Entertainment

ABC/Eddy Chen(LOS ANGELES) -- After a recent GQ interview in which Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said a run for the White House could be a "real possibility" someday, Yahoo ran an article speculating why he'd make a good commander-in-chief.  But does that mean The Rock wants the job? Speaking with ABC's Paula Faris on Good Morning America Thursday, the Baywatch star called the POTUS talk "flattering" -- but he's not throwing his hat into the ring just yet. "I don't […]

CBS/Jeffrey R. Staab(LOS ANGELES) -- Thursday nights look the like they'll be the network TV battlefield this fall.  After NBC announced that it was moving it's buzzy breakout hit This Is Us to Thursdays -- where it will square off against ABC's Shondaland programming, and on Wednesday CBS announced that it will air two of its big new series on Thursday as well.The Big Bang Theory spinoff, Young Sheldon, starring […]

ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Rachel Lindsay didn't find love with Nick Viall onThe Bachelor, but later this month, fans of the reality TV franchise will watch her explore new relationships in The Bachelorette. Lindsay, an attorney from Dallas, Texas, will meet 31 single men during the show's premiere next week, and on Wednesday, ABC revealed who those bachelors are. Among those who make a memorable impression, according to a press release: male model Brady brings […]

Getty Images/Andrew Toth (NEW YORK) -- Former Chairman and CEO of the Fox News Channel Roger Ailes has died. Ailes was 77. ABC News obtained the following statement from Elizabeth Ailes: "I am profoundly sad and heartbroken to report that my husband, Roger Ailes, passed away this morning surrounded by his beautiful family. Roger was my best friend, the most wonderful loving husband and father to our son Zachary, He […]

FOX/Chuck Hodes(NEW YORK) -- Wednesday night's Empire episode starts with Cookie and her entourage heading into Leviticus Casino in Las Vegas, and ends with the shocking apparent death of a character.  Here's what happened: Lucious gets word that Cookie is in the casino and attempts to have her escorted out, but she makes a scene. We then flash back to two weeks earlier to see Jamal, Cookie and Lucious comforting Hakeem in Empire's […]

ABC/Randy Holmes(DETROIT) -- UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Detroit Police Department has confirmed to ABC News that Chris Cornell is the victim discovered in the MGM Grand Hotel. UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Detroit Police Department wouldn't identify the victim, but told ABC News the victim's wife called a family friend to check on the victim.  The friend forced their way into a room at the MGM Grand Hotel and found the victim […]

CBS - 2017(LOS ANGELES) -- After a string of delays, CBS's new Star Trek prequel, Star Trek: Discovery, is ready. On Wednesday the network released the first trailer for the series, which will run on CBS' All Access streaming service after a broadcast premiere. The clip, nearly two-and-a-half minutes long and laden with impressive special effects, teases a looming conflict between Starfleet and the Klingons that presumably will lead into the main action […]

NBC/Andrew Lipovsky(NEW YORK) -- In a soul-searching interview with The New York Times, Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon says he was "devastated" by reaction to his now infamous, hair-tousling interview with Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign. Fallon has clearly thought a lot about that interview in recent weeks as rival Stephen Colbert of CBS's The Late Show has ridden nightly anti-Trump humor to consistent ratings wins, though The Tonight Show still does better with a younger audience that advertisers like.“I’m a […]

ABC/Randy Holmes(LOS ANGELES) -- Jordan Peele is teaming up with Underground showrunner Misha Green and J.J. Abrams for HBO's new horror series Lovecraft Country. Deadline reports that the trio will executive produce the project, based on Matt Ruff's anthology of the same name. As in the book, the series will follow Atticus Black, a young man who embarks on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America with his friend and his uncle to locate his […]