/Ida Mae Astute(ATLANTA) -- After recently celebrating his 50th birthday, Tyler Perry has been taking the time to reflect, not only on his life, but on who he was as a boy. In an Instagram post on Thursday, Perry wrote a open letter to his five-year-old self, where he thanks him for laying the foundation for who he is today. "Dear 5 year old me," Perry begins. "May I just say, […]
Walt Disney Television/Yolanda Perez(NEW YORK) -- Alec Baldwin and his wife Hilaria are expecting their fifth child, five months after experiencing a miscarriage. The fitness guru revealed on Wednesday in an Instagram post that "it is still very early" in the pregnancy, but she wanted to share her news in the interest of transparency. Hilaria also asked paparazzi to avoid taking her picture, as "getting chased around by cameras is not in […]
ABC/Jeff Niera(NEW YORK) -- Horror movie fans have a chance to get paid for doing what they love, or love to hate -- watching scary movies and sharing all the spooky details of their experience. TV provider U.S. Dish came up with a new promotion that will pay one person $1,300 for watching 13 Stephen King films by Halloween and documenting the experience. U.S. Dish said it wants to "help you […]
ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Just one week after opening up about his diagnosis, TV host and actor Cameron Mathison says he's on the mend.Following his surgery for kidney cancer, the 50-year-old told ABC's Good Morning America in a statement, "We got the pathology report back yesterday … and it's very good news. It's the least aggressive form of kidney cancer… with a] very low rate of recurring." Robin Roberts and company […]
Netflix(LOS ANGELES) -- Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for its Michael B. Jordan co-produced superhero drama Raising Dion. Based on Dennis Liu's short film and comic book of the same name, the series follows a recently widowed mother who discovers her young son, Dion, has supernatural abilities. Jordan produced the project through his Outlier Society production company, and also appears as Dion's dead father via video flashbacks left for his "special little […]
iStock(HOUSTON) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has declared a disaster in 13 counties as Tropical Storm Imelda brought torrential rain and dangerous flash flooding to the Houston area, stranding residents in their homes, drivers in their cars and canceling hundreds of flights at local airports.Over 900 flights were canceled into and out of Houston area airports due to the severe rain, which reached over 40 inches in some spots.The storm […]
iStock(PIMA COUNTY, Ariz.) -- Thousands of miles from Washington D.C. in Pima County, Arizona, Sheriff Mark Napier works on the front lines of the border crisis.He showed Nightline a section of the border barrier that “was and still is a major drug trafficking and human trafficking corridor,” he said.“We know that somebody came here with a kid,” he said, pointing out refuse along the barrier. “There’s children’s clothing, diapers, a […]
iStock(NEW YORK) -- Prosecutors presented disturbing surveillance video in a court hearing Thursday related to the deadly shooting at a California synagogue in April. The video shows the gunman storming the house of worship and targeting congregants with an assault rifle, killing a woman and injuring three others.The video was presented as evidence in a preliminary hearing for 20-year-old John Earnest, who is charged with murder and attempted murder for […]
"ER" season one cast; Jeff Katz/NBCU Photo Bank(NEW YORK) -- ER, the Emmy-winning medical drama that served as a launching pad for the likes of George Clooney and Julianna Margulies, celebrates its 25th anniversary Thursday. Created by best-selling Jurassic Park novelist Michael Crichton, himself a medical doctor before turning full-time to writing, ER aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009, with a total of 331 episodes over […]
