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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ cast discusses highly anticipated film
Lionsgate/Murray Close The stars of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes are opening up about the highly anticipated film. Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth and Josh Andrés Rivera stopped by Good Morning America [Read More…]
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Super Bowl ad spots nearly sold out; going rate said to be $7 million for 30-second spot
Getty Images Advertisers are readying their checkbooks for February’s Super Bowl LVIII. A Paramount spokesperson told ABC Audio that CBS is “ahead of schedule” selling its ad spots for the big game; at $7 million [Read More…]
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20th Century Studios releases epic teaser to ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’
20th Century Studios 20th Century Studios has dropped an epic teaser to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, an adventure set several generations after director Matt Reeves‘ heralded Apes trilogy. The Maze Runner helmer [Read More…]
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Ryan Gosling goes from stuntman to action hero in trailer to ‘The Fall Guy’
Universal The trailer to the big-budget action comedy The Fall Guy is here, and it shows Barbie star Ryan Gosling as an unlikely action hero. Loosely based on the 1980s action show of the same [Read More…]
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FX releases trailer to epic event series ‘Shōgun’
FX On Thursday, FX dropped the trailer to Shōgun, the epic, 10-episode series based on James Clavell’s bestselling novel, which was adapted into an Emmy-winning miniseries on NBC in 1980. The new series features a [Read More…]
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Israel-Gaza live updates: American who escaped Gaza describes chaos at border
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]
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People in Gaza share what life is like amid bombardment of Israel-Hamas war: ‘We’re all humans’
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (SDEROT, Israel) — An Israeli fighter jet roared overhead as it dropped a bomb near where Lena Beseiso and her family were hunkered down in the war-torn Gaza Strip. The 57-year-old Palestinian-American citizen, [Read More…]
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Rafah crossing: What is happening at the Egypt-Gaza border?
Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some people in Gaza have been given clearance to leave for the first time via Egypt’s Rafah border crossing since Oct. 7, when the terrorist group Hamas [Read More…]
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58 people still missing, including 11 Americans, week after Hurricane Otis made landfall in Mexico
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A week after a powerful Category 5 hurricane hit Acapulco, Mexico, at least 58 people are still missing, according to the Mexican government. Among the missing are 18 foreign nationals, [Read More…]
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Former officer pleads guilty to federal charges in Tyre Nichols’ death
Memphis Police Department (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Desmond Mills Jr., one of the five former Memphis police officers charged in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal civil rights and conspiracy [Read More…]
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FBI raids home of top fundraiser for New York City Mayor Eric Adams
avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — FBI agents searched the Crown Heights home Thursday of Brianna Suggs, a campaign consultant and top fundraiser linked to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The agents descended on the [Read More…]
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Tupac Shakur murder suspect Duane Davis pleads not guilty during twice-delayed arraignment
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Duane “Keffe D” Davis, the suspect accused of orchestrating the 1996 drive-by killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, pleaded not guilty to murder during his arraignment on Thursday. Davis’ arraignment [Read More…]
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FBI accuses duo of swiping nearly $13,000 in sculptures from Carnival cruise
David Sacks/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI is accusing two tourists of swiping nearly $13,000 worth of sculptures in the early morning hours of a recent Carnival cruise from Baltimore to Bermuda. On its [Read More…]
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Vivek Ramaswamy and Ro Khanna spar over foreign policy, climate change and more
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and California Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna met for a debate on Wednesday and what started out as a friendly exchange soon turned into [Read More…]
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Tobacco use falls among high school students, but is rising among middle schoolers: Study
Diego Cervo / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tobacco use has decreased among U.S. high school students, primarily with a drop in the use of e-cigarettes, but is on the rise among middle schoolers, according [Read More…]
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HBO head says ‘The Last of Us’ could start shooting in 2024; ‘White Lotus”, ‘It’ prequel series likely bumped to 2025
HBO As SAG-AFTRA and studio representatives continue to battle it out, networks are continuing to make moves to deal with the Hollywood strikes’ effects on scheduling. For HBO, that means the anticipated third season of [Read More…]
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‘Yellowstone’ finale bumped to 2024 over strikes; two more spinoffs announced
Paramount Network On Thursday, Paramount Network announced that due to production delays caused by the two Hollywood strikes, Yellowstone fans are going to have to wait until November 2024 to watch the conclusion of the [Read More…]
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Biden aides stress outreach to Muslim and Arab communities after backlash over Israel-Hamas response
Christopher Mark Juhn/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Both the White House and President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign are seeking to highlight his outreach to and support of Muslim and Arab communities in the U.S. [Read More…]
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What to know about DoorDash’s new tipping and delivery program
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — DoorDash is testing a new notification it hopes will encourage customers to leave a tip for delivery drivers. The delivery giant is rolling out a message to [Read More…]
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Nicolas Cage says CG artists totally changed his cameo performance in ‘The Flash’
ABC/Randy Holmes AI is one of the sticking points in the ongoing SAG-AFTRA fight against the movie studios, with performers trying to prevent their images from being used without consent. While he contends AI wasn’t [Read More…]