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‘Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie’ announces premiere date, reveals first-look images
Peacock Peacock has revealed that Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie will premiere on its platform on December 8. The announcement comes on Monday, October 9, which just so happens to be star Tony Shalhoub’s 70th birthday. [Read More…]
Israel live updates: At least 11 Americans killed, may be among those held by Hamas
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 900 people have died and more than 2,500 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land [Read More…]
‘A nightmare’: Israeli dad waits to hear fate of wife, daughters abducted by Hamas
ABC News (GAZA) — Israeli father Yoni Asher said he’s been living a “nightmare” since learning Hamas militants had taken his wife and two young daughters hostage in an unprecedented surprise attack by the terrorist [Read More…]
Biden says it’s ‘likely’ Americans are among Hamas hostages, 11 killed in conflict
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Monday confirmed at least 11 Americans have been killed in the fighting in Israel, and believes more may have been taken hostage by Hamas. “It’s heart [Read More…]
RFK Jr. launches independent bid for president, leaving Democratic race against Biden
Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is dropping out of the Democratic primary race against Joe Biden to launch an independent campaign for president next year, he said in a speech on [Read More…]
McCarthy, touting his support for Israel, doesn’t rule out returning as speaker
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy, deposed just last week as House speaker, on Monday didn’t rule out returning to that position as he spoke out against the Hamas attack on Israel. [Read More…]
‘The Crown’ season 6 gets release dates: see teaser
Keith Bernstein/Netflix The sixth season of The Crown is coming soon. On Monday, Netflix announced that part 1 of the final season of the hit series will arrive November 16 and part 2 will be available to [Read More…]
First look at Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in new biopic about opera star
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Director Pablo Larraín has shared first-look photos of Angelina Jolie in costume as Maria Callas in his new biopic about the famed opera star, Maria. Known for his previous biopics Jackie and Spencer, this new project from Larraín will chronicle the “life of [Read More…]
Woman says she ran for miles to flee deadly music festival attack in Israel
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Noam Manket was among a crowd of thousands of people enjoying a music festival in southern Israel Saturday when rockets began firing overhead. Manket said she watched as fellow concertgoers [Read More…]
Former NICU neighbors overcome rare heart disease to become college roommates
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two neonatal intensive care unit patients who were once given a 40% chance of survival are now thriving years later. Tate Lewis and Seth Rippentrop [Read More…]
NFT creator wins multimillion-dollar lawsuit, paving ways for other artists to ‘stand up for themselves’
Courtesy of Danny Casale. (NEW YORK) — If you’re feeling unseen because you are not doing what others in society are expecting you to do, whether socializing on the weekends, or figuring out life as [Read More…]
Halsey, Catherine O’Hara playing Sally in Hollywood Bowl’s ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ concert
Taylor Hill/Getty Images Pop singer Halsey and Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara will both take on the role of Sally in the Hollywood Bowl’s three-night concert production of The Nightmare Before Christmas. O’Hara, who voiced Sally in the original 1993 Tim Burton film, [Read More…]
Greta Gerwig fought to keep “I’m Just Ken” dance sequence in ‘Barbie’
Han Myung-Gu/WireImage via Getty Images It is hard to imagine Greta Gerwig’s Barbie without the “I’m Just Ken” dream ballet scene, but the writer-director has revealed that she had to fight to keep it in the film. During [Read More…]
Will Ferrell goes ‘Old School’ as guest DJ at USC frat party
Lia Toby/Getty Images for Warner Bros. University of Southern California graduate Will Ferrell returned to his alma mater this weekend, where he crashed a frat party and served as DJ for the college kids, à la his [Read More…]
Excessive drinking during the pandemic increased rates of liver disease, transplants
Makoto Honda / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Transplant centers across the United States are reporting more patients in need of a new liver than ever before, sometimes seeing double the number of patients needing [Read More…]
‘Mean Girls’ Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert reunite
Jamie McCarthy/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images It seems a Mean Girls reunion is on the horizon. Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, and Lacey Chabert, known for their iconic roles as Cady Heron, Karen Smith, and [Read More…]
In brief: James Caan’s final film, ‘Welcome to Flatch’ canceled and more
James Caan‘s final film, the action thriller Fast Charlie, will make its world premiere on October 7 at California’s Mill Valley Film Festival, according to Deadline. Caan plays Charlie Swift, a mob hitman with a problem: [Read More…]
Israel live updates: Israel cuts off Gaza in ‘total siege’
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 700 people have died and more than 2,300 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from the [Read More…]
Retired dean married to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer found shot to death on Vermont trail
Vermont State Police released this photo of Honoree Fleming amid their investigation into her death. — Vermont State Police (CASTLETON, Vt.) — A retired university dean who was married to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Ron Powers [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 10/8/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Texas 11, Baltimore 8 Minnesota 6, Houston 2 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Milwaukee 105, Chicago 102 Phoenix [Read More…]