Dustin Hoffman with wife Lisa Hoffman; Tristan Fewings/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two-time Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman, acclaimed for his work in films like The Graduate, Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man, turns 80 today. The Los Angeles-born actor initially had hopes of becoming a classical pianist before turning to acting. He began his career in the theatre before landing his first film role opposite Eli Wallach in 1967's The Tiger Makes Out. […]
Haruo Nakajima and friend in 2016; Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images(TOKYO) -- The OG Godzilla has died. Haruo Nakajima [hah-roo-oh nah-kah-gee-mah] first donned the rubber costume to play the giant, radioactive reptile in 1954, when he was a 25-year-old stuntman. He went on to play Godzilla -- actually named Gojira [goh-jee-rah] but mangled into ‘Godzilla’ by American pronunciation attempts -- 12 times in all, the last in 1972, by which time […]
ABC(NEW YORK) -- The Bachelorette star Rachel Lindsay is engaged to Bryan Abasolo. After weeks of narrowing down her suitors from 31 men, the 32-year-old trial attorney from Dallas chose the 37-year-old Colombian chiropractor living in Miami. Abasolo had sparks with Lindsay from the very first episode of the show’s latest season, even passionately kissing her before the competition. The bold move not only helped him secure the first impression […]
Missouri State Highway Patrol(CLINTON, Mo.) -- Ian McCarthy, the suspect accused of killing a rookie police officer in Clinton, Missouri, is now in custody, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol. On Sunday, Officer Gary Michael pulled over a suspicious vehicle with its lights off around 10:45 p.m. and was shot after initiating contact with the driver, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe. He was taken to a […]
Orlando Police(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- A 3-year-old boy was found dead in a van outside a child care center in Orlando after a day care worker allegedly forgot the child was in there, leaving him in the van for nearly 12 hours, police said.At about 8:30 p.m. Monday, Orlando police received a call about child neglect at Little Miracles Academy, police said, and responding officers found 3-year-old Myles Hill unresponsive inside […]
Kevin Winter / Staff/Getty Images(DENVER) -- Former 98.5 KYGO-FM DJ David Mueller testified in court Tuesday that he did not inappropriately touch Taylor Swift at her June 2013 show in Denver, after which he sued her and she, in turn, filed a countersuit.With Taylor Swift and her mother, Andrea Swift, present, Mueller told the jury, which is comprised of six women and two men, that he was fired from his […]
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) -- When Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans Sunday to sue the Department of Justice, it was the latest salvo in the ongoing battle between the Trump administration and so-called sanctuary cities.Two weeks ago, the Justice Department declared its intention to withhold grants from cities that do not comply with federal law requiring local police to share immigration-related information with federal law enforcement officials. The grants, administered by the […]
Courtesy Shania Porter(PHOENIX) -- A U.S. Air Force master sergeant has surprised both her sons at their schools after her return from a 7-month deployment overseas.Shania Porter, 36, of Phoenix, Arizona, made the two stops on Monday to announce her homecoming to her boys, Bryce, 5, and Blake, 4."It was the best feeling ever," Porter told ABC News on Tuesday. "It was the completion to know it was over and […]
ABC News(HOUSTON) -- A Texas family claims their dog died on Sunday while in the cargo hold of a United Airlines jet that was delayed on a Houston tarmac for two hours.The Rasmussen family of Houston says Lulu, their 5-year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, was cleared to fly by a veterinarian days before the flight."We are still waiting for answers, but what we do know is that our flight was […]
