AMC(NEW YORK) — Robert Kirkman created the hit comic series The Walking Dead way back in 2008 — two years before it became the hit AMC show of the same name. As previously reported, the zombie series is now being adapted into a big-screen trilogy, and now, another Kirkman project is getting the movie treatment.…
Photo Credit: ©2019 Sony Pictures Television. Image by Elena Nenkova(NEW YORK) — The second season of the thriller series Absentia, starring former Castle lead Stana Katic is now available for streaming on Amazon Prime. Castle, ABC’s romantic comedy cop show in which she starred with Nathan Fillion, ended in 2016, but lives on worldwide in…
Netflix/David Giesbrecht(LOS ANGELES) — After today, she no longer has to be a reluctant superhero — the third and final season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones debuts on Netflix. Krysten Ritter, who plays the titular character, tells ABC Radio that she and the show’s creator, Melissa Rosenberg, are confident fans will be satisfied with the ending.…
Credit: David McClisterCheap Trick has contributed a song to a new album paying tribute to late singer/songwriter Harry Nilsson, best known for such hits as “Everybody’s Talkin'” and “Without You.” This Is the Town: A Tribute to Nilsson, Vol. 2 will be released on June 21, and it includes the power-pop legends’ rendition of a…
Blue Elan RecordsAmerica singer/guitarist Gerry Beckley will release a new solo album titled Five Mile Road on September 20.The record features 12 new original songs, 11 of which Beckley penned on his own and one, a tune called “Life Lessons,” that he co-wrote with actor/musician Bill Mumy, who perhaps is best-known as his role as…
Cleopatra RecordsDetroit rock and soul legend Mitch Ryder has just released a new album featuring covers of rock, pop, soul and folk songs that he recorded with a variety of guest artists. Detroit Breakout! includes contributions from Runaways singer Cherie Currie, as well as legendary rock guitarists like The MC5’s Wayne Kramer, The Stooges’ James…
Rhino Entertainment/Trafalgar ReleasingThe ninth annual edition of The Grateful Dead’s one-night-only “Meet-Up at the Movies” screening event will take place at select theaters on August 1, coinciding with what would have been the late Jerry Garcia’s 77th birthday. This year, the event has been expanded to include cinemas around the world, and the concert film…
vzwer/iStock(MEBANE, N.C.) — An 11-year-old boy, who was home alone when three people broke into his family’s North Carolina residence, turned the tables on the alleged criminals when he got ahold of a machete and whacked one of them in the head, officials said.But now the boy’s family is demanding answers from the Orange County,…
Lansing Police Department(LANSING, Mich.) — A Michigan police department has released body camera footage that appears to show an officer striking a 16-year-old runaway they were apprehending to return to a youth center.Officers from the Lansing Police Department were called on Friday morning after emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a resident asking police…
Miami-Dade County Department Of Corrections(MIAMI) — A Miami Beach woman was arrested on Saturday for jabbing at and stomping on a sea turtle nest. Yaqun Lu, 41, crossed into an area of the beach that was cordoned off by wooden stakes and tape to protect the nest and began digging at it with one of…
iStock/Thinkstock(DALLAS) — A Texas police officer died after suffering a medical emergency, falling and seriously injuring his head Friday. The news, released Saturday afternoon, was a shocking turn from what authorities initially said was suspected to be a fatal shooting of a uniformed officer.Sgt. Keith Shepherd, of the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office, was found dead…
Courtesy Warren Flood(DETROIT) — For Warren Flood, having his son, Malcolm, changed the course of his life.Prior to becoming a dad, Flood, who is 43, worked in consulting and described the business model as “trading hours for dollars.” “My friends told me, ‘Don’t worry about it. You have all the time in the world. They’re…
Courtesy DeLauren McKnight(DURHAM, N.C.) — A woman from North Carolina has given the gift of life to the man who adopted her when she was an infant.DeLauren McKnight chose to donate her kidney to her dad, Billy Houze, after tests revealed she was a match for the procedure.”She told me, ‘Daddy, you thought you were…
iStock/WoodysPhotos(NEW YORK) — Thousands of U.S. counties, cities and villages filed for class action status in a massive, multi-district litigation against opioid manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies on Friday. New York’s Albany County and New Jersey’s Bergen County, as well as Atlanta, Georgia; Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Phoenix are just a handful of the approximately 1,800…
iStock/CreativeNature_nl(NEW YORK) — When you think about rabies, you might consider dogs or raccoons to be the first ones to pass the viral disease, but according to a new report, you’re more likely to get it from bats. Rabies is a deadly virus that, up until 1960, had been spread mainly through domesticated animals like…
