Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. In a statement on Monday, Trump praised Lee’s background as a lawyer and said he’s known the former New York congressman for a long time. “He will ensure fair and swift deregulatory decisions that […]
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Many teenagers and college students reported being among those who received racist text messages sent to phone numbers across the U.S. last week. The texts, which tell the user they’re going to be taken to a plantation to “pick cotton,” have been reported in at least 24 states, plus […]
HBO/Macall Polay Colin Farrell is open to exploring more of the criminal underworld in The Penguin. After a stint as underworld criminal Oswald “Oz” Cobb in the hit HBO show, Farrell expressed an openness to returning to the show in the right situation in an interview published Sunday. Farrell’s role was a reprisal of the Penguin, […]
Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Quincy Jones was laid to rest in an “intimate ceremony [that] included Mr. Jones’ seven children, his brother, two sisters, and immediate family members,” The Associated Press reports. Details about where the ceremony was held were not revealed, but the family says they remain “enormously grateful for the outpouring of condolences and tributes from […]
Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Quincy Jones was laid to rest in an “intimate ceremony [that] included Mr. Jones’ seven children, his brother, two sisters, and immediate family members,” The Associated Press reports. Details about where the ceremony was held were not revealed, but the family says they remain “enormously grateful for the outpouring of condolences and tributes from […]
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK CITY) — A wildfire raging on the border of New York and New Jersey exploded overnight to 5,000 acres, prompting officials on Monday to postpone one of the oldest Veterans Day Parades in the nation. As firefighters battled the Jennings Creek Fire straddling the border between Orange County, […]
Stefania M. D’Alessandro/Getty Images for Gucci Paul Mescal will be making his New York stage debut. The London revival of Tennessee Williams‘ A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Mescal, Patsy Ferran and Anjana Vasan, is making the transfer across the pond to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York. Its limited engagement off-Broadway run […]
Lester Cohen/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly are expecting a baby together. The Jennifer’s Body star revealed that she’s pregnant in an Instagram post, which includes a photo of a positive test. The post tags mgk, with whom Fox has been in a relationship since 2020, and is soundtracked by his […]
Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images (HAITI) — A Spirit Airlines plane flying from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Haiti was diverted after it was struck by gunfire while attempting to land in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian National Office of Civil Aviation (OFNAC) told ABC News. The plane was struck by gunfire four times while attempting to land […]
Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the days since Election Day, billionaire Elon Musk has emerged as an influential figure in President-elect Donald Trump’s orbit, offering input on staffing decisions and playing a significant role in shaping the future Trump administration, multiple sources tell ABC News. Since Election Day, the world’s richest man […]
