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Oprah Winfrey, Dwayne Johnson team up for People’s Fund of Maui
Courtesy Underwood Studios Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson are doing their part to help those devastated by the recent wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The duo teamed up to establish the People’s Fund [Read More…]
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New Gallup poll says “overwhelming majority” of Americans back striking actors, writers
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images As the dual Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes against the studios continue, grinding Hollywood production to a halt in the process, those picketers can take comfort in a new [Read More…]
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James Gunn, Rian Johnson mourn death of accomplished assistant director Jamie Christopher
Getty Images Jamie Christopher, an assistant director who worked with the likes of David Fincher and Rian Johnson and on Marvel films like the Guardians of the Galaxy, died on Tuesday, August 29, at 52. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hurricane Franklin brings dangerous rip currents to East Coast beaches
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Franklin, which is churning near Bermuda, is bringing huge waves and dangerous rip currents to the entire East Coast ahead of Labor Day weekend. Tropical Storm Jose and the [Read More…]
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Trump inflated his net worth by $2.2 billion, New York AG says in filing
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump routinely overstated his net worth — sometimes by more than $2 billion — during years when the actual values of his real estate holdings were [Read More…]
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Lady Gaga wondered if she was “a really bad actor” ahead of ‘A Star Is Born’ Venice premiere
Franco Origlia/Getty Images This year’s Venice Film Festival kicked off August 30, but most Lady Gaga fans remember the entrance she made there 2018: She arrived by boat in full old Hollywood-style glam, wearing platinum blonde pin curls and [Read More…]
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Did Selena Gomez break the SAG-AFTRA strike rules with ‘Only Murders’ post?
Hulu Selena Gomez‘s currently focusing on her music career, having just released the new track “Single Soon.” But she’s also an actor and actors are currently on strike — which is why some people were [Read More…]
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‘Bachelor’ alum Matt James reacts to his mom competing on ‘The Golden Bachelor’
ABC/Christopher Willard – ABC ABC revealed the 22 women who will vie for Gerry Turner‘s heart on The Golden Bachelor, and one of them should be familiar to Bachelor Nation — it’s Bachelor alum Matt [Read More…]
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In Brief: McG wants Barrymore, Diaz, and Liu for ‘Charlie’s Angels 3’, and more
Joseph McGinty Nichol, known professionally as McG, and who directed the 2000 film adaptation of Charlie’s Angels, starring Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, and Cameron Diaz, and its 2003 sequel Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, hasn’t given [Read More…]
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At least 73 dead in Johannesburg building fire, authorities say
MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images (JOHANNESBURG) — Dozens of people were killed in a fire that engulfed a five-story building in central Johannesburg early Thursday, authorities said. The blaze broke out in the downtown area [Read More…]
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Idalia live updates: Damaging tornadoes, severe flooding from Florida to Carolinas
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Idalia made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 hurricane — the strongest hurricane to ever make landfall in Florida’s Apalachee Bay. Idalia weakened [Read More…]
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Ralph Yarl, teen shot after accidentally going to wrong house, set to face suspect in court
ABC News (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Andrew Lester, the Missouri man who is charged in the shooting of teenager Ralph Yarl, is set to appear in a Kansas City courtroom on Thursday morning for a [Read More…]
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Two men, four children hospitalized after Illinois shooting
kali9/Getty Images (PEORIA, Ill.) — Six people have been hospitalized and two are currently in critical condition after a shooting on the south side of Peoria, Illinois, on Wednesday night, according to the Peoria Police [Read More…]
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Woman who stabbed grandfather in the face after he asked her to shower is arrested
Facebook / Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — A 22-year-old Louisiana woman has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her grandfather in the face over an argument over her hygiene habits, police say. Carrington Harris, [Read More…]
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Biden pledges $95 million to help Maui recover from wildfires
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has announced that $95 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will be given to Hawaii to aid in Maui’s rebuilding efforts following the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump attorneys oppose DA’s request to try all 19 Georgia election defendants together
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s attorney filed a motion Wednesday opposing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ new request to try all 19 defendants in her Georgia election interference case together. [Read More…]
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Judge says former Trump adviser has failed to show Trump asserted executive privilege
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The judge overseeing Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress case ruled in a pre-trial hearing Wednesday that the former Trump adviser “has not met his burden” to show a formal assertion [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 08/30/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE LA Angels 10, Philadelphia 8 Toronto 7, Washington 0 Tampa Bay 3, Miami 0 NY Mets 6, Texas 5 [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Medicare recipients say new drug price negotiations will save them thousands
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Every month, Dawn LaGuerre has to decide which bills she’s going to pay or if she needs to cut back on groceries to be able to afford her monthly [Read More…]
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Panama Canal’s low water levels could become headache for consumers
jmsilva/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Low water levels at the Panama Canal are causing a traffic jam at the historic trading route that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, threatening to ensnarl the holiday shipping [Read More…]