Yet. Its occasional. All the suits were in dry cleaning. Hopefully they get done. I like this look. Thank you. Back in the day, i wore jeans every day. I didnt wear jackets, though. I looked like a shlump. Ive been adding a little bit. Notice no pocket square. Very thought out today. Wow. A little bit. Welcome to the Morning Blend. Im shawn tempesta. Im j. J. Snyder. Good morning, everybody. Feel naked without my pocket square. Before we congratulations to steve wynn show stoppers. They celebrated their 500th show last night inside the encore theater. Before it closes, it got extended before the end of the year. It was supposed to close next month. Its a testament to an incredible production there. Its very sad that they are going. However, glad theyre getting to see it through the end of the year. Absolutely. Its a great show. Awesome. Yes. We have another great thing to update on the stray kitten that you brought into the studio. Remember kitten . Look at kitten. Steve in sales has adopted kitten. Yes. Whats the name . Newt. Newt. He named it newt. Newt now has a sibling. Steve has taken home the kitten. About the i the way, it was found on the corner of valley view. In our parking lot. Hes lapping milk this is when we brought him into the he was so hungry and so little. We went to snackers, the mini mart next door and got him some milk. A true channel 13 employee, that cat. Thats with we all do. We go to snackers. Thats true every day, the pilgrimage to snackers. They have great pizza. I dont think the cat can eat pizza. However the milk is good for him. It was called shawn the cat. I tried to make shawn stick. But it didnt. Sorry. Steve doesnt like me that much. A little bit. Not a lot. The carolina panthers. Sew named it newt after cam newton. Yes. It was also kind of a gender neutral name because we couldnt find out what gender the kitten was. No, its true. Its a boy, right . It is a beaumont it was so tiny, this kitten. If anyone out there is listening, if your heart is opening up right now hearing about kitten, there is something you can do also. You may not have found newt or taken newt home, but you can adopt kitten. There are so the nevada spca. You were saying kathy was saying it yesterday that there are literally 2200 motherless kittens they brought in this year. 2200. So if you head over to the n spca, you can foster, or adopt. If you adopt, it means you fail as foster kitten. But thats good because it means you won. It is really a wonderful place to visit. They have the cats set up, they bright blue paint and the cats have different rooms. And you can really meet them. I think they open at 10 00 a. M. In the morning. Go over. Meet the kitties, foster the kitties if you can or take one home. The viewers on our Facebook Page and on ktnv Facebook Page, their hearts were melting. We had 842 people ask to take the cat. There is only one cat. Cloning not necessary. Plenty of cats out there. So check out maybe we should take another foster. I think we should have a station animal. Mr. Creator, our boss, make it happen. How about a pony . I want a pony. Pony would be great. You have two dogs. Are they rescues . Yeah. Theyre both rescues. One was a foster fail. I was fostering her. And sometimes its just you get attached the longer theyre in your house. The more you get attached. We have a two cats and a dog. One of the cats was a foster. The other cat, a friend of ours had the cat for many months, loved the cat to death. Was allergic to cats. Oh, no. And the meds bill was getting a little out of control. Were like, well take the cat. Our cats tried to kill each other for a couple of weeks. It was like death match inside our house. Eventually now they groom each other and love each other occasionally. But its okay. Im glad you mentioned that because thats the same thing that happened with my two female dogs. They wanted to kill each oth. It was nine months for them to work it out. Yeah. Who was kind of in charge and also just letting that new one know that its okay. Youre not living out on the street anymore. Youre in a home. Youre okay. Yes. But thats what ive noticed about newt, the kitty that you brought in last week is he now has to get use to this parrot. Yes. Parrot sibling the parrot has to get used to the cat. It will be very interesting. The parrot is 30 years old. Not sure he wants the kitten here is their parrot. Well keep you guys up to date on how newt is doing with the parrot. Absolutely. Finally, i have to give a shout out to my dog pesky and zach. Last night my wife and i were playing gin. You ever play gin . Yeah. Fun game. Thats old school. You play gin with your wife . Well, we never really played before, but its a Family Tradition every christmas. Im like lets play gin. We never play gi we played gin. The dog decided to get on marshas lap and if he has pulled it up, there he is. Its playing gin with us. Oh there is marsha as well. Im sure shes thrilled thats on tv. I would like to know who won that game. Pesky. Yeah. I knew it. We want to know about you and whether or not you have adopted a pet. Tell us about him. Share your pictures or video on we may read some comments live on the air. And we will. And it will be exciting. Right now summers hottest thriller is premiering next week and when you see who is behind the film, youll know why were so excited. Yes. Drop the veil, everybody. Frightdome creator and executive producer jason egan is here, along with tony, also an executive producer of the film. Gentlemen. Thank you for having us. Oh, yeah. Thanks for being here. Watch the preview of the neighbor. Wow. Did you expect anything less . Worst neighbor. Exactly. Im not expecting a romantic love story to come from your brain. Not at all. Lets talk about the neighbor. Whats it all about . I did a Haunted House a couple years back with marcus dunston, the writer of most of the soft films. And also the director and writer of the movie the collector and the collection. One day marcus pitched the script to tony and i and hes like, you got to check this out he wrote this a couple years back. All the studios want it. Were like its twit twisted. Quite the roller coaster ride. We were able to have an amazing