NBC/Mary Ellen Matthews(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- Saturday Night Live veteran cast member Kenan Thompson will host this year's White House Correspondents Dinner. The announcement comes after the White House Correspondents Association took a year-long ...
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Jury gets Weinstein sex assault case after dramatic trial
Harvey Weinstein arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday, February 18 as jury deliberations begin; David Dee Delgado/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After hearing from 35 witnesses over more than two weeks of testimony, the New York City jury in Har...
Read More »Therapist Amie Harwick, former Drew Carey fianceé, killed at her Hollywood Hills home
Drew Carey and Amie Harwick in 2017; Michael Bezjian/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) -- A Hollywood therapist once engaged to actor Drew Carey was killed at her home this weekend, allegedly by an ex-boyfriend, according to police. When officers in the Hol...
Read More »Actor, comic Orson Bean stuck and killed by car at age 91
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) -- Actor and comic Orson Bean was struck by a car and killed Friday night at age 91. Los Angeles ABC affiliate KABC reports Bean was crossing the road in Venice, California when he was clipped by one passing...
Read More »‘Bad Boys for Life’ beats newcomer ‘The Gentlemen’ at weekend box office
Ben Rothstein/© 2019 CTMG, Inc. (NEW YORK) -- It wasn't much of a contest between Bad Boys for Life and newcomer The Gentlemen in the weekend box office. Bad Boys for Life, the third movie in the Martin Lawrence Bad...
Read More »Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash at age 41
Kevin Winter/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- NBA icon and Oscar-winner Kobe Bryant was killed Sunday morning in a helicopter crash in Los Angeles, ABC News has confirmed. He was 41.According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office, there were five peo...
Read More »Hanx hoax! Tom Hanks isn’t hawking CBD online
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Tom Hanks called out an advertisement using his image to promote CBD on Tuesday, calling the ad in question a "false and an intentional hoax."The ad from an undisclosed company appears to promote "CannaPro CBD" and...
Read More »‘Modern Family’ star Jesse Tyler Ferguson and husband are expecting their first child
ABC/Robert Ashcroft(LOS ANGELES) -- Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband, Justin Mikita, are expecting their first child. The Modern Family actor announced the exciting news during an appearance on The Late Late Show with James Corden Thursday ni...
Read More »Terry Jones, Monty Python’s Flying Circus co-founder, dead at 77
Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival(LONDON) Terry Jones, who as a founding member of the British comedy troupe Monty Python’s Flying Circus left an indelible mark on film and TV comedy, has died at 77. The BBC qu...
Read More »Tonight’s the night for ‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest’
ABC/Patrick Randak(NEW YORK) -- Once again, the New Year's Eve party is ABC's Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest. "I grew up with it," Ryan tells ABC Audio of the show. "It was the only show me and my family ever watched," ad...
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