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Michael Caine says he’s retiring from acting after ‘The Great Escaper’
Mike Marsland/WireImage via Getty Images Legendary actor Michael Caine says he’s retiring from acting. In a new interview with BBC Radio 4, the two-time Academy Award winner said his new movie, The Great Escaper, may [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF says it killed head of Hamas general intelligence
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 1,400 people have died and 3,400 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea [Read More…]
Russia waging major new offensive in eastern Ukraine
belterz/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — With the eyes of the world glued to Israel and Gaza, Russia is waging a major new offensive in eastern Ukraine, mounting the largest push it has attempted since last [Read More…]
Strong earthquake hits western Afghanistan
-/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan early Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, which was centered about 30 kilometers (18 miles) north-northwest of Herāt, followed a [Read More…]
‘Am I in a nightmare?’: Palestinian recounts evacuating from Gaza while her brothers, father stayed behind
Amel Safi, a resident of Gaza, speaks with ABC News by video during the ongoing conflict with Israel, Oct. 13, 2023. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — Amel Safi did not say goodbye to her [Read More…]
Record-low water levels recorded along the Mississippi River during prime season to ship grain
danilovi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mississippi River water levels have reached new record lows from Missouri to Arkansas, preventing shipments of grain and other important goods from making their way downriver during one of the [Read More…]
Flu, RSV starting to circulate but cases remain lower than last year: CDC
ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Influenza and other respiratory viruses are starting to circulate but so far remain lower than this time last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As [Read More…]
Israel-Hamas war: Tech platforms under scrutiny over spread of false, graphic posts
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As war broke out in recent days with a Hamas attack and an Israeli response that has left an estimated more than 4,100 people dead in Israel and Gaza, gruesome [Read More…]
Rite Aid files for bankruptcy, announces financial restructuring plans amid opioid complaints, lawsuits
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One of the nation’s largest drugstore chains has voluntarily initiated the Chapter 11 process for bankruptcy protection. Rite Aid announced Sunday that the company had reached an agreement with creditors [Read More…]
“I’m not Ryan Seacrest”: David Spade on being an “anti-game show host” on new show, ‘Snake Oil’
FOX/Tom Griscom Fox’s new game show, Snake Oil, takes a page from Shark Tank but with a twist: Some of the contestants looking for investors just may be plugging a fictional product. Helping to separate [Read More…]
Riz Ahmed decries “horrific and wrong” events in Israel and Gaza
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Oscar winner Riz Ahmed took to social media to lament the deadly state of affairs in Israel and Gaza in the wake of “horrific and wrong” Hamas terror attacks. “We are told [Read More…]
Premiere of Kevin Spacey’s comeback film ‘Control’ reportedly canceled by “horrified” UK theater owner
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Kevin Spacey‘s comeback trail hit a major pothole when the world premiere ofm a movie featuring the Oscar winning actor was canceled because of his involvement in it. Spacey, who was recently [Read More…]
Former Batman Ben Affleck to be honored at Gotham Awards
Affleck on the ‘Air’ set/Amazon Studios “Batman to be honored at Gotham Awards” may sound like a headline from a comic book movie, but the guy who played the Caped Crusader, Ben Affleck, is actually [Read More…]
Pete Davidson tackles tabloid headlines, dating history in ‘SNL”s ‘Barbie’-spoofing “I’m Just Pete”
NBC/Rosalind O’Connor Pete Davidson wants his work to be taken seriously, but he’s not nearly serious enough to blame you for thinking otherwise. That’s the gist of “I’m Just Pete,” the Barbie-spoofing video that aired [Read More…]
Chris Evans confirms marriage to Alba Baptista
ABC/Randy Holmes — Netflix/Manolo Pavón At New York Comic Con on Saturday, Chris Evans proudly displayed his wedding band while confirming his marriage to fellow actor Alba Baptista. In front of the eager audience, Evans [Read More…]
Will Smith says Jada Pinkett Smith’s confessions about their marriage “woke him up”
ABC Will Smith has responded to his wife Jada Pinkett Smith‘s forthcoming memoir Worthy and the revelations about their marriage. In an email shared with The New York Times, Smith candidly expressed that his wife’s revelations in her memoir “woke [Read More…]
In Brief: Piper Laurie dead, and more
Piper Laurie, best known for her film roles as Sissy Spacek’s ultra-religious mother in Brian De Palma‘s Carrie and Paul Newman‘s love interest in The Hustler, died Saturday, October 14, in Los Angeles after a [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel to begin evacuation of towns near Lebanon border
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 1,300 people have died and 3,227 others have been injured in Israel after the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented incursion from air, land and sea [Read More…]
‘Freaks me out’: Americans say they are trapped in Gaza
Maha Barakat, an American citizen stuck in Gaza, tells ABC News on Oct. 15, 2023, her agonizing ordeal attempting to flee the war-torn territory. — Maha Barakat (NEW YORK) — Terrified by constant bombings all [Read More…]
Illinois man charged with stabbing 6-year-old Muslim boy to death amid Israel-Hamas conflict: Police
The booking photo of Joseph M. Czuba — Will County Sheriff’s Office (PLAINFIELD, Ill.) — An Illinois man was charged with stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and seriously injuring his mother in what [Read More…]