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Josh Gad confirms he’s coming back for ‘Frozen 3’, jokes about “crossover” with ‘Toy Story’ and ‘Zootopia’
ABC After Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed during an investment call Wednesday that the company was readying a third Frozen film, a fifth Toy Story adventure and a second Zootopia movie, Josh Gad had a [Read More…]
Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ parents, sister sue Alec Baldwin over ‘Rust’ shooting
ABC News The parents and sister of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed in the Rust on-set shooting, have filed a new lawsuit against Alec Baldwin and the film’s producers, according to the family’s attorney. The [Read More…]
US sanctions alleged Russian ransomware hackers known as Trickbot
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is sanctioning what is says are seven members of a Russian hacker group who have targeted the hospitals, companies and the U.S. government, the Treasury Department announced [Read More…]
Turkey earthquake live updates: Death toll exceeds 21,000 in Turkey, Syria
RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 20,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria early Monday, according to officials. The pre-dawn quake was [Read More…]
Erdoğan slammed over poor quake infrastructure preparation, relief efforts
Burak Kara/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the death toll rises in Turkey and Syria following the massive earthquake that struck the region, some are criticizing the efforts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to [Read More…]
Cause found in Keystone Pipeline’s massive oil leak
Jason Franson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON, Kan.) — A spill of more than 500,000-gallons of crude oil from the Keystone Pipeline in December in Kansas was caused by a combination of a faulty weld and [Read More…]
Jan. 6 rioter with Confederate flag inside Capitol sentenced to 3 years
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Jan. 6 rioter who carried a Confederate flag, and was among the first people to breach the U.S. Capitol building, to [Read More…]
NYC truck terror attacker fights to avoid death penalty over ethnic discrimination claims
St. Charles County Department of Corrections via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Four days before the penalty phase is scheduled to begin, attorneys for Sayfullo Saipov sought on Thursday to strike the government’s decision to [Read More…]
Jan. 6 rioter with Confederate flag inside Capitol sentenced to 3 years
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Jan. 6 rioter who carried a Confederate flag, and was among the first people to breach the U.S. Capitol building, to [Read More…]
Many Democrats are apathetic about Biden in 2024 but say it’s not a dealbreaker
Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden touted his achievements during his second State of the Union address on Tuesday and seems to be gearing up for an expected 2024 presidential [Read More…]
Biden, in Florida, blasts what he calls GOP ‘dream’ to cut Social Security
Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — President Joe Biden traveled to Tampa, Florida, on Thursday, continuing his post-State of the Union blitz in election battleground states, arguing that he would protect Medicare [Read More…]
Rep. Angie Craig attacked in elevator of her DC apartment building, office says
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., was attacked in her Washington, D.C., apartment building on Thursday morning, her office said later that day. “This morning around 7:15 a.m., [Read More…]
Not enough of Chinese balloon recovered yet to conclude intent, FBI says
FBI (WASHINGTON) — The FBI’s evidence response team has retrieved only a small amount of the Chinese spy balloon shot down Saturday — and doesn’t yet have enough evidence to conclude what China’s intent was. [Read More…]
Suicides rose in 2021 after two years of declines, CDC report finds
xijian/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The number of suicides increased in 2021 to the highest levels seen in four years, according to new federal data. The report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Read More…]
Twitter suffers major outage, prompting emergency fix and apology
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twitter suffered a user outage on Wednesday that lasted for hours and required an emergency fix, prompting an apology from the company and marking one of the first major [Read More…]
Ryan Reynolds and Colin Hanks’ documentary about the late John Candy could be headed to Amazon
Darlene Hammond/Hulton Archive/Getty Images — ABC/Randy Holmes Last year, Ryan Reynolds confirmed that he, Colin Hanks and Ryan’s Maximum Effort company were working on a documentary tribute to a fellow funny Canadian, the late John [Read More…]
Rihanna: Halftime show will “celebrate” catalog while representing immigrants, Barbados and Black women
Cooper Neill/Getty Images Even billionaire pop superstars have to juggle work and family. Rihanna, who welcomed her first child in May 2022, will headline the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday. At a press conference on [Read More…]
Harrison Ford sings ’90s classic in new clip from Apple TV+’s ‘Shrinking’
Apple TV+ (NOTE LANGUAGE) Harrison Ford is winning praise for showing off his comedy chops in the Apple TV+ series Shrinking, but he goes even further in a new clip posted by E!. In the [Read More…]
Turkey earthquake live updates: Death toll exceeds 20,000 in Turkey, Syria
RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 20,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria early Monday, according to officials. The pre-dawn quake was [Read More…]
Miraculous moments as survivors pulled from earthquake rubble in Turkey, Syria
KYRIAKOS FINAS/SOOC/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rescue efforts are ongoing after a massive earthquake and powerful aftershocks caused widespread devastation across southeastern Turkey and northern Syria. Tens of thousands of people have been [Read More…]