The Big Ten Conference revealed a breakdown of all 14 schools’ opponents for the 2017-18 Big Ten men’s basketball season on Monday. Conference teams will compete in an 18-game conference schedule, playing five teams both home and away and eight teams once. Each team will play four of its single-play opponents at home and four […]Powered by WPeMatico
State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald is asking the governor to reconsider the idea of a short-term borrowing plan for state government. Fitzgerald says it makes sense to borrow now, in preparation for a couple of “problem months” in the first half of 2018 when the state may not have enough cash in reserve to pay its […]Powered by WPeMatico
Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Fresh off of her Empire success, Nia Long has landed a new role, on CBS. The network announced Monday that Long will join the NCIS: Los Angeles as a series regular in the upcoming ninth season of the show. The Love Jones actress will play Shay Mosely, a former Secret Service agent who is hired as the NCIS executive assistant director. “The character was created […]
Courtesy HBO(LOS ANGELES) -- HBO CEO Richard Plepler revealed Monday that the cable network -- home to hit shows like Game of Thrones and Westworld -- had been hacked. In an email to employees that was obtained by ABC News, Plepler described the hack as a "cyber incident directed at the company which has resulted in some stolen proprietary information, including some of our programming.” "Any intrusion of this nature […]
L-R: David Cross and Jason Bateman in “Arrested Development”; Mike Yarish/Netflix(LOS ANGELES) -- Arrested Development will get a fifth season on Netflix. Series star Jason Bateman made the announcement via Twitter on Sunday, posting a photo of the living room belonging to the series' Bluth family, captioned, “Here comes trouble. The Bluths move back in on the 8th.” Here comes trouble. The Bluths move back in on the 8th. […]
(L-R) Brooke McCarter, Billy Wirth, Kiefer Sutherland, Jami Gertz and Alex Winter in “The Lost Boys”; Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Monday marks the 30th anniversary of The Lost Boys, the stylish 1987 horror comedy film that reinvigorated the vampire genre for a new generation, making them young and sexy, and paving the way for books and films like the Twilight series, and TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True […]
Larry Busacca/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Sam Shepard -- best-known to most as an actor but even more acclaimed as an award-winning playwright -- has died at age 73. A statement provided to ABC News on behalf of his family reads, in part, “Playwright and actor, Sam Shepard, passed away at his home in Kentucky on Thursday, July 27 from complications from ALS. Born in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, Mr. Shepard, who […]
The cast of MTV’s “Siesta Key”; Alex Kompothecras, center; image courtesy MTV(SARASOTA, Fla.) -- A viewing party for the premiere of the new Florida-based MTV reality series Siesta Key has been canceled in the wake of the fallout from that viral video of a shark being dragged to its death behind a speedboat. You’ve probably heard of or seen the viral video by now. What has people as outraged as the […]
ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- After Kathy Griffin was photographed in May holding a fake bloodied, severed head of Donald Trump, a ferocious backlash ensued, and the comedian lost gigs and was subject to a Secret Service investigation. But according to Griffin, she's now in the clear. "I am no longer under federal investigation," she tweeted Friday. "The case is closed, I have been completely exonerated. Finally." ABC News had contacted […]
