ABC/Matt Petit ABC News will broadcast two primetime specials to celebrate Black History Month in February. As part of the Soul of a Nation series, Halle Berry, Tessa Thompson, Debbie Allen, and more will be featured in Screen Queens Rising airing Thursday, February 3 at 8 p.m. The special will explore how Black actresses are making progress in Hollywood. One …
Sean Penn says “cowardly genes” lead some men into “surrendering their jeans” for skirts
Cindy Ord/Getty Images for CORE Sean Penn is already famous for speaking his mind, and he’s apparently done so again, while promoting his new film Flag Day. “I am in the club that believes that men in American culture have become wildly feminized,” the actor and activist, 61, told the UK-based publication The i. Admitting he’s “frustrated with the …
He “loved with everything he had” — Bob Saget’s daughter Lara posts tribute to her dad
Phillip Faraone/Getty Images Bob Saget‘s daughter Lara remembered her late dad in a tribute she shared on social media. In a letter addressed to “anyone afraid to love” she posted Thursday on Instagram, Lara wrote that “unconditional love is the greatest of gifts.” “My dad loved with everything he had. He had so many reasons to be scared to …
Alicia Silverstone takes to TikTok to flip off body shamers
BG020/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Having weathered slights like “Fatgirl” after filming 1997’s Batman and Robin, Alicia Silverstone isn’t taking it anymore. The Clueless actress took to TikTok — with the help of GAYLE‘s “abcdfu” and her own middle finger — to express just what she thought of the caption of a candid photo of her that had been posted online. The picture she displayed was taken as she walked in …
Jason Momoa reportedly looking to fight the family in ‘Fast and Furious 10’
ABC/Rick Rowell Deadline is reporting Jason Momoa could be the next in line to battle Vin Diesel‘s Dom Toretto and his “family” in the tenth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise. The trade notes the newly-single Dune star is joining the cast of the action pic, which opens May 19, 2023. F9‘s Justin Lin will be back to direct the 10th installment, though plot details are still …
House bill on medical pot edibles fails to pass
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A bill to bar the sale of sweetened medical marijuana products and gummies failed to pass the South Dakota House on Thursday. The bill would have banned the sale of cannabis [Read More…]
SD Speaker: Telemarketers trying to sway AG impeachment
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota lawmakers weighing impeachment charges against the state’s attorney general said Thursday that they have been pressured by a telemarketing campaign to impeach him. House Speaker Spencer Gosch, a Republican [Read More…]
Supreme Court sides with trailer court in pit bull attack
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled a Yankton trailer court owner isn’t liable for injuries to a child who was attacked by a tenant’s dog. Teresa Burgi appealed a case [Read More…]
Valerie Bertinelli speaks about Eddie Van Halen’s addiction, love, loss, and regret, in ‘AARP The Magazine’
Jim Smeal/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images Actress, cookbook author, and Food Network personality Valerie Bertinelli has opened up to AARP The Magazine‘s February/March issue about love, loss, and regret. The ex-wife of music icon Eddie Van Halen is frank in the piece, noting, “I don’t buy it when someone says, ‘I have no regrets. It’s made me who I …
‘The Afterparty’ is “a love letter to murder mysteries,” says director
Apple TV+ It’s time to go to The Afterparty! The new comedy series hits Apple TV+ today, and it stars Tiffany Haddish as a detective who is trying to solve a murder at the after party of a high school reunion. The show was created by The Lego Movie writer/director Chris Miller, who tells ABC Audio that the series is “more …