Year: 2017

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Jimmy Kimmel returns to health care debate: “If someone has to keep telling you something is a disaster, it probably isn’t one”

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Jimmy Kimmel returned to the topic of health care reform during his monologue Monday night. Saying he'd had "an emotional weekend," speaking to people in public and private who shared their health care stories. "I saw pictures of children who are not well, people got teared up, quite a few of these people told me they're Republicans -- Republican people, not politicians, there's a very big difference," […]

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“It” sequel set for September 2019

© 2016 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND RATPAC-DUNE ENTERTAINMENT LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED (LOS ANGELES) -- When film grosses nearly half a billion dollars worldwide in a couple of weeks, it's no surprise when a studio rushes a sequel into the pipeline, and that's just what's happening with It. Variety reports that New Line Cinema and Warner Brothers have already slated an It sequel for September 6, 2019. Earlier this month, the entertainment […]

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Entertainment

“The Voice” recap: Jennifer Hudson makes her coaching debut as season 13 gets underway with start of the blind auditions

NBC/Trae Patton(LOS ANGELES) -- The Voice kicked off its 13th season Monday night with two hours of blind auditions. Adam Levine and Blake Shelton are back as coaches, joined by returning coach Miley Cyrus and new coach Jennifer Hudson, who nabbed a couple of artists, including the very first one of the season. Here are the highlights of Monday night's episode: Chris Weaver is a worship leader by day, drag queen by night. He’s no stranger to Hudson, […]

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Alec Baldwin, Michael Keaton and other celebrities read Mean Tweets on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

ABC/Randy Holmes (LOS ANGELES) -- On Monday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, host Jimmy Kimmel discussed the President’s active weekend spent tweeting before unveiling a new batch of celebrity Mean Tweets. “Donald Trump this weekend got in a Twitter feud with NFL, North Korea, and Steph Curry. Not a single word about the 3.5 million citizens in Puerto Rico who are currently without power right now. Although in fairness to him, he probably doesn't […]

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“Dancing with the Stars 25” recap: Barbara Corcoran tanks

ABC/Craig Sjodin(LOS ANGELES) -- On Monday night, Dancing with the Stars returned for the second week of the competition and the first evening of a two-night television event. Monday’s theme was classic ballroom dances -- waltzes, tangos, quicksteps and foxtrots. It also was the first night of elimination and Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran was the first to go. Debbie Gibson started the night with a quickstep to "This is My Time" by Amy Stroup and received good reviews […]

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San Juan mayor says people are ‘gasping for air’ as Maria cripples Puerto Rico

ABCNews.com(SAN JUAN) -- After Hurricane Maria knocked out electricity to all of Puerto Rico, residents of the United States territory are "gasping for air" in the brutal heat, says the mayor of the island’s capital city of San Juan."What's out there is total devastation. Total annihilation. People literally gasping for air. I personally have taken people out and put them in ambulances because their generator has run out," Mayor Carmen […]

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Gen. Dunford: Transgender individuals should not be separated from service

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The top United States general told Congress this morning that he has privately recommended transgender individuals not be separated from their service because of their gender identity."I believe any individual who meets the physical and mental standards, and is worldwide deployable and is currently serving, should be afforded the opportunity to continue to serve," Gen. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services […]

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What you need to know about the federal response to the crisis in Puerto Rico

ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump will make his first visit to Puerto Rico next Tuesday as the island struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria.The strongest storm to make landfall in Puerto Rico in nearly 90 years, Maria killed at least 16 people and left most of the island's 3.4 million people without power.Officials said half the island's population remains without water and communications systems are still down a week after […]

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LA police investigate possible kidnapping caught on video

ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Authorities are investigating an apparent kidnapping that was captured on video last week, the Los Angeles Police Department said Monday.Surveillance video captured late Sunday night appears to show a woman being snatched up and forced into a vehicle as she kicks frantically. Witnesses told police that they heard someone yell for help around the time that the incident took place.The sedan appears to drive off as […]

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