Month: August 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Kenan Thompson says they are “working hard” on a ‘Good Burger’ sequel
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images Kenan Thompson may have a sequel to Good Burger in the works. The 1997 film starring Kenan and Kel Mitchell as cashiers at a burger joint that was based off of a sketch featured in [Read More…]
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Keke Palmer explains her desire to play Whitney Houston in a movie
Dave J Hogan/Getty Images If there’s one person Keke Palmer would love to play in a film, it’d be the late Whitney Houston. Her desire comes from wanting to do the singer some justice and tell her full [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘Garfield’ cast update, ‘The Mole’ to return and more
Tom Hollander, Diane Lane and Calista Flockhart have been added to the season two cast of the FX series Feud, according to Variety. They join previously announced series stars Naomi Watts and Chloë Sevigny. The second [Read More…]
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Anne Heche’s death following car crash ruled an accident
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Anne Heche‘s death has been ruled an accident, more than a week after suffering serious injuries in a fiery Los Angeles car crash, city records show. The 53-year-old actress died from inhalation and thermal [Read More…]
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‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’ hits Disney+ today
Disney+ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is open for business! The latest Marvel series for Disney+ is out today, starring Tatiana Maslany as the big green lawyer. She tells ABC Audio she wasn’t all that familiar [Read More…]
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‘Yellowjackets’ casts Simone Kessell in pivotal role
Courtney Eaton as Teen Lottie – Photo credit: Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME Yellowjackets has found its “Adult Lottie.” The Showtime series has cast Obi-Wan Kenobi actress Simone Kessell in the role of a grown-up version of Lottie [Read More…]
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Gwyneth Paltrow to join season 14 of ‘Shark Tank’
Brian Stukes/Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow is joining Shark Tank. The actress and Goop founder will star in the hit ABC series as a guest shark for the show’s 14th season. Paltrow will join Mark Cuban, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Why Walmart entered the streaming wars
patty_c/Getty Images (BENTONVILLE, Ark.) — Walmart, the Arkansas-based retail giant known more for value than flare, made a splash in Hollywood this week upon the announcement of a deal with streaming service Paramount+. The retailer [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Abortion bans may lead to economic costs for states
Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to decide their own stances on abortion access has led 16 states [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC director acknowledges mistakes to staff in internal message
Stefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky made a remarkable acknowledgment of her agency’s failures during the COVID-19 pandemic as she delivered a message to her staff Wednesday. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Child dies from suspected case of brain-eating amoeba in Nebraska, the state’s first
Larry Mayer/Getty Images (OMAHA, Neb.) — A child in Nebraska is suspected to have died from a rare case of brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it will be the first known death [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Biden signs into law bill named for toddler who died after swallowing a battery
flubydust/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bill designed to help keep young children safe by strengthening safety requirements for products with button batteries was signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden. The legislation, known as [Read More…]
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Baby girl born with one lung and given 20% chance of survival goes home
Courtesy Joshua Valliere (SAN DIEGO) — A California girl has beaten the odds to reunite with her twin and return home with her family after a six-month stay at a San Diego hospital. Charlotte and [Read More…]
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Monkeypox vaccine not ‘a silver bullet’, WHO says, as breakthrough cases emerge
AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As demand for monkeypox vaccines increases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun to receive preliminary reports on the efficacy of the shots, which suggests there are breakthrough [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 8/17/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Boston 8, Pittsburgh 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 4, Kansas City 0 Toronto 6, Baltimore 1 Seattle 11, LA Angels [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Treasury Department rejects GOP claims on new IRS agents
Zach Gibson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Internal Revenue Service does not plan to use the nearly $80 billion it’s set to receive in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to hire 87,000 new agents in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What to expect from Thursday’s hearing on unsealing the Mar-a-Lago search affidavit
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A magistrate judge in Florida is set to hear in-person arguments Thursday on a request from a coalition of media outlets to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant [Read More…]
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Weeks before Mar-a-Lago search, ex-Trump DOD official vowed to publish classified documents from National Archives
John Roca/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In June of this year, seven weeks before the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in search of classified materials, former Defense Department [Read More…]
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Prosecutor sues Florida governor over suspension, says 1st Amendment rights violated
David Taludkar/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Florida state attorney who was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis this month sued the governor on Wednesday, claiming his removal from office violated his First Amendment rights. The lawsuit, [Read More…]
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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp files motion to delay testifying in Fulton County election probe
Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp filed a motion on Wednesday looking to delay a subpoena for his testimony in front of the special grand jury as part of the [Read More…]