5 things you need to know this weekend
Madness begins to take hold in college basketball
A fitting way to take in March Madness comes Saturday with a regular season ACC finale clash between arch rivals No. 14 Duke and No. 5 North Carolina. The Tar Heels, who can clinch the ACC regular season title outright with a win, will surely have payback on their mind after a loss to the Blue Devils on Feb. 9. Tip-off is at 8:15 p.m. Saturday (ESPN). Other games worth watching include Big Ten regular-season champion Purdue visiting this week’s darling, Northwestern, which is likely to garner its first bid to the NCAA tournament, after stunning Michigan on a buzzer-beater Wednesday. And conference tournaments have already started for some of the smaller leagues, with the best of them happening Sunday in the Missouri Valley final at 1 p.m. (CBS)
Gigi Hadid headlines Vogue Arabia debut cover
Vogue Arabia’s debut cover, featuring supermodel Gigi Hadid, hits newsstands Sunday.
Hadid posted the cover, showcasing a beaded headscarf, on Instagram and said: "Being half-Palestinian, it means the world to me to be on the first-ever cover(s) of @voguearabia." She said she hopes the magazine will illuminate the industry trying to “accept, celebrate, and incorporate all people & customs.” Vogue Arabia, the publication’s first to represent an entire region, will be available across the Middle East and Northern Africa and in international locations, including London and Milan.
Cannabis questionable at cannabis festival
The Moapa Paiute Tribe will host one of the world’s largest marijuana festivals Saturday and Sunday on tribal land outside Las Vegas, even after a U.S. attorney sent a letter saying federal law prohibits use, distribution, possession and transport of marijuana. The Feb. 16 letter cast doubt on the 2017 High Times Cannabis Cup, which will proceed anyway, after it advised vendors and attendees “to comply with applicable law concerning the distribution of cannabis in any amount at the event.” Tribal chairman Darren Daboda said he was not sure whether cannabis would be at the event, but “we’re working on (that) right now.”
Whatever Happened with Bette and Joan? 'Feud' has answers
One of Hollywood's long traded stories about the battle between larger-than-life movie stars Joan Crawford and Bette Davis gets told Sunday in FX’s Feud: Bette and Joan (10 p.m. ET/PT). Ryan Murphy's latest anthology series — which stars Susan Sarandon as Davis and Jessica Lange as Crawford — opens with the first-time pairing of Crawford and Davis in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, a 1962 horror thriller conceived as a promotional vehicle that emerged as a genre classic. The series itself luxuriates the enticing glamour of Hollywood's golden-age and pulls the curtain back for a startling look at sexism and ageism, which persists in show business today.
Top quarterbacks on display for NFL teams at scouting combine
The search for the next star NFL quarterback is on. With the NFL draft less than two months away, the top prospects at the position are set to participate in on-field workouts Saturday at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. North Carolina's Mitch Trubisky, Clemson's Deshaun Watson and Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer will try to make their case to be first-round selections when they go through testing and position drills in front of scouts, general managers and coaches from all 32 teams. Kizer already created a buzz entering the weekend when San Francisco 49ers general manager John Lynch said the signal-caller "blew the doors off" his interview with the team. The action continues Sunday when a deep class of defensive linemen and linebackers take the field at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Bonus: Graceland holds auction at four-day celebration
Graceland, Elvis Presley’s iconic Memphis mansion, is welcoming a new entertainment complex dedicated to the King. Thursday marked the beginning of a four-day celebration of the $45 million project across the mansion, and hundreds of fans gathered to watch Graceland executives and Presley’s former wife, Priscilla, speak and cut the ribbon for “Elvis Presley’s Memphis.” Fans can avoid leaving empty-handed by participating in Saturday’s auction of Elvis-related items and memorabilia inside Graceland’s guest house theater. The auction is just one part of the weekend’s public grand opening festivities, with the complex housing fresh exhibits as the landmark ushers in a new era.