cast. Tony and his band did some of the sound track as well. So it was a wild ride and were excited to do many more films in the future. Nice. It was so much fun. Everyone was great. We were talking earlier about bill engvall. Hes playing this much darker role. When we herod they cast bill engvall for a deep, dark guy, we thought it was very interesting. But he did awesome. He was great. And he had so much fun. He kept showing us Text Messages that he was sending his family. He was so excited that he was going to either shoot someone, get shot. [ laughter ] awesome. We have a few times. Its all an awesome experience. We had the opportunity to collaborate with marcus on the music side as well. So were part of the sound track with one of the songs you hear there is a few scenes shot in a bar. And our band is actually playing in the background. Thats awesome. Yeah. It was cool. Hour say dip to us for you to be doing what youve been doing with frightdome. Youre in las vegas, to both have this happen. I mean, its amazing. Its all about these weird connections come up. Frightdome makes so many connections and it has over the past 13 years. Film making, its always something i wanted to do and well continue to do it. Were already working on the next one right now. Awesome. But i like film making even better in the light of this because so many people around the world can see this. Its not just limited to vegas. You can scare the crap out of everybody. Yeah. [ laughter ] so this is fun. And i was delighted that tony partnered up with me on this. Like i said, this is a start of many more in the future and theyre going to get more sick and twisted. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. There is a premiere coming up. Yes. T somebody that is scared to death of horror . Thats me. cause i am like i genuinely [ laughter ] its amazing. We got some footage from last year. Oh, its brilliant. If i can only get permission for the next time. You know those hidden cameras, those are my favorite videos. Youre very sweet. [ laughter ] lets rig him up with go pro and everything. It will if viral. Yeah you dont want to come down, there is a way for people to win tickets . There is a we to win tickets frightdome facebook right now. Like and share the post and then were giving away tickets for the premiere as well. Then its like i said, if you want to check out the red carpet, thats open to the public. Check that out, meet the cast and crew. Meet marcus, tony and myself. And its going to be fun. The bluray and dvd and vod come out september 6, which just so happens to be my birthday. Cant beat that. Im like, i cant forget the getting too old. Its gonna be a great time. One of the experiences always have with me is just approachable, downtoearth everyone was to work with. Everyone worked really hard when it was time to work. But as soon as it was time to be done with work, everyone just hung out. We had some beers, dinner. Thats awesome. It was like instant creation of a family in that moment in time. It was spectacular. So im looking forward to it. Id interested in this genre to come on out. Its gonna be great experience can just to watch interaction of these folks. The chemistry that theyre able to project on the wide screen was amazing. Sounds thrilling. Looking forward to it and i will also bring some tissues. [ laughter ] im the yelping girl. Your wife can hold you. She can console me. Great having you guys. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. The stars of the neighbor will be arriving at the palms this thursday night starting at 7. For your chance to win ticket the, head over to their Facebook Page. Up next on the Morning Blend, Chadwick Johnson helps you remember love. A Live Performances from his show next. Youre watching the Morning Blend. Stay with us cause well be stay with us cause well be for seniors like barbara, Social Security makes a difference every month. But for the wall street types sman joe hecks campaigns over 500,000, Social Security could mean billions of dollars in fees. Thats what privatizing Social Security means and why joe heck and wall street support it. Under hecks privatization plan, Retirement Security gets risked on the stock market. And the wall street types supporting joe heck make billions. Whose side are you on . Senate majority pac is responsible [ music ] with the soulful voice, singer, song writer Chadwick Johnson knows how to captivate an audience. This weekend he returns to the smith center for the World Premiere of his new show remember love. Thats right. Here with us to talk about that chadwick himself and also the guitarist. Great having both much you. How are you . Great. Good to be back. Great to have you back. Congratulations on the show. Thank you. Im really excited about it. What can we expect . Its called remember love. It is titled after a song i wrote about alzheimers. Its very close to my heart. Actually proceeds from the show are going to be donated to the brain center, as well as all the wow. About alzheimers, give us an idea of the situation that inspired it, cause its a wonderful story. Yeah. I have had many opportunities to sing in convalescent homes and it was really wild to me the first time i had a connection through music to someone who had completely lost their speech. There was this lady and her family told me she probably hadnt spoken in more than a year. I started singing what a wonderful world. Me. She had a tear rolling down her cheek. And it was just a really beautiful moment. I remember thinking at that very moment, this is one of the most important performances ive ever made right here. Absolutely. No question. It really is interesting how people that have alzheimers, theyre somehow part of that brain, it still connects to music and remembers the music from their past and is able to really still connect with it. Incredible. Its awesome. Its really cool. Its the power of t yep. Youre using your talent to create power behind the past. I think its important for us all to realize that its a growing epidemic and us young people need to raise awareness as much as we can so that there is funding so that we can find a cure. I think its really important. Tell