars tend to focus on productions from the U.S., and as such, performers from the U.S. have won a significant majority of acting awards over time. More than four in five Oscar and Primetime Emmy acting awards (81.7%) have been won by actors and actresses from the U.S., compared to around one in five (18.3%) for international performers. In recent years, however, international actors and actresses have increased their share of awards: 59 of the 154 Emmys and Oscars awarded to international performers have been earned since 2000.
Domestically, New York and California are the leading states for the entertainment industry in the U.S., so it is unsurprising that the two states together account for more than one-third of Oscar and Emmy acting awards. New York’s dominance in television is especially notable: the state’s actors and actresses have earned a total of 137 Emmys, more than double the 56 earned by second place California. New York and California also far surpass other states when it comes to Oscars, with 50 and 40, respectively. The state with the next highest number of Oscars, Illinois, has just 16 awards in comparison.
Beyond New York and California, most of the locations that have produced acting awards at the Emmys and Oscars are high-population states where actors and actresses have ample opportunity to hone their craft. Illinois, which has strong theater and comedy scenes in Chicago, has produced a total of 44 Emmy and Oscar winners for acting. And performers in neighboring states take advantage of these opportunities too: New Jersey has produced 36 winners, likely due in part to its proximity to New York, while Illinois neighbors Wisconsin and Missouri have together accounted for another 53 winners. But a total of 10 states—mostly smaller or more remote locations—have produced no winners.
To identify the states that have born the best actors and actresses, researchers at HotDog.com ranked U.S. states and territories according to the total number of eligible Oscar and Primetime Emmy Awards won by actors and actresses born in each location. The data was sourced from the Official Academy Awards Database and the Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners database.
Here are the U.S. states and territories that have born the best actors and actresses.
State Rank Total awards Total Oscars Total Primetime Emmys Winningest actor/actress Year of most recent award New York 1 187 50 137 Julia Louis-Dreyfus (8 Emmys) 2020 (Billy Crudup, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series & Julia Garner, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series) California 2 96 40 56 Helen Hunt (1 Oscar & 4 Emmys) & Candice Bergen (5 Emmys) 2021 (Jessica Chastain, Best Actress) Illinois 3 44 16 28 Dennis Franz (4 Emmys) 2021 (Gillian Anderson, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series) New Jersey 4 36 14 22 Peter Dinklage (4 Emmys) 2019 (Peter Dinklage, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series) Massachusetts 5 34 14 20 Allison Janney (6 Emmys) 2020 (Jeremy Strong, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series) Missouri 6 29 10 19 Doris Roberts (5 Emmys) & Ed Asner (5 Emmys) 2017 (Sterling K. Brown, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series) Wisconsin 7 24 4 20 Tyne Daly (6 Emmys) 2019 (Tony Shalhoub, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series) Pennsylvania 8 23 8 15 Bill Cosby (3 Emmys) 2021 (Will Smith, Best Actor) Ohio 9 21 6 15 Patricia Wettig (3 Emmys) 2014 (Anna Gunn, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series) Texas 10 20 8 12 Jim Parsons (4 Emmys) 2019 (Renee Zellweger, Best Actress) Connecticut 11 17 5 12 Katharine Hepburn (3 Oscars) & Christopher Lloyd (3 Emmys) 2009 (Glenn Close, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series) Oklahoma 12 15 4 11 Bill Hader (2 Emmys) & Larry Drake (2 Emmys) 2019 (Brad Pitt, Best Supporting Actor & Bill Hader, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series) Michigan 13 12 3 9 12 different people with 1 award each 2014 (J. K. Simmons, Best Supporting Actor) District of Columbia 14 11 3 8 Michael Learned (4 Emmys) 2007 (Katherine Heigl, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series) Minnesota 15 8 4 4 Jessica Lange (2 Oscars) & E.G. Marshall (2 Emmys) 2016 (Louie Anderson, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series) For more information, a detailed methodology, and complete results, you can find the original report on HotDog.com’s website: https://hotdog.com/blog/states-best-actors/
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Colorado Is One of Just 10 States With No Oscars or Primetime Emmys
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2022’s Best Cities for Chocolate Lovers
Chocolate is wonderful on its own, but this luxurious treat also has the superpower to enhance the flavor of other foods like strawberries, bacon, pretzels, and coffee.
To mark International Chocolate Day on Sept. 13, Lawn Love ranked 2022’s Best Cities for Chocolate Lovers.
We looked among the 190 biggest U.S. cities for abundant chocolate factories and high-quality shops selling chocolate, including chocolatiers, dessert shops, and patisseries. We also considered chocolate-themed entertainment like museums, tours, theme parks, and events.
