‘Grown-ish’ star Yara Shahidi to host new Facebook Watch show

ABC/Kwaku AlstonGrown-ish star Yara Shahidi is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Jada Pinkett Smith with her own Facebook Watch show.

Jada’s Red Table Talk has become one of the most popular shows on social media. Yara will premiere her Facebook Wa…

Hollywood Ending? Woody Allen isn’t retiring after all

Europa Press News/Europa Press via Getty ImagesAs it turns out, Woody Allen will continue to make movies.

In an interview with Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, the Oscar-winning Annie Hall writer-director said he wants to move away from filmmaking and…

CDC: 4 in 5 US pregnancy-related deaths are preventable

Cavan Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Four out of five pregnancy-related deaths in the United States are preventable, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The report looked at data from the Maternal Mortality …

Groups helping Puerto Rico during Hurricane Fiona

Jose Jimenez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Puerto Rico is facing yet another devastating hurricane that has knocked out electricity across the island, just as the five-year anniversary of the deadly, destructive Hurricane Maria passes.
President Joe Biden…

Common to make his Broadway debut

ABC/Nick AgroOscar, Grammy and Emmy winner Common hopes to achieve EGOT status when he makes his Broadway debut in the fall.

The rapper/actor announced over the weekend that he will star in the dark comedy Between Riverside and Crazy, which will premi…

California woman faces sentencing in hoax kidnapping case

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A Northern California woman who pleaded guilty to orchestrating an elaborate hoax about being kidnapped and even seared with a branding iron by her abductors is scheduled to be sentenced Monday.