Who has time for clouds?

Weatherman Jonathan Novack turning reality TV into his new career, hits TheBachelor Pad

Jonathan Novack
Oooh, steamy!

If we've learned anything about reality television, it's that taking a group of good-looking people with flair for drama and a taste for fame and putting them in a house together is pretty much a no-fail recipe for a must-see guilty pleasure.

So when we heard that the producers behind The Bachelor and The Bachelorette has assembled an "all-star" cast from past seasons to live together and compete for $250,000 in a new show called The Bachelor Pad, which premieres Aug. 9, the only question we had was 'Why haven't they thought of this before?"

Fresh after getting the brush-off from bachelorette Ali, Houston's favorite cute weatherman, Jonathan Novack, will be competing — and his Bachelorette nemesis Craig will be there as well.

In fact, the cast is heavily oriented towards contestants from the last three seasons, with three guys from Ali's season, five guys rejected by Jillian, six girls who competed for the love of Jake and two castoffs from Jason's season, plus three more girls from separate early seasons. (Click here to check out the entire cast of 19.)

Many are comparing this to CBS's Big Brother, but with a cast that has so many ready-made rivalries and plenty of sex appeal, we'd compare it more to MTV's Real World/Road Rules Challenge.

Two other notorious Texans will be making an appearance on the show. Wes, the series' most infamous villain for admitting he came on not to woo Jillian (he had a girlfriend back home) but to jump-start his country music career, hails from Austin. And former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader and Dancing with the Stars contestant Melissa Rycroft, dumped by fiance Jason on national television, will be co-hosting with series stalwart Chris Harrison.

Will you be watching The Bachelor Pad? Which contestants should be brought back and who should be banned from TV forever? And does the weatherman have a chance this time?

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Snacks for Days

Houston movie buffs can fill up on popcorn for $5 on 2 days at Cinemark

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A large popcorn just won't do on National Popcorn Day at Cinemark - go for the full 400 ounces.

Cinemark is going all out for National Popcorn Day in 2026, offering moviegoers in Houston and around the country the chance to BYOBucket — to bring almost any kind of container to the theater and fill it up for just $5 (plus tax) on two days in January.

And they're not joking when they say "any kind of container" — with a 400-ounce "limit" (the equivalent of two XL popcorns) on the amount you can get with the deal, that means you can bring a cooler, bucket, or other type of large vessel to indulge in popcorn gluttony. Cinemark operates more than a dozen theaters across the Houston area, including Memorial City, Pearland, and The Woodlands.

If that's not enough popcorn, Texas-based Cinemark is teaming up with Lowe’s for the two-day event — yes, National Popcorn Day will take place on both January 18 and 19 — to allow anyone who brings a blue Lowe’s 5-gallon (aka 640 ounces) bucket to fill it completely up.

Food-grade bucket liners will be available upon request, and guests with the Lowe’s buckets will also receive a special coupon for future popcorn cravings valid February 1-26.

If someone forgets to bring their own bucket, Cinemark will still be offering all sizes of popcorn for the same $5 price on both days.

“Last year’s Bring Your Own Bucket event for National Popcorn Day reimagined what this holiday could be for all movie-popcorn lovers, as people showed incredible creativity with their vessels and made the celebration truly unforgettable for both guests and our theater teams,” said Wanda Gierhart Fearing, Cinemark chief marketing and content officer, in a statement. “This year, we are thrilled to build on that fun by teaming up with Lowe’s to make the experience even bigger and better.”

Popcorn fanatics can also participate in an online popcorn bucket fill-up game at Cinemark.com/popcornday for the chance to win free popcorn for a year.

On January 19 only, anyone who follows Cinemark’s official Instagram account (@Cinemark) and tags three friends in the comments of the National Popcorn Day sweepstakes post will be entered to win a free large popcorn.

Additionally, the Popcorn Day bonanza will include a chance for Cinemark Movie Rewards members to enter a sweepstakes to win 10,000 points; a discount of 10 percent for all online gift card orders on both January 18 and 19; and a special offering of Butter Chardonnay throughout the entire month of January.

Full details for all deals are available at Cinemark.com/popcornday.

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