Check out the 10 sweetest (and 10 bitterest) cities for chocolate lovers below, followed by key insights from our report. (See where your city ranks.)Best Cities for Chocolate Lovers Rank City 1 New York, NY 2 San Francisco, CA 3 Las Vegas, NV 4 Hershey, PA 5 Los Angeles, CA 6 Seattle, WA 7 Chicago, IL 8 Orlando, FL 9 San Diego, CA 10 Dallas, TX Worst Cities for Chocolate Lovers Rank City 1 Sioux Falls, SD 2 Columbus, GA 3 Mesquite, TX 4 Garland, TX 5 Fayetteville, NC 6 Clarksville, TN 7 Surprise, AZ 8 Hayward, CA 9 Hampton, VA 10 Newport News, VA Key insights:
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Big-city bonbons: New York takes the crown of the chocolate empire at No. 1 overall and in the Access category. The city is home to over 100 chocolate shops and the most chocolate manufacturers in the country.
Las Vegas, at No. 3, is its own Chocolate Sin City, far outnumbering the competition in dessert shops, candy shops, and ice cream shops. Chicago (No. 7) follows closely behind, with the second-highest number of chocolate stores and bakeries. -
Willy Wonka’s West: Indulgent San Francisco (No. 2) is home to industry icon Ghirardelli in addition to a number of smaller artisans and manufacturers. Head to Los Angeles (No. 5) and San Diego (No. 9), boasting plenty of patisseries, candy stores, and dessert shops to satisfy your cocoa-flavored cravings.
Up north, cities like Seattle (No. 6) and Portland (No. 14) also impress with many high-quality chocolate shops and bakeries, coffee shops, and dessert shops. -
Charming confections: The Sweetest Place on Earth — Hershey, Pennsylvania (No. 4) — might not have a variety of tasty chocolate shops to choose from, but it’s the perfect place to go if you’re looking for the ultimate chocolate-based entertainment: a chocolate theme park.
If you’re just searching for a good bite of chocolate, you might unexpectedly find it in small cities, such as Des Moines, Iowa (No. 19), Pomona, California (No. 26), and Garden Grove, California (No. 16). -
Desolate desserts: You won’t have many choices for combatting your chocolate cravings in small cities like Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Columbus, Georgia, and Mesquite, Texas, our three worst cities overall.
These cities gave a bittersweet performance across the board, with scarce options for their small-town chocolate lovers.
Our full ranking and analysis are available here: https://lawnlove.com/blog/best-cities-chocolate-lovers/
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Volunteers rally to begin the recovery of the Cache la Poudre River fishery
Debris flows in 2021 devastated fish populations in the Cache la Poudre River west of Fort Collins FORT COLLINS, Colo – A year after a catastrophic debris flow decimated over 20 miles of the Cache la Poudre River fishery, 24 volunteers joined Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists to begin the painstaking process of rebuilding fish populations.
As a hot morning turned into a rainy afternoon, the team hauled buckets of fish up and down a 40-mile stretch of the river to replace the CPW-stocked rainbow trout and support the self-sustaining brown trout that suffocated when sediment and debris cascaded off the Cameron Peak Fire burn scar and choked the river in a July 2021 flash flood.
“The plume of sediment and debris that moved downstream from that event led to fatal conditions in the river for fish due to heavy sediment loads preventing fish from exchanging oxygen across their gills, leading to the fish suffocating,” said Kyle Battige, Aquatic Biologist for CPW.
The recovery effort was necessary after CPW biologists conducted a 10-day sampling effort last fall that found just one brown trout from the Black Hollow Creek confluence to 16 miles downstream at the Narrow sampling station, indicating a complete loss of the fishery. Although trout were captured 20 miles downstream at Stove Prairie, numbers were 80 percent lower in 2021 compared to historic estimates.
A major step in CPW’s multi-year repopulation effort began August 25 with the help of volunteers from Otterbox, The Nature Conservancy, and Rocky Mountain Flycasters, the local chapter of Trout Unlimited.
Jake Eichler, assistant manager of CPW’s Glenwood Springs Hatchery, delivered 115,000 one inch rainbow trout fry to be stocked along a 40-mile stretch of the Cache la Poudre River from the Poudre River State Fish Hatchery to the Overland Trail. Fry are recently hatched fish, approximately one inch in length, that have reached the stage where its yolk-sac has almost disappeared and its swim bladder is operational to the point where the fish can actively feed itself.
