SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges. Trump last […]
John Moore/Getty Images (EAGLE PASS, Texas.) — The Department of Homeland Security is slated to propose a change to the process for those seeking asylum in the United States, three sources familiar with the plans told ABC News. The new proposal, which could come as soon as Thursday, would allow asylum officers to determine earlier […]
Getty Images For even the biggest movie lovers, there’s usually a major downside to going to the theater: suffering that concessions line, a mysterious zone where time seems to stand still, even as your showtime ticks ever closer. But on Thursday, May 9, Fandango announced it is making buying your popcorn and soda — or […]
Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images A new documentary is taking a look into the mixtapes that helped shape hip-hop culture. Tale of the Tape: How the Mixtape Revolutionized Hip-Hop, executive produced by DJ Envy and Kim Osorio, covers a decade’s worth of mixtapes from 2012 to 2022 and features unreleased footage of Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole that has […]
Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images DJ Khaled‘s contributions to music and his native Miami have been recognized, as May 8 has been deemed DJ Khaled Day in the city. According to the proclamation, per HipHopDx, he was specifically honored for embodying “the pinnacle of musical excellence, entrepreneurial success and profound cultural influence,” as well as […]
Courtesy Warner Bros/New Line Cinema On Thursday, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema announced that Oscar winner Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings collaborators Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and actor-director Andy Serkis are headed back to Middle-earth with two new films. The tentatively titled The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for […]
Rick Kern/Getty Images All wrongful death lawsuits filed after Travis Scott‘s 2021 Astroworld festival tragedy have been settled, with one exception. As ABC7 reports, nine of the 10 lawsuits were settled; the only existing lawsuit that remains pending was filed by the family of the youngest person killed during the festival, Ezra Blount, 9. It’s not […]
Courtesy of Brooke Nelson (NEW YORK) — Brooke Nelson said she was over 200 pounds and struggling to lose weight when she decided to take part in a clinical trial of a new, minimally-invasive weight loss procedure. Within six months of the procedure, Nelson said she had lost over 20 pounds and changed how she […]
NEW YORK — In the locker room at halftime on Thursday, Isaiah Hartenstein could hear the crowd chanting, “M-V-P.” That is how the New York Knicks center knew that Jalen Brunson, his star teammate, was on the court warming up. Brunson had gone to the locker room less than nine minutes into Game 2 of […]
President Joe Biden greets a supporter as he meets with campaign volunteers at Dr. John Bryant Community Center in Racine, Wisconsin, on May 8, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — In his fourth trip to Wisconsin already this year, President Joe Biden on Wednesday, at an intimate campaign event in the swing state, […]