HGTV(LOS ANGELES) -- A Very Brady Renovation is proving to be a ratings monster for HGTV. Deadline reports that the new series made history with its 90-minute debut Monday night. Viewers watched in record numbers, making it the highest-rated series premiere ever on the network. A Very Brady Renovation follows the makeover of the Brady Bunch house, which served as the real-life house exterior in the series. Original cast members lend […]
Andrew Lipovsky/NBC(NEW YORK) -- Jennifer Lopez dropped by The Tonight Show on Tuesday to talk about her new movie, Hustlers, opening nationwide on Friday, and told host Jimmy Fallon how she got Cardi B to appear in the movie. The film, which follows strippers who fleece Wall Street high rollers, required Lopez to learn how to pole dance, which wasn't easy, even for an experienced dancer like herself. "It's like acrobats, it's […]
ABC/John Fleenor(NEW YORK) -- ABC has announced a "moving and stunning three-hour season finale" for the hit summer series, Bachelor in Paradise. The nail-biting finale will feature the four remaining couples as they make the final call on their relationships. Then at the episode's end, the long awaited announcement on the identity of the next Bachelor will be made. The final episode will also bring back Paradise alumni couples Chris and Krystal Randone, […]
ABC News(SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) -- Several powerful tornadoes have left a trail of destruction in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, toppling trees, knocking out power to thousands and seriously damaging both area hospitals, officials said.No deaths or serious injuries were reported after the overnight twisters, Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken said Wednesday. Thirty-seven structures collapsed or have major integrity issues, according to officials.Three EF-2 tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down […]
WoodysPhotos/iStock(NEW YORK) -- Purdue Pharma, the makers of the highly-addictive painkiller OxyContin that many blame for fueling the nationwide opioid epidemic, have reached a tentative settlement deal with thousands of local governments and a handful of states for its alleged role in the crisis that has ravaged the nation, sources familiar with the tentative agreement told ABC News on Wednesday.In total, more than 20 states and 2,000 municipalities are part […]
kali9/iStock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- A 65-year-old man is accused of killing his wife and grandson at his home in Nashville, before killing himself, while his 4-year-old granddaughter was able to escape the carnage and survive, police said.Terry Majors, 65, is believed to have shot and killed his wife, Leigh Shea-Majors, 61, and his 6-year-old grandson, Ty Dodson, in an apparent double murder-suicide around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, according to the Metropolitan Nashville […]
vmargineanu/iStock(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- A man allegedly stabbed five co-workers with a folding knife at their Tallahassee, Fla., workplace Wednesday morning before he was taken into custody, authorities said.The five victims were rushed to a hospital and are expected to survive, interim Police Chief Steven Outlaw said at a news conference.The stabbing at Dyke Industries, a wholesale building material supplier, was reported to 911 at about 8:33 a.m., Outlaw said.Police engaged […]
400tmax/iStock(NEW YORK) -- It's been 18 years since two hijacked passenger jets flew into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, the start of a series of coordinated attacks against the United States by the terrorist group al-Qaida on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.Nearly 3,000 people were killed that day and thousands more were injured. In the years since, the number of people who […]
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(FORT WORTH, Texas) -- A possible mass shooting was thwarted in Texas after a concerned father called police on his son.Fort Worth officers were able to intercept a 27-year-old man with mental health issues who was searching for a gun.The incident occurred Sept. 3, and police publicly released details about the incident Monday. It happened exactly one month after 22 people were gunned down at a Walmart about 600 miles […]
