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CBS/NATASBy STEPHEN IERVOLINO, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) -- General Hospital leads the pack with 23 nominations for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which were just announced.  According to The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), the soap was followed close behind by fellow daytime dramas Days of Our Lives, which earned 22 nods, and The Young and the Restless with 21.  The Bold and The Beautiful earned 13 nominations.Shows that tied for eight nominations apiece include Sesame Street, The View, Studio […]

ABC/Ida Mae AstuteBy CANDICE WILLIAMS, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) -- can now add life-coach to his already impressive resume with the release of his self-help Audible book The Decision: Overcoming Today’s BS for Tomorrow’s Success.  The new audio book, which offers practical advice to help people reach their goals, is an exciting venture for Hart, whose previous book, I Can't Make This Up became a New York Times best-seller. Hart tells ABC Audio that this time around he wanted […]

Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImageBy STEPHEN IERVOLINO, ABC News  (NEW YORK) -- For those of you who've wished they could watch Rocky with the Italian Stallion himself, wish no more: Sylvester Stallone is hosting an online watch party of his Oscar-winning film on Facebook this evening.  At 7 p.m. Eastern time, you'll be able to watch and chat along with Sly live on movie studio MGM's Facebook page -- all for a good cause.  The […]

© 2016 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. AND RATPAC-DUNE ENTERTAINMENT LLCBy GEORGE COSTANTINO and STEPHEN IERVOLINO, ABC News(LOS ANGELES) -- Justice League fans have spoken, and HBO Max has answered. In response to the growing #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement, the streamer announced that it will exclusively world premiere director Zack Snyder's director's cut of the Warner Bros. Pictures/DC feature in 2021.  Snyder surprised fans with the news on Wednesday during a live online commentary […]

Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesBy STEPHEN IERVOLINO, ABC News  (LOS ANGELES) -- From Full House to the big house?  In a surprising turn of events in the so-called Varsity Blues college admissions cheating scandal, Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have decided to plead guilty to related charges, changing their initial not guilty plea. ABC News confirms that via video, Loughlin will plead guilty Friday at 11:30 a.m. […]

"Smash" star Megan Hilty/Disney Junior/Image Group LABy STEPHEN IERVOLINO, ABC News  (NEW YORK) -- Steven Spielberg's two-season, ratings-challenged NBC musical TV series, Smash, is hoping to make a splash on the Great White Way.  Smash, A New Musical Comedy will follow the arc of the TV show -- a play within-a-play of sorts about staging the musical Bombshell, about the life of Marilyn Monroe.  The small-screen version's composers, Tony and Grammy winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, will take […]

Desiree Navarro/Getty ImagesBy MEGAN STONE, ABC News (NEW YORK) -- With many Americans still quarantining at home due to COVID-19 lockdown measures, it's understandable that as the days slowly morph into warmer, summer-like weather, people are understandably starting to dream of beach bodies and sun-kissed skin. Strangers With Candy star Amy Sedaris has an idea on how to spice up that quarantine life and achieve golden brown skin while trapped indoors.  Her tip? Use bacon fat as a tanning oil. […]

Photo by Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty ImagesBy GEORGE COSTANTINO and STEPHEN IERVOLINO, ABC News (LOS ANGELES) -- The Pig’s out of the bag! The Muppets Studio announced its first original series for Disney+ on Wednesday, called Muppets Now.  The series, which promises an overflowing of, "spontaneous lunacy, surprising guest stars and more frogs, pigs, bears (and whatevers) than legally allowed," kicks off with the six-episode first season, which follows endlessly-beleaguered show […]