The fry were reared at the Glenwood Springs Hatchery from milt and roe (sperm and eggs) collected from wild brood stock. This hatchery is one of the few that rear rainbow trout from wild stock.
Volunteers met with the hatchery truck along Highway 14 to pick up buckets of 500 fish, before driving them to designated stretches of the Poudre River for release. They drove back and forth most of the day, taking bucket after bucket of fish to their new homes.
“The goal is to spread the fish out as much as possible to increase their chances of surviving to adulthood,” Battige said. “Fry can only live in the buckets for a short amount of time before they run out of oxygen, so quickly getting them to a calm stretch of water along the river is important.”
It will be several years before these fish grow to a catchable size; however, the long wait and some afternoon rain weren’t enough to deter Rocky Mountain Flycaster members, including president Mark Miller from doing this important work.
“Over 20 of our members traveled from Berthoud, Loveland, Fort Collins, Greeley and Evans to assist CPW in restoring this fishery,” Miller said. “Rocky Mountain Flycasters has been conserving and protecting Northern Colorado watersheds since 1983 and we are excited to be a part of this effort to improve this amazing resource for the future”
[VIDEO] Watch CPW and volunteers stock fish in the Cache la Poudre River
At this time CPW is not stocking brown trout. Brown trout are still present up and downstream of the impacted reaches of the river and the long-term hope is that they will return naturally over time. The intent is to establish rainbow trout populations while brown trout numbers are reduced.
“Assistance from organizations such as Trout Unlimited is vital to the work that CPW does,” Battige said. “Without them, the amount of time, effort and resources required to stock these fish increases dramatically.”
“The sportfishing benefits of this effort will not be felt for years to come, but with the hard work and dedicated support of organizations like Trout Unlimited, we were able to take these early steps toward recovery,” Battige said.
Learn more about CPW’s history as fishery and aquatic management leaders:
https://cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/Aquatic.aspx
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Celebrate the grand opening of the Anythink Coffee House
Join us at Anythink Wright Farms on Monday, Sept. 12, for donuts, coffee and other light refreshments to celebrate the grand opening of the Anythink Coffee House (on Anythink’s 13th birthday)! The Anythink Coffee House will also serve specialty drinks and offer discounts on purchases from Sept. 12-16. Current hours are Monday-Friday, 9 am-4 pm. Hear remarks from Anythink and Community Uplift Partnership (CUP) leadership. Anythink’s own mascot, Dood, will make a special appearance. This event is free and open to the public. All ages welcome.
Anythink Coffee House Grand Opening
Monday, Sept. 12
10 am-12 pm
Anythink Wright Farms,
5877 E. 120th Ave.,
Thornton, CO 80602
The Anythink Coffee House is a partnership between Anythink and CUP, a local non-profit that equips young adults with tools to make better decisions that impact their future and their families. -
USDA Invests $14.5 Million in Taxpayer Education, Program Outreach Efforts for Farmers and Ranchers
FSA is investing in two outreach and education efforts for farmers and ranchers, including those who are new to agriculture or who have been historically underserved by programs.
First, FSA is announcing $10 million in the new Taxpayer Education and Asset Protection Initiative. Through this initiative, FSA has partnered with the University of Arkansas and the National Farm Income Tax Extension Committee to deliver tax education resources for farmers and ranchers, which includes engagement with agricultural educators, and tax professionals through partnerships with community groups and minority serving institutions across the country.
Second, FSA is investing $4.5 million in outreach for the Conservation Reserve Program Transition Incentives Program (CRP TIP), which increases access to land for new farmers and ranchers. FSA will award cooperative agreements to 15 to 20 partner and stakeholder organizations to conduct outreach and technical assistance and promote awareness and understanding among agricultural communities, particularly those who are military veterans, new to farming, or historically underserved.
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Colorado Residents Spend the 17th Most on Food
The COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath reshaped many aspects of life in the U.S., and how Americans eat and drink is no exception.
Disruptions in the initial months of COVID-19 forced food producers and distributors to adapt how food gets to consumers, and ongoing challenges with supply chains and the labor market have led to shortages at grocery stores. In the restaurant business, many restaurants have reoriented their businesses toward takeout and delivery, with the market for food delivery in the U.S. more than doubling during the pandemic.
The latter trend came in response to major disruption to the food service industry from lockdowns and public health measures early in the pandemic. Bars and restaurants were among the businesses hit hardest by these policies. Unable to host patrons at full capacity, establishments drastically reduced their staffing and turned to takeout and delivery to continue operating while keeping costs low. Employment in the sector fell by nearly half in just two months, from 12.4 million in February 2020 to 6.4 million in April 2020. Even after public health restrictions loosened later in 2020, employment in the sector has been slow to recover. Today, the food and drink services industry employs 11.6 million people, still short of its pre-pandemic peaks.