bus this new show that youll be performing this weekend. Well, as i said, well be performing remember love in the show. But there is also, were covering many great songs by box 20, Melissa Etheridge. Lot of great tunes. It will be a really fun show. Really cool. You have a unique way you describe your style because you kind of put a spin on things. I like to say i rev up the vibe. Rev up the vibe. [ laughter ] awesome. Thats great. You picked up male vocalist of the year as well. Yeah, last year in 2015. Awards. Best male vocal for my song called sound from another time. Fantastic. Also be performing that in the show as well. Awesome. Great. So youre about to perform for us. Were going to perform the title show of the song. Remember love, yes. This is the song that has the story of the woman singing along with you. Are you ready . Im ready. . . . Youre only outside looking in . . Longing faces, familiar faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . That is fantastic. My goodness. Thank you so much. Do we go . The smith center. Cabaret jazz room. You can get them there from their box office or on their web site. Awesome. Two times on sunday . 6 00 p. M. Show and an 8 30 p. M. Show. Two shows. Going to be great. Sunday night or saturday . Saturday night. Tomorrow. Tomorrow night. I have to tell you, there was more than one teary eye in the studio. There really was. Very soulful. You killed it in guitar. Congratu and we look forward to seeing the show tomorrow. Remember love this saturday night, tomorrow. Smith center. Cabaret jazz. There are two shows, 6 and 8 30. For tickets, head to chadwicks web site or call the number on your screen or the smith center. Are you on facebook and twitter . You can like or follow us. You can find us at vegasmorningblend. Com and on facebook. Links can be found on our web ads for joe heck are attacking my time as attorney general. The thing they left out is the truth. Thats why ive been endorsed by Law Enforcement across nevada. Im proud of my record cracking down on meth, protecting seniors from scams, and Holding Banks accountable for defrauding homeowners. Im Catherine Cortez masto. I approve this message because ive spent my career solving problems. S welcome back. Its that time again. Back to class. Oh, from lunches to routines, producer micah is standing by with easy ways to get everyone on their a game before the school bell rings. Micah. Thank you so much. Yeah, you mentioned it, those days of freedom coming to a close. Ho from summer to school an easy one for everyone . Joining us to help is lifestyle expert danielle smith. Shes a mom who is also the founder of extraordinary mommy. Com. Good morning to you. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Of course. Because we want to get this started. Kids heading back to class soon. So lets start with keeping them energized with lunches and snacks. What are some of your favorites . Favorites im excited to share with you. Lets start with being a little bit healthy. Simply seven snacks are a couple of my favorite. They have seven core standards. One of those, clean ingredients. No preservatives, no artificial colors, and they hrve a ton of variety and they are simply delicious. Variety, kale, quinoa, lentil, and you can find them all over the nation. Where can you find them . You look at their web site, simply 7 snack order them on amazon. I have a second favorite im excited to share with you. Just like this one im about to share, fruit shoot. Com, you can put this in your lunch box. You can or you can have after school. It is a refreshing, refueling, called fruit shoot. And one of the things that i think is so great about this fruit shoot is encouraging families to have their kids spend one hour every single day fruit shoot is made from real fruit juice concentrate. No High Fructose Corn Syrup and it comes in a variety of different flavors, wild berry grape, orange mango. It can enter into your lunch box and like simply 7 snacks, which come in 1 ounce or three. 5ounce, its so easy for kids to head to the pantry and grab it. Im teaching my kids to go for Healthy Options and be a part of the process. Flavors, different flavors for both of your favorites of the something for everybody. Exactly. Laundry really starts piling up when the school year begins, especially with sports and clubs and all the other activities that kids do, everybody going outside and playing. Any tips for managing this . There are a couple of challenges at least in my house. Keeping the whites and brights as strong as possible and odor especially with all those sports, my kids play baseball and softball and basketball. Always long trust to do get the tough stains out. Especially when im thinking about my sons baseball white pants, making them white again. But now they have a new product called all power core. It is the first to combine liquid plus powder in a single dose, which is a powerful clean, plus exceptional whitening and brightening. The second product i want to mention tackles our odor elimination. Snuggle. Weve always trusted keep our clothes super, super soft. Adding the power of odor elimination, both to our wash and to drying with fabric softener and our drier sheets. So with that laundry, making it easier on me and making sure that my clothes are white and bright and no odors. When we think about that ordinary elimination, were not just masking the odor. Were actually getting rid of it. I know we have about a quick minute left. I know you have something to keep kids a little extra motivated. What do you recommend . My house. You wouldnt imagine that my ten and 12yearold need to be remind to do brush their teeth, but sometimes they do. This has partnered with one of our favorite movies. Ice age collision course and this limited edition toothbrush has blue tooth wireless technology. Has an app and that app not only monitors for moms and dads to make sure kids are doing what theyre doing, but it also is good for kids to make sure that its 75 more effective than a danielle, thank you for joining us with these ideas. Good luck with back to school. Thank you so much. Have a great day. You, too. Make that transition back to school a sm