ABC(LOS ANGELES) — As sure as a winner will forget to thank their significant other on the podium, celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck will be running the kitchen for the famed Governors Ball after the Oscars Sunday night. It’s the 25th year that Puck’s been crafting A-list edibles for A-list guests at the official after-party of…
L-R; Lady Gaga, Anthony Ramos; Clay Enos/Warner Bros.(NEW YORK) — A Star Is Born is up for eight Academy Awards this Sunday, including Best Picture, but for one of the movie’s stars, winning isn’t everything. Anthony Ramos, who plays the best friend of Lady Gaga’s character Ally, tells ABC Radio that the film’s effect on…
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) — Will Smith is bringing something extremely fresh to the children’s book world. According to Entertainment Weekly, Smith has partnered with HarperCollins and author Denene Miller for a new book series called Fresh Princess. Inspired by Smith’s character from his iconic ’90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, the three-part picture book series…
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures(LOS ANGELES) — Oscar Sunday is almost here, and Sam Elliott is — finally — a nominee this year, for his work in A Star is Born. The beloved character actor has been working in front of the cameras for more than 50 years, but he received his first-ever nomination for…
Credit: Austin Lord After announcing a farewell tour, Peter Frampton has now revealed why: He’s suffering from a rare, degenerative muscular disease. Frampton has inclusion body myositis, an incurable condition that causes the muscles to weaken. He spoke about it for the first time on CBS This Morning: Saturday, telling co-host Anthony Mason that he’s…
Credit: Joe LengsonVan Halen erupted onto the music scene with their self-titled debut album 41 years ago this month, and to commemorate the band’s arrival, a new pair of high-top sneakers featuring a vintage photo of Eddie Van Halen onstage has been made available at the guitar legend’s online store. The EVH brand’s 1978 High…
Atlantic/Swan Song/Warner MusicIn honor of Led Zeppelin’s ongoing 50th anniversary celebrations, the band has launched a new playlist generator program that allows anyone to build a list of tunes from the rock legends’ entire catalog. To mark the debut of the program, three artists have been recruited to try it out: ex-White Stripes frontman Jack…
RhinoNext month, Stevie Nicks will become the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Fame twice. To mark the occasion, Rhino Records is launching a major compilation celebrating the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman’s decades-long career focusing on her work outside of her famous band. Stand Back, which arrives March 29, will…
(Chicago Police Department) R. Kelly, seen in his mugshot after surrendering to Chicago police on Feb. 22, 2019, has been indicted on 10 counts of felony criminal sexual abuse. (CHICAGO) — A Chicago judge ordered $1 million bond for R. Kelly on Saturday after the singer was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sex…
MivPiv/iStock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California’s governor has ordered new DNA tests on evidence from a death row inmate’s 35-year-old murder conviction — which the inmate has said will exonerate him. The inmate maintains he was framed in the 1980s by homicide investigators.Before he left office in December, former California Governor Edmund Brown Jr., ordered the tests…
ChiccoDodiFC/iStock(WINTER HAVEN, Fla.) — What might be considered a nightmare for some people came true for one family in Florida when a plane fell from the sky and crashed through the roof of a home.“It was the day of miracles,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd during a press conference, referring to the fact that…
Mateusz Atroszko/iStock(HOUSTON) — A twin-engine cargo plane crashed into a bay near Houston, Texas, Saturday afternoon, officials said.The Boeing 767 jetliner, which was flying from Miami to Houston, crashed into the Trinity Bay near Anahuac just before 1 p.m., officials said.”This information is preliminary and subject to change,” said Lynn Lunsford, a spokeswoman for the…
Charles Wollertz/iStock(NEW YORK) — A new study details the destructive nature of opioids, reporting that the number of opioid-related deaths in the U.S. has more than quadrupled in the past 18 years.All told, there were 351,5630 people who died as a result of opioid-related deaths between 1999 and 2016, according to the study in JAMA…
TheaDesign/iStock(WINTER SPRINGS, Fla.) — Dramatic video captured the moment when deputies revived three people who allegedly overdosed on the deadly opioid fentanyl at a Florida gas station.All three people survived, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Bob Kealing told ABC News on Friday.The incident unfolded on Aug. 18 when the deputies rushed to a gas station…
bymuratdeniz/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working on a rule that could change the way consumers think about which ingredients in sunscreen are considered safe, saying they believe now that mineral sunscreens are safe but products that use chemicals need more research.The FDA announced Thursday that it has proposed a rule to…
rez-art/iStock(BERKELEY, Calif.) — Can a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages help mitigate the consumption of these products? The answer may be yes, according to a new study based out of Berkeley, California, where a so-called “soda tax” has been in effect since 2015.Sugar-sweetened beverages are the leading source of added sugar in the American diet, and…