While the COVID lockdowns of 2020 provided an initial shock to the industry, shifting consumer preferences have also been a challenge for food service professionals. Bars and restaurants reopened over the course of 2020, but not all consumers rushed back. As fears around COVID persisted, many consumers have opted to spend more of their food budget on groceries for meals at home. This reality quickly reversed trends in food spending over recent years. In 2020, spending on groceries as a share of total household spending reached its highest in two decades, while spending on purchased meals and beverages fell to their lowest levels since the Great Recession.
Time will tell how lasting changes in spending on food will be, especially in light of the high levels of inflation seen over the last year. While since the turn of the century, prices for food consumed at home grew more slowly than those for food consumed outside of the home, the opposite is true since the start of the pandemic. Since 2020, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food at home has risen by 18.2%, while the CPI for food away from home has grown by just 13.5% over the same span. The rate of price growth for food at home has been particularly stark after remaining roughly flat from 2014 to 2020. Though households in the pandemic have been more inclined to choose groceries over meals out, rapidly rising food prices have stretched household budgets as a result.
Inflation in the cost of food has been felt nationwide, but residents in some locations will feel the effects more than others. In states with lower incomes, especially in the South, residents spend a higher share of their overall household spend on food. Whether buying groceries or dining out, residents in these locations already struggle the most with food costs and will disproportionately feel the effects of inflation.
To determine the states where residents are spending the most on food, researchers on behalf of Self Financial used data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis to calculate all food and beverage spending as a share of total spending. In the event of a tie, the state with the greater grocery spending as a share of total spending was ranked higher.
The analysis found that—on average—residents of Colorado spend $6,051 per year on food and beverages, which amounts to 12.7% of all spending. Among residents of all states, Colorado residents spend the 17th most on food. Here is a summary of the data for Colorado:
- All food and beverage spending as a share of total spending: 12.7%
- Grocery spending as a share of total spending: 7.0%
- Purchased meals and beverages spending as a share of total spending: 5.7%
- Food and beverage spending per resident: $6,051
- Total spending per resident: $47,649
For reference, here are the statistics for the entire United States:
- All food and beverage spending as a share of total spending: 12.0%
- Grocery spending as a share of total spending: 7.0%
- Purchased meals and beverages spending as a share of total spending: 5.0%
- Food and beverage spending per resident: $5,153
- Total spending per resident: $43,016
For more information, a detailed methodology, and complete results, you can find the original report on Self Financial’s website: https://www.self.inc/blog/states-spending-most-on-food
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Colorado State Patrol Requests Assistance Locating Driver Involved in a Fatal Crash
(ADAMS COUNTY, COLO) – Colorado State Patrol is requesting assistance in identifying a driver and vehicle involved in a fatal crash where a pedestrian died.
The Colorado State Patrol responded and investigated the crash near West 72nd Avenue and Pecos Street just before 6AM on Wednesday morning August 31, 2022. One of the driver’s involved stayed on scene initially but left prior to providing his information and involvement. Colorado State Patrol investigators are interested in talking with this individual about this crash but are not seeking charges against this individual.
Surveillance footage of the driver and vehicle were obtained from a Circle K Gas Station near the scene. The vehicle is believed to be a dark colored Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon or similar vehicle with a lift, after-market wheels, and dark tint. The driver is a black male with short hair and a green polo-style shirt. Please see the attached photos to help with identification.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Colorado State Patrol Dispatch Center at 303-239-4501. Please reference Case: 1D222814
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Farmers.gov Feature Helps Producers Find Farm Loans that Fit Their Operation
Farmers and ranchers can use the Farm Loan Discovery Tool on farmers.gov to find information on USDA farm loans that may best fit their operations.
USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers a variety of loan options to help farmers finance their operations. From buying land to financing the purchase of equipment, FSA loans can help.
USDA conducted field research in eight states, gathering input from farmers and FSA farm loan staff to better understand their needs and challenges.
How the Tool Works
Farmers who are looking for financing options to operate a farm or buy land can answer a few simple questions about what they are looking to fund and how much money they need to borrow. After submitting their answers, farmers will receive information on farm loans that best fit their specific needs. The loan application and additional resources also will be provided.
Farmers can download application quick guides that outline what to expect from preparing an application to receiving a loan decision. There are four guides that cover loans to individuals, entities, and youth, as well as information on microloans. The guides include general eligibility requirements and a list of required forms and documentation for each type of loan. These guides can help farmers prepare before their first USDA service center visit with a loan officer.
