Image courtesy of the Shefrin Company(LOS ANGELES) -- Legendary comic Don Rickles, who pioneered the idea of the "insult comic," has died at age 90. A statement to ABC News by his publicist says Rickles died Thursday morning from kidney failure. After serving two years in the Navy during World War 2, Rickles set out to be an actor but transitioned to stand-up comedy. His put-down responses to hecklers -- […]
Universal - 2017(NEW YORK) -- Jordan Peele's critically acclaimed horror hit Get Out continued its winning ways Thursday, topping all competition with six nominations for the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards. The re-branded show, which now includes TV programming, also recognized the creepy Netflix show Stranger Things with four nominations. Disney's Beauty and the Beast also received four nods. Stand-up comic and Workaholics and Modern Family star Adam Devine will host the show, which will be telecast live from the Shrine Auditorium […]
ABC/Heidi Gutman(LOS ANGELES) -- Among the bombshells in Alec Baldwin's new memoir -- including still-simmering angst at Harrison Ford, and an overdose the now-sober Baldwin suffered privately years ago -- was his claim he was misled into working with a then-16-year-old Nikki Reed in a raunchy indie movie. In 2006's Mini's First Time, Baldwin played Reed's stepdad -- Reed's character was an escort at an agency he frequents. "I was 47, and it never occurred […]
Universal - 2017(NEW YORK) -- Jordan Peele's critically acclaimed horror hit Get Out continued its winning ways Thursday, topping all competition with six nominations for the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards. The re-branded show, which now includes TV programming, also recognized the creepy Netflix show Stranger Things with four nominations. Disney's Beauty and the Beast also received four nods. Stand-up comic and Workaholics and Modern Family star Adam Devine will host the show, which will be telecast live from the Shrine Auditorium […]
ABC/Heidi Gutman(LOS ANGELES) -- Among the bombshells in Alec Baldwin's new memoir -- including still-simmering angst at Harrison Ford, and an overdose the now-sober Baldwin suffered privately years ago -- was his claim he was misled into working with a then-16-year-old Nikki Reed in a raunchy indie movie. In 2006's Mini's First Time, Baldwin played Reed's stepdad -- Reed's character was an escort at an agency he frequents. "I was 47, and it never occurred […]
Fox/Chuck Hodes(NEW YORK) -- Wednesday’s episode of Empire, "Strange Bedfellows,” begins with the aftermath of what appears to have been a huge party at Hakeem's apartment ahead of his 21st birthday. Meanwhile, Cookie and Lucious are in a meeting with Lucious’ mother. Hakeem interrupts, asking Cookie and Lucious for a car for his birthday. Lucious then reminds Hakeem that Anika took off with daughter Bella. Soon after, Angelo asks Cookie what Anika […]
E!/Timothy White(NEW YORK) -- Pepsi has pulled its controversial new ad, which featured Kendall Jenner appearing to stop a confrontation between protestors and the police by handing an officer a Pepsi. The ad was widely mocked as being tone-deaf and for attempting to co-opt the Black Lives Matter movement to sell soda. "Pepsi was trying to project a global message of unity, peace and understanding. Clearly we missed the mark, and we […]
Ron Koeberer/Getty Images(WALNUT, Calif.) -- Cassandra Hsiao and her family may not speak English in a typical way, but the high school senior's talent with words has caught the attention of all the Ivy League colleges.Last week, Hsiao, a first generation immigrant from Malaysia who lives in Walnut, California, received the exciting news that she had been accepted to not just one, but all eight Ivy League schools -- a […]
Sedgwick Country Sheriff/Facebook(SEDGWICK COUNTY, Kan.) -- A sheriff's sergeant, two firefighters and an animal conservationist became birds of a feather to help rescue an injured bald eagle that was struggling to fly near a Kansas lake.On Thursday morning, Sgt. Justin Antle, range master for the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, said someone called in to report the bird near Lake Afton, a recreational park outside of Wichita.When he got there, the […]
