Month: January 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Disney responds to Peter Dinklage’s criticism of live-action ‘Snow White’ film
Karwai Tang/WireImage (NOTE LANGUAGE) Another live-action reimagining of a Disney classic, the forthcoming remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, has struck a sour note with actor Peter Dinklage, who flamed it on a recent episode of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“It’s a dicey situation” — Queen Latifah sounds off on ‘The Equalizer’ and her former co-star Chris Noth
CBS/ Barbara Nitke Following sexual assault allegations made against him late last year — allegations he strenuously denied — actor Chris Noth was cut from the …And Just Like That finale, and lost his role on CBS’ The Equalizer. His [Read More…]
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Director Matt Reeves on Kurt Cobain and “The Batman”: “[Bruce Wayne] is a kind of drug addict”
Warner Bros. Pictures The Batman director Matt Reeves has further explained how the film’s version of the Caped Crusader is influenced by late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. In an interview with Esquire UK, Reeves details how the Nevermind song “Something in the Way,” which [Read More…]
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Mark Wahlberg and Mel Gibson to star in ‘Father Stu’ for Sony Pictures
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Sony Pictures has announced plans to launch the based-on-real-life drama Father Stu in April, starring Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg. The Daddy’s Home series co-stars are reuniting for a very different film: It’s based on the life story [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Disney+ turning ‘Percy Jackson’ books into a series
Disney+ Disney+ has announced a long-in development series based on Rick Riordan‘s bestselling Percy Jackson books is coming to be. Well, specifically, Riordan himself announced it. The wait is over, demigods,” Riordan delared in a video. “I am thrilled to be the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Bitcoin operation ignites debate around the waste from coal mining in Pennsylvania
ABC News (PITTSBURGH) — A once-dormant power plant is humming with activity outside Pittsburgh as thousands of miners work 24 hours a day. The miners at this site aren’t people, but supercomputers running complex math [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Tesla files countersuit against JPMorgan, accuses bank of ‘illegitimate machinations’
iStock/jetcityimage (NEW YORK) — Tesla filed a counterclaim against JPMorgan Chase Monday, the latest salvo in an ongoing battle between the electric automaker and the country’s biggest bank. The lawsuit accused JPMorgan of filing “cynical [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID-19 vaccines do not affect fertility for women or men, study finds
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study adds to the growing evidence that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for both pregnant people and people hoping to become pregnant. The study, which looked at more [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Hospitals in Seattle are at their breaking point amid COVID crush of patients
iStock/peterspiro (SEATTLE) — Seattle doctors say hospitals are reaching their breaking points as they deal with a crush of COVID-19 patients amid the latest surge fueled by the omicron variant. Between Jan. 13 and Jan. [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Australian Open organizers reverse ban on T-shirts supporting Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai
Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (MELBOURNE, Australia) — After immense international backlash, Tennis Australia has reversed course on its ban of spectators donning T-shirts in support of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai at the [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 1/24/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Cleveland 95, New York 93 Chicago 111, Oklahoma City 110 New Orleans 117, Indiana 113 Phoenix 115, Utah 109 NATIONAL [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pelosi announces she is running for reelection
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday she is running for reelection. “While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. This election is crucial: [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US evacuated diplomats’ families from Ukraine out ‘abundance of caution,’ acting ambassador says
Sean Gallup/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukriane) — The acting U.S. ambassador to Ukraine told ABC News Tuesday that an order for diplomats’ families at the embassy to leave the country was issued because Russia could attack [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reveals he appeared before Jan. 6 committee
Jon Cherry/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Right-wing radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones appeared before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, he disclosed on his show, telling his audience he invoked [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman gives 1st interview since Jan. 6 attack
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, the man who led rioters up the stairs and away from the Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, broke his [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden warns he would sanction Putin personally if Russia invades Ukraine
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday there could be some U.S. troop movements in the “nearer term” in Eastern Europe — and that he would consider personally sanctioning Russian [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: WHO warns of rising cases of omicron sub-variant
Go Nakamura/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 868,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
ABC National News
Idaho activates crisis standards of care in 3 districts
Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images (BOISE, Idaho) — Faced with a severe medical staffing shortage due to a surge in the COVID-19 cases and dwindling blood supply, Idaho health officials have activated crisis standards of care guidelines [Read More…]
ABC National News
2nd NYPD officer dies from Harlem shooting
Free Agents Limited/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A second NYPD officer has died after being shot at a domestic violence call in Harlem this weekend. Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, who died Tuesday, is “3 times [Read More…]
ABC National News
Coast Guard searching for 39 people after boat capsizes near Florida
@USCGSoutheast/Twitter (FORT PIERCE INLET, Fla.) — The Coast Guard was combing the waters off eastern Florida Tuesday afternoon, looking for 39 people on a boat that capsized. The vessel may have been part of a [Read More…]