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Jay-Z and Silk Sonic win NAACP Image Awards; Mike Epps portrays Richard Pryor; and more
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Jay-Z and Silk Sonic were among the music winners Thursday during the fourth night of the 53rd NAACP Image Awards non-televised award categories. Hova and Jeymes Samuel won Outstanding Soundtrack for The Harder They Fall, and Silk Sonic, consisting of Bruno [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to order personal sanctions on Putin as Russian forces close in on Kyiv
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid pressure at home and abroad, the White House announced Friday that the U.S. will personally sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, following in the footsteps [Read More…]
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Biden nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman on Supreme Court
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/POOL (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court, elevating an African American woman for the first time to a [Read More…]
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Introducing historic pick, Biden promises Supreme Court that looks ‘like America’
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid an international crisis demanding his attention, President Joe Biden still took time out Friday to introduce to the nation his first high court nominee — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson [Read More…]
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Jan. 6 panel questions Donald Trump Jr.’s fiance, GOP fundraiser Kimberly Guilfoyle
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Friday interviewed Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancé of Donald Trump Jr. and a GOP operative and fundraiser, behind closed doors. [Read More…]
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Poll finds sharp partisan divisions on the impact of a Black woman justice
Grant Faint/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Leading into President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nomination, Americans are split along partisan lines on a range of attitudes relating to the high court — approval of its [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Zelenskyy warns Russia will try to ‘storm’ Kyiv tonight
ERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russia’s military launched a long-feared invasion of Ukraine early Thursday, attacking its ex-Soviet neighbor from multiple directions despite warnings of dire consequences from the United States and [Read More…]
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Pope makes surprise visit to Russian Embassy to the Vatican
Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — The Vatican press office confirmed that Pope Francis made a visit to the Russian Embassy to the Holy See to express his concern about [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Survey reveals just who plans to watch the Oscars this year
ABC/AMPAS While producers behind the 94th annual Academy Awards hope a triple bill of hosts — Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes, and Regina Hall — will goose viewer numbers, a new survey shows who plans to watch the ceremony. A [Read More…]
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Michael Keaton teases Batman return with iconic suited-up silhouette
Leon Bennett/Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) While waiting for Robert Pattinson‘s first turn as the Dark Knight in The Batman, Bat-fans are freaking out about an Instagram post from the guy who first wore the suit in 1989. Michael Keaton dropped a [Read More…]
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Final Season of ‘Killing Eve’ arrives Sunday with “fun murders,” “amazing costumes” and a question of change
Anika Molnar/BBCA The fourth and final season of Killing Eve debuts this Sunday on BBC America and AMC+, and it kicks off with Jodie Comer‘s assassin character, Villanelle, attempting to become “good” by, of all [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC eases masking recommendations for 70% of country, including inside schools
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 70% of Americans should be able to remove their masks indoors, including inside schools, under new metrics outlined Friday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that represent [Read More…]
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Judy Greer on the emotional “escape” of shooting ‘Family Squares’ remotely during the pandemic
Screen Media (NOTE LANGUAGE) The new dramedy Family Squares is now in theaters and on demand, following a group of people shaken up by video messages left by the family matriarch after she passes away. The film was shot [Read More…]
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“The whole country is being called to go to war”: Maksim Chmerkovskiy gives new updates from Ukraine
Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic A day after his first dispatch from his native Ukraine, currently under invasion by Russian military forces, Dancing with the Stars veteran Maksim Chmerkovskiy has updated his followers on his latest experiences. While the 42-year-old states he’s [Read More…]
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Nick Lachey teases Love Is Blind finale: “It’s a big moment. It’s a crazy moment. It’s a chaotic moment”
Francis Specker/CBS via Getty Images Fans of the emotional rollercoaster known as Love Is Blind should buckle up for the season two finale. Host Nick Lachey says he knows why people are going nuts over the popular dating show, in which contestants have to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC to ease masking recommendations for 70% of country, including inside schools
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some 70% of Americans will be able to remove their masks indoors, including inside schools, under new guidance to be released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Friday, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
IOC urges sports federations to move or cancel events in Russia, Belarus
FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The International Olympic Committee on Friday urged sports federations across the globe to move or cancel any events they were planning to hold in Russia or Belarus. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as first Black woman on Supreme Court
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/POOL (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, elevating an African American woman for the first time to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Five Texas DAs push back on governor’s ‘child abuse’ claims on transgender care
P A Thompson/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Five Texas district attorneys pushed back on Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive in which he called gender-transitioning and affirming procedures as “child abuse.” In a letter signed by district [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian forces have allegedly blocked Kyiv from the west
ERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russia’s military launched a long-feared invasion of Ukraine early Thursday, attacking its ex-Soviet neighbor from multiple directions despite warnings of dire consequences from the United States and [Read More…]