Lionsgate/Murray Close(LOS ANGELES) -- Being part of the world of The Hunger Games seemed pretty tough for Katniss Everdeen and company, but if it sounds appealing to you, then you're going to love this new theme park. Movie studio Lionsgate is partnering with a real estate developer in South Korea to build Lionsgate Movie World -- a 1.3-million-square-foot theme park with areas dedicated to seven Lionsgate movies. The movies include […]
© 2015 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions(NEW YORK) -- It's official: Daniel Craig will return as Agent 007 in the next James Bond movie. During his appearance on Tuesday's edition of CBS' The Late Show, host Stephen Colbert asked Craig if he would return as the secret agent. "Yes," answered the 49-year-old actor. The New York Times had reported in July that Craig was attached to the upcoming Bond film, but he'd been dodging questions about the […]
ABC/Paul Hebert(LOS ANGELES) -- The second night of the fourth-season premiere of Bachelor in Paradise got underway Tuesday with a wedding and an earnest conversation about the infamous production shutdown. Host Chris Harrison announced the highly anticipated wedding of Evan and Carly and kicked off the show with a series of flashbacks of the happy couple, the highlight being Evan’s proposal. We were then treated to flashbacks of other couples who fell in love and got married on […]
Phototreat/iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The number of U.S. Border Patrol agents has declined over the past year, despite President Donald Trump’s emphasis on increasing the ranks of the agency to carry out his border security agenda.There are currently 19,407 agents, which is 335 fewer agents than 10 months ago, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data.However, CBP, which oversees Border Patrol hiring, said it expects that it will hire more agents […]
Popartic/iStock/Thinkstock(HOPE, Alaska) -- Daniel Hartung's very first kayaking trip on powerful whitewater rapids almost became his last, if it weren't for the heroics of a stranger.On Saturday, Hartung, 64, of Indian, Alaska, attended a bluegrass and whitewater festival near Hope, Alaska, with his wife.Hartung, who'd been kayaking on flat water for more than 10 years, said that as he and his wife surveyed the waters, she told him that she […]
MattGush/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- New and disturbing information has been released about James Alex Fields Jr., the man who allegedly drove into a group protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday, killing a woman and injuring several others.ABC News has obtained transcripts of three 911 calls from 2010 and 2011, in which Fields was accused of terrorizing his mother, Samantha Bloom, who requires the use of a wheelchair.In one […]
SeanPavonePhoto/iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) -- Officials broke ground in Boston Wednesday for a new park dedicated to Martin Richard, the youngest victim of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.Martin was 8 years old when he killed on April 15, 2013, as he watched the marathon from near the finish line with his family. His mother was gravely injured, and his sister, who was 7 at the time, lost a leg.Photos from Wednesday's ceremonial groundbreaking […]
mokee81/iStock/Thinkstock(ST. LOUIS) -- Someone call the fashion police.Missouri police poked fun at a "jorts-wearing bandit" who has burglarized multiple Walgreens stores in the St. Louis County area.On Aug. 9, the St. Louis County Police Department tweeted a photo of the suspect, instructing the public to contact either them or the fashion police if they are able to identify the man.This guy wears jorts and robs Walgreens stores. Contact us or […]
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) -- White nationalist Richard Spencer has been denied a request to rent space at the University of Florida to give a speech next month, according to a school statement.The "likelihood of violence and potential injury – not the words or ideas – has caused us to take this action" to deny Spencer's request for a Sept. 12 speaking engagement at the Gainesville campus, the school president […]
