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In Brief: ‘AFV’ to honor Bob Saget all season; Julian McMahon exits ‘FBI: Most Wanted’, and more
America’s Funniest Home Videos, the long-running ABC series that Bob Saget helped launch in 1989, will honor its original host for the rest of the season with a regular segment showcasing memorable moments from his time on the [Read More…]
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‘SNL’ Recap: Kristin Wiig crashes Will Forte’s monologue, MacGruber gets a right wing makeover
NBC/Will Heath Former Saturday Night Live cast member Will Forte finally got his shot at hosting the long-running sketch comedy show, only to be upstaged by former cast mate Kristin Wiig. After bemoaning that Wiig and fellow SNL alums Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis and Fred [Read More…]
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‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ crawls back to #1 at the box office with $14.1 million weekend
Courtesy of Sony Pictures Spider-Man: No Way Home reclaimed the top spot at the box office with an estimated $14.1 million weekend. The film also climbed into the sixth spot on the list of highest grossing [Read More…]
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HBO’s ‘The Gilded Age’ is ‘Downton Abbey’, American style
HBO/Alison Cohen Rosa It’s Downton Abbey, American style. The Gilded Age is the new show from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, premiering tonight on HBO. The Gilded Age, set in 1880s New York, dramatizes issues of class and race in the [Read More…]
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Regina King’s son, Ian Alexander Jr., dies at 26
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for LACMA Regina King is grieving the death of her only child. The Oscar-winning actress’ son Ian Alexander Jr., who had celebrated his 26th birthday on Wednesday, has died by suicide. “Our [Read More…]
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Fauci optimistic omicron will peak in February
STEFANI REYNOLDS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, said Sunday he is “as confident as you can be” about the prospect of most states reaching a [Read More…]
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LA schools mandating non-cloth masks with nose wire, Atlanta district makes masks optional
MoMo Productions/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Students in Los Angeles public schools must wear a non-cloth mask with a nose wire at all times, including during sports, beginning Monday, the district announced in a letter [Read More…]
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Minnesota COVID patient, transferred to Texas after judge prohibited doctors from taking him off ventilator, dies
Glow Images/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Battle against omicron variant pushes hospitals, health care workers to the brink COVID-19 cases have soared to new records with nearly 800,000 new infections per day. A 55-year-old Minnesota man, [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 1/23/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION New York 110, L.A. Clippers 102 Boston 116, Washington 87 Portland 114, Toronto 105 Orlando 114, Chicago 95 Miami 113, [Read More…]
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Supreme Court takes cases on future of affirmative action
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would take up a pair of cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions. The justices will hear [Read More…]
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House Republicans tout infrastructure funding they voted against
Michael Godek/iStock (WASHINGTON) — In November, Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Virginia, was one of 205 House Republicans to vote against the bipartisan, $1.5 trillion infrastructure bill, calling it irresponsible and the “Green New Deal in disguise.” [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: Scale of education lost ‘nearly insurmountable,’ UNICEF warns
John Moore/Getty Image (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 866,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
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Police investigate homicide of six people found dead at Milwaukee home
Yegor AleyevTASS via Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — Six people were found dead at a home in Wisconsin’s largest city in what police are investigating as a homicide. Officers were conducting a welfare check at a [Read More…]
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Another violence interrupter killed in Baltimore as community reels from gun violence
Andre Chung for The Washington Post via Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — A man who worked on the front lines of preventing gun violence in Baltimore, Maryland, was shot and killed on Wednesday night in a [Read More…]
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Stowaway survives 11-hour flight in wheel well from Africa to Europe
Jaromir Chalabala / EyeEm/Getty Images (AMSTERDAM) — A stowaway was found alive in the nose wheel well of a cargo airplane that traveled from South Africa to the Netherlands on Sunday, according to Dutch police. [Read More…]
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State Department orders diplomats’ families to leave US embassy in Kyiv amid Russia tensions
Anna MarchenkoTASS via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The State Department ordered diplomats’ families Sunday afternoon to depart the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, amid heightened fears of a Russian attack on the country. The embassy [Read More…]
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Regina Hall, Sterling Brown, Keke Palmer featured in Sundance Film Festival virtual events this weekend; Mack Wilds hosts ‘Profiled: The Black Man;’ and more
Amy Sussman/Getty Images Regina Hall, Sterling Brown and Keke Palmer are among the stars featured this weekend in virtual Sundance Film Festival events. They are participating in the fifth annual Macro Lounge focusing on diversity, inclusion and people of color. On [Read More…]
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‘Mission: Impossible’ movies move again because of COVID
Paramount Pictures Release dates for the next Mission: Impossible movies are proving to be as elusive as Tom Cruise‘s spy Ethan Hunt. Paramount Pictures has announced that the already COVID-delayed Mission: Impossible 7 has been bumped from its September 30, [Read More…]
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94th Oscars will “likely” have multiple hosts, ‘Variety’ says
ABC and AMPAS While the search goes on for who will fill the role of host of the upcoming 94th Annual Academy Awards, Variety reports producers are looking for more than one set of shoes to fill. [Read More…]
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‘Jack Ryan’ movie, TV producer Mace Neufeld dead at 93
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images Producer Mace Neufeld, who had a long a varied career in Hollywood, has died. The Hollywood Reporter notes the producer passed away in his sleep at his Beverly Hills home at 93. When Neufeld was [Read More…]