Farmers can access the Farm Loan Discovery Tool by visiting farmers.gov/fund and clicking the “Start” button. Follow the prompts and answer five simple questions to receive loan information that is applicable to your agricultural operation. The tool is built to run on any modern browser like Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or the Safari browser, and is fully functional on mobile devices. It does not work in Internet Explorer.
About Farmers.gov
In 2018, USDA unveiled farmers.gov, a dynamic, mobile-friendly public website combined with an authenticated portal where farmers will be able to apply for programs, process transactions, and manage accounts.
The Farm Loan Discovery Tool is one of many resources on farmers.gov to help connect farmers to information that can help their operations. Earlier this year, USDA launched the My Financial Information feature, which enables farmers to view their loan information, history, payments, and alerts by logging into the website.
USDA is building farmers.gov for farmers, by farmers. In addition to the interactive farm loan features, the site also offers a Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool. Farmers can visit farmers.gov/recover/disaster-assistance-tool#step-1 to find disaster assistance programs that can help their operation recover from natural disasters.
For help preparing the application forms, contact the Farm Loan staff located in the Adams County USDA Service Center at 303-659-0525 or visit fsa.usda.gov
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The Most Popular Gaming Consoles Across Colorado Cities
- A new report ranks the most popular gaming console in each state
- PlayStation 5 dominates the gaming market as the most popular gaming console
- The X box Series X didn’t sit in the number one spot in any of the states in the US
With the two-year anniversary of the PS5 coming up in November, you’d expect it to be easy to get your hands on the popular next-generation console. However, even with restocks – it’s still impossible to get your hands on them in certain countries.
The experts at CasinosCrypto.com have analyzed Google search trends data to determine which console is the most popular in each US state.
PlayStation 5 dominates the gaming market
For most, it won’t come as a surprise that the PS5 has dominated the gaming market throughout the last two years, taking the number one spot in 34 states across the US including Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and New York.
A close second, the five-year-old Nintendo Switch ranked as the favourite console in 16 states and wasn’t far behind the PS5 across many parts of the US.
Eleven states shared the same ranking as New York with PlayStation 5 ranking as the favourite console followed by Switch, PC and then X box.
In the states where the X box ranked as the second most popular console, the PS5 took a massive hit, moving down the list into third place. The X Box ranked second in 11 states, including New Hampshire, Utah, South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Below is a complete list of the ranking most popular gaming consoles across each state:
Ranking States
Xbox series x Ps5 PC Switch
California 4 1 3 2 Texas 4 1 3 2 Pennsylvania 3 1 4 2 New York 4 1 3 2 Georgia 4 1 3 2 Florida 4 1 3 2 Wisconsin 3 2 4 1 New Jersey 3 1 4 2 Indiana 4 1 3 2 Washington 3 1 4 2 Virginia 4 1 3 2 Oregon 3 1 4 2 Arizona 3 1 4 2 Illinois 4 1 3 2 Nevada 3 1 4 2 Minnesota 3 1 4 2 Ohio 3 1 4 2 Michigan 3 1 4 2 Louisiana 3 1 4 2 Delaware 4 1 3 2 Missouri 4 1 3 2 Oklahoma 4 1 3 2 Kentucky 3 1 4 2 Arkansas 3 1 4 2 Maryland 3 1 4 2 Nebraska 3 1 4 2 North Carolina 3 1 4 2 Connecticut 3 1 4 2 South Carolina 3 1 4 2 Massachusetts 3 1 4 2 Tennessee 3 2 4 1 Rhode Island 3 1 4 2 North Dakota 3 2 4 1 Kansas 3 1 4 2 Hawaii 3 2 4 1 Colorado 3 1 4 2 New Mexico 2 3 4 1 Alabama 3 2 4 1 Mississippi 3 2 4 1 West Virginia 2 3 4 1 Idaho 2 3 4 1 South Dakota 2 3 4 1 Utah 2 3 4 1 Iowa 3 1 4 2 Maine 2 3 4 1 Vermont 2 3 4 1 Wyoming 2 3 4 1 Montana 2 3 4 1 Alaska 2 1 4 3 New Hampshire 2 3 4 1 -
FSA Offers Loan Servicing Options
There are options for Farm Service Agency (FSA) loan customers during financial stress. If you are a borrower who is unable to make payments on a loan, contact your local FSA Farm Loan Manager to learn about your options. The Farm Loan staff is located in the Adams County USDA Service Center at 303-659-0525 or visit fsa.usda.gov.
